SIMON Smith wondered if he had been imagining things so he asked readers to help.

He remembered a mysterious timber building that he regularly walked past in Bradford Road back in the 1970s.

A dim light outside was above a sign that said The Candlelight. The site is now occupied by the Jaguar garage, just before the railway arches in Huddersfield.

“Am I imagining this or did it really exist?” he asked. “If it did exist, what was it? Does anybody remember it?”

Alan Wade certainly remembered it as a steak house.

“Blimey, that brings back old memories,” says Alan. “It was never the smartest looking establishment and I can't recall the owner or chef's name, but it was a really good eating place. “Proper food, good old English grub, steaks, ham and eggs etc. More like a transport cafe than a restaurant.

“It used to open quite late on a Saturday night so instead of a curry or a Chinese, we could get real food after being at Johnny's or The Bin.

“The cooking used to be done in a kitchen area in the middle of the place with tables all around.”

I don't recall The Candlelight and Howard Boothroyd of Highburton tells me: “This was a treat that you missed. Amazing food served and cooked by Peter. Cheap as chips. Early one morning I took three friends from London.”

After drinks and steaks one of his friends asked for the bill and was amazed at how much they were being charged. He thought the bill was for each of them – instead, it was for all four.

“Happy days,” says Howard.

Alan G Dean of Brighouse doesn't recall The Candelight but he can still taste the chick peas from Chiefy's, the wonderful curry house not far from the grill, just underneath the Viaduct.

“I remember Chiefy's well. My wife and I went regularly and I talked about it that much at work in Heckmondwike, that two car loads would pre-order then sprint over in our one hour lunch break. Haven't tasted better chick peas since!

“As for The Candlelight, there I can't help, except to say that around the same time we (the guys only because it was a bit of a dump) went to another curry place the other side of the viaduct from Chiefy's in a small former terrace house called The Front Room.”

It's great to reminisce and for people with similar memories, check out www.johnnyshistory.com.

This is a gem of a website for nostalgia fans that covers 50 years of entertainment provided by the Marsden family in Huddersfield. There are memories and pictures from The Catacombs, Joe's Cafe, Top Ten, Johnny's, Boy and Barrel, Rosemary Lane Bistro and the Palace Bar.

As Howard said: Happy days!

Any memories or pictures you want to share – send them to the usual address.