Swan Street S9.

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

Does anyone remember Swan street in the 50/60's

[vox]

Welcome to SH Tommy's grandad

There are a few mentions on Picture Sheffield

Here's one of them

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

Thanks for the link VOX. Some good photo's. Brings back memories!

[SteveHB]

Link to 1950's OS map #176

Link to Flash Earth

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

Thanks for the links SteveHB. Do you know what the covered structure is on the satellite image is?

[SteveHB]

English Institute Of Sport

[RichardB]

Swan Street was originally Alma Street, changed in 1886, according to Peter Harvey. Gonna cause confusion...

[RichardB]

Brave conduct

War

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

Does anyone remember Swan street in the 50/60's

Not any personal memories so far so here's some of the family names I remember that people may know from the Attercliffe area.

Slack, Howden, Buffey, Appleby, Longden, Keithney, Smith, there's always a Smith. All lived in Swan street.

[Guest Ann Ellis]

l lived on swan st knew buffeys woodhead stringers nobles smiths greens furniss woods witham i lived at number 48

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

I lived at 33 when I was very young, I remember Mrs Buffey, the

hancocks lived next door and Teresa Green. Falling over in the wood yard has left scar too, there was a girl called Carol I think lived near the entry to the wood yard. Oh and Uncle Bill who lived across from us and made wonderful toffee apples.

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

Wow the link above, to

the picture ofSwan street is Uncle Bill and Aunty Annies house. I have looked for a long time to find pictures of Swan Street.

[Guest Ann Ellis]

I lived at 33 when I was very young, I remember Mrs Buffey, the

hancocks lived next door and Teresa Green. Falling over in the wood yard has left scar too, there was a girl called Carol I think lived near the entry to the wood yard. Oh and Uncle Bill who lived across from us and made wonderful toffee apples.

i think the girl was carol burton

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

Ann you have a better memory than me, you're right that was her name. I always felt sorry for her she seemed lonely, though I wouldn't have known that at six or seven.

My maiden name was Casson and I went to Carbrooke school untill we had to move out to the wilds of Parsons Cross. still we had a bathroom and a garden, gosh I sound ninety.

[Guest Tommy's grandad]

I was born at no. 22 Swan St. and my grandparents lived opposite at no. 17. We moved to the Arbourthorne in 1963 when the slum clearance began. Some of the photo's were taken later than 1963 so I'm not sure when the demolition was complete.

One of my most vivid memories was going to Carbrook junior school one morning in 1962 during the gale keeping close to the houses to avoid the flying slates and chimney pots. When I arrived I was told school was closed and I had to run the gauntlet again to get back home!

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

I remember the gales too and my uncle trying to get next doors chimney pot off the roof, it had blown over, without doing any damage. I can't remember if he managed it though.

You're not Frank are you? A redhead I used to play with?

Oh and getting in the Pavilion for free because the back doors where in our yard.......don't tell anyone though :-)

[Guest Ann Ellis]

I used to do the same get in pav by back door i lived facing back doors so i wont say anything if u dont i used to go back home get a snack and go back in they would think u had been to the loo.

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

Did you leave the door open for me, or was it the other way round.

Did you live On the square, where the bird lady lived. I understand she went on to be well know in Pond St bus station. She scared the living daylights out of me ;-)

[Guest Ann Ellis]

hi Lesley no i didnt live in the square i lived in fourth house from corner shop did u know carol and mary woods i lived next door to them.you know where the square was did u live in the last house on same side of pav .

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

Hi Ann,

Yeah that was us, I changed my picture to try and jog Tommys granddads memory, I remember him. His cousin Christine Hancock lived at 31 next door but the other side of the gap. Carol and Mary Woods don't ring any bells, did you and they go to carbrooke school? All my family lived close by, I was born on Alfred Road at my Nannans house and my other Gran lived ovver bridge in Ondermun Street.

Does Mailyn Furness mean anything oh or Lynn Brannen I think she lived same side as me but further down in the back to backs.

[Guest Ann Ellis]

hi Lesley marilyn furness lived in next yard to me next door to woods family lynn Brannen does not ring a bell .now i know were u lived can u remember when your fire was lit we could feel the heat on the outside wall and would stand with our backs to it and keep warm.also your mum and dad must have been fed up with noise we made playing with our balls against that wall.forgot to say i went to philimore school woods went to carbrooke then i went to coleridge i think the bird lady was called pond st nora.

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

Oh yes, two balls against that wall, I'd forgotten about the heat from the fire though. I'm going to see Mum tomorrow she may remember more than me. Do you remember the bug man coming? All the kids running in to tell their Mams, though what they could have done god knows.

[Guest Lesley McGregor]

I spoke to my Mum and she remembers the Buffeys had a house fire and they had no insurance but everyone around pitched in and helped them out. Mrs Buffey was great with us kids she gave us all her own childrens toys etc when they had out grown them. they would all be put out at the back and we would be told to help ourselves. wow it wouldn't happen now they'd be on Ebay.

Oh and Ann she remembers the balls My parents were very young and must have struggled but I have happy memories even of the thick ice on the inside of my attic bedroom window

Any more memories anyone.

[Guest Ann Ellis]

I remember the fire too i can tell u a story wont make it too long I married the lad who caused the fire by accident .my hubby and his mates knocked around together with pat buffey. its a small world .Anyway Lesley wonder whats happened to Tommys grandad ? he as left the two of us on our own come on tommy come back to us.