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Ebenezer Square
Hi, does anybody remember living in the Ebenezer Square? We lived at the top, if you turned left you went under a hallway and we lived in one of the houses. I remember some of the families, Fallis and Fletchers, and we had a relative who had a shop at the side of the Co-op, she was called Goldthorp, when we bought 2 ounces of spice, or sweets as they are called now. If it went over she would cut the sweet in half ,the good old days, 2 blackjacks for a halfpeny, wow we thought we was rich.
Life Underneath The The Arches
Does anyone remeber playing under the arches at Stairfoot? It was great, we could play out in the rain because it didn't rain under the arches. I was born under them, the steam trains went over my house, what memories. Can anyone else remember those days?
Stairfoot in The 1920's
Unfortunately I have never ever been to Stairfoot. However, my mother, Mary, was born there in June 1920 and was the 5th of 7 children born to William and Emily Tooley. From what I gathered from my dear mum prior to her death in 1998, my great-grandfather owned a shop of some sort in the village. Behind this shop was a field which it seems is still called Tooley's field. Does anyone remember them at all or has anyone been told about this shop? My mum's family moved to Kent around 1929 or so but my uncle, Bill Tooley, stayed in Stairfoot as he was working at the time. He met and married my auntie Jessie who hailed from Ardsley.
I now live in the United States and so it is unlikely I shall ever get the opportunity to visit Stairfoot or Tooley's field.
My Sweetheart Days
Actually it was not Stairfoot but Lundwood. I met a young girl at the Barnsley fairground and it may have been love at first sight and we were to be married at the Barnsley Town Hall but after a few years of us being married things did not go to plan and we were divorced: it would be improper to say why we were to be divorced but for many years I still thought about her: my wife's maiden name was Shirley Hutley, she had one brother and two sisters, Jean, Sheila and then Raymond. She also had a friend Susan Geldheart. They both went to the same school in Lundwood. Whilst living for a short while with my wife and I, we were to go to some club in Royston where she was dancing and then simply went to the toilet and dropped down on the floor, she was to be rushed to hospital where it was discovered that her lungs had dropped out of the ribcage. It could... Read more
A Back Hander
I was a chain lad when the M 1 was being constructed. I was working for Amy's the asphalt company. Amongst other things I was to make cups of tea and also collect thousands of pounds in wages for the work force. My boss who's name I canot recall told me of some special people coming and that I had to get the china tea set out and simply make tea and pour it out. When they arrived, some twenty management, I was somewhat courteous in every detail with much politness. Ive always known how to make a good cup of tea and never use tea bags; anyway the big boss was so pleased in me being so polite and as he said having the best cup of tea made for him, he simply looked over to my boss and asked him how much my wages were, and on telling him that I was earning around £27 a week, he told my boss to up my wages to £60 per... Read more
Wrights Chemist / Goodworths Bread Shop
Most of my working life, to this day I have walked daily down Market Hill. In the 1960s I worked at Wrights chemist. I remember Guest's provisions shop, very classy, wonderful smells of fresh coffee. I remember Goodworth's bread shop, where you could buy real, 'proper bread.' It was difficult to get the bread all the way home, it smelt so good. I remember the market stalls on the left hand side going up. All the shops had standards. As shop assistants we had to behave in a certain way.
Are we getting older, when we think the past was better?
Lovely to remember though.
Denise.
BROADHURST or APPLEYARD
Please does anyone remember any shop in Royston or Barnsley owned by my grandparents? They either used the name Appleyard or Broadhurst. I would be very grateful if anyone could remember. debasket42@aol.com
