kal77uk

Im 31 TODAY!! i left in 1994. I havent lived in Sheffield full time since Oct 1994. I do visit one off but i dont recognise anyone. No one seems to know anyone from those days.

No, i just asked this Somalian, why he was always awash with these receipts and cash, when he was supposed to have been disabled from the civil war. He told me the majority of Somalians, expecially those on benefits used transfer agencies to send money home. The Pakistani, is always bugging me to give him a life to Manchester, he told me because lots of people from his village called Mirpur in Pakistan, fly PIA, so he can use these couriers to hand over cash at the other end. Why would these two have a problem discussing this with me?? What has the BNP got to do with it? I know you are black and from a criminal background but it looks like you really have got your wires twisted.

What if we win --- unlike the majority of people like you on this forum. I have had the opportunity to see this lady's Home Office file. Your "facts" are made up and have no evidential basis. Stop making things up, you clearly do not know about.

For those quoting Roger Blades, i recently saw him in 2005, when the big athletics meeting comes to DOn Valley Stadium, he was taking measurements for the triple jump i think it was, or the long jump, depending which way he was facing.

there is another related thread, but most of it is from people in the 60-80s

What happened to Park House, Bawtry Road, Tinsley. All i know was that it was going to close in 1995, but since nothing, no website, nothing on facebook. There must have been people who were there in its final days???

RUBBISH - most immigrants dont contribute, most of them send money home. My Somali neighbour as soon as she gets his dole, sends money through Dahabshiil to Mogadishu. My pakistani neighbour drives to Manchester where a "freind" who is about to board a PIA flight, takes the money for him. Most immgrants pay the most basic of tax. Nothing extra. Our income tax is increased because we spend untold millions on housing and feeding failed asylum seekers, and those who have lied and deceived to enter. If you are a law abiding Sheffielder you are less likely to be given a council house than an illegal immigrant with a **** and bull story about being beaten up by Robert Mugabe. That is the real financial picture. Not one made up by the Joe Taylor political spin machine.

Who said this womans safety is guaranteed in Sheffield??? People in Sheffield need to decide whether their own financial status during a recession is more important than some black womans political beef. Nobody in Sheffield made her family join the MDC. Its is her problem. I hope Sheffield people to do everything to get this woman removed. If not then give her hell here. She has no right to be in this city. If Mugabe has the right to mistreat her, then so should we. Councillor Joe Taylor is obviously after publicity which is why he is sticking his neck, Joe Taylor thinks people with no jobs and struggling to pay mortgages has no relevance compared to some illegal entrant, let him dig his own hole. The LibDems policy is an amnesty on illegal immigrants, so expect hundreds more to flood across.

Of course it is not my problem. I am not a Zimbabwean, I am not an MDC thug, I am not a ZANU pf thug, I am not black or African. I pay my taxes to Sheffield city council to sort out stuff for Sheffield people, that is those who are born here and come to my city legitimately for work, study. I dont want illegal entrants here. It is a shame our elected leaders are more bothered about people from outside this country, no wonder the council has no money left. If you want to call it racism, then fine, that is not a problem. White people were kicked out of Zimbabwe, so the UK can kick out a black person, that is equality.

Stop bleating like sheep. Nelson Mandela doesnt think there is anything wrong with Zimbabwe, neither does the EU. Robert Mugabe is no enemy of Sheffield. Our future enemies are these crooks who pretend to be involved in the MDC. If this lady dies at the hands of a black man, why is it a problem for me?? I want to exercise my human rights not to have a passport fiddler in my city, when thousands of law abiding impoverished Malawians cannot get to the UK to seek a better life.

The reason why the word student has been mentioned, is to gain maximum sympathy. We cant have these reprobates beaten up. If he was from the Manor estate we wouldnt give a toss. As far as i am concerned, students need to behave more civilised, otherwise incidents will take place, where yobs find the students easy targets because of the way they behave and get away with it. Students should realise they dont own the city.

How is Sheffield worse off? Is it not the case - Locals are too lazy to work, therefore mass migration from Eastern Europe was needed-this is what we have always been told. What is wrong with the Chancellor taking some of their wages before it gets sent back to Poland??? Is this the valuable contribution I always hear about?

Pakistanis and Bangladeshis dont need to pretend to be Indian. They are Indian. In 1946 all three were one country. The seperate nations were created by politicians on religion and language grounds. A lot of Sheffield Bangladeshis are from Sylhet province, which until 1971 was inside the border of India but annexed to Pakistan as East Pakistan. Many Sheffielders would regard themselves as British even though we are actually EU nationals answerable to Brussels. We pretend to be British, as if it were an independent state controlling its own affairs. Same thing applies.

