Hole In The Road (Including an ode)

ODE TO HOLE IN THE ROAD

When the hole was first thought of it caused such a stir

A hole in the road ? Why ? How much and where ?

The council debate raged to and fro for o’er three year,

Many thought the idea was daft, a bit queer.

But, at last it were decided - an ole we shall ‘ave

The Council knows best said t’Mayor, and agreed to the scheme

Madness said some, and so it did seem.

And so in due course, it came to pass, after two further year

The largest bloody hole in the road in the whole of South Yorkshire.

Nobody liked the hole. No decent shops in it, no lavs, no character or sole.

What did thee expect said t’ Mayor – its only a hole.

And now, ee you would never guess

They’ve dug up the hole and moved it to a new address!

Where is it now ? –Nobody knows and nobody cares,

What a terrible, terrible state of affairs.

If they had only left it there where it was – now just think on………

they could have dumped the new Town hall in it – that’s another thing that’s gone.

Steve Gos

I know what happened to the hole in the road - they cut it up into smaller holes and distributed them all over the City's roads...

stephstellar wrote:

I know what happened to the hole in the road - they cut it up into smaller holes and distributed them all over the City's roads...

I like that one.....I wonder which road got the fish tank, the toilets and Tommy the tramp ???

best thing about the 'ole in't road:

the Lazer Quest Fire escape was there, when it got blocked off, the LQ shut down

Hi. Does anyone remember the year the hole in the road was filled in?

[Edited by Tony Ruscoe - removed capitals - there's no need to shout ]

It would have been filled in around 1991/1992 for the supertram work.It was the demolished Kelvin flats that were used to fill in the hole, hope the fish got out first!

According to the front page of the Sheffield Star at the time an italian style piazzo (square) for the supertram stop would be built in its place. WHAT WENT WRONG!!!

I used to love looking at those fish when I was a kid.

Ah memories....

it's so famous! Rang up for insurance the other day, got put through to a call centre in Glasgow, and when the guy knew I was from Sheffield he asked about the hole in the road? He'd only ever visited the city once, when he was about 5 but he remembered it!

If it was here today, we'd probably be too scared to go in it! But still has good memories for me as a kid. Seeing the fish almost topped being the first to press the bell on the bus when your mum brought you into town!!!

I came to Sheffield late 93' and it was still there, but not for long. I seem to remember it being filled in soon afterwards.

Not that long ago, I was asked by a visitor to Sheffield for directions to the Bankers Draft. I pointed the guy in the right direction, and he said he'd got lost because his friend, who he was meeting, had told him to look for the Hole in the Road.

Of course, today, there are many holes in Sheffield's roads - most of them testimony to our council's lack of investment.

I remember where the Hole was, of course, but where did the passageways run to?

Where could you get into the underground world that was the Hole in the Road?

One of em popped out near the carpet Kingdom if I remember rightly.