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  @gemstonegirl1084Ай бұрын

  ABC was the one I went to as a child, every Saturday morning, good times.

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  @ASM8812 ай бұрын

  My great nana survived the blits

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  @noorjahanjolly54632 ай бұрын

  D

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  @CATS57CATS3 ай бұрын

  Love the videos, wish I had your type of voice comes over well.

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  @alanblay28033 ай бұрын

  Thankyou Mavis for your story.

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  @user-mh9cu1tj8i3 ай бұрын

  Justice for Orgreave.

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  @bmj2144 ай бұрын

  Ohh you’ve just covered that bit!!

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  @bmj2144 ай бұрын

  Seeing the old bridge just reminded me of it. I’m sure when I was younger (early 90s) the old bridge was a one way due to the weight of the vehicles. I didn’t even realise it had been replaced 😂😂

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  @History01144 ай бұрын

  Correct, it was restricted to single lane at the end of its life.

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  @bmj2145 ай бұрын

  Really interesting. I’d have love to have seen around the old Asda. Had the building totally gone? I remember how steep the car park was.

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  @History01144 ай бұрын

  I explored the site around 2011, the entire building was gone but there was still bits off the classic floor left intact

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  @DaveBeaven-tx2tp6 ай бұрын

  I have taken photos inside both cooling towers 2 years prior to their demolition. The cooling tower to the north had been recladded in concrete up to the vent holes near to the top. The concrete support legs were hexagonal in section and it also appeared that attempts by contractors to demolish them by removing sections if concrete on the legs exposing the steel reinforcement rods some year’s early. There was small pools of water in one of them. I believe they were constructed by LG Mouchel. As far as I know the two Tinsley towers were last of its kind in the UK

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  @ireneuszmulawa55366 ай бұрын

  I remember these towers from the times when I drove a truck from Poland to England and back. This was my indicator that I would soon be able to pull into the parking lot and pause, and they always impressed me that such two monsters were standing close to the motorway. In 2007 I moved to the UK and lived in the south. Exactly one year ago, we moved to Barnsley. When we went to this area for the first time to look at houses for sale, i mentioned these towers to my partner but I was disappointed. I thought, it's been over 20 years, maybe I forgot where exactly it was, maybe it was near Leeds or beyond. Until today I came across a post on FB and I understood everything. And thanks to this film, I learned the history of these towers. It may seem nothing, but as it was said in this movie... when you see Tinsley tower, you know you are close to home... they were a guidepost for me too

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  @johnd85387 ай бұрын

  Wonderful

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  @goodie54321ag7 ай бұрын

  My auntie worked for the owners

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  @vickythefist70627 ай бұрын

  Amazing memory. Amazing woman . This generation were hard as nails. Nothing seemed to bother them they just soldierd on .and never complained (shall i swear) So cute and from an innocent tome when people had manners still and ladies still wore gloves and were ladies . Coukd listen to this woman txlk for hours

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  @robertstroud70817 ай бұрын

  As far as i know this is an amateur interviewer showing us how an interview should be done. The emphasis is on Mavis and her story, touching and very moving. The interviewer treats Mavis with respect and lets her tell us her story without interrupting her. My mother lived through the war and the stories she told were sometimes horrific and sometimes amusing. It was obviously a very strange time for everyone and i have huge respect for all the people who lived through it. Thank you for this wonderful upload and congratulations on creating a marvellous account of this period directly from a genuinely lovely lady.

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  @History01147 ай бұрын

  Thankyou! Amateur indeed! Thanks for watching

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  @robertstroud70817 ай бұрын

  My apologies. I assumed that this was an amateur enthusiast channel rather than a professional set up. We are so used to so called professional interviewers asking questions and then talking over the interviewee. This interview is the opposite of the norm and is refreshing for that. I congratulate you on your content and your way of working. I did not use the term amateur in a derogatory sense as you can tell from the rest of my comments. I apologise unreservedly if this caused any offence as this was not my intention. Once again thank you for the upload.

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  @History01147 ай бұрын

  @@robertstroud7081 no need to apologise Robert at all I did not take it the wrong way at all. Proud to be amateur! Thankyou for your kind words, wishing you a very merry Christmas.

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  @robertstroud70817 ай бұрын

  @@History0114 thank you, and a merry Christmas to you too

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  @anthonyeaton51538 ай бұрын

  I remember visiting Sheffield in 1947 and seeing all the skeletal buildings.

