stevie1957 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I thought the butcher's shop was called Becketts. Yes, it was Becketts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Adrian Myers he was a year or two younger than me. I remember the long front gardens on those cottages. Martin and Kieron too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 They're fine thanks. I love Commonside and still get a special feeling whenever I'm there. I still go in the Hallamshire now and again for a pint. Hope you are well Do you ever hear from Pamela or Margaret ? I like to call into the closed shop and hallamshire... old times...and yes...special feelings... as I still feel at home there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8mnw Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yes the first old cottage kept by an old couple,I remember it well. My dad had to go in when he had died,that I do remember well,due to I asked for a look :-( he said no!! Also when the houses slowly emptied,we went in looking for treasure. Thinking back the stuff left in there now a days was. My dad local was the Closed Shop,he visit often,most nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocki Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yes the first old cottage kept by an old couple,I remember it well. My dad had to go in when he had died,that I do remember well,due to I asked for a look :-( he said no!! Also when the houses slowly emptied,we went in looking for treasure. Thinking back the stuff left in there now a days was. My dad local was the Closed Shop,he visit often,most nights. I'll probably know your dad then. Anyone who went in Hallamshire/Closed Shop from late 70s, I would probably know lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 That's us (lol). David, Linda, Marie(got killed in a car crash in 1984), me(Jenni) and Susan. Yeh I remember A1 taxis. Are you old enough to remember hairdressers on other end of row of shops, Scotts(newsagents/sweet shop) run by John and Kitty Scott. Memories are just flooding back Hairdressers run by Emerly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocki Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hairdressers run by Emerly. lol. I remember bowling club at top of Hands Road. We used to sit on wall on Townend Street watching/commenting(!). Number of times we got chased off from there. Presume its still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8mnw Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 His name was Terry Walton chocki. But as I said we moved in 1977 then he found another local. Which was the Fir Wood bottom of Carr Road. Not a million miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue11265 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 lol. I remember bowling club at top of Hands Road. We used to sit on wall on Townend Street watching/commenting(!). Number of times we got chased off from there. Presume its still there? Hi Chocki I,ve had a few pints in there myself recently. Its like going back 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocki Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi Chocki I,ve had a few pints in there myself recently. Its like going back 40 years. Do you play bowls then or can you just go in for a pint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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