dronfield EYE Eye Postbag Dear Dronfield Eye,
WITH reference to the picture on the front cover of the July issue, what happy memories came back to me. As a boy of 12 in 1935, my school pals and I would cycle from Sheffield to camp for a day or two in Cordwell Valley and were full of adventure to be out in the country.
On the left of the picture it shows the bank of the river’s edge. Once, on that very spot, I was lying down, hoping to catch a glimpse of any river creatures, when I was suddenly staring at a huge-to me- fish within inches of the bank.
Having read adventure stories of life in the country and ‘trout tickling,’ I wondered what it would be like, so I tried my luck. Lo and behold, I caught it and landed in alongside of me. I don’t know which of the two of us was more surprised and, not knowing what to do with it, I hurriedly returned it to the water.
I couldn’t believe what had happened. I wasn’t interested in fishing, I still am not interested, but I felt quite proud of myself. I wonder if any of my pals are still with us after 70-odd years and remember it as well as I do; Harold Milne, Stanley Wright or Walter Laver.
Many thanks for your picture, but of course there were no houses there then. Just up the lane there used to be a ‘cafe’, which seemed to have a huge tree growing up inside, through the roof. Eric Cassy, Montrose Place, Dronfield Woodhouse
300 MEADOWHEAD SHEFFIELD
Tel 0114 274 0009
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Dear Dronfield Eye, I AM in the second year of opening my garden at Ansell Road, Ecclesall, under the National Gardens Scheme. Inspired and encouraged to do so by Cynthia Ramsden, of Fanshawe Gate Hall, I have been gratified and delighted to discover how popular a suburban 1920s semi’s back garden is.
The garden was laid out by my grandparents when the house was bought new in 1927 and my aim is to keep the garden as a good example of a 1930s suburban domestic garden. A recent visitor, Barbara Saveall, of Dam Stead, Barlow - another NGS garden - suggested I contact you and I regularly read Dronfield Eye as my mother lives in Dronfield, where I grew up. The garden will be next open to public on Wednesday, August 8th. Private visits by request for parties of two to 20 are also welcomed. Dave Darwent, Ansell Road, Ecclesall
Dear Dronfield Eye, I AM rather disappointed that the beacon at Dronfield’s Sindelfingen Park wasn’t lit over the Jubilee weekend. What a great shame. When it was put up it was such a cause for excitement and I thought the Jubilee weekend was wonderful for the Queen. Other places lit their beacons, so why didn’t we light ours? I’m very disappointed to think that whoever paid the money for it has seen it go to waste. Mrs Giles, Longcroft Crescent, Dronfield Woodhouse
Dear Dronfield Eye,
YOU were last year kind enough to publish several pictures of a pictorial meadow site at Dronfield Station which was very well received by a lot of people and won several awards in the town. It also featured on the front cover of The Dronfield Directory 2012. We have sown similar seeds this year and hope for another vibrant display. At the moment it is a haze of mauve with other summer flowers now starting to bloom. You also featured a pit tub which we installed at the front
of the station. This will shortly be dedicated to Bob Clough, past chair of the Civic Society and a member of FoDS. This year we have planted it to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a red, white and blue flower display, the centre piece of which is a crown. The repainted railings behind the tub have been given a similar colour scheme.
Philip Brightmore, Project Co-ordinator, Friends of Dronfield Station
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