Sheffield Attercliffe before the gentrification nonsense begins.

[@daveeboney7089]

Hi Tim....The baths and library plus the rest of the building on that block are all pre reset pluss many more building like the spartan works, gentlemen club, yourkshire bank and the wosskow building still has remains of the energy technology on the top passed off as decoration. The reform chappel is also a very old building, there are to many to mention as both sides of the roads have buildings with burried levels. 😊

[@timawells]

Dave to be honest I didn't notice the rest of it, but so much has gone. There was once a massive church here bombed in the war. But when I watch the video back, I saw what looked like three lower entranceways into the library. I wanted to record as much as I could in one go. Best Tim

[@MAXERNEST]

Another great video , i was born about a mile away across the River :} Tinsley wire industry Ltd { TWIL } it was called , a lot of the new stuff like IKEA saw being built as i passed it every day going to work, interesting, about Marcway Models the original shop was a few doors up towards Staniforth Rd, its been there since the 60`s ,used to buy all my kits from there, the Sheffield cop shop at the end of the video was formerly Abbey National building society when it was a mutual ,my grandmother used to get all her furniture and household goods from Banners ,she hardly went into Sheffield city centre for them, the coffee chain who are in the Carbrook Hall dates back to the English civil war, no one remembers the 1980 steel strike i do :} Dunford Hadfields was a big steel firm where Meadowhall is now , i worked for BSC on shepcote lane at the time, we were out 13 weeks no money not even strike pay ,we wanted 20 % got single figures :} Maggie had got in in May 1979 , Sir Keith Joseph was the industry secretary during the dispute over pay .

[@misscoutts6193]

Fascinating info; yes, people used to go to Banners and Attercliffe was thriving and bustling I had school friends who lived there in late 60s so I remember Pierrepont's fruit and Banners but it did not affect the city centre at all which was also thriving.

[@MAXERNEST]

@@misscoutts6193 hello again ,when as kids we were bored on sunday afternoons, we used to ask our Gran to tell us about the war ,as my grandparents lived through the Sheffield Blitz of December 1940, my grandfather had been in the regular army in the 1930`s but was released for war work in Sheffield as he was skilled in hardening and tempering of steel ,she told us the direct hit on the Marples hotel in Sheffield , and that some of the casualties were left in the cellars ,whether thats true i dunno , but was good scare story :} one for most haunted :} for local history i will give a shout out to a site called Dirty stopouts , remember the fiesta nightclub and later Romeo and Juliets ,the top Rank on Saturday mornings as we were too young for Ze booze then :}

[@timawells]

Thank you. I come out of the Rotherham steel works and remember the 85% pay and a weeks holiday. So much of Attercliffe history went before I was born in 1964. My parents who lived at Handsworth could come down by tram and not shop in Sheffield city centre.

[@MAXERNEST]

@@timawells i made a comment on here but it got deleted i know susan does not like me :} it happens a lot , i am retired now and i am slightly older than Sputnik :} politically homeless here :{

[@alexgoff6070]

I remember Banners as a child, wooden escalators that rattled and the compressed air shuttle to send money to the accounts office and return change, just like 'Are You Being Served?'

[@deedahinkent]

Just remembered Tim if you go down carbrook towards meadowhell there is a beutifull old pub called the New inn . It has been shut as a pub for at least 30 years but the facade is very well preserved I think it is used for something else now but i don't know what, well worth a look tho if you havn't seen it .

[@timawells]

I missed that Jon as I went all the way to the tram shed.

[@johnsometimesoffandsometim8933]

Tint same darn't cliffe these days.

[@timawells]

Sad John. But it still has some character buildings removed from the rest of Sheffield.

[@deedahinkent]

That old school used to be Players cafe in the late 90s for a few years Tim a lot of footballers and the like had stakes in it . Behind it was two purpurse built nightclubs called the Pulse & vogue which ran for about 8 years or so > They were absolutely rocking in the first few years so much so that there were free bendy buses (remember them) from Sheffield city centre that took you down to them about 11pm and they were always packed out . On the corner of colleridge road was a Gay club called Lydias which was the Salutation inn before that , that were a good night out even if you wasn't gay nobody cared and the music was brilliant long before all this PC nonsense Happy days Tim 😃

[@retrorambles517]

Well said about the Don valley Should have been used for big concerts or mini festivals in the summer I was at the last rugby game at Don valley Decent venue just allowed to rot Every passing year Sheffield gets worse and worse

[@timawells]

I think they got too much money from the council to run, so didn't bother pushing the venue. Then money was withdraw.

[@misscoutts6193]

​@@timawellsthey had the Rolling Stones and Tina Turner on there. Disastrous though if inclement weather.

[@timawells]

Both shows carried it off. Floodlit cricket for Yorkshire that never was. Those running the place got too much money and sat on their hands doing nothing. @@misscoutts6193

[@johnribble]

My family came from attercliffe ,ripon street , good hard working people ,can remember in late 60s walking from Victoria train. Station up to ripon street to see nan n grandad , so sad how it’s gone down hill , but it started when immigration went out of control , cliffs n Darnal are no go areas

[@timawells]

Ripon St is by Woodbourne Rd if I am right and they are turning the park there into 1000 net zero houses.

