after a long term sabbatical away from the net i have now returned after summer of exams and holiday...
after a long term sabbatical away from the net i have now returned after summer of exams and holidays. I return now a second year undergraduate at Sheffield Hallam University, still skint! Happy reading, hope u like the reviews!
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Having lived in Sheffield now for about three years, i felt it was about time i lent my goggles to the masses of ciao on my feelings of my adopted city. Having originally come from a small town near Birmingham called Dudley it was a massive culture shock in my first few months. However, over time i have come to live and breathe the place.
Well were do we start. Being a student it is probably sensible to start with the....
----Pubs and Clubs---- The range of pubs and clubs in the town is enormous. Whatever you are looking for it is probably here. The Leadmill is a very cultural place and is home to great club nights along with country wide bands who usually start on the road to stardom here. Bands like The Human League, Pulp, Oasis, The Verve and Mel C(???) have performed live on the famous Leadmill stage. The club was twenty this year and its originality comes out in midweek when Planet Earth hosts 80's tunes!!! A great club. Newly opened Kingdom
is mostly for students and serves cheap beer which is always a good excuse for a night out! Casbah plays rock tunes and is more for the older generation among us and the rockers but everyone to their own. Worldwide renowened club nights Gatecrasher (see seperate opinion) and NY Sushi are also resident in Sheffield. These two are the biggest crowd puller for the city with 'crasher playing the best in trance and Sushi plying the drum/bass tunes. There are many bars in the city, RSVP, Yates, Bar Breeze, T.P. Woods, Bar Coast and Cavendish to name but a few. Whatever your taste in music, you are sure to find it in Sheffield.
----Shopping---- One for all the ladies out there! Their favourite past time has to be shopping. Of course Sheffield is not London or Milan but is a good substitute for their near neighbours Leeds. The Meadowhall shopping complex is your best bet if you are venturing up to Sheffield in the near future. Shops include Kookai, House of Fraser, Envy, The Disney Store, SportsSoccer, Footlocker, H&M, and Scotts. These and more are very sufficient in satisfying the need of all you baying shoppers. Not just a shopping complex, the Oasis is food area with a wide range of different cuisines to match anyones taste buds. From McDonalds to Far East Oriental there is something in Meadowhall for everyone. The city centre itself is going through something of a revamp at the minute. Gap is being built and is scheduled for a spring opening, but more importantly the road system is being re-done because frankly it was terrible before now. Just outside the main area of the city is a place called The Forum. This is where you will find all the more sophisticated shops selling well known designer names and not so well known designer names. The shops to look out for here are the small designer boutiques inside the actual building but the shops on the road are equally as 'chic'.
----Sporting Events---- Sheffield has a few decent sporting teams in the city and we are not talking just football here. Sheffield Steelers have just captured the Ice hockey National Championships and are on course for a historic quadruple. For about £12, the entrance fee alone is worth the excitement of the brawls and fist fights that goes on inseide the Sheffield Arena (which is handily sign posted off the M1). At Ponds Forge Sports Centre you can go and see the Sheffield Sharks basketball team. Basketball is taking off in a big way around the country and Sheffields own are hoping to snatch some silverware this year. Finally, i couldn't not talk about the football teams could i? United and Wednesday are in the First division and although United are higher, both teams play some good stuff at times. If you check the clubs websites there may be student ticket offers or discounts for younger people. A day at the footy will always take some bored youngster away from the doom and gloom.
----Transport---- Sheffields main bus company is First Mainline which has transport vehicles all round the country. Last year the Mainline group brought in a timetable which promised buses every 10 minutes or better. Although there have been times when this promise has not come up to much, on the whole the buses are much better now than they were. Sheffield also has atram system which can take you from the centre of town all around the city and stops at places like the Sheffield Arena and Meadowhall for those days out. Midland train station also has trains running all over the country aswell as handy local connections to places like Leeds and Doncaster.
----Other stuff---- A new Millenium Gallery is opening on the outskirts of the city centre in Spring 2001 and this promises to be a very successful venture for the city. Sheffield also has two top universities in the city as both are in the top 10 unis of England. Sheffield University is more hard to get into but Sheffield Hallam University is just as good as the other.
Well, i hope i have helped if anyone has any intention of coming to sheffield in the near future and i hope you are not dissapointed. Sorry about the long review but i felt the city is worth all these words. Ciao.
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I've lived in Sheffield for 4 years now, and can fairly say that there are a fair few Northern Monkeys around here. What the hell is a bread cake anyway?
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RobinLawrie 27.04.2001 15:50
An excellent op. on one of my favourite cities....Robin
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Advantages: clean, excellant shopping,good sport, good pubs, good people, near the country, living is cheap Disadvantages: too many hills, too much traffic
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