VicRichardson

I was at Firs Hill from about 1951 to 55 would love to see any class photos anyone has from around that time.

I didn't go there but my elder brother Tony Richardson past his 11+ and went there, must have been about 1950.

Name does not ring a bell, but I left Sheffield in 1965, where abouts was it?

My Gran used to be a cleaner at Victoria Hall back in the 50's and during school holidays I would go in to see her, I was fascinated by the huge organ in the main hall with the pipes going all round the place, never did here it played but must have been wonderful.

I went to Firs Hill School and always went down to the park at lunch time. The also had a giant chess board with big steel pieces you moved with a stick with a hook on the end. Spent many happy hours in that park as a kid.

I also remember being confused by the "A Blind man drives this van" when I was a kid, trying to work out how he knew when to stop and when to turn.

Looks like Sheffield took quite a few hits, but it did give us somewhere to play as kids.

I have found on my PC some old maps of where bombs were dropped on Sheffield

I have already been to some of the forums which I have found very interesting. Just wanted to let you know some things about me. I was born at 61 Brunswick road in Pitsmoor back in 1946.I left Sheffield in 1965 and went to live in Leicester and married a Leicester girl and had two wonderful sons. We moved to Devon in 1978 where my ex wife and sons still live. I divorced in 1981 and moved to Africa to get a clean break. I have been living in Botswana since 1987.

I found this very interesting, I'm sure I must know the man that wrote it as he was living there right through the period that I spent so much time there. Reading it really brought back some very happy memories.

There used to be a few little cutlery workshops around that area, don't see much cutlery with "Made in Sheffield" stamped on it any more.

I used to operate a 'drop stamp' at Sheffield smelting making solid silver cutlery, don't suppose they are around any more.

I remember going to a place just outside Sheffield called 'Ford' There were a few ponds there where you could go fishing. My Grand parents used to have a wooden hut there with a nice garden, they used to spend weekends there just to get out of Sheffield. I have spent many a weekend out there when I was a youngster. The was even some ruins of an old mill with a water wheel. Funny the things that stick in your memory.

I can't remember where abouts in Sheffield it was but back in the early 60's I remember going to some jazz club and listening to this Jazz band they were really great.

It seems strange reading this now, that movie was on TV out here 2 nights ago and I was trying to work out where it was filmed.