Elmambo

You are correct regarding Firth Park, it was a respectable area well into the 60's. Don't know about doctors, you are probably confusing it with the Abbeyfield area which has some fine houses. Crookes has never been for well-to-do people, that is Broomhill and areas adjoining. It was however, well known for it's bracing climate and people did go there for their health. It is mainly a mass of terrace housing and was a very respectable working class suburb, until the comparatively recent recent arrival of a student population and many incomers. The Moorsyde estate has been there for almost a hundred years, is very small and has has little impact it's as much Walkley as Crookes.

Vehicle speedometers are rarely exactly accurate because of the difference in diameter between a new tyre and a worn tyre, this can be as much as 14,mm. This is why there is a 10% leeway. Don't rely on GPS, speed calculations either, they are only accurate on a level road.

In 1950, King Edwards was the top school, you needed really good marks in your 11+ to get in. They will be a bit long in the tooth by now, but there will be a few still around, probably not on this forum which is a bit of a closed shop, I'd try Facebook.

Don't think that's true at all, few places except clubs, employed bouncers - not like today.

Tell the police there was a golly mascot attached to it - they'll soon act.

Never seen any. The entrance was on Union Street, but for a time they had a unit selling hot dogs etc., with a entrance in the arcade.

They must have a new CD.

Write your details on a sheet of paper then photograph it - send as a picture.

Little to do with bad driving or road safety, all about making money. They have been doing this in the metropolis for some time, other councils have been eyeing with envy, the large amount of money that can be harvested from the motorist. These fines are a multi billion pound industry, despite the pretence of catching "bad drivers" etc., moreover the penalties take no account of the financial status of the victim, so are an unfair imposition on the poorest off.

Sorry, the only way of contact that I know of is via the Forum. I'd try a few pm's. Looking back a few pages, I see what you mean about lack of recent activity, maybe time (or Covid) has taken it's toll or could be that, like me, they don't bother visiting these pages very often.

That would be Tony's American style cafe at Firvale. Still a few of us left, but lots of people have deserted the Forum. There was (is) a group organised by Parsley Diva, that used to meet in the Winter Gardens every so often.

So in order to encourage people to walk and cycle more they have chosen the hilliest and least suitable (especially in winter) part of Sheffield to do so ? The same people who wanted to make Sheffield greener by chopping the trees down ? Lord help us all.

They are not rats, merely motorists who pay large amounts of money for the doubtful privilege of using the roads. I do not understand the logic of what you are saying - roads are made inaccessible, therefore motorists must use accessible roads, increasing the volume of traffic on them. I keep hearing about "traffic problems" in Crookes - apart from stupid and dangerous parking, which this scheme does not address and in any case disappears with the students, there are none. I don't think you actually live in Crookes.

If Springvale is being made one way, then traffic will use Bradley Street ? School Road ? Mainly School Road which is set to become very busy. Some roads become quieter, others must become busier, where is the traffic to go ? - the fifth dimension. Roads are for the swift and efficient movement of goods and people, shifting the problem to other areas is not a solution. Remember, election time in May, this is your opportunity to express your views.

Yes, parking on the pavement is a nuisance and sometimes dangerous, but it is already an offence with which the police (not the council) can deal with, the problems is they don't bother. We don't need a traffic scheme or anything else, just enforcement. The other hindrance and danger to the disable/ pushchairs/etc is the plethora of tables chairs and other junk, mainly from cafes, that litter the pavement, an accident waiting to happen. why is it allowed.

"People perceive, people think, many people claim, decision makers nationally and locally" I wish I was gifted with your God-like powers to divine all this. People like your self with this mindset are the problem, too obsessed with their own self importance to know the difference between democracy and autocracy. Councils are elected to observe the will of the majority electorate, not to steer us, fit us into agendas or get us out of our cars. How about you give us a demonstration of wonderous benefits of these "agendas" by say, cycling up the length of Springvale Road in the teeth of a howling winter gale.

Crookes is both a road and a suburb. 52, goes via Malin Bridge or to town. 95, is a Walkley route 10, is so infrequent as to be out of consideration - as I said no buses go up or down any of the hills except to town or Malin Bridge - if I'm wrong show me where. Do you actually live in Crookes ?? In the many years that I have lived here it has always been alive and thriving, it's the students that have created the problems. If there were not so many houses in multiple occupation, then there would be many more families and Crookes would thrive even more - most students live here for little more than six months of the year. What you are saying is nonsense. So, the "incomers" have provided the wealth that has enabled Crookes to evolve, never realised that, the evidence is where ? Certainly some businesses have opened to cater for a student population, if the population were rebalanced other ones would by created to cater for this. - that's the way it works. Statistically, internet usage among the elderly is much less than among the younger generation, it's a well proven fact, why are you denying this ? As for being silent, they date back to a time when Councils could be trusted and probably have a touching faith in them.

That is completely untrue. They were asked to visit the internet site and share their views. 12% replied, are you suggesting that this 12% is some kind of majority support ? Why not a simple yes/no question in a returnable envelope or just knock on the door and ask? Crookes has a large elderly (and not internet savvy) population they are underrepresented. Also, how many students - who are short/part time residents were involved. The whole thing was fake. I have to say that the only people who seem to be taking an interest and have actually knocked on my door are the Lib Dems, distinct lack of interest from the other parties.

Crookes is probably the hilliest suburb in Sheffield, it also has virtually no transport links up and down the hills - you have to go via Malin Bridge or town. Additionally, it supports a large elderly (and largely silent/non internet savvy) population. Where then is the logic in choosing this area to implement this scheme, allegedly to encourage cycling and walking ??? Could it be that they realised that when conducting the fake survey, they would achieve their desired aim because the large part-time student population, coupled with the small, but vociferous minority of "incomers" (who think they live in a village) would be a natural fit for the support of it ? What of the residents of what will affectively become the ring roads - School Road, Crookesmoor Road, ect. They will have to cope with much additional traffic and increased pollution levels. What steps are being taken to prevent this ? What measures have been put in place to clear pavements and roads in winter to allow for the increase in walkers and cyclists ? Are extra defibrillators to be positioned on strategic hilltops ?

So you know and understand the problems ? Perhaps you would like to tell me, a long time resident, what the "problems" are and how this insane scheme will solve anything. Apart from idiotic and dangerous parking, a problem which mainly occurs during term time, I don't see any problems.

It's not a fine, private companies do not have the power is issue fines. You are allegedly in breach of contract so they have sent you an invoice. Don't give these people an importance they do not deserve. There is new legislation on the books that will hopefully curb these muggers.

You may well be correct.

Stanley's on Northfield Road Crookes, used to sell them as well. I seem to remember they were a two stroke engine.

There is however, an "r" in pedantry.

They lived on Stannington View Road.