hagardriley Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Not that long ago, I was asked by a visitor to Sheffield for directions to the Bankers Draft. I pointed the guy in the right direction, and he said he'd got lost because his friend, who he was meeting, had told him to look for the Hole in the Road. Of course, today, there are many holes in Sheffield's roads - most of them testimony to our council's lack of investment. For investment I think we should perhaps read INTELLIGENCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 For investment I think we should perhaps read INTELLIGENCE. For INTELLIGENCE I think we should maybe read "BackBone" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Waggin’ It “It’s Thursday - It’s Double Physics – An’ I’m Waggin’ It!” Leap off a 53, into t’Rag Market, drink a cuppa tea stood up. Cadge a woodbine off the toy seller Stroll to Fitzalan Square, Pond Street Nora shouts at me. Giggle, dodge into Wigfalls, droolin’ over a Ferguson Stereo, 5 quid down, ten bob-a-week Up to Cockaynes, look at teapots – Nice! Cross to Walsh’s 3rd floor café for a toasted teacake, Lookin’ down on JCBs diggin a colossal hole? Why? Snake down Chapel Walk into Canns, Listening to Marvin in a perspex booth – Sweet! Hop on a bus, up Fargate, down to T’Moor. Past Ray Allan’s Closin’ Down Sale (Now in it’s 4th year) Skip off wi’out payin and wander into Redgates. Wow! A giant Meccano Helicopter – Great! Play one-man Subbuteo – today I’m Brazil Step out, blinkin in the sunlight, peek at my watch Ouch – Only five past ten! Could be a long day….Cole Brothers next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandie Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Where did th Hole go to and why was it filled in. It was a feature of Sheffield in the late sixty's and as an expat people ask where has it gone. Visitors from far and wide allways link Sheffield with the hole. I was in Stornaway on the Western Isles and I was asked where I came from and on reply Sheffield I was told "the big hole in the ground in the town centre" Who decided to fill it in and why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 there's a whole thread on it somewhre, with pictures and everything <<<<< use search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 hole in the ground...tch HOLE IN THE ROAD heres the thread http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2524&highlight=hole+road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Don't worry about doing the search sandie- cos it's all merged in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandie Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 there's a whole thread on it somewhre, with pictures and everything <<<<< use search Thanks for that Strix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warumpi Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Dear Steve I would like to use your ode to the Hole in the Road - for a text book I am publishing which includes a chapter on 'sense of place' and uses the eg of the hole in the road - the book is called Visual Methods in the Social Sciences: Awakening Visions - and is due for publication later this year - Of course I will include full credits to you in the book. Would it be possible to use your poem? Regards Steve (Warumpi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDazzler Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Dear Steve I would like to use your ode to the Hole in the Road - for a text book I am publishing which includes a chapter on 'sense of place' and uses the eg of the hole in the road - the book is called Visual Methods in the Social Sciences: Awakening Visions - and is due for publication later this year - Of course I will include full credits to you in the book. Would it be possible to use your poem? Regards Steve (Warumpi) Good Luck Mate! Steve hasn't posted anything in over 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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