Picturing Sheffield: Views of a City - Kelvin Flats

The film, created for the Millennium Gallery exhibition, Picturing Sheffield, explores one of the city's largest lost landmarks, Kelvin Flats.
www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/...
Additional Photography courtesy of ex-Kelvin tenant Peter Jones and Sam Walker.

[@lewisdone8581]

Thank you so much for this video! I am an architect and it makes me really happy to see someone speaking so warmly about their home, especially when it is a building I love. Sheffield seems to have been a promised land of social housing, it's a shame they have not been preserved.

[@spencerhowell9287]

True Sheffielders proper people

[@Timemachine74]

Thee arr arnt they 👍 proper sheff arr kid

[@skipthedog5921]

@Dayton Xander 🤣🤣

[@GFSTaylor]

I lived opposite for a while, on Infirmary Road. The legend was that the sun set twice: once behind Kelvin flats and once on the horizon.

[@fareedtv8525]

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[@leethatsme1988]

My nans house at 4:07. I think that was my dog standing on the grass. Miss him so much :(

[@colleenjohnson6261]

I lived on Edith Walk too.. I too loved kelvin flats. I agree with Kim, The community did look out for each other. Thank you so much for sharing this piece of forgotten Sheffield history. X

[@colleenjohnson6261]

* 1992 onwards *

[@chriso8485]

Really like the now and then comparison at the end. Thanks for the positive vid.

[@andyjamison-legere2862]

I lived with my nannan on Cleveland St in Upperthorpe for a few months in 1976. We, the local kids, used to walk over Daniel Hill to play on Kelvin's big slide that was sort of built into the hill. It was brilliant. At the time it seems absolutely massive to us. Tried to find photos online of it, but no luck.

[@stevedickson5853]

Best days of my life..Kelvin.Allways missed

[@madeleine8977]

Aw...loved the lady with the varigated hair...she was positive and articulate..

[@fareedtv8525]

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[@cazzer5790]

Lovely to hear this story

[@mounsey_]

Fascinating video, many thanks for publishing this here. Too bad I missed the exhibition itself! -John.

[@Timemachine74]

Bring back old Sheffield 😩 gud vid that 👍

[@moogdome2562]

So sad in a way, splitting up a community. just hope the residents went on to better places. Love the snaking design.I'd have loved to have lived there for a sense of community. They used to frow tvs off the top. Doubt they'd do it if the building was still standing, TV's cost too much. Loved the girls story she came across as a really nice person. Thank you for sharing.

[@stuartagar8247]

I delivered parcels for Littlewoods group in the early eighties on Kelvin my van was parked below and I would move up and down the lifts and the van was always moved to the different entrances to make the deliveries quicker and not once in the few years I delivered there did I have a problem ,some very rough people but always nice people to me anyway , it's called Respect which I did but for those that didn't , well, Good luck ex Kelvin folk hope all ok , I'm now retired but I remember vividly the life on Kelvin !

[@beverleylucas8182]

Such a wonderful memory. Sad that it had to go.

[@HaddersPocketVlogger]

I have not lived on Kelvin Flats but I have lived on Hyde Park Flats. Seeing Kelvin Flats has just put a warm fuzzy feeling in my tummy. Just feels like the flat would give you a hug when you walk through your door.

[@leefauvelfauvel5271]

Some great memories on the flatsx

[@Kristian_UK]

This is my friend Sam who is just as wonderful in real life as she seems here. Not seen this before. x

[@roboracing9999]

They could build that today and it would be awesome. I imagine the technology of today in a building like that.

[@Bhappi137]

I totally agree with you

[@hairyass666]

Had friends on Edith Walk...had some great nights on the Flats....and don't forgot the graff msg that was sprayed on the frontage, about the 'Boro events...'The Police are not 100% to blame'...that was a hell of a statement back in the day... that is still stuck firmly in my memory...Sheffield has some serious history...x

[@kazj898]

I loved kelvin flats I was born an raised on there wish they was still standing

[@Leoturner2009]

My house in raby gardens in Hartlepool got knocked down to I lived there I’ll my childhood

[@Timemachine74]

Shit init

[@TheGBs1972]

I remember when I used to go past on the 83 bus to the match. Probably 1981 onwards...Kelvin always scared me a bit!! Also remember walking past when it was empty and ready to be knocked down...probably early 90’s...seemed a lot scarier as it was dark and silent.

