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Sheffield Town Hall in May 1905 for the visit of Princess Henry of Battenburg

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Who needs Banksy when you can have the side of your building covered in advertisements. What a fantastic selection!

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Lovely composition.  What equipment did you use?  I'm guessing that it must have been a pretty long lens.

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A couple of views of Sheffield Town Hall looking across the fountain and over the streets and traffic of the City Centre

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Leaflet publication probably 1980/90's. The 1977 extension to the Town Hall often referred to as the Eggbox was demolished 2002.

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Town Hall and Peace Gardens (formerly St. Paul's Gardens) 

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Town Hall and St. Paul's Gardens as it was first named 1940's

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Postcard postmarked 1947

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Town Hall and Peace Gardens 1970's

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Peace Gardens looking towards Howard Chambers, Norfolk Street and Howard Street.  

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View after demolition of buildings on Norfolk Street

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From a 6 view lettercard Dennis Productions. 

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It looks exactly what it is…a pile of redundant ,ugly ,old shipping containers…fit for use almost anywhere but in a City Centre…but, I am forgetting ,Sheffield has, in the past, been called “ Philistine City”.😙😙

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5 hours ago, Hopman said:

Some of the carvings:

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Lovely detail. 

Surrey Street Entrance.  Figures representing Peace and War, by Frederick W Pomeroy

Coat of Arms? Seem to remember someone saying it wasn't any ones Coat of Arms but just decoration. Does anybody know? 

Motto "With God's Help our Labour is Successful" 

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Compared to the symmetry of the front, this aspect of the Town Hall just seems a bit random and unsymmetrical, seems a jumble of different buildings. Were these parts built afterwards?

 

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4 hours ago, LeadFarmer said:

Compared to the symmetry of the front, this aspect of the Town Hall just seems a bit random and unsymmetrical, seems a jumble of different buildings. Were these parts built afterwards?

 

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The extension on the right hand side is a later addition.

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Four years after opening 21st May 1897 an extension discussed, lack of finance and WWI delayed it until first extension opened 29th May1923 by the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII who abdicated) 

Further extension was considered necessary in the 1930's. WWII delayed it as did financial restrictions. Work started July 1973 on the Extension nicknamed the Eggbox, foundation stone laid 1st Aug 1975 opened 7th March 1977

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I have what I think must be a unique record in relation to The Town Hall.  I worked a beat on many occasions which necessitated having my refreshment break in the police box at Town Hall ( and escorting a few drunks there to await the Black Maria) between 1961 and 1964.  I dictated copy to the Morning Telegraph copy-takers from the Press Room alongside the Council Chamber in 1973 as a reporter for the said newspaper, and I produced and commentated the fist ever live broadcast of a council meeting for BBC Radio Sheffield sometime between 1979 and 1981.  Considering I was raised in a house with an attic view of the Town Hall from 1942...I think that's a pretty rare connection. But I'm proud of it. 

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On 07/12/2022 at 13:53, southside said:

Here`s a view of the Town Hall we don't want to see for too long!!   "its only temporary isn't it?"  

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What a mess....and what a fiasco.....at council tax payers' expense. Sir Stuart Goodwin must be spinning in his grave up there at Crookes Cemetery.

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On 10/12/2022 at 18:51, Ponytail said:

Work started July 1973 on the Extension nicknamed the Eggbox, foundation stone laid 1st Aug 1975 opened 7th March 1977

The list of buildings erected by the City Council and by South Yorkshire Metropolitan Council....and demolished within two or three decades....is horrendous. Police Stations, (e.g. West Bar) Fire Stations e.g. Ringinglow; and the egg box.....plus the Attercliffe Stadium and many others....and no-one ever gets sacked or censured. Sheffield people are taken for suckers......but wait, there is also the matter of the trees......the Hole in the Road, the Arundel Gate underpass....oh this is getting boring.....

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32 minutes ago, fentonvillain said:

The list of buildings erected by the City Council and by South Yorkshire Metropolitan Council....and demolished within two or three decades....is horrendous. Police Stations, (e.g. West Bar) Fire Stations e.g. Ringinglow; and the egg box.....plus the Attercliffe Stadium and many others....and no-one ever gets sacked or censured. Sheffield people are taken for suckers......but wait, there is also the matter of the trees......the Hole in the Road, the Arundel Gate underpass....oh this is getting boring.....

I fully agree with you.

What is wrong with Sheffield voters, that they keep voting for the same proven idiots who have turned a great city into a laughing stock of an empty backwater?

 

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Councillors usually rely on their Officers for guidance. Having had a few “ brushes” with highly paid senior officers in the past I am not at all surprised with some of the decisions made by our Council with regard to the rapid redundancy of many civic developments. Frankly, those Officers I met with ,would have struggled to hold down senior roles in private, competitive, industry or commerce.

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Townhall, Sheffield by the "D.F.& Co." Series printed in England by Delittle, Fenwick & Co. York.

Postmarked October 19th 1904. Sent by my grandfather to his parents. 

Seems a strange photograph... It looks as though its been altered to appear to have be taken at night, the moon doesn't look right either. Perhaps someone could work a bit of magic and show what it should have looked like in the daytime. 

 

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