Does anyone remember Gloops?

[peterdo]

I remember gloops. Also remember a kid we called gloops, an apprentice plumber i think.

[fridgeman]

Originally posted by kirky

shut up you plant pot..

 

 

:clap: lol not heard that saying for years, PLANT POT

:hihi:

what was this gloops supposed to be , was it a bear,monkey or just some dude dressed up?

[Sam Miguel]

I remember Gloops well, from around 1973. I always had an urge to poke its eyes out.

[sheffexpat]

Kiwi----I think Chad's a bit older than Big Brother.

 

When Chad says ,"Wot..no ---- ?" he is having a dig at the wartime shortages and rationing. Since rationing went on into the early '50's with various products ,Chad lasted ,I think , until the mid--'50's.

I suppose , having him looking over a wall symbolised the "outsiders"who were short of evrything and couldn't afford to buy stuff on the Black Market.

[rubydazzler]

Originally posted by sheffexpat

Kiwi----I think Chad's a bit older than Big Brother.

 

hahahaha very droll ...

 

I must have been a member of Gloop's Club too, when my parents died and i was clearing out I found a membership card and a badge ...

 

Another Star character I remember was Little Sport on the back page or was he in the Green Un? Just loved that biggggg quiff he had ...

[saxon51]

Depoix: Use any shop doorway. That's today's custom.

[KIWI]

Originally posted by sheffexpat

Kiwi----I think Chad's a bit older than Big Brother.

 

When Chad says ,"Wot..no ---- ?" he is having a dig at the wartime shortages and rationing. Since rationing went on into the early '50's with various products ,Chad lasted ,I think , until the mid--'50's.

I suppose , having him looking over a wall symbolised the "outsiders"who were short of evrything and couldn't afford to buy stuff on the Black Market.

 

l stand corrected mate. lts a terrible thing this senility

[hazel]

I must have been a member of the Gloops club in the 40's. Remember having the card and badge. So it must have continued for quite a while.

I too went in for the painting competitions and pressed my nose to the Telegragh window but nevr won.

Hazel

[saxon51]

Do any of you 'older' folks remember an arcade type place on the Moor? It would have been on the left as you go down, and about where Woolworths is now. I vaguely remember it from when I was a kid. It ran from the Moor through to the parallel street at the back. Haven't got a clue if there were shops in it, or if it was a short-cut.

 

Has anyone ever heard of a street somewhere in Sheffield where they used to have to winch trams up and down because it was so steep? I remember it being pointed out to me when I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I think it was somewhere around Newhall/Carlisle Street area. Might be wrong!!

[hazel]

Yes, I remember the arcade. I thought it was higher up more just past the Peace Gardens. There were shops on it. I remember a gents outfitters on the corner. I bought presents for my boyfriend there.

Don't remeber the tram being winched tho.

Hazel