ABANDONED SKI VILLAGE ⛷ | Parkwood Springs, Sheffield | Tour Obscure (Episode 8)

[@DeneF]

Amazing. Don't remember every hearing about it. Many thanks.

[@slippy1404]

Such a shame to see the destruction of such a facility. Giving opportunities to kids and young people to sample activities like this is so important. I hope it returns for the the youth of Sheffield

[@richardpadgett3445]

So sad but good video mate

[@tourobscure]

Thankyou! Cheers for watching!

[@larvey]

You came up in my suggested at random, love your channel. Keep it up!

[@tourobscure]

Aw Thankyou! Thanks for watching, it’s very much appreciated! hope to have you with us as the journey continues!

[@chriseverest4380]

Its disturbing that it actually hasnt decomposed more. Some of those fabrics could be plastic-based and chemically harmful. I can understand nobody having the finances or willpower to rebuild but it should be cleaned up enough for nature to move in properly. An urban nature reserve? A Park? An allotment area (terraced like in Asia), A forest even? Come on city council - get it done!

[@studioshorelinestoreonetsy7855]

Yes, they were plastic... The wires in a diamond pattern had plastic bristles on top (like a sweeping brush) to simulate powder snow and the carpet runs were faster to simulate compressed snow (no slowing by using the snow plow technique on thease runs 😂😂😂) ... All were constantly wet, by sprinklers and pipes, under the slopes.... Probably why they are torn up to get at the scrap metal.....

[@RichardSmith-i5o]

I grew up in park wood springs it was awesome heartbreaking to see what it has become😢

[@tourobscure]

Very sad indeed

[@clairesmithson5909]

Great video. I went there in 1989 on a school trip and bought my skiing jacket from the shop there for my first season working in the French Alps quite a few years later. It’s so sad to see it as it is now. I do hope they do something with it soon. Restoring it as a ski slope would be great. I would definitely use it.

[@studioshorelinestoreonetsy7855]

So so sad to see this now but thank you for doing this video, once a week I would go ski here after school, so many fabulous and funny memories from my childhood.... I miss this place so much. The signs to get there are still on the roads around Sheffield, it's a heart pain when I see them.... I wish it could be re built.

[@dangermouse9348]

I skied there a few times early 90s iirc. Fun place, a shame it's gone.

[@ryiin]

Great video. Used to love this place.

[@3cs449]

Fond memories of visiting here with cellar space back in the day. The toboggan run was my favourite. Loved the trip down memory lane. Great video 👍

[@GeoffreyDransfield]

I can remember going there as a kid at school with some skis.

[@steverock4329]

Wowzer, I learned to ski there, paid for a course of lessons every Sunday afternoon, it was a fabulous place back in the day. I couldn’t believe how easier it is to ski on snow than on the dry slopes! If you can ski on a dry slope you can ski on anything! lol

[@jamielew]

Definitely still up there with one of your best vlogs!

[@theequaliser5782]

I use to come to Sheffield loads in the 90s to go to Meadowhall etc and we always use to say we were going to go here but never did, I had no idea it had closed , thanks for another great video

[@DownHillCol]

I knew there was a ski village somewhere in Sheffield. I thought I must have imagined it as I searched for open ski slopes nearby and couldn’t find it. This is obviously why 😢 I used to ski a lot as a kid and wanted to take my lad. Such a shame this is no longer open as it looked like an awesome place to ski.

[@zainhanif9972]

Love your content pal! Keep it up! wondering whether you can do a video on old Sheffield Nightclubs then and now? Similar to the cinema one you did on 01142 channel

[@tourobscure]

Thankyou my friend, appreciated I’ll see what I can do.

[@martitalafantastica]

Great video.. I think another problem was the only way to the park was under a low rail bridge so buses couldn't get to it

[@TheDantheman12121]

3:14 yep me too, twice I went with youth club types things and they only let us on the practice slopes. tbf probably for the best cus I could not even do these great lol.

