ray nicholso Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 no sorry im so thick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 [quote=mayie; I have just discovered the forum and read your post about Gillotts Bakery explosion, I also worked there at the time in the garage section with Bob Rushforth. Amongst other that work there was Fred Liddlow, Morris Hopper and gaffer Harry Savage. I was actually there when the explosion happened and helped douse the flames that engulfed Bob. That was my post mayie, not geocol, are you the one that had the blue Triumph 21 ? I used to hang around the garage after we'd finished our run, I worked with Betty Bullock at the time, seem to think she married Fred some years later after he got divorced, he was lucky not to be there when the explosion occured, because he was off work with a broken leg at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 my cousin lived on andover st his name is Eric(jim) Thew and my relation Jimmy Thorpe lived on Woodside Lane he was the biggest bookie in Sheffield at the time hes in Fred Passes book Wheers mi Mam,Tony Mercer a singer with the Black and White minstrals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 my cousin lived on andover st his name is Eric(jim) Thew and my relation Jimmy Thorpe lived on Woodside Lane he was the biggest bookie in Sheffield at the time hes in Fred Passes book Wheers mi Mam,Tony Mercer a singer with the Black and White minstrals. Tony Mercer went to Pye Bank school.Did your cousin live in the flats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESMITH Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 my cousin lived on andover st his name is Eric(jim) Thew and my relation Jimmy Thorpe lived on Woodside Lane he was the biggest bookie in Sheffield at the time hes in Fred Passes book Wheers mi Mam,Tony Mercer a singer with the Black and White minstrals. hi i lived 4 doors away from the thorpe i knocked around with alan he had a sister called elaine he use to collect bets across from our house mum use to warn him when the cops were coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi LESMITH Ilast saw Alan about eight years ago he lived in Blyth near retford and Elaine had a newsagents in sheffield.Jimmy started up in Tontine chambers above Philip Canns in Dixon lane with his brother and my dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi darra No he lived in the upside down houses,he was known locally as the General,dont know why!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi darra No he lived in the upside down houses,he was known locally as the General,dont know why!!!! I used to live in the flats and the people underneath us were called TEW thought yours might have been a typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy savage Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 hiya i was at pye bank school when andybags [mrs andrews ] was there, remember the chant everyone sang. Good god what a witch ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbiet Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 hiya i was at pye bank school when andybags [mrs andrews ] was there, remember the chant everyone sang. Good god what a witch ... I think every one who went to Pye bank school in the 70's remembers Mrs Andrews and still shudder at the mention of her name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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