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I too think it was a "Coal Ole". Coal chutes were only at ground level when the celler was located below ground level. Many houses were built high up with a cellar at ground level under a small forecourt in front of the terrace. In this case the coal chute would be four or five feet above the pavement. Otherwise the coal man would be trying to shovel coal up-hill through the hole. HD

It's a refractory brick factory ( Dysons Refractories) in Stannington/ Loxley valley using the locally plentiful supply of fire clay and coal to manufacture special heat resisting bricks for the steel industry! Production ceased in 2012.

The three day week ,during part of 1974 ,was entirely caused as a direct result of the Miners strike and the need to conserve coal stocks. Therefore electricity ( then almost entirely generated by coal) was effectively rationed for commercial use. Interestingly, in some industries, the affect on output of the 3 day week was none existent. Production levels remaining the same...Proof of Parkinson's law maybe? I think you are confusing your decades regarding unemployment. The 80's were much, much worse. In 1971 unemployment stood at 1 million, rising to 1.5 million in 1978. ( a rate of 5.5%) In 1984 it stood at over double the '78 level with 11.9 % of the working population unemployed. Locally, in 1982, some 2 years before the maximum national number of unemployed, Sheffield had lost at least an additional 20,000 steelmaking jobs and now had 40,000 unemployed...a rate of 13.9% Regardless, the 1970's were good years for many whilst the 80's were horrendous ones for many as well.

Does anybody have information or photos on 'Fountain Villa' Pitsmoor Road. My 4x great-uncle was John Tomlinson of Joseph Tomlinson & Sons Ltd. and he died at the house in 1903 after suffering from a stroke at 52 years old. It contained an entrance hall, dining room, drawing room and a breakfast room, a kitchen, two cellars, five bedrooms, fitted bathroom and w.c. The grounds contained a greenhouse, stable, tool house, wash-house, coal house, fountain and outbuildings. I found out that it is now a Post Office but any other information would be great. Thanks

In the first pic you can see the railway bridge across Parkwood Road to the coal drops on Hoyland Road.

I've found reference to Button Hill Colliery on a map about 1830. It seems to be on the land that is now Mylnhurst School at the Woodholm Road / Button Hill junction. Does anybody have any knowledge of this long-forgotten coal mine?

Is that bloke up near the top end of the street collecting horse muck, that can also be seen in the street? Or is it a coal dump? By the way that's one of the dirtiest roads I have seen on one of these old photos.

Creosote is just another hydrocarbon derivative that would have been readily available at that time, as it is and was, a by-product of coal-gas and coke manufacture, both common enough industries back then. Creosote in its primary distilled form is a thick, oily liquid, though still readily combustible, like most hydrocarbons. However, when generally sold for retail, or industrial uses, it is usually diluted with other, more free-flowing hydrocarbon based solvents, in order to make it easier to use. Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Ethyl-benzene most probably. These other, hydrocarbon based solvents, would also be by-products of coal-gas and coke manufacture, again, readily combustible, and in some cases more so. So it is probable that what they were really after, were these diluting solvents. So, you could most certainly use such a mixture in an internal combustion engine. Certainly an impressive piece of lateral thinking on the part of Sheffield Corporation Transport, but I would imagine that Revenue and Customs might not have been too impressed had they known, as it does sound a little akin to using red diesel on the public highway.

The National Restaurants were first proposed in 1918 to minimise food waste and use of coal, and the initial ones were in London. The first one in Sheffield was opened in April 1919 in the old "Lion Restaurant" premises at the corner of Nursery Street and the Wicker. The food was provided by the council kitchens that had been set up to cook food for poor children. The restaurant had places for 200 customers, with self service rather than waitresses.

I remember when working in Tinsley in the 60's/70's that Blackburn Meadows Power Station was fuelled by coal. I say that because of the grit and smoke emanating from its chimneys. On checking I see It closed in 1980 and was still coal fired. In the 1950's we still had clothes rationing and people had far fewer clothes than today as a result clothes were looked after! The fashion, even into the 1970's, was for people, especially men, to dress "smartly" refraining from looking "casual" except for leisure.

Wash-day in my maternal grand-father's house was on a Saturday morning, the significance of which I have never thought about before, but that is probably explained by the fact that he was a coal-miner. I remember that they possessed a fear-some, free-standing, electric motor powered roller-ringer, which looked more than capable of forming inch-thick armour-plate. The upside of this unusual schedule was that with the coal-fired range on full throttle, in order to produce sufficient hot-water, that the ovens were used, at the same time to cook the most wonderful rice-puddings, with thick, tasty skins on-top. In my parents' house, wash-day, was, for many years, on a Monday, a convention that remained unchanged for long after the introduction of modern domestic appliances, probably because that was the way that it had always been done. Today, we just bung the washing into the washer-spinner-dryer, and let the machine 'do-its' own thing' whenever the inclination takes us. String-beans however - horrible, nasty things, that we kids always avoided. POSTSCRIPT: By the 1970's, you could tell as to whose father worked where as to the design and colour of the 'acquired' ex-works towels hung to dry on the washing line. Now the guy who worked in the stores, his washing line could have rigged a clipper-ship.

I worked for quite a few of my formative years down Lock Lane, just off Sheffield Road, by the side of the canal and was there from start to finish of the viaduct and subsequent alterations to the road network. The shops in those days were busy. A bank, a hairdresser ( Alf Swindells kept it. He was a man who "knew " everything and "everybody", A customer visited Rome on holiday. Alf asked if he had seen the Vatican? The customer replied that he had and,indeed, he had been blessed by seeing the Pope. "Did he speak to you"? enquired Alf. Yes he did" replied the customer. "What did he say? "...."Who cuts your bl**dy hair "? replied his custome.There was also a fish and chip shop...using coal for its range and dripping for its chips, a post office, a chemist and others beyond my memory. The first photo is looking toward the Ickles and Rotherham. There was a large pub on the right ( not the Plumpers). Sadly, its name eludes me but it was a Tennants/Whitbread house and I think it can just be made out in the distance. The second and third Plumpers were behind the photographer. Can't help with the loft windows but in the 50/60s it was said that many lofts in this part of the world had been knocked through to permit ( illegal) renting of bed spaces along a line of terraces... for the very many immigrant labourers employed in Tinsley's steel works.

Hi Richard, I can help with St Stephens Tavern, 11 St Stevens Road - now long demolished. This was for many years in my family. In 1891 it was kept by William and Jane Hinchliffe, followed by Edwin and Eliza Birks, followed - after 1900 - by my Grand parents Joseph and Edith Hudson. In the large pub yard my grandfather stabled his horses, kept pigs and ran coal and milk businesses; my grandmother Edith Mary Hudson ran the beer house whilst grandad worked at his carting business etc.

Back in the early fifties, at home my Mother always bought the large green block of Fairy Soap, I can’t ever remembering any other soap until I was well into my teens, no perfumed soap for us, I can always remember a block seemed to last forever and the Mother saved the noggins that were left and she put them in a saucepan with some water then put them on the stove, after a couple of hours it was rendered down to something that resembled slime, she then put it on a shelf in the “ coal ‘ole” and when washing day arrived she fetched it out and dipped her fingers in and transferred an amount into the wash tub and away she went with the Peggy tub, this practice still went on even when she acquired her first Acme washing machine, she was very reluctant to change but eventually she succumbed to wash powder, Omo, Daz, Persil plus Landry bleach, so all in all the mundane washing day saw its own innovations over the years, today the young mothers “ don’t know their born” washing in, powder in receptacle ( always use powder as it stops the horrible smell in the washer) softener close the door and the timer does it’s job, no kitchen filled with a warm damp haze with the smell of Fairy Soap, happy days.

