What do you miss in Sheffield that used to be here but now is gone?

[Carmine 10]

Originally posted by muddycoffee

rebels was like this ->

 

http://www.rocknroll.f9.co.uk/pubs/rebels.html

 

and this ->

 

http://www.borracho.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rock/index3.shtml

 

Thanks for that!

 

I have mates who are only a year older than me and actually went to the place...some of the people in those photos are straight out of "...Spinal Tapp"!

[RoyalRegular 10]

Right, here we go:

 

Ward's bitter

The Buccaneer

Wednesday's old kop

Millhouses lido

Goodwin fountain (specially when some wag had emptied fairy liquid in there)

Proper pubs in the city centre (selling proper beer at proper prices)

Royal Infirmary casualty dept

Blanchards

Banners

Local cinemas

Wigfalls

Public toilets

Rag Day (mainly the boat race)

Open air concerts in Weston park on a sunny Sunday afternoon

Top bands coming to the City Hall

That Chinese bloke who used to stand at the bottom of the step at Zing Vaa with the Yorkshire accent......

 

and loads more, but I'm busy.

[Carmine 10]

Anyone recall the Lord Mayor's Parade?

[nick2 10]

Originally posted by RoyalRegular

Goodwin fountain (specially when some wag had emptied fairy liquid in there)

 

It was a realy weird sight, big balls of bubbles blowing down Fargate.

[Strix 11]

Originally posted by Carmine

...some of the people in those photos are straight out of "...Spinal Tapp"!

 

Easy tiger! Some of us know some of those people!

[sheffexpat 10]

Sheffield used to have a character of its own---as did most cities up to about the '70's.It definitely had a smell of its own ! Sulphur' I think , anyway the smell of industry.If you spent any time in London , for example , you became aware of the pong as soon as you hit the Midland Station.

Before the '60's Sheffield was just about the blackest city in Europe. There were some awful jobs but the pay was above the national average in the steel works--especially with the bonuses. There were hundreds of little workshops , mainly involved in Cutlery and a lot of the city and inner-suburbs were literally Dickensian. There had been very low employment since the '30's.

All this gave it a feeling of continuity. Everybody seemed to know everybody else, well at least , once removed.There was a feeling of solidarity.Sheffield was the most static big city in Britain at the time.

Trams rattled around , there was much more street life and the city centre used to be absolutely packed on Saturdays , Holidays ....etc....no Meadowhall.There were more pubs , I should think, but they were smaller and more eccentric than nowadays. There was also a feeling of optimism in the air---the grim '40's had gone , people were getting wealthier every year , more universities , more foreign travel , the beginning of speciality shops and restaurants.

Sheffield in the late '50's and early '60's was at its height--we could sense change for the good in the air but we still had that feeling of belonging to a special community and its association with steel.

[Carmine 10]

Originally posted by Strix

Easy tiger! Some of us know some of those people!

 

No insult intended...child of the 90's speaking...backcombed hair and poodle perms!

 

Still wish I'd had the chance to visit the place.

[muddycoffee 10]

Originally posted by Strix

Easy tiger! Some of us know some of those people!

Some of us are in some of those pictures, and we deserve everything that's thrown in our direction

[Strix 11]

Originally posted by muddycoffee

Some of us are in some of those pictures, and we deserve everything that's thrown in our direction

 

AAAAARRRGGHHH!!! He He! Which one are you Coffee?

[nick2 10]

There used to be a bar, the entrance was on the High Street, that was below ground, under where Blacks hiking shop is now I think, I can't remeber what it was called but I remember falling down the stairs one night and getting a free pint.

 

What was that bar called ?

[RoyalRegular 10]

The Blue Bell Nick.

[nick2 10]

Originally posted by RoyalRegular

The Blue Bell Nick.

 

No, thats Cavells now, it was underground.