I'm just wondering if many people on here are like me, and not originally from Sheffield? I come from Grantham in Lincolnshire, moved here in1989 for a job and liked it so much I never left. Now I have a partner, a good job and a life here and can't imagine living anywhere else. So, are there any other imports?

Not me. Sheffield born and bread! :thumbsup:

I was originally born in Liverpool, but moved around all over the place whilst my Dad was climbing his way up the corporate ladder, eventually ending up in commuterland just north of London.

I came to study at Sheffield University, liked the place and never left.

Alastair

You can take the girl out of Sheffield but you can't take Sheffield out of the girl :thumbsup:

Born and bred in Sheffield but living in Preston for now, altho' trying my damndest to get back to Sheffield :thumbsup:

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne moved to sheffield 1970, left late eighties.
moved about, Scotland, Derby now Lincs, looking to move back to Sheff though.
I still visit as often as i can to see friends and for the thriving live music scene.
It always feels like home to me although I'm not strictly native.
Top City :thumbsup: but i still suport the Maggies.

Born in Germany, dad was in the forces, lived daan saaf for a few years, then moved to Doncaster when I was 12, then moved to sheffield about a year and a half ago.

Joel

i was born in luton.

well as most of you who i have met know i am from Glasgow, i moved to sheffield in April 2000 :D

although for some reason first time i spoke to Kristian he asked what part of England i was from:rant: :rant:

Born London. Lived most of my life in Bradford and various parts of Wales....Moved to Sheffield May last year, to be closer to my family and partner.

I'm originally from Lancaster though I have spent most of my life in Japan as my parents worked out there whilst I was growing up. When they returned to the UK my parents moved to outside Manchester and I came to study at Sheffield University. I plan to move back to the Fylde coast with my partner (who I met in Sheffield) within the next 2-3 years.

Lower Erewash valley lad myself - just below DH Lawrence country on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border. Lived in Sandiacre, on the Derbyshire side until I was 18, and then we moved across the border to Stapleford - where my elderly parents still live.

Apart from 2 years living Teesside, I've only ever lived in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire before settling in Sheffield about 16 years ago now.

Born in Germany, lived all over the place, came to Sheffield initially to take up a job offer, spent a few years away but came back in 1992 but kind of wish I had gone for somewhere near Leeds back when I had the chance.

I was born in Derbyshire but my Dad's in the RAF so we've lived all over the place. The rest of my family is in Preston so that's always been my unofficial home.

Moved to Sheffield in 2003 with work and quite happy here for now.

I'm from sunny Devon, north coast. Was a great place to grow up and is still nice to visit but the small town mentality does my nut in if I spend too long there now.

My family are originally from these parts so I came to study at Hallam in 98 to embrace my northern roots.

I before any one cracks any funnies about rice pudding or custard,

Yes, I know how they make it so creamy...

DAve

Spent first 28 years living in Youlgrave, small village near Bakewell, then 18 months at Wards Brewery and been living in Chesterfield since April!

Now split up with girlfriend and selling house and looking to move back to Sheffield in a house share!

Originally posted by dwhembro
I'm from sunny Devon, north coast. Was a great place to grow up and is still nice to visit but the small town mentality does my nut in if I spend too long there now.

My family are originally from these parts so I came to study at Hallam in 98 to embrace my northern roots.

I before any one cracks any funnies about rice pudding or custard,

Yes, I know how they make it so creamy...

DAve

Come from a small village...know exactly what you mean!

Im a born and bred brummie.

Original Birmingham import.

I was born in Montreal, Canada.

My family live in Hampshire.

I came to Sheffield last year to study, and love it so much. Having to move to London in Sept though :(

I was born and bred in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Moved to Sheffield in Sept 2001 for university and have never left.

I'm off travelling next year but coming back to Sheffield for another year of university and then I would very much like to stay here but who knows where the wind will take me !!

born in sunderland, moved to sheff for uni

Im from the sunny town of Mexborough, Moved into the BIG city to goto Hallam Uni!

Croaks

Sheffield born and bred... Born in Nether Edge, lived in Chapeltown, Walkley and now Stannington.

I'm born and brought up in Edinburgh.

But I'm one of those who came to Sheffield University to do a course, found I loved the city and decided to stay here!

StarSparkle

Born at Netheredge, spent childhood in Dronfield, teen years in Northants, then back up to Sheffield to study and work. Now in Scotland.

