Heeley Bottom In The 60'S And 70'S

[choogling]

Anyone remember the name of the guy who ran a car scrapyard at Heeley Bottom in the 60s? No idea whether one is still there now. The guy there kept my old jalopy going until he finally persuaded me to turn it in to its final resting place, his scrapyard of course.

 

It was owned by mr.richardson who also owned the " car spares shop " chesterfield road .he later opened a series of shops around the area.In the seventies he sold me a brand new cylinderhead gasket for a 1959 e93a ford pop for the original marked up price of five shillings.He was a proper gent of a bloke my sister went to school with his daughter he later moved from the chesterfield road shop to live at dronfield.Outside the shop were two very old fibreglass car body shells one was a single seater formula one type and the other was a saloon, they were there for years often wondered if they were ever fitted to a chassis. the cars in them days tended to have a removeable body and special building was all the rage.

[arkwright1]

does anyone remember the Garnett family who lived at gleadless rd from the late 40's to 60's

i knew mick well he had brothers and sister but did not no them mick died a few years ago great bloke

[Treatment]

The building on the corner of Havelock Bridge and Queens Road was Reuben Thompsons. Their workshops backed onto our yard - we lived on Guernsey Road next to Spaffords gate. We could hear the hammering when they were making coffins.

 

Was that on the corner across Myrtle Road from Hodkin and Jones ?

[grinder]

When the Heeley Palace was still standing there was a paper shop same side just up well rd.

Remember it was owned by an ex-United player in the early 60s, was it Harold Brook?

and I remember there was a customized Land rover used to park on the bend higher up with the legend "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" above the passenger side...

Ring any bells...

Edited June 28, 2009 by grinder

[Len.F]

Across the road from Hodkin & Jones was Rubin & Thompson's funeral directors & taxis,

Across the road from them was the Earl of Arundal pub, next to them was a fish shop, Then a grocers shop - the owner was called Charley ?

Len F.

[cornishmaid]

My Nanan and Grandad lived on Albert Road , it was where Nanan was born and they lived on the same terrace until it was demolished around 1978 when they were in the late 80`s . I spent many very happy times at their house on Albert rd, Nanan used to shop on Heeley Bottom, I remember a shop which sold fancy goods and you could have good laid away for Christmas . Nanan used to buy the most wonderful loose potted meat from a butchers , cant remember the name now , happy memeories !

[hector]

Across the road from Hodkin & Jones was Rubin & Thompson's funeral directors & taxis,

Across the road from them was the Earl of Arundal pub, next to them was a fish shop, Then a grocers shop - the owner was called Charley ?

Len F.

 

The fish & chip shop was Rawsons.

Next door, after Charley died, came Mrs Mather (Mr Mather worked for the NCB).

The other side of the passage was Walkers Toy Shop followed by Walkers Sweet Shop.

Then came Peppers (a herbalist)

After Peppers was a door with a glass panel saying 'Ethel (can't remember her surname) Wreaths made to order'. I never saw that door open.

Then there was a Ladies Hairdresser (can't remember the name).

On the corner was Harrisons beer-off.

[Steve Maltby]

Hi tosh' there was Noel the oldest then i think possibly Tony then Dean (Deano) the youngest who was my old mate.

 

You nearly got it right mate, 4 brothers in all ,Tony was the eldest who I used to knock around with as a kid then there was Noel, Gary and Dean...we got up to all sorts of mischief in the mid-sixties belive me we were only 11 or 12 but that didn't stop us nickin' a barrel o'beer from a new Indian restaurant that had just opened on Abbeydale Rd and then takin it back to Tony's for a party while his parents were out boozin...!!

[only_me]

You nearly got it right mate, 4 brothers in all ,Tony was the eldest who I used to knock around with as a kid then there was Noel, Gary and Dean...we got up to all sorts of mischief in the mid-sixties belive me we were only 11 or 12 but that didn't stop us nickin' a barrel o'beer from a new Indian restaurant that had just opened on Abbeydale Rd and then takin it back to Tony's for a party while his parents were out boozin...!!

 

Yea your 100% right Steve. Me and Deano (who at the time spoke a lot of dog latin) had some right laughs as well. Was Mr Wilson a bit of a boxer? Im sure he had two jobs, one was with Securicor and he sometimes brought the security van home. Funny how Noel use to threaten me a Dean not to get in any trouble and him just as bad lol.

[markfry]

I was born & lived in Well Rd, Heeley 1960 to 65. My family also occupied most of the block of 6 back to back houses/shops. My grandmother & grandfather Sid & Nora Fry had the bakers/tripe shop, my aunt Olive & Arthur Payne had the hairdressers & greengrocers. My Grandad Sid had a workshop above a shop or something down London Rd. He did a lot of work for cinemas & also did work for some of the gangs venues & clubs, so didn't make a great profit.

 

I well remember Taggy's ice cream & bands marching by one day, going down the yard to the outside toilet, newspaper squares nailed on the door to wipe.

The Lump across the Rd from us, Mr Kendall's yard just up from us (I saw his chimney fall down in the gales on night, from my mum & dad's bed, as the storm had spooked me too). The boy next door to grandma's was called Broderick & always wanted to set fire to things!!!.

 

I loved Heeley, visiting my family regularly until they were forced out by compulsory purchase order.

 

I have only just found this thread, it has sparked off great memories, thanks to all that have posted & made this a great site.