Plain Talker Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 When I was a toddler, my Grandma used to go and have her hair done at the hairdressers just along Backmoor Road from the Nailies. Afterwards, if it was a nice day, before we walked back down to where we lived behind the John o' Gaunt, Gran would stop off to treat herself to a half, or two, at the Nailies. I'd be given a bottle of fizzy orange and a straw. So, somehow, as can only happen, in a 2 or 3 year old's reasoning, the "Nailmakers" became the "Hair-lacquers" :hihi: The name stuck within the family, as they found it so funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 If it's the same hairdresser I'm thinking of, there was also a men's barber's next door (at the back of the house), with a fish and chip shop at the front. The same family ran all three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaw Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Use to have a good pint of Newcastle Exhibition as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC Drive Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 If it's the same hairdresser I'm thinking of, there was also a men's barber's next door (at the back of the house), with a fish and chip shop at the front. The same family ran all three. Was indeed. They were the Thornesby's. My mum worked at that chippy and I used to go up there to see her as a nipper. T'owd man Eddie would always give me a bag of dead good chippy-chips. My eldest sister did some time at the hairdreaaers as well. I think both shops closed during the seventies. No idea what happened to Irene or Nellie Thornesby. The Nailies was a superb haunt for kid-drinkers. Been served in there at fifteen, although we had to get people who looked older to go up to the bar. Last time I was in there was during the 80s, and there was a massive scrap over the pool table. PC Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black eyes Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 newcastle brown ail and william youngers spring to mind well kept pub in the 1960s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innit Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I was a regular there on Sunday nights 1970-75. Newcy Brown and Youngers Bitters. Neeps and tatty's with Haggis on Burns night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 When I was 18 in the sixties I went there at the weekends. Does anybody remember Harold Greenacre who waited on at the weekends? During the week he worked at the Sheffield abbatoir with his brother Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadogo Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Is that the Pub near the Water Tower ? Is the Water Tower still there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yes and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3659 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Used to be my pal Charley Lindleys local, I remember going to his wedding reception there when he married Roz Froggatt , also used to drink with the Valley lads in there Wombat [Martin Williams] the Hacket brothers and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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