I'm from Daventry, Northants. Moved to Sheffield 4 years ago for a love of steam engines (at that time was involved with an engine shed in Chesterfield). Sheffield's cool but I ultimately wanna end up living by the sea..hopefully not before too long! :)

Im from the North of Sheffield and have lived here all my life

im from shrewsbury, nobody knows where that is though

came to uni here and never left either

Born in Portsmouth 100% Southern - moved here almost 1 year ago 30 July 2004 :)

Its great up North... (I have family in the midlands and my sister also lives in Sheffield she's been here 5 years now)

I moved here for the cheaper way of living and to be amongst the friendly people :D

ps not all Southerner's are bad...

hehehe I agree Angel05, some of us Southerners are alright! But I've found on the whole, much friendlier here. Hmmm wonder how I'll get on in London in a few months? Will be v sad to leave :-(

Been in Sheffield 25 years now, I'm a townie at heart. Love the place but I gotta say the characters all in the people!

Grew up in the frozen tundra (Northumberland), a brief foray into Scotland and wound up here after a visit. I'm still impressed by the fact there are more than three buses a fortnight

*you can take the girl out of the small village mentality.........

Originally posted by KookyKoo
hehehe I agree Angel05, some of us Southerners are alright! But I've found on the whole, much friendlier here. Hmmm wonder how I'll get on in London in a few months? Will be v sad to leave :-(

I have noticed some do like to give us a bad name lol...

Back in November i took my partner down South as i was visiting my family & friends... in the evening the 2 of us went out on the town... i couldnt believe what i experienced i wanted to get home asap... I have never felt so uncomfortable down South ever! I felt as if i was being eyed up and down and starred at it was awful... nothing at all like going out in Sheffield...

Thank you friendly Northern people :wave:

From the Eastend of the smoke, a real geezer, know what I mean John?

Aww nice one! Big up Northerners!

Born in Newcastle - moved to Sheffield in 2000

born in Sheffield, lived near Worksop, Basildon and in Bakewell and been back here for the last 7 years.

I'm from Grimsby, but then lived in London for 10 years and then Australia. Now I find myself in Sheffield - with a very confussed accent!!

Originally from the Wakefield area, moved here for the Uni' in '84 and liked it so much I stayed.

Married a Sheffield lass, and have two kids (both born in Jessops).

When do I become "naturalised".

:confused:

Born and bred in south Manchester. Moved here in 2000. Fell in love with the place. No plans to leave.

ROTHERHAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Yeah!

Born in sheffield, but for the last 4 years have lived on the derbyshire/nottinghamshire boarder, where, unfortunatly you cant get a decent fishcake for love or money.

I'm from Grimsby. I moved here with my ex husband when he got a job here, been here 14 years now and don't want to go back(for good anyway).

I was born in Netheredge and moved to London 19 years later. Stayed there for 4 years, with a crafty year in Switzerland thrown in for good measure, and now live in Brighton.

Moving to Canada in 2 months and then possibly 3 years in Australia after that.

Originally posted by Bruce_Shark
When do I become "naturalised".

:

As I understand it, you get the cloth cap after 20 years, and the whippet after 30.

Born in Fleet Castle, Devon --> Singapore --> Cornwall -> Gibraltar --> Cornwall --> NZ --> fell into Sheffield and stayed.

Originally posted by bensonhedges
Originally posted by Bruce_Shark
When do I become "naturalised"


As I understand it, you get the cloth cap after 20 years, and the whippet after 30.
Thing is, I've lived in the "West Riding" of Yorkshire since I was born, so I've already got the flat cap, and whippet.

I still don't know how long it takes to become a "Sheffielder" though.

;)

I've moved around a lot - I'm originally from London, then moved to Brighton, then Bridgwater (Somerset), then East Grinstread (Sussex), then Mid Wales, then Telford, then Shrewsbury, THEN Sheffield -I've been here about 14 years now- and moved 10 times in Sheffield!

born in dunfermline, fife, lived in rosyth and auchtermuchty (honestly, this is a real place- home of the proclaimers, dont you know!) till 8, then lived in shildon, county durham till returning up north to edinburgh at the age of 19 for 4 years (although technically spent nearly a year of this in sunny stevenage!) before moving to sunny sheffield nearly 2 years ago. this has lead to one of the wierdest accents known to man (helped by lots of visits to scouse/ geordie/ london branches of the family)!!!

Originally posted by KookyKoo
hehehe I agree Angel05, some of us Southerners are alright! But I've found on the whole, much friendlier here. Hmmm wonder how I'll get on in London in a few months? Will be v sad to leave :-(
You'll find some people in London OK as well KookyKoo :) Good luck with the move.

Born in Brightside, moved to Cornwall, then back to Sheff. Left again to go to Montreal for nine years, lived in Newfoundland.
Then moved to Connecticut. Been here many years, and love it, but my heart is still in my once dirty old town.

