How famous is Sheffield?

[Longcol]

28 minutes ago, Ontarian1981 said:

Just bumping my add on up about a village called Sheffield in Ontario.

Back in the early days of SF a member found a Sheffield USA  (Texas if I remember) that had a computer forum and a number of SF members posted messages on it. I think the story appeared in the Star.

[kidley]

the Sheffield in the u.s is very small,

 

But i dont get the question, "how famous is Sheffield" its known all over the world, certainly the football teams, even though, they were in the second tier.  

[Cyclone]

I've seen lots of blank looks when people have asked where I'm from, most recently in a fairly touristy area of Egypt.  Sheffield, nothing, near Manchester, that they recognise.

[Ridgewalk]

19 minutes ago, Cyclone said:

I've seen lots of blank looks when people have asked where I'm from, most recently in a fairly touristy area of Egypt.  Sheffield, nothing, near Manchester, that they recognise.

To be honest, most people seem to have only heard of London or Manchester. I once tried to describe Yorkshire to French people stating proudly that it was England's biggest county, to be met by blank looks. I'm currently writing from a Department of France ( county equivalent) which is two and a half times the size of South and West Yorkshire combined with only a fraction of the population. 

 

[Longcol]

15 hours ago, Cyclone said:

I've seen lots of blank looks when people have asked where I'm from, most recently in a fairly touristy area of Egypt.  Sheffield, nothing, near Manchester, that they recognise.

Perhaps because Manchester United are one of the best known football teams on the planet?

[Cyclone]

Just now, Longcol said:

Perhaps because Manchester United are one of the best known football teams on the planet?

Not really the point, the point being that Sheffield isn't well known, which is what I said originally.  It's not known all over the world, even in tourist spots that get lots of English people.

To be fair, I couldn't name the second largest city in Egypt, so why should they know the 5th in the UK.

[Longcol]

14 hours ago, Ridgewalk said:

To be honest, most people seem to have only heard of London or Manchester. I once tried to describe Yorkshire to French people stating proudly that it was England's biggest county, to be met by blank looks. I'm currently writing from a Department of France ( county equivalent) which is two and a half times the size of South and West Yorkshire combined with only a fraction of the population. 

 

That would fit most departments in rural France - the majority of the country - like here in the Dordogne.

Just now, Cyclone said:

Not really the point, the point being that Sheffield isn't well known, which is what I said originally.  It's not known all over the world, even in tourist spots that get lots of English people.

To be fair, I couldn't name the second largest city in Egypt, so why should they know the 5th in the UK.

I was making the point why Manchester is recognised.

 

As I've posted before, in this part of France Sheffield is still recognised for tools - you can walk into any garden centre - and they are numerous - and see a whole load of Spear & Jackson "made in Sheffield" tools.

[Planner1]

On 01/07/2019 at 15:58, Longcol said:

Back in the early days of SF a member found a Sheffield USA  (Texas if I remember) that had a computer forum and a number of SF members posted messages on it. I think the story appeared in the Star.

There is one in Vermont and one in Alabama.

[Longcol]

5 minutes ago, Planner1 said:

There is one in Vermont and one in Alabama.

And more if this brief thread is anything to go by

 

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/topic/118131-how-many-sheffields/

 

[Ontarian1981]

1 hour ago, Longcol said:

And more if this brief thread is anything to go by

 

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/topic/118131-how-many-sheffields/

 

 There are 25 U S States with a Paris and 2 in Canada (Ontario and Yukon), but not one in Quebec. LOL