View Full Version : Interesting things about Sheffield - as random as you like!
I recently went to see my mum's cousin in Brighton and she gave us a tour of Brighton, knowing everything there was to know about everywhere!
I then realised I know nothing much about Sheffield where I've lived since I was about 4!
So anything you know that I could tell visitors about our city - please put down in this thread! Would be interesting to find out!
Thanks!
Lottie x
:hihi: read through all the stuff in 'History and ex-pats' Lotti, and we'll see youback here in 6 months time :thumbsup: :hihi:
LOL oh right! Thanks!
I didn't know where to look (I was born blonde you know!)
Right - i'll get reading (I should soooo be doing college work)
gemstone2 25-09-2005, 20:35 erm... interesting things about sheffield... nite life is pretty gud!!
there's all sorts wen u start thinkin bout it! - ski village place, etec etc....
bigflesh 25-09-2005, 21:02 Its built on 7 hills. Like Rome, Italy.
bigflesh 25-09-2005, 21:03 Half of the city's population live within 15 minutes of open countryside
bigflesh 25-09-2005, 21:09 Each year, households in Sheffield create approximately 240,000 tonnes of waste. This is enough to fill Ponds Forge pool 160 times.
bigflesh 25-09-2005, 21:10 45,300 bins every week day are collected from households in Sheffield
bigflesh 25-09-2005, 21:14 Sheffield is considered one of England's greenest cities with over 150 woodlands, and approximately 50 public parks.
Wow thanks!
Some of those statistics are amazing!
Can I ask - I really should know this, but how many people are actually living in Sheffield?
During term time or in the holidays? ;)
souldave 26-09-2005, 09:58 Permanent populations is over 500,000
Classic Rock 26-09-2005, 10:08 Have a look at this site (http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-neighbours/l/sheffield-4610.html)
Rite this isnt a place but it is something that u shud see.
At night when its dark and all you can see is streetlamps, go up to wincobank where limpsfield school is and theres a white fence that lets u c the whole of sheffield lit up at night. its really beautiful and i recommend seeing it.
There are three trees for every person in Sheffield 1,500,000
Samuel Plimsol (of the plimsol line on ships) lived on Regent St and worked as a clerk at Rawsons Brewery in Pond St.
Ditz is quite right. I used live at Page Hall and would go up on to the top of Wincobank, where the old fort is/was. You can see the whole of Sheffield all the way round and it is indeed amazing to see all the lights. Bit dodgy coming back down in the dark though!!!
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