owdlad Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Hey ! you lot, you left the best place on Earth.......we know because we are still here...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhopkinson Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 [Hey Old timer. Very interesting letter there from you. I remember all of that. The skating rink with with that that long strip you talked of i spent many hours in there on my bum It was known as The Mugs ally) remember] I left the Uk in 1963 for Aussie Regards vera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocoholic Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Hiya I haven't got any relations by those names but apparantly there were loads of Graysons who lived down Attercliffe(which we found out when researching the family tree)I'll mention it to my dad because he might remember them anyway. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhopkinson Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Originally posted by buck Hello Oldtimer! I must say I got to be pretty good on skates and used to go down that little training area and race round it just to show off. It stood me in good stead when I lived in Montreal where I transferred to ice skates and did a lot of reffing for the kids on the outdoor rinks. I'd done a bit of figure skating in Attercliffe but in Canada that was considered a bit efffeminate so quit. I went to Attercliffe rink a few years before you, just as WW2 was finishing, and finally broke my arm in a fall, so changed over to bike racing instead where I only broke my front teeth. I don't remember that building you spoke about. I spent 9 years in Canada mostly in Quebec, and a year in Newfie, life in Quebec got too complicated with the government insisting that my English kid had to be taught only in French, so came down to the "evil empire". I miss Canada, perhaps the only civilised country left on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltel Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Originally posted by rosiebear my husband remembers three,stephen paul and susan,they lived in the end yard next to batiste shop. Would stephen and paul be the 2 lads who started working at Bradwell electrical about 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksy Posted September 12, 2004 Author Share Posted September 12, 2004 does any one remember pierpoints green grocers on attercliffe , my aunt worked there and as a kid it always seemed very busy. suppose most of attercliffe was like this at that time , happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Sorry Kiwi, I fprgot the only other civilised place on earth. I've been to your big obnoxious neighbour, but never to NZ. Always scared down there of falling off. That couldn't happen to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWI Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by buck Sorry Kiwi, I fprgot the only other civilised place on earth. I've been to your big obnoxious neighbour, but never to NZ. Always scared down there of falling off. That couldn't happen to Canada. Dont be too hard on our obnoxious neighbours across the ditch Buck they are always good to have a laugh at oops l mean with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by brooksy does any one remember pierpoints green grocers on attercliffe , my aunt worked there and as a kid it always seemed very busy. suppose most of attercliffe was like this at that time , happy days. I remember it. Opposite the bottom of Staniforth Rd. or Shirland Lane, next to a bank I think. It was set back a bit from the building line and had a display area outside the shop. Used to go down Attercliffe quite a bit in my teens (1950s) to browse in the swop-shops. In those days Attercliffe seemed to be all shops and pubs from Broughton Lane up to Staniforth Road. BTW - I used to work with a lad called Brooks, I think he said he was born in a house on Woodbine Road, and I knew a few people came off Alfred Road etc. and got moved to Shiregreen. They all seemed to migrate to Firth Park cub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Aye the 'Cliffe had it all in them days. t'palace, pies and peas, Banners. Better than t'Moor which was for the toffee noses of Ecclesall and Abbeydale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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