[@neilboulton2425]

Tim the bank opposite Shirland Lane was Midland Bank at 629 Atterclife Rd (code 40 41 05) started work there in 1977. The Bank further down towards Rotherham next to the old Pierrpoint fruit stall was William and Glyns Bank

[@timawells]

I bet times were very different Neil.

[@deedahinkent]

Eyup Tim memories are flooding back as a watch this.The "Gentlemans club" was the Dog & Partridge Probably the roughest pub on't cliffe in it's time.Marcways model shop my childhood mecca I remember my bedroom ceiling looking like the battle of Britain! Behlnd the church on Zion lane was a paper and printing firm which my aunty used to manage think it was pulled down in the mid 70s .The Don valley hotel was i think the Coach and Horses but I could be wrong , Pierpoints shop has been like that for about 45 years! opposite was the Travellers inn which was demolished about 2 years ago ,was a great pub with a concert room at the back . The Adelphi was turned into a nightclub in the early 90s . Next to the baths on the corner of worksop road was a pub called the Golden Ball my favorite pub on the cliffe demolished in the late 80s ,glad the Library is still standing but for how long who knows ! great video again Tim cheers👍

[@timawells]

Morning Jon. I hope you are well. Hope you didn't get too drunk on the memories. I bet it was a right pub crawl. Best Wishes Tim

[@deedahinkent]

@@timawells Ha ha morning Tim yep a bit of a hangover! just come back from a flying visit to Rotherham still recovering from the Barnsley bitter in't Phoenix club Brinsworth so double bubble ! best Jon

[@timawells]

You been in Roverum really Jon? @@deedahinkent

[@deedahinkent]

@@timawells Sure have Tim took advantage of £3 odd a pint rather than £6.50!

[@timawells]

@@deedahinkent My dad said it was £2.30 in the Butchers at Woodsetts Jon. A local pub that is really nice.

[@blades699]

Another great video

[@timawells]

Thank you.

[@jimmyjimmy8859]

Great video Tim, I used to go to Attercliffe baths when I was a kid, then in the seventies sometimes used to call in the Dog and Partridge pub that's the one that you said turned into the Gentlemans club. My wife and I still drive through Attercliffe about once a week on our way to Meadowhall, always makes us laugh when we drive past the shop Hanky Panky

[@timawells]

Thanks Jimmy. The gentrification of Attercliffe is going to be horrendous. 20mp along Attercliffe Rd.

[@misscoutts6193]

Great video walk Tim. You could count the people on one hand. The Old Chapel looks like they've cleared the graveyard it was the first video i did in 2018. Supposedly built by the Bright iron making family. Carbrook Hall was the residence of one of the 3 sons of Henry Bright. Amberley Steeet is Freemans i worked there for 3 years. Your remark about looking like America was just my own thoughts! People don't walk in these areas because its deserted, therefore, dont feel safe and it's worse after dark.

[@timawells]

Its so sad I rarely see a person, just loads of cars passing. The old Chapel now looks well used, could have been a wedding on.

[@misscoutts6193]

It was Easter but it's a private congregation. ​@@timawells

[@timawells]

This was done on the Tuesday. It may have been a wedding. @@misscoutts6193

[@user-du5ui2em8l]

if Masterchef Staniforth rd is still open , it would be well worth chatting to John for some old stories

[@deedahinkent]

Was that the place where you could get onion bhajis the size of footballs or am i getting mixed up with somewhere else?

[@pipmcg1]

Closed a while back, and yes big old bhajis.

[@leoncsorba9085]

A mine of football information Tim ❤⚽️

[@timawells]

I hate the modern game Leon.

[@leoncsorba9085]

@@timawells Ditto Tim, I tend to watch 1970s clips of games.

[@timawells]

@@leoncsorba9085 I like watching the old matches when the grounds weren't soulless and it was working class not woke fans.Leon.

[@misscoutts6193]

13:24 Horse & Jockey. Now a pleasure lounge. Spiritualist Church was on Bold Street. The fancy building opposite Pierrepont fruit shop was Rossington's Bazaar. Further up Worksop Road past the Library was the Britannia Inn where Benjamin Huntsman once lived. Not sure if it's still standing🤔.

[@timawells]

The pubs are still there Miss Havisham but turned into flats.

[@andywright3450]

Hi Tim great content mate love the video and thanku for a longer video .....attercliffe has so much changed over the years ... Any chance U could do meadowhall way please thanks Andy

[@timawells]

Hi Andy. Than you. Do you mean video all the way around Meadowhall?

[@andywright3450]

@@timawells yes please

[@timawells]

OK Andy. @@andywright3450

[@misscoutts6193]

​@@timawellsgood idea. I haven't been for years.

[@Peb1889]

Used to go to Marcways as a kid in the seventies.

[@timawells]

Its still there. I remember going downstairs in a Attercliffe model shop in the 70s. I did a short on Marcways.