Born in Sheffield, Live in Sheffield, Work in Sheffield...

Erm... Sheffield :)

Born in Grimsby- moved to Sheffield in 2000. Have vague plans to move to Japan but will be in Sheffield for at least the next 5 years.

Born In Rotherham, Moved to Barlborough,moved to Ibiza, back in Barlborough! want to move? anyone got a spare room for a lovely 20 yr old bloke??

Ooo! Quite a few Grimsby people here then!!

Originally posted by ddolly
Ooo! Quite a few Grimsby people here then!!

Yep we all escaped. :D

Originally posted by fuzzy
Yep we all escaped. :D

We got off the motorway at the first sign of civilisation (obviously Scunthorpe, Doncaster and Rotherham don't count :D )

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Im from Perth in Scotland and moved here 2years ago, its ok, but the nightlife leaves a bit to be desired!!

Im from County Durham.

A small pit village called Shotton Colliery.

Am I the only one.....not surprised.

Live in Laughton now near Dinnington

Born (1962) in a military Hospital in Dorset and lived there in Army married quarters for my first three years. Moved to Nan's in Harrogate whilst Dad trained to become an officer with the Doncaster Constabulary. Moved to Scawthorpe in 1965 and then to Kiveton in 1967. Moved to Chapeltown in 1973. Have lived in Worksop and Nottingham prior to going South about twenty years ago. Now feel stuck-in-a-rut here and I'm now looking to move back to Sheffield. Kev.

Born at 34 Colley Avenue 1963

moved to live in Bristol 1990

moved back 1992

Still living in Sheffield

born in banbridge, county down.. moved to stafford in the west midlands when i was less than a year old.. lived there 'til i moved to sheffield a year ago..

:)

Originally posted by Deejay
Born in Sheffield, Live in Sheffield, Work in Sheffield...

Erm... Sheffield :)

me too, me too, me too.

If I was a stick of rock and you cut me in two it would say SHEFFIELD through and through.

(please don't cut me in two though - that would hurt:o )

Born in Mexborough and moved to Sheffield when I was 2.

born and bred in sheffield, lived in Hillsborough all my life....

I was born in Rochdale, I moved to Sheffield in 2000 for uni and stayed. I've since lived in 6 different house in different areas of Sheffield, currently living in Woodseats.

Ayr in south-west Scotland, as well as Saudi for a bit. Just finished my four years in St Andrews and moving down south for another few years in two months. Can't wait.

Born in Sheffield

Live at Grenoside

Born in Sheffield like my parents and their parents and ...

Proud of it. I'm a hillsborough bloke though I was born in Langsett a long long time ago. Anyone remember all the terraced houses? Ooooo memory lane. I was actually born close to the shop I now run. Moved to Stocksbridge for a while but circled straight back home.

Still would be willing to move. Reckon home is where the heart is.

Dragon

Sheffield born n bread. Lived on Willoughby st (wensley est) till i was 5, then moved to Longley where i lived up untiil 4th June last year when I bought my first house in Gleadless Valley. :)

Originally posted by Splodge_CRB
[B]Been in Sheffield 25 years now, I'm a townie at heart. Love the place but I gotta say the characters all in the people!

Grew up in the frozen tundra (Northumberland), a brief foray into Scotland and wound up here after a visit. I'm still impressed by the fact there are more than three buses a fortnight


I remember us talking briefly in the CRB at christmas Sarah - (the first time I had ever heard your voice properly above the bands - it was a quiet night)
I remember thinking 'she talks nice' - :) Northumberland lass, ey :)

Where abouts were you born and how far away from that place are you now?

I was born in Worksop and moved to Sheffield when I was 2... I lived in the same house in Richmond Sheffield, until I was 17, then moved onto Queens Road... Then I moved a little further into the West.One complex... Not really gone far (10-15 mins in car)

So how about you then? :)

Born in Cleethorpes. Moved to Sheffield when i was 8.....lived in various districts. Moved to Rovrum a couple of years ago.

Born in Sheffield UK, moved to Canada, then to US.

Originally posted by poppins
Born in Sheffield UK, moved to Canada, then to US.

What made you move to Canada poppins? Such a big thing to do!

I was born in my parents' house in Sheffield where they still live. I now live in the house next door!

born in scotland moved to dinnington,now live in sheffield:D

born in bournemouth, then new milton, then glasgow, then cleethorpes, then lincoln, and movin to sheffield asap! im 20 and have lived in 36 houses! love moving!