What are you on about- where did you get "improving public transport" 1. Sheffield Supertram was supposed to be the answer to all the congestion problems 2. Buses were de-centralised in the 80s in order to allow private companies to run services at a profit. 3. Bus lanes- such as that on Chesterfield Road, were laid at the taxpayers expense on behalf of the private bus companies. 4. The one way system was created as a measure to free up traffic flow through the system. 5. The Wicker is/was a major road- the busgate and road diversion was planned in 1995/96, yet it was not ready until 2008. The money for potholes and street lighting has already been used, even though central government has been asked for more money. You are deluded if you think in 2008 Sheffield Council have any interest in traffic/environmental issues. The main purpose of being in a council is to maximise revenue. The council is a business not an arm of government, why do you think they have a Chief Executive?

Westfield is in the Mosborough "area". Westfield School had some really sexy women pupils in the 1990s.

Sheffield is a racist city. If i was wrong, then one thing i am right about is, ethnic minorities are seen as a problem. Whether they be Asian/Black/Somalian/Chinese/Polish etc. I am lucky enough to come across many Sheffield people in my job in London. The one thing the none-white custodians always tell me, is how they hated living in Sheffield- particularly those who are of Pakistani origins. How they felt they were 2nd class, how they were having to justify themselves over and over again. Ethnic minorities live in certain parts of the city- on the whole because they feel comfortable amongst their own. If they did mix- then you wouold have "white flight".

There is no legal basis that such charges need to be in place to provide revenue for road improvements and the environment. This money already comes from central government. The money raised from road charges would be for the council's own use. If it chooses, it can spend the money as bonuses amongst it's own staff. Do you really believe money raised from parking meters (for example) has not gone towards council internal budgets? such as Christmas parties, council pensions etc. This is just the same. Moreover the idea shows how the council have lost touch with people.

So what are they there for? A talking shop?

What a joke- good people? Can any councillor explain why their many constituents who are motorists and commuters are systematically targeted for revenue raising projects? Or why their local school hoodlum can't be expelled? Or why after years of central government funding, there are potholes on most roads, and streets unlit? People resort to alternatives (like this forum) because councillors are only bothered about themselves. It is not what they say that matters- it is what they do- which not much unless there is a money making angle to the matter.

What i am going to say is going to upset a lot of you. I have had many tangles with the student population in Sheffield. Most recently my freind had health & safety equipment stolen by a yobbo student in the city centre on a night job, including cones, despite taking his ID card off him when we caught up with him, and reporting it to Sheffield Hallam, they did nothing (directed by West Bar police). When i saw him again at an Barclays ATM on West Street a few days later, something happened....he returned the equipment and apologised, mind you the police were quiet lenient with me. I always remember the look on his freinds face when i said "i will deal with you later- this is not a joke". If only the law would allow all students to be treated in the same manner, the two universities in Sheffield condone their behaviour so why not give them what you got. I did and my freind got his equipment back so he could finish his work and return it to the hire shop.

30000 out of a population of 640000- doesnt fit. the elite 30000 who save the city's economy? what rubbish. The people who are savings Sheffield's economy are Eastern European migrants who are providing cheap labour.

Who said anything about resentment? I just said this city doesnt need two universities- it is hardly London. If we need two universities, well where is the investment/reward? there is nothing wrong with me being a local being aggrieved at the alarming rate of investment in areas where only the elite and middle class reside/operate. If you are saying the council are not imtimidated/influenced by the two universities. you obviously do not see council business at close hand. The post is about student retention. There is probably a lot who stay on, to you it maybe a good thing, i say not, but because i am not an academic middle class do-gooder i am wrong.

Just another apologist. If you dont like students or these academic bully boys, then you are wrong or somehow not entitled to have a view. Students have done nothing for the economy of this city,. there is no tangible evidence that any project or expenditure bill has been paid for or saved from revenue solely generated by students. No city operates like this. Sheffield gets most of its money from central government, not by taxing the western parts of the city as you claim. Another excuse that somehow student graudates are somehow running the show. I was only replying to a post about student retention, therefore my criticisms of the elite are valid and correct, many Sheffielders feel the same. Students are a waste of money, they dont come to this city to benefit the population, they come to get a degree and increase the chance of getting a highly paid job. Just like posts about muslims, asylum seekers, criminals etc if you dont say things the do gooders of society like yourself say then you are wrong.

Of course Sheffield will have a high retention of students. The council spends more on their areas (mainly those in the west/central part of the city). Why wouldnt any student want to stay here? If like any other city money was spent carefully and not along political agendas im sure most students would see the city for what it is really is. Short of investment after years of political folly, exit to a job in London. An example- After 12 years the council have completed a trunk road, what exactly were they doing for so long?? Yet when a bar is needed to fund student drinking habits or an extension to university buildings, these are completed in no time at all. Personally i have no shame in saying that as a born and bred Sheffielder- i dont think this city justifies having two universities. They are commerical enterprises to me. So i hope the stats on retention are low as possible.

I shook the hands with her majesty when she came to open Sheffield Arena in 1991, i was a midget schoolboy in those days.