Saw this in tonights STAR at last something positive in the paper.

* Sheffield is one of the safest cities in the UK according to Goverment stats and South Yorkshire Police

* It's also England's greenest city, with 150 woodlands anmd 50 public parks. 1/3 of Sheffield is within the Peak District National park. No other city has a national park within its boundaries.

*A workforce of 1,000,000 is with 1 hour drive of Sheffield

*Famous Sheffield exports include Stainless Steel, Liquorice Allsorts, and Henderson Relish. More than 1/2 the worlds surgical blades are made in Sheffield

*Guardian readers voted the Sheffield Showroom the best Independent Cinema and the Crucible Theatre won Barclay Theatre of the year in 2001.
The Crucible has hosted the World Professional Snooker Championships every year since 1977

*Sheffield FC are the worlds oldest football club and still play today. The first football rule book wa produced in Sheffield in 1857

* The Guiness book of Records says the longest ever rainbow was in Sheffield! It was over Shefield University's Firth Court, Alfred Denny Building and the Arts Tower on March 14 1994 and was visable continusly for over 6 hours

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