Not sure why my comment didn't show... I was marveling at how CLEAN, unhurried, uncongested and simply calm and lovely it is. SAFE. Why would ANYONE want that to change? Isn't this the GOAL, to have a safe, clean, calm, uncongested lifestyle?
i miss my old home town, i remember it vividly as a child right down to the rainbow coloured door handles of the c&a building int ole in road to sliding down the bits at the side of the stairs inside the crucible. I feel i was so lucky growing up there. I still hold the place close to my heart sheffield is a very special place to me. Ive watched some recently videos and i can spot some things that havent changed but its so different now.
Much like the rest of England things were so much better in Sheffield back then. It’s incredible how many places are crumbling to nothing right in front of our eyes. So sad to see a country get so much worse steadily throughout my life. Where will it all lead to in the end. God help us.
Nonsense. By the 80's the hole in the road was only 20 years old, but was already crumbling, as was the eggbox. Sheffield is going through a huge renovation and renewal right now, and I'm excited to see it happening.
Excellent video, if a little short. Sheffield was much better then in many ways, less pedestrian ways, less students, better parking and many of the old stores etc still there such as Walsh's, Cockaynes ( AKA Schofields ), Redgates, Crazy Daisy, Fiesta etc etc. No Sports Direct, coffee bars and such.
@@samuelkirby6221 Whilst I fully support any opposing opinion, I do not think it is appropriate to use expletives when disagreeing with someone's views. I too was brought up in Sheffield some 68 years ago at Southey Green, I am very familiar with the Hillsborough area. As you I am very proud of my hometown and it's extensive history.
Goodness, how CLEAN and unhurried...uncrowded. Beautiful. Why on earth would anyone want to CHANGE this? What is so wrong with clean, uncrowded, CIVIL cities?
@@SheffieldVideos Everybody forgets this now. By the end they'd removed all the benches to stop the homeless sleeping on them all day, and people were scared to venture in there after dark. I loved it, but it wasn't looked after the way it needed.
My mum's (well, actually, bloody mine when you think about it!) waters broke, in the hole in the road. I think that probably makes me about as Sheffield a Sheffield lad can be! Also, I feel old
Awesome. Used to pass by that underground spot everyday. It was filled in by the time I lived there but had no idea what used to be until now. Why did they get rid of it?
It was growing unsafe. It was unsafe from a building point of view, but also unsafe to go down the corridors to it (you'd get mugged or spat at or abused) Also they had to build Supertram over it so it was doomed at that point
Due to a lack of Vision, of valuing and maintaining the brilliance that was - the hold in't rd as an architectural modernist phenomenon & cultural asset - Sheff City Council filled it in. There was a more lucrative opportunity looming with Meadowhall shopping complex.
@@harrytheaker meadow hall reason makes a lot of sense. A new bigger project with capital behind it must have turned heads. Was prob a winner for all in the short term but the result was a dead city centre in the long run. If it was not for the city campus, there would be even less life. Very sad indeed.
Lived in Sheffield all of my life..was born in the 90's so I never got to see most of this or if I did I was too young to remember but God it looked so beautiful then compared to nowadays! How does that happen over the span of 40 years? Can turn a beautiful jaw dropping city in to a dingy one!
Am posting the links to some of these videos to an old school friend who lives in California, moving out there 1988, so these will bring back some memories for her. Although she has been back to Sheffield a few times since, she hasn't had chance to see all the changes so she can see some of them here and show the videos to her children. I am also posting the links to my son and his partner who left Sheffield over 11 years ago to show them what Sheffield used to be like and some of the changes made since.
Grew up in Sheffield too late to see any of this so it's cool to see what it was like back then, I always wanted to know what the hole in ground looked like ahaha, still a great city to this day forget god's own county it's god's own city
@@Secret19977 I agree but thats usually be cause they're poor not because they're multicultural, crime has always been a thing and the face of it just keeps changing. These lot are just the most desperate at the mo
@@visg8303I disagree. The so called poor as you say have better threads, cars and houses than me. It’s not a racist viewpoint; it’s an observation. Take a look at the little old couples shuffling around the moor while multi culture take the piss. That’s Sheffield.
Born Sheffield 1956. World Cup matches 1966. 10 years old me blown away. Nothing happened here befor e that! Late childhood, early teens. Stuff available in magazines not available here! Sheffield 600,000. People. One of biggest cities in the UK? Wtf is going on? Even now. Big city.
@@SheffieldVideos wish I could share your enthusiasm..my first port of call into Sheffield was on the 75/76 bus Waingate back in 70s/80s try looking at Waingate now
When it was a nicer place as i remember it, and no congested roads because it was not all one way single track lanes and bus lanes, no clean air zone (scc caused its issues nobody else)
Personally I think a lot of the places shown aren't all that different now. Especially in the first half of the video, e.g. paradise square. Although the hole is pretty cool. I moved to Sheffield 4 years ago and still live in the centre.
Me and my pal were 2 of the extras in the hospital scenes. The threat was real back then. Adverts on TV about how to make a fall out shelter and the like!
