Janner Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I used to live on Hatfield House Lane opposite the school, in the summer there were cricket matches on the cricket field , it was good to see it still there when I had a look a couple of years ago. Got hit in the mouth with a cricket ball while watching practice there, it was during the war. I can't remember who owned the ground, anybody know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Hills Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I used to live on Hatfield House Lane opposite the school, in the summer there were cricket matches on the cricket field , it was good to see it still there when I had a look a couple of years ago. Got hit in the mouth with a cricket ball while watching practice there, it was during the war. I can't remember who owned the ground, anybody know? I remember the cricket ground well as I played there once as a member of a Newton Chambers apprentice team. We were well and truly beaton but I'm sure the locals watching enjoyed it. The date would have been around 1955/56. I've no idea who owned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowhead Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I just remember it as a nice clean estate probably one of the best in Sheffield. I just get very sad when I see the deterioration of the verges and some of the properties. The local council at the moment has been remodernising the area inside homes and out. They have lovely plans for the area such as doing away with overgrown hedges and replacing them with fences and walls, and they are replacing the verges with a hardened base with which grass can grow through! Needless to say local scumbags will find a way to ruin it and turn it back into a sh**hole. Probably with graffitti and vandalism! I have grown up on this estate all my 26 years of life starting at lower shiregreen in my childhood days and then moving to upper shiregreen after I left home. Must say I agree with the earlier thread the upper is def better than lower but only slightly Never the less this is my home and even with its downfalls I wouldn't consider moving anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewpot54 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I think all estates go through a bad patch.You just have to hang on in there until the kids grow up and the houses are occupied by middle aged people who have settled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Runner Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Good to hear that Sheffield Council are making improvements to Shiregreen, lets hope that it gets back to how it used to be. I lived at Lower Shiregreen and remember how lovely it was to live there. Until there is a change of attitude towards sorting out the yobs there will always be a threat to the estate declining again - good luck to the improvements. In my child hood I was proud to live on Shiregreen as this was one of the best estates in Sheffield along with Wisewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beenicko Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hi Beenicko, I did think that it would be the old Cintride works, we lived opposite there when it was a thriving business, with all the top cars parked in the car park. Re: Station House yes it was certainly a house the signalman (Mr Lickorish) lived there for many years. What has happened to Arthur Lee & Sons, I worked there in their Purchasing Department for 10 years, is it still on the go !! Also my father worked in the cold rolling mills until he retired. Hi Fast, Arthur Lees is no longer there. I don't what happened to them, the place is now flattened and used as a scrapyard. Bri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewpot54 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Hi Stewpot54. I remember one of the Hammond girls. I went to Woolley Wood School with her, Yvonne. I moved on to Hucklow Road and then to Hinde House to finish my schooling years. Yvonne is married to Jim Smith the football manager and now lives near Oxford. There are three girls me being the eldest and also two elder brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinteastwoo Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I started teaching at Shiregreen Middle School in the late seventies.. Kids include Andy Matthews, Gary Fothergill, Rowding Family, Flint Family, Walches etc Teachers were Pete Inman, Bernard Priest, Gwen Marsden, Mike Mahoney, Jim Friar, Dave Hutton etc. yes i went to shiregreen school with david rowding joseph flint gary welch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Runner Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Hi Beenicko - Was very surprised to learn that Arthur Lee & Sons is no longer there, it is sad as a lot of jobs would have been lost. They also had a second company at Ecclesfield. I started at Arthur Lees as an Office Junior about 1960 and left in 1975. There was a 'Basket Bridge' over the railway line which all the office staff walked over to get to the offices, from Wooley Wood Bottom. My father worked there all his working life until he retired. A sad passing of an era, but a memorable time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Sheffield Council are making improvements to Shiregreen, i wish it was the council doing the work it's the god awful Sanctuary housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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