malton_s5   10 #1 Posted May 16, 2006 Meadowhall Was Going To Be A Prison ???  A Few People Say Its True Is Was Going To Be A Prison, But If You Look At The Shape Of Meadowhall You Can Make Out Maybe It Was,  * The Thin Walk Ways Between Shops  * The Big Tower That Looks Like A Watch Tower  * The Big Walls And The Windows Right At Top  What Do You Think ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Deano1889 Â Â 10 #2 Posted May 16, 2006 I always thought it was Crystal Peaks that could have been a prison if the shopping centre flopped?? beside's a prison right next to the M1 for all to see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nick2 Â Â 10 #3 Posted May 16, 2006 I think someone will post saying "Yes - it IS a prison". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Deano1889 Â Â 10 #4 Posted May 16, 2006 I would'nt go that far nick, a young offenders wing maybe especially with all those chaved up skally's! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pilon   10 #5 Posted May 16, 2006 Yes - it IS a... wait.  Actually, I've heard this before. It's probably just an urban myth, but I'd like to know if there's any truth behind it.  It would be quite a fitting start to the life of old Meadowhell. I've spent far too many hours of my life that I'll never see again stuck working in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DancingDave   10 #6 Posted May 16, 2006 No but it is a prison and also a church....  Yes people used to go to Church on Sunday, now they all rush to Meadowhell in their chaved up Vauxhall Corsas, and worship on the altar of consumerism, until they get so into debt on their credit and store cards, that they have to go on the Trisha show, then they blame their parents for never buying them NIKE trainers out off the Great Universal catalogue for 20 weeks at 1.99 when they were young. The tower could be a dome like St Paul's Cathedral. I think it will start to decline now, many shops are empty, and its not worth going there any more.  What shall we use it for when everyone is skint ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LordChaverly   10 #7 Posted May 16, 2006 I think someone will post saying "Yes - it IS a prison".  Along the lines of:  well, its full of shoplifters, car thieves and pickpockets, is grossly overcrowded, the food's awful and men do all in their power to avoid ending up there.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Agent Orange   11 #8 Posted May 16, 2006 I've heard this rumour, but I can't imagine it being true. As said before, just another urban myth like the one about there being shed loads of body bags stocked there in case of a terrorist attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hopman   46 #9 Posted May 16, 2006 I drove past it the other week and the blocked off entrance where Savacentre used to be doesn't exactly advertise a vibrant place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #10 Posted May 16, 2006 wasn't it partially funded by eueopean development money, I don't think they give that out to build prisons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LordChaverly   10 #11 Posted May 16, 2006 wasn't it partially funded by eueopean development money, I don't think they give that out to build prisons.  yes, it was partly funded through money from the European Regional Development Fund, as have many major development projects in Sheffield. It would qualify as an urban regeneration project. Whether a prison would qualify is a moot point, but i don't think it would necessarily be ruled out, because a new prison development would create jobs for people in the surrounding community. Prisons unfortunately are necessary amenities in all developed societies and in my view should qualify for funding in the same way as other projects. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dibsy   10 #12 Posted May 16, 2006 Meadowhall Was Going To Be A Prison ??? A Few People Say Its True Is Was Going To Be A Prison, But If You Look At The Shape Of Meadowhall You Can Make Out Maybe It Was,  * The Thin Walk Ways Between Shops  * The Big Tower That Looks Like A Watch Tower  * The Big Walls And The Windows Right At Top  What Do You Think ???  I'd heard that it was built that way in case it flopped as a shopping centre that it could then be turned into a prison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...