[@richallenxbox1976]

And full of Chavs/single women with 6 kids by 3 different blokes/Jeremy Kyle guests (delete as apt, all same difference)

[@flalingbashers2957]

@@richallenxbox1976 Ya mother got around a bit Rich

[@markymarcus5752]

I used to go to the cubs on kelvin during the late 70's. I remember walking around all the landings during bob a job week in my uniform knocking on doors. Wouldnt be allowed now! lol. I remember the landlord of the half penny pub telling us to sod off if we played near the premises, great days lol.

[@tonybroadhead341]

I also went to Cubs on Kelvin same time pal then went into scouts👍

[@markymarcus5752]

My brother is also called Tony Broadhead lol

[@colleenjohnson6261]

Eeee by Eck The Half Penny.

[@roboracing9999]

I never really thought much of Kelvin. But , now it's not here homelessness has gone up. It was a place to get people back on their feet

[@richallenxbox1976]

Yeah, and when they knocked down the Kelvin Flats, they moved all the nutters off there up Stannington.

[@Onaj.Samoto]

Great Video!

[@JackBlack-gh5yf]

My grandparents lived at 104 Edith Walk :)

[@jasonchadburn7910]

That's ware I used to live with my mum and dad when I was a young age

[@davidward2937]

Imagine being homeless at 8:30 and getting keys to a flat by 11:30. She would have no chance these days

[@Bhappi137]

I’ve never ever heard a negative word from anyone who lived on Kelvin

[@colleenjohnson6261]

Oohh it did happen though I can tell you some real bad stories!... But let's not move away from the positives of Community sticking together and the wonderful Architecture that was Kelvin Flats!! The Community that lived there was very diverse.... Ranging from people with their own business, family's, student's, etc etc but we all looked after one and another... If someone had no food or was having a bad time we would pull together as a Community to help that person. I made life long friends x

[@debbieclayton9585]

I remember kelvin flats,in those days people where more friendly,these days neighbour s aren't friendly,it looked big,it sounds like the flats where ok.🌹😃

[@Glenn1967ful]

I'm sure I've met the lady with the coloured hair in this video when I was in Sheffield 20 years ago for a nostalgic visit. I did live in the city from 1986 to 1988, never saw Kelvin Flats, but remember the derelict ones at Broomhall- they were supposed to be terrible to live in- and Hyde Park rising above the city, another eyesore that's long gone.

[@AMikeOnLine]

Should have been made a 'Listed Building'...If only for History's sake. Such a shame we have the age old Council that wan't to level the City. And for what?..

[@userwl2850]

Make room for the Chinese investors. West street is full of them now..

[@Vanadeo]

Mosques?

[@fayebest1079]

Even more now too..every business that closes down..a Chinese one opens up. Saw a few new ones being re-fitted other day. It's almost all Chinese owned now. We're being colonised.

[@AMikeOnLine]

@@fayebest1079 Yep..Iv'e seen it too...What a shame eh.! Our once great city is virtually unrecognisable these days. !

[@jayjoyce6674]

my mum use to live at 96 she has fond memories of kelvin an half penny pub she talks about it quite a lot shame there got knocked down me mum got moved on to parson cross shes lived on cross ever since but she misses her life living on kelvin

[@martinbrannan2803]

You lucky. I have one chair, no curtains and still sleep on floor

[@ryderm3907]

My dad used to debt collect on these flats late 80s I think.. I was mesmerised with them as a kid.. me and my mum used to laugh at my dad running up the stairs because the lifts never worked 😂

[@terrythomas1329]

I always thought "streets in the sky" was applied to Park Hill flats - you live and learn.

[@jackyadam7808]

I loved it great friends shout out from 8 year old me Gwendoline spurs ,Marie on Edith victor dennis on kelvin me on woollen , it felt as long getting to ground as it did getting up the hill to upperthorpe school ,best playground those tyre swings were an innovation at the time1970

[@desmonddeccaaa731]

Jacky Adam so you victor Dennis is my uncle , do you remember Diane Haughton?

