What is so good about Sheffield City Centre?

[alchresearch 210]

Shows how much notice you take of what’s actually happening in town.

 

There has been an alive after five initiative running in Sheffield for some time now. Some of the new shops on the Moor open till 7. See: http://www.sheffafter5.com

 

No, it shows how badly publicised the initiative is, and how many shops still don't do it.

[Planner1 428]

No, it shows how badly publicised the initiative is, and how many shops still don't do it.

The people who are running it (the Business Improvement District ie the city centre retailers) recognise it won't be a quick or easy to get to where they want to be.

 

There's been very prominent advertising in the city centre.

[Flexo 10]

There has been an alive after five initiative running in Sheffield for some time now. Some of the new shops on the Moor open till 7. See: http://www.sheffafter5.com

 

that's interesting, thanks.

[26b-6 16]

Shows how much notice you take of what’s actually happening in town.

 

There has been an alive after five initiative running in Sheffield for some time now. Some of the new shops on the Moor open till 7. See: http://www.sheffafter5.com

 

There's more life in a morgue than Sheffield City Centre.

 

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BTW - How did Sheffield get city status? Doesn't 'feel' vibrant or appear big enough to be a city. I know a city must have a town hall and a Cathedral, but then this would mean Canterbury is also a city?

[cgksheff 44]

There's more life in a morgue than Sheffield City Centre.

 

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BTW - How did Sheffield get city status? Doesn't 'feel' vibrant or appear big enough to be a city. I know a city must have a town hall and a Cathedral, but then this would mean Canterbury is also a city?

 

Yes. Canterbury is a city.

[andyofborg 11]

BTW - How did Sheffield get city status? Doesn't 'feel' vibrant or appear big enough to be a city. I know a city must have a town hall and a Cathedral, but then this would mean Canterbury is also a city?

 

you don't need a cathedral to be a city

[Dannyno 19]

That's right, or a town hall. in fact the criteria are not published and there is no automatic route to city status. It's granted by the crown.

 

Traditionally, cities did have cathedrals, but there's no actual rule. There are some cities which do not have cathedrals, and there are some towns which are not cities which have cathedrals.

 

So, Blackburn, Rochester, Guildford and Southwell are examples of towns with cathedrals which are not cities.

 

And Brighton has no cathedral but is a city. Cambridge has no cathedral but is is a city. Same with Hull, Lancaster, Leeds, Nottingham, Plymouth, Preston, Salford, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea and Wolverhampton.

[chakademus 10]

Errr a few new restaurants are opening in the town hall part... Apart from that not much good.

[cgksheff 44]

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And Brighton has no cathedral but is a city. Cambridge has no cathedral but is is a city. Same with Hull, Lancaster, Leeds, Nottingham, Plymouth, Preston, Salford, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea and Wolverhampton.

 

Lancaster has a cathedral.

[Halibut 12]

Lancaster has a cathedral.

 

So does Leeds.

 

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So does Leeds.

 

And Nottingham.

[Cyclone 10]

BTW - How did Sheffield get city status? Doesn't 'feel' vibrant or appear big enough to be a city. I know a city must have a town hall and a Cathedral, but then this would mean Canterbury is also a city?

 

4th or 5th biggest city in England doesn't "feel big enough"... Well, I suppose all the smaller cities could be redesignated as towns, or perhaps your "feeling" should be used to assess them for size?

[bendix 10]

Shows how much notice you take of what’s actually happening in town.

 

There has been an alive after five initiative running in Sheffield for some time now. Some of the new shops on the Moor open till 7. See: http://www.sheffafter5.com

 

 

With the greatest of respect, you are shooting yourself in the foot here. This is a list of all the shops that have signed up to this huge initiative. Virtually all of them close by 6. One or two notable exceptions are a Primark and Poundland on the Moor, and TK Maxx. Oh . . and an honorable mention to superdrug at the station.

 

If you call that an active 'Alive after Five' initiative, I'm a banana. Frankly, it's embarassing and the proof of the pudding is in the fact that there are next to no shoppers in town in the early evening.