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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: ironsky2 on October 27, 2014, 08:40:37 PM
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Best place Grassmoor :) good community spirit, worst place Wingerworth miserable gits no jokes allowed. >:(
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Best place - any of my 4 Chesterfield addresses.
Worst - Pitsmoor in Sheffield.
Viva Chesterfield! :)
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Best place Grassmoor :) good community spirit, worst place Wingerworth miserable gits no jokes allowed. >:(
Barley Mow?
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Barley Mow?
Ha ha not the most interesting places is it though meals are good.
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I lived in Newbold before I got married. I liked it and our neighbours were lovely.
My only other home is where I live now in Inkersall. I love where I live, have great neighbours, there's rarely any bother, and we all pull together and look out for each other. The lady who lives opposite me is a widow in her 80's and if her curtains aren't open at the normal time, someone pops over or makes phone contact with either her or her family. Oh, and if someone's ill we mow each other's lawns, put the bins out etc. I know I am lucky to have all this as not everyone does.
It's not always been this good as the place next door to us went from having a nice family there, to eventually becoming a crack house. It's a long story which I'll spare you, but it took 6 years to get them out working closely with the council together with the relatives of the guy in the house. It made Mr Gert quite ill with stress as there were always weird and bizarre comings and goings at all hours of the day and night. Anyway, that was then, and it's been fine ever since with lovely people now owning the property.
:)
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Worst place Carr Vale, location basically.
Best place, current, till the parking issues started.
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Park Hill Flats at Sheffield was a mixed bag good location but in its last years was fast becoming a no go zone with the council housing problem families there. Lived at Dronfield for about two years was alright in fairness then later moved to Danesmoor which was good easy access to Clay Cross left out of circumstances of the time but would move back in a heartbeat. The reason I say Wingerworth is basically crap is lack of amenities there a very poor bus service no community spirit some locals are alright but most are very rude and stand offish. Unlike the people at Grassmoor who if they could help you out they would even though I left Grassmoor now for a few years many still speak to me. Clay Cross people are cool too :)
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Coming from that area in New Tupton our first house we bought was a small terraced down by the swimming baths in Clay Cross - it's an ex pit town and yes the people are friendly.
Grassmoor I know well as my fathers parents lived there and also my ex hubby was from there. I still visit my ex hubbies family who live there.
Wingerworth - now then that was always the 'posh' area to live from way back in the 50's as I was growing up. We used to walk to the Barley Mow on a fine night on Sundays and sit outside with a glass of pop and packet of crisps. Mind you i do have some friends who live there and wouldn't they I would put them in the stand offish group ( well can't be if they are my friends ;) )
The bus service has always been crap as well - I suppose most who live there would have their own cars?
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I think anywhere is better to live at than Wingerworth even Shirebrook is better ha ha >;
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I think anywhere is better to live at than Wingerworth even Shirebrook is better ha ha >;
Now you 'have' to be kidding ironsky ::)
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Barley Mow is a decent pub, good food and thy often have music events on.
Best place near Somersall Park where I grew up.
Worst would be Salford where I was a student, local youths were a bit hostile to students.
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I took my now wife on our first date to the Barley Mow some 50 years ago and we are still going strong.I can't remember ever going in there since.
Those were the days when we knew all the local courting spots to go to in our small black Austin A35.
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I took my now wife on our first date to the Barley Mow some 50 years ago and we are still going strong.I can't remember ever going in there since.
Those were the days when we knew all the local courting spots to go to in our small black Austin A35.
Oh yesss was the Bole hill quarry area one of them ;)
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Now you 'have' to be kidding ironsky ::)
Nowt wrong with Shirebrook Old Cruser just remember to put your foot down when driving though and don't stop unless you want the local wheel changing service. ^-^
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At one time the police used to go round the streets gathering the kids up and taking them home. Not sure if they still do this.
Having said this there are always decent people in every place aren't there.
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Grassmoor at one time 'enjoyed' a bit of a reputation but there were some really community minded people about. A guy on my street used to do trips out to the coast at very low cost but at Christmas he would organizes a party for the whole street at the Parish hall every child got a presents for some of the children that was the only Xmas box they got. You just paid a bit to go and paided for your drinks the food and disco was free. He also did the village fate with help from locals and local businesses. Perhaps the most biggest challenge for him was getting funding for a new church hall when it was built he helped out in the kitchen. Sadly he's now passed on now and missed by people who knew him. During the bitter miners strike of 1984/85 the local pubs had events for the miners childern like a Christmas disco all for free. I grew up there it was safe and friendly village I left in 2010 I suspect its changed again but still bump into my old neighbors finding out the least.
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If you grew up there ironsky you would probably know my ex hubbies family.
Not sure if you know of this but Grassmoor also had a cinema, my grandfather used to 'tip up' his wages ans grandma gave him his spending money for enough fags for the week and a trip to the cinema. I think it may have been called the Palais ( Palay was how my mum pronounced it it think? )
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The cinema was where the car garage is now next door to the Boot & Shoe pub was before my time but heard many stories about it I think it was called ' Roxy' only seen one photo of it. I know most of the 'old ' Grassmoor families I'm not going to post there names on here been its a public forum could possibly known your exs family. The landlord of the Miners was the late Ronnie Nelson a former boxer he had the pub for many years. The butchers on the corner was once run by Trevor and his dad , Trevor didn't live at Grassmoor. Another well known guy was Ernest he was the local barder his shop was on the main road , the hairdresser's was run by Sue and next to her shop was the 'Top Shop' used to get my sweets from there. Grassmoor WMC used to go in still open but like most WMC's struggling to keep afloat most of the villagers were ex miners or had worked at the Avenue plant. Happy memories.
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No I wouldn't post any names on an open forum either ironsky, but my ex FIL had his own business there
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OC .yes it was along with places like Postmans Lane Temple Normanton,Unthank in Cordwell Valley and Newbold Back Lane to name just a few.
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OC .yes it was along with places like Postmans Lane Temple Normanton,Unthank in Cordwell Valley and Newbold Back Lane to name just a few.
Corrr you knew more than we did then :))
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I think most places i have lived have had their ups and downs, Lived in bolsover (oxcroft lane)
Lived on the model village Carr vale, and Bentinck twice
Must admit though where i am now is great, it's quiet and just a nice area on the whole (brampton)