Now 718 from Neddy's 1948 Directory. Name Address Open Closed Span Score 27 1948 Abbey Hotel 944 Chesterfield Road, S8 1948 2 E Casswell Abbeydale Station Hotel 161 Abbeydale Road South 1855 7 George Sutcliffe (161 Abbeydale Road South, S7) Aberdeen House 133 Upper Hanover Street/2 Aberdeen Street, S3 1 Jack William Walsh Acorn 204 Shalesmoor, S3 1822 1960 138 17 Walter Buckley (288-292 Shalesmoor) Acorn Bracken Hill, Chapeltown 1901 7 George A Bates (Burncross Road) Adelphi 13 Arundel Street/Sycamore Street, S1 1849 1969 120 18 Lewis Arthur Clarke Adelphi 15 Martin Street, S6 1951 1917 ? #VALUE! 2 Joseph Shaw Albany Hotel 38-40 Gloucester Street, S10 1925 2 John Bean Albert 2 Coal Pit Lane, S1 1797 1988 191 10 George William Swinburn Albert 31 Sutherland Street, S4 1855 1996 141 14 William Eric Gandy Albert Inn 113 Broomhall Street, S3 1835 1992 157 3 Mrs A Elliott Albert Inn 162 Darnall Road, S9 1871 Still open 137 2 Thomas Horan Albion 2-4 Earsham Street, S4 1951 Still open 2 John Thomas Marsh Albion 4 Mitchell Street, S3 1835 1925 90 15 Sidney E Brown Albion 46 Verdon Street 1855 1967 112 2 Mrs Florence Kynoch Albion Hotel 75 London Road, S2 1834 Still open 174 23 William Whitham Alexandra 111 Eldon Street/14 Milton Street 1833 1956 123 8 John Henry Hobson Alexandra 549 Carlisle Street East 1865 1974 109 8 Frank E Goulsbra Alma/Fat Cat 23 Alma Street 1856 Still open 152 14 Arthur Corker Amberley 221 Attercliffe Common, S9 1860 1961 101 10 Hy White Pilmer Angel 59 Sheffield Road, Woodhouse 1901 Still open 107 7 Frederick John Frost Angel 8 Market Street, Eckington 1911 2 Frederick Byrne Angel/Crown and Anchor 14 Button Lane or 18-22 Button Lane 1825 1956 131 19 Frederick William Kean Angler's Rest 46 New George Street 1841 1901 60 4 Philip Whitchurch (50 Boston Street) Anvil 106 Stannington Road, Malin Bridge 1825 Still open 183 13 Arthur Edward Catlin Arbourthorne Errington Road, S2 1951 2 Valentine Thomas Penn Arundel Inn 1 The Common, Ecclesfield 1893 Still open 115 2 Arthur Nugent Ashberry 116 Addy Street, 1 Ashberry Road, S6 1948 1 Percy Coulson Athol Hotel 19 Charles Street/84-86 Pinstone Street 1901 50's/early 60's 9 Ernest Drabble Atlas 131 Carlisle Street East 1856 1922 66 4 Frank Wolstenholme (278 Savile Street, S4) Bagshawe Arms Hemsworth Road, Norton Avenue 1901 Still open 107 4 Francis Robert Skelton Ball 106 High Street, Ecclesfield 1825 8 Mrs Stella Ridge Ball 43 Mansfield Road, Intake 1871 Still open 137 7 John Ardron Fox Ball 66 Upwell Street, S3 1830 Still open 178 8 Samuel Humpries Ball 8 Pits Moor Road 1833 3 Mrs Alice C Moore Ball Darnall Hill 1825 10 John William Hollingsworth Ball Inn 171 Crookes, S10 1825 Still open 183 13 Thomas Henry Selby Cuckson Ball Inn 230 Myrtle Road, S2 1948 Still open 2 Frederick Whitham Baltic Inn 420 Effingham Road 1833 3 Annie HarriettStarr Banner Cross Hotel 967-971 Ecclesall Road, S11 1876 Still open 132 2 Mrs Jessie Windle Barleycorn 38 Coal Pit Lane 1795 1988 193 20 William Clark Barrel 123 London Road 1825 Still open 183 19 Michael J Flynn Barrel Mortomley Lane End, Chapeltown 1861 7 Joseph Draycott Barrel Inn/Fagans (1985) 69 Broad Lane 1821 Still open 187 23 Alfred Wragg Bath Hotel 139 Broomhall Street 1849 1968 119 10 Walter Purdy Bath Hotel 184 Burgoyne Road/Whitehouse Road, S6 1871 Still open 137 3 Arthur Oxby Bath Hotel 66 Victoria Street, S3 1895 Still open 113 2 William Henry Swain Bathfield Hotel 80 Weston Street 1948 Still open 60 1 Horace Niemyski (1 Powell Street, S3) Bay Horse 1 Greystock Street 1860 9 Jn Ridge Hy Gates Bay Horse 46 Upper St Phillips Road, S3 1845 11 Herbert Littlewood Bay Horse 463 Pitsmoor Road, S3 1825 Still open 183 16 Ernest Ratheram Bee Hive Inn Dykes Hall Road, S6 1948 Still open 2 Arthur Rose Beehive 115 Langsett Road 1871 1968 97 3 Clarence Sidney Eades Beehive Hotel 20 Upwell Lane 1948 1972 24 2 Bernard Waddams Beehive/B-Hive/Rockwells/Foundry & Firkin/Bar S1 240 West Street/Glossop Road 1825 Still open 183 24 James Walter Sanderson Bell Market Street/Fitzalan Square 1796 1974 178 7 Ernest Cutts Bell Hagg Inn Upper Hallam 1856 11 George Arthur Slinn Belle Vue Hotel 229 Cricket Inn Road, S2 1948 1 James Henry Fenwick Bellefield Hotel 37 Bellefield Street 1825 1962 137 4 Mrs Ruth Watkinson Bellefield House 70 Fawcett Street 1951 2 Harry Bottom Bellevue Hotel 282 Whitehouse Lane, S6 1871 Still open 137 10 Mrs Sarah Ann Marr Big Gun 7 Wicker, S3 1796 Still open 212 2 Arthur Chapman (17 Wicker) Bird in Hand 126 High Street, Eckington 1948 1 Joseph Russon Bird in Hand 49 Broughton Lane 1861 3 Alfred Homer Black Bull/Bull 18 Church Street, Ecclesfield 1825 8 Harry Crossland Black Darling/Black Horse 75 Talbot Street 1833 2 Mrs Pricilla Varley (Black Horse) Black Horse/Old Black Horse 180 Upper Allen Street 1822 1960 138 22 Herbert Henson Liggins Blake Street Hotel 53 Blake Street 1893 8 Francis Edwin Wainwright Bloomsberry 37 Albion Street, Crooksmoor 1838 11 Newton Bell Blucher 672 Brightside Lane 1860 3 Clarence Risker Blue Ball Langsett Road, Wharncliffe 1951 2 Charles William Cork Blue Ball/Old Blue Ball 67 Broad Street, Park, S2 1822 19 V F Sellars (Old Blue Ball) Blue Bell 1 Main Street, Hackenthorpe Still open 1 John Henry Frith Blue Bell 120 Worksop Road 1825 6 Mrs Mary Gorman (Old Blue Bell) Blue Boar 26 West Bar 1774 1958 184 25 Ernest Cooper Blue Stoops High Street, Dronfield 1911 Still open 97 3 Henry Jackson Boston/Derby Hotel 10 Lansdowne Road 1856 1963 107 7 Leonard Derbyshire Bowling Green Hotel 2 Upwell Lane, S9 1856 Still open 152 12 Mrs Esther Ayres Bowling Tavern 55 Montford Street 1951 1974 23 2 Henry Barker Bradway Hotel/Hogshead/Miner's Inn Bradway Road, Bradway 1911 3 William Humphries Bramwell 99 Upper St Philips Road 1871 1958 87 4 Ernest Staniland Bricklayer's Arms/Mad House 66 Hereford Street 1871 1968 97 3 William Joseph Lake Brickmaker's Arms 21 Newhall Road 1864 3 William Henry Gooney Bridge 2 Meadow Hall Road 1901 2007 106 6 William Dyson Bridge 3 Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1911 2 Dennis Beresford Bridge Inn 47 Hereford Street 1854 11 Thos Jn F Brady Bridge Inn 5 Bridge Street 1797 18 Michael Fagan Bridge Inn 509 London Road, S2 1911 3 Miss Annie M Archer Bridge Inn Ford, Ridgeway 1911 3 Mrs Kate Townsend Bridge Inn Hollowgate, High Green 1948 2 Frederick Boocock Bridge Inn Mortomley Lane End, Chapeltown 1881 3 George Frederick Burtoft Bridge Inn/Bulldog 387 Attercliffe Road 1862 1940 78 10 Ernest Manning Bridgefield 195 Fowler Street 1948 1960 12 2 George D Evans Brincliffe Oaks Hotel 9 Oak Hill Road, Nether Edge Road 1871 10 Joseph Brown Britain Arms 120 Matilda Street 1820 1970 150 2 Mrs Lilian Fantom Britannia 24 Worksop Road 1876 Still open 132 3 Herbert Rowan British Oak 1 Mosborough Moor 1948 Still open 2 Harold Coleman British Oak 227 Carbrook Street 1865 11 Benjamin H Allsop British Oak Oak Street, Heeley, S8 1871 2 Bertha Walker Broadfield Hotel 482 Abbeydale Road, S8 1901 Still open 107 6 Robert Cundy Broomhall Tavern 105 Broomhall Street 1833 1964 131 16 Mrs Beatrice Gleed Broomhill Tavern 484 Glossop Road 1849 Still open 159 15 Alan Dane Broughton Inn 342 Attercliffe Common, S9 1948 1 Thomas Monkman Brown Bear 109 Norfolk Street 1822 Still open 186 18 Mrs E Riley Brown Cow/Morriseys Riverside/Riverside Café Bar 1 Mowbray Street 1871 Still open 137 8 James Crosby Brown Cow/Old Brown Cow 56 Wicker 1852 still open 156 15 Mrs Beatrice Ann Marshall Brunswick 15 Haymarket 1856 1975 119 11 Cornelius Aherne Brunswick 46 Grimesthorpe Road 1883 1976 93 2 Thomas Thompson Brunswick 54 Thomas Street, Little Sheffield 1881 1964 83 11 Herbert Brandwood Brunswick Hotel 30 Tilford Road, Woodhouse 1881 7 Harry Cawthorne Brunswick House 98 Bramber Street, S3 1 Robert Fletcher Buckenham Hotel 62 Grimesthorpe Road 1876 1976 100 2 Ernest Makin Bull and Mouth/Boulougne Mouth/Tap and Spile/Tap and Barrel 30 Waingate 1790 still open 218 19 Cyril Keith Spencer Bull and Oak/Front Room/Assembly Rooms/Sembly Rooms/Crown and Cushion/Sam Hills Parlour 76-78 Wicker 1715 1998 283 20 Percy Parkin Bull's Head 18 Dun Street 1951 2 George C Mannion Bull's Head 396 Fulwood Road, Ranmoor, S10 1871 Still open 137 8 Mrs Nellie Coley Burgoyne Arms 246 Langsett Road, S6 1854 Still open 154 11 Harry Harold Pantling Burlington Hotel 7 Burlington Street, S6 1856 1957 101 11 Cecil Strutt Burn's Hotel 12 Sheffield Road 1951 2 Joseph Moorwood Byron House 16 Nether Edge Road Still open 1 Neville E Graham Cambridge Hotel 452 Penistone Road 1836 1992 156 2 Mrs Ann Elizabeth Harley Cannon Spirit Vaults 30 Castle Street 1774 Still open 234 16 Thomas Benjamin Bolton Carbrook Hall 537 Attercliffe Common 1861 Still open 147 11 Frank Goodchild Cardigan 47 Ball Street 1881 3 Albert McCague Carlisle Street Hotel/Ma Bakers/Av-It-Bar 5 Carlisle Street East 1864 Still open 144 6 Mrs Kate Clarke Carlton 563 Attercliffe Road 1845 Still open 163 3 Frederick William Race Carwood 8 Carlisle Street East, S4 1864 1986 122 8 Lewis Rowe Castle Inn Castle Row, Twentywell Road, Dore 1948 Still open 1 Thomas Alfred Outram Castle Inn Dykes Hall Road 1948 1 Seth King Catherine Arms Catherine Street 1951 Still open 2 Herbert Whitlock Chandos 217 Rockingham Street 1825 8 John W Stevenson Chantrey Arms 11 Bramall Lane 1880 4 Mrs Annie E Coupe Chantrey Arms 733-735 Chesterfield Road 1951 Still open 2 James Cocker Chequers Inn Dronfield Lane, Coal Aston 1951 2 William Haslam Chequers/Old Chequers 68 Weigh Lane 1825 9 Tom Holleley Club Gardens Inn 60 Lansdowne Road, S11 1833 1967 134 2 James Widdison Coach and Horses 756 Attercliffe Road 1901 7 William E Bingham Coach and Horses Rotherham Road, Eckington 1901 3 Harrington Williamson Coach and Horses Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1951 2 Ernest Skillington Coach and Horses Station Road, Chapeltown 1901 6 George William Pugh Cobden View Hotel 40 Cobden View Road, S10 1871 Still open 137 10 William Matthew Parker Cock 5 Bridge Hill, Oughtibridge 1825 Still open 183 9 Johnathan W Beech Cocked Hat 75 Worksop Road Still open 1 Charles W Marsh Commercial 107 & 109 Station Road, Chapeltown Still open 1 George Cooper Commercial 3 Sheffield Road 1870 1994 124 1 Francis Inman Darwent, S3 Corner Pin 231 Carlisle Street East, S4 1864 Still open 144 2 Joseph Walker Corporation Hotel 37 Corporation Street, S3 1871 8 Harry Billingham Cossack 45 Howard Street 1821 still open 187 19 George Marper Cremorne 155 London Road 1833 Still open 175 6 Willis Wheldon Cricket Ball Inn 2 Savile Street East 1860 1918 58 10 Mrs Catherine Parkin Cricket Inn 20 Cricket Inn Road, Park, S2 1822 1993 171 19 Herbert Sawyer (317 Cricket Inn Road, S2) Cricket Inn Penney Lane, Totley Bents, Totley 1891 7 Bernard Dungworth Cricketer's Arms 106 Bramall Lane 1871 Still open 137 10 Cyril Parkin Cromwell View 80 Spital Street 1911 1925 14 10 Mrs Margaret Scott Cross Daggers 14 Market Square, Woodhouse 1881 5 Mrs Mary Redfearn Cross Daggers Cross Lane, Coal Aston 1951 2 Charles E S Scholes Cross Guns (Great Gun) 122 Sharrow Lane 1901 5 Frank Godley Cross Keys 400 Handsworth Road, Handsworth Woodhouse 1828 Still open 180 10 Joseph W Francis Cross Scythes 147 Derbyshire Lane, Meersbrook 1901 Still open 107 6 Stanley G Outram Cross Scythes Baslow Road, Totley Rise 1891 3 Joseph Fearnley Crossfield Thorncliffe, Chapeltown 1881 8 Jn William Crookes Crosspool Tavern Crosspool 1871 3 Albert Carter Crown 116 Neepsend Lane 1893 1992 99 11 Francis George Cass Crown 2 Albert Road 1901 Still open 107 6 Mrs Doris Malin Crown 2 Walkley Bank Road 1871 Still open 137 2 Charles Henry Strickland Crown 21 Meadow Hall Road 1901 Still open 107 6 Herbert Bolsover Crown 41 Carlisle Road 1860 1 James Henry Lancaster Crown Hillfoot Road, Totley 1891 Still open 117 7 William Cooper Crown and Cushion Burn Cross, Chapeltown 1901 Still open 107 6 Harold Trueman Crown and Glove 96 Upper Gate, Stannington 1825 8 Mrs Janet Wood Crown Hotel 137 High Street, Mosbrough 1951 2 Joseph Smith Crown Inn 23 Blue Boy Street 1835 1938 103 16 George H Beedham Crown Inn 43 Summerfield Street, S11 1871 8 George Henry Wright Crown Inn 53 Bessemer Road, S9 1948 1 Herbert Ewart Hall Crown Inn 87 Forncett Street, S4 1865 still open 143 2 Mrs Amy Sanderson Crown Inn/Old Crown 21 Blackburn Road, Brightside 1825 6 William Howard (Blackburn) Crown/Old Crown 35 Scotland Street 1797 Still open 211 15 William Fras Nolan Cumberland Head 35 High Street, Beighton 1901 4 Mrs Ivy Lowe Cuthbert