The old lady with the brass scales

[Elmambo]

I think there two paraffin flares attached to it which she would light when it got dark.

[echo beach]

Also remember the " pet stall " which was situated in an old dilapidated building very close to the brass weighing scales. It was always fascinating visiting the Rag & Tag and also the Victorian Market Hall. Both had loads of character.

[nitawren]

does anyone remember the old lady with the brass scales that used to sit in the entrance of the old rag market

 

I remember her well, My dad always had to go and get wieghed before we went on holiday and after we got back. See what the difference was I suppose.

we also went into the fish market. I used to love a plate of cockles and a bag of marry-me-quick.

[nitawren]

I remember her well, My dad always had to go and get wieghed before we went on holiday and after we got back. See what the difference was I suppose.

we also went into the fish market. I used to love a plate of cockles and a bag of marry-me-quick.

 

Wonder if the new market on the moor will be as good

[nitawren]

does anyone remember the old lady with the brass scales that used to sit in the entrance of the old rag market

 

I do remember her, My dad always had to go and be weighed every year before we went on holiday, and when we got back, so he could see whether he had put any weight on I suppose. I also remeber going into the fish market for a plate of cockles and a bag of marry me quick, used to love it.

[alex3659]

Can you remember big Ada from the market aswell?

[DUFFEMS]

Can you remember big Ada from the market aswell?

 

My uncle was landlord of the Old Number 12 on Haymarket way back in the 1950's, he always said that Ada could drink any man under the table, she was a very large lady!

[alex3659]

My uncle was landlord of the Old Number 12 on Haymarket way back in the 1950's, he always said that Ada could drink any man under the table, she was a very large lady!

 

Yes,my Dad was a barrow boy for her and said she could fight like a man aswell.

There's a thread about her on here.

[retired]

I have got a Terry Gorman print of the old market facing me, here are some of the names on the picture,

L Allen (Hardware), Mallerns (boiled sweets), Sadler (Cobler), William Atindale(Florist), Poultry market (horticultural in my day), The weighing scales, Massarellas (Ice Cream), Rex Amoid (Herbal remedies), W H Benson (Carpets), Leslie (Fabrics), G Tate (Kitchen Utensils), Elsie Turner (Greengrocer), Lily's Cafe. In the background there is the British Gas & Coke Co and the Y.E.B. There was also Turners Tools at the Sheaf Street end. As you left at the Sheaf Street entrance across the road was Sheaf Street Motors and a fishing tackle shop Collins I think? Anyone remember the man who was on The Generation Game who could juggle plates? I heard he lived up Grenoside.

[smokey wood]

I remember her very well there was a chesnut seller also. We used to go to the fish market and there were rabbits hung up skinned. My dad told me they were cats and I believed him, I still don't like going in there.