Been visiting friends in Winchcombe,well posh there Tory heart land and full of money. The rest of the time with family in Ravenfield and Loxley. Not seen much of Rotherham but Sheffield at the moment is very impressive with the carousel and winter market. A lot of foriegn accents and stuff but very nice.
Been visiting friends in Winchcombe,well posh there Tory heart land and full of money. The rest of the time with family in Ravenfield and Loxley. Not seen much of Rotherham but Sheffield at the moment is very impressive with the carousel and winter market. A lot of foriegn accents and stuff but very nice.
Too many Dee Daas though m8, they spoil it
We nearly moved to Ravoin 86 but my Wife persuaded me to move to Rawmarsh instead Its a bit different in Ravo now though, as is everywhere I suppose
Lived in Walkley for a few years, a bit close the piggery but enjoyed it. Must admit I have found uk a lot less gloomy than I expected to. Though you do notice the difference in population size with NZ having only 4.5 million.
Have lived in Walkley for 30+ years on outreach work from Rotherham to Sheffield as a cultural attache. It's actually a great place to live, despite some of the DeeDars (most are great fun & friendly) - Bole Hills at the top of the road, The Blake pub down the other side of South Road and High Bradfield 5 minutes' drive away. Plus Rivelyn Valley on the door-step.
Not a patch on my old stomping ground of East Dene, of course. No footy in The Walk or on East Dene Miers' Welfare, or a short stroll to Clifton Park down the road.
"Old" Ravenfield I know very well - my mother was brought up there (middle cottage in the three opposite the old Beer-off), my grandmother played the organ at the Ravenfield Church for 50+ years, and I remember going in Ravenfield Hall, now demolished except for the stable block, when it was semi-derelict and the ground floor was used for storing hay bales for Mr Heath's farm.
Last I time I was in Ravo it was sad to see the working farm houses & barns all turned into bijoux houses, some awful modern housing, (mainly from the late 1960s/early 70s), and some rather snooty, pseudo-posh people pretending the place was in the Cotswolds.
I remember the Beer-off, we used to go on long walks, with my Grand Parents, Parents, Aunty and Siblings. It was a welcomed sight on a hot Summers Day. I was too young to drink but the lemonade went down a treat Happy Days.
Its just come to me, the beer-off was called Ravenfield Jacks
-- Edited by One_Kevin_Kilmore on Thursday 18th of December 2014 06:07:37 PM
And, up the Common at the crossroads used to be Tommy Bashworth's store, across from the plot where they built 'The Cavalier'. Last time I noticed, Bashworth's, demolished sometime in the 1970s & then a garage/tyre place, was the site of several shops, including a hairdressers & a chippy.
Is 'The Cavalier' still open and thriving. Used to wait in the bus shelter across the road from it whilst awaiting the 22 bus back to Rotherham (my gran lived in a semi-detached bungalow at the end of Birchwood Drive from the mid-1950s onwards, having moved up from the village).
Great memories of old Ravenfield village, the fishing ponds of SPT across the fields from the church, and the strong smell of pigs from one of the farms as you walked down to the village from the crossroads, the one on the left before the school. Plus the railway over the lane up to the church, with the bridge now gone and with little trace of the trackbed in the fields.
Went for a walk in Silverwood woods brought a lot of memories back, no sign of the pit where my dad and granddad worked, bit sad in a way but the more that things change etc.
Went for a walk in Silverwood woods brought a lot of memories back, no sign of the pit where my dad and granddad worked, bit sad in a way but the more that things change etc.
Thats where most of my family worked too, and I spent many a happy Day playing and gathering Chestnuts from the Wood
Loads of new builds in the woods towards Sunnyside too m8
Really weird when you consider all the men that used to work there, I can still remember the hooter for shift changes, used to lay in bed listening for it as a kid.
Its a bit different in Ravo now though, as is everywhere I suppose 
