Steve Cooper Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 "Oh please, not this old chestnut AGAIN ... ...Let it go, celebrate quietly and dont TELL anyone, otherwise they will all want to be here and then it will be crap " NO! NO! and thrice NO! It is the duty, I say, of all true citizens of Sheffield to uphold the superiority of there homeland over the pretender that is Leeds in all respects, regardless of truth, relevance or reason. If we cannot defeat them by real and meaningful facts alone, then we must make some up, bend and distort, divert attention. It is our duty, I say. And heres one for starters - Sheffielders resent them buggers from Leeds with greater passion than they could ever muster against us. Come on - raise the banners high, tell yours lies with pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Cough Cough Well I dont even live in South Yorkshire, as most of you have notced, let alone in Sheffield I am probably closer to Leeds than I am to Sheffield But personally I would rather the southern err......people.....errrr.....let us not use rude words....flock to Leeds and mess that up than they come to Sheffield. But as a non-native I do regretfully back off and let you all choose To be full of people from down there if that is what you want or to be a sweet secret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r712t460 Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I always thought that Sheffield was the 4th biggest in England, but the 5th biggest in the United Kingdom??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 You have discussed population and to some extent land boundries, but have the owned boundries been taken into account? Sheffield owns a huge portion of derbyshire, as well as having absorbed districts and villages, like stocksbridge, rotherham, and barnsley is on the verge of being taken over. So - as Sheffield boundries extend way beyond those marked on the map as being Sheffield - where would we come in the list then? Of course - as far as I am concerned - Sheffield born and bred, as are my ancestors - Sheffield should be the Capital of Britain. *Play patriotic music* Nosferatu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmiles85 Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Thanks to one of my friends who was researching information on Leeds because he has applied to University there discovered this: Here Bottom of the page linked above. "In the late 20th century tourism became a major employer. The Royal Armouries museum opened in 1995. The Thackray medical museum followed in 1997. The Monet Garden in Roundhay Park was opened in 1999. Merrion Shopping Centre was built in 1964. A new shopping arcade was built in the early 1970s. It was called The Bond Street Centre. Later it was refurbished and renamed Leeds Shopping Plaza. St Johns Shopping Centre was built in 1983. White Rose Shopping Centre opened in 1997. In the early 1970s the city centre was pedestrianised. Radio Leeds began broadcasting in 1968. In 1990 the West Yorkshire Playhouse theatre opened. The Royal Armouries Museum opened in Leeds in 1996. Today the population of the metropolitan district is about 724,000. The population of the actual city of Leeds is about 421,000" That would make Sheffield third largest city right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr BusDriver Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Originally posted by richard Sheffield population 530,375 Richard is that before we got all the illegal bin-lardens in Sheffield (All of them at the 75/76 bus stop in the Markets)!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
367squadron Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 aaaawwwww these idiots are doin me 'ed in!!!!!Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Originally posted by Steve Cooper Its all a bit academic, because it won't be long before the likes of Milton Keynes, Swindon and Reading(!) overtake us all. Aaargh no! I have had so spend too much time in Milton Keynes recently and whilst the place might be big I cannot accept it as a city. The city centre reminds me of Centertainment! And where are the pedestrians? City centres should not be car parks! g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 This article in The Star should settle all arguments about which is the biggest city: Communities hit back ..... According to the article: ...the Sheffield Watch Association North (SWAN) covers 110,000 square miles of Sheffield and embraces 435 neighbourhood watch organisations. Which by my calculation means that Sheffield contains the UK in its boundaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 If we are so big - Why do they never put us on the weather map??? Cos nobody needs to know where we are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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