peterw Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Just after the second world war there used to be lorries running around all over Sheffield bearing the name Jimmy Childs. If I remember correctly he was a demolition contractor who pulled down quite a lot of the bombed buildings. When I come back to Sheffield I don’t see them, so presumably he went out of business or sold out to another company. Did anyone work for him? And is he still alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Think the company was still on the go in the mid 70's. ISTR he had a land-fill site at the Grimesthorpe end of Wincobank Hill and kept some wagons in a yard on Owlet Street (bottom of Wensley Street). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensos Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Jimmy dead, Good place to buy good s/h building materials cheap,pass to his son jimmy,told he went bust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Thanks for the info. Jimmy worked hard during the post-war period and made a good job of what he was doing. Sorry to hear he’s gone, but not surprised that his son went bust. It’s something that happens frequently but not to me — I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Greybeard _ nice to hear from you again. What’s all this about a ‘landfill’ site? In our age the name for it was rubbish tip. You’ve be going on about environmental health inspectors next, instead of what they really are which is public health inspectors. Incidentally, posters on this site have talked me into buying Henderson’s Relish, which is a product I’d long forgotten about. Tried it with a steak and beer pie last night. Tried it this morning with cheese on toast and trying it again, this minute, with fish, chips and mushy peas! Off to bed then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behappy Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Jimmy Childs is alive and well and living in Bradway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jauntyone Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 The last I hered of Jimmy Childs was that he was living in Bradway, he used to go in the Bradway pub quite a lot. But that was back in the early seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arfer Mo Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Used to see Jimmy in the Yorkshiremans in the 50ties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantycock Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Just after the second world war there used to be lorries running around all over Sheffield bearing the name Jimmy Childs. If I remember correctly he was a demolition contractor who pulled down quite a lot of the bombed buildings. When I come back to Sheffield I don’t see them, so presumably he went out of business or sold out to another company. Did anyone work for him? And is he still alive? I was going to start a thread on Jimmy child's but this cropped up as kids we used to go ferreting for rabbits on wincobank hill never got many lol but we enjoyed it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest makapaka Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I was going to start a thread on Jimmy child's but this cropped up as kids we used to go ferreting for rabbits on wincobank hill never got many lol but we enjoyed it ! Brought up at wincobank and we used to call one of the footballpitches down from the reservoir "Jimmy childs" but never knew why at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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