The way things used to be .

[St Petre]

I also met Jimmy in the early sixties sat at a bar in a pub near the Lyceum in Sheffield he came across as a good down to Earth bloke.

 

That pub was probably the Adelphi Hotel (Tudor Way). John Costello was the landlord in the late 60's.

[Albert smith]

That pub was probably the Adelphi Hotel (Tudor Way). John Costello was the landlord in the late 60's.

Got it in one

[echo beach]

You see Sunday as I see it in the past, very true and may I add listening to Family Favourites in the morning on the radio with Jimmy Clitheroe in the afternoon and the dreaded (now fondly remembered) Sing something simple.

 

Now there's a thing. I went into a corner shop for a hairnet (don't ask why), by the way I am male and I was about 13 - 15, say 1963 ish. In the shop was Jimmy Clitheroe.

He was visiting a relation living in the Greystones area. Can't remember who, but I went to school with her at Silverdale. Parents didn't believe me.

 

Totally agree about how Sunday should be and defend it heartily. My family send me photos on Facebook about Yorkshire Pudding wraps and YP Pizzas, just to wind me up. It is Illegal and I will keep on about it until I am bereft of oxygen.

 

When lads grew really long hair in the '60s they were sometimes made to wear hair nets at school whilst using machinery in the workshops, after one or two accidents occurred nationwide. H & S. Maybe that's why you bought one.

 

Chuck keys on pillar drills and lathes are another example of H & S. First they were loose and always kept disappearing or flew out when they'd been left in the chuck and the machine was started without the operator noticing. Next they were fastened with a long chain to the machine. Then after a few accidents, you guessed it; chains were outlawed and the good old chuck key was free to get lost again!

 

echo.

[Albert smith]

The cartoons on the teli ,weren't they good the old uns.

 

Popeye the sailor man with his tins of spinach ,he crushed em open with just one hand as he popped a kiss on Olive oils ever ready lips.

 

Bilko, Sargent Bilko that is who scammed every scam and card trick to make a buck ,he even hired Frank Sinatra to sing at the regiments dinner and dance. Classic that was.

 

The Beverly Hillbillies ,Old Jedd who struck oil in his back yard ,while looking for some food up through the ground came a bubbling crude .

 

The three stooges and the Bowery boys , Horace Debucy Jones , Larry, Curly and Mo ,we would wet our selves at their antics , all good clean fun nowt below the belt .

 

I love Lucy with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez what that bloke put up wi in our front rooms made us scream at that 12 inch Pye while doubled up wi laughter.

 

Amos and Andy ,them two must have been one of the first of the great comedy acts that made our day in black and white.

[Pussycat12]

Sat here on a snowy Sunday I have thinking about how things used to be.

 

So I will start with that very day that was so precious to most Sheffield folk in the not to distant past .

 

Sunday was the day that almost all of us had the day of from work, it was the day to relax , to visit loved ones , to have a couple of pints in the pub or club before sitting down to a traditional dinner ,a dinner always inc a Yorkshire pudding that we all used to boast about as it almost knocked the oven door off when it raised and was ready .

 

The pudding was always eaten before the main dinner ,a meal that always inc two or three veg plus potatoes and a Sunday joint bought from the local butcher or the Meat Market.

 

All this was topped of by a big pot of onion gravy and mint sauce and the meal was the high light of every ones week as it involved the whole family sitting down at the table and actually conversing with each other.

 

After dinner while us kids washed the pots ,Mam and Dad would nip up stairs for a well earned rest re entering the fray just as Stars on Sunday was tuned in on the T.V.

 

That was also the time when the luncheon meat sandwiches and cream cake from Davies was passed around and washed down with a strong mug of tea.

 

Sunday was a time when all the shops were closed ,when the pubs closed at 2P.M. and all the factories shut down on a Saturday lunch time giving hard working family's time to rest and enjoy family life to the full .

 

Football matches were played and were played in on a Saturday and that day was also special as we all eagerly listened for the results and checked our pools hoping to have won the seventy five thousand that would have made every day a Sunday.

 

Any more how things used to be memories .

 

Yes they definitely was the GOOD OLD DAYS...

 

And what about the great night clubs in Sheffield , Cavendish, Fiesta, Tiffany's, Penny-farthing.

fantastic nights out with tip top entertainers...what have got now F*** All

Edited March 19, 2018 by Pussycat12

[Albert smith]

Yes they definitely was the GOOD OLD DAYS...

 

And what about the great night clubs in Sheffield , Cavendish, Fiesta, Tiffany's, Penny-farthing.

fantastic nights out with tip top entertainers...what have got now F*** All

The clubs ,the clubs, inc the brilliant working mens clubs ,who put on turns that became World wide stars , Greasborough, Dial House, Arundel along with a thousand more , stars I saw in Sheffield and district inc Shirley Bassey ,Dave Clarke, Ronnie Dukes and Ricki Lee, Freddie and the Dreamers , Joe Cocker, Dave Berry, Lyn Perry and so on.

 

The queue to get in would start mid afternoon ,seats saved for dad who would go straight from work, full sessions through to midnight when the stars of the show finally managed to get of stage after three or four encores .

More ,More ,More we would shout and they always obliged .

And now the clubs that are left are hanging on by their shoe laces as the brewery's milk them dry and more often than not end up owning them as the debts rise and the whole thing collapses .

 

Another tragedy in the working community.

[Comet1949]

When lads grew really long hair in the '60s they were sometimes made to wear hair nets at school whilst using machinery in the workshops, after one or two accidents occurred nationwide. H & S. Maybe that's why you bought one.

 

Chuck keys on pillar drills and lathes are another example of H & S. First they were loose and always kept disappearing or flew out when they'd been left in the chuck and the machine was started without the operator noticing. Next they were fastened with a long chain to the machine. Then after a few accidents, you guessed it; chains were outlawed and the good old chuck key was free to get lost again!

 

echo.

 

Absolutely right re H & S. I ran a H&S consulting company (until recently) for the motor trade because the garage I worked in as a kid were quite likely to kill me though ignorance.

I think the hairnet in this case was a genuine, "goo an gerran airnet fer me nan at t'corner shop.

Nice to see Jimmy.

S

[Bucannear]

Yes they definitely was the GOOD OLD DAYS...

 

And what about the great night clubs in Sheffield , Cavendish, Fiesta, Tiffany's, Penny-farthing.

fantastic nights out with tip top entertainers...what have got now F*** All

 

Blame the so called stars and their agents who charge such astronomical fees to perform. You don't see them on tv unless it's to promote a book/film/song. We could see world class acts every week at the Fiesta or Cavendish, spoilt weren't we!

[hackey lad]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it but talking about the thread title " Capstick comes home " springs to mind . Its on youtube

[Ontarian1981]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it but talking about the thread title " Capstick comes home " springs to mind . Its on youtube

 

Mmmmm, I could just eat a thick crust off a fresh Hovis with a ton of butter on it.