Chestnut man in pond street

[sharkw]

Can anyone remember the chestnut man who had his cart just outside the" Penny Black" pub in the sixties.Me and my brother used to go to watch Sheff United and walk to Pond street after the match and wait for the number 46 to darnall and buy a bag of chestnuts to share ( tanner ) I think and there were six to a bag. We had three apiece and you could guarantee the last one was always bad

[superCol]

Don't rember the one in Pond Street but do remember the ones at the top of Snig Hill and on Campo Lane. Hated the damn things, they were disgusting.

[suzyoo]

my daughter burnt her brand new best coat on the chestnut mans wagon nr pond street.

[beansforyou]

I just saw this thread and was going to put, oooh I was going past once when I was a kid, and burnt all my coat on his chestnut oven

[timo]

I remember the Chestnut man in the eighties, not the sixties. He stood near the Penny Black, on the corner. I only tried the revolting crap once. Are we really meant to eat the stuff?!

[Greybeard]

Roasting chestnuts seems to make them bitter, - my gran used to boil them and they always tasted sweet....and used to peel completely clean.

 

As kids we used to gather them in Ecclesall woods but they never were as big as the imported Spanish nuts in the greengrocers.

[rubydazzler]

Originally posted by Greybeard

Roasting chestnuts seems to make them bitter, - my gran used to boil them and they always tasted sweet....and used to peel completely clean.

 

As kids we used to gather them in Ecclesall woods but they never were as big as the imported Spanish nuts in the greengrocers.

 

i think those chestnuts from the woods are known as sweet chestnuts - we used to gather them too - i have a feeling they're from a different type of chestnut tree from those imported ones .... and you're right - they were small and sweet ... delicious

 

re the burnt coat incident ... are you two mother and daughter IRL ...? spooky ....

[beansforyou]

We are ruby

 

I was stalkin' her hehehe

[little malc]

Yes, as a bus inspector working in Pond St, I remember this stall very well, in fact, I think he was still there into the 70's, he always did a brisk trade as christmas came close, the smell of the chestnuts roasting used to carry into the bus station, very nice.

[all4_ofus]

I remember the chestnut man, we used to go to pond street to get the bus, and buy a bag of chestnuts, I now live in saskatchewan canada, and have tried to cook the chestnuts just like he did..somehow they don't taste the same

Originally posted by sharkw

Can anyone remember the chestnut man who had his cart just outside the" Penny Black" pub in the sixties.Me and my brother used to go to watch Sheff United and walk to Pond street after the match and wait for the number 46 to darnall and buy a bag of chestnuts to share ( tanner ) I think and there were six to a bag. We had three apiece and you could guarantee the last one was always bad