senseofplace Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Actually, I found ...a goldfish. Maybe it's some weird tradition. An annual fish fling or something, undertaken by shadowy figures obeying some ancient call to fling fish in other people's gardens in the dead of night... Spooky. Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halevan Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I remember the fish tank with fish in it in the hole in the road, walked right past it most days. Suppose it was removed to a better home when the hole was filled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZZO Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Think it was around this time that the Council stopped local fairgrounds from offering goldfish-in-plastic -bags as prizes. Although what's that's got to with the price of fish escapes me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyBoy Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I seem to remeber that they moved them to the fish 'greenhouse' in the Botanical Gardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 These fish could still be alive, I heard on the radio someone who won a fish at a fair in 1976 and its still going strong. Lets start a campaign Where are the Hole in the Road Fish:D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I remember going to a bungalow off Stannington Road near Lomas Hall to buy some fish from a fish breeder. His name was John, I never heard his second name. He was paid to keep the fish fed, replenished and the tanks cleaned in the Hole in the Road. He also ran a business supplying fish tanks etc to Restaurants, offices and business premises.I presume he emptied the tank and retained the fish before the Hole in the Road was closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffy Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 For those of you who never saw the Hole in the Road- here's one link for you:- http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/hpac.pl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little malc Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 The fish were kept by the local fish enthusiast who used to look after them,a door at the side of the tank used to give access for feeding and cleaning. The Bus enquiry office was on the other side of the tank, none of the fixtures and fittings in the Hole in the Rd was ever removed when it was filled in. Some archeologist in the future will think he's found ancient Rome if they start digging there, and finds all the ceramic tiles which were on the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissEllie Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 anybody else ever find owt strange in there gardens? Somebody used to leave bottles of home made wine in our hedge. Never did find out who it was, and we daren't drink it either:( I remember the fish tanks in the hole in the road - and the door at the side. I remember standing there once as a kid looking up and seeing a big hand appearing and dropping food in, scared the you know what out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffy Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hasn't someone on the Sheffield Forum got the words,'Thanks for all the fish', as his signature? He must get loads!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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