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  @davesheldon28748 ай бұрын

  Excellent documentary. I was brought up on the Ballifield estate nearby and some of my neighbours worked at either Rotherwood sidings driving the Electric Train engines, The Pit, or the coking ovens. I remember walking through the Coking ovens many times and over the river Rother ( which was spectacularly polluted , always, because there were 2 other coking ovens upstream ) In hindsight it seems mental that Children could walk through a large industrial site with steam and various hot liquids oozing from pipes etc, and trains pulling wagons too and fro. The Slag heap was still being dumped on, and it caught fire some summers. All this seemed normal! Also, Orgreave Hall was still occupied , as was the farm nearby where you could buy unpasteurised milk . Another memory was climbing all over the soon to be scrapped Steam Engines on Rotherwood sidings one summer ( 1967?) . Another one was setting fire to the grass bank next to the bridge on Orgreave lane and getting chased by the police down to Woodhouse. I went back to look at the area a few years ago and it depressed me how little remained .

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  @History01147 ай бұрын

  Ballifield born and bred myself Thanks for watching

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  @johnp27308 ай бұрын

  Yes,I was born in that blitz.a landmine took out the block of houses in Meadowhall road we were in them at the time in a shelter

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  @user-ed4ll8wj5m8 ай бұрын

  Brilliant account and such a lovely lady , god bless Mavis

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  @jamielew9 ай бұрын

  Fantastic video.

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  @TheCopperknob9 ай бұрын

  I use to live down the road from the blake pub where Gerald is sat in the park,that was bloor Street..I lived there about 1967 all terraced houses with entry's, there was 3x houses in our yard and the toilet was across the yard up three steps and backed onto the wall of the yard.. Oh and the house we lived in was haunted too

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  @kacperdolega877110 ай бұрын

  I remember a few months ago I saw them randomly on google maps Heres a fully st9ry So previously I found some wind farm in Ulley and Thurcroft which were near Sheffield and in May 2022 , I decided to go click ona road in Buildwas ( Shropshire ) Where I saw the Ironbridge power station and I was immeditaly interested into cooling towers. The red , Long structures made me astonished. And then Long sotry short , I clicked in some Viaduct in Tinsley and decided to go to Jul. 2008 Where I somehow Ended up with the coolong towers. Yeah , Im pretty ridiculous. :)

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  @SaltimusMaximus10 ай бұрын

  My mum told me of this, she was a girl when this happened, my grandad a 1st World War veteran worked for the gas board and had to be out all night. She said there was a rumour a downed airman or men got thrown into a smelter, I doubt that was true but rumours spread, she said the mines made a hell of a bang

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  @Alduin391411 ай бұрын

  Bloody hell I love the full monty. I wish Sean Bean was in it. Because Sheffield was his hometown lol

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  @MalcolmClarke2511 ай бұрын

  Great video mate.

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  @goodie54321ag11 ай бұрын

  Theres a photo somewhere of the old mine workings dug out by hand where the maclaren factory is

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  @markleaning10711 ай бұрын

  It always used to make me realise what hell hole Sheffield is

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  @lisacarrigan17911 ай бұрын

  How interesting 😢

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  @ivanmoore3503 Жыл бұрын

  Sad everything is spoilt in time.

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  @gordonbitting1659 Жыл бұрын

  I was one of the many using Trams for work. How I missed them after October 1960 It was said by some Sheffield died when they disappeared. It was certainly a very sad time for many people

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  @leebiker1488 Жыл бұрын

  🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

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  @leebiker1488 Жыл бұрын

  💯👍👍👍👍 just seen the tv series of the full monty

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  @exploringwithsammyuk7328 Жыл бұрын

  New subscriber awesome video really did enjoy it 😊

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  @sextoncardew903 Жыл бұрын

  I find it almost impossible to believe that Sheffield authorities could destroy such a wonderful public transport system. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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  @charliecooper5929 Жыл бұрын

  The yellow sheds/workshops, the one nearest the chimney would be a sand drying room, a fire under the chimney would dry the sand so it could be put in the tram to aid adhesion in inclement weather. the next one along may have been another sand store but certainly would explain the chimney and sheds alongside it.

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  @ulysees08 Жыл бұрын

  My grandad was a young bloke working in the steel works. He lived 7 miles outside the center of Sheffield but remarked on having to step over the bodies to get into work in the aftermath.

