The Moor - past, info, images

[rpmfc06]

Hey!

 

Im new to this forum, im Rob and i have a few questions about The Moor shopping street in the center of Sheff.

 

1) When was the moor first built, and when was it re developed after the war?

2) Where does the name "The Moor" come from, and why is it called this?

3) Is there any where on the net for old photos of the street, what it looked like when it was bombed in the war etc...?

 

Think thats about it for the time, no doubt i'll come back with loads more questions!

 

Thanks, Rob

[medusa]

Hi there Rob- apologies for moving your very first post, but it's more likely to be seen by the history lovers amongst us in 'History and expats'.

 

Hope you enjoy visiting the forum.

[rpmfc06]

No worries about the thread move!

 

I am trying to gather as much info about The Moor as possible

 

Rob

[Jabberwocky]

Theres a thread somewhere on here about Redgates and the moor... maybe if you could locate that it might have some info for you.

 

 

Welcome to the forum by the way!

[lazarus]

Hey!

 

Im new to this forum, im Rob and i have a few questions about The Moor shopping street in the center of Sheff.

 

1) When was the moor first built, and when was it re developed after the war?

2) Where does the name "The Moor" come from, and why is it called this?

3) Is there any where on the net for old photos of the street, what it looked like when it was bombed in the war etc...?

 

Think thats about it for the time, no doubt i'll come back with loads more questions!

 

Thanks, Rob

I cant answer all your queries but but THE MOOR was what its name implies, it was Sheffield moor and it was notorious for thieves and robbers (nothing changes) and honest people had to hire gaurds to escort them to Heeley and other districts in the vicinity. It just sort of developed as people moved further from High St and at that time The Grapes on Trippet Lane was on the edge of rough moorland. There are books to be had from Sheffield Scene on Surrey St about the bombing in the war but there must be some on the net.

[rpmfc06]

Thanks for the help so far

 

I have discovered that The Moor was called "South Street" for a long time, but was getting confused with the one near Hyde Park so it changed to Moor.

 

So basically it changed name to 'Sheffield moor' for the apparent reason?

 

Thanks, Rob

[syrup]

Hey!

 

Im new to this forum, im Rob and i have a few questions about The Moor shopping street in the center of Sheff.

 

1) When was the moor first built, and when was it re developed after the war?

2) Where does the name "The Moor" come from, and why is it called this?

3) Is there any where on the net for old photos of the street, what it looked like when it was bombed in the war etc...?

 

Think thats about it for the time, no doubt i'll come back with loads more questions!

 

Thanks, Rob

 

Check out these photos http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl

[Greybeard]

For some years after it became a proper road instead of a cart track the Moor was known as South street, - perhaps people had got so used to calling it the Moor for centuries the council gave in and called it that ?

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s00160

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s00237

[rpmfc06]

Cheers, i have been looking for Picturesheffield for agees now. I knew it existed but didnt know the link to it!

 

More info, comments etc.. will be greatly appreciated

 

Rob

[Ousetunes]

There's a wonderful 1970s colour photograph of the Moor in September's Grapevine magazine (a free magazine which is distributed around South West Sheffield).

 

That's the Moor I recall fondly as a child in the 1970s when it was compared with such shopping centres as Leeds' Headrow and even Oxford Street in London. You can't believe that the present public urinal with the same address was once a bustling, thriving commercial avenue which boasted some of the region's - never mind Sheffield's - finest retail businesses.

 

Many a forumer will recall the Christmas lights strung across the street, a kaleidoscopic delight for any youngster (and adult) travelling from the Hole-In-The-Road, High Street, Fargate, Pinstone Street and down the Moor, a breath-taking coloured corridor leading to a Santa's Grotto on a derelict site (used as a car-park) at Moorfoot.

 

You could ride on the top of the bus for the best views. You could drive down the Moor in your own car. But you'd probably sooner walk as there were quality shops to visit en route.

 

IMO, the Moor is a prime example of how wrong city planners can get it. As it stands, it wants fencing in where nobody can see it. It's a disgrace to this city.

 

I recall the building of the then Manpower Commissions Building which severed some of the city centre's main arteries: The Moor, Ecclesall Road and London Road. There were plans for a walkway which would allow pedestrian access between these three main thoroughfares. Alas, it was never built. Thus, the Moor became a cul-de-sac and literally, it has been a dead-end street ever since.

 

The idea of pedestrianisation might not have been so bad. But to then make the place almost an obstacle course via building useless, unused and downright ugly bandstands and poorly planned market stalls negated any benefits we were all hoping for.

 

No wonder the big businesses moved out. They could see what was coming (unlike a blinkered council who weren't big enough to admit they'd got it wrong).

 

Thus, the Moor as it is today: A living (sorry, dying) form of commercial & urban graffiti, a run-down also-ran of a shopping 'centre'. It is in terminal decline and remains an embarrassment to the people of this city.

 

No wonder the council are bending over backwards in preventing us driving into the city centre....,