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12-06-2003, 11:23
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Tottyrator
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Born under a bad sign
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OK have you moved here from somewhere else.
Do you class yourself as a Sheffielder?
Have you been adopted as a Sheffielder?
Or are you an outcast?
Here IMHO are a few famous people who have been adopted as Sheffielders.
Dave Bassett - Londoner - Still lives here after managing United
Chris Waddle - Geordie - Still lives here after his spell at Wednesday
John Riley - Scouser - Boy On a Dolphin Singer lives here after moving here to work at Cole Bros before forming his band.
There are loads more, put em down or let me know if you have been adopted by the friendly folk of Sheffield.
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12-06-2003, 11:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sheffield Southside
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I consider myself as a Sheffielder these days - first moved here in '85, and apart from 2 years away in Bradford/Halifax have been here ever since. Not sure if that's long enough to become an honorary Sheffielder though....
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12-06-2003, 11:38
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Leftie epeeist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Stannington
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I don't know about being adopted as a Sheffielder but when I told someone I was moving to Walkley they said I couldn't do that as I was a Crookes-ite.
Does that count?
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12-06-2003, 11:40
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Tottyrator
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Location: Born under a bad sign
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Mike
I hereby grant you honorary membership of the most elite club in the world.
Certificate is on its way and the presentations will be made at the annual Forum get together.
Anymore?????
I hear Simon Groom ex Blue Peter now lives around here.
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12-06-2003, 11:54
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Registered User
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Location: Sheffield Southside
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Awwww! I feel all warm inside 
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12-06-2003, 11:56
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Registered User
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Location: NE Derbyshire
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Quote:
Originally posted by "mikey"
Mike
I hereby grant you honorary membership of the most elite club in the world.
Certificate is on its way and the presentations will be made at the annual Forum get together.
Anymore?????
I hear Simon Groom ex Blue Peter now lives around here.
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Simon Groom has a farm out Matlock way. I believe he breeds pigs (the spotty ones). He originates from up here and came back 'home' from London (having lived in London myself for 3 years I can't say that I blame him).
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12-06-2003, 12:30
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Bolton Boy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sheffield
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I came to uni here in 1997 and stayed on. If someone asks me where I'm from I say "Sheffield" ... but that's normally followed by "well, originally from Bolton, but I moved to Sheffield"...
There's no Yorkshire / Lancashire divide as far as I'm concerned 
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12-06-2003, 13:59
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Forum Cynic
Join Date: Apr 2003
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My theory is that people who have lived in Sheffield all or most of their lives don't appreciate what makes Sheffield really special, compared to those who have moved here recently and have yardsticks to measure it against.
I didn't fully appreciate the warmth of Sheffield people until I spent a decade in Liverpool (big mistake)
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12-06-2003, 14:13
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Leftie epeeist
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by "Abby"
My theory is that people who have lived in Sheffield all or most of their lives don't appreciate what makes Sheffield really special, compared to those who have moved here recently and have yardsticks to measure it against.
I didn't fully appreciate the warmth of Sheffield people until I spent a decade in Liverpool (big mistake)
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Perhaps that explains the people on this forum who have negative views of Sheffield, its council and its less salubrious areas. It would be an interesting exercise to list the negative posters and those born and bred here and see if there is any correlation.
I've only spent 60% of my life, so far, in Sheffield which may explain why I think Sheffield is great.
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The study, published in Psychological Science, claims that right-wing ideology forms a 'pathway' for people with low reasoning ability to become prejudiced against groups such as other races and gay people. - Daily Mail Feb 2012
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12-06-2003, 14:22
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Tottyrator
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Looks like we have 2 more potential members to the club.
Tony may need a few more years yet
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12-06-2003, 14:26
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Forum Cynic
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Quote:
Originally posted by "mikey"
Looks like we have 2 more potential members to the club.
Tony may need a few more years yet
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Moi? I was born here mate! (and my two sons as well - didn't want them growing up with Scouse accents)
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12-06-2003, 14:50
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Bolton Boy
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sheffield
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Quote:
Originally posted by "mikey"
Looks like we have 2 more potential members to the club.
Tony may need a few more years yet
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Well, start chalking them up - cos I reckon I'm here to stay! 
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12-06-2003, 14:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by "maxt"
Perhaps that explains the people on this forum who have negative views of Sheffield, its council and its less salubrious areas. It would be an interesting exercise to list the negative posters and those born and bred here and see if there is any correlation.
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I have only been here 2 years, and I think Sheffield is great. However we also have some serious problems and the attitudes of our Council is one of these. I don't think duration of stay in Sheffield has anything to do with why so many are complaining about the Council. Are you implying that those who have recently moved here find the Council great?
The complaints about the council are related purely to the fact that they are inept and class-obsessed and have no realistic long-term vision.
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12-06-2003, 14:58
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Leftie epeeist
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I just find that the people who bang on about the council are the same ones who have negative views generally. I wasn't implying the council is great just using it as an example of the negativism found on this forum.
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12-06-2003, 14:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Sheffield
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I've been here 3 1/2 months and already I think I wanna stay. Couldn't really call myself a Sheffielder yet. Haven't got the accent or anything. When will I qualify? Is there some sort of passing out ceremony...?
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12-06-2003, 15:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by "maxt"
I just find that the people who bang on about the council are the same ones who have negative views generally.
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This is really an argument by intimidation (i.e anyone who criticises the council does so because they are horrible and negative). I don't have "negative views generally" (whatever that means) but uphold my right to be negative about things which are negative.
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12-06-2003, 15:16
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Tottyrator
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Born under a bad sign
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Sorry abby you are in mate,
Tony Ok then you can be in too, sounds positive that you wanna stay
E man - at least 12 months reqd, then you have to pass the test, before ceremonial ordainment by the Forum Members
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12-06-2003, 15:44
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Barking
Forum Helper
Join Date: May 2003
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How about me - 11 straight years. Never tempted to leave. About to marry a sheffield man. Have a Sheffield dog  Protect Sheffield against my mother's scorn, and have written many nice things about Sheffield on this forum My work has always been deeply community based (being a community worker and all lol) and I know more Sheffield history than many Sheffielders.
Can I be a Sheffielder please?
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12-06-2003, 15:55
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Forum Cynic
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Dodging bullets in the 'hood
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Don't see why not...would your mother like to join as well...?
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12-06-2003, 22:07
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Registered User
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Location: Great Britain
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Genuine chromium plated, made in sheffield!!!
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