[@jackyadam7808]

Desmond Deccaaa hi name does n t ring a bell, but am nearly 54 now, victor dennis was very special friend,his pal Geoffrey rogers I think danced to Kung fu fighting on top of the pops in me mums living room ,what a duo , aged7 thought of victor so much over years love and luck to you and yours

[@jackyadam7808]

No I remember now it was victor and Geoffrey mason , is victors brother roger he was older

[@jackyadam7808]

Did dianne live on Edith she was pretty shiny dark hair, would be same age as me

[@richardburns5925]

They missed a trick really, that still standing now so close to kelham, on the tram route, would be the same as Park Hill is now, booming, flats would be let before they were refurbed. Trouble is, it would only be done up for yuppies and priced accordingly. Locals would be excluded, there would be no social housing in it.

[@godsson7787]

Kelvin flat are stricking damn!

[@tyrrell411]

lived on kelvin new this lady sam, it was a great place only minutes from town or hillsbrough,the odd arguments were usually some idiot playing loud music, when i left i saw a light on in my ex father in laws house so i went up ,some immigrant family had been moved in just until the few months before kelvin came down,an inspector came to my flat to examine everything was in place, it was and i was told i could leave, a year later i got a bill for radiator thermostats that they said were missing, i told them while i had been left i had called at my old flat to pick up any letters and had met several different people who had been moved in temporarily so the council had to change their mind about the bill if they weren't there when i was there why did the inspector pass it so i could move,thats the council for you....there were other things they tried but i wont go into it ....

[@danielsellers8707]

My friend Matt lives in Park Hill and I keep telling him how no-one wanted to be there 30 years ago...

[@jaychadburn5422]

i used 2 live on kelvin flats when i was young

[@jamesvickers5998]

It's a good film, but some people got short memories. I remember people moaning about Hyde Park and particularly Kelvin saying they should have kept the terrace streets, and how horrible the flats were and dumping ground for problem tenants.

[@richallenxbox1976]

As if it wasn't rough enough up in s2, the Council, in their "infinite wisdom" brought all the Chavs down into s6, and then when the Kelvin was demolished in the mid 90s, they moved all the "problem tenants" off there up Stannington, previously the estates in what's now called lower Stannington were full of Pensioners and families who'd lived on there for generations, including about 3 generations of my Dad's side of the family between Fairbarn Place, Liberty Hill and Hall Park Head.

[@daveburgan4083]

used to live on wollen walk (83) just over the bridge and deliver milk on there they were still building these when i lived there anybody remember the grease's cafe on infirmary rd used to hate it when ice cream van come it was quicker running down the stairs than lift but used to get coming back up also the flats design did'nt help up in one down in the other

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

wonder if anybody feels same sentiment about old Hyde Park on skyedge?

[@wildSpiritboy857]

Your place is good has your neighbours

[@richallenxbox1976]

Back in the 80s and early to mid 90s the Kelvin was full of Chavs IMO, very rough, and then when they knocked the Flats down the Council, in their er, "infinite wisdom" moved some of the nutters off there up Stannington, onto the Liberty Hill estate etc, a once respectable area full of Pensioners and families who'd lived there for Donkey's years. I used to attend a "Youth Club" on there at the Community Centre back in the late 80s/early 90s as well because back then I lived in lower Walkley.

[@mrwilfredmyers7566]

They get a job for all those years. ? Explaine how.? And why ?

[@barryshitpeas5837]

Sounds unbelievably depressing.

[@zladatv]

*👍класс и привет от тренера по футболу!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!*

[@richardsmith3585]

Knew your nieboughs then now you don't

[@Jay-ru3mu]

Miss The Look Of It, Quite Unique And Then The Sheffield Shitty Council Came Along And Knocked It Down

[@wayneslater1543]

My old mate grew up on this estate.it was awash with dope smokers,and the little children fell sick when having to pass them.a crime ridden cess pit.good riddance to bad rubbish.dont ever airbrush these flats,they were a nightmare.

[@wayneslater1543]

Concrete doesn't keep out the rainwater.anyone who lives on the top floor of any 50s/60s/70's flats would escape water stains on their ceilings ..