Sheffield city centre Castlegate park Castle ruins archaeological dig slow and painful latest update

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  • Опубліковано 14 гру 2024

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  • @richardsharpe2966
    @richardsharpe2966 6 місяців тому +1

    Hello Tim I enjoy watching your videos you speak commonsence

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Richard. Some hate me. I have had it all before with Brexit.

  • @christophersalt7210
    @christophersalt7210 6 місяців тому +1

    the trouble is it's at the wrong end of town to make anything decent because of the area which it is near to,you only have to look at where wilkos used to be and the clientele who hang around there,it's a pity because around that area and the canal wharf it could be a very nice area to walk and have a drink or meal like other cities who have a canal basin

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      If you had lived in Sheffield all your life you would remember that this area was the busiest part of Sheffield, its the council who ruined it. Problem, solution, reaction.

  • @MichealRandall-q2x
    @MichealRandall-q2x 6 місяців тому +2

    Most of the people on the council are not from this country and have scant regard for our history,sad but true

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      Same with the middle class students who come to Sheffield.

    • @MichealRandall-q2x
      @MichealRandall-q2x 6 місяців тому

      Quite agree

  • @andywright3450
    @andywright3450 6 місяців тому

    Hi Tim good little video ... Would U have a walk Carlisle street area old factorys etc old buildings etc please thanks Andy

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      Morning Andy. Have I captured what you want here? ua-cam.com/video/pvgZItnNKtM/v-deo.htmlsi=gVsNVD5H_2B2ADg9 Best Tim

  • @will3258
    @will3258 6 місяців тому

    Interesting. Have you found any photos of this wall Tim? Would be interesting to see how intact it is…

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому

      There is a video on the facebook page, but you have to realise that the drawbridge is 4 metres down, so some of these walls are substantial in size.

    • @will3258
      @will3258 6 місяців тому

      @@timawells The little concrete tower that remains on top of the hill houses some of the ruins. I image that would line up with the castle wall you talk about behind the retaining wall.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому

      @@will3258 I show you a concrete platform with a rusty iron grate on top where they are excavating the moat, 4 metres down is the drawbridge Pier, it can't be hard to remove the concrete slab and I would have started there and moved out.

    • @will3258
      @will3258 6 місяців тому +1

      @@timawells I think that’s their last plan before moving out. Yesterday I was on site helping with some excavation. There’s a fantastic old cobbled street that has been uncovered, beautifully preserved, quite a thin alley way about 2 people wide with quite high walls… it follows the shape of the moat. Whether SCC will keep it or demolish it like the crucible furnace they found I don’t know.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      @@will3258 Will my concern was that the raised section towards the concrete wall along Castlegate holds a massive amount of the ruins. The Castlegate wall was documented in the 70s when a slope there and there is at least 10ft of Castle wall sticking out of a ramp that was faced off with a concrete wall. This is a massive historical site that should come before their pleasure park that will put Sheffield on the map. Couldn't they create a holographic image for night time in this area, it would be Iconic.

  • @leoncsorba9085
    @leoncsorba9085 6 місяців тому +1

    On Teesside the 'progressive' council has ensured that all former (iconic) industrial buildings are demolished....despite local opinions.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      They want to remove our heritage rather than reutilise. I got some good industrial buildings in this video. ua-cam.com/video/pvgZItnNKtM/v-deo.htmlsi=gVsNVD5H_2B2ADg9

    • @misscoutts6193
      @misscoutts6193 6 місяців тому +2

      That's what 'Levelling Up' means.

  • @savelabourorg
    @savelabourorg 6 місяців тому

    Shame.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  6 місяців тому +1

      They could do so much more. But 75% is going to get buried over with no dig. It would put Sheffield on the map.