marie1951 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Originally posted by mikey Hi When I was a kid there was a place at the top of Myrtle Rd called the Piggeries, never really sure waht this was but I had this vision of a load of pigs living there, maybe of interest? it did have pigs just 3 the first house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playman Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 I know myrtle springs had a piggery there owned by the woodheads in the 60's and also the castle shaped building which is sadly now long gone, also at the top of arbourthorne rd there used to be the hurlfield girls school which was demolished due to subsidence.....now about 100 houses are built on the site also all the houses on myrtle springs are built on land which used to be allotments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 My uncle Ernest lived on Myrtle road, I think! This was in the late '40,s/early '50's. I remember going up East Bank road on the bus. There was a working men's club on the left side of the road. The street my uncle lived on was on the right side, very close to the club. I remember one Saturday going to play football on a pitch on the same road, would it have been Myrtle road? Incidentally, one of the kids on our team was George Quixall, he was picked up at half time by his father, and was taken to Manchester, his brother Albert was playing his first game for Man U, he had been bought by the club after the Munich air crash. Anybody remember that? I was also in the same class at Meynell Road school with Brian Dooley, his cousin Derek played for Sheffield Wednesday, and had his leg amputated after a collision with another player in a match at Hillsborough. I had forgotten all this, thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillybud Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hi Was just reading all the chat about the field at the back of the Ball Inn Pub on Myrtle Road, and I was wondering if you would be interested to hear that it is rumoured that the land is being used to build houses on for imigrants. I know someone that lives pretty close to the field, and that is what they tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauz Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Hi my husband used to go in norfolk park fishing befoe all the flats were built the pond was called cherry tree pond and was popular for crested newts . itwas situated just off park grange road and guildford rise. Below it was cherry tree wood which is still there it used to be full of bluebells and had the stream running from the pond the pond was filled in and cottages and orchards removed to build norfolk park flats about 1963 Also where st aidans drive leavrs st aidans road, used to be a orchard with big pear trees some cottages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 The farm behind the Ball Inn was owned by the Lawsons, My cousin was in the same class as Heather Lawson and we used go and play on the farm. Her Brother-in-Law Peter had new ideas on pig rearing at that time I suppose hence the pigs. Mrs Lawson used to work at Arbouthorne Central school looking after childen after school hours. Women still continuing to work after the war so children were kept in school until collected. Further up Gleadless Rd was a farm owned by Mr Lawsons brother they must have specialised in cows because they used to deliver our milk at Intake. The Workingman's Club on East bank Rd was called I think The Midhill. hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Originally posted by mikey Hi When I was a kid there was a place at the top of Myrtle Rd called the Piggeries, never really sure waht this was but I had this vision of a load of pigs living there, maybe of interest? [/QUO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosh13 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Doesn't the guy off the Bill & Eastenders own the Ball Inn Pub cannot remember his name at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 when i was a kid we spent many happy hours in BUCK WOODS,,the wood path was off berners rd there was a big field and then the woods, we spent many hrs building dens and paddling in the stream,there was also some allotments down there,one of them had a concrete hut and we used to make a fire and stew rhubarb on the stove,until one of the lads climbed on top of the roof and it caved in ,he had serious head injuries and was in a coma for a while,we were never allowed on the allotments after that:loopy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Originally posted by roughy101 when i was a kid we spent many happy hours in BUCK WOODS,,the wood path was off berners rd there was a big field and then the woods, we spent many hrs building dens and paddling in the stream,there was also some allotments down there,one of them had a concrete hut and we used to make a fire and stew rhubarb on the stove,until one of the lads climbed on top of the roof and it caved in ,he had serious head injuries and was in a coma for a while,we were never allowed on the allotments after that:loopy: micheal donahoe was his name:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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