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Along with my siblings a daily spoon full of malt and a dose of cod liver oil was the order of the day in the 50s. Remember mum coming home with some cod liver oil capsules for us to take, I had competitions with my brother to see who could keep a capsule on their tongue for the longest time before it dissolved.

Arbourthorne Central Council School, opened 31st January 1938. u06440 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u09914&pos=52&action=zoom&id=69384 u06444 Quadrangle in the Junior Department of Arbourthorne Central School. u09916 Arbourthorne Central Council School. January 1938. s06589 Nursery Washroom. January 1938. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y00035&pos=57&action=zoom&id=47822 Nursery Classroom. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y00036&pos=58&action=zoom&id=47823 Nursery Dining Room. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y00037&pos=59&action=zoom&id=47824 Aerial view of Arbourthorne area. Arbourthorne Central School, Eastern Avenue, centre. Berners Road, left. East Bank Place, right. Fell Brigg Road and Eastern Drive in foreground. No date. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s08011&pos=60&action=zoom&id=11222

Hi, I was referring to the 1935 advert which specified “ halibut liver oil”. I imagine you are correct and the current version contains any old fish oil…..whiting, pollock perhaps!

Junior School, Arbourthorne Community Primary School, Eastern Avenue. 4th February 2005. c00870 c00869 Main Entrance, Arbourthorne Community Primary School, Eastern Avenue. 4th February 2005.c00867 c00868 There are many photographs of the children attending Arbourthorne Community Primary School 2005 on the Picture Sheffield website. https://picturesheffield.com

I attended the small nursery at the bottom of the school grounds on Craddock Road, roughly at the back of the large unit that now stands there, I would say I was only there less than a year in 1947, to this day I can still smell the stew we were served for dinner, it was brilliant. The nursery itself was an asbestos single storey building, being so young I can only remember certain things, in the summer an afternoon nap outside, the smells, the quietness of the area unlike the din of today. I will always remember what I can, even though my parents didn't have much they both worked all their lives aside my three sisters and brother, as a group they made sure any nastiness of the world didn't enter my life which was built on Irish family values. I'm sure many members of my advancing years also remember their childhood as I do nastiness took a back seat while the good rose above, after my time at the nursery I started my education at St Theresa's school in 1947, at this school I must have been deemed stupid and unwilling to learn by the staff, I can't remember ever being encouraged or helped even though by the time I was around seven I was an excellent reader and speller, I did learn around ten years ago that my sister, who attended the same school upset the head teacher, Mrs Camm, who operated a favourism regime, her dislike of my sister was then placed on my shoulders when Winnie left. Mrs Camm's regime would not be tolerated today, but there you go those were the times.

And it still happens to this day, in spite of all the digital technologies we have

Holland and Barrett have a product: "Holland & Barrett Halibut Liver Oil Capsules contain Halibut Liver Oil, which is a natural source of vitamins A and D. Vitamin A is important in the maintenance of normal skin, vision and immune system function, whilst vitamin D contributes to the maintenance of normal bones, teeth and muscle function. Halibut Liver Oil with Vitamins A and D Supports The Maintenance of Normal Skin, Vision, and Immune System Function. Contributes To the Maintenance of Normal Bones, Teeth and Muscle Function."

Hia. The ingredients state 'Fish oil', but it does not state what type of fish. My guess it will be Cod Liver Oil. Regards H

I quite agree Heartshome, I've come across a professional photographer who labelled the back of his photographs with the name of the Street he was standing in. Absolutely annoying to someone looking at a photograph of a street that isn't there any more. Another photograph labelled, Cambridge Street; yes, his feet were in Cambridge Street but his camera was pointing at the City Hall, Barkers Pool!

Hi Steve. Yes! you are right! On the old picture postcards, I have found a good few mistakes on the name given to places in our area. They put Forge Dam, Endcliffe on one. Another, had a dam in Endcliffe down as Whiteley Woods. A view taken 'FROM' Woodcliffe, looking over 'TO' Quiet Lane, said from Quiet Lane looking over to Woodcliffe. Plus more:-..... I think it is that in a lot of cases, the old photographers didn't really know the area, and what boundary was where. Also I have found, people made notes of the places they had been photographing, but somehow, put them on the wrong picture. Regards Heartshome

Thomas Rycroft was the brother-in-law of the vicar of Dore, John Thomas Foster Aldred, who married Mary Elizabeth Rycroft (born in Liverpool) in Blackpool in 1849. In 1851 Thomas was a military student living with them at the Parsonage in Dore. His father was well-to-do and purchased his promotion to the rank of ensign, but his promotion to captain was on merit. He was a director of the Blackpool Pier Company until his decease. Following his death at Smedley's (Hydropathic) Institution in Matlock on 23rd April, he was buried by John Aldred on 26th April 1889 aged 56.

