Sheffield: A City for People (1991)

A Sheffield City Council video looking at the draft Unitary Development Plan - a plan that aimed to make the city better place for people. It covers a number of key issues - land use, jobs, housing, environmental issues, shopping and transport, etc.
The original videotape is stored at Sheffield Local Studies Library (ref. VID 96).

[@brubeck1]

i used to love the hole in the road . When people came to visit it was the first thing they wanted to see , it was quite a experience walking into it.

[@rbnhd1144]

I loved the hole in the road and now its gone, what a meeting place.

[@weejackrussell]

I feel old when I can see someone in 1991 looking and sounding like a thing of the far distant past! The city airport turned out to be a white elephant, one minute it was there and then it was gone! Something needs to be done about the background buzzing on this video, I thought there was something wrong with my computer at first!

[@misscoutts6193]

Wasn't this when rhe Rot set in? Starting with World Student Games.

[@petef7323]

There never was and never will be a public consultation as far as SCC is concerned.
A "like it or lump it" attitude.
From the failed attempts to cut down trees to the controversial caz and the constant micromanagement of traffic.

[@scott9665]

Parks left and neglected, roads full of potholes, toilets and libraries shut down.
Had enough and moved to lincolnshire in 2020.
Came back for a visit in 2024 , the place is a ghost town .
All the major big shops gone and boarded up , christmas market a shadow of its self.
I miss the old sheffield from the 70s,80s,90s,.

[@StevenWilson-n1d]

It used to be 😢 not any more

[@sean5811]

What happened. Turned in to a graffiti filled shit hole

[@ChelseaChfy-ex1po]

But diversity is our strength
/s

[@101brydon]

Well summert went wrong