Shaping Sheffield and South Yorkshire: A Brief Historical Tour

Short historical documentary film, produced for Sheffield Hallam University and La Trobe University, Melbourne (Australia), introducing how Sheffield and the surrounding area has been shaped by the historical themes of mining and manufacture, migration and municipal identity.

[@sextoncardew903]

I was born in Sheffield in 1935, but left with my parents for overseas in 1952. I loved Sheffield and still think of it every day. I still keep in touch with my relatives.

[@brianbadonde9039]

You got out just in time. Its a hell hole now

[@jonjubb6363]

I love Sheffield, i live on the very edge of Sheffield on the South side that borders derbyshire. I can be in a urban council estate one minute but then half hours walking i can be in the countryside that is filled with rivers, hiking trails, reservoir and quaint villages like Matlock

[@kevdimo6459]

I’m Australian and was working with an Englishman, we were getting a site ready for a small weir to be built. When the materials arrived it was sheets of steel with made in Sheffield stamped on them. I thought to myself I’ll see if I can get a bite out of him. I commented what would they know about making steel in Sheffield! Boy did I get a bite out of him, haha nearly bit my head off.

[@stephen3654]

😂

[@HelloKittykat21]

Shows that the developer wasn't cutting corners with cheap Chinese or Indian steel. 😉

[@KevinStones]

Thoroughly enjoyed the video and it summed up my birth city perfectly. The insular approach was felt when I was a teenager in the 60's in Darnall. I tried to explain this to my friend from Liverpool how a city's development has an impact on the attitudes and approach to life of those who are born and grow up in the northern cities. I'll show him this video. Once again, thank you

[@peakinthepast]

Thanks for your positive comments! Really pleased you enjoyed it 🙂

[@Closminding]

Great job Tim and Holly. A worthy advertisement for this unique, dynamic and cosmopolitan city in the British Isles and the greenest in Europe. 💖👏👀

[@veronicalogotheti1162]

Thank you

[@Optomisma]

At 5mins 14secs you see two men who taught me fitting . At River Don when I was an apprentice. Keith Bannister. And Tony Stanbra .very skilled men .

[@allangibson4354]

Many thanks for posting such an interesting and heartwarming presentation. Being born and bred in Sheffield, some seventy years ago, I agree wholeheartedly with the comment made by the Health Department as, in my case as a true "dee dah", it sums up the spirit and determination of the Sheffield people. I still have immense pride in our wonderful City and all it's achievements both past and present, also looking forward to Sheffield's ongoing and exciting new phase of regeneration.

[@peakinthepast]

Thank you for such positive words and interesting observations. As you say, there are signs of promising things soon to come for Sheffield with an appreciation of the city's heritage incorporated in visions/plans for its future!

[@smfvmd]

Sheffield did have its own Corn Exchange. It was where Park Square roundabout is now.

[@peakinthepast]

That's true, but Sheffield's Corn Exchange wasn't quite on the same scale / levels of grandeur as its counterpart in Leeds and the building proved sadly to be only too short lived and never achieved the same iconic status

[@helenswan705]

which square, as I recollect, is now a roundabout! Video doesnt say Sheffield didnt have a Corn Ex, it is simply comparing it with other cities

[@craiglogistics2092]

Sheffield has a lot of potential but there is a lot to be done to make it more attractive to investors, the railways need to be brought up to date with electrification for a start

[@christophernorris100]

I was born in 1962 in the Hillsborough Area of Sheffield and it's great to remember the history years gone by and at the moment it is not like it Used to be Now but I came back to Sheffield during Christmas and at the moment I am Disgusted with the Town Hall who has Ruined my Home Town City Life 😢

[@ingridthurston-polkey653]

My husband was born in Sheffield 🙏

[@ThePawsOfDeception]

An interesting, enjoyable film. Thanks. But why does background music so often have to be louder than the narrator these days? It's really annoying! Also, I was surprised to hear you say that Sheffield, "did not have the Corn Exchange of Leeds". We definitely had a Corn Exchange, built some time in the 1830s. It was somewhere around where Park Square is now.

[@thaknows2503]

Did you know made in sheffield is trademarked because the quality is so good ?

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Really good

[@Closminding]

The other unique feature of Sheffield is how long it takes you to traverse it. I can get from Greenhill, a village on the Southern edge of Sheffield to Worral, a beautiful village to the North of Sheffield in half an hour. What other major city in Europe can offer you that? 🤩😯💗

[@560smr4]

That depends what time of day you travel.

[@Closminding]

@@560smr4 Also depends on route you take And I've got that down to A fine Art. Even during the rush hour there Are ways And means.

[@Closminding]

@@560smr4 35 mins on A bad day

[@issanmike1]

I was born in Sheffield in 1946, the first City in Europe to go smokeless, I now live in SE Asia but will never forget what a wonderful childhood I had there. Sorry to say I would not want to live there now

[@lauragibbs7859]

Do you know anything about James Neill industry that used to be on Cemetery road in Sharrow area?

[@Williamfattyfoulke261]

Think they made drill bits.

[@johngibson3837]

Between there and eccelsawl road were lots of firms making tools for engineering, drill bits measuring equipment spring to mind

[@pennylane9730]

Sheffield used to be the city of Steel. ❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@chrisrobins5616]

A very good video spoiled by overloud music. Such a pity.....

[@edscoble]

Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)

[@user-qv2xt6rq1k]

I was born in Sheffield but wish I was born in Manchester a much better city

[@Poshypaws]

Sheffield because a city in 1893....