Arms 296 Langsett Road, S6 1951 1974 23 2 Albert Tudor (Cuthbert Road) Cuthbert Bank Hotel 164 Langsett Road, S6 1948 Still open 1 Albert Newton Cutler's Arms/Fara's Free House 74 Worksop Road 1841 Still open 167 11 Thomas William McArliss Denison Arms 33 Watery Street 1845 Still open 163 13 Casswell Burnett Derby Hotel 25 Lawson Street, S3 1951 2 George William Shackleton Devonshire Arms 118 Ecclesall Road, S11 1871 Still open 137 9 Samuel Palfreyman Devonshire Arms 23 South Street, Moor 1825 1940 115 19 George Green Devonshire Arms High Street, Dore 1891 1901 10 8 Mrs F M Thorpe Dog and Gun 18 Headford Street, S3 1833 1962 129 10 Arthur James Froggatt Dog and Partridge 56 Trippet Lane 1797 Still open 211 20 Percy Hewitt Dog and Partridge/Goodfellas Gentlemans' Club 575 Attercliffe Road 1860 still open 148 8 Charles Edward Coldwell Dog and Partridge/Nell's Bar 53 Coal Pit Lane, S1 1821 7 Frank E Glennon (Nell's Bar, next Hippodrome, Cambridge Street) Don Inn 67 Penistone Road 1833 11 George W Gillingham Dore Moor Hathersage Road, Dore 1901 6 Frank L Beamer Douglas Inn 209-211 Douglas Road, S3 1951 2 Thomas Webster Dove and Rainbow 25 Hartshead 1782 still open 226 24 Herbert Bagworth Dragon Inn 135 Infirmary Road, S6 1951 2 Thomas Charlesworth Duke of York 135 Main Road, Darnall 1825 Still open 183 13 George Albert Wombswell Duke of York 35 Market Street, Eckington 1911 2 Austin Drake Durham Ox 15 Cricket Inn Road 1871 1993 122 10 Frank Brown Earl Grey 97 Ecclesall Road, S11 1854 12 Peter Joseph Scott Earl of Arundel and Surrey 528 Queen's Road, S2 1881 Still open 127 7 George Frederick Sanderson East House 18 Spital Hill 1860 Still open 148 2 George Thomas Boswell Ecclesall Tavern 273-275 Hanover Street, S3 1951 2 Wyndham Dewy Richards Elephant Vaults 2 Norfolk Street & Market Street 1822 1968 146 20 Frederick Warrington Ellesmere Hotel 55 Ellesmere Road, S4 1865 3 Harry Denton Elm Tree 980 City Road/Intake 1871 9 Raymond Walter Mallett Empire Canteen 16 Charles Street 1901 6 Joseph Covan Enfield Arms 95 Broughton Lane, S9 1925 Still open 83 2 John Young Engineers Hotel/Dallas Bar/Barrow House Fowler Street, Wincobank 1881 7 Robert Edward Millward (Fife Street) Excelsior 1 Carbrook Street, Attercliffe Common, S9 1951 1993 42 2 Charles Ernest Almond Exchange 53 Eldon Street 1951 #REF! 2 Mrs Annie Maria Lawson Farfield/Owl/Muff Inn 376 Neepsend Lane 1881 Still open 127 9 Jn W Pearson Filesmith's Arms 229 Attercliffe Common, S9 1871 1993 122 3 Ernest Aldridge Firwood Cottage 279 Whitehouse Lane 1948 Still open 60 2 George T Bell Fisherman's Rest 93 Tinsley Park Road, S9 1871 1980 109 3 Frederick William Hoyland Fitzalan Inn/"Top" Fitzalan 123 Fitzalan Street 1951 1966 15 2 Willie Nowill (38 Montford Road & 123-127 Fitzalan Street) Fitzalan Tavern 58 Fitzalan Street 1871 3 Mrs Mary Ward Fitzwilliam Hotel 14 Milford Street 1951 1926 -25 2 Dennis Connerton Fleur De Lis Totley Hall Lane, Totley Rise 1891 7 William Henry Green Fleur De Lis Inn Unstone, Sheffield 1901 6 Charles Hall Florist 185 Walkley Road, S6 1 Arthur Bradford Forest Inn Rutland Road 1871 Still open 137 2 Fred Oldham (48 Rutland Street) Forester's Inn/Yorick 57 Division Street 1834 Still open 174 12 Frank Lee (73-75 Division Street) Forge Inn 95 Newhall Road 1871 3 Cyril Northcliffe Foundry Arms 111 Barrow Road, S9 Still open 1 Robert Bocking Fowler Street Hotel 37 Haywood Street 1901 6 Charles Crosby Fox and Duck 174 Pye Bank 1822 Still open 186 23 Reginald Bowman Johnson Fox and Duck 37 Fulwood Road/227 Fulwood Road, S10 1836 3 Albert Kelsey (227 Fulwood Road) Fox and Duck 438 Sheffield Road, Tinsley Still open 1 Charles Turner Fox and Grapes 519 Meadow Hall Road, Wincobank 1901 6 Jn Willie Coggan Fox House 11 Shirland Lane, 1 Ardmore Street, S9 1870 5 Jn Dore Franklin Hotel 118 Sharrow Lane/Franklin Street, S11 1871 1970 99 11 Patrick Joseph Hayes Freedom Hotel/Freedom View 26 Walkley Bank Road, S6 1856 Still open 152 12 Edward Murtagh Freedom House 371 South Road, Walkley, S6 1871 8 Walter Newton Freemason's Arms/Mason's Arms 383 Walkley Lane 1825 Still open 183 13 Frederick Shackleton Friendship Inn Tinsley Park Road 1871 Still open 137 2 Ernest Marples (1 March Street) Fullerton Arms Hotel/Yorkshireman 301 Sheffield Road, Templeborough 1 Albert Davies Fulton/Prospect House 2 Fulton Road, S6 1 Frank Justice Gaiety Palace/Cromwell's Varieties 100 West Bar, S3 1881 10 Henry Cliff Gardener's Rest 105 Neepsend Lane 1871 Still open 137 3 George Parkin Gardeners' Rest 15 Dun Street, S3 1881 8 Walter Woollen Gate 76 Attercliffe Road/Hilltop, S9 1871 1990 119 2 Alphonse Arnold (76-78 Attercliffe Common) Gate 78 Penistone Road North, S6 1948 2 Sydney James Brindley Gate Inn 124 Pitsmoor Road 1871 3 Joseph S Reed (408 Pitsmoor Road) Gate/Old Gate in 1854 10 Hollis Croft 1822 1955 133 20 William Snape Gatefield 167 Infirmary Road, S6 1845 1980 135 3 Mrs C Witham General Gordon Inn 49 Cross Bedford Street, S6 1951 2 Martin Giblin George Hill Top, Stannington 1901 6 Jn Abney Thompson George and Dragon 20 High Street, Mosbrough 1951 Still open 2 Leonard Thacker George and Dragon 93 Broad Lane 1825 1958 133 16 Mrs Eileen C Keaveny George and Dragon High Street, Beighton 1901 Still open 107 6 Leonard Ansell George Inn 11 Market Street, Woodhouse 1881 7 Jabez Hy Cox George IV 216 Infirmary Road 1833 1992 159 14 George Fields (Manager) George Street Tavern 1 Cross Gilpin Street, S6 1948 2 Walter Bingham Globe Inn/Scream 54 Howard Street 1797 Still open 211 3 Herbert Richford Golden Ball 838 Attercliffe Road 1825 1985 160 21 Thomas William Elliott Golden Ball Townhead Street 1828 17 James William Marriott (10 Townhead Street) Golden Lion 69 Alderson Road, S2 1951 Still open 2 Geo H Littlewood Gower Arms 47 Gower Street 1871 Still open 137 8 Samuel Rusby Granville Inn 89 Granville Street, Park, S2 1849 15 Alan Coggin Grapes 1or 5 South Street, Moor 1854 3 Joseph Arnold Wade Grapes 80 Trippet Lane 1821 Still open 187 23 Clifford Hartley Grapes Inn/Rovers Rest/Rovers Return 51 Gower Street, S4 1868 Still open 140 2 George Moore Great Britain 28 John Street, S2 1871 4 Jas Benton Green Dragon Church Street, Dronfield 1911 3 Raymond Parker Grey Horse 25 Stoke Street, Attercliffe 1850 1938 88 20 Charles F Liversidge Grey Horse 55 Chester Street 1871 4 Sydney Dewhirst Greyhound 122 High Street, Ecclesfield 1881 Still open 127 7 Mrs Una F Banks Greyhound 185 Gibralter Street, S3 1796 21 Lawrence Hy Yarwood (217 Gibralter Street) Greyhound 822 Attercliffe Road 1830 Still open 178 6 Charles Brown Greyhound Inn Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1951 Still open 57 2 Charles Telford Lavender Griffin Inn 5 Spital Street 1871 1966 95 7 Willis Mosforth Griffin Inn 8 Town End Road, Ecclesfield 1881 6 Kenneth Stringer Grouse Inn Penney Lane, Totley Bents, Totley 1951 2 Jn Thomas Pearson Guards Rest/Old Albion 2 Marshall Street and 8 Fowler Street 1 George Barnsley Guards Rest/Widow's Hut 41 Sorby Street 1879 1971 92 2 Lewis Forrester Hadfield Hotel 26 Barber Road, S10 1871 Still open 137 9 John Anderson Haigh Tree Inn/Old Hague 1 Bernard Road, S2 1825 5 Arthur Parkin (1 Bernard Street) Halfway 195 Attercliffe Road 1870 1959 89 3 Thomas Frederick Carr (Britannia Road, S9) Halfway House 30 Station Road, Mosbrough 1948 2 Ernest Silcock Hallamshire 157-159 Lydgate Lane, Crookes 1871 Still open 137 9 Mrs Nellie Sherwood Hallamshire 182 West Street 1871 Still open 137 9 Mrs Adelaide Kate A Swinden Hallamshire Hotel Wentworth Road 1871 2 Joseph Bromley Hallamshire House 49 Common Side, Crookes 1893 9 Ellis J Rimmer Hallcar Tavern/Grove 2 Carwood Lane 1951 Still open 2 Arthur B Parkin Hammer and Pincers Bent's Green, Ecclesall Bierlow, S11 1822 Still open 186 9 Arthur Beighton (Ringinglow Road, S11) Hampton View 231 Langsett Road, S6 1871 1972 101 3 Benjamin Beck Hanover House 132-134 Upper Hanover Street, S3 1 Fred Woodbine Hare and Hounds 27 Nursery Street 1822 Still open 186 20 George A Cooper Hare and Hounds 6 Church Street, Oughtibridge 1 Fred Greaves Hare and Hounds 7 Church Lane, Dore 1891 Still open 117 8 Frank Clark Hare and Hounds 77 Uppergate Road, Stannington 1881 7 Sydney Gray Harlequin/Harlequin and Clown 26 Johnson Street 1822 Still open 186 13 Joseph Worley Harrow/Old Harrow 80 Broad Street, Park 1822 16 Joseph H Fenn Havana Hotel 57 Meadow Street 1881 3 Lawrence Blankley Heart of Oaks Dronfield, Woodhouse 1949 1 George Frederick Kahler Heeley and Sheffield House Gleadless 1881 Still open 127 7 James Edward Roe Hen and Chickens 3 Castle Green 1821 Still open 187 21 George Hattersley Hereford Arms 17 Hereford Street 1871 2 Thomas McConnell Highcliffe Hotel Greystones Road, S11 1948 Still open 2 Sydney Mayor Highgreave 205 High Greave, Ecclesfield 1881 Still open 127 5 Edward Staves Hill Top Hotel 69 Attercliffe Road 1860 1961 101 3 Frank Sellers Hillsborough Inn 2 Holme Lane 1851 17 Lawrence Brown Hodgson Arms 49 Hodgson Street 1860 1970 110 1 Mrs Ellen Monks Hodson Hotel 110 Carlisle Road 1860 1970 110 2 Joseph Beaumont Hollin Bush Hollins End, Gleadless 1881 Still open 127 7 Alfred Whyers Holly Bush Rivelin, Stannington 1841 8 Alfred Williamson Horse and Jockey 638 Attercliffe Road 1833 still open 175 9 Mrs Eliz Burgin Horse and Jockey Wadsley Lane, S6 1879 10 George Sykes Horse Shoe Bellhouse Road, Shire Green 1825 8 Reuben Davies Howard Hotel 59 Howard Street 1871 Still open 137 8 Cyril E Beck Howard Hotel 94 Howard Road, S6) 1951 2 Alfred Wragg Hyde Park Inn Hill Top, Unstone 1911 3 Jn Arthur Young Imperial 45 Robertshaw Street 1881 11 Tom Shaw Industry 206 Dunlop Street 1951 2 George Collinson Industry 34 Broad Street 1797 1972 175 15 Stuart Potts Industry Inn 147 Young Street 1871 1917 46 3 Willie North Industry Inn Darnall 1871 Still open 137 3 Grayson Nance (89 Main Road, S9) Junction 354 Brightside Lane 1871 6 Geo Rd Broskom Junction Station Road, Woodhouse 1901 Still open 107 7 Jn Dale Hollis Kelvin Grove 227 Infirmary Road, Gatefield, S6 1833 1959 126 18 Arthur Edward Catlin King's Head 709 Attercliffe Road 1853 Still open 155 3 Charles Belch King's Head Manchester Road, S10 1905 5 Harry Coldwell King's Head Poole Road, Darnall 1905 5 Leslie Lingard Lady's Bridge 2 Bridge Street 1881 1993 112 8 Joseph Hy Appleyard Lambpool 291 Attercliffe Common/Hilltop, Attercliffe 1870 1988 118 4 Geo Bulloss Lansdowne 2 Lansdowne Road 1854 1991 137 12 Joseph Copley Leavey Greave Hotel 26 Leavey Greave Road, S3 1871 4 Edwin Owen Lescar 303 Sharrow Vale Road, S11 1881 Still open 127 7 Herbert Drake Lincoln City Arms 114 Clarence Street 1845 1963 118 2 Mrs Vera Salt Lion and Lamb 46 High Street, Eckington 1905 4 Ronald Burgess Lion Hotel 4 Nursery Street, S3 1828 1980 152 7 Austin Lemons Lodge Inn 143 Newhall Road 1870 3 Ernest Oliver Lodge Inn 47 Spital Hill 1852 1969 117 8 Isaac Hampton Lord Nelson 166 Arundel Street 1871 Still open 137 3 Mrs Fanny Brocklebank Lord Nelson 184 Greystock Road 1868 1951 83 12 Thomas Simmonite Lord Nelson 60 Broad Street 1871 3 Elsie Barber Lyceum 153 Langsett Road 1854 1972 118 12 Frederick Joseph Bentley Lyceum 19 Pond Hill 1871 8 Henry Stones Magnet Southy Green Road, S5 1951 2 Ernest M Bradshaw Mail Coach 149 West Street 1800 Still open 208 7 Ernest Sparks Malin Bridge / The Cleakum Inn 194 Holme Lane 1833 Still open 175 11 Mrs Edith Strong Malton Hotel 35 Burton Street 1901 1980 79 6 Edwin Bower Manchester Hotel/Manchester Railway Hotel/Harlequin 108 Nursery Street, S3 1849 Still open 159 13 Mrs Charlotte Louise Baggarley Manor Castle Inn 82 Edward Street, S2 1849 14 Sydney James Steadman Manor Inn Fretson Road, Darnall, S2 1828 3 George Brown Market Inn 18 Wortley Road, High Green 1948 Still open 1 Arthur Chester Marshall Tavern 133 Pye Bank/133 Pitsmoor Road 1951 1960 9 2 Leonard Gayden Mason's Arms 14 Capel Street, S6 1948 Still open 2 Albert Carr Mason's Arms 2 Carson Road, S10 1948 Still open 2 Ernest Blenkinsop Mason's Arms 270 Langsett Road, S6 1871 Still open 137 4 Jn Hy Crutchley Mason's Arms 47 Pearl Street 1858 1960 102 3 Mrs Alice Bell Mason's Arms Marsh Quarry, Chesterfield Road, Eckington 1948 1 Joseph Reginald Cranfield Masons' Arms 842 Chesterfield Road, S8 1901 6 George Henry Greenfield Matilda Tavern 100 Matilda Street, S1 1825 Still open 183 15 Thos Nicholas Barlow Maunche 14 Corn Exchange Buildings 1901 6 Arthur Alcock Meadow Inn 89 Main Road, S9 1951 2 William Spencer Meadow Street Hotel 110 Meadow Street, S3 1849 still open 159 16 