The Highway pub In pitsmoor 1970s

[Cycleracer]

Is anybody still in touch with Pat White who used to go in there a lot years ago. I think her husband is called Dave

 

Saw Dave a few months ago driving an old red Micra looked the same as he did in the 70s

[darra]

That's it.... The Whitehouse.

 

A white painted very old cottage, I remember sitting on the window sill

and the walls being about 18" thick (strange what we remember)

 

who knows our paths may have crossed

[andrejuan]

who knows our paths may have crossed

 

Who knows,,, it would most likely have been in the Cow tho

[mickey b]

Hi paul, seen a lot of names on here mate and theres more to mention , remember me mick brookes lived above you well to be exact above mark peace, hope your keeping well, hows john and kev? its been over 30 years mate.

martin robinson, john andrews, john dodson, a few more names

[Cycleracer]

Hi Mick

 

I have just dropped back on this pal,, wow how are you buddy,, were all fine, always wondered what happened to you, and hows Sue

[bush16]

does anyone remember hokey kokey (steve bowbanks) was dj around 19 yrs sice just before it shut

[Cycleracer]

The highway didn't have any DJs till the 80s I stopped going in there about 82 as I moved..Its heyday was the 60s and early 70s till about 1976 then beer prices went stupid and kept people in....Phil and Elsie ran a great pub in its day wonder if there still around was run by Walt Sidwell in the 60s who I remember from the lazy Sundays I spent outside as my parents were in there, a bottle of orange kept us happy

[Robbiet]

Phill died a couple of months ago.He had been ill for some years,but when ever you met him he always liked to talk of the good days in the Highway.Elsie still lives in Pitsmoor.

[Douglas J]

This article was in the last Burngreave Messenger, about Bill Stead who ran the pub with his daughter Kath and son Paul.

 

http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/archives/april-2012-issue-99/bill-stead-lucky-to-be-alive-at-90/

[SWOZ]

Hi all i just stumbled on this but lived up pitsmoor from the age of 8 on pyebank drive when they were still building most of the estate then later after my father died we moved into the high rise flats and later when i married a pitsmoor lass name of Tina Halliday we lived on foxhill and her family of many lived just above on grey street if i'm correct.

 

Do i remember the highway YES spent many an hour in there i also see a couple of names i can recall such as Paul Tansley and Alan Roberts known to me as "babs" i also see a couple of posters with Blade in there name i can see one isnt called Paul but would the other be Paul Blades by any chance? a big drinking buddy of mine who we called Keg for obvious reasons, as i say just stumbled on this after one of my facebook friends posted a picture of "the hole in the road" and i got all nostalgic now i'm approaching 60 :-)

 

oh yes the whitehouse not seen if anyone has said but that and the chippy top of Andover street were owned by Bernard and Cath 2 great people

 

P.S. my grandfather was a doorman at the Loco club name of Sam

Edited July 3, 2012 by SWOZ