GOLDEN OLDIE Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Can anyone remember the earliest Santas grottos in Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I have a photo of me as a child in the 1940s sat on Santa's knee (those were the days!) in Stuart & Stuart's Christmas grotto. I'm holding a teddy bear so presumably that's the gift I received. Stuart & Stuart's store was on Pinstone Street across from the Peace Gardens. echo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I have a photo of me as a child in the 1940s sat on Santa's knee (those were the days!) in Stuart & Stuart's Christmas grotto. I'm holding a teddy bear so presumably that's the gift I received. Stuart & Stuart's store was on Pinstone Street across from the Peace Gardens. echo. I too have a picture of me and the Big Guy, I thought I was the only one until I discovered that my Brother in Law had one too, your not him are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I too have a picture of me and the Big Guy, I thought I was the only one until I discovered that my Brother in Law had one too, your not him are you? Sorry Blackbeard, unfortunately I don't think we're related, although it would be interesting to have some familial connection to a pirate! echo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Here I am on Santa's knee at the S. & E. Co-Op in 1951. I didn't get all the toys, though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brumpts Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Im sure I used to visit Santa in Redgates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Here I am on Santa's knee at the S. & E. Co-Op in 1951. I didn't get all the toys, though.. Mr.H. You went from Dykes Hall Road area to what, I assume the bottom of Ecclesall ,Road which would be, perhaps two tram car rides then. missing on a few 'Santa's' on the way, The trams would have done for me as they didn't start reversing the seats (seats !!) until the terminus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voldy Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Cannot remember exact year (no photo) but it was at the B&C Co-op Store in Exchange Street before it was destroyed in the December 1940 Blitz, so probably late 30's. There would have been a number of disappointed children whose toys were lost that year(1940). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) ...from Dykes Hall Road area to what, I assume the bottom of Ecclesall ,Road which would be, perhaps two tram car rides...Actually it was only one tram ride - the good old Middlewood-Ecclesall route (replaced by the No 82 bus in 1954). Here is a link to a pre-war picturesheffield.com photo of an Ecclesall tram, taken at Middlewood. Oh, the reversible seats - a bit like these. That photo was actually taken on the Bluebell Railway - book your seats now for one of the line's Santa Specials. Edited November 7, 2015 by hillsbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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