Henry Holroyd Merry Heart 110 Spital Street (Tom Cross Lane) 1893 14 John William Wilson Middlewood Tavern Oughtibridge 1861 8 William Wilson Midland 2 Spital Hill 1862 1972 110 8 Herbert Edley Midland 26 Burncross Road, Greenside, Chapeltown 1901 7 Charles Houghton Birch Midland Chesterfield Road, Dronfield 1901 6 Norman Spencer Millhouses Hotel 951 Abbeydale Road, Millhouses, S7 1905 Still open 103 5 Joseph Thomas Badger Milton Arms 272 Rockingham Street, S1 1871 1963 92 8 Mrs Dorothy Evans Milton Arms 66 Thomas Street, S1 1825 1964 139 1 Frederick Hall Milton's Head 29 Allen Street, S3 1825 1958 133 21 James William Sharman Miners Arms 6 Pitt Street, Eckington 1948 1 John Drabble Miners' Arms 115 Carr Lane, Dronfield, Woodhouse 1901 Still open 107 5 Charles W Marples Miners' Arms 125 Warren Lane, Chapeltown 1861 Still open 147 2 Mrs Lavinia Hague Minerva 103 Penistone Road/Hillfoot, S6 1833 1959 126 17 Albert Ward (343-345 Penistone Road) Minerva 69 Charles Street, S1 1833 still open 175 9 John R Newman Montgomery Hotel 225 St Mary's Road, S2 1881 3 William Schofield Morpeth Arms 108 Upper Allen Street, S3 1833 1960 127 17 Alfred Beckett Moseley's Arms 81-83 West Bar & Paradise Street 1849 Still open 159 16 Peter Tebay (Phone Sheffield 21519) Mount Pleasant Inn 291 Derbyshire Lane, S8 1948 1 Mrs Mora Alice Gray Mulberry Tavern 2 Mulberry Street, S1 1825 still open 183 16 Thos Dallinger Mills Museum 25 Orchard Street, S1 1797 1988 191 8 Mrs Ethel Grace Kersh Myrtle Inn 33 Alexandra Road, Heeley, S2 1871 2 Willie Staniforth Nag's Head 273 Shalesmoor, S3 1833 still open 175 5 Herbert Littlewood (325 Shalesmoor, S3) Nag's Head Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1911 3 Mrs Clara S Purdy Nailmakers' Arms Backmoor Road, S8 1948 1 Bert Chadwick Napier Hotel 95 Napier Street, S11 1871 Still open 137 8 Tom Lindley Neepsend Tavern 114 Neepsend Lane 1834 1974 140 22 Jn Singleton Nelson 34 Union Street, S1 1854 7 Stanley Able John Sherriff (Moorhead) New Barrack Tavern 601 Penistone Road 1854 Still open 154 9 Henry Charles Lambert New Crown Inn 406 Handsworth Road, S9 1951 Still open 2 Frank Raybould New Inn 10 Montford Street 1871 3 Arthur Needham New Inn 108 Ecclesall Road 1834 14 Percy Taylor New Inn 183 Duke Street 1828 Still open 180 17 Mrs Elizabeth Benson New Inn 2 Penistone Road, S6 1833 17 Reginald Edward Vine New Inn 211 Carbrook Street 1871 3 William Henry Bagshaw New Inn 282 Hollinsend Road, Gleadless 1881 6 Mrs Annie Lomas New Inn Hemsworth Road, S8 1948 2 William Sylvester Bailey New Inn Sheffield Road, Hackenthorpe 1901 6 Harry Helliwell New Inn/New Bridge Inn 4 Penistone Road North 1822 Still open 186 6 Arnold Fairfax New Market Hotel 20 Broad Street & 1 Sheaf Street, S2 1825 1972 147 16 Lachlan Macmillan New White Lion 23 Wicker, S3 1825 1991 166 13 George Hible Newfield 141 Denmark Road 1881 7 Albert Cyril Drake Noah's Ark 197 Mansfield Road, Intake 1911 Still open 97 3 Peveril Hill Noah's Ark 94 Crookes, S10 Still open 1 Arthur Smith Norfolk 224 South Street, S2 1951 2 Jn Arnold Lewis Norfolk 225 Handsworth Rd, S9 1881 6 Henry Wolstenholme Norfolk Arms 1 St Mary's Road, S1 1881 2 Mrs Edith May Wildsmith Norfolk Arms 2 Suffolk Road 1871 Still open 137 3 Jn Willie Guite Norfolk Arms 26 Dixon Lane 1833 Still open 175 16 Walter Adams Norfolk Arms 85 Clarence Street 1841 1968 127 2 Harry Gilchrist Norfolk Arms Hollow Meadows, Stannington 1901 6 Greaves Armitage Green Norfolk Arms Ringinglow, Upper Hallam, S11 1871 11 Ellis Geeson Norfolk Arms White Lane Top, Chapeltown 1861 10 Allan Parry Norfolk Arms/Bronx 208 Savile Street East, S4 1864 9 Geroge Frederick Lee Norfolk Arms/Club 160 160 Attercliffe Road 1831 10 Miss Gladys Jones Norfolk Arms/Club Xes 195 Carlisle Street 1860 Still open 148 9 Frederick Thomas Astill Normanton 123 Grimesthorpe Road, S4 1879 still open 129 1 Harry White Normanton Springs Inn Normanton Spring, Woodhouse 1901 7 Brookes Urwin North Pole Inn 62 Sussex Street, S4 1854 14 Tom Smith Norton Hotel Meadow Head, S8 1948 2 Frederick Arthur Brindley Nottingham House 161 Whitham Road, S10 1871 2 Joseph Verdon Bee Nottingham House 19-23 Watery Street, S3 1871 3 Daniel P Tormey Nursery Tavern 276 Ecclesall Road, S11 1948 Still open 1 Fred Hurst Odd Fellow's Arms 202 Duke Street, Park 1856 13 Joseph Banks Old Albion 103 Hill Street, S2 1948 2 Charles Ellin Old Albion 242-244 Hanover Street, S3 1948 1 Joseph J Halliwell Old Blue Ball Bradfield Road, Owlerton 1825 Still open 183 17 Spencer Wilson Old Blue Bell 31 High Street, S1 1710 Still open 298 16 Joseph Huntley Pritchard Old Bradley Well/Terminus Tavern 150 Main Road, Darnall 1825 Still open (Terminus) 10 Walter Winnell Old Cricket Ground Inn 371 Darnall Road, Darnall 1871 7 John Butler Old Crown 133 London Road 1825 Still open 183 5 Joseph Vincent Perry Old Crown 710 Penistone Road 1871 Still open 137 7 Reginald Walton Old Green Dragon 469 Attercliffe Road 1774 1950 176 9 Henry Ball Old Grindstone 3 Crooks, S10 1822 Still open 186 15 Mrs Ruth Womack Old Harrow White Lane, Gleadless 1901 Still open 107 6 George Burtonwood (Ye Olde Harrow) Old Heavygate Wharncliffe Road or 114 Matlock Road, S6 1871 Still open 137 2 Albert Allison Old Light Horseman 155 Penistone Road, Philadelphia 1822 1991 169 26 Mrs Lily Watson Old Original Grindstone 22 and 24 Crookes, S10 1871 10 Mrs Laura Annie Gaunt Old Queens Head 40 Pond Hill, S1 1851 Still open 157 6 A F Butcher Omnibus 766 Attercliffe Road, S9 1948 2 Frank Binks Owl 51 Penistone Road 1948 2 Jas Hindle Davies Oxford House 131 Moore Street 1948 2 Mrs Florence Green Pack Horse Inn 23 Pack Horse Lane, Mortomley, High Green 1861 Still open 147 8 Ernest Hakes Palm Tree Tavern 35 Palm Street, Walkley, S6 1871 Still open 137 3 Frederick Stevens Park Hotel Wadsley Lane, Hillsborough, S6 1911 Still open 97 3 Clement Bunting Parkwood Hotel 16 Douglas Road, S3 1881 7 Thomas Warburton Parson Cross Hotel Deerlands Avenue, S5 1948 Still open 60 2 Colin Keen Peacock 200 Fitzwilliam Street, S1 1849 18 Walter Scott Peacock Knoll Top, Stannington 1825 Still open 183 8 Willis Bradshaw (714 Stannington Road) Pheasant 467 Meadow Hall Road, S9 1948 1 Lorenzo White Pheasant 86 or 96 London Road 1854 Still open 154 11 Robert Pearson Pheasant Barnsley Road, S5 1951 Still open 57 2 Robert Albert Kirkland Dowson Pheasant Mount Pleasant, Wadsley Bridge 1861 2 Oldroyd Friend (30 Trafalger Road, Wadsley Bridge) Pheasant Oughtibridge 1881 Still open 127 7 Joseph Henry Thompson Pheasant (Beerhouse)/Stumble Inn 436 Attercliffe Common, S9 1833 Still open 175 12 William Weeks Phoenix Hotel 56-58 Charles Street 1893 7 Joseph Edward Ross Phoenix Inn High Lane, Ridgeway 1951 Still open 2 Ernest Kay Pitsmoor 448 Pitsmoor Road 1951 Still open 2 Hy Willey Plough 228 Sandygate Road, Sandygate, S10 1854 Still open 154 11 Peter James Stuart Plough 28 Broad Street, S2 1854 12 William T Elliott Plumpers Hotel Sheffield Road, S9 1948 2 George Ernest Hooley Plumpers' Inn Tinsley, S4 1825 7 Mrs Mary Monteyne (42 Greystock Street) Pomona Gardens 163 Ecclesall New Road 1854 Still open 154 10 Percy Carrington (213 Ecclesall Road, S11) Poplar Tree Tavern 180-182 Broomhall Street, S3 1951 2 Walter Wragg Porter Tavern Sharrow Moor 1854 7 Mrs Harriet Sims (286 Sharrow Vale Road) Portland Arms 59 Portland Street (39 ?) 1871 3 Allan Stacey (39 Portland Street) Prince Hotel 100 Pomona Street 1871 2 William Gouldthorpe Prince of Wales 11 Church Street, Eckington 1901 5 R B Bailey Prince of Wales 127 Upper St Philips Road & 25 Fawcett Street, S3 1881 7 Harry Bottomley Prince of Wales 150 Derbyshire Lane, S8 1948 1 Arnold Jeffcock Prince of Wales 20 Adsett Street 1862 2 Fred Thornton Prince of Wales 80 Burncross Road, Chapeltown 1948 1 Mark William Blackmore Prince of Wales Banner Cross, Ecclesall, S11 1834 Still open 174 14 Cecil Clift (Ecclesall Road South) Prince of Wales/Frog and Parrot 94 Division Street & 37 Westfield Terrace, S1 1871 Still open 137 11 Hubert Nixon Hutchinson Princess Hotel 199 Fitzwiliam Street 1881 8 Bernard Parsons Princess Royal Hotel 680 Retford Road, Woodhouse 1948 2 Frances Radford Prospect View Hotel 500 Gleadless Road 1948 2 Mrs Annie Oldfield Pump Tavern 79 South Street, Moor 1825 still open 183 19 Harry Walker Punch Bowl 236 Crookes, S10 1822 Still open 186 7 Stanley Young Punch Bowl 95 Hurlfield Road, Gleadless, S12 1951 Still open 2 Sydney Macreath Queen Adelaide 32 Bramall Lane/1 Hermitage Street, S2 1825 22 Mrs Nellie Smith Queen's 37 Dun Street, S3 1825 1970 145 3 Henry Lewin Queen's Ground (Queen's Hotel) 401 Langsett Road 1833 Still open 175 8 Alfred E Kelvey Queen's Head 660 Attercliffe Road 1825 1990 165 21 Joseph Henry Chatwyn Queen's Head Main Road, Ridgeway 1951 Still open 57 2 Percy Flower Queen's Head Mortomley, High Green 1861 8 Mrs Mabel White Queen's Hotel 85 Scotland Street, S3 1797 still open 211 14 Frederick Tracey Railway 19 Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge 1881 Still open 127 7 Harry Redfern Railway Rotherham Road, Beighton 1901 6 Mrs Mary Wright Railway Hotel 184 Bramhall Lane, S2 1871 Still open 137 4 Harold Chatwyn Railway Hotel Blackburn 1948 1 Mrs Irene Lily Peters Railway Tavern 64 Princess Street, Attercliffe Road 1864 1912 48 3 Fras Herbert Haden Railway/Stadium/Noose and Gibbet 97 Broughton Lane, S9 1871 Still open 137 10 Arthur S McCartin Ran Moor 330 Fulwood Road, Ran Moor, S10 1854 Still open 154 13 Wilfred Garside Raven 12 Fitzwilliam Street 1833 Still open 175 10 John Thomas Flood Red Deer 18 Pitt Street, S1 1825 Still open 183 8 Jim Sharp Red House 168 Solly Street 1796 Still open 212 15 Mrs Agnes S Whitney Red Lion 109 Charles Street, S1 1821 Still open 187 20 Thomas Davies Red Lion 145 Duke Street, Park, S2 1821 Still open 187 22 Mrs Mabel Boldy Red Lion 652 London Road, Heeley, S2 1846 8 Leonard Edmund Thompson Red Lion Gleadless Town End 1854 Still open 154 8 George Eric Easthope (972 Gleadless Road) Red Lion/Old Red Lion in 1854 35 Holly Street, S1 1822 Still open 186 18 Mrs Florence Foreman Reindeer Inn 20 Douglas Road, S3 1948 1 Charles Edward Hartle Rifle Corps Hotel 137 Carlisle Street East, S4 1860 1958 98 12 Charles Frederick Swallow Rising Sun 11 Pear Street and 72 Pomona Street, S11 1948 1 Mrs Bertha Latham Rising Sun 471 Fulwood Road, S10 1911 Still open 97 3 John Rowbotham (Manager) Rising Sun 49 Jenkin Road, S9 1948 1 William Henry Griffiths Rising Sun 67 Hermitage Street, S2 1871 9 Arthur Rogerson Rising Sun Abbey Lane, Parkhead, S11 1786 Still open 222 4 Tom Fredericl Wild Rivelin Stannington 1905 5 Louis Fox (Tofts Lane) Rivelin View Bell Hagg Road 1871 4 Mrs Hy Turner (204 Bole Hill Road, S6) River Don Inn 712 Brightside Lane 1857 3 Mrs Carrie Guess Robin Hood 46 Ellesmere Road 1854 Still open 154 4 Mrs Lottie Sowter Robin Hood 86 Duke Street, Park, S2 1822 1950 128 20 Mrs Edith Fox Robin Hood Inn Millhouses 1825 Still open 183 12 William Marsden Robin Hood/Robin Hood & Little John Little Matlock, Stannington 1861 Still open 147 8 Matthew Furness Robin Hood/Robin Hood & Little John in 1854 548 Attercliffe Road 1825 19 Thomas William Whitworth Rock House 170 Rock Street 1951 Still open 2 Albert E Hather Rock Inn 42 Pye Bank 1951 1958 7 2 Edward Mumford Rock Tavern 20 Dixon Lane 1796 1972 176 22 Sam Wilde Rockingham Arms 194 Rockingham Street 1825 20 Mrs Annie Townsley Rodley Inn 97 Leadmill Road 1893 1970 77 3 William Speight Roebuck 1 Charles Street (1-3 Union Lane) 1790 Still open 218 3 Jn Wm Milner Rose Potter Hill, High Green 1948 Still open 2 Cyril Bramby Rose and Crown 154 High Street, Eckington 1905 4 Sarah Earnshaw Rose and Crown 245 Main Road, Darnall, S9 1911 3 Douglas Houghton Rose and Crown 52 Brightmore Street, S3 1797 1903 106 1 Joseph Sollitt Rose and Crown Hann Moor, Stannington 1822 10 Irvine Earnshaw Lee Rose and Crown Stour Lane, Wadsley, S6 1881 7 William Henry Skelton Rose Cottage 70 Cricket Inn Road, S2 1881 3 Frank Wheatley Rose House 316 South Road, Walkley, S6 1948 1 Isaiah Thomas Moss Rose Inn 627 Penistone Road 1851 Still open 157 10 William Gill Rotherham House 27 Exchange Street 1797 14 Archibald Goulder Royal 2 Bradfield Road 1948 1990 42 2 Herbert Cutts Royal Dungworth, Stannington 1861 Still open 147 6 Sydney Cooke Royal George 60 Carver Street 1833 1970 137 15 Harry Drakes Royal George 94 Cricket Inn Road 1871 4 William Henry Freer Royal Hotel 10 Market Square, Woodhouse 1948 Robert Fuller Royal Hotel 114 Walkley Street, S6 1948 