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Steve Does Sheffield: March 2014
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Friday, 28 March 2014. Lees Hall, Gleadless. Pond near the site of Lees Hall Farm -. CC BY-SA 2.0. Having done that, they then bulldozed the rubble into the house's duck pond, in order to completely remove all signs that any such thing had ever existed. This is of course one of the great architectural scandals of Sheffield and would never be allowed today. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe To This Blog. I inflicted...
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Steve Does Sheffield: October 2013
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Tuesday, 22 October 2013. Re-used under this Creative Commons License. When it was announced in the late 1980s that they were going to do up and re-open the Lyceum Theatre, I thought it was madness. What a squalid and appalling looking building it was, surely fit only for demolition. I must admit that my entire experience of having been inside the Lyceum is of attending a version of Dick Whittington. And you know what? Links to this post.
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Steve Does Sheffield: November 2013
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Thursday, 21 November 2013. Photo by Matthew Hatton [ CC-BY-SA-2.0. Some things in life seem designed to make you feel old. Don Valley Stadium is one of them. Since then, various things that were built in my childhood have fallen by the wayside but now, as though to rub it in, they're demolishing things that were built in my mid-twenties. What kind of madness is this? Links to this post. Labels: Don Valley Stadium. Subscribe To This Blog.
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Steve Does Sheffield: Castle Market.
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Monday, 2 December 2013. And licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. In a tragedy for all lovers of rampantly lunatic architecture, Sheffield's Castle Market was closed down last week, to be replaced by a spanking new indoor market at the bottom of the Moor. From comments on various sites, it seems few'll miss it. But I certainly will. I'll miss it for three reasons. Likewise with its oddly labyrinthine interior that left ...
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Steve Does Sheffield: King Edward VII School.
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Sunday, 2 February 2014. King Edward VII School. Photo by Wikityke at en.wikipedia [ GFDL. There are times when it seems like every single famous person from Sheffield went to the same school as each other. And that school is King Edward VII. Who seems to be permanently pregnant, went there. Of course, that impression's completely false - as I. Admittedly, being so visible might make some feel it would serve poorly as a, "Secret," headqua...
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Steve Does Sheffield: January 2014
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Friday, 31 January 2014. Mappin Art Gallery and City Museum, Weston Park. Photo by Oosoom at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia). The museum first opened in 1875 and was totally refurbished between 2003 and 2006. It attracts 250,000 visitors a year. The art gallery was closed in the 1950s and 1960s, having been hit by a bomb and partially demolished during the war. Dinosaurs aren't just ugly, they can also be a major letdown.
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Steve Does Sheffield: St Paul's Tower, Arundel Gate.
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In which our hero posts photos of interest to him in his own city. Sunday, 1 September 2013. St Paul's Tower, Arundel Gate. And licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Because you the reader demanded it! It started out as the Conran Tower. Then it was, "City Lofts." Then it was St Paul's Tower. But, whatever you call it, you can't ignore it. At thirty two storeys, stuck atop a hill overlooking the railway station, it's Sheffield's tallest and most visible building. A quick Google for imag...
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Steve Does Dr Who: The Power of Three. Review.
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Saturday, 22 September 2012. The Power of Three. Review. S a hip-swivelling king of Rock and Roll, I know there's nothing ruins a party more than a bunch of squares. But what about a bunch of cubes? That's what the Doctor has to work out as the world wakes one morning to find a zillion and one of the things lying around in the streets. It's pretty obvious right from the start that this is an attempt to do another, "At home with the Doctor," story along the lines of The Lodger. On the guest star front, St...
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Steve Does Dr Who: The Doctor's Wife. Review.
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Sunday, 15 May 2011. The Doctor's Wife. Review. Iring Neil Gaiman to write a Dr Who. Television, on the other hand is a more demanding mistress. There's no artist to fill the chinks in a writer's armour, and the use of real people and sets, rather than stylised drawings, gives it a literalism that demands a whole other mindset. Of course he can - it'd be the end of the show if he didn't - but not before he gets to spend time with the woman the TARDIS has now become. Each episode of this current series ha...
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