What has happened to the Gleadless Valley.

Glennis · January 12, 2016

I actually moved from S11 to S14 about 3/4 years ago - and its okay. My asthma improved, as there is less traffic. The litter is always worse at the end of the winter, when the storms have blown it every where, in the summer things are much better. Its lovely to smell the grass freshly cut in the summer months, and where I live, its so quiet you can literally hear a pin drop...its like a previous poster pointed out, it depends where you live on the estate

Edited January 12, 2016 by Glennis

Hogg · January 12, 2016

With regard to rubbish and disrepair in some neighbourhoods I think residents should take note of the Broken Window Theory:

"The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments to prevent small crimes such as vandalism, public drinking... helps to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness, thereby preventing more serious crimes from happening".

If I lived in Gleadless Valley I would join the Residents Association and actively take part in and encourage regular and thorough cleanups and repairs and actively discourage low level anti social behaviour.

This is not rocket science. I don't understand why the more able residents do not take this on and keep at it.

ChrisT70 · January 12, 2016

If you've ever been on newfield green shops at lunchtime of a day you'd realise a lot of the locals are only interested in booze fags or chips and chucking them down their gullets not where the litter goes after. Honestly it's like a scene from a jeremy kyle show. I used to have the unfortunate privilege of collecting weekly prescriptions from the pharmacy there and sometimes sitting on the precinct while the order was being made up. Entertainment of sorts but in a very depressing fashion.

lazarus · January 12, 2016

If you've ever been on newfield green shops at lunchtime of a day you'd realise a lot of the locals are only interested in booze fags or chips and chucking them down their gullets not where the litter goes after. Honestly it's like a scene from a jeremy kyle show. I used to have the unfortunate privilege of collecting weekly prescriptions from the pharmacy there and sometimes sitting on the precinct while the order was being made up. Entertainment of sorts but in a very depressing fashion.

To true my friend, have you seen the "Clampetts" as they are named the Mother wears thick lens glasses, always the same grey tracksuit, both her adult children have never worked, like their parents. All the family have disability passes and you can see there's nothing wrong with the grown up children, don't work, wont work. They live down on Callow, its the sandwich shop that draws them with hot drinks and sandwiches, its time the dregs of humanity that infest Newfield Green shops want moving on.

Edited January 12, 2016 by lazarus

the_bloke · January 12, 2016

To true my friend, have you seen the "Clampetts" as they are named the Mother wears thick lens glasses, always the same grey tracksuit, both her adult children have never worked, like their parents. All the family have disability pass and you can see there's nothing wrong with the grown up children, don't work, wont work. They live down on Callow, its the sandwich shop that draws them with hot drinks and sandwiches, its time the dregs of humanitythat infest Newfield Green shops want moving on.

Le gasp. This is Sheffield Forum, you'll be told in no uncertain times this isn't true and a massive exaggeration.

lazarus · January 12, 2016

Le gasp. This is Sheffield Forum, you'll be told in no uncertain times this isn't true and a massive exaggeration.

I'm afraid it's all true, heavens above no! I hope free speech is still alive.

miami now · January 12, 2016

We moved on the estate around 1959/1960 first we lived on Overend Way in a tower house, after my dad passed away mom moved to a flat on Plowright close it was a nice place to live, I moved away in my 20's but mom still lived there until her passing in 2007 9 years ago today, when I went back every year to visit I was afraid of leaving her it was so nasty the Newfield Green shops were so dirty i was afraid for her living just across the street from them, sad it was such a nice place so clean and well kept.