Sydney Frith Royal Hotel 617 Attercliffe Common 1870 2 Harold Amos Maples Royal Hotel London Road & 1 Abbeydale Road 1881 2 Noel Hodgson Royal Hotel Southgate, Eckington 1948 Joseph Willoughby Royal Lancer 66 Penistone Road; 18 Penistone Road in 1854 1854 11 John Linguard Royal Oak 11 Hollis Croft 1822 Still open 186 18 Sidney Ward Squire Royal Oak 12 Lancaster Street & Neepsend Lane 1881 11 Arthur C Garlick Royal Oak 136 Lansdowne Road 1860 1967 107 2 George Frederick Broadhurst Royal Oak 17 Cemetery Road, S11 1871 Still open 137 9 Harold Rowan Royal Oak 23 Walkley Bank Road, S6 1951 2 Anthony Linley Royal Oak 250 Savile Street, S4 1862 1956 94 8 Harry Johnson Royal Oak 354 Mansfield Road, Intake 1948 Thomas Frederick Young Royal Oak 44 High Street, Beighton 1901 6 William A Widdison Royal Oak 53 High Street, Mosbrough 1948 Still open 2 Charles H Rhodes Royal Oak 60 Earsham Street 1864 Still open 144 2 George Edward Barker Royal Oak Blackburn 1948 Herbert Spratt Royal Oak Eckington Road, Coal Aston 1948 Alfred Wainwright Royal Oak Hotel 10 Station Road, Chapeltown 1948 William Stewart Royal Standard 156 St Mary's Road, S2 1833 Still open 175 11 Frank Green Rutland Arms 86 Brown Street 1833 Still open 175 14 David Crossley Saddle 96 West Street 1825 1992 167 23 Thomas Simmonite Salutation 126 Attercliffe Common (Hill Top in 1871) 1870 3 Leonard Barber Salutation 170 Wortley Road, High Green, Chapeltown 1881 Still open 127 8 Reginald George Hargraves Salutation 85 Upper St Philip's Road 1833 1965 132 14 Jn Slattery Sawmaker's Arms 1 Neepsend Lane, S3 1834 1966 132 13 Frederick William Royce Scarborough Arms 104 Milton Street, S3 1830 1963 133 2 Mrs Martha Kennedy Scarborough Arms 34 Addy Street, S6 1841 Still open 167 10 William Spyve Shakespeare 106 Well Road 1901 Still open 6 Mrs Hannah Lee Shakespeare 146 Gibralter Street 1821 Still open 187 22 Laurence Rattigan Shakespeare/Crown and Shakespeare 16 Sycamore Street 1822 1965 143 18 Mrs Fanny Ball Shakespeare/Shakey 196 Bradfield Road, Owlerton 1854 Still open 154 11 George Rollitt Sheaf House Hotel 329 Bramhall Lane, S2 1816 Still open 192 7 Herbert Harvey Sheaf Inn 11 Effingham Road, S4 1849 7 Albert R Tooley Sheaf View Hotel 25 Gleadless Road, S2 1948 Still open 1 Harry Silcock Sheffield Arms 107 Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe 1830 Still open 178 10 George Rhodes Sheldon 27 Hill Street 1841 Still open 167 5 Jn Hy Tomlinson Ship Inn 284 Shalesmoor 1833 Still open 175 10 Joseph Milner Shrewsbury Hotel 109 South Street, Park 1830 1934 104 16 Mrs Lucy Hanisen Solferino 130 Cemetery Road, S11 1948 1 Henry Staniforth South Sea Hotel Broomhill, S10 1854 13 George Ernest Higginbottom Sportsman 100 Walkley Bank Road 1901 Still open 107 6 John Elliott Sportsman 125 Thomas Street 1825 1963 138 12 Arthur William Naylor Sportsman 20 Coal Pit Lane 1833 Still open 175 19 Horace Row (24 Cambridge Street) Sportsman Barnsley Road 1901 6 Ambrose Lister Sportsman Benty Lane, Cross Pool, S10 1901 Still open 107 4 Mrs Doris May Nortcliffe Sportsman Darnall Road 1871 2 Sidney William Tomkinson Sportsman Harvey Clough Road, Norton Woodseats 1901 6 Thomas B Robinson Sportsman High Street, Ecclesfield 1825 8 Charles E Beard Sportsman Main Street, Hackenthorpe 1901 Still open 107 6 Harry Lancaster Sportsman Town End, Stannington 1881 Still open 127 7 Jonathan Drabble Sportsman Worrall Road, Wadsley, S6 1861 Still open 147 7 George Wilburn Sportsman Group/Grove 851 Penistone Road 1833 1989 156 12 Colin Biggin Sportsman Inn 569 Redmires Road, S10 1948 1 Fred Bonnington Sportsman's Inn 10 Denby Street 1901 Still open 3 Thomas M Pugsley Sportsman's Inn 155 Marcus Street, S3 1871 15 Walter Millership Sportsman's Inn 33 Otley Street, S6 1948 1 Herbert Cutts Sportsman's Inn 84 Sheldon Street 1871 2 Edwin Dunwell Sportsman's Inn Oak Street, Heeley, S8 1871 2 John Widdowson (83 Well Road) Sportsman's Rest 45 Park Hill Lane 1871 3 William English Spring Vale Hotel Spring Vale Road 1871 Still open 137 8 John William Hampshire (1 Commonside) Springfield Tavern 182-184 Broomspring Lane Still open 1 Horace Cheetham Springwood Inn Hastilar Road South, S2 1948 Still open 2 Joseph L Dobing Stafford Arms 30 Stafford Street, S2 1854 10 Harry Burdett Tyerman Staffordshire Arms 38 Sorby Street 1864 Still open 144 3 George William Marshall Stag 2 Wilson Street 1871 3 Fred Johnson Stag Inn Market Street, Woodhouse 1911 Still open 97 3 William Gimby Stag's Head/Sharrow Head in 1854 Sharrow Head 1822 Still open 186 18 Edwin Stanley Star Rural Lane, Wadsley 1825 9 Mrs Ellen Brooke Star and Garter 82 Winter Street 1871 Still open 137 10 Jas Eric Leslie Harrison Star Inn 49 Danville Street, S4 1883 1960 77 2 Mrs Hilda Mills Star of Brunswick 65 Cemetery Road 1871 3 Harold Barton Star of Lemont 29 Hermitage Street 1891 4 Mrs Esther Annie Bullivant Station Inn 165 & 167 Granville Street, Park, S2 1881 3 Walter Eyre Station Inn 732 Attercliffe Road, S9 1951 Still open 2 James A Hurrell Station Inn 86 Wicker 1849 Still open 159 17 Albert Hobson Summerfield Hotel 21-23 Soho Street & 26 Summerfield Street, S11 1948 1 Joseph Ryalls Sun 134 West Bar 1833 9 Mrs Eliza Williams Sun 78 South Street, Park, S2 1854 1959 105 13 Sidney Hindley Sunnyside Hotel 26-28 William Street, S10 1948 1 Frederick Over Swan Main Road, Ridgeway 1911 Still open 97 3 Charles J Naughton Talbot 40 Hoyle Street, S3 1871 10 James Hayes Talbot 57 New George Street 1891 3 John Thomas Shipside (57 Boston Street) Talbot Blackburn 1905 5 Lawrence Wintergill Talbot Inn 19 Talbot Road 1871 1976 105 4 Raymond Pickering Tankard Inn 1 Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield 1825 8 Thomas Edward Houghton Target 75 St Johns Road, S2 1948 2 Arthur H Beardsley Tea Gardens 90 Grimesthorpe Road, S4 1850 Still open 158 6 Alfred Powell Bedford Thorncliffe Arms 135 Warren, Chapeltown 1861 Still open 147 8 Mrs Sarah Jane Mellor Three Cranes 46 Queen Street 1822 Still open 186 19 W S Ducksbury Three Merry Lads 610 Redmires Road, S10 1951 2 Wilfred Hall Three Tuns 39 Silver Street Head 1822 Still open 186 17 George Allison Three Tuns 55 Leopold Street/Orchard Street 1822 1987 165 21 J A Sproson Tinsley Hotel 2 Sheffield Road 1901 6 William H Freer Tramcar 851 Attercliffe Road 1868 1961 93 2 James Isaac Millington Tramway 112 London Road 1901 Still open 3 Harold Young Travellers' 286 Ecclesfield Common 1825 Still open 183 10 Haydn Gregory Travellers' Inn 72 Penistone Road 1697 Still open 311 5 George Harry Wilson Travellers' Inn 784 Attercliffe Road 1825 still open 183 16 Joseph Henry Waite Traveller's Rest 135 South Street, Moor 1846 18 Stewart Finegan Traveller's Rest 406 Langsett Road, S6 1854 1921 67 13 Mrs Eliza Humphrey Travellers' Rest 535 City Road, S2 1951 Still open 2 Donald Currie Travellers' Rest 93 Langsett Road South, Oughtibridge 1948 Still open 2 John Rhodes Truro Tavern 189 St Mary's Road 1881 3 Victor Lapin Turf Tavern 336 Handsworth Rd, Handsworth 1881 Still open 127 6 Lawrence Barnes Twelve O'Clock Inn 1 Attercliffe Road 1825 14 A Luckman Union Inn 651 Attercliffe Common 1871 1940 69 3 Tom C Barber Union Inn Union Road, Sharrow 1881 Still open 127 6 Henry Bennett Upperthorpe Hotel 137 Upperthorpe Road 1833 Still open 175 12 John William Billam (159 Upperthorpe Road) Viaduct Inn 79 Wicker 1854 still open 154 10 Ernest Marsh Victoria 136 Savile Street East 1871 3 David Turner Victoria 325 Langsett Road 1871 1972 101 4 Joseph Bentley Victoria 42 Jericho Street 1852 10 Arthur M Fox Victoria 631 Attercliffe Road 1841 10 Herbert Ward Victoria 923 Penistone Road 1901 1982 81 6 John Albert Carr Victoria Gardens (or Hotel) 248 Neepsend Lane 1852 1992 140 14 Mrs Edith Dyson Victoria Hotel 146 Carlisle Road 1881 7 Albert Laurence Foulston Victoria Hotel 203 Gleadless Road 1901 2 James Stanley Taylor Victoria Hotel 80 Addey Street 1871 3 Arthur Swinden Victoria Inn 22 Grammer Street, S6 1948 1 Samuel James Taylor Vine 162 Cemetery Road 1871 Still open 137 3 John Henry Fenwick Vine 7 Hodgson Street 1871 3 Bernard Andrew Harrison Vine 81 Brunswick Road 1871 1961 90 8 Mrs Doris Josephine Sheldon Vine Tavern 49 Newhall Road 1871 1902 31 3 John A M Horton Vulcan Tavern (or Inn) 53 Sussex Street 1871 8 Stephen Bake Waggon and Horses Mill Houses 1822 Still open 186 14 Edward Booth (Abbeydale Road South) Wagon and Horses 236 Gleadless Road 1901 6 Jack Bingham Wagon and Horses/Waggon and Horses Market Place, Chapeltown 1825 9 Patrick McSweeney Walkley Cottage/Cottage/ The Old Cottage Hill Street, Walkley 1828 Still open 180 13 Maurice Wildgoose Washford Arms 380 Attercliffe Road 1850 1970 120 1 Richard Henry Beadsley Washington 23 Washington Road 1854 11 Arnold Allison Washington 79 Fitzwilliam Street 1849 Still open 159 17 William Mosley Wellington 1 Henry Street, Portmahon 1871 Still open 137 11 Norman Oldroyd Wellington 720 Brightside Lane 1871 still open 137 8 John Genn Wellington Inn 124 Carlisle Road 1868 2 Albert Leek Wellington Inn 222 Main Road, Darnall Road 1871 Still open 137 13 James H Hellgar Wellington Inn (formerly Hero and His Horse) 58 Langsett Road 1849 Still open 159 11 Sam Beech Wentworth House 18 Wentworth Street, S6 1854 10 Mrs Clara Cooper Wentworth House Hotel 26 Milford Street 1833 Still open 175 2 Richard Addy West End 71 West Street, Eckington 1901 5 Florence Buckles West End Hotel 412 Glossop Road 1854 Still open 154 10 J Donald Ives West Street Hotel 128 West Street 1852 still open 156 13 John Frederick Garnett Weston Park Hotel 96 Weston Street 1951 2 Mrs Beatrice Ward Wharncliffe Arms Burncross, Chapeltown 1881 Still open 127 6 Edgar Hattersley Wharncliffe Arms Wharncliffe side, Oughtibridge 1881 Still open 127 7 Walter Hardman Wharncliffe Arms/William McReady 42 West Street 1787 13 Mrs Ethel Austin Wharncliffe Hotel 127 Bevercotes Road, S5 1951 Still open 2 Edward Bardwell Wheatsheaf 11 Bridge Street 1849 14 Tom Percy Burton Wheatsheaf 2 Platt Street 1905 5 Edwin J Platts Wheatsheaf Park Head, Ecclesall 1825 9 Frederick William Neath Whitby Hotel 106 Addey Street/1 Arthur Street 1871 1846 1960 114 3 Chas H Hazelwood White Bear Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield 1881 7 Dan William Borrows White Hart 119 Worksop Road 1825 1992 167 11 Ronald Morley White Hart 140 St Philip's Road 1871 Still open 137 3 Mrs Ada Caffrey White Hart 32 Church Street, Eckington 1825 6 Curtis Speed White Hart 62 Russell Street 1849 Still open 159 13 Maurice Hartley White Hart Greenhill 1825 Still open 183 7 Thomas William Woods White Hart High Green, Chapeltown 1861 7 Frederick Ashpool White Hart Langsett Road North, Oughtibridge 1825 Still open 183 8 John William Bisby White Horse 19 Grammer Street, S6 1948 1 Frank Caseldine White Horse 65 Malinda Street 1871 2 Bernard Wing White Horse Wadsley 1825 4 Mrs Cecilia Dyson (Halifax Road) White Lion 88 Carbrook Street, S9 1871 2 Mrs Beatrice Ellen Peacock White Lion Lower Heeley, S2 1825 Still open 183 18 George Edward Whiteley (615 London Road) White Lion/New White Lion 61 Division Street 1871 3 James Arthur Linacre (New White Lion, 79 Division Street) White Swan 57 Greenhill Main Road, S8 1825 Still open 183 7 Walter Napper White Swan Hotel 105 Meadow Hall Road, S9 1893 7 Louis Butterworth Who Can Tell 33 Botham Street 1948 1974 26 2 Herbert E Hensman Wicker Brewery Hotel/Hole in the Wall 70 and 72 Saville Street, S4 1871 8 Fred Bradley Willow Tree 147 Portobello Street 1871 8 James W Ramsey Wincobank 72 Newman Road, Wincobank 1911 Still open 97 3 Mrs Ada Townsend Windsor Hotel 35-39 Southend Road, S2 1951 Still open 2 Joseph Williams Woodburne Hotel 2 Worthing Road, Attercliffe 1893 2 Mrs Margaret E Bamford Woodman 158 Woodside Lane 1833 1962 129 2 Mrs Georgina Parkin Woodseats 457 Chesterfield Road, S8 1901 6 Wilson Johnson (743 Chesterfield Road) Woodthorpe Arms 102 Mansfield Road, Intake 1881 6 Kingsford Peach Wybourn Tavern Cricket Inn Road, Park 1854 Still open 154 10 John R Blockley Ye Old Cart and Horse 2 Wortley Road, High Green 1951 2 Albert Kinch Ye Old English Samson 1 Duke Street, Park, S2 1881 2 Mary E Redfern Yellow Lion Apperknowle 1911 2 George Slack Yew Tree Coal Aston 1911 2 Willis Watson Yew Tree Malin Bridge 1825 Still open 183 23 Mrs Edith Shepherd Yew Tree Inn 147 Hollinsend Road, Intake 1948 1 Harry Crimmins York Hotel 247 Fulwood Road 1871 8 Percy Scholey Yorkshire Man/Yorkshireman's Arms/Lion's Lair 31 Burgess Street 1796 Still open 212 12 Thomas H Crawshaw

