TJ Hughes branch relocation MEGATHREAD

[Bulgarian 10]

yes i prefer how it used to be, all the buldings still open that i've mentioned already, hole in the road still there, redgates, wedding cake register office, the walking man, orchard square (how it used to be) sad sad sad !

 

woah, hold on, at least two of the "structures" you mentioned were hideous, the city needs to move foreward not stay clinging to the past, look at how Birmingham regenerated the Bullring, I doubt you get many Brummies saying "I wish the bullring was like it used to be, a dangerous open-air toilet/dustbin", the problme is the council have demolished evrything in Sheffield and not replaced it with anything, do they care ? I doubt it, but THITR was a horrible/dreadfull/filthy, place you don't want that back.

[0114owl1867 10]

woah, hold on, at least two of the "structures" you mentioned were hideous, the city needs to move foreward not stay clinging to the past, look at how Birmingham regenerated the Bullring, I doubt you get many Brummies saying "I wish the bullring was like it used to be, a dangerous open-air toilet/dustbin", the problme is the council have demolished evrything in Sheffield and not replaced it with anything, do they care ? I doubt it, but THITR was a horrible/dreadfull/filthy, place you don't want that back.

 

the hole in the road only got bad during its last 3 or 4 years, maybe i'm saying this in sentiment but thats just my opinion, just go to barkers pool to look at all the glass or the ugly city lofts - hardly iconic are they and nothing special

[Bulgarian 10]

hardly iconic are they and nothing special

 

No, but wanting the hole in the road back is like wanting a huge wart putting back on your face because it gave it character.

[crookesey 635]

Well you will keep voting a Labour council in, Blunkett spelled the demise of this once great city! like Hatton did in Liverpool...............once you get people of their ilk in charge,there's only one way you are heading!

 

You could take it even further, the three B's, Blunkett, Betts and Bower. did more harm between them to this city using left wing stupidity, than Hitler managed using bombs.

[tom19890305 10]

Major stores are going out of business everyday, when will this greed obssesed government realise that cuts do not bring you out of recession but actually spending money does.

 

The money they are collecting from these cuts will all be money they are throwing at greece to get them out of debt, forever thinking of other countries before our own.

[wednesday1 10]

I remember it as Rackhams when I moved to Sheffield in '81, maybe the House of Fraser after that ....?

 

 

Yep, bring back Rackhams!

[andyofborg 11]

Yep, bring back Rackhams!

 

as long as they bring back the bloke who played the piano too

[andyofborg 11]

Well you will keep voting a Labour council in, Blunkett spelled the demise of this once great city! like Hatton did in Liverpool...............once you get people of their ilk in charge,there's only one way you are heading!

 

i really don't think it would have made much difference who was voted in

[tasha_78 10]

Yep, bring back Rackhams!

 

It was Walshes before then

[Speed Demon 10]

Any news on the closing down sale yet???

[Nagel 10]

What is 'iconic' about the T J Hughes building?

 

It's not iconic in any known sense of the word. If you showed a picture of it to someone from outside of Sheffield they wouldn't have a clue what it was. In fact I bet if you showed a picture of the building to most Sheffield residents they would be pushed to place it.

 

Buildings in Sheffield that could be classed as iconic, meaning recognisable and representative of the city to people both from Sheffield and outside of Sheffield would be Hyde Park/Parkhill Flats and Meadowhall. There's others known to Sheffield residents, but I can't think of many Sheffield buildings that would be recognisable to non-Sheffielders.

Edited July 2, 2011 by Nagel

[Bulgarian 10]

And it's not even a nice building, it's basically a giant lump of concrete.