Blue Ball Hillsborough

[gaz 786]

Had a drive to Damflask and noticed the blue ball has gone ! Cracking pub in 80's what went wrong? 

[hillsbro]

20 hours ago, gaz 786 said:

Cracking pub in 80's what went wrong? 

It was, sadly, demolished a few years ago. It survived the Sheffield Flood of 1864 but not the "developers".

[Cody's Granddad]

But didn't survive todays drug wars which is why it was demolished.

It was handy for parking when visiting Hillsborough and that was about it

[gaz 786]

1 hour ago, Cody's Granddad said:

But didn't survive todays drug wars which is why it was demolished.

It was handy for parking when visiting Hillsborough and that was about it

In the late 70’s early 80's you couldn't get in the car park..Tommy Green landlord at the time took it over after running the Cannon in Sheffield then moved on to.the Horseshoe at shiregreen all 3 pubs were busy and notoriously rowdy.

[carosio]

I once went in (briefly) with a friend sometime in the early 80s, and remember the low ceiling where cig smoke accumulated so thick it was like a dense fog. Glad to get out!

[SheffieldForum]

It significantly deteriorated in its last decade or so to be fair.

 

As the previous 'big pub' in the area, it suffered massively when Wetherspoons opened The Rawson Spring and just never recovered.

 

Went from being full most weekends to just being empty all the time. And it was a big pub to be empty. I remember going in on a couple of Saturday nights and being the only group in there at the peak time. It could have pivoted and done food, etc, but it still wouldn't have been able to compete with The Rawson, I don't think.

 

For a while it seemed to barely survive solely on the more undesirable elements that had been barred from every other pub in the area, so the more respectful clientele stopped going and nobody wanted to really take on the problems it had at that point.

 

Sadly, you could see the writing was on the wall for some time and it was inevitable that unless something drastic happened it just wouldn't survive and there were rumours for years it was going to be demolished. It eventually happened in 2017.

 

It would have been nice to keep as an historial building (it even had blue plaques on, to commemerate its role in and survival of the Great Sheffield Flood. Plus it had historical links being the pub that was situated on the old village green of Owlerton, etc.

 

It is a shame that nothing has really progressed with the site since the demolition. It is a huge plot they have that stretches right around the back of the old bank and backs onto the gardens of Hawksley Road! Last I knew it was to be used to extend the shopping centre and add ~77 apartments, but that was proposed several years ago.

[Jim Hardie]

Nothing left but the sign.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VMjwAGq2DvsttqEY6?g_st=ic

[hillsbro]

On 12/08/2024 at 09:54, SheffieldForum said:

. . . It would have been nice to keep as an historical building (it even had blue plaques on, to commemor ate its role in and survival of the Great Sheffield Flood. Plus it had historical links being the pub that was situated on the old village green of Owlerton, etc. . .

Yes, it might have "had its day" as a pub but it was a shame to lose such an old building with its historical links.  See here from Samuel Harrison's book about the Sheffield Flood.

[SheffieldForum]

19 minutes ago, hillsbro said:

Yes, it might have "had its day" as a pub but it was a shame to lose such an old building with its historical links.  See here from Samuel Harrison's book about the Sheffield Flood.

Indeed. Totally agree.