Sheffield City Centre - Town 1960 vs 2018 - Old Then vs New Now - UK

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

I can remember catching the tram with my Grandma in 1960. I was 10 years old. My family emigrated to Australia in 1963, but my memories of home will stay with me for the rest of my life. I still miss Sheffield.

[@WalayatFamily]

South Sheffield is one of the best places to live in the UK.

[@sextoncardew903]

We left for OZ in 1952 and at 84 I still miss Sheffield just the same as you. Love watching these videos of Sheffield. I really liked the double deck trams and their various routes. Pity that some things have changed so much.

[@mobin-Rahman-m]

Home sweet home

[@davidhaythorne5882]

I was born in Sheffield in 1964 ..and I will die here ...love Sheffield my Sheffield

[@TinTin-jx4jf]

My Sheffield was in the 90s but it's died now thanks to mass immigration

[@WalayatFamily]

I'm sure the aborgines and native americans amongst many others are rolling their eyes at such comments. See a few brown faces and it's all destroyed, turn whole continents white and it's sooper dooper.

[@WalayatFamily]

Like I said above, "I'm sure the aborigines and native americans amongst many others are rolling their eyes at such comments, planted a flag and took over whole continents. Pot Kettle Black comes to mind.

[@AYTAZED]

@@TinTin-jx4jf. England's dead thanks to mass immigration. Especially all the boat wankers that are here now. TAXI!

[@AYTAZED]

@@WalayatFamily whatever.....

[@tonyfiazUK]

Love love love Sheffield old n new Brings back happy memories from 60 n 70's. Great video Tony Fiaz

[@richardlong6789]

Fantastic video, thanks so much for posting, love watching how this fine city has changed over the years..

[@timharmoni1846]

Thank you for this. Spent my first 13 years in this wonderful city. Happy memories.

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

So did I and then my crazy parents emigrated to Australia, but I wish we had stayed put.

[@pyewackett5]

Sheffield is one of the friendliest places I know ❤️

[@TinTin-jx4jf]

Not anymore unfortunately one of the rudest places I know I should know I am from Sheffield it died years ago since 2000

[@gaynordurdy7689]

I'm in heaven, old Sheffield AND Sinatra!!!

[@timothysdog6130]

It looked really lovely in the 1960s

[@WalayatFamily]

Original music was "It Was A Very Good Year" by Frank Sanatra, but forced to remove it, so to get the best experience mute audio and watch it whilst playing "It Was A Very Good Year" by Ol'Blue eyes.

[@pigasimu]

Thanks for putting together this wonderful video. Could you tell me what the current music is?

[@WalayatFamily]

@@pigasimu Added oriignal score back, maybet won't get blocked this time.,

[@paul-t-geist4245]

The old videos showed a busy vibrant city centre,today it looks deserted and lifeless. Good video.

[@WalayatFamily]

Meadowhall and then the other retail parks sucked the blood out of the city centre, I personally prefer to shop in the city centre, I don't enjoy shopping in Meadowhall. P.S. The video was much better with the original music by Frank Sanatra "It Was A Very Good Year" but I was forced to remove the music, Mute the audio and play it with "It Was A Very Good Year"

[@paul-t-geist4245]

@@WalayatFamily I remember town in the old videos when traffic,what there was of it,travelled freely through town up and down the moor and fargate,they were great times.Great video though.

[@WalayatFamily]

I remember the diesel fumes form the buses, used to hold my breath, worse at the bus stops when they had their engines running though that was late 70s into 80's

[@pigeonsareugly]

Theres no shopping but it's always at least relatively busy whenever I'm there

[@gillianchester7259]

Left in 66 to new zealand it will always be my home ..so many memories..we lived in Crosspool

[@WalayatFamily]

At least your safe from the virus, 440 dead in Sheffield so far.

[@timawells]

They have destroyed what was once a fantastic city centre. Makes me weep.

[@sextoncardew903]

I feel that Sheffield had a more elegant look about it in the 60s than now.

[@WalayatFamily]

nah better now, remember walking around in the 70's and had to hold my breath cos of the bus fumes! Was not better than.

[@annother3350]

@@WalayatFamily They're talking about the look, not the smell!!

