Look at my pictures of sheffield markets!

pete_fcs · 21-06-2006, 10:38

look at my pictures of sheffield markets!

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...stle%20market/

Jabberwocky · 21-06-2006, 10:56

Brilliant. The only thing that I dont like about them is they make me homesick! I love looking at Pics of Sheffield, the old ones for the memories and the new ones to see how things have changed since I left there. People here think I`m insane for missing my home city so much, but I cant help it, I love the city and its people. It gets into the blood in ways that you dont realise until you leave.

pete_fcs · 27-06-2006, 10:20

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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky

Brilliant. The only thing that I dont like about them is they make me homesick! I love looking at Pics of Sheffield, the old ones for the memories and the new ones to see how things have changed since I left there. People here think I`m insane for missing my home city so much, but I cant help it, I love the city and its people. It gets into the blood in ways that you dont realise until you leave.

glad you like 'em!

i wouldn't get too homesick though....although i try to capture the mood of sheffield, once you get here all that atmosphere turns into dirt, grime and real life!!

Jabberwocky · 27-06-2006, 10:22

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Originally Posted by pete_fcs

glad you like 'em!

i wouldn't get too homesick though....although i try to capture the mood of sheffield, once you get here all that atmosphere turns into dirt, grime and real life!!

Thats what I miss! I just saw the Parson Cross pics and Its hard to believe that theyd demolish it all. When I was a kid I imagined the cross would be there forever.

pete_fcs · 27-06-2006, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky

Thats what I miss! I just saw the Parson Cross pics and Its hard to believe that theyd demolish it all. When I was a kid I imagined the cross would be there forever.

i must admit parson cross looks loads better now most of it is gone! it's semi-rural now!

i was against it at first, but i think it was the right decision.

pete_fcs · 06-10-2006, 10:28

added this one today:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ighill2006.jpg

looks like an old pic but it ain't!

it's opposite the co-op near the market

climberone · 06-10-2006, 10:46

Does anyone remember the old woman with the weighing scales for people in the old market??

normanmarina · 06-10-2006, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Jabberwocky

Brilliant. The only thing that I dont like about them is they make me homesick! I love looking at Pics of Sheffield, the old ones for the memories and the new ones to see how things have changed since I left there. People here think I`m insane for missing my home city so much, but I cant help it, I love the city and its people. It gets into the blood in ways that you dont realise until you leave.

I know exactly what you mean,for years I longed to return home but it was rose tinted spectacles Ime afraid as I got the opportunity in the late 80s when I was offered a job as a joiner with the council,I started the job but no sooner had I got started I knew my children would be better off growing up in a smaller environment so I moved back sharpish,I still love sheffield but it was sheffield of the early 70s I was longing for!!!!!!

pete_fcs · 07-10-2006, 20:49

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Originally Posted by climberone

Does anyone remember the old woman with the weighing scales for people in the old market??

can't remember her, but does anyone remember the old bloke who used to do a song and a dance near the kiosk outside the entrance to castle market?

pete_fcs · 07-10-2006, 20:51

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Originally Posted by normanmarina

.....I still love sheffield but it was sheffield of the early 70s I was longing for!!!!!!

i think you are right.

the old sheffield i loved went years ago. we've got a new, cleaner version but to get the old character i reckon you need to move further north again now, to somewhere a bit more derelict and un-modernised/ sanitised.