Stunmon Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Was this club open in the 1960s? and is it still open? I seem to remember my uncle going in when I was quite young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Yes it was open in the 60s and in the 50s. I went to school with a girl whose parents were the stewards there in the 50s. I think it is still open now but I do not venture down towards Firth Park very much these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Stunmon said: Was this club open in the 1960s? and is it still open? I seem to remember my uncle going in when I was quite young! It was Seniors farmhouse beforehand, the fields were incorporated into B&C Co-op Sports Ground. The long building which I think used to be a barn or stabling at the side of Hartley House was left derelict for years, the derelict land, eventually cleared and two lines of garages for cars available to rent were erected in the late 1960's. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00721&pos=26&action=zoom&id=42118 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y02707&pos=16&action=zoom&id=49607 Already in business as a WMC when we moved to Bellhouse Road in the early 1950's. Although we lived just below it on the opposite side none of the family frequented it. On warm nights the doors were usually open and we could hear the "turn" belting out the songs. Often the same drunk after closing time who walked down towards the shops singing or should I say trying to until somebody moved him on. A long line of coaches filled the road when it was the clubs day trip to the seaside. I believe all the young ones got pop and crisps and money to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Bellhouse Road. Hartley House can just be seen on the left hand side behind the tree. There are more up to date ones at: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/6020-hartley-house-social-club-amp-institute-ltd/ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1645557 Death of Peter Turton, Hartley House Social Club President published in The Star 5th October 2022. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/hartley-house-social-club-tributes-following-death-of-president-peter-turton-who-helped-save-sheffield-club-3868530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Sarah Senior of Hartley House died aged 70 on 1st September 1929, and her husband Henry Woolly Senior died there aged 78 on 9th November 1934. Both were buried at Tinsley Park. Henry started work as a grocery assistant at the B&C Co-Op in 1877 and in 1883 was appointed General Manager of the society, and built up the society until he retired in 1925. He was associated with Carbrook Parish church for many years until he moved to live at Hartley House in the early 1900s, when he became a member of St Cuthberts at Firvale. His interest outside work was agriculture and he was often a judge of horses at agricultural shows. The Hartley House premises were converted into a social club immediately following Mr Senior's death, with an extension to allow concerts and billiards opened in April 1937. The club was affiliated to the CIU in December 1936. Whitbreads supplied the beer (via Gaskell & Chambers' Patent Leatherless Beer Engines) and Wiley & Co the wines and spirits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 A younger Henry Senior as general manager of B & C Co-op. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y02703&pos=23&action=zoom&id=49603 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Fascinating stuff! I thought it would have gone the way of so many of our WMCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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