The side road on Bridgegate has been pointed out to me that it has always been there so I stand corrected, this must have been an access to the rear of the shops on Frederick and Howard street buildings presumably. I've also been told by the Wife.. that building was not her Pennywise shop it was the one next door that is going to be the Gym.
There is now new money coming into Rotherham as it tries to find a new purpose. Few of us shop the traditional way anymore, but prefer to do so on line. Rotherham has been punching above it’s weight throughout its remarkable history. The town’s oldest streets are called ‘Gates’ this from the Danish word for street and dates to the Viking takeover in 866. Our local dialect is Danish. Our friendly greeting of Ey Yup is still used in Sweden where it is pronounced Say Yupp. In 1216 the Lord of Rotherham stood over King John and forced him to sign Magna Carta. During the Roman invasion the men of Rotherham held the Romans off for 29 years. In the 18th century Rotherham’s Lords Effingham and Rockingham helped to create the USA and are remembered in the names of American Cities, Counties and Warships. The town made cannons of such quality that they changed Nelson’s battle tactics. In WW2 Mr Bailey’s Bridge enabled the allies to cross Europe into Germany. There is so much history on those streets, it deserves our support during this difficult time of transition. Check out what is going on at the Advanced Manufacturing Park to see that Rotherham is also a leader in a new Industrial Revolution.
Hi John, I totally agree with you 100% I knew most of what you mention above, and have so much respect for our older townsmen, I for one wont call or slag Rotherham down like you see on other social media platforms.
Love this video Rotherman. Thank you. It’s sad to see the High St so empty, especially on Saturday. I remember it in its hustling and bustling days. Crikey ! It’s flabbergasting how a once beautiful town centre seems to have deteriorated.
Hi John The bus outside the church used to be the Number 4 in my days and further down the 'square' on the left was the red circle library it was 1 penny for a book for a week
One particular attraction of the Odeon cinema was when the drop hammer on Forge Island just across the river started up. It used to shake the whole building.
Yes sad to see how Rotherham has changed over the last 40 years. I had a wonderfull childhood there till leaving in 1987 too many changes by the council over the years. 😢
Cracking video that. Enjoyed it. I remember Muntus had a comic book and video game place inside it, right up on the top floor. When I was a young un, no older than 12 at the most Id take an old game to swap for 2 quid (you just swapped your old game for any game of the same value and paid 2 quid to do it) and buy a couple of comics for another quid. That was always me pocket money gone, but it always felt great cos in my eyes Id got a new Sega game and some comics for just 3 quid. Was like Id got the world. Place is a ghost town now though. No clue how any business (other than McDonalds and probably the pubs) stays open down there. Get some more footy vids done.
@@Rotherman he's a right legend, that lad. Remember, that was your first video. You're an old hat at this content lark, now. Be miles better.... And I thought it was alreyt anyway to be fair.
Rotherham needs to Buck the trend and scrap the pedestrianisation and allow full access to cars and also build more car parks with free parking then maybe the town centre will start to revive. I am Rotherham born and bred and have lived here all my life but never visit the town centre anymore it’s just far easier to shop at Meadow Hall and Parkgate Retail World where you can easily park your car.
what constitutes a dump? no shoppers the empty shops that are up to let? all Frederick street is modern buildings as well as the new college, and some of the old buildings have been retained, bottom of Corporation street they could do with demolishing those two burnt out buildings, and sandblasting the old stone buildings but that stone work will just weather again same as the minster when they cleaned that up many years ago. It all takes money and the private shop owners are probably reluctant to invest in their shop frontages, as the lack of trade wont pay for it, so there you have a 360 degree problem.
The side road on Bridgegate has been pointed out to me that it has always been there so I stand corrected, this must have been an access to the rear of the shops on Frederick and Howard street buildings presumably. I've also been told by the Wife.. that building was not her Pennywise shop it was the one next door that is going to be the Gym.
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There is now new money coming into Rotherham as it tries to find a new purpose. Few of us shop the traditional way anymore, but prefer to do so on line. Rotherham has been punching above it’s weight throughout its remarkable history. The town’s oldest streets are called ‘Gates’ this from the Danish word for street and dates to the Viking takeover in 866. Our local dialect is Danish. Our friendly greeting of Ey Yup is still used in Sweden where it is pronounced Say Yupp.
In 1216 the Lord of Rotherham stood over King John and forced him to sign Magna Carta. During the Roman invasion the men of Rotherham held the Romans off for 29 years. In the 18th century Rotherham’s Lords Effingham and Rockingham helped to create the USA and are remembered in the names of American Cities, Counties and Warships. The town made cannons of such quality that they changed Nelson’s battle tactics. In WW2 Mr Bailey’s Bridge enabled the allies to cross Europe into Germany. There is so much history on those streets, it deserves our support during this difficult time of transition. Check out what is going on at the Advanced Manufacturing Park to see that Rotherham is also a leader in a new Industrial Revolution.
Hi John, I totally agree with you 100% I knew most of what you mention above, and have so much respect for our older townsmen, I for one wont call or slag Rotherham down like you see on other social media platforms.
Love this video Rotherman. Thank you.
It’s sad to see the High St so empty, especially on Saturday. I remember it in its hustling and bustling days. Crikey ! It’s flabbergasting how a once beautiful town centre seems to have deteriorated.
hi, thank you for you nice comment, Sadly its not just Rotherham though, its most small towns.
Hi John The bus outside the church used to be the Number 4 in my days and further down the 'square' on the left was the red circle library it was 1 penny for a book for a week
One particular attraction of the Odeon cinema was when the drop hammer on Forge Island just across the river started up. It used to shake the whole building.
Working in the steelworks 34 yrs I can imagine
You should do surrounding areas like Clifton, Herringthorpe, East Dene etc.
Yes sad to see how Rotherham has changed over the last 40 years. I had a wonderfull childhood there till leaving in 1987 too many changes by the council over the years. 😢
Not just council. Years of national economic decline that started locally with the pit closures and the end of good levels of decent paid employment 😢
Cracking video that. Enjoyed it. I remember Muntus had a comic book and video game place inside it, right up on the top floor. When I was a young un, no older than 12 at the most Id take an old game to swap for 2 quid (you just swapped your old game for any game of the same value and paid 2 quid to do it) and buy a couple of comics for another quid. That was always me pocket money gone, but it always felt great cos in my eyes Id got a new Sega game and some comics for just 3 quid. Was like Id got the world.
Place is a ghost town now though. No clue how any business (other than McDonalds and probably the pubs) stays open down there.
Get some more footy vids done.
@@Rotherman he's a right legend, that lad.
Remember, that was your first video. You're an old hat at this content lark, now. Be miles better.... And I thought it was alreyt anyway to be fair.
@@leecopeland8381 cheers Son, still forget what to say cos I've thought o sommat else lol. Think people know now so just accept me for what I am lol
Rotherham needs to Buck the trend and scrap the pedestrianisation and allow full access to cars and also build more car parks with free parking then maybe the town centre will start to revive. I am Rotherham born and bred and have lived here all my life but never visit the town centre anymore it’s just far easier to shop at Meadow Hall and Parkgate Retail World where you can easily park your car.
What a dump Rotherham town centre is now
what constitutes a dump? no shoppers the empty shops that are up to let? all Frederick street is modern buildings as well as the new college, and some of the old buildings have been retained, bottom of Corporation street they could do with demolishing those two burnt out buildings, and sandblasting the old stone buildings but that stone work will just weather again same as the minster when they cleaned that up many years ago. It all takes money and the private shop owners are probably reluctant to invest in their shop frontages, as the lack of trade wont pay for it, so there you have a 360 degree problem.