h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hey up,,,,,are you still around ?

Hey Grandpa,
indeed still around, wondering where everyone else is.
not many names i recognise though...you don't think we're getting old do you?

alec.

Ha HA ha ha,,,,....Alec,,,,,Im not that old ya know !!!....erm,,,,,u know who I am dont ya ?

Alec,,,,,great t see you still around,,,,,,,,,My old name was MEISERE,,,,anyway,,,,,,us sheffielders gotta stick together(without the superglue),,,,,,,,in my conversations,the sportsmans link,a few sheffielders in there yeah !!,,,,, spk soon pal

BTW(PART2),,,,Stay in touch yeah,,,,I got my pc now soight have to eamil me

Yes indeed...I was up there back in 08, not very much of a social visit though.
Still On the buses?

alec.

Yep,still drivin the "self loading cattle trucks!" ha ha..... When ya returned,did it seem a strange place to be ?,,,Sheff I mean....A lot of changes av been made,its now even dafter t try n get around the centre !..... Wot u upto nowdays then ?

Me Mum had been taken to the Hallamshire, and I got THAT phone call that said to get over on the very next flight.
Next two weeks were spent at the H, on bus or walking up West Street.
Sadly, me Mum passed on. Next two weeks were rather hectic too.

My Sister and I got into the habit of going for a very
or at some posh hotel bar next to town hall every evening after the H told us to go home.

We'd reminisce about growing up in the 50's in Sheffield...and of course how it's not like it used to be.

Then we'd try and remember what number bus would take us to Millhouses.

Came back again a year last November. Thought we had the house sold so had to clear everything out...no fun.
When it all got too much, we'd jump in the car and take off at speed for Higgar Tor near the Fox House and run around on the Moors till the wind had blown all our frustration away.

Right now, I'm in bloody florida, gutting the engine room of this boat :

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...following a generator fire which managed to turn most of the boats wiring to toast.

Could be a few months of work.

cheers

alec.

Sorry t hear about yer mum,,,...Where was it you used t live ?,,,,,Am just down road from Hurlfield school,east bank rd..................We now have a grandaughter,1 on sunday,and am only a young 42 !!!!!!!!!! ha ha.... Eldest lad is nearly 21,2 days before his birthday,he's off to tour the world,he's joinin the navy !....

posh hotel bar ?....you mean where peace gardens are ?

Were some posh hotel with a bar and a terrace next to those reflecting chrome-steel water balls wi the lights that change colour.
One side of the hotel adjoins the winter garden thing.

Intit where eggbox used to be?

alec.

Yep,thats where egg box was.....when was it ya left again ?........

er that would be around 1974ish,good grief
buses were still run by council.
miners were on strike.
buccaneer had long closed.

alec.

Buccanear ?.....its 00-37,just got in from work,been a quiet day,,ha ha,,,,wasnt it 84 miners strike ?

Buccaneer was an infamous cellar bar on Leopold Street. Inside were like below decks on a pirate ship. It was THE place, good loud music and all sorts of draught beer.

Miners strikes were in
72...Joe Gormley .v. Edward Heath...(miners won)
74...Joe gormley .v. Edward Teeth again...(Teeth lost the election)
84...Arthur Scargill .v. Margaret Tha*cher...(miners got screwed)

alec.

When miners were on strike 84,I was workin at rothervale,woodhouse mill,,,,,it was a sight t see, I was 17,,,,,how they managed one can only wonder at the year(?) long strike !


wot was your local here anyway ?,,,,,Mine was Horse n lion,sadly,closed tho !