Riverside Cafe Bar, Sheffield

...Sheffield, which is were the Riverside Pub is located. Years ago Neepsend was a dirty industrial area with lots of engineering work shops and forges. The river Don runs through this area and was once a dirty forgotten river. Over the past few years, the river has been cleaned up mainly due to the loss of engineering companies and forges. During the twilight hours, ladies of the night plied their trade, using the alleys and poorly light streets to ...
...A plotted History of the Riverside and the area - The Riverside pub began life as the Brown Cow, and nestled in a small hamlet of cottages and shops then known as Bridgehouses, this was due to the wooden bridge which was built to allow access to and from Sheffield, the wood bridge was replaced in 1815 with an Iron one, again replaced by the Borough Bridge in 1851 when Corporation Street was opened, this bridge was washed away when the Dale Dyke dam ...

sheffsal 09.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Riverside Cafe Bar, Sheffield

...and this is where the Riverside Cafe Bar can be found. The Riverside Cafe Bar is not a new building, merely an existing, formerly run down place that has now been totally revamped and refurbished. The Riverside began its life as a Public House called the Brown Cow back in the 1840's, although the building itself pre-dates this date when a license to sell Ale and Liqueur was granted, by a further fifty years during which time it was a residential ...
...changed its name to the Riverside in 1995 following a major refurbishment which was in line with similar refurbishment work in the area. The choice of name was an obvious one since the building occupies an enviable, elevated position overlooking the River, which has undergone a major transformation of this own. These days the River Don is clean and fast flowing, a far cry from its dark, dirty days when the Industry was around. Now there are Ducks, ...

micksheff 19.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Riverside Cafe Bar, Sheffield