Am a sheffield lass born & bred :clap:

I was born in Chesterfield........and that makes me a Derbyshire lass!

sheffield born and proud of it:thumbsup:

Spent the first 18 years of my life in Crewe (yes the one with all the trains). Moved up here in '95 to go to uni and been here ever since.

Originally posted by Saifa
Spent the first 18 years of my life in Crewe (yes the one with all the trains). Moved up here in '95 to go to uni and been here ever since.

isnt crewe railway station meant to be one of the biggest train stations in the uk or something ?

Originally posted by bensonhedges
As I understand it, you get the cloth cap after 20 years, and the whippet after 30.

Hey, I nearly qualify for a cloth cap!:clap:

I'm a cross-breed: half Brummie, half Black country.

Moved up to Sheffield to uni in 1988, still trying to lose the accent I brought with me.

Born in Wakefield, started working in Sheffield in 1991, moved here in 1993.

Good to see there's at least one other Wakefielder here.

I was born in a hospital in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea - formally Hammersmith and Fulham.

But always lived in Bexley borough - Greater London (Kent), then further into Kent - Singlewell, then back into Bexley's area.

Will be moving back out into an area that is further into Kent than where we are at the moment.

Sheffield born and bred. I occasionally catch myself referring to the time I 'lived in Liverpool', but in fairness I was only there three weeks! :D

K x

Originally posted by Hels
Born in Wakefield, started working in Sheffield in 1991, moved here in 1993.

Good to see there's at least one other Wakefielder here.

I was born in Wakefield, lived in Crofton, moved here to go to Poly in 1983. Liked it so much, never went back. Wakefield was too violent.:suspect:

I was born in wales down in the rhonda valley thats were my grandma was born came to live in sheffield when I was one year old and went down attercliffe to live so I have been a sheffielder all my life, I have lived in rotherham and spent 4 years in holland before moving back to england I have lived in doncaster, leeds, wakefield, york, and I am now thinking of moving to scotland for good this will be in 2 years time as there isnt much work for me down here I need a different place and some better landscapes to photograph so where better to do it but up in scotland and out at fort william where I am hoping to go with my family anything as got to be better than rotherham bring back the old sheffield & rotherham then I might stay but there isnt much chance of that is there.

Born and bred in mighty Sheffield up until now.
But im moving to Leeds on 14th Sept for uni.

Fancied a change you see :P

Born in Sheff, left at 18 for Paris where I stayed for 8 yrs. Moved back to London at 26 and had a 10 yr stint there (Battersea, Brixton, Balham, Streatham). One year out for travelling (RTW) then 6 months in the parallel universe of Mexborough, now Hoyland. Live closer to Barnsley but feel noooooo link whatsoever with the place. All my activities are centered around Sheff, and on my travels, have only ever heard really good things about the Steel City.

Off to Australia for evah in 2007.

Oh, and married a southerner I met on a ski trip in Andorra in 1996 who also really likes it up 'ere. :clap:

born in st Asaph north wales...............then lived in sheffield for 16 years..now living in Trelawnyd in north wales again!!!

born sheffield, mainly lived in darnall then woodhouse :)
now live near whitby

born at lowfield them moved to mearesbrook when i got married now at woodseats not moved far lol

lived in sheffield 6 all my life,1st 15 yrs at malin bridge up to wisewood,then back down to hillsborough,where no doubt i will stay unless i become very very rich.

DRAGON
i can remember a couple of roads where the langsette estate is now because my nan lived on bradley place and so did my aunt and uncle i think this ran of a road called greaves street,could be wrong on that account though,if you know better please jog my memory.

Born and lived in Sheffield till I was 21 - Wincobank, Chapeltown, High Green.

Now live in Selby, North Yorks.

Lived over half my life away from the city but still tell people I'm from Sheffield but now live in Selby !

ive been in sheffield for the past 5 years but im from kimberworth in rotherham

SouthWest Sheffield:

0 - 20 Woodhouse. Living with Mum & Dad.
20 - 22 Beighton. Bought house, but too far from bright lights.
22 - 24 Waterthorpe. Bought bungalow, what were we thinking.
24 - 30 Meersbrook. At last some culture.
30 - 33 Nuneaton. Narrowboat life fine for summer, but tough in winter.
33 - ? Meersbrook.

You can take the girl out of Sheffield but you can't take Sheffield out of the girl :thumbsup:

Born and bred in Sheffield but living in Preston for now, altho' trying my damndest to get back to Sheffield :thumbsup:

Just get on the M62 and head East....

0-2: Chapeltown
2-21: Lower Walkley
21-30: Stannington
30-at least 36: Netherthorpe