The Ecclesall Rd debate (consolidated) - - Page 2

t020 · 10-06-2003, 13:11

Yes Whirlow is. But I'm sure DaBouncer wouldn't like his area being tarnished with an ALLEGED murder that happened over 2 miles from his actual area.

PaulTansley · 10-06-2003, 13:18

You say Tarnish as though Ecclesall is imune from being associated with crime.........Why are you ashamed of crime in Ecclesall, you know murders have happened in Ecclesall before and crime goes on there to as much as anywhere else.
Ecclesall is not full law obiding citizens....Remember Parkhead house.

t020 · 10-06-2003, 13:27

Crime happens everywhere, but I don't think you can say it happens equally in all areas of Sheffield, because it doesn't. There are many outsiders on this forum that may want to move to Ecclesall, but could be put off thinking it is some kind of murder capital just because a body has been found over 2 miles away. I think it is important to clarify the facts on important issues like this, thats all.

PaulTansley · 10-06-2003, 13:39

Fair point.Ecclesall is a nice area to move to but one murder is,nt going to put people off moving there.
If someone wants to move to Ecclesall and comes on this forum to ask opinions of it then i,m sure it will recieve possitive feedback, I live at Longley and this area gets tied with Parson cross but where i live is as nice as where you live, granted most of Longley cannot be put in the same bracket.
But most importantly if someone thinks about moving to Ecclesall then they would certainly go and check it out before hand and i,m sure it will prove possitive, but i,m just saying crime rates in Longley are not as high as Parson Cross and i,m sure Ecclesall is the same but burglarys are high in your area simply because its an affluent area.
If you want to burgle a house then go somewhere where its worth burgling, thats what the criminals think.

DaBouncer · 10-06-2003, 14:16

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Originally posted by "The Cycleracer"

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Originally Posted by t020

Get your A-Z out then! Where internetowl means is virtually city centre, how can that be classed as Ecclesall when the actual area of Ecclesall isn't for another 2 miles up the road? Just because the road is called Ecclesall. If I'm driving down London Road am I in London?

Sorry to disagree Bouncer but in this case i happen to aggree with t020.
Ecclesall starts around the Wheatsheaf Pub just after Bents Green and i would say Wards brewery is closer to Sharrow.
Whirlow though is more upper class than Ecclesall so aggreemant on that.

Apologies, I though we were refering to the area around Hunters Bar round about... DOH! In that case t020 is correct!

But I AM right about Whirlow not being Ecclesall at all!

kittykat · 10-06-2003, 16:21

A violent murder happened down the road from me and i was more bothered about the person who was murdered and whether the murderer got caught, etc than whether my area would be classed as 'bad' cos of it. Having said that though it is annoying if your area gets a bad name when it doesn't deserve to.

Internetowl · 10-06-2003, 19:43

Cycler where abouts in Longley do you live? I'm also Longley based currently....its a bit dodgy in bits although the road I live on is pretty quiet except for the teenage girls across the road.

PaulTansley · 11-06-2003, 06:44

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Originally posted by "Internetowl"

Cycler where abouts in Longley do you live? I'm also Longley based currently....its a bit dodgy in bits although the road I live on is pretty quiet except for the teenage girls across the road.

I live very close to Herries Drive.....P***R Rd.
Is that near you.

Classic Rock · 13-06-2003, 13:51

Theres a sign outside the flats across the road from my pub that announces you're entering Ecclesall.

max · 13-06-2003, 14:50

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Originally posted by "Classic Rock"

Theres a sign outside the flats across the road from my pub that announces you're entering Ecclesall.

Nice one Classic. That's it then, the murder was in Eccesall. That should make people in Sharrow/Broomhall sleep easier in their beds.

t020 · 13-06-2003, 14:51

Doesn't it say Welcome to Ecclesall ROAD?

chalicefc3 · 27-08-2003, 20:42

you lots make me laff - how could something so serious as a bit of old buchery digress into a discussion about the rights and the wrongs of being 'misplaced' as residents of the steel city. Purely comical and neglects the original point as raised by the stunning Internetowl. The truth is this - Ecclesall Rd spans a vast distance covering; Broomhall, Sharrow (sorta), Hunters Bar, Greystones, Bannercross, Ringinglow, Ecclesall, Whirlow, Dore. Each place is independant and rightly so. While a mincer living in Broomhall might enjoy his/her new found status as a resident of Ecclesall - i doubt very much that this view would be shared by the residents of the rather posh Ecclesall itself. I think it is funny to think that this has sparked such a redundant debate - you have to feel for the poor lad/lass that got mooked in order for such a debate to arise. God bless the Porter Brook - the body will no doubt work its way down stream!!!! By the way - the sign that greets you reads 'Welcome to Ecclesall Road' and if i recall rightly it mentions something along the lines of being sponsored by Fiat AutoWorld at last count.

ermmmmm finally - Internetowl, i want your babies!!! xxx

t020 · 27-08-2003, 23:39

Well, thank you at least for being in the seemingly minority of Sheffielders who understand the fact that Ecclesall is a separate area to a road named after it a few miles away.

George · 28-08-2003, 20:23

might have been that old so and so from the star pictures across the road from the brewery who walked up and down in the aslies shining his torch,had a limp come to thing of it yea i hope its him he ruined a great night once on the back row grrrrrrrrr.

tinajones · 28-08-2003, 20:59

i used to live ON ecclesall rd (nr banner cross) and it was horrible.

drunk students waking you up at 3am, graffitti and sick outside our house from their antics and once a wheelie bin through our front window! that area is ROUGH.

and once i saw some girls hitting a barbie doll with a brick. theres just nothing provided for the youth to do in that area.

not that i'm area-code-ist or anything.

t020 · 28-08-2003, 21:13

I wouldn't go as far to say that Ecclesall Road is ROUGH. It does have some graffiti problems in places, and drunk students do seem to be taking over and working their way further up towards hunters bar and banner cross.

tinajones · 28-08-2003, 21:21

just because its more expensive to live around there and theres a plethora of restaurants doesnt mean anything.
most of the people who drink down the champs/nursery end of eccy rd are not from that area. i've seen hordes of then catch the bus in. put their evisu or ironed shirt on and join the middle classes they do.

t020 · 29-08-2003, 00:06

Champs is the town end of Ecclesall Road. I'm saying that, whilst students can get drunk and rowdy, you could hardly call Ecclesall Road a rough area. I'd feel 10 times safer walking down there at night than I would in the town centre or on other big roads like London Road. Also, remember Ecclesall Road IS NOT Ecclesall.

emma_uk · 29-08-2003, 01:10

Oh for goodness sake t020. Why are you so protective of your precious Ecclesall?

And, more to the point, why are you more bothered about what people think of your area, than the fact that someone is dead???

Dug · 29-08-2003, 09:13

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[i] Also, remember Ecclesall Road IS NOT Ecclesall. [/B]

Yeah I think we get the message now, it is getting rather tiresome and you are starting to sound like a snob.