Nostalgic memories of Sheffield's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 30 in total

How this picture takes me back. I was born in 1944 in Ashland Road . My brother and I always spent our sweet ration at the corner shop - Frys chocolatce cream and Everton mints were my favourite. And round the corner at Gowers I remember the dark blue paper bags the sugar came in.
I have no memory of this Hospital of course, but I was born there in May 1934, have now lived in Australia for the past 50 years.
I used to go once a month to the Empire Theatre and remember seeing Harry Secombe and many other stars. I wonder if anyone remembers the teen bar on Heeley Bottom. I also used to spend many happy nights in Rendezvous coffee bar, for the price of a couple of frothy coffees. The owner, Boris Tworrek was an ex polish pilot and his very glamorous wife. The Heeley Palacea and the Heeley ...see more
No memory, just that I was born in Nether Edge hospital in 1955.
In the 1932 The A O G was to rent a piece of land within Sheffield. It was intended to buy the land from the landowner should all go well. A marquee was put up and decked out with basic chairs. Prior to the service which was to take place flyers, some of which were to end up within Halamshire Hospital and some as far away as Leeds or Wakefield. It invited all that were ill or sick, who ...see more
Roughly in 1932 there was a religious group which was called the Assemblies Of God Pentecostal Church. Albeit they had been going on since 1900-14 they were a relatively unknown church - as of today they are unknown to many of us even now. The church wanted to set up a church within Sheffield but were unsure of the response of which they might get from the public. The church of which they had in mind would have been ...see more
Dont have a memory of the hospital itself only that I was born there 2nd Oct 1950
As a long distance truck driver running up from Staffordshire I would spend five nights in Sheffield every two weeks. I would stay at the Salvation Army hostel just off the moor. Evenings were spent wandering around Sheffield city centre. My job was to deliver grinding wheels from Universal Grinding Wheel Company in Stafford to Rileys Transport in Birley Vale, with all the onward wheels for Scotland. ...see more
This house was built by my great- great grandfather around 1883. His name was James Burnand, founder of James Burnand and Sons, cutlery and Bowie Knife makers.
I think my first memory of going to the Lyceum theatre was to see Harry Seacome in the Christmas Pantomime of around 1949, but the highlight for me when I was invited to be a cast member in "Song of Norway" put on by the Sheffield Teachers Operatic Society around November 1954. That experience of being on a show for the whole week with a matinee on Saturday has always been a fond memory but it was also the end of my stage career, I was 14 at the time. Gordon Lawton Australia