darylslinn

Stagecoach only withdrew from the East Midlands railway franchise because they failed to meet pension obligations... at the end of their franchise holding they handed the trains back to the leasing company and a majority of staff were taken on by Abellio East Midlands who are running the franchise now.
No asset stripping took place as the assets weren't really theirs in the first place.

A flight took off from Stanstead this morning carrying nappies, baby food and bedding... clothing is not the issue, food and things we take for granted everyday.
Toothpaste, sanitary products and baby products.

12 hours ago, cgksheff said:

Follow the money .... new Radisson Blu hotel being built on Pinstone Street. Can't have those dirty buses going past their pretty frontage!

And from the drawings i've seen it won't ever reopen to traffic.

The negative to any redevelopment of the area is the access.
The road leading in to the site has to pass under a narrow railway bridge.

4 hours ago, Cyclecar said:

Update:

 

Open today.  Busy with two days traffic.
 

Sign outside now says new opening hours 10 while 2. 

 

slogan inside says “helpful banking”. 
 

You couldn’t make it up……

And in 12 months time they will be closing the branch stating a drop in footfall.... which considering their hours have shortened is not a surprise.

Getting clever with their excuses for closing branches now are the banks.

It's clever what you can do with statistics.

A steam locomotive from the West Coast Railway pool heads through the region the Sunday 6th March.
The Peaks Express From Preston via the Hope Valley route to Sheffield (brief stop) to Chesterfield and around the East Midlands.

Dore - 14:59
Sheffield - 15:05
Nunnery - 15:15
Darnall - 15:20
Woodhouse - 15:24
Beighton - 15:26
Barrow Hill - 15:33 (Water stop)
Chesterfield - 16:12

1Z53 Preston - Derby

Return
Chesterfield - 18:36
Dore South Jcn - 18:50
(The return takes the Hope Valley route via the Dore West Curve and not through Sheffield. 

1Z54 Derby - Preston

15 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Its going to be the new  La Chambre 

You win !

6 hours ago, Padders said:

 

Love it... we all feel your pain

Just enough day light... hopefully.

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U53061/2022-02-12/detailed
Linky thing, thanks @Lemmy117
 

It would have been noce to have been around when Sheffield Midland had the overall roof.

14 hours ago, Bilge said:

Makes sense. Whatever happens with it will take a while.

 

We really need a quality landmark building on this site. There might be a case for setting it back a bit to enhance the square. But a park over the whole site would be a ludicrous waste of an opportunity. With a mix of uses there has to be money in it.

As long as the land mark building doesn't look as bland as all the new structures that have cropped up of late.
The HSBC building makes me think of some European building from the 80's

It's a fascinating cemetery in Haria.

12 hours ago, Martin C said:

I really (really) don't like places like Meadowhall and have genuinely never ever shopped there.  I can however appreciate the attractions of being able to wander around without being pestered by scroungers, spiceheads and smackheads.

But if Meadowhall was slap bang in the heart of the City, covering the area from the Pinstone Street frontage back up past John Lewis / Coles towards Charter Square and up Division Street, would people shop there that don't shop there now ?

1 hour ago, Colin Foster said:

Yes I do have a problem with people who think rules don't apply to them. 

I'm 100% with you Colin on this... people these days have no morals and can't stand being told what to do if it doesn't favour them.

Sheffield should have had an indoor shopping mall in the centre... look at Leeds, Manchester, Derby and even Huddersfield.
They should have built from that and Meadowhall probably wouldn't have come along.
Back to the 80's and the not so wild story of wanting to put a roof on the Moor... it could have worked, people would have come to shop undercover and in the warm.

That is Sheffield City Centre's major flaw.

The problem with Sheffield's roads for cyclists v. motorists is the fact that they wind their way through valleys and up and down hills... not many straight lines as opposed to a lot of other cities.

Narrower more winding roads is a problem for us all.

My mother used to drive for A1 taxis who had the contract to ferry the stars about from the hotels to the Fiesta.
Many stories of Bob Monkhouse, Bruce Forsyth, Ken Goodwin and many others... all were really nice people.

On 25/12/2021 at 17:42, HumbleNarrator said:

 

I'm reminded of this. 😄 

 

First thing I thought of too...

An increase of £5 per fare in a black cab incoming according to the local news this morning.

Dressed up as a fee to combat the cost of a black cab driving through the Clean Air Zone, even if your journey goes nowhere near the City Centre ?

The White Rose

7029 Clun Castle

18th December 2021

Tyseley to York 1Z34 (and return 1Z36)

Tyseley 08:14 (21:01 diesel return)

Chesterfield 09:59 (19:17)
Barrow Hill North Jn 10:06 (18:29 steam loco replaced by diesel loco)

Beighton Jn 10:14 (18:22)

Treeton Jn 10:17 (18:16)

Masborough Jn 10:37 (18:13)
Aldwarke Jn 10:42 (18:09)
Swinton 10:47 (Mexborough 18:02)
Moorthorpe 10:59 (return via Doncaster 17:51
York 12:19 (17:13 departure)

Video footage of the out of order machine would help too... don't contact them and don't accept the invoice.

On 01/12/2021 at 21:42, Freddie Allen said:

Freddie Allen here,i came across this site by accident and was pleasantly surprised by the interest. After leaving Hallam i went to Viking in order to have my drive time show broadcast to Viking,Hallam and Penine,from there to Metro in Newcastle for the new Great North Radio. I eventually moved to America where my presentation style was popular giving me 3 number 1 shows in their market that awarded me meaningless awards. I am now 74,fit,healthy and still riding my old Harley. I returned to the UK in 2005,spent 1 year presenting Magic Drive Time.After 1 year i was bored with the direction computerised Radio was going so i headed off to Mountain FM in Vancouver Canada and theñ a short spell in Mexico for a new English speaking Radio station on the Yukatan peninsula with the aim of providing shows for Cancun,Cozumel and Playa Del Carmen. I am now happily retired  back in the UK living in Kent. I loved my days at Hallam and having the privilege to bring you what was then new and exciting music ie Bon Jovi,Springsteen, Bryan Adams,Heart and many others, for those who may  remember it i still have my distinct deep voice and a love of music. 

Stay safe in these troubled times. 😎

The "Freddie J Allen" ?!?!?

Banks are becoming clever and are playing a game.

They issue statistics that state a branch has been used less in the last 12 months than the previous 12 months.

What they don't state in those statistics are that they have probably in the last 12 months not been open as many hours and have added a closed day in there as well.
They did that with Barclays at Hillsborough... now gone and they appear to be doing something similar with their Arena Square branch.
It's a clever way of closing branches citing lack of use.

On 25/11/2021 at 22:33, busdriver1 said:

Wow 140 comments about how poor radio Sheffield is. 

Why not, if it's that bad, do what I do and just don't listen to it. 

I disclose for a while when I first moved to south Yorkshire I listened,  but that lasted about 3 weeks when I realised it was based on failed 70's local radio with very amateur presenters with dire and embarrassingly poor story selection. 

( thought it was a spoof at first)  

It reminds me of a late 70's US sitcom 'WKRP In Cincinnati' 

17 hours ago, hauxwell said:

I was approached by a lady when I was in the Hillsborough Morrison’s a few weeks ago.  She asked me if I would like my eyes testing.  I told her I haven’t got time as I need to drive home to Newcastle Upon Tyne before it gets dark because my eyes aren’t very good at night driving.
 

Should have told them you'd go via Barnard Castle !