[@matthewbailey9405]

Personally I quite like the way Sheffield's architecture is going (in general). The various squares and public areas in the city centre have a sophisticated feel to them and feel like the type of place you go for leisure rather than just passing through as a 'drone' on the way to work. I wont say there is nothing I am not so keen on but I am cautious not to get trapped looking through rose tinted lenses.

[@visg8303]

We lost some nice stuff but I agree, the best thing is the street atmosphere

[@pigeonsareugly]

Despite the lack of shops sheffield these days is actually a nice place to hang out or spend an afternoon. Shame what happened to Fargate and the high street in the last 15years or so though. However the city on average is probably the nicest it's been since at least the 50s possibly ever

[@davidnorris-kay6144]

I remember Sheffield in 1960, - and every year since. A changing city.

[@sextoncardew903]

We have to accept Sheffield the way it is, but the powers that be have made some very strange and costly alterations on several levels.

[@lindakirk5668]

I was born in Sheffield Hillsborough on far lane prefer it then to what it is now 😊

[@mobin-Rahman-m]

What I missed the most was castle market

[@WalayatFamily]

Yeh, harringtons the prime mark of its time.

[@Al-ol3tu]

Nice to see the wicker at the end before it turned it to a dump full of horrible takeways

[@davidhaythorne5882]

I was born in Sheffield.. and I'll die in Sheffield.. I just love Sheffield

[@WalayatFamily]

Best place to be living during lockdown.

[@debbieclayton9585]

I love sheffield .

[@LordTechnopants]

They can improve things all they like, it rarely makes them better. Nice vid though!

[@tonyfiazUK]

Are you the walayat family that lived on broad oaks rd ?

[@bridgetdoman1386]

There have been many changes made since the 2018 video.

[@WalayatFamily]

Yeh, I think they eventually emptied the bins.

[@misscoutts6193]

​@@WalayatFamilythey are full

[@michael7286]

Once upon a time Sheffield used to be a good place, not anymore. Once upon a time the world used to be a good place, not anymore.

[@WalayatFamily]

youve become miserable in your old age

[@WalayatFamily]

According to the ONS crime map, knife criime in Sheffield is low at 74 per 100k. vs London 168 per 100k Birmingham 118 Leeds 116 Manchester 129 Liverpool 99 So it could be worse. www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc653/index.html

[@gama3302]

Unfortunately Sheffield is becoming ugly with its modern architecture. Slowly slowly Sheffield is losing its history and heritage, beautiful buildings vanishing to be replaced by eyesores and hideous office blocks thanks to the Sheffield City Council.

[@JANGLEPOP1]

Yes, beautiful buildings of stone and brick demolished, replaced by poorly designed arty rubbish made of concrete and glass.

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

@@JANGLEPOP1 I remember the stone buildings and I often wonder how it would look today.

[@jetpigeon8758]

Unfortunately today it is ridiculously expensive to build like they did in the old days. Modern concrete structures do have state of the art facilities which are easier to install in the latest structures. Buildings are now constructed to be useful instead of beautiful. It is all down to money and time I am afraid.

[@glennpickard2239]

​@@JANGLEPOP1 the houses we lived in were bricks and mortar with slate roofs. They were n't so beautiful or practical with no inside toilet, no bath(or shower), super small kitchens, one coal fired fireplace, and leaky slates. They had to go, think many of them were built in the first 30 years of the 20th century, for workers migrating to Sheffield to work in the steel factories. I lived in Attercliffe which had many shops and was a thriving, independent community by itself !

[@misscoutts6193]

Attercliffe another part of Sheffield destroyed.

[@highgreen6452]

God there's a lot of ugly buildings now and I use the word buildings loosely

[@WalayatFamily]

Curtousy of the Labour city clowncil.

[@visg8303]

@@WalayatFamily to be fair its miles better than 10 or 20 years ago. Damage was done in the 70s and 80s

[@TinTin-jx4jf]

Sheffield golden years was the 60s 70s 80s and 90s after that it died

[@helenweatherby1694]

The changes are definitely not for the better. Sheffield city centre is as dead as a doornail.

[@extremekyubi8436]

why are the comments section all old people im here because school told me to do this

[@andrewreardon8093]

Because old people love making comments. On everything. Work hard at school!

[@damiendye6623]

Because only old people can actually remember what it was really like

[@markpackham6361]

Sheffield Council should hang their heads in shame! Where have all the people gone?