We all spend a lot of time moaning about what we don't like, so I thought it would be interesting to see what we do like about Sheffield.

I'll go first.

The Botanical gardens.
The art gellery on top of the library in town.
Weston Park Museum.
The cafe near Forge Dam that does great bacon sarnies.
Norfolk Park.
Riverlin.
Mamas & Leonis.
Fishcakes.
The view of the city from my house.

Arrgh...pedantic urges must be fought...

It's Rivelin...not Riverlin.

I'm very fond of:

-Rivelin
-A certain football stadium in S6
-The Fat Cat
-The Closed Shop
-The Old Heavygate
-The Corporation (when the DJ plays music rather than his last coughing fit in front of his mate's band jamming)
-The Showroom
-Bishop's House
-High Matlock
-Crookes
-The Kelham Island Victorian Xmas Market

And the city's many fine Italian restaurants.

bramall lane

niche all niter

reflex records

studio beats

shapla resturant

walking from town to rotherham along the canal

Originally posted by kirky
walking from town to rotherham along the canal

That sounds good, how long does it take, roughly ?

Have they tackled the little problem of the two-dozen sofas to every mile?

Originally posted by Carmine
Have they tackled the little problem of the two-dozen sofas to every mile?

at my age they are most welcome :D

Originally posted by nick2
That sounds good, how long does it take, roughly ?

usually all day for me and my laddo..but we aint in no rush coz we make dens and stuff on the way..or do a spot of fishing.

Originally posted by kirky
at my age they are most welcome :D

The ones I saw were in the canal, you'd be comfy but wet!

Originally posted by Carmine
The ones I saw were in the canal, you'd be comfy but wet!

ideal place for whipping the rod out:thumbsup:

Is it nice out?

Originally posted by Carmine
Is it nice out?

slightly cloudy here but quite warm

Originally posted by kirky
ideal place for whipping the rod out:thumbsup:

Might rain later, think I'll keep mine in.

Originally posted by Carmine
Might rain later, think I'll keep mine in.

good idea:thumbsup:

The view of Sheffield from the top of Meersbrook Park, or from the Hallamshire Hospital. Its the next best thing to an aerial flypast.

Originally posted by kirky
good idea:thumbsup:

Less trouble from the police that way...

stop it now:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: i was talkin fishing rod:hihi:

Originally posted by kirky
stop it now:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: i was talkin fishing rod:hihi:

So was I!

The police hassle me 'cos I got no licence and the rain's a bugger as I lost my fisihing umbrella.

What did you think I was talking about!!!

As a family we like :

Hillsborough Park
Greaves Park
The Millenium Galleries
Western Park Museum (looking forward to it re-opening)
The Fire Museum
The Peace Gardens (lovely way to spend a sunny day)
Rivelin
The Winter Gardens

And most of all we like the people!!

I wonder if they will keep all the old crap at Weston Park Museum, like that bald lion and the bozz-eyed polar bear.

I hope so.

Looking foreward to seeing the refurb though.

Hmm

I like all the bars on west and division street
Corporation
West one
Devonshire Green
The people
Subways

Originally posted by nick2
I wonder if they will keep all the old crap at Weston Park Museum, like that bald lion and the bozz-eyed polar bear.

I hope so.

Looking foreward to seeing the refurb though.

Don't forget the sweaty sumo wrestlers and the platypus!

Originally posted by Carmine
Don't forget the sweaty sumo wrestlers and the platypus!

Oh yeah the sumo's :0)
I hope they bring the bees back.

and the beehive

Originally posted by kirky
and the beehive

When I were small, they had a ruddy great digger made out of matchsticks...and the mummies scared me sh*tless!

Originally posted by Carmine
When I were small, they had a ruddy great digger made out of matchsticks...and the mummies scared me sh*tless!

I didn't have a problem with anything being scarey until they installed those chests of drawers with the giant stuffed spiders and assorted creepy-crawlies in, I'm terrified of spiders.

Hunters Bar and Sharrowvale Rd.
The 'Ox Stones' on the moors at Ringinglow.

Originally posted by nick2
I didn't have a problem with anything being scarey until they installed those chests of drawers with the giant stuffed spiders and assorted creepy-crawlies in, I'm terrified of spiders.

They creeped my other half out...the giant stag's head still puts me about!

I hope they keep all the fossils and crystals too, I loved those when I was a kid.

They can lose the china displays though, they were boring.

The greatest museum in the city, without doubt!

The thing that freaked me out as a kid was the hairs on the Sumo wrestlers!! Tiny hairs on their bodies made me wonder of they were real people!!! Very very odd as a kid!!!

Originally posted by FetishFairy
The thing that freaked me out as a kid was the hairs on the Sumo wrestlers!! Tiny hairs on their bodies made me wonder of they were real people!!! Very very odd as a kid!!!

I always found their eyes menacing!

I hated walking through the hall where they kept the primate skeletons also...the skulls and horns mounted on the far wall and the darkness...the stuff of a child's nightmares.