[@drewwhite5601]

Fantastic video pal , absolutely loved the ski village back in the day was up there all the time , very sad to see it now as it had so much potential sad loss bit like the pinegrove country club , keep up the great work 👊

[@tourobscure]

Thankyou my friend! Glad you enjoyed

[@marionjames4986]

Live in the north, along the M62, never knew or heard of this and my sister went to university in Hull too, never had a clue about this!

[@11adamc87]

crazy that people could ruin such an incredible community asset! I learned to Ski here in 2004! Such a shame!

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

The fires begun after the company applied to build a housing estate at the top of the hill. The owners wanted to make money by building homes. Couldn't get approval then massively under invested in the site to a point where it got burnt down.

[@carebears9010]

was two teenagers what set fire to the building they was arrested days after

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@carebears9010 Two teenagers have been given community orders for setting a fire at an outdoor ski village in Sheffield. The fire at Sheffield Ski Village on 24 April caused significant damage and the boys, who can not be named, had admitted arson earlier. The city's youth court imposed an 18-month youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and a curfew on one boy. The other was given a 12-month referral order also with intensive supervision The fire, which damaged the old cafe at the site, came a year after the main building at the Vale Road site was destroyed by an accidental fire. The main fire was an accident..... M'kay The kids visited a year later and finished the job off.

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@carebears9010 They set the 2nd fire a year after the main fire.

[@kylekaye9147]

We went for a visit in 2013 all the buildings were still there, albeit heavy vandalised

[@crane_0114]

Proper interesting vid joe

[@crane_0114]

Why is everyone bloody setting fire to ski village 😂😂

[@danielwilliams1932]

@@crane_0114 I also am curious as to why so many attempts to destroy by fire???

[@xboxcrazee]

Nice one shagr. Random appearance on my feed. Lots of decay in the steel city. How bout a vid on shef airport ??

[@tourobscure]

I live very close to the old airport. Someone did a video not too long ago on the airport so it’s not on my radar at the moment, but as parts of it decay further over the next few years it’s probably something I’ll do so it’s different to the videos already on KZbin

[@danielwilliams1932]

I live close to Sheffield and never knew of this place. Why would anyone want to destroy a place like this?

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

Insurance job for a failing business.

[@danielwilliams1932]

Thank you for the reply. I can't see with so many enjoying using the ski park that it would have failing results. Disappointing with so many fire attacks.@@TwoFingeredMamma

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@danielwilliams1932 The fires begun after the company applied to build a housing estate at the top of the hill. The owners wanted to make money by building homes. Couldn't get approval then massively under invested in the site to a point where it got burnt down.

[@FlatDerrick]

@@danielwilliams1932It was profitable until Xscape opened at Castleford and then they needed open air music events to keep in the black. The local NIMBYS put the brakes on the open air events a year or so after Xscapes opening and then they struggled to break even until they finally closed a decade or so later.

[@rainamills-pullan8228]

​@@TwoFingeredMamma I am not sure why you think this and check the facts large investments went into the ski village up until the day it burned down. The new indoor play, the bowling alleys, the laser tag. It was thugs who thought they would have a laugh burning it down

[@sammarsden8719]

You should do a vid of wardsend cemetery. It’s a secret cemetery at the back of the dog track. Very interesting place and also a few open graves that have opened up from roots overgrown from the trees. I always wonder why they don’t look after it. Check it out.

[@tourobscure]

Walked through wardsend cemetery many times. Used to live in S5 so fairly local. Will deffo add it to the list! Possibly a Halloween special video!

[@johngibson3837]

Went there about 2010 really cool and interesting place

[@DoncasterLass]

I have a story or two I could tell about that Ski Village, but I will keep quiet, as I don't want the possibility of being sued.

[@ShazIam23]

I'll say it. Blatant insurance job.

[@RS250Squid]

I always thought some darling little cherub from the local estate set fire to it because he was bored.

