DaveJC Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Going back to Frank and Kath Drabble’s tenure when it was a proper pub. They were family friends so I am obviously very biased, however it was everything that an English city centre pub should be, is was spotlessly clean, the beer was well kept, Frank and Kath were very friendly with their customers and staff whilst still retaining their business heads, the top city centre pub of it’s day IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysandernovo Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Back in the late 1960.s it was a regular "early bar"meeting place for a group of quite high ranking Sheffield steel works metallurgists...a couple of whom were members of a committeee re writing the BS970 steel specifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 45 minutes ago, lysandernovo said: Back in the late 1960.s it was a regular "early bar"meeting place for a group of quite high ranking Sheffield steel works metallurgists...a couple of whom were members of a committeee re writing the BS970 steel specifications. As against the current definition of ‘high ranking’, as my old pal who specialised in British Aerospace contracts would classify as ‘manhole cover makers’. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysandernovo Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Don't forget that the original jet engines relied on special steels developed in Sheffield...and Rolls Royce now has a factory ,off the Parkway, "growing" turbine blades Whatever, it was better than being known as a producer of "clog iron"....which was the reputation of the Birmingham steel makers.🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, lysandernovo said: Don't forget that the original jet engines relied on special steels developed in Sheffield...and Rolls Royce now has a factory ,off the Parkway, "growing" turbine blades Whatever, it was better than being known as a producer of "clog iron"....which was the reputation of the Birmingham steel makers.🙄 He was based in Sheffield, sorry to cause confusion, he wasn’t taking the micky of his employers, just the type of steel making that Sheffield is heading for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchpole Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I actually lived here as a young teenager in the early 80s. It was a great place to be - especially being so close to Beatties model shop just around the corner. However, during the middle of my family's tenure of the business, we experienced a truly appalling episode. A young man jumped to his death from Cole Brothers' car park directly opposite the pub. This would have been in 1981/82. I still remember watching things unfold from my bedroom window on the third floor. I'll never forget people walking around him as he lay on the pavement, as if he were some sort of drunk who'd collapsed in the street. His parents came into the pub some weeks later. Apparently he and his best friend had just graduated from uni and had ended up going for the same job. His friend got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktlaylay Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Announced permanent closure a few months ago due to the council and the regeneration of the area, imagine it will be demolished in the coming years. (I assume this will also bring an end to the abandoned Salvation Army auditorium sort of building next door.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makapaka Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 8 hours ago, ktlaylay said: Announced permanent closure a few months ago due to the council and the regeneration of the area, imagine it will be demolished in the coming years. (I assume this will also bring an end to the abandoned Salvation Army auditorium sort of building next door.) https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thestar.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/see-inside-forgotten-sheffield-city-centre-gem-set-to-becomes-spectacular-restaurant-and-bar-3144836%3famp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 It simply isn’t needed anymore, no reflection of it’s past or the people in it’s past. I was addicted to pubs like the Yorkshireman, however I can’t recall the last time I entered a pub, let alone spent time in one. We’ve lost many local shops and businesses , because folk didn’t feel that they required their services anymore, that’s life folks, I reckon that the local Fletcher was a little miffed when folk started using guns. I now drink at home, half of my old mates are dead, perhaps the survivors are content with their memories I know that I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makapaka Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 21 hours ago, DaveJC said: It simply isn’t needed anymore, no reflection of it’s past or the people in it’s past. I was addicted to pubs like the Yorkshireman, however I can’t recall the last time I entered a pub, let alone spent time in one. We’ve lost many local shops and businesses , because folk didn’t feel that they required their services anymore, that’s life folks, I reckon that the local Fletcher was a little miffed when folk started using guns. I now drink at home, half of my old mates are dead, perhaps the survivors are content with their memories I know that I am. Last time I was in there (before lockdown) it was packed. the plans for the Salvation Army citadel down the road look great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, makapaka said: Last time I was in there (before lockdown) it was packed. the plans for the Salvation Army citadel down the road look great too. Well if it is regularly ‘packed’, what are the plans for it that will better it’s current usage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makapaka Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 4 hours ago, DaveJC said: Well if it is regularly ‘packed’, what are the plans for it that will better it’s current usage I meant the Yorkshireman pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 20 hours ago, makapaka said: I meant the Yorkshireman pub. Never😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynardine Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Just been sorting old negatives and beginning to restart a project I've been doing on and off for the last 40 years. This is the Yorkshireman in the 1980's and last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewanarm Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 It was demolished last month because when they demolished Barkers Pool House as part of the Heart Of The City development they realised that the pub was structurally unsafe and had to come down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, ewanarm said: It was demolished last month because when they demolished Barkers Pool House as part of the Heart Of The City development they realised that the pub was structurally unsafe and had to come down Or so they say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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