pussinboots Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 It was there in the late seventies as far as I remember, right at the bottom of the wicker, a small shop, painted red with pics of Elvis in the windows, sold old 45s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 was it something to do with kennys records? or further away? i know kenny was into his rock n roll he mightve worked in windmill before he worked at hitsville and then started kennys records up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pussinboots Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Yeah Kenny did used to go in there before he opened up his own shop I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy the dj Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Windmill records ,roulette records, Kennys call it what you want its basically the same shop,its moved about a bit up and down the wicker. it finally closed in 2006 when the present owner kenny retired. there was a big artical in the sheffield star about him. the first time i went in was in 1980, i was 15 and just getting in to djing. my friend played me red river rock by Johnny and the Hurricains,so he took me to kennys to get a copy. (i think i paid about £1.10 what a bargin) i went back many times to build my rock 'n' roll collection up.and really got to like Rock 'n' roll. thats probably why i married an ex-teddy girl many years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTK Property Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Windmill Records was started by my Dad Michael Kersey in the Wicker during the 70's, he ran the shop as well as doing mail order and Record Fairs and when things got to busy he employed Ken to look after the shop. A few years later he moved the shop to just off Division Street and re-named it Hitsville Records, Windmill continued but purely as the mail order part of the business. Ken moved as well until he was forced to leave due to ill health, however a few months later he made a surprising recovery and actually re-opened the old shop in the Wicker which was re-named Kenny's records. He has now retired due to health problems. The Hitsville store then closed due to redevelopment of the area and my dad went purely mail order with the odd Record Fair thrown in for good measure. Over the years he had a number of famous Sheffield customers, including Jarvis Cocker & Richard Hawley. He still runs the business via mail order but has now moved into online selling and ebay. If you want to check what he has to sell you can find him in the following ways:- http://www.windmill-records.co.uk Ebay Seller ID - Windmill-Records E-mail - Sales@windmill-records.co.uk Cheers Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Windmill Records was started by my Dad Michael Kersey in the Wicker during the 70's, he ran the shop as well as doing mail order and Record Fairs and when things got to busy he employed Ken to look after the shop. A few years later he moved the shop to just off Division Street and re-named it Hitsville Records, Windmill continued but purely as the mail order part of the business. Ken moved as well until he was forced to leave due to ill health, however a few months later he made a surprising recovery and actually re-opened the old shop in the Wicker which was re-named Kenny's records. He has now retired due to health problems. The Hitsville store then closed due to redevelopment of the area and my dad went purely mail order with the odd Record Fair thrown in for good measure. Over the years he had a number of famous Sheffield customers, including Jarvis Cocker & Richard Hawley. He still runs the business via mail order but has now moved into online selling and ebay. If you want to check what he has to sell you can find him in the following ways:- http://www.windmill-records.co.uk Ebay Seller ID - Windmill-Records E-mail - Sales@windmill-records.co.uk Cheers Daniel. i used to love hitsville...great shop and *whispers* kennys records does your dad still do 10 p singles and 50p / £1 albums via online? LOL ive had some great stuff from the boxes outside the shops back in the day...stuff id have never heard unless cheap...thanks to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTK Property Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 He tends to concentrate on more collectible items these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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