I never knew the guy but,yes, sounds about right. Once upon a time we would have accepted people like that and regarded them as part of life's rich tapestry. Nowadays, there's a Social Services 'care plan' in place and everything they do is monitored. Got to keep the loonies on the path ... So YOU'RE the vandal who pulled down a perfectly good house! Outside toilet, well in t'yard, cellar for coal, cold tap in the kitchen, Yorkshire pudding sizzling on the range (for starters, fills you up so you don't want as much meat course...) Luxury beyond belief! Daft thing is, nostalgia and being a kid at the time and all that aside, I'd move back now if I could. 'Er indoors could do with a bit exercise, laying fires and the like ... Chris, pragmatic as ever

I see two women, in the middle of the road, dodging the low-flying reindeer. More numerous than seagulls on Bridlington sea-front they were. In those days, you used to get whole flocks of them, (women shoppers and reindeer), around Sheffield City Centre at that time of year. You don't tend to see so many of either these days. Jute coal-sacks - blooming awful things to carry when soaking wet, even more so when you had a lot of slack in the coal.

1912 Accident at Ecclesfield Quarry in Townend Road. Local lad Clifford Robinson , who was deaf, was killed by a falling rock when going down a well shaft looking for coal.This was more of a tragedy as he was the only breadwinner for his widowed mother and family. 20 experienced miners worked in relays to reach the lad but were unable to save him. One called Lawrence Barnes received a Bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for his heroic efforts.

