In response to Tracy's requests for memories of Rotherham - here goes. I was born at Moorgate General Hospital in the fifties, formerly the workhouse which is now no longer standing. I still live in Rotherham but for the last 26 years at Wickersley, prior to that I lived in the Broom area with my parents. I attended Broom Valley infant and junior school and remember walking across the fields near the New Broom pub to the Infant school with my friends - I could only have been about 6 or 7 years old and yet in those days ( I never thought I would ever hear myself say/write that!!) it was perfectly safe. I remember when they built the shops and library there and spoilt our journey to school. I also remember taking our dog for a walk with my brother in Boston park right through to where the District General Hospital now stands. There were just fields and tracks at that time although Oakwood Hall and the TB hospital were still there. My nanan died there in 1972 but by that time it was just used as a general hospital. Unfortunately I don't remember my paternal grandfather as he died when I was very young, but he was quite well known in Rotherham, particularly in Dalton and Thrybergh. His name was James Henry Townend and he owned a Boot and Repair shop on Whinney Hill. He founded the Dalton Primitive Methodist Chapel, was a councillor, magistrate and governor of the Rotherham Grammar School. He died in 1957 aged 72 - on his death certificate one of the causes was 'exhaustion'!! Does anyone remember the 'old' baths down near Tesco? Yes, believe it or not the Sheffield Road baths were known as the 'new' baths when I was at school. All the cubicles were on the side of the bath and I can remember hearing the sound of the steam hammer as I walked through town to my swimming lesson. I also remember going on the 'trackless' to visit my grandma at Thrybergh and on another much longer visit taking my Triang tricycle with me on one of those backloading buses and being terrified that it would roll off, but fortunately mum kept her eye on it. Hope this brings back a few memories. Julie Copley (nee Townend)