Banner Cross Hall, Ecclesall Road South. y07235 Photograph 1900 Built for the late Lieutenant-General William Murray by the distinguished architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) who regarded it as one of his best works. It stands on the site of an ancient mansion, which, from the reign of Elizabeth I was the seat of a branch of the Bright family and descended to their heiress, Mary Dalton, the wife of Lord John Murray a General in the Army and MP for Perthshire who planted most of the woods which surround it, and made many other improvements. From him it passed to his son-in-law, General William Murray, whose sister and heiress Mrs. Bagshaw, was the grandmother of its owner in 1900, Mr. Greaves-Bagshawe. Image from 'Sheffield at the Opening of the 20th Century: Contemporary Biographies', S. O. Addy, 1900 (Local Studies 920.04274 SQ) The name Banner Cross is derived from an ancient cross which stood near the house.s04151 Base of the Banner Cross Stone, (at the time of this photograph) on the terrace of Banner Cross Hall having been removed from Banner Cross Hall Gardens. Plan of Lands of Lord John Murray in the township of Ecclesall Bierlow. Reduced and copied from W. Fairbank's original maps thereof in 1781; by Wm. Fairbank. It is understood that this copy was made in 1781, since all these farms were surveyed in 1757, but not, apparently, later. The appearance of the plan bears this out. Upper Whiteley Wood, Nether Whiteley Wood, Banner Cross Hall, Bents Green, Dobbing Hill, Holt House, Miln House, Carter Knowle, Little Sheffield Moor, Sharron [Sharrow?] Moor, Clarke House. Includes field and tenants names. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03882&pos=30&action=zoom&id=37573 Ecclesall Inclosure (enclosure), Surveyor: William Fairbank. Copy drawn by J R Wigfull, 1918. Includes Sharrow Head Toll Bar also shows Banner Cross. Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: S 10 L. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y10003&pos=31&action=zoom&id=65497 1884.s05418 Taken from 'Sheffield Illustrated', Vol. 1. (for notes, see page 4, Vol 1) In 1932 it's fate lay in the balance until Charles Boot of Henry Boot & Sons (later Henry Boot Ltd) bought it and used it as their Headquarters. https://sheffielder.net/2020/02/05/banner-cross-hall/ December 1966. t05163 Grade II Listed 28th June 1973. https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/IOE01/15120/27 8th August 1987. s36259 Grounds of Banner Cross Hall, Ecclesall Road South, Ecclesall. 9th August 1987.s32128 s32129 Showing the back of the building viewed from the Grounds. 8th August 1987.s36261 s36262 March 2000.v04802v04803 Henry Boot: Banner Cross Hall up for sale as Sheffield's biggest building firm moves out. Sheffield’s biggest building firm is relocating from a listed 202-year-old ‘castle’ into the city centre. The Star 16th March 2023. https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/henry-boot-banner-cross-hall-up-for-sale-as-sheffields-biggest-building-firm-moves-out-4066685 Henry Boot sells the Grade II Listed Banner Cross Hall in its 10 acre site. August 2023. https://www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/henry-boot-sells-banner-cross-hall/ https://www.costar.com/article/720801777/henry-boot-sells-sheffield-headquarters-of-93-years

The use of "Main" dates back as far as the mid 1700's. The unwritten rule of thumb was that the first colliery in a town would be known as (name of town) Main. Not all colliery owners followed this principle as some preferred to use the name of a wife or daughter such as Isabella or Victoria, while others would use the location with the name of the most important seam.

Coal is found at different levels in the ground. And in different seams. The main seam would be the biggest deposit of coal in a seam. The seams were given names like Parkgate and Silkstone etc.

Officer 31st Regt ( Foot.. ie infantry) later East Surreys…presumably had sone link with Sheffield to end up buried here…

Certainly ‘The Cavendish’ at one time..also ‘Baileys’ though can’t now recall the order…at least be precise. Pushed, Id say ‘Cavendish’ before it became ‘Baileys’…I certainly patronised both. I’m pretty sure some big names there at one time … I must even have seen em coming and going as I occupied an office straight opposite the front doors in early ‘70s. Visited at least one of it’s successors though struggling with name….might have been ‘Silks’. It apparently, sometimes, had some dodgy clientele ( apart from me) judging by what we sometimes had through the letterbox….!

Yes, I believe it's to do with the fact that the pits are all removing coal from the same seam (layer) of coal.

My wife used to work for the coal board at Queens House in Sheffield dealing with accident claims during the eighties. Until the miners strike there were 56 collieries in Yorkshire. Only 6 had the word "Main" in the title. Barnsley, Hickleton, Houghton, Manvers, Markham and Yorkshire ( Doncaster ). From her recollections she believes these sites had multiple shafts and were linked. For instance Manvers was linked underground with Wath, Barnburgh and Kilnhurst but all the coal mined in these pits were all raised at Manvers.

What does "main" mean in a colliery name ? e.g. Manvers Main I had always assumed it was when two (or more) collieries were linked underground and the remaining one then became "main", but is that true ?

Sheffield’s Gatecrasher: A Legendary Nightclub Experience BY: HENRY O. AUGUST 2nd 2023 https://nexus.radio/news/sheffields-gatecrasher-a-legendary-nightclub-experience Gatecrasher Fire June 2007. "The day the music died' - how Gatecrasher nightclub blaze left clubbers devastated in Sheffield and beyond. Article in The Star 18th October 2023 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/the-day-the-music-died-how-gatecrasher-nightclub-blaze-left-clubbers-devastated-in-sheffield-and-beyond-4378040 Now on the site, Gatecrasher Apartments, 104 Arundel Street (junction with Matilda Street). 2018 a04293

I think this "New bowling green" is in Whiteley Woods, not Endcliffe Woods as stated on the photograph? https://maps.nls.uk/view/125651236#zoom=6&lat=4232&lon=12196&layers=BT

Arthur Wightman (1842 - 1924) with friends outside Unidentified House. arc02575 Arthur Wightman with friends outside unidentified house. Friends are named and more information about Arthur Wightman. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02574&pos=21&action=zoom&id=32756

Lucy Allen (previously Lucy Hodder) worked at Painted Fabrics in their shop on West Street. She was the wife of Sheffield artist Harry Epworth Allen and it's possible they met through the charity since Allen had been badly wounded during WW1 and lost a leg.

Wharncliffe War Hospital