docmel Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Originally posted by cgksheff there was and still is one. Donetsk Way (between Hackenthorpe and Moss Way) is named after Sheffield's Twin City in the Ukraine and still has the second name plate with Cyrillic script in place. Do I detect an air of displeasure here with the 'one' in bold type?? I was only commenting an what seemed to be an amusing thread - bugger me if someone cannot take a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Originally posted by docmel Do I detect an air of displeasure here with the 'one' in bold type?? I was only commenting an what seemed to be an amusing thread - bugger me if someone cannot take a joke. think hes just emphasizing theres one left rather than 2 or 3 or none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I was happy to confirm a vague suggestion. I wait with bated breath for somone to tell me of any others. No malice intended kyko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 OK - sorry I jumped - its just that a few of the posters on here take themeselves far too seriously when we get onto the subject of Sheffield and its political leanings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I remember that sign from a few years ago! When you come off the M18? from Doncaster it was about half way down the hill. I thought at the time — how true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillieT Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 yep, that was one of them. still no pics tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I recall, with some humour, the Nuclear Free Zone signs one of which was placed at the Yorkshire, Derbyshire border just beyond Hollow Meadows on the A57 (Glossop Road). I had this image of, if there was a nuclear bomb dropped on Manchester (well, I'm sure such thoughts are quite natural aren't they?) then would the fall out stop at the edges of this very sign, like some curtain? I'd be stood there thinking, 'Well, better not venture to the Ladybower Inn then, but I'm safe stood here in this Nuclear Free Zone!' I'd probably feel quite smug in the knowledge that I'm alive due to South Yorkshire being a NFZ whilst the cast of Coronation Street are inhaling fall-out whilst trying to learn their lines. It has to be said that IMO, the city council of the day was very socialist and that nobody bought their local m.p. a copy of James Herbert's Domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falls Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 The Nuclear Free Zone, Socialist Republic, etc. was after I left Sheffield, but what about the old "Pennine Viet Cong" from the 60s and early 70s? I don't think that they ever did achieve "Home Rule for Yorkshire or "Throw Off the Yoke of English Imperialism". However, if Scotland can have home rule, why not Yorkshire ? Only kidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 The official signs at the city boundary used to say SHEFFIELD and underneath in smaller letters, nuclear free zone. What it was supposed to mean goodness knows, but our sheep were never affected by fallout from Chernobyl. The Republic of South Yorkshire posters were an advertisement for something, but I can't remember what. There used to be one at the side of the big Castle Square roundabout as you came off the parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Wasn't there a large red advertising sign that advertised beer saying, Welcome to the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire? Happy Days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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