Tezden Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Does anybody know what this building was originally built for? It was opened in 1907 by a Member of Parliament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beninassi Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Not sure if this is right but I heard that it was officers quarters or officers club when the Barracks was used by the Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroughGal Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Theres supposed to be a tunnel from the barracks into the club - not sure how true this is....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyb Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Does anybody know what this building was originally built for? It was opened in 1907 by a Member of Parliament .....where exactly is it ? is it the large building beside Reg Vardy's on the town side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroughGal Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 It's on Langsett Road, rather than Penistone Road. It's near to the Qeens Ground pub and is on the corner of Hammerton Road? Lots of steps up to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 It was originally a Soldier's Home (linked to the Barracks across the road), and many years later it became the Hillsborough Boys' Club --a brilliant club which encouraged the development of many notable Sheffield sportsmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp1949 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 It was originally a Soldier's Home (linked to the Barracks across the road), and many years later it became the Hillsborough Boys' Club --a brilliant club which encouraged the development of many notable Sheffield sportsmen. Just wanting to reopen debate about this building - apparently associated with notable Sheffield sportsmen - anyone have any more details about who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 It was originally a Soldier's Home...Yes, it was built as such in 1907 - here is a photo of the foundation stone, and another photo dated 1908. It became the Hillsborough Boys' Club in 1928 when the Army left the barracks, the first manager being R.A. Reynolds. My own links with the club were rather tenuous but I do remember Henry Hall - a fine boxing coach. A longer thread can be found here - this has links to photos (in post #17) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It was originally a Soldier's Home (linked to the Barracks across the road), and many years later it became the Hillsborough Boys' Club --a brilliant club which encouraged the development of many notable Sheffield sportsmen. Just wanting to reopen debate about this building - apparently associated with notable Sheffield sportsmen - anyone have any more details about who? I used to be a member of Hillsborough Boys Club it was run by Captain Royle at the time around 1956.He always wore a blazer with the Olympic rings on the breast pocket,back in those days there wasn,t much for youngsters to do apart from sport which is why it was so good!.You could do a variety of things metalwork,woodwork carving,art,table tennis,chess,draughts,ph.training,boxing,they hired Hillsborough Baths every week for swimming,they had a good football team it was very popular.I wrote a thread about the club way back when I joined the forum a couple of years ago!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWOODS Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It was originally a Soldier's Home (linked to the Barracks across the road), and many years later it became the Hillsborough Boys' Club --a brilliant club which encouraged the development of many notable Sheffield sportsmen. That's where my younger brother Clinton Woods learnt to box.His trainer was Ray Gillett. I introduced him to it after the football team I played for (hillsbro athletic) used their facilities to get changed in to play against hillsbro celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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