Crookes History

[hillsbro]

I had a conversation only this morning in which the bread shop opposite the top of Springvale Road was raised (no pun) and this source had suggested the name Mountains?

 

The 1925 directory has a "Mrs Emma Mountain, Grocer" at No 243 Crookes, which is about the right location. Here's a scan:

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Crookes1925.jpg

 

The shop had changed hands by 1972 - though perhaps not long before then; a few business mentioned in 1925 were still there almost 50 years later - such as Greenlees boot makers at 207, Boots at 208 and Jewitts at 184. In other cases the type of business remained the same but the name changed - for example at No 223, Friedrich's pork butchers had become Dentons (who were also in Hillsborough in the 1960s/70s) and at No 124, Dr J. Flynn had replaced Dr John O'Sullivan.

[CHAIRBOY]

The 1925 directory has a "Mrs Emma Mountain, Grocer" at No 243 Crookes, which is about the right location. Here's a scan:

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Crookes1925.jpg

 

The shop had changed hands by 1972 - though perhaps not long before then; a few business mentioned in 1925 were still there almost 50 years later - such as Greenlees boot makers at 207, Boots at 208 and Jewitts at 184. In other cases the type of business remained the same but the name changed - for example at No 223, Friedrich's pork butchers had become Dentons (who were also in Hillsborough in the 1960s/70s) and at No 124, Dr J. Flynn had replaced Dr John O'Sullivan.

 

That's the one hillsbro (Mountain's) - checked it out and it was two doors away from the Sheffield Savings Bank which later became the TSB ahead of moving to Hillsborough at Lloyds. The shop looked down Springvale Road.

[hillsbro]

I just looked on findmypast.com - an Emma Mountain died in Sheffield in the last quarter of 1968, aged 90 - it seems likely that this was the shopkeeper.

[geoffusa]

Having watched the BMX races at the Olympics, it took me back to the cycle speedway of the 60's around the "cookhouse". I am aware there is a BMX facility on the Bole Hills but for those who didn't know the Bole Hills of the 60's, it belonged to the Education Committee and just on the land from the police houses was the Education Meals building surrounding by a beautiful, oval and evenly-concreted track.

The person at the helm of the cycle speedway was then-King Edward's pupil, Roy Jessop and that bit of sport provided hours of entertainment as we tried to copy what we'd observed at Owlerton stadium!

 

The trouble was or corners weren't banked.

Geoff

[crookes]

http://www.chrishobbs.com/crookesmurder.htm

 

Yes as you say Dudey - Opposite the Punch Bowl.

 

That shop was, once upon a time, Shentall's. My mother worked there for a while. The shop on the corner was Mac's fruit & vegetable shop. The opposite corner was Peat's then Melias then the Savings Bank, above which I lived, then it was Mountains, from where came the cockroaches into our flat. I can't remember beyond there, except of course the Fish & Chip shop. 3d chips and 5d for a fish. Scraps were free.

 

I photographed Peat's - Mountains in 1968, but by then Melias had become Joe Winter's and Mountains had become Hammonds. This is a low resolution picture of a drawing I did from the above photograph I mentioned. The original is very large.

 

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/CROOKES-LINEDRAWING.jpg

 

...and here's an original tram.

 

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/TRAM189-LINEDRAWING.jpg

 

...and now I'm off to add a bit to the Bole Hills thread, if I can find it.

Edited March 12, 2012 by crookes

[CHAIRBOY]

That shop was, once upon a time, Shentall's. My mother worked there for a while. The shop on the corner was Mac's fruit & veg shop. The opposite corner was Peat's then Melias then the Savings Bank, above which I lived, then it was Mountains, from where came the cockroaches into our flat. I can't remember beyond there, except of course the Fish & Chip shop. 3d chips and 5d for a fish. Scraps were free.

 

I photographed Peat's - Mountains in 1968, but by then Melias had become Joe Winter's and Mountains had become Hammonds. This is a low resolution picture of a drawing I did from the above photograph I mentioned. The original is very large.

 

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/CROOKES-LINEDRAWING.jpg

 

...and here's an original tram.

 

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/TRAM189-LINEDRAWING.jpg[/url

 

If we gave Meeson's a miss, after the Bole Hills' soccer, the Bole Hill Lane chippie was on the agenda. Opposite the chip shop at the top of Springvale Road was Ken Crownshaw's furniture shop. We mentioned 'Jenks' from the Scouts the other week and Ken was also one of the seniors within the Congs' ranks. Ken had a daughter called Janet who went on to marry Peter Howard who covered Blades' games for Sheffield Newspapers. Sadly Peter died a couple of years ago.

[Rocklegend]

Good work hillsbro. I notice that Kandy Kabin was adjacent to 126 which is still a house and the owner Steve Temich is still seen out and about.

 

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...re/Crookes.jpg

 

This photo seems to have been deleted,unless its my computer as usual...

[CHAIRBOY]

This photo seems to have been deleted,unless its my computer as usual...

 

Think you are right as far as my link goes. Try hillsbro's original please.

[crookes]

I'm looking for any history on Western Road School, please. I'd like to know when it was built, when it changed to Westways - anything of interest. When I've compiled stuff about the school and local churches, shops etc I'm going to add the text to photographs and put the lot on geograph.org.uk

 

So any help with the shops, churches, schools and so on would be much appreciated and you get the photographs to use for free under the Creative Commons Licence.

[crookes]

Good work hillsbro. I notice that Kandy Kabin was adjacent to 126 which is still a house and the owner Steve Temich is still seen out and about.

 

So was that 124 or 128 please?