The old farts saying its worse now male me laugh. It is far better now. Beautiful modern towers, removed much of the awful 60s buildings a tower blocks. Im old myself and this city is on the up after the gloomier days in the 20th century.
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I was marveling at how CLEAN, unhurried, uncongested and simply calm and lovely it is. SAFE.
Why would ANYONE want that to change? Isn't this the GOAL, to have a safe, clean, calm, uncongested lifestyle?
It wasn't clean. Look at the building walls at the hole in the road - caked in soot from the cars!
The Sheffield I remember as a boy. Gone forever.
i miss my old home town, i remember it vividly as a child right down to the rainbow coloured door handles of the c&a building int ole in road to sliding down the bits at the side of the stairs inside the crucible. I feel i was so lucky growing up there. I still hold the place close to my heart sheffield is a very special place to me. Ive watched some recently videos and i can spot some things that havent changed but its so different now.
Much like the rest of England things were so much better in Sheffield back then. It’s incredible how many places are crumbling to nothing right in front of our eyes. So sad to see a country get so much worse steadily throughout my life. Where will it all lead to in the end. God help us.
Nonsense. By the 80's the hole in the road was only 20 years old, but was already crumbling, as was the eggbox. Sheffield is going through a huge renovation and renewal right now, and I'm excited to see it happening.
I remember the egg boxes. Quite liked them
Gosh - I can remember when it all looked like this.
Me too - happy times!
Ur lucky
I am Malaysian..n... Study at Sheffield University 1980-1983. Love that city and nice people those days. Tq vm.
Good to hear from you - come back soon!
Excellent video, if a little short. Sheffield was much better then in many ways, less pedestrian ways, less students, better parking and many of the old stores etc still there such as Walsh's, Cockaynes ( AKA Schofields ), Redgates, Crazy Daisy, Fiesta etc etc. No Sports Direct, coffee bars and such.
Crazy Daisy waheyy
Have you checked out the Sheffield History website?
There's features on all of those!
sheffieldhistory.co.uk
I totally disagree. I was born and bred in Hillsborough and I love my home town but my god the university has been marvelous for the city.
@@samuelkirby6221 Whilst I fully support any opposing opinion, I do not think it is appropriate to use expletives when disagreeing with someone's views.
I too was brought up in Sheffield some 68 years ago at Southey Green, I am very familiar with the Hillsborough area. As you I am very proud of my hometown and it's extensive history.
@@allangibson4354 yep thats a fair shout Allan. I'll edit out the unnecessary expletive.
Peace Gardens, Crucible, hole in road, Pinstone Street, fargate, Hyde Park, absolutely everywhere looked better than today
Can I have my city back please sigh 😢
Did somebody take it away? Or did you just get old and start wearing the rose-tinted glasses?
@@thenameskrisg are you sure your name isn’t Kris gormless
@@bottletree33 Asking for your city back. Calling me Gormless. A true original genius at work right here!
@@thenameskrisg Go away little man. Go and trigger other folk who might be interested in your childish boring remarks. Yawn.
@@thenameskrisg I can see that you like to give it but can’t take it. Grow a spine child.
Yup I was there in the 80s. Missed the bus rides, iconic traffic round about..
Very iconic - true!
I loved the 75 and 76 all the way to lowedges from burngreave. Lovely
Love the roundabout
Road very 1960s🎉
Great video, brought back lots of happy memories of much better
Glad you enjoyed it
Good old days
Yeah things seemed so much simpler back then eh Simon!
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Great video, loved it and so many memories.
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Goodness, how CLEAN and unhurried...uncrowded. Beautiful. Why on earth would anyone want to CHANGE this? What is so wrong with clean, uncrowded, CIVIL cities?
That's what we have in 2025 in Sheffield!
Nice sharing
Thank you! Cheers!
I wish it was like this now.
Great video uncle stayed there so paid many visits there over the years
Thank you Jean!
Thanks for the memories!
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I miss the hole.
It was a bit grim at the end though
@@SheffieldVideos Everybody forgets this now. By the end they'd removed all the benches to stop the homeless sleeping on them all day, and people were scared to venture in there after dark.
I loved it, but it wasn't looked after the way it needed.
Brilliant
👍
My mum's (well, actually, bloody mine when you think about it!) waters broke, in the hole in the road.
I think that probably makes me about as Sheffield a Sheffield lad can be!
Also, I feel old
Crikey - that's got to be as Sheffield as it gets!
The trafic flow in the town centre was far more correct back then. Compaired to the computer controled shite in the modern days.
Way more traffic on the roads now though
Yep. But still Makes them Money, and making it harder for us motorists only hurts us more.@@SheffieldVideos
When Bus fares were 10p for adults and 2p for kids to go anywhere in city !!
Ah yes!!! the good times!!!
Hope that woman’s alright 30 seconds in LOL
Good spot!
Recognise some of it from THREADS 😁 Did anyone see the woman fall over at the start?
Awesome. Used to pass by that underground spot everyday. It was filled in by the time I lived there but had no idea what used to be until now. Why did they get rid of it?
