I used to visit Weston Park frequently when I lived in Sheffield, from being very small to taking my A Level revision there to work under the shade of one of the many trees. Unfortunately though, I haven't been there for a good ten years or so.

I was incredibly disappointed to hear that not only had the greenhouse become delapidated, it was going to be demolished. Could anyone tell me what's there in its place now?

Also, I remember my Gran taking me as a small child to see concerts at the bandstand. Does anyone know if the bandstand is still there? The last I remember is that it was boarded up and daubed with grafitti. I know there's some work going on at the moment to rennovate the museum, so I wondered if the park itself had received any special attention during the years I've been away.

I know they got £2 Million for renovations to the park and bandstand but I don't knwo how far they have got. Hopefully they will have the sense to get it at least partly finished for when the museum reopens.

There are big plans for the place posted up around the park. The bandstand will be renovated and they are finally doing something about the pond. I think they are altering the tennis courts as well.

They knocked down the mens shelter. This was built in the 30's as a place for jobless men to meet but 70 years later it still attracted jobless men but the wrong sort.

No doubt someone will post a link to the councils planning application soon

and here it is

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=76000

and here it is

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=76000

Good link taxman. And good too that the HLF are forcing the council into a ten year care and maintainenece contract. Presumably the bid for stage 2 funding was successful ?

Too many times have the council spent a lot of money refurbishing public amenities and then abandoned them to their fate at the hands of the city's low life.

Thank you for the information. I didn't know the gates had been stolen!

I do like the idea of refurbishing the lake and its bridges using the original 1874 plans.

I must say I'm surprised that it's taken quite so long for refurbishment to feature on the agenda for Weston Park. I'm going to be up in Sheffield in the next few months and I'm now rather apprehensive about seeing what state the park has been allowed to get in to.

When i was a kid in the seventies all the flower beds were immaculate. The greenhouse near the childrens hospital entrance was full of tropical plants. I can still remember the unique smell when you entered the place.

If and when the money is spent, the park will need to be managed with park keepers and the like to stop vandalism etc.

The gates were always locked at night to keep people out and when this practice was stopped, the deline of the whole area began.

I passed Crookes Valley park recently and spotted some teenagers playing football on the bowling greens.:rant:

Hopefully the old days will be recreated and the place will become a nice place to visit.

Theres nothing finer than sitting on the terrace (on a hot day) of the Dam House Restaurant with a pint in your hand, enjoying the views over the lake.:)

When i was a kid in the seventies all the flower beds were immaculate. The greenhouse near the childrens hospital entrance was full of tropical plants. I can still remember the unique smell when you entered the place.

I remember wagging it from school in Weston Park, the greenhouse was still intact then, but I think they just stopped maintaining it and the Eucolyptus (I can't spell) tree grew through the roof, shortly after that it was demolished.

Shame.

The greenhouses fell into disrepair and were demolished. As they didn't feature in the original plans for the park, which form the basis of the regeneration, there are no plans to replace.

The greenhouses fell into disrepair and were demolished. As they didn't feature in the original plans for the park, which form the basis of the regeneration, there are no plans to replace.
I think the greenhouse was built in 1952 to mark the Queen's coronation. It would have been a nice idea to rebuild it to perhaps mark the Golden Jubilee in 2002.

At its prime in the late 70s (at least, that's when I remember it), the greenhouse was a wondrous place; the plants were lovingly tended by the gardeners who worked there. I suspect the cost of replacing and maintaining something similar would be far too high in the long term to contemplate.