Goodison136 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Walkley girls/boys .. .Anyone out there Upper part of Duncombe Street 1947/1971.....anyone went to St Marys about the same time and further to Bole Hill Secondary on Bole hill Road.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 My gran used to have the greengrocers' shop at the bottom of Duncombe Street/South Road, adjacent to the fish and chip shop, and the cobblers on South Rd., until about 1959. Can't help with the schooling history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodison136 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi to you CHAIRBOY..your gran must have been Mrs Rogers then and sold it on to The Calverts...that was around my time there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodison136 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 the fish and chip shop was The Stringers and their daughter Susan I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Spot on, one of her son's was my dad Alf who played for Wednesday. His dad was also called Alfred. Not sure who they sold it on to but Calverts had the shoe-shop. Susan came to a funeral of one of our relatives. Her parents were called Mary and Frank. I used to stay a lot with my grandparents - I was the eldest and spoiled - and I always listened for the first tram of the morning going by. They then moved to Nether Edge but that dynasty has moved on. All the three sons and Edna (daughter) have died. Just been casting my mind back because they did lots of orders - it was a good business and they had a weekend caravan on Lodge Lane. I can remember Phoebe Birks and someone called Shirley Henderson. There were a couple of twins who would be described as ESN who used to lick bottle tops! The Finnegans - some of whom I still see - had an order, they lived in Hatfield Street. We used to sell the wood for lighting fires bound by that wire. That place of manufacture was at Woodseats. They used to send me to Thompsons for a "Green 'Un" and I went with my gran to Sampson's beer-off across the road. On another thread, I mentioned the tardis that I used to pass (on the little plot of land at the bottom of Heavygate). Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodison136 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yep sounds about right..but The Calverts did have the shop after your gran.Barry was their son..Sylvia Birks lived on the row of houses...Lightowler family lived opposite side of the road....and then the chapel on the opposite side of South Road..I think Susan and Mr & Mrs Stringer went to live at Stannington somewhere....cant rememnber you though...can you me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodison136 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 I can't remember any of Mrs Rogers sons or daughter but sorry to here of there passing...do you remember the pekenese dog in the yard that used to chase everyone..wow that little blighter used to scare me...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I lived at 33 Duncombe street. Not that long ago though, I was -2 when you left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 No sorry but we are going back about 50 years! I remember the shop and the old pennies 240 to the £! and the 'ten bob' notes. The worrying aspect is this; my grandad died of cancer, all the four children did, and I had a melanoma removed 2.5yrs ago. Doesn't bear thinking about.. so see if someone else responds to your original schooling post, if I've gone off at a tangent, sorry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 ....the greengrocers' shop at the bottom of Duncombe Street/South Road.... It seems strange to me that even people with a long term link to this area think that this is South Road - it's Howard Road! South Road ends at Cundy Street, then it's Howard Road all the way to Commonside. If people might be interested I have an early 20th century newspaper report of a court case in which a servant in the grocer's sued the fish frier for slander Hugh (30 seconds walk away from that sadly missed chippy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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