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

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  • čas přidán 31. 08. 2018
  • Here's Sheffield city centre, or Town as we like to call it, 1960 vs today (2018). How things have changed and continue to change with much work to be down for instance on the hole that once was Castle Market.
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    2018 Own, 1960 mostly SYPT Tram journey.
    Soundtrack - Old blue eyes (Frank Sinatra).
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Komentáře • 75

  • @gillianbrookwell1678
    @gillianbrookwell1678 Před 5 lety +12

    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
      @WalayatFamily  Před 5 lety

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

    • @sextoncardew903
      @sextoncardew903 Před 4 lety +1

      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.

    • @mobinxd
      @mobinxd Před 3 lety

      Home sweet home

  • @davidhaythorne5882
    @davidhaythorne5882 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @TinTin-jx4jf
      @TinTin-jx4jf Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety +2

      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
      @AYTAZED Před 2 lety

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

    • @AYTAZED
      @AYTAZED Před 2 lety

      @@WalayatFamily whatever.....

  • @timothysdog6130
    @timothysdog6130 Před 2 lety +2

    It looked really lovely in the 1960s

  • @tonyfiazUK
    @tonyfiazUK Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @gaynordurdy7689
    @gaynordurdy7689 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @pyewackett5
    @pyewackett5 Před 4 lety +4

    Sheffield is one of the friendliest places I know ❤️

    • @TinTin-jx4jf
      @TinTin-jx4jf Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @sextoncardew903
    @sextoncardew903 Před 3 lety +4

    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.

  • @timharmoni1846
    @timharmoni1846 Před 6 lety +1

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

    • @gillianbrookwell1678
      @gillianbrookwell1678 Před 5 lety

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

  • @lindakirk5668
    @lindakirk5668 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @WalayatFamily
    @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety +3

    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
      @pigasimu Před 3 lety

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety

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

  • @richardlong6789
    @richardlong6789 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @sextoncardew903
    @sextoncardew903 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 4 lety +1

      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
      @annother3350 Před rokem

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

  • @matthewbailey9405
    @matthewbailey9405 Před 3 lety +3

    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
      @visg8303 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @pigeonsareugly
      @pigeonsareugly Před rokem

      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
    @davidnorris-kay6144 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @gillianchester7259
    @gillianchester7259 Před 3 lety

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety

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

  • @mobinxd
    @mobinxd Před 3 lety +2

    What I missed the most was castle market

  • @Al-ol3tu
    @Al-ol3tu Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @debbieclayton9585
    @debbieclayton9585 Před 3 lety +1

    I love sheffield .

  • @paul-t-geist4245
    @paul-t-geist4245 Před 3 lety

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @paul-t-geist4245 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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
      @WalayatFamily  Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @pigeonsareugly Před rokem

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

  • @LordTechnopants
    @LordTechnopants Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @davidhaythorne5882
    @davidhaythorne5882 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @tonyfiazUK
    @tonyfiazUK Před 4 lety

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

  • @bridgetdoman1386
    @bridgetdoman1386 Před 2 lety

    There have been many changes made since the 2018 video.

  • @timawells
    @timawells Před 5 měsíci +2

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

  • @extremekyubi8436
    @extremekyubi8436 Před 3 lety

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

    • @andrewreardon8093
      @andrewreardon8093 Před 2 lety

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

    • @damiendye6623
      @damiendye6623 Před 29 dny

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

  • @highgreen6452
    @highgreen6452 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před 4 lety +2

      Curtousy of the Labour city clowncil.

    • @visg8303
      @visg8303 Před 3 lety

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

    • @TinTin-jx4jf
      @TinTin-jx4jf Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @michael7286
    @michael7286 Před 2 lety +2

    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
      @WalayatFamily  Před 2 lety

      youve become miserable in your old age

    • @richardsmith3585
      @richardsmith3585 Před rokem +1

      @@WalayatFamily mmm its a dangous place to many stabbings was beautiful

    • @WalayatFamily
      @WalayatFamily  Před rokem

      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
    @gama3302 Před 5 lety +8

    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
      @JANGLEPOP1 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @gillianbrookwell1678
      @gillianbrookwell1678 Před 5 lety

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

    • @jetpigeon8758
      @jetpigeon8758 Před 4 lety +1

      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
      @glennpickard2239 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@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
      @misscoutts6193 Před 5 měsíci

      Attercliffe another part of Sheffield destroyed.

  • @helenweatherby1694
    @helenweatherby1694 Před rokem

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

  • @markpackham6361
    @markpackham6361 Před rokem

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