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Your posts seem to have an aggressive tone we don’t do that on here 👍 keep to fun and friendly please

I say, immediately, that with a few exceptions , I’m generally no lover of modern architecture.... however and sadly, I present my arguments too late for this one example ....the now obliterated Sheffield Register Office in Surrey Place. Colloquially referred to by some as ‘The Wedding Cake’ it’s apparently, summary, demolition/ site clearance represented the serious loss of a unique, good looking and very functional, civic structure the like of which was not to be seen elsewhere. Unlike many ROs which hide within other buildings- often town halls, Sheffield’s short-lived DEDICATED, design was attractive, very spacious and very functional, situated as it was within its own grounds with and incorporating its own car parking, whilst providing formal, good -class photogenic facilities for assembling wedding parties in a very distinctive location in the heart of the City Centre. It offered superb state -of -the -art facilities ..without weddings cascading onto the public footpath as in the more common and less thought out situations and arguably, more importantly, provided respectful, sensitive, arrangements for those attending for its not always happy, non-marriage functions . I had close association with the place for several years during the mid/late ‘70s and so have a good understanding of its large amount of plusses and yes, it’s ( thankfully) far fewer shortcomings. A graphic condemnation of a Council ‘turning its coat ‘ .....doubtless placing the value of land before community needs and the possession of a very well used civic structure placing the on The National, if not international, map. A building certainly worthy of a formal preservation order in my view...had it been allowed to serve for the many more years it deserved. Bravo to its designers/ initiators and shame on those who brought about by its own, untimely, death.

Edmund is quite correct and I agree with him entirely. This has been, for many years a friendly site, and has only recently had these instances of unpleasant posts. I sincerely hope we are not going to degenerate to the level of many other forums where trolls abound in numbers. If anyone thinks that a member has given an incorrect fact, they can easily state what they believe is the correct one without taking the other member to task. Let's keep it friendly please.