Sheffield myths

[Weeowen]

The bodybag thing is absolutely true. When i used to work at the Hallamshire we helped develop 'serious incident' strategies with security advisors at Meadowhall. They have hundreds of bodybags. Fact.

Sorry,it's utter myth.No body bags now and there never were any.Look back in the threads for a fuller debunking.

[InSheffield]

Two good Arts Tower myths:

 

* The Arts Tower was built on unstable ground and is slowly moving down the hill.

* The University Architecture department is up at the top of the Arts Tower to make them suffer for having designed the thing.

[Besteastern]

Actually, thats the urban myth.

 

There is no Swine Cottage listen on any old maps.

 

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Although most of their younger fans deny it, any fan over 60 will tell you that their original nickname was actually 'The Pigs'. The following is an extract from the 'Sheffield Sport' archives of the Sheffield Local History Society, which can be viewed by anyone at the Central Library.

 

"The Wednesday" sports club was formed on 4th September 1867. The club was founded as a "Gentleman's Cricket Society." The football club was not founded until 13 years later, and first played its games at Bramall Lane and the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield. The club was also sometimes referred to “The Cutlers”.

 

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a medium-sized piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to urban livestock production. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

 

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

 

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts”.

[Tyranna]

Re. Sheffield Myths: I was up in Norfolk Park, looking at the Cholera Memorial last weekend, when I noticed among the local history on the information board, was some local stories of sightings of none other than SPRING-HEELED JACK, that half-superhero villian, half demon, which was so well known to haunt the streets of Victorian London! NOT to be confused by the very real bloody exploits of Jack the Ripper, Spring-Heeled Jack was supposed to leap over rooftops and into alleyways, mainly just scaring his 'victims'.

There is an article in the current issue of FORTEAN TIMES, the Paranormal magazine, about frequent visits which Spring Heeled Jack also paid to another Northern city: Liverpool.

[CathS]

Although most of their younger fans deny it, any fan over 60 will tell you that their original nickname was actually 'The Pigs'. The following is an extract from the 'Sheffield Sport' archives of the Sheffield Local History Society, which can be viewed by anyone at the Central Library.

 

"The Wednesday" sports club was formed on 4th September 1867. The club was founded as a "Gentleman's Cricket Society." The football club was not founded until 13 years later, and first played its games at Bramall Lane and the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield. The club was also sometimes referred to “The Cutlers”.

 

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a medium-sized piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to urban livestock production. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

 

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

 

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts”.

 

 

What a load of twaddle. Must have been made up by a blade!!

[Besteastern]

You can't deny that there are lots of pork butchers in that area though. The butchers remain even though the piggery has long gone.

[Dimitri 11]

is it a fact or myth that sheffield was built on 7 hills like rome?

 

Its true

 

Another myth is that Manchester is bigger than Sheffield. Sheffield actually has a higher population and a larger land area.

[Delta]

Sheffield is indeed built on 7 hills. They all have names.

[Besteastern]

Another myth is that Manchester is bigger than Sheffield. Sheffield actually has a higher population and a larger land area.

 

Only a pedant would claim this. "Official" boundries aside, it is completely obvious to anyone that Manchester is twice as big as Sheffield. It isn't a myth, it's true!

[JIbbo]

Although most of their younger fans deny it, any fan over 60 will tell you that their original nickname was actually 'The Pigs'. The following is an extract from the 'Sheffield Sport' archives of the Sheffield Local History Society, which can be viewed by anyone at the Central Library.

 

"The Wednesday" sports club was formed on 4th September 1867. The club was founded as a "Gentleman's Cricket Society." The football club was not founded until 13 years later, and first played its games at Bramall Lane and the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield. The club was also sometimes referred to “The Cutlers”.

 

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The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a medium-sized piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to urban livestock production. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

 

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

 

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts”

 

Thats actually ALL made up boll0cks