bullerboY Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Wasnt that the only Restaurant in Hillsboro around that time Old Tup i cant think of another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Wasnt that the only Restaurant in Hillsboro around that time Old Tup i cant think of another.There was the "Oriental" just past the "Masons" on Langsett Road.I played in bands at the time and after gigs if we could not get in the "Bluebird" we would go to the "Oriental' for some undescribable grub because we were always hungry in those days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 yes i know that one Mossdog but its not a place where you would take your family or a lady friend,it was more of a knocking shop and it always looked scruffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Old Tup it changed its name to Silver Dragon because there was already a Bluebird in the Wicker.We used to go in every Saturday night in the sixties and went in until it closed for good.Suited and booted tie and cuff links how times have changed. Wasn't the Chinese restaurant in the Wicker the 'Peacock' ? ( at least in the early '60s) and one of the (not THE) first to open ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Wasnt that the only Restaurant in Hillsboro around that time Old Tup i cant think of another. I think it was but at the time we always headed for a Chinese supper after a night's drinking so other types of restaurants never caught our attention!.I,'ve just read the calculation for my obstruction fine,I,'ll not sleep tonight !. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) I think it was but at the time we always headed for a Chinese supper after a night's drinking so other types of restaurants never caught our attention!.I,'ve just read the calculation for my obstruction fine,I,'ll not sleep tonight !. 'Obstruction fine'... 'not sleep', why, do you still owe it ? Edited July 30, 2016 by stpetre Add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Old Kelly's directories show this laundry at 140 Firth Park Road on the corner of Selby Road. In the directories from 1937 to 1954 it was "Chin Hong" and by 1958 "S.L. Hong". By 1970 "Pa T. Chu" lived there (no business mentioned). That's the one. It looks like 'S L HONG' in THIS photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 'Obstruction fine'... 'not sleep', why, do you still owe it ? No but its the percentage of the fine total against my wage in the early 60s,on average most people earned around £10 per week at that time!.Don,t forget I,m a Yorkshireman,I,ve still got the twobob the midwife gave me at my birth!.We have a reputation of being careful with cash,a Yorkshireman is a Scotsman with no brains!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbow2411 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 No but its the percentage of the fine total against my wage in the early 60s,on average most people earned around £10 per week at that time!.Don,t forget I,m a Yorkshireman,I,ve still got the twobob the midwife gave me at my birth!.We have a reputation of being careful with cash,a Yorkshireman is a Scotsman with no brains!. Oh my God did you just say a Yorkshireman is a Scotsman with no brains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakes Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Ref. Post 3: Bantycock. Restaurant of Rushby Street with dog in fridge It also ocCURred to me that the Gambit restaurant on Commercial Street also got caught with dog hanging in the fridge. Did they get closed down for this? I had some mates who praised the ‘chicken’ meals at the gambit. Ugh! ---------------- Further to my post no.38 I have noticed the site of the Goldfish Bowl, Chinese chip-chop (Earl Way) is now Brenda’s fish and chips restaurant. In passing, I have seen they have a seated area (well, it is a restaurant), and the restaurant seems to have loads of customers. What struck me though, is the chips and fish (and peas) are a lot more expensive than when I was a regler at the Goldfish Bowl back in the late 60s, early 70s. I mentioned this because the portions are now much smaller than they were all those years ago. It seems a lot of money to pay just for sitting down. I suppose ‘Bren gun Brenda’ is the only one who could explain this. I wonder if she takes her Summer holiday in sunny Brno. Ref post 39: Hillsbro Hello Hillsbro, you say your Missus regards you as “somewhat eccentric”. Well, it must run in the blood because your cousin, Denise was also “somewhat eccentric”, for giving me all those extra ‘lashings’ … of chips that is! Lol. Greetings to Mrs Hillsbro from me. xx ---------------- As I mentioned before somewhere else on the Forum, the Goldfish Bowl owners had premises elsewhere in Sheffield. I have now recalled it was on Barber Road, Sheff 10. Go Figar-o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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