[@rainamills-pullan8228]

​@@ShazIam23Very wrong with this one. It was target by thugs who thought it would be a laugh

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@RS250Squid That was the 2nd fire.

[@TwoFingeredMamma]

@@rainamills-pullan8228 That was the 2nd fire.

[@aiehaye]

11:10 I can see my house!

[@FlatDerrick]

The really steep bank is a braking bank for the t-bar lift. You are supposed to feed the t-bar back slowly as it passes the bull wheel, but a lot of self taught skiers or those who learned in non t-bar alpine resorts often do not realise this and let go of it like it's a far lighter (and more common) button lift. A steep bank or hobby horse type contraption is sometimes used to make this less dangerous, as on impact it will stop the t-bar swinging around and hitting the next departing skiers in the face.

[@alanjones4622]

Very sad that vandalism is so destructive. What sort of morons do this. I never visited to ski but the secretary of our Manchester climbing club was a keen and expert skier. In fact there were a number of qualified ski instructors in our climbing club. The previously mentioned club secretary invited the manufacturer and supplier of the ski slope matting to our club one evening to show a film of the early phase of one of the ski runs. A number of expert skiers did demo runs and because of water running down the plastic mat and pooling in the holes, this sprayed up and at low angle filming, looked like powder snow spraying up from the skis. At the time I saw the film, the later buildings and expanded ski slopes and toboggan runs did not exist until some years later. The vandalism has only taken place it would seem not too long after we left the UK. The problem we have locally now where we live in the alps is a lack of snow on our ski resorts. This winter has been too warm and snow fall on the mountains below 1800 metres is not lasting and not freezing cold enough to spray with the snow cannons. At one time years ago the Peak District hills between Manchester and Sheffield would have been feet deep in snow every winter with road passes over the Pennine moors impassable to motor traffic.

[@retrorambles517]

Such a shame that Sheffield is such a dump and a dead city with nothing going for it Ive never been to the ski village nor would I want to but its a great unique thing and seems lots of people have fond memories of it Such a shame it's on the state it is

[@chrisstones1249]

Sheffield is not a dump or a dead city , so please keep your cheap shots to yourself.

[@retrorambles517]

@chrisstones1249 it really is It has nothing going for it and it is beyond saving

[@Tsa-SONGS-ABOUT-BEING-a-DAD]

This was on an episode of hunted I think

[@peterstorey9000]

What an absolute crying shame as myself & kids learned to ski and snowboard there. And had many birthday party’s on that incredible site that was no doubt destroyed by professional arsonists quickly following by young ammeters.

[@jamielew]

Do you fancy going to explore the cannon brewery

[@tourobscure]

Hmmmmm. Possibly. The whole point of this channel was to differentiate it from my other channel (History 0114) which was Sheffield focussed, so I don’t want to over do Sheffield based things, maybe next year!

[@jamielew]

@@tourobscure okay mate keep me posted.

[@tregy]

Can i get a shout from everyone who attended the awesome NY Sushi at the Ski Village?

[@leoyde]

Proper miss ski village... Can't beat going somewhere what has it's own accident form at children's 😂😂. Great video mate, shame it kept setting itself on fire

[@tourobscure]

Thanks for watching! Appreciated

[@andrewpeacock7223]

Wow. I remember going down there on my ass. Top video!

[@wayneholford9796]

Build a mtb park Be awesome

[@TheDantheman12121]

idk maybe this is a wrong opinion to have but does anyone else think that people who owned stuff like the ski village have some sort of obligation to remove all that stuff and not just leave it there?

[@rainamills-pullan8228]

The council own it, you should put in a complaint

[@golfr604]

Insurance job 😂😂

[@aking610]

Needs cleaning up, disgusting.

[@GedGoodwood]

I agree I lived arson did it just saying

[@paulannable3734]

That was great - I often wondered what happened to the ski village. I have no memory of the fire… it just seemed to go bust and disappear.

[@tourobscure]

Cheers for watching 👍