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  @ulysees08 Жыл бұрын

  My nan was a similar age in Sheffield during the raids. She said they were in the tin shelter at the bottom of the garden when a bomb landed in their garden. She said it was a dud though and never went off.

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  @hendygunawan828 Жыл бұрын

  😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

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  @jasonburke2596 Жыл бұрын

  Hi there! I've just come across this video and thought that I would give it a watch. And I'm so glad that I did. This is outstanding work! I was 17 when the battle of Orgreave took place and I was actually a passenger in a friends' car driving through Orgreave heading for the M1 just a few days before that shocking event. Young and stupid I had no idea of the magnitude of the events about to unfold during that summer. There were thousands of striking miners that I saw that day and the suffering and uncertainty that they went through was scandalous and more needs to be made known of this in my opinion. The loss of Coal Mining (and to a lesser degree, steel manufacturing) in South Yorkshire is another sad legacy of the demise of the UK as an industrial superpower. I see Waverley rising up from the old Orgreave site as I drive down the Parkway and its incredibly sad that kids today in South Yorkshire are still being taught such things as irrelevant American pish in their History classes when History is here, at home, all around them and far more relevant to the life's that they're leading here in South Yorkshire! Superb work mate.... New subscriber gained.

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  @History0114 Жыл бұрын

  Thankyou! Be sure to sunscribe to our sister channel Tour Obscure too for more videos like this! All the best

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  @jo.s7993 Жыл бұрын

  My mum, myself & my daughter who was thirteen at the time, went to see this on the stage at 'The hall for Cornwall' in Truro. 'Gaz' was played by one of the lead actors from the Bill & it was fantastic! My daughter had seen the film several times with both me & her Father who was well know for being a miserable git. I didn't think he'd let her go, but did. We got some odd looks in the interval, but seeing the happiness & huge grin on my daughters face, made everybody around her smile as well. The funniest part was when 'Guy' with his back to the audience pulled his trousers down & 'the lunch box' landed at the level of his knee's! The whole audience of mostly women of a certain age literally screamed in hysterical laughter. This was followed by the interval. During one performance the lights behind the actors meant to spare their blushes didn't come on. Apparently, the cast literally chased the lighting guy out of the theatre & down the street, but not at our show unfortunately.... or not! How I'd explain that to my ex husband God only knows!

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  @glenatkin4972 Жыл бұрын

  A crying shame . I had many of a bottle of nukie brown in there 😢

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  @shanehumberstone5262 Жыл бұрын

  I used to go in there,absolute shit show because of the building next to it

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  @Captain-mp4ne Жыл бұрын

  I’m hooked Joe,👍,S41.

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  @History0114 Жыл бұрын

  Hahaha! Cheers pal!

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  @BRANDY60rocks Жыл бұрын

  So sorry for the news of this ladies passing .Thank you for making this record of what happened during the blitz. Hearing from people who witnessed things first hand ads so much to the history .Condolences to the ladies family.

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  @thesilverfox9185 Жыл бұрын

  Lovely lady who reminds me of my mum and what they all wen through xxxx

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  @markshrimpton3138 Жыл бұрын

  I knew a lady, a friend of my grandmother, who remembered the Zeppelin raids over Sheffield during the First World War. She was interviewed, I believe, by one of the local radio stations. My own mother, born in 1926, recalled her memories of the Second World War in Sheffield. She lived in Glencoe Road with her parents and was bombed out of their home until the property could be made safe. The King and Queen paid a visit and somewhere we have a black and white photograph of their visit amidst the devastation.

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  @P.H.TIPTOP.VIDEOS Жыл бұрын

  i was born in a tin bath in a caller of a house that was bombed and we had to be dug out of it that was on Worksop road opposite a pub called the Britannia Hotel Sheffield Yorkshire UK its funny cos when i was 12 years old we moved in to it, great video thank you 😀

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  @P.H.TIPTOP.VIDEOS Жыл бұрын

  i was born in a tin bath in a celler of a house that was bombed and we had to be dug out of it that was on Worksop road opersit a pub called the Brtania Hotel Sheffield Yorkshire UK its funny cos when i was 12 years old we moved in to it,lol great video made my day thanks 😀

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  @johnbainbridge8945 Жыл бұрын

  i rember

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  @jozefbrownell3164 Жыл бұрын

  Went to the Ritz as a boy in the 50s, still remember the cigarette smoke curling up in the light from the projector and the smell of women's perfume. Migrated to Aust in 1957, still have strong, fond memories of the time.