A GREMLIN IN THE WORKS Interview with Gremlin Graphics from CRASH magazine, July 1985. Quietly sitting at home one evening last summer, watching the evening news and with computer games far from my mind, the peace was shattered when this platform game suddenly appeared on the screen. Startled with injured surprise that some upstart new company should dare to feature a new game on telly before letting CRASH know, all I caught of the item was that it had something to do with Arthur Scargill, flying pickets and a mole. It seemed trendily topical - another cheap bunch jumping on the games bandwagon with a rip-off idea timed to catch the miners' strike? The company's name was Gremlin Graphics. In the event CRASH wasn't missed out. We got an early Spectrum version, doctored so we would could visit any room in case none of us were able to withstand the flying pickets or the infamous crushers, and thus we were introduced to the delights of Wanted: Monty Mole, and became acquainted with Gremlin Graphics, the company that won the 1984 CRASH Readers Award for the best platform game - far from a rip-off. That was in July. Gremlin Graphics has now been going for a year and it seemed time to visit Sheffield and find out how things were going. HOW TO GET A GREMLIN GOING Alpha House, Carver Street is a gaunt Victorian office block that might once have been fashionable but now lies virtually, though tidily, empty. The Gremlins refer to it as 'the prison', an impression reinforced by the long, narrow corridors painted in institution maroon and cream. Gremlin Graphics has two rooms which for some obscure reason are situated high up in the building and quite some way from the ancient lift which no-one seems to use. When I spoke to Ian Stewart, Sales and Marketing Director, about the visit, he told me to stop outside a shop called Just Micro. This turned out to be a thriving and very busy computer shop which is owned by Ian and his partner Kevin Norburn, the Financial Director of Gremlin Graphics. A phone link between the shop and the office, soon brought Ian down to greet me and drag me away from the beeping, squawking screens that lined three walls of the shop's interior. The corridors of Alpha House may have been prison-like, but once through the door and into Gremlinland, a different atmosphere pervaded. Of the two rooms, one is a general office, and the other, larger, room is equipped with desks, computers and screens for the in-house programming team. The programmers had gathered specially for my visit (more to give a third-degree on CRASH reviews than in my honour I suspected - the usual reason programmers want to talk to magazine people), and were busy falling over the ubiquitous C5, which seems to have taken over from the Porsche as a software house vehicle. I never did ask what it was doing up there on the third floor. Before founding Gremlin Graphics Ian Stewart had already accumulated 12 years retailing experience culminating in a group managership for Laskys, but the itch to work for himself proved too strong and he joined forces with Kevin Norburn to open a computer shop. 'When Kevin and myself had opened Just Micro, we always said as soon as the shop got rolling and we found the time and the necessary programmer, that we would like to have our own software house.' The shop did get rolling and the first necessary programmers transpired in the form of Peter Harrap and Tony Crowther. Ian and Kevin were well aware from the start that they would have to put together a professional team to get safely off the ground. Tony Crowther, already well known for his Commodore programs Loco, Son of Blagger and Killerwatt, was made a company director and went on to write Potty Pigeon and Suicide Express for Gremlin before differences on the board led to his leaving the company. Looking around to ensure good distribution, Ian reckoned Geoff Brown of US Gold, who had just started Centresoft distributors was going to be a power and invited him to become managing director. But it was with young Pete Harrap that Gremlin really got going. GOLD COAL DIGGERS 'Peter Harrap first came to us with a complaint,' Ian recalls, 'which was that his Currah Microspeech had blown his Spectrum up.' At the time Pete was at university. He was into hacking and programming to some degree and had written a program that allowed you to redesign and rebuild the city in Quicksilva's Ant Attack. He sent it to them, but Quicksilva declined to use it. Over the protracted matter of Currah getting the damaged Spectrum repaired, Pete visited Just Micro a lot. As Ian says, 'We got to know him quite well, and although I think he got aggravated on a number of times, we made a friend more than anything else. We said to him, 'well you're into programming why don't you spend a bit more time on it and develop a game?' So we got talking and I came up with the idea of a mole, and we decided it would be a platform game. Pete's father is a mine training officer, so we decided to use that and put the game underground - a mole can go above or below ground, which adds variety. As he was writing it the miners' strike developed, so we introduced different criteria into the program to tie in with the strike like the flying pickets and the effigy of Arthur Scargill.' It was the caricature of Scargill that gave Ian a hook upon which to hang his launch. Eight radio stations, national newspapers and national television news gave the game coverage. 'It was a useful boost, but it was a lot of hard work, it didn't just happen - wheels within wheels to see the program got the exposure it did. Really, from that point we've grown to the stage we're at now.' LOOKING BUOYANT With so many software houses finding themselves in a dodgy condition lately, I asked Ian what he felt about Gremlin's position in the market after one year. 'I see it as being very healthy. As far as other software houses are concerned, their approach must be to be very careful about who they deal with and make sure their advertising expenditure is reasonable but not too low-key. They will also have to be careful about the quantity of games released through the year, with the fear of damaging the sales of one product up against another. I don't mind marketing my product against someone else's, but not against my own. It's a waste of advertising for one, and obviously the programmers don't get the rewards they should do from the sales their programs achieve.' Ian reckons the business has got much tougher over the past twelve months and that it is no longer easy for people to set up a software house and make a success of it. 'If we were starting this July instead of last July, it would be a totally different story. We came in at the right time with the right product and the right marketing and it worked for us. Now you have to have a track record, and the way you go about presenting games to a distributor has got to be professional. The way you market the product has got to be sensible and you must have your programs ready well in advance. I think we're hitting a happy situation at the moment where we're able to backlog software so we can release it when we want, but we propose to keep releasing right through the summer to keep the name in the forefront. I would like to think that Gremlin will be one of the top five software houses by the end of the year. On the Spectrum there are several planned releases kicking off with Beaver Bob (In Dam Trouble), followed by Grumpy Gumphrey - Supersleuth and Metabolis, and then onto October and the pre-Christmas release of Monty on the Run. In addition there are releases planned for the Commodore 64, some conversions and some originals, as well as games for the C16 and Amstrad, All of which must be keeping Gremlin Graphics very busy, and it seems that Ian is thumbing his nose at the traditional summer slump. 'Obviously the sales figures that you achieve over Christmas are double those you achieve for the other times of the year, but I think keeping the market buoyant for the rest of the year is very important. I don't mind getting lower sales through the summer - it keeps the Gremlin name prominent; and it keeps the programmers busy - it's important for them to be able to work twelve months of the year rather than six and it's important for us to have revenue coming in for twelve months of the year rather than six! I would hate to think I was holding product back just for Christmas.' Looking at 'the prison' there is obviously plenty of room to expand, should they wish to. At present Gremlin employs four full-time in-house Z80 programmers all writing for the Spectrum, Pete Harrap, Chris Kerry, Shaun Hollingworth and Christian Urquhart. A company called Micro Projects consisting of three programmers write Gremlin's Commodore games and conversions, and Ian is investigating other talent. 'I would like to see our in-house personnel double this year, to a maximum of ten, so that we have at least one programmer who is competent on one of the major machines, by which I mean Spectrum, Commodore, Amstrad and Atari. That means we are on the look out for more programmers and more product.' The Gremlins gathered: left to right, Shaun Hollingworth, Kevin Norburn, Ian Stewart, Chris Kerry, Peter Harrap and Christian Urquhart. UNSOCIAL HOURS Although the in-house team are employed full time, few of them work consistently at the offices, preferring to spend some time there but more at home working. 'Programmers tend to work rather unsocial hours and as the time required might mean them working all day and then into the small hours they find it easier to work in the comfort of their own homes. But they do come into the office at least once a week.' With this sort of working flexibility, I wondered whether there was any sense of 'team spirit'. 'Oh yes,' Ian replied instantly, 'each programmer will discuss each other's work and they'll discuss various routines that they're using, the gameplay elements within the game and various graphics - Peter Harrap does a number of the graphics for other people, he has a bent towards designing graphics and he's very quick. The bulk of the ideas for games come from the Gremlin office,' Ian continued, 'we have brain bashing sessions, sit down and discuss the types of program we would like to put out - I'm the culprit as far as the characters go. What tends to happen is that general ideas are thrown about and then the programmer goes away and draws up a plan of the way the program could work. Then we discuss that again before the programming starts, so we end up with a sort of storyboard. It works very well, because you can identify the areas that you could make within the program or the improvements you can make before it actually gets started. There's nothing worse, and it has happened to us, to be halfway through a program and find that it's not going to work. If you had sat down and spent a little more time at the outset you would have identified all the problems and saved a lot more time. I refuse to continue with something that I may not be happy with at the end.' Before moving into the programming room to have a look at the new games coming along, I asked Ian, thinking of Monty on the Run, whether he thought platform games were a played out genre. 'Oh no, definitely not. Hopefully with Monty on the Run you'll see a different element enter platform gameplay. We have introduced some further exciting elements which I think the public will like. We see it as a great improvement on Wanted: Monty Mole and I think it will get a bigger following.' Is he irritated when other companies try to jump on the success bandwagon of Monty Mole, or, as Software Projects has suggested, that platform games like Monty Mole are jumping on the success bandwagon of Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner? 'Artic's Mutant Monty was a direct hype of a number of games. We didn't feel inclined to do anything about the fact that they had used 'Monty' and were obviously hyping off the success of Monty Mole. As to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, Miner 2049er was the first, and as to whether the people that originated that program feel the same as Software Projects, I don't know. I see no reason to diminish our own glory when they've had such a nice success with both programs, and they are both very good programs. Perhaps it's a case of being a little bit jealous, I don't know, maybe Monty Mole's better.' One thing for certain is that Monty on the Run is very much better than Wanted: Monty Mole. The mean elements of the first game have been made even meaner in the second. As Ian comments, 'That is Pete Harrap's sheer bloody-mindedness. If people thought the first Monty was bloody-minded, they'd better look at the next one! He's done some very funny things on it. CHRIS KERRY Chris is the baby of the team at 18 (19 in December), but of the team he has the longest list of credits to his name. He wrote his first game at 16. It was called Gremlins and no one wanted it. Computers first cropped up on the second year computer course at school, but failed to catch his interest. Then in the third year he joined a computer group. 'We just used to mess about, but I became interested in how they actually worked. Then the ZX81 came on the market and I got me sister to buy me one, and I learned to program machine code on that. When the Spectrum came out I got one and spent a year trying to figure out how to do the screen because it's got a right weird way of storing things. In the end, I really learnt to program by listening to other people and by reading magazines.' After writing a Galaxian type game, Chris turned out Jack and the Beanstalk which Thor accepted and released. 'It wasn't very good, but you learn from your mistakes. The screen pictures were good, but the graphic movement was terrible!' Chris wrote two more follow-ups to JATBS, Giant's Revenge and The House that Jack Built. All these games featured heavily and brightly coloured backgrounds which distinguished them from almost every other program on the market. It was a trademark he kept when he moved over to Gremlin Graphics and produced the second Monty game, Monty Mole is Innocent. Chris is now finishing off Metabolis, which is a departure graphically for him. The way the character is used in the game is quite comical, and there are what Ian Stewart calls 'some nice, silly little touches to it.' You play one of the last human beings free of the evil influence of aliens that have taken over the planet and are turning people into monsters. You haven't entirely escape the effects of their plans, however, being a bird with a still-human brain. It is a giant, colourful maze, full of hazards of course, through which you just guide your birdman until discovering the potion that returns you to a human form. Having once again become human, you still possess the abilities of a bird, so you can fly as well as walk. One of the nice little touches is the reference to infamous Gremlin crushers, but these do not kill you outright - they just flatten you for a while. Metabolis looks like being the most unusual program Chris Kerry has written.

