royalowl

I wasn't generalising or speaking from pure opinion - I think owning a shop in Hillsborough for 14 years and living on Hillsborough corner for the last 20 odd years gives me more local insight than most on the matter.

Until recently I owned a shop in Hillsborough for 14 years and know many of their owners - not sure I believe your statement to be honest, bet festival goers are just flooding into the bookies on their way to see the Sophie Ellis-Bextor 🤨....

Not true at all about "all of the shops see a marked increase in custom and revenue". A lot of the shops actually take less money because many of the locals (especially the elderly) won't venture into Hillsborough when Tramlines is on. You really think a clothes shop, a fruit and veg shop, a window glazing company, a pottery shop, a travel agent, a jewellers, a bookmakers, a bookshop etc will take more money? What about a Greetings Card shop, a fireplace shop, the many charity shops, the estate agents and so on. Claiming all of the shops will see an increase in custom and revenue is just rhetoric and plain wrong.

Are there any pics of this please? Tries searching online but can't find anything.

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Nah - as a Wednesday fan I can assure you that happened about 25 years ago.!!😁

Was Hillsborough Corner/Taplin Rd area.

Anyone else hear/feel it - sounded like a bomb, our house shook - the time was 09.13 Monday 29th Jan 2024.

DC out.

Vito's is by far the dearest of the 3 - but also probably the best. The wine at Sette Colli is nowhere near £50 though.

Only had Proove pizza once, at the Food Festival a few years ago. Bit into it and the crust was still raw, couldn't be bothered to trail back through the crowds to get a replacement/refund.

Tramlines was 'conceived' to bring trade into the city centre during the summer holidays, because the students were no longer about. It was free, there were fringe events all over the city, and everybody got a piece of the action. Now it is in a suburb, with a charge of £110 - and here is the worst bit - once you enter, you cannot leave and return, meaning no trade for the local businesses who have to endure the weekend, with many taking less than a normal weekend.

The British Red Cross on Middlewood Rd, Hillsborough would welcome them.

There hasn't been any music in there since they closed the Deep End.

You do know anybody can edit Wikipedia?