David Wainwright Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Another long shot but here goes..... My great-uncle Harry Jackson owned an antiques shop on Abbeydale Road for a number of years. I am told it was one of a pair but the location of the second shop has been lost to time. The first two attached pictures are taken of Abbeydale Road. The third may be the other shop. Can anyone advise how I might track down the location of the second shop? Thanks in advance. David Wainwright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Kelly's directory, published 1957 Jackson Harry, 308 310 London Road 2. & 223 227 Abbeydale Road 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 @SteveHB Thank you for your swift reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 308-310 London Road, although not when owned by Harry Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 @madannie77 I'm sure that it matches the 3rd of the pictures I posted. Thank you for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 308 London Road at the corner of Ward Place https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 You keep beating me to it, Steve 😄 I was searching Kelly's 1957 when you posted that info, and I have just copied a link to Google Streetview with the intention of posting it here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Telepathy 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ineson Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 17:08, David Wainwright said: Another long shot but here goes..... My great-uncle Harry Jackson owned an antiques shop on Abbeydale Road for a number of years. I am told it was one of a pair but the location of the second shop has been lost to time. The first two attached pictures are taken of Abbeydale Road. The third may be the other shop. Can anyone advise how I might track down the location of the second shop? Thanks in advance. David Wainwright. This shop was at Highfields opposite the Library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 On 02/02/2021 at 11:25, Richard Ineson said: This shop was at Highfields opposite the Library. Richard.... Thank you very much for your reply. Would you by any chance have any photographs of the shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonvillain Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I was at school with David Jackson, the son of the owner of the London Road shop at that time. Would welcome any news of him for the Sharrow Lane School reunion list....if ever it can be staged again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 09/02/2021 at 15:12, fentonvillain said: I was at school with David Jackson, the son of the owner of the London Road shop at that time. Would welcome any news of him for the Sharrow Lane School reunion list....if ever it can be staged again. I'm sorry I 'm afraid I can't help you out with that. I am only a distant relative to David's grandfather, Harry, and not a local to Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Here is the only other picture I have been able to find of the shop on London Road........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentonvillain Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Evocative photo. I had quite forgotten the little tobacconist and sweetshop next door to it. I was also a regular user of the Junior Library at Highfields (I'm talking 1947 to 1953) where my particular delight was the large number of "How to" books on science and many other things...and a certain Arthur Ransome ! And one other note of nostalgia from that location, the tram stop where us kids queued up under the watchful eye of our teacher before going on nature study walks in Ecclesall Woods. It was directly opposite the antique shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 23 hours ago, fentonvillain said: Evocative photo. I had quite forgotten the little tobacconist and sweetshop next door to it. I was also a regular user of the Junior Library at Highfields (I'm talking 1947 to 1953) where my particular delight was the large number of "How to" books on science and many other things...and a certain Arthur Ransome ! And one other note of nostalgia from that location, the tram stop where us kids queued up under the watchful eye of our teacher before going on nature study walks in Ecclesall Woods. It was directly opposite the antique shop. Thank you for sharing your memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Another long-shot for you good folk of Sheffield to ponder over. My great uncle also appears to have had a shop on Glossop Road at some point in time. Google Maps takes me here:- 195 Glossop Rd But I can find no other information about this address. Can anyone help or point my at the best place to search further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 19 hours ago, David Wainwright said: Another long-shot for you good folk of Sheffield to ponder over. My great uncle also appears to have had a shop on Glossop Road at some point in time. Google Maps takes me here:- 195 Glossop Rd But I can find no other information about this address. Can anyone help or point my at the best place to search further? Nothing to show in the 1957 directory: Also checked the 1965 publication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, SteveHB said: Nothing to show in the 1957 directory: Also checked the 1965 publication Thank you for taking the trouble to search for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary1917 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I am Harriet ( Harry jackson is my grand father. ) and are now in contact with David Wainwright. Fentonvillain, I have the adres and email from David Jackson. he lives in a place near Sheffield. if you want his adres. mail me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I was looking through some photos I had saved, and what a surprise, the London Road shop 🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, SteveHB said: I was looking through some photos I had saved, and what a surprise, the London Road shop 🙂 Steve..... Thank you so much and what a wonderful coincidence that passing the shop is what my dad, were he still alive, would be pleased to see, a Robert's tram car.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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