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Hemsworth, Vale Head Park c1965

Hemsworth, Vale Head Park c1965
 
 

Hemsworth, Vale Head Park c1965 Ref: h204024

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Photo of Hemsworth, The Parish Church c1955

Hemsworth, The Parish Church c1955
Ref: H204003

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Weddings & Christenings

The Parish Church at Hemsworth is where my parents were married and where me and my twin sisters were christened. In 1959 I was a bridesmaid for my aunt when she got married. The last time I was in the church was for my cousin's funeral a few years ago. I have a copy of this photograph on my lounge wall in my Wakefield home.
Jean Johnson (nee Aston)

Shared on 29 January 2007 by David Johnson.

Photo of Hemsworth, Market Street c1965

Hemsworth, Market Street c1965
Ref: H204033

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Waiting for the bus

As a small child and a grown woman with children of my own I remember waiting for the Wakefield bus after a visit to my grandparents. Some times it would be the West Riding bus, at other times it was the United one. Until his death in 1973 Grandad, whenever possible, would walk us down to the bus stop and wait with us until the bus came.
By Jean Johnson (nee Aston)

Shared on 11 November 2006 by David Johnson.

Photo of Sheffield, the Lyceum Theatre, Tudor Square 2005

Sheffield, the Lyceum Theatre, Tudor Square 2005
Ref: s108708k

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Sheffield Lyceum

My first visit to this beautiful (and my favourite) theatre was to see Ronnie Hilton in the pantomime 'Sleeping Beauty'. It was then I fell in love with the theatre in general and the Lyceum in particular. It was a great loss to the Sheffield entertainment scene in 1969 and I was one of many people who tried to get it reopened during the 1970s and 1980s. It was great to see it re-furbished and re-opened in 1990 and whenever I am in Sheffield I always try and catch a show there. It was designed by W G R Sprague, opened in 1897, and is now the only surviving Sprague theatre outside London. With its modern sister theatre, the Crucible, next door, Sheffield once again has a great cultural quarter.

Shared on 06 October 2009 by Richard Roper.

Photo of Sheffield, Barkers Pool and the Town Hall c1955

Sheffield, Barkers Pool and the Town Hall c1955
Ref: s108010

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The Gaumont & City Hall

Barkers Pool to me will always mean the Gaumont (ex Regent) Cinema and the City Hall.The Sheffield Gaumont was one of my favourite cinemas. My first visit was to see 'The Great Escape' followed by 'Mary Poppins' and I spent many a Saturday afternoon there in its luxurious surroundings.I also remember seeing Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck live on the Gaumont stage. Across the road at the City Hall I saw many of Sheffields Big Amateur Operatic Societys Musical shows there after the Lyceum closed in 1969 and prior to its great reopening in 1990. Only the City Hall remains now of one of Sheffield's former entertainment areas.

Shared on 06 October 2009 by Richard Roper.

RAF Norton

I was posted to RAF Norton in 1960 and told by the powers that be to catch a bus (number ??) from the railway station to the camp. I asked the conductor to tell me when I got to the stop. He said "RAF Norton, I've not heard of that". He asked around the other passengers and one of then said "Perhaps its T'Balloon Barrage. When we reached the stop there was a blue sign as big as the side of a house 'RAF NORTON.' The conductor said "Well, I've never noticed that afore". I spent a happy two years at the camp but 'lived out' at 98, Abbeydale Road just town side of the Abbeydale cinema. The flat was on the corner of Stead Road and my No. 2 son was born there.
Regards,
Mike

Shared on 16 August 2009 by Michael Harnett.

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