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Hello , I`m Kate , thanks for letting me join . Although I have lived in Cornwall for many years , I was born in Sheffield ( Derbyshire Lane ) and spent my youth in and around the city . I have particularly fond memories of the area around Meersbrook and Albert Road where my beloved grandparents lived , I spent a lot of time with them at number 178 , long demolished for some flats . I have old photos of their garden overlooking the Meersbrook and on up to the park , but sadly no one in the family has any photos of the front of the terrace on Albert Road . I would dearly love to visit Sheffield again but my husbands health is not good so I content myself with memories !

Sorry that you have had to wait so long for clarification on the apparent mystery surrounding the ownership of the much-loved Queenie's Fisheries, but as a very proud family member let me explain.... I can confirm that Albert ('Bertie') & Concetta Vettese (pronounced vet-ay-sey) were initially the principal owners of Queenie's Fisheries at 122 Hartley Brook Road having acquired it in the late 1940s from its previous owners who I understand were of English decent. It was at that point that the shop first became known as Queenie's Fisheries, 'Queenie' being Concetta's nickname since childhood. When they decided to return to Albert's native Glasgow, full ownership of the shop passed to Theresa ( also known as 'Tess' or 'Tessa') & Noel Fusco, Concetta's daughter and son-in-law. Both Noel & Tessa had been born and brought up in Edinburgh. It is categorically their photographs which appear in previous postings on this topic. Out of interest, Noel and Tessa's children would love to know from where these images were sourced? I can confirm that, prior to moving to Sheffield from Edinburgh, Noel had served as an officer in Her Majesty's Merchant Navy. I can also confirm that, for a number of years before taking over the business in its entirety, Noel did (as another member has commented) also work for Block & Anderson. That said, during this period, you would have undoubtedly also seen him behind the counter from time to time serving up Queenie's renowned fish and chips. As other posts have suggested, both Noel & Tessa sadly died some years ago now. Their three children, Connie, Noeline and John, are still alive and living in other parts of Yorkshire these days. From time to time they review with affection and great pride the tributes paid in posts about Queenie's and their beloved mother and father. However, the family wish to make it known that the present owners (who have evidently decided to trade under the business name of Queenie's without their permission or consent) have absolutely no connection with the original owners or anyone in the wider Fusco family. They are saddened to read in other forums that those who may have ventured back to Hartley Brook Road in the hope of enjoying great fish and chips once again have been so bitterly disappointed.

If that's an Anderson shelter, rather than a curved sheet of corrugated sheeting, then it was never installed. A proper Anderson shelter is buried in the ground and covered over with soil, so it's just a mound. It's the soil that protects the occupants from flying debris and shrapnel, rather than the sheeting—which is there to stop the soil from caving in.

I've always understood that it refers to pits sunk to exploit the "Barnsley Main" seam of coal, which appeared at different depths according to the location of the pit. The seams generally sloping further down as you move east over the coalfield. Apparently the seam is about 1000 metres deep under Lincoln and is found as far north at Selby, North Yorkshire. I had the opportunity, years ago, to go down Harworth Pit, North Notts, where the Barnsley seam is about 850 metres deep. I went right down into the coal collection hopper by the deepest of the two shafts at around 1000 metres. The heat is amazing especially taking into acount the several megawatts of refrigeration that was in use. All gone now, the shafts were capped and a modern housing estate covers the site.