Used the pub a few times when, back in the early 1980s, the landlord was a coal man ( or had been) from the Darnall area/

Fulwood Cottage Homes; All I have, All I am looking for help with... Many people from Sheffield or whose families are from Sheffield have connections with the Fulwood Cottage Homes in Sheffield over the years, and on this and other forums there are always peoples with various questions and queries regarding them. In an attempt to pool together all available records, knowledge and memories I thought I would start this thread with all I have on the cottage homes, and allow others to add to the thread with their own collections of everything and anything. My connection is through my grandfather Joseph Shaw Pethers who was resident in the homes from approximately 1925 - 1933 with his brother Bernard Pethers who died in the second world war at Anzio. Their sisters Alice, Jessie, Rose and Ethel were homed in one of the scattered homes at 198 Heeley Bank Road around the same time. The help I need… I would be grateful of any information, photos or documents that help either directly with the research on my family members, or even just help build a picture of life in the Cottage homes around the time. If out of this post, we can also collect together all the pieces of information people have on the homes, then we will all be richer for it. All I have I give to you… History of the Homes Perhaps the most complete history of the homes, was written by Majorie P. Dunn in her book ‘For the Love of the Children’. Heres a basic history of the cottage homes. In 1902, the union purchased a rural 22-acre site on Bole Hill Lane at Fulwood on which to erect a children's cottage homes development. Construction of the homes began the following year although appears not have have finally been completed until 1912. The commemorative foundation stone for the scheme was laid on 9th October 1903 by the Chairman of the Guardians, William Aldam Milner. Construction of the project appears to have continued until 1912, with an assembly hall, laundry and two children's cottages being completed in that year. The total cost of the scheme was £18,086. The architects were the intriguingly named Messrs. Holmes and Watson of Sheffield. The building contractors were Messrs. Wilkinson and Sons of Heeley. The children's homes were pairs of semi-detached houses, each half accommodating six boys and six girls together with a house-mother. The initial phase of the scheme provided places for 78 children, with the final total of ten homes able to house 240. The houses were, as was often the case in large cottage home sites, placed around a central green. However, the homes on the Fulwood site were mostly arranged to face south, effectively laid out as two rows rather than forming a circle. The site layout is shown on the 1920 map below. The site entrance, at the west, had a small entrance lodge, now demolished. The driveway then led to the master's house which bears the foundation stone next to the window of what may have been the committee room. There were stables to the rear of the house. A single house to the north of the Master's house contained store-rooms on the ground floor with the boys' tailoring and shoemaking training workshops above. A corresponding house for girls at the south of the Master's house contained sewing and knitting rooms on its upper floor where clothes and black stockings were produced. At the north-west corner of the site were a school and assembly hall, dated 1912, and a water tower which took its water from one of Sheffield's main supply conduits which passed nearby. At the foot of the tower were painting and carpentry workshops. The children's homes were of two slightly differing designs which alternated around the site. Each semi-detached house contained on its ground floor a large living room or kitchen, scullery, bathroom and lavatory, grocery larder, and clothes store. At the centre of the kitchen was a very large table around which 15 people could sit. The first floor contained separate boys' and girls' dormitories, each containing six single beds, and the house-mother's bedroom. Outside were single-storeyed outbuildings which probably included a play-shed, wash-house, and coal-store. Part of the green between the houses was cultivated by the boys to produce vegetables for the home. By the 1940s and 50s, children in the homes were taken on an annual holiday, often camping by the coast at Withernsea or Marsk. In later years, they ventured as far afield as Folkstone or the Isle of Man. Each child was given new clothes for their holiday — khaki shorts, shirt, sandals and a snake belt. There were swings and slides in the grounds, and sports days were held on the central grassed area. On May Day, a May Queen Festival would take place there. On Friday evenings, each child received a token from their house mother to exchange for sweets at the homes' stores. The homes had their own boys' brass band. After leaving the homes at the age of 15, some boys might gain entry into the armed forces. Others found jobs on local farms or became miners. Many of the girls went into domestic service in the Ranmoor and Fulwood districts where they were much sought after. The homes' first Superintendent stayed only for a year, but the three that followed (with their wives as Matrons) covered the whole of the homes' 55-year existence. They were Alfred and Mary Deacon (1906-26), Lionel and Freda Hindreth (1926-51), and Mr and Mrs Harry Brook (1951-60). The homes closed in 1960 and the site was subsequently used as a girls' approved school under the name "Moorside". In the early 1980s, Vietnamese boat-people were housed in the buildings. In 1988, the site was converted to residential use with almost all of the original buildings surviving. Maps of the Site Here is a map of the site from 1920, and also a later aerial photo from recent times Photos of the cottage Homes Many pictures exist in the Sheffield Picture Library, which is searchable online at http://www.picturesheffield.com/ and below is a sample of those images. Fulwood Cottage Homes Fulwood Cottage Homes 02 and also an image from workhouses.org of the Masters House today Sources of Info for the Cottage Homes www.workhouses.org www.users.ox.ac.co.uk/~peter/workhouse Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield S1 4SP. Holdings comprise: Workhouse admission registers (1883-1928); Register of inmates (1904-31); Creed registers (1902-31); Births (1898-1929); Deaths (1903-31); etc. Memories of the Cottage Homes Fulwood Cottage Homes

During the same period as the children were going to Glen Howe Park, the Ecclesall Board of Guardians decided to collect together, from scattered homes throughout the city, the children in their care. They chose to have a group of stone-built semi-detached cottages constructed on land off Blackbrook Rd at Fulwood. The foundation stone was laid on Otober 9th 1903, and building was completed for habitation in 1905. This complex would be known as the Fulwood Cottage Homes.

There hasn’t been a great deal written down about the homes or the children, and there is no comprehensive collection of photographs available. The official records of these homes will not be available to the public until the year 1996, quite rightly so as the background to some of the children is quite sad. The records give dates of birth, names of parents, reason for entry and date, the dates of any illnesses needing hospitalisation and also the jobs they were sent to on leaving. Many will not wish to open up wounds to the why’s and wherefores which caused them to enter the Homes, nevertheless it was their Home, the Homes have become part of history and many would like to recall the happy times spent there. The Homes are now in 1988 being converted into luxury dwellings and I had the opportunity of taking two “Old Boys” around the complex, and inside some of the buildings before the opportunity disappears forever. Both boys had been admitted at different periods of its history, Harry Marshall and his sister Evelyn were admitted in 1914, and Barry Clark in the late 1940’s.
At first provision was made for 78 children in 9 pairs of homes, plus a cottage for the purpose of isolation of sick children, another for a store with the boys’ cobbling and tailoring shops above. A further cottage housed the girls’ sewing and knitting rooms. There was a lodge and a masters house with committee rooms and stables.

Later each home housed 14 boys or 14 girls in 2 dormitories and had a ‘Mother’ with her own room. In 1911 a laundry with a cottage was added, plus a further pair of houses. An attractive watertower was built below which were painters and carpenters workshops.
In 1913 the Assembly Hall opened, on March 22nd, and a commemorative plaque installed listing the Ecclesall Bierlow Union Guardians for the Homes. This is now in the Kelham Island Museum.

The one thing the children were not short of was ‘fresh air’ as the location of the complex, on the edge of the Mayfield Valley is beautiful, healthy and very exposed.
The first Superintendent stayed about a year but the 3 that followed (with their wives as Matrons), covered the 55 years of the Homes existence. In 1906 Mr Alfred Deacon and his wife Eleanor, a former nurse, took up the positions and stayed for 20 years. Mr Deacon died in 1939 having raised 4 daughters alongside his foster children. How many boys would have known of the experiences and adventures of their stepfather in his youth? For 11 years he had been in the Royal Navy and done useful work in suppressing the slave trade in East Africa. He took part in the Benin River expedition on the West Coast of Africa and received the Ashanti Medal and Benin River Clasp, he was also present at the capture of M’well.

Mr Deacon’s successors were Mr & Mrs Lionel Hildreth who took over in 1926, Mrs Freda Hildreth also being a trained nurse. In the next 25 years of their administration, 1,600 children passed through the Homes and there would certainly be many changes such as holidays to the coast, and buses to take the children to schools further afield. Mrs Hidreth was born at Oughtibridge, and can still remember at the age of 94 the ‘Fresh Air Children’ coming to Glen Howe Park and how she served them sweets at her Aunty Annie Fairest’s shop. Some of the children from the Homes still send her postcards and she has 2 lovely albums with many photos of her ‘charges’ filling the pages. The Hildreths retired in 1951 and Mr & Mrs Harry Brook took over and stayed until the Homes closed in 1960.
When the last of the children left, again to go to scattered homes across the city, the buildings were used as a girls’ approved school and renamed ‘Moorside’. Finally in the early 1980’s Vietnamese Boat People were housed there.

Memories

Harry Marshall, who I mentioned earlier, was 4 years old when he first went to the Homes in 1914 and so many of his memories would be up to 1925, his sister Evelyn stayed on, married a local farmer Joseph Broomhead and was sewing mistress for many years. Each set of 14 children had a House ‘Mother’ who lived in, she would teach them to do work around the house. As boys grew older they would grow vegetables on the land within the grounds, and were trained to be gardeners, tailors and cobblers. Many were found jobs on farms when they were 15 yrs old. Mr Deacon would try to get his boys into the Army or Navy and was always disappointed when any had to go into the mines. The girls worked alternate weeks in the laundry and sewing rooms, making clothing and black stockings. Many of the girls went into service in the Ranmoor and Fulwood districts where they were very popular.
The children had a playground and used to enjoy sledging on the snowy slopes, one girl nearly losing a leg in an accident. Pride of place in the Homes would be the very large table around which 15 people could sit. In the kitchen by the side of the old Yorkshire Range were set pots in which the washing would go. At Christmas time the Christmas puddings would be mixed in these pots and the boys took turns to stir them. Christmas was a happy time, all being woken at 6.30 by the boys brass band as it went round the cottages. Each cottage had a Christmas tree and was decorated with streamers. In the early days the children received small gifts such as spinning tops and apples and oranges. In later years Uncle Timothy, Aunty Edith and the children of the Star Gloops Club raised money for the childrens’ presents. The Assembly hall was used for many events not least of which were the Christmas parties and concerts. Certainly in the 1950's there were 3 parties in December, 1 each week prior to Christmas 1 each for the 3 different age groups. 1 child would be chosen from each House to go and collect a group present from Father Christmas. Barry Clark remembers collecting a rugby ball on one occasion and nearly giving the game away when he recognised Mr Hidreth in the guise of Father Christmas.

Most of the younger children started school at Mayfield Valley School to which they walked, Harry remembers walking back during the war when a Zeppelin passed overhead. Later the children were sent to Nether Green and other schools, in later years children were bussed to schools as far away as Pomona Street. Most of the children were happy but as in most large families odd ones weren’t, and boys attempted to run away. They were usually caught, brought back, and punished.
In the early days the children walked a lot, in the 1`940’s and 1950’s the children were taken on annual holidays, camping by the coast particularly to Marsk and Withernsea. You could always recognise the boys from the Home as each was given new clothes to go on holiday with, khaki shorts, shirt, sandals and a snake belt. Because of rationing the boys had sweet coupons which they changed at the kiosks on the promenade. Favourite sweets were ‘Barnard Sticks’. Later children went as far as Folkstone and Peel in the Isle of Man. 
On Friday evenings the children would each receive a token from their ‘Mother’ which they would take to the store to exchange for sweets. There were swings and slides within the grounds, sports days were held on the central grassed area and on May Day there would be the usual May Queen Festival. The boys were forbidden to climb the bottom wall on the boundary which led to the YMCA football field, but as Barry says it was worth the risk of being found out because if the players were short of a man yo could get a chance of playing with a real team.

In both World Wars many of the ex boys & girls served their King & Country. There were 2 Rolls of Honour in the Assembly Hall of all who served from the Homes in all sections of the forces. There is a picture in the local Studies Library of the plaque for the 1st WW. The other naming over 150 men& women is held at the Kelham Island Museum . The Hall has been stripped of its stage & Rolls of Honour and is being converted into 5 small but delightful dwellings. The sound of the Sheffield Transport Band will never be heard there again, nor the happy chatter of the audiences but at least from th historical point of view the exterior of most of the buildings is to remain the same.

Mr Deacon’s daughter Catherine, now Mrs Watts, remembers what a good childhood she had with so many friends to play with and get up to mischief with. She feels sad such a happy place is no more and comments ‘ It did cross my mind that if it were turned into an old people’s home I could happily go back and finish off where I started.’

There have been many re-unions in the past but these have ceased, many of the ex boys and girls feel they would like to renew old acquaintances, perhaps this could be arranged in the near future?

I remember that one one occasion during the early fifties, my father's allocation of concessionary coal came as a ton of "briquettes". There was a national coal shortage and even the blokes who dug coal out of the ground had to suffer. My father nearly went incandescent when he saw the pile in the cellar. They were made from coal "slack" mixed with cement and wet moulded into small egg shapes. They were very economical, mainly because it was almost impossible to set them on fire. The amount of wooden kindling needed to get the fire going made you wonder if it would be better to forget about the briquettes and just burn wood. They burnt to a very fine cement dust that clogged the grate and went everywhere. Whenever a popular ballard came on the wireless we used to sing our own words to it. "Don't throw briquettes at me" HD

Its the sulphur (or sulfur as it should be spelt now) that gives coal smoke its distinctive odour However, as sulphur burns to produce sulphur dioxide, a toxic gas which is the main cause of acid rain and a variety of lung diseases coal is usually banned under clean air acts in favour of coke. Coke has the sulphur content of coal removed during the coking process and therefore burns much cleaner and without the distinctive coal smell.

Coal smoke has a totally different smell to Coke burning and you cant really see Coke smoke, I have no idea if the Coal fire is in the Landlords private rooms or if its in the bar, all I know is it WAS Coal smoke, why would ANYONE use a manufactured smell of Coal smoke.

From Le Tall's Woodhouse. Thomas Dunn lived at Richmond Hill house. The family came from Boston and moved to Malin Bridge. William Dunn lost his house in the Flood, his son Thomas went to live at Richmond Hill. He married a woman from the Horncastle family. But they had no children and he died in 1871 in the house. Thomas was the manager of the Sheffield Coal Company and a Liberal. It is said that he had to jump over a wall to escape from rioting workmen and doing so injured his leg which he never recovered from. He left the Coal Company to the Gainsford family of Darnall. One of which was his nephew. And in 1875 William Dunn Gainsford was in charge of the S.C.C. and residing at Richmond Hill House. Thomas Robert Gainsford went on to live in Woodthorpe Hall.