Plain Talker Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Hi Plain talker - yes, my brother Roy (currently staying here with us at Chateau Hillsbro) says he can remember a blind man who knew which coin had dropped into his cup, and he's pretty sure it was the one we both remember who stood at the end of the Cambridge Arcade. Not sure about Ray Allen but I remember (mid-1970s) Harris's tailors opposite the Arcade on the corner of Cambridge Street. It all seems such a long time ago. I must be getting old.... Hope your Bruv is having a good stay :wave:s at Hillsbro's Bruv... The blind man was "always" there, almost a "permanent fixture", for donkeys years, I can't remember ever going past Suggs, and not seeing him there, right into the mid 70's, when the arcade was there, definitely, but after the mid 70's or so I don't recall seeing him there as much. (This would be after the incident I remembered in my above post, about the time his missus took ill) He must have been seventy or so, back then, which can't have been good to have been out there, rain, snow or blow, selling these bits and pieces, (matches, spills, pens and the like) for mere pennies, scratching something of a living. This man's powers of hearing were just astounding. I don't think it was a work of fiction that he could recognise the sound of the coins. I'm not sure whether his blindness was congenital, or happened after an accident or injury. (His bearing sort of felt "Ex- serviceman") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Hello again Plain Talker - yes, I always had the impression that he had a "military bearing" about him, and I wondered if he was blind as a result of a wartime (WWI or WW2) injury. He always had a poppy in his lapel around Remembrance Day. Roy (here's a wave from him) and his wife Eileen think there's too much snow for their liking here in North Lincs., but I told them that according to Forum reports it would have been worse where they live (High Storrs) and it's melting now anyway! Does anyone remember a tools & hardware shop in Carver Street? I seem to recall that it stood a little way back from the road, in a single-storey building. It was at the top end of Carver Street, probably where the car park is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Schofields,now the big Argos Jean Genie,Fargate Eyres,The Moor American Diner? Fargate used to buy Coke Floats there mmmm The Attic Sandwich Shop next to Rebina shoes Tammys near Castle Market C & A now Primark Rackhams now TJ Hughes Colvins just past the Peace Gardens Discount Beauty on Cambridge St What was the shop called downstairs in Chelsea Girl thet used to sell records?? i can remember buying Reo Speedwagon there and Hall and Oate........ aarrrhhh i'm sooo old!!! Jeanery on Fargate, early 80's? selling Smart R's jeans!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Mustard Seed cafe where the Town Hall egg-box used to be? And Jack Archer Sports on Bramall Lane? Ran by Peter Fenwick, i believe, who sadly passed away only recently. I think there is another thread re Mustard Seed on Sheff Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Wimpeys on fargate, Also a Wimpey on Pinstone St, on left going up, before Charles St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 there was one record shop on the gallery over the markets, Could that have been Spin City Records @ mid 80's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I recall: Chantry Records on Commercial St then moved to Exchange Place; late 80s/early 90s Spin City Records, upper outside deck, Castle Mkt; mid 80s Roulette Records, Castle Market; 80s Bradleys Records, Pinstone St, Fargate?, Chapel Walk, 70s & 80s Curtis' Records, Moorhead where it became Mcdonalds 1970s Hitsville Records?, Carver St i think in late 80s I remember a record shop on London Rd and it was there in the mid 70s, next door or next but one to Harveys Opticians, which is still there to this very day, but what was the record shop called? Please, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Austins opposite Redgates, used to be the official Levi outlet in Sheffield Pauldens, now Debenhams Disc Jockey cafe at the bottom of London Road The In and Out sandwich shop on Union Street Hornes in the subway off the Hole in the Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe9T Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh, and what was the record shop, 1980s, at Aldine Court on High St called? I think it was linked to Roulette at Castle Market, but it was not known as Roulette, but by another name and I think a guy called Kevin ran it... brill little shop that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANNBEE Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 walshs in broomhill, set in own grounds with a huge weeping willow. Now that was posh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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