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  • Posted on 15 Feb 12

What Are Your Memories Of Barnsley? PODCAST

WAB Radio’s John Irwin and Peter White  hosted a show on Wednesdat night talking about this photograph and the memories of Barnsley Market.

Scores of you took part in the show – talking about the market hawkers, the man who used to toss plates, the Magic Roundabout and Pat’s Pants.

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(We had a tiny mike problem for five minutes which was fixed asap so bear with the sound for the first bit)

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  • Brierley Gaz

    I’ll never forget the old pie n pea caravan on the market. If you look across from where the civic is now there were steps going down into the market and it was at the bottom of these steps. Oldfield’s was their name and I think they still have a place upstairs in the market now.  When i was 15 (I am now 54) me and my mate Dave Steele used to go in every Saturday before a game at Oakwell n buy a half portion of pork pie n peas.. the peas were like water but I’ve never tasted any as good yum yum. And who will ever forget the roundabout on the market when we all fought to be upstairs on the front seat of the double Decker bus…. It gave me as much pleasure taking my grandchildren there years later as well and seeing the old roundabout hadn’t changed one bit… Another memory that comes to mind was the old threepenny bit stall on the bus station that sold newspapers and when we were teenagers we used it as a meeting point on are dates.. by I cud gu on forever lad lol

  • Yorkshireman

    I rememember the really tall building to the left of this shot where they used to store all the market stalls when the feast came and a cafe close by if I remember right.

  • Charleskennethcoles

    barnsleys cool luv it but when the new lodge woods is a place where us as lads played and r dads and uncles some lasses too but yer get mi drift any whats guttin is now there pullin trees up because a private buyer has bought it to make fishing ponds and equestrial paths dont get me wrong  i will use it but its only memorys we will have couldnt have turned green belt so we could have shared it with our young uns but its all abart money these days notrhing is sacred not even in a place that prides its sen on been close knit and nostalgic by chuck coles frum tarn
     

  • Bambihotel

    ben gibbs hot pork sandwiched dipped in hot pork fat. my dad used to take me there when i was a little girl in the fifties. it was in the old fish market where h samuals is now. joe edwards pot stall where he used to throw plates and saucers all over and we used to wait to see if he smashed any.  he very rarely did. sailor syds sweet  stall, not sure if thats still there. oh i loved barnsley market.

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