It was growing unsafe. It was unsafe from a building point of view, but also unsafe to go down the corridors to it (you'd get mugged or spat at or abused)
Also they had to build Supertram over it so it was doomed at that point
Due to a lack of Vision, of valuing and maintaining the brilliance that was - the hold in't rd as an architectural modernist phenomenon & cultural asset - Sheff City Council filled it in. There was a more lucrative opportunity looming with Meadowhall shopping complex.
@@harrytheaker meadow hall reason makes a lot of sense. A new bigger project with capital behind it must have turned heads. Was prob a winner for all in the short term but the result was a dead city centre in the long run. If it was not for the city campus, there would be even less life. Very sad indeed.
Lived in Sheffield all of my life..was born in the 90's so I never got to see most of this or if I did I was too young to remember but God it looked so beautiful then compared to nowadays! How does that happen over the span of 40 years? Can turn a beautiful jaw dropping city in to a dingy one!
@@SheffieldVideos big mistake filling it in for what we have now.
Eee Chuddy, those were the days, our teenage years. Miss you amigo
@1:47.....The wipers on the bus knew what was coming....!
Am posting the links to some of these videos to an old school friend who lives in California, moving out there 1988, so these will bring back some memories for her. Although she has been back to Sheffield a few times since, she hasn't had chance to see all the changes so she can see some of them here and show the videos to her children. I am also posting the links to my son and his partner who left Sheffield over 11 years ago to show them what Sheffield used to be like and some of the changes made since.
Fantastic - thank you so much for sharing them and showing the world!
Grew up in Sheffield too late to see any of this so it's cool to see what it was like back then, I always wanted to know what the hole in ground looked like ahaha, still a great city to this day forget god's own county it's god's own city
Well said Jacob
@@Secret19977 get help
@@Secret19977 I agree with the council actually they're useless, but multiculturalism isn't a bad thing, there's good and bad eggs from everywhere.
@@Secret19977 I agree but thats usually be cause they're poor not because they're multicultural, crime has always been a thing and the face of it just keeps changing. These lot are just the most desperate at the mo
@@visg8303I disagree. The so called poor as you say have better threads, cars and houses than me. It’s not a racist viewpoint; it’s an observation. Take a look at the little old couples shuffling around the moor while multi culture take the piss. That’s Sheffield.
Great images of the Sheffield I knew as a teenager, would have preferred a soundtrack reflecting our music scene than the piano track though
Can't get the copyright to do that sadly otherwise I would have done 👍
Loved this. What is the track in the background? Sounds like Einaudi.
Good question - I can't actually remember! Shazam is your friend with this one
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Noticed a lot of things that aren't there anymore, hole in road, egg boxes, police
Born Sheffield 1956. World Cup matches 1966. 10 years old me blown away. Nothing happened here befor
e that!
Late childhood, early teens. Stuff available in magazines not available here!
Sheffield 600,000. People. One of biggest cities in the UK? Wtf is going on?
Even now. Big city.
Nice to see paradise square back before the crack heads
Back when Sheffield was important
It still is!
Sheffield is a city on the UP!
@@SheffieldVideos wish I could share your enthusiasm..my first port of call into Sheffield was on the 75/76 bus Waingate back in 70s/80s try looking at Waingate now
Back when it was habitable
Still is!
You just have to avoid the moaners!
1980s
Yeah!
Wow look what it used to be like. Now it's a mess, rubbish everywhere, all shops shut. They were definitely the good old days
Sheffield's a great city
When it was a nicer place as i remember it, and no congested roads because it was not all one way single track lanes and bus lanes, no clean air zone (scc caused its issues nobody else)
Personally I think a lot of the places shown aren't all that different now. Especially in the first half of the video, e.g. paradise square. Although the hole is pretty cool. I moved to Sheffield 4 years ago and still live in the centre.
Yeah Paradise Square is pretty much exactly the same isn't it!
@@SheffieldVideosno, it used to be solicitors offices now it's more flats and graffiti.
Ah the “egg box” town hall extension, what a monstrosity that was.
Crazy looking building wasn't it!
Better than what's currently occupying that same plot.
Just before it all got vaporized in "Threads" 😕
ha ha yes!
The same era when threads 1983 was maded in sheffield
Yes! That’s one scary and depressing film isn’t it!
@@SheffieldVideos yes but I was born in 1986 in sheffield 3 years after it was maded too
Me and my pal were 2 of the extras in the hospital scenes. The threat was real back then. Adverts on TV about how to make a fall out shelter and the like!
When Sheffield was Sheffield until the council and cronies ruined it!!!!!
Park Hill . The History of Modern Britain .
The old farts saying its worse now male me laugh. It is far better now. Beautiful modern towers, removed much of the awful 60s buildings a tower blocks. Im old myself and this city is on the up after the gloomier days in the 20th century.
YES!
Well said - that's it bang on
In your opinion, am in my 40s and prefer how it was. To many towers that will not last and date the city worse than the 60s stuff ever did
I'm 83 and definitely not an old fart,just for saying it was better then,
Bang on It is much better now
@@hazelholmshaw9415you are right.