Pond Street shops

[Bash Street]

There was a bookmakers, think it was Corals. Went i one day and backed a horse called "Draw The Line" nice odds as well, that's stuck with me since then.

[Dash1966]

IIRC there was a porno cinema somewhere around there, can't remember what it was called but I do know I saw the actual Raiders of the Lost Ark there in, like, 1981.

[brian1941]

I remember a round Kiosk that sold cigs- sweets and news papers near flat st,

now gone and inter change was built there not far from Penny black.

[mickyboy]

IIRC there was a porno cinema somewhere around there, can't remember what it was called but I do know I saw the actual Raiders of the Lost Ark there in, like, 1981.

 

That was Cinecenta

Underneath at ground level was the Murco petrol station.

I think there was a town hall department [Housing?] near the Queens Head and the booking office of the SUT.

Edited October 26, 2017 by mickyboy

[hillsbro]

Here are scans from the 1974 Kelly's Directory showing some of the businesses etc. mentioned above.

[Ron King]

I was the manager of the car park for some time

[mick58ward]

There was a bakers on that row of shops. I can't remember the name, but the sold what was known as 'Elephant's Feet'. These were huge choux pastry buns, filled with fresh cream and topped in chocolate..... bad news for dieters!

[Ontarian1981]

There was a bakers on that row of shops. I can't remember the name, but the sold what was known as 'Elephant's Feet'. These were huge choux pastry buns, filled with fresh cream and topped in chocolate..... bad news for dieters!

 

Those buns were quite common around Sheffield. I remember craving them and the fresh cream filled eclairs, for a couple of years after leaving the country:)

[stpetre]

Here are scans from the 1974 Kelly's Directory showing some of the businesses etc. mentioned above.

 

Perhaps an aside to this but was Harold Brook (Newsagent) a former Sheffield United player ?

[Jim Hardie]

Perhaps an aside to this but was Harold Brook (Newsagent) a former Sheffield United player ?

 

Yes he was. I think he had a newsagents on Paternoster Row prior to the 70s.