Student games opening ceremony 1991

[kezzzza 10]

This is probably a long shot, but does anyone know where i can get hold of a copy of the World Student Games opening ceremony 1991 at don valley stadium, as i was in it, like thousands of other sheffield schoolkids at that time and i would love to see it again,does anyone remember doing it????

[locket 10]

i was in it too & the closing one

[parsleydiva 10]

I was also in the Opening and Closing Cermonies - what a fantastic experience. I also worked in the Student Village for a week, amazing.

[locket 10]

i still have some badges that i got from the students who came. i worked at the village aswell, i got to do it because i was in the girl guides

[caronlel 10]

I worked as an Environmental Health Officer on the Games Village and my husband worked security there. I was also involved in the Closing Ceremony as well as being a Cultural Ataché for the Sheffield Festival which was running at the same time. My job was to look after and escort a group of Israeli dancers around various venues to perform. They were due to perform at the Games Village one day but refused as the crowd wasn't big enough (!) and the only way I could persuade them was to tell them that the camera crew there were from the BBC! I wasn't going to burst their drama bubble by telling them it was Look North filming but either way, it worked

[daftlad 11]

I worked as a driver at the student games, had a great time and met a lot of really nice people

[steamrollus 10]

I worked as a security guard during the construction phase of Don Valley Stadium for alocal firm Constant Security. At the time the city was on its knees with the closing of the steelworks and the mines. My boss brought potential from all over the north and midalnds to the site to show them how sheffield was rebuilding itself, he went on about how the organisers of the worls Student games were committed to using local firms to run the games and how good it would be for the local economy.

 

The stadium got built, with no losses due to theft or vandalism and we were looking forward to providing our services to the games themselves, what happened? we got the sack and they brought a firm in from Manchester to do it.

 

Sheffield Council how wonderful you are. I for one will never forgive those who made the games such an emabarrasment. They know who they are.

[lady_l 10]

I worked in the village and was part of the closing ceremony...It was brilliant even the 5am starts...met some great people had some great laughs...still have my pass and some badges and that lovely lovely turquoise uniform which i got told off for not wearing most ofthe time.

 

also made some great international friends sadly not in contact with any anymore.

[Leahana 10]

Oh yes, the turquoise uniforms and the pagers beeping in the middle of night for us to go and meet our delegations. I am sure, our driver, Paul will remember the lack of sleep.

I worked as Chef de Mission attaché and had a wonderful time. Any one here worked as team attaché or chef de mission attaché?

[caronlel 10]

Oh yes, the turquoise uniforms and the pagers beeping in the middle of night for us to go and meet our delegations. I am sure, our driver, Paul will remember the lack of sleep.

I worked as Chef de Mission attaché and had a wonderful time. Any one here worked as team attaché or chef de mission attaché?

 

I was a Cultural Attaché which was in the main fun - and I had to put up with an armed bodyguard too!! He was lovely though, looked a bit like an Israeli Saddam Hussein and didn't speak that much English but I'm sure he went home knowing more than he arrived with - especially after the lecture I gave them all for doing a runner through Sheffield when we were trying to get them to Albion House to be accredited They wanted to go and see their team play basketball at Ponds Forge so legged it out of the emergency door of the coach we had them on........ in rush-hour traffic!!!

[Tooeg 10]

wow was the student games 17 years ago

I wonder if we've finished paying for it yet (that's not a political dig)

[dizzybird77 10]

I wsa there too, was in the girl guides at the time and we did a display with umbrellas!!

I still have the umbrella, my entrance pass and a student games neckercheif we had to wear:banana: