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Post by ricardo on Aug 27, 2012 23:24:37 GMT
My football in Sheffield was of the red & white variety and in some respects my subsequent love affair with The Gulls is due to Bramall Lane.
As a child growing up in Brixham I had always followed my local league side but rarely got to games unless a cousin or friends' parents took me (the highlight being the League Cup game against Spurs in 1971). When I was in Shefffield I still followed Torquay's results but other distractions took precedence. Friends were made from all over the country, each with their own team and we often talked about going to see a local game.
Eventually a small group of us went along to The Lane at the tail end of the 1978/79 season and I was immediately hooked. From then on I was a regular on The Spion Kop but more importantly I started attending Torquay games whenever I could - at Plainmoor during vacations and at places like Scunthorpe, Stockport or Doncaster during term time (but never got to Saltergate for some reason).
Unfortunately my active support of The Blades coincided with their decline from Div 2 to Div 4, the only consolation being two games against The Gulls in the 1981/82 season. My interest in the Sheffield side is now no more than looking out for their results and watching if they are on TV. I did see them at Argyle a few years ago but can't see that being repeated for a while!
Barton - I remember the paternoster very well and was a regular user! The Arts Tower also had the fastest lift I had ever travelled in at the time. My course took me to various depatments so I got to know quite a bit of the campus but never went to the Crookesmoor Building but I do remember it.
I can't recall whether the Odeon building in your pictures was the Top Rank when I was there? If so I went there for the debauched ritual that was Pyjama Jump night and also to see the legendary Ramones.
Finally, as mentioned before, The Lescar was one of my locals and still fondly remembered. Have you been back since your recent return to the city?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 6:54:10 GMT
A gloriously old fashioned place, with one of the ends behind the goal closed off. I'd imagine that plans to move were already underway, and so little, if any expense by way of modernisation was thought sensible. Farewell to Saltergate, May 2012. This is the "Mike Squire" End.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 15:16:20 GMT
That is a sorry sight, but I assume the majority of Chesterfield fans agreed that moving to a modern stadium was the sensible decision. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19396772Once John Sheridan gets his garden tidied up he can always keep busy by lending a hand with the building work going on at the old Saltergate site. I'm sure Chris will try to bring in another Wednesday old boy as Manager, is Nigel Worthington still out of a job at present ? Never a dull moment in Sheffield/Derbyshire it seems...quite like the old days.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2012 15:22:26 GMT
The players say a fond Goodbye to John Sheridan  I hear Gary Megson's free at the minute.................... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2012 9:19:03 GMT
Never a dull moment in Sheffield/Derbyshire it seems...quite like the old days. I've seen that book - and fingered it on several occasions - in Waterstones and WH Smith. It sends a slight shiver down my spine. Was I really there? Oh yes, and when I flicked through last night's Doncaster v Hull programme, there was an article about the previous League Cup meeting between the two clubs in 1975. 2-1 to Donny at Belle Vue in front of 20,476, of which I was one. Chris Balderstone, Ken Wagstaff....I must have been very young at the time. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2012 11:01:16 GMT
I can't recall whether the Odeon building in your pictures was the Top Rank when I was there? If so I went there for the debauched ritual that was Pyjama Jump night and also to see the legendary Ramones. I saw the Stranglers there in 1977. That'll be one of my few musical references on this site. I'm glad it wasn't a posh boy, pretentious "prog rock" outfit. The Fiesta was certainly in business when I arrived in Sheffield. I was intrigued that the largest building you saw between the rail station and the city centre was a night club/multi-story car park. It seemed to form a massive wall cutting the central area in two. What it said about the Sheffield of the 1960s and 1970s I don't know. Lifted from the web, here are a few pictures of the place (from the city aspect) in its various guises:     Here's the current view with a few more images from just along the way:     Meanwhile over in Sharrow Vale here's a picture of the Lescar and a few nearby scenes. It's really rather trendy and most appealing these days and - with the Lescar advertising 21-day old Westcountry beef at £11.00 and chocolate and caramel tart with Devonshire clotted cream at £4.75 - it's clear things have changed: ![]() i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/nickh_album/sh5.jpg [/img]   But there’s still the chippy which, in my case, was last visited before last season’s FA Cup tie between Sheffield United and Torquay United:  Lastly, for Wildebeeste, the cafe in Endcliffe Park which is disgustingly popular with Sheffield's chattering classes:  |
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Post by Dave on Aug 29, 2012 17:33:12 GMT
 I really have enjoyed reading this thread. Its good to see such threads back on the TFF again. Many thanks to those who have contributed to it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2012 17:42:36 GMT
It's a pleasure, Dave.
I think you'll agree that Mr Wildebeeste is a fine addition to the forum.
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Post by stuartB on Aug 29, 2012 19:22:30 GMT
It's a pleasure, Dave. I think you'll agree that Mr Wildebeeste is a fine addition to the forum. An absolute star, just like yourself sir  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2012 19:51:13 GMT
Aw shucks! Thanks, guys.
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Post by stuartB on Aug 29, 2012 20:25:49 GMT
don't get carried away or someone will beast you, no names no pack drill but you know who you are |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 20:21:04 GMT
Just a few more pictures for this thread. Requests only from now on. Crookes.....my only memory of that area was The Grindstone, a wonderful Wards pub if I am not mistaken. Had friends who lived just around the corner. A quick google tonight suggests that it is still there but not as I knew it! Well, here's a picture of The Grindstone as it is today. Breakfast for £2.79 a throw? There's a few people on this forum who would jump at that:  Over the road is the university's Tapton hall of residence which, in our day, would have been seen as impressively modern. Appears to be "awaiting development" at present with part of the site being used for the training of police dogs:  Further down the hill and you've got the Notty House:  And, wherever you go in that part of town, the Arts Tower is sure to loom:  In town the big "show off" post-war shopping development was The Moor. It always reminded me of Plymouth even though it was less extensive. Time hasn't served The Moor particularly well and it was probably the area most affected by the building of the out-of-town shopping centre at Meadowhall. At least they're making the effort with it now:  And, lastly, more shots of Jess I'm afraid. Here she is still presiding over Barker's Pool and staring down on the war memorial and City Hall (did you pick up your bit of paper there, Ricardo?):    |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 20:38:21 GMT
Funny that the Moor reminds you of Plymouth, Barton, because the first time I visited Plymouth City Centre it reminded me of the Moor.
Never mind the Grindstone. When are we having a veggie breakfast in Endcliffe Park?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 20:47:53 GMT
Never mind the Grindstone. When are we having a veggie breakfast in Endcliffe Park? Sounds ideal for a Sunday. But I'm at Stalybridge this week and you're in the PRSD the following week. |
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Post by ricardo on Aug 30, 2012 23:39:35 GMT
Some great memories from those pictures, BD. Some parts of Sheffield haven't changed that much.
However, I was very sad to see the state of The Notty House interior on my last visit a few years ago. It was open plan with a pounding sound system but virtually empty. That was one of THE pubs in my day.
Tapton Hall had a reputation for being home to the 'posh' boys and girls in my day. I was in Sorby myself but that particular 60's monstrosity was redeveloped a while ago.
What was the building in the city centre with a facade that apeared to consist of many small reflective panes at different angles? It looked vaguely familiar but I can't imagine such a modern building being there 30 years ago. Controversial maybe, but I like it!
Didn't bother to make the trip to collect my bit of paper - much to the disappointment of my mother I subsequently discovered!
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