only_me Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I lived on Aizlewood Road on the corner of Sellars Street. The gennel down to Broadfield Road around the back of the dairy ran from Abbeydale Road where the off licence used to be through to Hale Street and then down the slope to Broadfield Road, with advertising hoardings on the left hand side of the bottom section it was a great place for kids to play and build dens. The opposite side of the gennel went down over the wall and steep grassy bank into the back of the dairy which again was a great place to play as a kid and in places the depth of width of the wall was so thick that bricks could be taken out and you could build another den inside the wall. Is the river past the old baths and dairy still brick bottomed and stepped ? I remember that hot summer of 1976 paddling and splashing about riding my old Raleigh Budgie through the river and then going up onto Abbeydale Road to pop the tar bubbles. Good times. Wasnt sellers st where Bardwells was at that time? I remember the part of the river you mention well as we also played there around 1974 on. That brick bottomed river always looked smooth slimey and slippy. We would always say you could get lurgey from the river (some sort of disease lol) There was also a little gennel that took you from Broadfield rd to Saxon road (behind Clyde road) if you remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darylslinn Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 That's right Bardwells was on the right as you wnet down Sellers Street from Aizlewood Road, I remember that other little gennel too. The builders yard on Hale Street were you could slip under the gate and play in the huge sand and gravel piles they had in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caste22 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 My grandma lived on Cutts Terrace when Ali Systems was there. In fact she was one of the last to move out from the area. She'd lived there during the war time as had my dad. I remember it being all terraced houses and somewhere abouts there was a great chippy. Wasn't there a Fine Fare on Heeley bottom back and the river used to flood? Just wondering if your a relation, because my Grandmother on my Dad's side lived on Cutts Terrace and she lived there with my Dad who had 3 brothers during the war till they were pulled down ???? Could be cousins!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willybite Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Just wondering if your a relation, because my Grandmother on my Dad's side lived on Cutts Terrace and she lived there with my Dad who had 3 brothers during the war till they were pulled down ???? Could be cousins!!! hiya when you read about places around about heeley bottom i suppose it was all farmland years ago like the names of places, eg, broadfield,lowfield,highfield, high lea,(heeley)springfield(millhouses)fieldhead,headford,(nearer to town)well road,meersbrook, sheaf view, and there will be more i bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USUK Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Used to live directly accross from Laycocks. I guess that's now the grassy area thant's mentioned. I can vouch for the Rats swimming the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weston Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 No one has mentioned the engineering firm of W.Tyzack sons and Turner which backed onto the river running along Broadfield Rd. I drove their single lorry there from Jan 1970 until 1972. The transport manager was a Mr.Ford. Colonel Tyzack was a distinguished looking gent who drove one of those wide bodied Jaguars. The family were descended from French Hugenots. A good, old fashioned family firm ruined by 'globalisation' like the rest of former British industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 No one has mentioned the engineering firm of W.Tyzack sons and Turner which backed onto the river running along Broadfield Rd. I drove their single lorry there from Jan 1970 until 1972. The transport manager was a Mr.Ford. Colonel Tyzack was a distinguished looking gent who drove one of those wide bodied Jaguars. The family were descended from French Hugenots. A good, old fashioned family firm ruined by 'globalisation' like the rest of former British industries. Didn't they also have a place on Valley Road, Meersbrook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weston Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Hi DUFFEMS, Don't think so, are you thinking of the other Tyzack firm in Sheffield ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Hi DUFFEMS, Don't think so, are you thinking of the other Tyzack firm in Sheffield ? The other was Joseph Tyzack & Sons Ltd, link to Meersbrook Works, Valley Road. m&p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 The other was Joseph Tyzack & Sons Ltd, link to Meersbrook Works, Valley Road. m&p That's the one, thanks me-and-pippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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