Meadowhall Was Going To Be A Prison?

[Longcol 604]

Whilst the walkways may look a little prison like I think you'll find that most of the stores are a trifle larger than your average prison cell.

 

And we've had this a few times before; eg.

 

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=111540

[melthebell 863]

i heard...when it was built that it was made like a prison incase it didnt suceed as a shopping area

[CorkerSWFC 10]

Right. I get the feeling that I have been had well and truly. Having not lived here for an overly long time, I was recently visiting Meadowhall. While there I made, what I considered a throwaway comment, that Meadowhall felt like it had been designed as a prison. Upon which my mate, a Sheffield native, told me that that had been its original purpose. I laughed at this but then he pointed certain things out and it did make some sense. So what I want to know is do I owe my "mate" a damn hard slap for making me look foolish ?

lol at this post :hihi:

[fredsredhat 10]

i heard...when it was built that it was made like a prison incase it didnt suceed as a shopping area

Thats what i heard and believed.

[*_ash_* 88]

Thats what i heard and believed.

 

It wasn't a taxi driver that told you was it?

 

[damo 10]

bad urban myth along with the body bags

 

and to point out most of the windows on the towers aren't real neither are the ones on the sides

[mr craig 10]

i heard...when it was built that it was made like a prison incase it didnt suceed as a shopping area

 

Thats what i heard and believed.

 

Wow, i hope neither of you really believed that. Its a urban myth.

[*_ash_* 88]

Wow, i hope neither of you really believed that. Its a urban myth.

 

Maybe I've taken both of them home in me cab. (not together of course)

[tinkabel 11]

i heard...when it was built that it was made like a prison incase it didnt suceed as a shopping area

 

I actually got told this when i went on a school trip to Meadowhall by someone that worked there and gave us a talk Then again knowing me i didn't listen properly and she might've been telling us about the myths, i don't know.

[*_ash_* 88]

I actually got told this when i went on a school trip to Meadowhall by someone that worked there and gave us a talk Then again knowing me i didn't listen properly and she might've been telling us about the myths, i don't know.

 

 

Maybe it's true afterall, and all us Sheffielders winding people up , are actually telling the truth!

 

Mind you if I was in prison I wouldn't mind staying there if they kept the oasis open. (and that shop that sells enormous plasma screens)

 

ash

[bus man 10]

Where was the prison in Sheffield

[vicxxx 10]

this is a first iv heard about the purpose of meadowhall being built lol iv lived in sheffield for 4 years and iv only been there twice but now i work there but its too busy and crammed lol