Grenoside
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Grenoside books (16 available)
Whitby Photographic Memories
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Guisborough Photographic Memories
Paperback
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The Grenoside Post Office
I lived in Grenoside between 1957 and 1965 and I remember the post office offering children some wonderful goodies. We used to buy bags of sherbert , all colours and red was my favorite. We would lick our forefingers and dip into the lucious powder sucking off what stuck to our fingers as we pulled them out of the bag. I am drooling already as I recall the yummy taste and laughing as I recall the funny coloured fingers we would end up with! Other delicacies included Penny Arrow Bars, Penny Jacks, Love Hearts, Spangles just to name a few. Oh what fun we used to have choosing what we would have, such simple acts but so much fun.
Contributed by Janet Potsch
I lived there!
I lived in the farthest cottage on the left of this picture for a few years.
It looks exactly the same as it does now (apart from the lack of hundreds of cars and lorries flying past on Penistone Road)
Contributed by Beth Keatley
South Yorkshire memories
I lived there!
I lived in the farthest cottage on the left of this picture for a few years.
It looks exactly the same as it does now (apart from the lack of hundreds of cars and lorries flying past on Penistone Road)
A memory of Grenoside contributed by Beth Keatley
The Grenoside Post Office
I lived in Grenoside between 1957 and 1965 and I remember the post office offering children some wonderful goodies. We used to buy bags of sherbert , all colours and red was my favorite. We would lick our forefingers and dip into the lucious powder sucking off what stuck to our fingers as we pulled them out of the bag. I am drooling already as I recall the yummy taste and laughing as I recall the funny coloured fingers we would end up with! Other delicacies included Penny Arrow Bars, Penny Jacks, Love Hearts, Spangles just to name a few. Oh what fun we used to have choosing what we would have, such simple acts but so much fun.
A memory of Grenoside contributed by Janet Potsch
Extracts From Grenoside & South Yorkshire books
Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years. It was here that Henry II and Malcolm of Scotland reached an agreement to hand Peveril back to the English crown, whereupon Henry had the fortress rebuilt and added a keep.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
The caverns at Castleton were, and still are, a popular day out for people from the Sheffield area. Here we have the entrance to the Speedwell Cavern, and Winnats Pass is little more than a track for sheep. Speedwell’s history goes back to the 18th century, when a shaft was driven underground in the search for lead ore. The cavern’s unique feature is a 750yd underground canal.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
This photograph shows the climb out of Hathersage on the Sheffield road near Millstone Edge. Near here is Bole Hill. A bole was a medieval method of smelting lead ore: it was a stone-built affair with an opening toward the prevailing wind, in which layers of timber and ore were placed. When the wind was in the right direction the bole was fired and the lead trickled down into a collecting pool to create a pig.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
This view looks towards the village from the Sheffield road. On the right is the Ordnance Arms, better known to today’s tourists as the ivy-covered Hathersage Inn. The small building serving as a bank is now a three-storey affair.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
On the left we have the George Hotel in its rebuilt form, complete with battlements. Around this date the village had a population of about 1600; early closing was on a Wednesday and Tuesday was market day.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".