MICK BADGER Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 02/10/2020 at 12:21, Rockers rule said: Yes (I do now). magic. I I'm a self confessed hoarder and i'm sure i've a (boxed) balsa wood plane with plans etc in't attic bought from the little model shop that was in the same block. (could have been next door to the tripe shop). Think it was bought for one of our sons but never got made.lol. I daren't go in't attic to find it, the lost tribe of Hoarders might get me) There was a sweet shop there as well. Happy daze buying Caramac's. I'd nearly convinced myself there had been a building on that spare land next to the Pheasant because I could almost visualise a burnt building and white boarding being in place after it had been mostly pulled down but in the back of my head I couldn't commit to letting that memory convince me. Good job because while the memory was right (in a way) it was of the 'Chuck Wagon' on Holme Lane Hillsbrough. E' the 'Chuck Wagon' even better than 'Uncle Sam's' in our minds, long gone and still boarded up as far as I know. Keep safe. Next ! the burger place on Holme lane was called the chuck ranch it was owned by a guy called Tan and yes it is still boarded up for the last 35 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockers rule Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, MICK BADGER said: the burger place on Holme lane was called the chuck ranch it was owned by a guy called Tan and yes it is still boarded up for the last 35 years Correct - there's something wrong with this lap top it obviously spelt Wagon instead of 'Ranch' for some reason We always prefered the ' Chuck Ranch' to 'Uncle Sam's'. Happy Daze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICK BADGER Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, Rockers rule said: Correct - there's something wrong with this lap top it obviously spelt Wagon instead of 'Ranch' for some reason We always prefered the ' Chuck Ranch' to 'Uncle Sam's'. Happy Daze. yes I have eaten in both and preferd the ranch Tan and his brother also owned Gangsters on west street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkyhells Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I lived just below the Pheasant Inn 1942-1961 on the spare land was a cobblers shop named Coombes they had several shops in Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockers rule Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Yorkyhells said: I lived just below the Pheasant Inn 1942-1961 on the spare land was a cobblers shop named Coombes they had several shops in Sheffield. Hello Yorky. Youv'e set us another task. I was still in Scotland in 61 but worked just down from there in the mid part of the1960's and can't remember anything on that land at all. I'm sure we have solved the mystery over the Restaurant which ties in with the fire in the building popposite the Pheasant in the 1980's. If there was a cobblers on the spare land the property must have been built sometime after the 1890's when the property that had been next to the Pheasant was pulled down. You say you lived 'just below' the Pheasant everything below the Pheasant and the gap are shop premises as far as I know. Keep safe. Hillsbrou. Help us out - I've only a 1972 Kellys and again can't find anything on the internet for Coombes on London Rd anything earlier circa 42 - 61 with Coombes Cobblers on that site? Up date 1972 Kelly's Branches of Coombes on, Pinstone St, Ecclesall Rd, Firth Park Rd, Main St, Sharrowvale Rd and Middlewood Rd. No mention of London Rd. Edited October 8, 2020 by Rockers rule additional info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICK BADGER Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I have sent Hillsbro a message requesting his assistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkyhells Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Some of the shops on London Rd. 1957 No.56 Denniffs Butcher 64 Bowers Cafe 66 Garfitts Factory 68-72 Curtis Radios Court 2 76 Edley Watch repairer 78 Dickenson Cafe 80 Savage Butcher 82 Butcher Florist 84 Edley Ladie's Outfitters 86 Goodwin Shopkeeper 88 Hibbert Pork Butcher Club Garden Walk 90 Coombes Boot Repairer 92-94 G Swallow Draper 96-98 Pheasant Inn 100-104 Romney Dry Cleaner. The land between Denniff's Butcher and Bower's Cafe was a cleared bomb site and still is i lived at Court 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 3 hours ago, MICK BADGER said: I have sent Hillsbro a message requesting his assistance I'm afraid I can't help - the last Kelly's to be published was the 1974 edition (compiled in mid-1973) and it shows nothing between Hibbert's pork butchers at No. 88 and the Pheasant at 96/98. So it seems that Nos. 90-94 (shown in directories up to the mid-1960s) were demolished, and if a restaurant was later there, the building presumably had a short life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockers rule Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Yorkyhells said: Some of the shops on London Rd. 1957 No.56 Denniffs Butcher 64 Bowers Cafe 66 Garfitts Factory 68-72 Curtis Radios Court 2 76 Edley Watch repairer 78 Dickenson Cafe 80 Savage Butcher 82 Butcher Florist 84 Edley Ladie's Outfitters 86 Goodwin Shopkeeper 88 Hibbert Pork Butcher Club Garden Walk 90 Coombes Boot Repairer 92-94 G Swallow Draper 96-98 Pheasant Inn 100-104 Romney Dry Cleaner. The land between Denniff's Butcher and Bower's Cafe was a cleared bomb site and still is i lived at Court 2. 10 hours ago, hillsbro said: I'm afraid I can't help - the last Kelly's to be published was the 1974 edition (compiled in mid-1973) and it shows nothing between Hibbert's pork butchers at No. 88 and the Pheasant at 96/98. So it seems that Nos. 90-94 (shown in directories up to the mid-1960s) were demolished, and if a restaurant was later there, the building presumably had a short life. Thank you both. I'm confident the 'restaurant' and subsequent fire in 1985 were across the road from the Pheasant rather than next to it. The question of the spare piece of land becomes more interesting every day. What ever was there in 1880 wasn't there in 1890 so with the later entries and Yorky's memory's we know Coombes were there in 1942 - to at least 1961 & is confirmed by Hilsbro's 1957 Kelly's so we do know the land had been built on. By the 1970's, the place is spare land yet again and with no proof that we can find it was built on after that. The entries from 1957 and subsequent entries are all interesting in that for a smallish piece of land there appears to be two business's on it taking up three plots. No 90 Coombes & 92-94 the drapery G Swallow before we get to the Pheasant at 96 - 98. Yorky as far as I knew none of the upstairs of the shops in that stretch were occupied not late on in 1960's anyway but had forgot about 'court 2 until you mentioned it. Was the entrance next to Edleys on the main Rd or around the back of Hibberts? and what type of housing was it? Yet again thank you both. All good stuff and just the right thing for Sheffield Forum. Keep safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkyhells Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hi R R The entrance to our court yard was next to Edley's it contained ten houses back to back and only six toilets plus three toilets for the shops. Keep safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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