Motorcycle shops in 70's Sheffield

[carsupplier]

Any one know the name of the film shown staring Rita Tushington?

 

The film is called 'The Leather Boys', here is a short clip of it:

Edited April 29, 2013 by carsupplier

[euclid]

Wilf Green was not on London Road he was on Abbeydale Road.Shops on London Road were,Horridge and Wildgoose,Cadwallenders,Dan Bradbury and Frank.B.Roper.

Yes i think you are right, i wasn't sure whether it was right at the end of London Rd,or beginning of Abbeydale ......you forgot Charlie Freemans on London Rd just up from Bradbury's,his brother Harry was the manager

[speedway fan]

Yes i think you are right, i wasn't sure whether it was right at the end of London Rd,or beginning of Abbeydale ......you forgot Charlie Freemans on London Rd just up from Bradbury's,his brother Harry was the manager

 

You've got me there.I honestly can't remember Charlie Freemans on London Rd,I remember his shop at Eckington.Do you remember Alf Parkers on Spital Hill,Leather and Simpson on Infirmary Rd,Smiths on Infirmary Rd,Dysons on Middlewood Rd and Ma Claytons bike spares on Middlewood Rd.Theres something now nagging at the back of my mind about another shop on a corner just above Dan Bradbury's,I don't think it was there as long as the others,I wonder if that was charlie Freemans.

[euclid]

Theres something now nagging at the back of my mind about another shop on a corner just above Dan Bradbury's,I don't think it was there as long as the others,I wonder if that was charlie Freemans.

Yes ,the shop was on a corner just above Bradbury's,a friend of mine worked there and one weekend (when a teenager) i helped do some stock-taking to earn a few extra pounds,i fetched some bikes back from there to Eckington for Charlie a couple of times..Freeman's of Eckington has been demolished now for many years to make way for shops ........

[cuttsie]

The film is called 'The Leather Boys', here is a short clip of it:

I can smell the Ariel Arrow in that clip now.

[bullerboY]

You've got me there.I honestly can't remember Charlie Freemans on London Rd,I remember his shop at Eckington.Do you remember Alf Parkers on Spital Hill,Leather and Simpson on Infirmary Rd,Smiths on Infirmary Rd,Dysons on Middlewood Rd and Ma Claytons bike spares on Middlewood Rd.Theres something now nagging at the back of my mind about another shop on a corner just above Dan Bradbury's,I don't think it was there as long as the others,I wonder if that was charlie Freemans.

The shop was Horridge and Wildgoose Triumph agents and later charlie had it and Maynard Holmes was the salesman there,Horriges also had a shop up ecclesall rd

Frank smith was on London rd nearly opposite Horridges.I remember all the shops you have mentioned.

[speedway fan]

The shop was Horridge and Wildgoose Triumph agents and later charlie had it and Maynard Holmes was the salesman there,Horriges also had a shop up ecclesall rd

Frank smith was on London rd nearly opposite Horridges.I remember all the shops you have mentioned.

 

Must be losing my memory,can't remember Frank Smiths but it was probably the shop Stan Cadwallender took over as he was more or less opposite Horriges.A bit later Armando opened up specialising in scooters,he was further down London Road,I think he was on John Street.Further up,off The Moor,was Wraggs on Wellington St (and later on Shalesmoor).Can't forget Greys on Bridge Street either,they tried to make their bikes look cheaper by pricing in guinneas.

[euclid]

Can't forget Greys on Bridge Street either,they tried to make their bikes look cheaper by pricing in guinneas.

Yes you are correct there also..i bought my first bike from them off Jeff Hall who i knew at the time,he lived at Killamarsh on the "White City" same as myself...it was a 1963 Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc and cost me 99 guinea's...

[Tradescanthia]

I remember Frank Smith and Arthur Smith. I also remember Alf Parker, my dad used to help him out at weekends. He used to dabble in speedway a bit. My dad had a few combo's and used to garage them in some old stables near to Frank Smiths. He was always having petrol and batteries nicked. Biking was different in those days. It was biking, not posing and poncing around in the latest leathers. Nowt looks dafter than walking around in leathers with kneesliders and that funny 'hump' on the back. They look like Quasimodo.

Bikes were transport, not toys. I still fancy ES2's, B31's and the like................[dreaming again]. The older I get the better the bikes were.

[cuttsie]

Yes you are correct there also..i bought my first bike from them off Jeff Hall who i knew at the time,he lived at Killamarsh on the "White City" same as myself...it was a 1963 Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc and cost me 99 guinea's...

Same price as my Matchless G9 on the never never .

Reg no. TRA 991.

Edited April 29, 2013 by cuttsie