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View Poll Results: Should Jessica be granted the Freedom of the City?
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07-08-2012, 15:22
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Ditto this.........so much doom & gloom about, politics, banks going bust.....blah, blah,blah.......can't this young lass just put our city on the map without some dipstick trying to ruin it?
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Seconded. The prats!
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07-08-2012, 15:25
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Why not name a buiding after our Jess? there is a long tradition of naming public buildings and civic open spaces after famous people - Castle Markets/ Roy Castle, Peace Gardens/Charlie Peace, Winter Garden/Mike and Bernie Winters. Come on Julie Dore and assorted council fuddy duddy's lets continue this long held tradition to commemorate Sheffield's golden girl!
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Not many people knew where these names came from.
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The Moor, after Roger Moore
Church Street, after Charlotte Church
Waingate, after John Wayne
Park Square, after Mungo Park
West Street, after Mae West
etc.
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07-08-2012, 15:26
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Originally Posted by beefface
Why not name a buiding after our Jess? there is a long tradition of naming public buildings and civic open spaces after famous people - Castle Markets/ Roy Castle, Peace Gardens/Charlie Peace, Winter Garden/Mike and Bernie Winters. Come on Julie Dore and assorted council fuddy duddy's lets continue this long held tradition to commemorate Sheffield's golden girl!
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Sheffield also has a tradition of naming things after sports stars,for example Derek Dooley Way,(Sue) Barkers Pool,(Tony) Curry Canteen and of course the Coe-Op.
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07-08-2012, 15:27
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Same goes for this whole inspire a generation Olympic legacy that keeps getting banded about, Team GB have done fantastic at this years games and I think there is currently a bit of a feel good factor on the back of that, but that feel good factor will soon disappear once the games are over. Long term I'm not sure how much of a legacy the games will leave, will they really inspire a generation. I hope I'm proven wrong but let's see what things are like in 10 15 20 years time.
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On the right hand side of this page are the medals that GB have won in their entire Olympic history. 1908 would be a bit of a challenge to beat.   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_B...ummer_Olympics
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07-08-2012, 15:27
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Jumped up, arrogant little toerags. Why can't they go and find some traffic to play with or something.  Glad they sorted it out quick anyway.
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07-08-2012, 15:37
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The Moor, after Roger Moore
Church Street, after Charlotte Church
Waingate, after John Wayne
Park Square, after Mungo Park
West Street, after Mae West
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Penistone Road? 
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07-08-2012, 16:02
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How about naming a hospital after her - could call it Jess Ops
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07-08-2012, 16:17
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Park Hill flats named after Benny Hill.
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07-08-2012, 16:54
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how about naming a hospital after her - could call it jess ops
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ennis.............
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07-08-2012, 16:54
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It looked like someone had stubbed a cigarette out on the side by rubbing it round & round leaving a big black mark. The guy who came to patch it up kindly stood to one side while my daughter had her picture taken next to it. He'd also come to patch up the big crack in the front of it and actually took the door off the front so I'm we didn't turn up a few minutes later!
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Is this the graffitti you saw ?
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...1039407265.jpg
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07-08-2012, 17:00
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Gold Postboxes aren't only appearing in Sheffield though. They seem to be springing up wherever there is connections with a winner. Stamps as well, so don't get so uptight about it. Post offices way of saying Congrats I suppose, it's nice.  |
I read (somewhere on the BBC website) that all Team GB Gold Medal winners get a stamp printed.
They deserve it too, IMO.
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07-08-2012, 17:05
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How about naming a hospital after her - could call it Jess Ops
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07-08-2012, 18:02
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I read (somewhere on the BBC website) that all Team GB Gold Medal winners get a stamp printed.
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That will irritate regatta 
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07-08-2012, 18:12
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With a little hypon its obvious, its Nick Clegg
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07-08-2012, 19:18
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Congrats to Jessica. What a worthy champion!
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07-08-2012, 20:07
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Hopefully this will restore some peoples faith in humanity at least.If not embarassing to the extreme for us.
My little girl is coming up 4 and loves Jessica Ennis.
On sunday we took her to the "Sheffield by the Sea" in Peace Gardens where she had her face painted as a "rainbow tiger", pink and blue with black stripes.
On the way home she insisted on having her photo taken next to the post box, she hugged the post box and we have a lovely picture but.................
the pink and black on this photo is her face paint, we never looked afterwards and had no idea it had come off on the post box.........
Yours, embarassed.
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07-08-2012, 21:00
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Amazing to think that her 100m hurdles time would have given her 4th place in the final. I think she could have got a medal if she'd decided to compete, but perhaps she thought that finishing with a bronze would have tarnished her gold.
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07-08-2012, 21:01
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You're not the Danny that she gave the elbow to a few years back,are you?
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Yeah,move on danny,dont be bitter
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07-08-2012, 21:03
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bout time sheffield was proud for a change
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07-08-2012, 21:05
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bout time sheffield was proud for a change
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A good proportion of sheffield have been proud the past couple of months.
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