Does anyone know what is happening with the old morrisons building in Darnall.
It is the largest building in Darnall and looks like it will stay till it falls into disrepair what a crying shame!!!

I think i read where the people of darnall were finally going to have a supermarket there.
cant remember which one.
but i remember seeing the article.
can anyone else help here.

The giant ASDA is only up the road, 5 minutes by bus.

they should knock it down and start again, its scruffy. if it opens as supermarket, itll have same probs as b4 - major shoplifting

Originally posted by tara
I think i read where the people of darnall were finally going to have a supermarket there.
cant remember which one.
but i remember seeing the article.
can anyone else help here.

It's going to be a Aldi(better than nothing!)

Originally posted by nick2
The giant ASDA is only up the road, 5 minutes by bus.


Maybe the residents of Darnall dont want to get on a packed 52, squeeze our way round Asda and then get on another packed 52 bus...

I've heard that Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, the Co-Op AND Tescos are moving in there, so take your pick!!!!

Originally posted by gremlin_mick
Maybe the residents of Darnall dont want to get on a packed 52, squeeze our way round Asda and then get on another packed 52 bus...


I'd walk to ASDA if Aldi was the alternative, not that I'm a snob or anything but Aldi is a scummy dump.
But, each to their own.

Originally posted by nick2
I'd walk to ASDA if Aldi was the alternative, not that I'm a snob or anything but Aldi is a scummy dump.
But, each to their own.

Too right mate,i would rather risk my life pram dodging in Meadowhall to get to sainsbury's than go to Aldi!

May have been covered before, if so I apologize, but what is to happen to the old Morrisons Shop at Darnall Terminus. Since it's closure many other shops have closed leaving a feeling of a ghost town. OK so there is a Morrisons down the Parkway, but my in laws are old and they do not drive. To visit Morrisons Darnall was an 'adventure' where they could do a spot of shopping and meet other people their age in the area.

My father-in-law met a person he went to school with when he was 8 years old, they are both 82 and it was the first time they had seen each other in that time, and instantly recognised each other. It's a small world.

Not sure what is happening with the site now, but I can throw some light on why it closed, and was built as one of the smallest Morrison's ever.

The store closed as you suggested because of the proximity to the new store at Catcliffe.

When the store was planned, it was to be roughly twice the size it ended up. Morrison's had bought the next 'block' also, and had planned to build across a small public highway to create a large store. Planning permission was refused for this, so they had little choice but to cut their losses, and build on the bigger plot. This is what I was told when I worked for the group many moons ago anyway!

i heard a while back it was going to be a netto

Last i heard via Sheff Star was that Lidl had taken it over :confused:

Kristian, did you actually work at the Darnall more-reasons? or another store, only asking cos I worked at Darnall one, only for a year '03, but wondering if i know you.

I did read that someone was taking it on, but can't remember who exactly. That area certainly needs something.

lidl have bought the site and are going to demolish it and rebuild a bigger store, i think that all the shops on that block are going as well such as oxfam as morrisons owned these buildings also.

hubby was in the library the other day and saw plans for a lidl so yes this seems true. since i have a shop 2 mins away from it we get lots of folks tickle tackling about what it was supposed to be , folks have said , netto, coop, sainsbury, iceland, and like market place where all different shops would all have there own stalls < heehee> these folks new this for certain too, having got various family or friends in *the know* ;)
as for ghost town, yes it certainly has become a lot deader since, the pound shop a few doors down says he has seen a considerable drop in trade. and the shower shop next door is hardly ever open, even the domonatrix above us has stopped trading... leavin me with a right drop in sales of nag champ incense :|

Found this on the Council website from September.

Morrisons Site


The Chair stated that Morrisons had now sold the site to Lidl Stores who were in the process of preparing a planning application to submit in order to redevelop the site.


In response to concerns regarding the Chemist, Members believed that the Chemist would remain. With regard to the recycling facilities Members suggested that residents had expressed their wish for the recycling facilities to remain during the consultation period before Lidl submitted their planning application, which would allow Lidl to incorporate the existing recycling facilities in their planning application.

There is scaffolding up at the old Morrisons at Darnall Terminus. Its at the loading bay. My father-in-law is asking me whats occuring, cos he knows the forumers know everything, so I am asking you. Anyone got any ideas

its going to be a lidl supermarket should be open in july :D

I will pass the information on, thank you

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Originally posted by DAVEGARY
Does anyone know what is happening with the old morrisons building in Darnall.
It is the largest building in Darnall and looks like it will stay till it falls into disrepair what a crying shame!!!

Building coming down

we nipped into lidl on prince and was talkin to someone in there, apparently due to one thing and another the date has been put back to september for the darnall one to open.

yeah i heard also that the darnall old morrisons will be a lidl,

and dont be surprised if the lidl in the middle of prince of wales rd becomes a job lot.

and i cant tell you how i know that :thumbsup: :hihi:

whats a job lot? i only live behind it on viking lea so i just gotta know LOL :D

Originally posted by Litha
whats a job lot? i only live behind it on viking lea so i just gotta know LOL :D

Job lot is a shop full of out of date food with no labels on the products, so it is jus pot luck wat u end up with never been there myself thankfully that is wat i hav been told

thanx booboo
well i dont think i would want to shop somewhere , where the stuff is out of date and i hadnt got a clue what was in it, :(
i hope they keep it as a lidl then

Anyone know what they are doing on this land?

Nope, saw it was all flattened though the other day when I went past.

I heard a netto or aldi

Netto...but not sure

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Originally posted by booboo
Job lot is a shop full of out of date food with no labels on the products

How does that work? You buy a tin of somthing for your tea but don't know until you get home whether it's spagetti hoops, mushy peas or dog meat? :help:

Its definitely going to be a Lidl - they have flattened the site because it was cheaper to knock it down and put up a new building than renovate the old one (heard that from an ex Morrisons employee). I think the new building will be in the style of the Lidl at Stocksbridge if anyone has seen it.

Liz

Lidl is good, much better than Netto. We often go to the one in Stocksbridge rather than Tesco on Infirmary road.