Sheffield
The city of my birth.
Sheffield Town Hall
About the 6th largest city in England (some debate about this!). Sheffield was once the industrial powerhouse of England, dirty and polluted, but now is a major center for Arts and Culture! Sadly, looking at the history of Sheffield, it will appear grimy and industrial, but modern Sheffield is beautiful and vibrant.
Joe Cocker was from Sheffield
The city of my birth. An industrial city in South Yorkshire that was part of the British Industrial Revolution from about 1700 onwards.
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Click HERE to see my page on why I left Sheffield and England.
Click HERE for a page of Famous People from Sheffield.
Click HERE to see a much more modern Sheffield.
Sheffield is famous for it’s cutlery
Lyons St, Pitsmoor.
Where I was born # 54. Bottom left is Edgar St and the store on the corner was Pepperdines Greengrocers.
Lyons St- All Saints Church.The original mailbox is still there.
All Saints Church being demolished.
My old street, see the same old mailbox painted up.
All Saints Jnr school-my school as a kid—this was the last time I saw it, circa 1980.
My old schoolyard.
Collecting wood to burn on Bonfire Night. (Guy Fawkes Night)
Lots of effort goes into Guy Fawkes Night.
Rag and Bone Man. We used to just call him the Rag Man.
Beth at my old street—- circa 1987.
East House Pub. Favorite hangout for Jamaicans. We used to go there just to listen to Ska music, Prince Buster etc.
Beth at The Corner Pin, bottom of my street.
Corner Pin Pub
Beth in Attercliff with Pam taking a pic.
Lots of Pakistani people living in this area so you can bet they’ll be some great restaurants!
Banners Store- a landmark.
My old pub Cannon Hall! I used to love going here to see the live music, especially Frank White.
Blaskeys Wallpaper here I worked as a kid delivering rolls of wallpaper.
Public Urinals in Fitzallen Square.
Click HERE for famous people from Sheffield
Hole in the Road where we used to meet at the fish tank! No longer exists.
Backyard in Attercliffe
My old backyard on Lyons St
Stephen, John and Barry Egan.
Scruffy Me
My Father—Stanley Richard Braeley—Call Sign G3MK
Mum and John at Sheffield Backyard
Me, John, Mum and Stephen
Stephen, David and Jon 1988
This was what The Boys Brigade looked like when I was a member.
Yes that’s me on the right!!!! With Philip Ward as Bluegrass Duo The Muleskinners. Circa 1968.
Here we are the Three Cranes Pub for The Barley Mow Folk Club.
WOW!!! I just found this article about Julian Bean. He wrote a book about Folk Clubs and Artists around Britain. We used to hang out with him at the Barley Mow Folk Club when he was just getting into the scene!!!! He was simply called BEAN in those days. I never even knew his name was Julian!
Beer Off
Mail Box
Typical Line up for the bus!
Tristan Meets my brother David for the first time! Scroll down for the video.
The moment Tristan met my brother David.
David and Carol’s Wedding Day. I am second from the left.
My brother Pete at the Fish Market or Castle Market as it was also called.
Here’s Ian and Pam at the same market.
Local Market
Looks phalic
Pam, Beth and Ian.
My brother Jon. Check him out at www.EmptyMindFilms.com.
Hendersons Relish— A famed Sheffield Sauce.
Janice Taff, a very beautiful lady and my X girlfriend.
Here is Janice in Castleton, near Sheffield.
A Sheffield Industrial Museum.
Winter Garden
Winter Garden
Sheffield Cathedral. Click HERE for my page of Cathedrals.
Here is the Giraffe Statue made entirely out of spoons! Millennium Gallery.
The Steel Worker made from colored bricks.
The old Hole In The Wall Pub
As a kid in Sheffield this was a typical sight.
Mattocks Butchers.
The Oldest Pub in Sheffield The Old Queens Head.
Old Queens Head
Midland Station
Castle Markets
Holy Cross Church
Sheffield has a canal system with locks at different locations. This is Tinsley- canal lock.
Lots of industrial buildings are on the canal system.
Looking towards the Gas Storage Tanks
Neepsend—- The two steel buildings at the rear now belong to Sheffield ForgeMasters—see next picture.
Old buildings updated for new Forging technology. Sheffield was always famous for its steel——- in 1913 a man called Harry Brearley added chromium to iron, about 12.8%, and the result was steel that didn’t rust or stainless steel. I have always been curious about having a surname soooooo close to Brearley ( mine is Braeley).
But the fact that we are both from Sheffield makes me think!!
Downtown all nice and modern. This is what it looks like today.
Click HERE to check out a beautiful modern house in Sheffield.
Pam at the Fair in Sheffield.
Went to Rotherham College for 5 years for Fabrication and Welding Technology. On the 4th year I won an award for being top student in the whole country!!! Was I ever shocked to hear that. The college looked a lot different in those days.
Park Hill Flats in 1970
Park Hill Flats Today
My old street on a visit years later. On the left would have been Gillotts Bread.
Not Good.
Above is the Golden Arrow Dining Train.
Town Hall
Tristan on Lyons St
Croft House Settlement- my old YouthClub. I played table tennis here for a few years and played in the Sheffield team and also for the Yorkshire team.
Sutherland Rd Baths Gone!! I used to go here to shower! No bathroom at home!
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.
Peveril Castle in Castleton.
My good friends The Dunns!! Ian and Pam and parents and kids. These very fine people would put me up and feed me every time I went back to England for a visit.
Years earlier, Ian and Pam visited the US. They knew of my brother John in Miami so touched base with him. After they had their fill of down South they decided to head North. So my brother gave them my number to call me when they reach the Boston area. These guys were total strangers to me and I was kind of annoyed at my brother. They stayed at my house for over a year!!! Ian and Pam became my closest friends in the world! They actually got married at my house!!!
Dinner at the Dunns! Beautiful!
Here we are at the Tea Rooms in Edensor.
Pete Sarson. Pete was living in Milford, Massachussets when I met him in a local pub. Originally from Sheffield, Pete came to the Boston area to work and then moved to Taiwan. I visited him in Taiwan and we flew over to Hong Kong. Click HERE to see.
Here is a pic of Rusty and I with Frank White’s double neck Gibson
Frank White in the 60’s
A must see! THE FULL MONTY……… Filmed in Sheffield very close to where I was born!
Here’s Bob Dylan in Sheffield.
Here is Sheffield Olympics Legacy Park by Sheffield artist Joe Scarborough