northernboy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Speaking purely for myself, I didn't use the old market because it was in such an awful area of the city that you feared for your safety/your valuables when you set foot there, and the streets were full of what could only be described as lowlife scum. I don't use the NEW market because it closes before I finish work, and it doesn't open Sundays, therefore unless I am on my annual leave from work, I can't go in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Speaking purely for myself, I didn't use the old market because it was in such an awful area of the city that you feared for your safety/your valuables when you set foot there, and the streets were full of what could only be described as lowlife scum. I don't use the NEW market because it closes before I finish work, and it doesn't open Sundays, therefore unless I am on my annual leave from work, I can't go in! Describe these low life scum that used the old Market ,A place you did not set foot in by the sounds of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassett one Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I went in on Friday,it seemed quite busy,its a pity there seems to be more stalls empty than full,when and before it opened we were told there was a big waiting list,whats happened to all them?it needs help quick before scc sell off and its gone for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Describe these low life scum that used the old Market ,A place you did not set foot in by the sounds of things. They were not talking about people who USED the market. They were talking about some of the types of people who frequented the area it was situated in. An area where drunks, drug users, chavs, shoplifters and general delinquents would frequent. The low life types who would loiter around the market in between their trips from the bookies, pubs, cash converters, another pub, magistrates court and dole office. The area was in decay. The areas was becoming more and more distanced from the rest of the prime retail. It was clearly not going to last. It was a dump. Modern day customers were avoiding it in their droves. More sensible people quite rightly made a decision that it had to be closed and moved to where retail will be prime concern. More sensible people quite rightly made the decision that Castle Market was never going to remain a long term retail hub for the future. The whole areas use is being pushed towards office and residential space with much LESS focus on retail. Castle Market (even a shiny renovated version of it) would have been ridiculous in an area surrounded by office with little other shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello1964 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Describe these low life scum that used the old Market ,A place you did not set foot in by the sounds of things. Well I recall seeing toothless, pockmarked faces, hoods up on summers days,smoking rollups, swigging cider and discussing failure to report for bail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 They were not talking about people who USED the market. They were talking about some of the types of people who frequented the area it was situated in. An area where drunks, drug users, chavs, shoplifters and general delinquents would frequent. The low life types who would loiter around the market in between their trips from the bookies, pubs, cash converters, another pub, magistrates court and dole office. The area was in decay. The areas was becoming more and more distanced from the rest of the prime retail. It was clearly not going to last. It was a dump. Modern day customers were avoiding it in their droves. More sensible people quite rightly made a decision that it had to be closed and moved to where retail will be prime concern. More sensible people quite rightly made the decision that Castle Market was never going to remain a long term retail hub for the future. The whole areas use is being pushed towards office and residential space with much LESS focus on retail. Castle Market (even a shiny renovated version of it) would have been ridiculous in an area surrounded by office with little other shops. That is codswallop , by the way I was asking the question from the person who never shopped in the Castle Market ,avoided the area and yet had intimate knowledge of the people who did ,This is par for the course by the experts who think that they are some how superior to ordinary Sheffielder's this is very evident by their comments although they all "never use or visit the area" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernboy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Describe these low life scum that used the old Market ,A place you did not set foot in by the sounds of things. Not in the market, I said in the streets. You know perfectly well the type of people I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Not in the market, I said in the streets. You know perfectly well the type of people I was talking about. Visit West Street on Friday and Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYorksDeano Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Well I recall seeing toothless, pockmarked faces, hoods up on summers days,smoking rollups, swigging cider and discussing failure to report for bail. That sounds like you've been standing outside Bankers Draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Visit West Street on Friday and Saturday night. Very true. BUT this is in a specific area which is top heavy with bars/clubs and an area primarily for leisure/social activity. It is also only on the two nights you mentioned where the worst behaviour is seen and its controlled by a heavy presence of police and specialist door staff. You don't see such behaviour at 2.00pm on a Tuesday afternoon. You don't see West Street filled on a daily basis with drunks, druggies and delinquents. ---------- Post added 02-08-2015 at 18:16 ---------- That is codswallop , by the way I was asking the question from the person who never shopped in the Castle Market ,avoided the area and yet had intimate knowledge of the people who did ,This is par for the course by the experts who think that they are some how superior to ordinary Sheffielder's this is very evident by their comments although they all "never use or visit the area" . Take off your rose tinted specs for god sake. Stop pretending that your precious historic trading area is some form of gardens of Babylon. I don't care who you asked the question to. This is a public forum for debate on a particular topic. I have an opinion just as much as anyone else. You are the one talking "codswallop" as you say. You cannot see Castlegate, Castle Market and its surrounding streets for what it was. A dump. A dump littered with some of the worst dregs of the city population. Its coming up 2 years now since Castle Market closed and you're continuing to mourn its loss like some deceased relative. Its gone. Its not coming back. Stop banging on and on and on and on and on making up nonsense about how precious it was to the lives of Sheffielders, how the area was so charming and bustling, how the people were so salt of the earth and real examples of working class "proper" Sheffielders. Life has moved on. Its pathetic. Edited August 2, 2015 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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