Jim Hardie Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Padders said: Washford Arms. The building is still there. Reduced to two storeys, and suffering the indignity of fake stone cladding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 When I lived there the chippy on the bottom of Myrtle Road was called 77 Sunset! Regards, Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowls Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 What about the fox on pyebank road in front of the loco W M C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakerman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Reading some of these posts about the pubs long gone made me think back to when I was in my teens in the 1960's. I used to frequent the wicker quite often in those days and I remember that in the Wicker alone there were 7 pubs and one fast food shop (Tony's chip shop I think) These days there is one pub and countless take away shops. The pubs were, The station, The Viaduct, Brown cow, White Lion , The new White Lion, The Big Gun and another which name escapes me, it was situated next to the Brown Cow roughly where Derek Dooley Way cuts through the Wicker. Then there were a couple of pubs on Nursery Street and a couple on Lady's Bridge. On a nice warm summers evening people would stroll from pub to pub and if you had a half pint in each pub you would be well on your way to being drunk by closing time. Happy days as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, lakerman said: Reading some of these posts about the pubs long gone made me think back to when I was in my teens in the 1960's. I used to frequent the wicker quite often in those days and I remember that in the Wicker alone there were 7 pubs and one fast food shop (Tony's chip shop I think) These days there is one pub and countless take away shops. The pubs were, The station, The Viaduct, Brown cow, White Lion , The new White Lion, The Big Gun and another which name escapes me, it was situated next to the Brown Cow roughly where Derek Dooley Way cuts through the Wicker. Then there were a couple of pubs on Nursery Street and a couple on Lady's Bridge. On a nice warm summers evening people would stroll from pub to pub and if you had a half pint in each pub you would be well on your way to being drunk by closing time. Happy days as they say. The missing name is the Bull and Oak. Where was the White Lion? I only remember the New White Lion. There was the Lion just around the corner on Nursery St where the Riverside Court is now but that was before my boozing days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Jim Hardie said: The missing name is the Bull and Oak. Where was the White Lion? I only remember the New White Lion. There was the Lion just around the corner on Nursery St where the Riverside Court is now but that was before my boozing days. Yes the Lion hotel was on the Nursery Street corner so counted as a Wicker area pub, also on Nursery Street were the Hare and Hounds and Manchester Hotel (now New Harlequin) and just off the Wicker were The (old) Harlequin (Stanley Street/Johnson Street) and there was of course the Stanley Street WMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 20 hours ago, St Petre said: Yes the Lion hotel was on the Nursery Street corner so counted as a Wicker area pub, also on Nursery Street were the Hare and Hounds and Manchester Hotel (now New Harlequin) and just off the Wicker were The (old) Harlequin (Stanley Street/Johnson Street) and there was of course the Stanley Street WMC. Wasn`t the Grosvenor Hotel next to the Lion on the corner of Nursery street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 57 minutes ago, Kidorry said: Wasn`t the Grosvenor Hotel next to the Lion on the corner of Nursery street? One and the same apparently. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;c03369&pos=313&action=zoom&id=3615 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) I think this shows they were different?s20595.jpg (800×519) (picturesheffield.com) I am certain that we went into their cellar during the air raids in the war. Edited December 8, 2020 by Kidorry Added text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, Kidorry said: I think this shows they were different?s20595.jpg (800×519) (picturesheffield.com) I am certain that we went into their cellar during the air raids in the war. The map seems to show they had the same footprint. Could the Grosvenor have been on the floors above the Lion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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