Joseph Tomlinsons Sheffield

[BarryL]

Hi James. The whole of the street opposite Tomlinson's was lined with terraced houses. Probably more than 25 of them. Each set of about 4 whilst having front doors to Bedford St also had a passage which led to their back doorsand a large yard. At the back of this space we're 2 more terraces. My great grandmother lived at a house fronting Bedford St and her daughter Annie lived across the yard

[James Sexton]

Hi James. The whole of the street opposite Tomlinson's was lined with terraced houses. Probably more than 25 of them. Each set of about 4 whilst having front doors to Bedford St also had a passage which led to their back doorsand a large yard. At the back of this space we're 2 more terraces. My great grandmother lived at a house fronting Bedford St and her daughter Annie lived across the yard

 

Barry, that is very interesting and explains a lot. My wife's house has a wall with a gate next to it that is used to access a small strip of which leads to the back garden. However, according to the land registry, it does not belong to the house. Do you know who owned this passageway?

 

Thanks, James

[retep]

Dear all, My wife purchased 35 Bedford Street a number of years ago and I am trying my best to trace its history. I believe this property was right opposite Joseph Tomlinson & Sons Ltd and wondering if this is where Hazel's grandmother used to live? Since the street is really unrecognizable would anyone have any photos of the property to see what the house and surroundings looked like throughout the years? Thanks

 

There is a pic. of the area on Britain From Above--EPW061499 into search

[James Sexton]

Thanks retap, that picture did not come up on my research, but I found other aerial photos from the 60's and 70's. Also found pictures of Bedford Street, but in every picture, it is very difficult to see any real detail of the house and surrounding land.

[Person6]

Dear all, My wife purchased 35 Bedford Street a number of years ago and I am trying my best to trace its history. I believe this property was right opposite Joseph Tomlinson & Sons Ltd and wondering if this is where Hazel's grandmother used to live? Since the street is really unrecognizable would anyone have any photos of the property to see what the house and surroundings looked like throughout the years? Thanks

 

There are pictures of Cross Bedford Street on the picturesheffield website

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/

[James Sexton]

Person6, yes the photo's on that site were very clear and useful. I obtained a large number from that site over the last week or so and a few on here. I think I need some family photo's from inside the pathway, but honestly that would be a needle in a haystack. Thanks again

[retep]

Thanks retap, that picture did not come up on my research, but I found other aerial photos from the 60's and 70's. Also found pictures of Bedford Street, but in every picture, it is very difficult to see any real detail of the house and surrounding land.

 

You have to join (free) to zoom in on the pics.

 

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Barry, that is very interesting and explains a lot. My wife's house has a wall with a gate next to it that is used to access a small strip of which leads to the back garden. However, according to the land registry, it does not belong to the house. Do you know who owned this passageway?

 

Thanks, James

 

 

 

As I remember Stevenson's coal had a place behind there.

[BarryL]

Hi James

There was no 1 house. All were terraces and each set shared a yard. From memory they were all demolished in the late 60s. I thought a number of small businesses replaced them. You will be interested to know that an end of WW2 party was held directly outside my great grandma's front door

[hillsbro]

In case it's of interest to anyone, here is a link to a large-scale OS map on the sheffieldhistory.co.uk site. Click near the top left corner to show the Bedford Street area - here is a screenprint.

[jaffa1]

I don't recall any gardens being in Bedford Street area it was all yards and outside toilets

I remember an old lady who used to live below Tomlinsons on the next block who always dressed in a long black dress and wore a fez. As children we could never understand this but looking back she may have been of a different nationality.

Across the road from Tomlinsons lived a lady called Mrs Tyler, we used to play up her yard where there were a row of court houses which backed onto our court houses in Montgomery Terrace Road. There were times when we got mice in our homes and you heard the neighbours say that they had come through from the other side , meaning Bedford Street.

 

Our home consisted of 1 attic, 1 bedroom and a kitchen that served as a room, with ten of us it was pretty cramped.

Five boys slept in the attic, 2 boys in 1 bed and 3 boys in another with the youngest at the foot of the bed. Three girls and mam and dad in the bedroom with 2 girls in a bed and myself in the bottom drawer until I got too big for it then I slept between mam and dad, there were no more children after me lol.

 

We all had a shared outside toilet but even though we hadn't got much we were never bored.

We used to play on " bombed Blanchards " which is now the car parks to Winsors shoe shop.