You are right. People could use their common sense then now we rely on algorithms to tell us what to do. Now we're stuck in traffic. Where's the common sense lol 😜
Capt Chaos Less traffic on the road. Today driving is like putting your life on the line! No-one cares about stop signs, making left turns from the right hand side. Too many older people driving and they are unaware of what they are doing. Just a couple of observations.
Wish they could have got more of woodseats in. Interesting to see the abbey pub with the house at the back which now a carpark. I also get on the bus where the first bit of the film shows.
At 2.03 I was riding my bike home to Dronfield. I tried to cross a tram line, but the angle was too acute; my front wheel lodged in the groove and I went flying over the handlebars. I wasn´t hurt, so carried on cycling.
When civic buildings still functioned as civic buildings. They're quite imposing...majestic almost. Now they are just empty shells of what they once were.
1960, just as the modernists came crashing in destroying the heart of many British city centres. 10 times more damage than the Luftwaffe ever managed. Buildings of incredible quality demolished for trash which is also now coming down, total waste of resources.
Sheffield now has trams once again. It seems silly however that they got rid of them in the 60s and then they rebuild them in the 90s... I think it’s because they thought cars were the future but it turns out they were wrong and just 30 years later they realised their mistake in many cities and rebuilt their trams with more modern systems
@@tobeytransport2802---Dear Tobey Transport, Thank you for your reply. I understand that the old tram system was a little old fashioned when compared to modern trams. However, I have traveled around the world, including the current Sheffield system, and have not discovered any transport system that is superior, or covered so many suburbs more conveniently than the old Sheffield tram system did. One can only wonder who decided to make the changes and got away with it ?
@@tobeytransport2802 the tram now only benefits those who live on the route, it closed many businesses during the building of it. The old trams ran throughout the whole city.
Argh! There's a jump cut between the roundabout at Firth Park and Lane Top so I didn't see the house I grew up in on Hereward Road opposite the top of Stubbin Lane 50 years ago... So frustrating!
Why did they remove all of the old tram routes? Sheffield was well connected and the current tram system only covers certain areas. Same with Birmingham where there used to be an extensive tram network covering every area and it was removed only to be replaced with the Birmingham metro which only covers a small section of the city. Does anyone know the history why so much of Britain's old tram routes seem to have disappeared?
In a word: cost. Buses are cheaper. Also, then as now, the motoring lobby is very powerful. They mounted an influential campaign against 'old fashioned' trams in the middle of the road delaying the traffic. Now of course everything moves at a crawl - because there are too many cars!
Oil was very cheap so it was economical to scrap a well established transport system that didn't pump fumes into the streets . Huddersfield and Bradford did the same scrapping electric trolley buses for diesel buses
For modern purposes the tram system would have needed to be replaced anyway. Today's traffic couldn't tolerate this. Stopping in the middle of the road to pick up passengers, who virtually have to cross the street to board the tram? Can you imagine the casualties from impatient drivers overtaking a stopped tram on the inside?
Sheffield was the last city to get rid of trams and the second city to get them back. So I'd imagine that was the shortest period between two tram systems. Obvs Blackpool never got rid of theres but that doesn't really count
Another sacrilege to get rid of those iconic red phone boxes to replace with a metal Booth with no door, someone benefitted from the scrap iron they were made of cast iron.
Well Before my time but Sheffield looks a much nicer place back then. And not heaps of unnecessary and poxy traffic lights 🚦 which cause congestion of which they’ll charge for!
Yes it's seen its fair share of industrial decline which is what caused it to 'go down the toilet' as another comment says. Seemed more liveable back then and 'knife town' referred to making them!
@@danielsellers8707 can anyone honestly say it's better now? Our grandparents would be shocked. A big 'mistake' was pedestrianisation: now its gone the whole hog.
WOW! 34 years living in Sheffield it looks like they had better public transport back in the 60's than they have now.
Bet me to it
60 years later and there's still scaffolding on Chapel Walk.
Love that the same building that has scaffolding on Fargate is covered in scaffold in the clip
Thats the exact same thing that ran through my thoughts😆Gotta love Sheffield City Council😑😏
Has that end of Chapel Walk ever not been covered in scaffolding?
I left Sheffield with my parents about 70 years ago. I still have lots of Sheffield nostalgia.
What a treasure of a video. I go down this exact path for work everyday. Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for the great old footage just wish there was more of it
Amazing that despite the absence of traffic lights and a multitude of other traffic directions the traffic seems to flow quite freely!
You are right. People could use their common sense then now we rely on algorithms to tell us what to do. Now we're stuck in traffic. Where's the common sense lol 😜
Much better than it does now.
Probably something to do with the fact that the number of cars on the road was a tiny fraction of what there is today!
@@rmorton7226 Shut it you ignorant old fart.
Capt Chaos Less traffic on the road. Today driving is like putting your life on the line! No-one cares about stop signs, making left turns from the right hand side. Too many older people driving and they are unaware of what they are doing. Just a couple of observations.
To think my grandparents would have been 37 in this clip, and am 38 now
Wish they could have got more of woodseats in. Interesting to see the abbey pub with the house at the back which now a carpark. I also get on the bus where the first bit of the film shows.
They got rid of everything to make car parks, like destroying the old Rag & Tag market.
Just seen by grandparents house. Hasn't changed.
Great video, amazing footage,im glad Sheffield got there tram system back, shame more cities aren't doing the same
Uncle Jack and Autie Elsie would have recognized this Sheffield. They lived on Greenhill Road.
At 2.03 I was riding my bike home to Dronfield. I tried to cross a tram line, but the angle was too acute; my front wheel lodged in the groove and I went flying over the handlebars. I wasn´t hurt, so carried on cycling.
Thank you so much for this!
When civic buildings still functioned as civic buildings. They're quite imposing...majestic almost. Now they are just empty shells of what they once were.
1960, just as the modernists came crashing in destroying the heart of many British city centres. 10 times more damage than the Luftwaffe ever managed. Buildings of incredible quality demolished for trash which is also now coming down, total waste of resources.
@@paullewis2413 it's all about contracts.
Who's here just for the now classic/collector cars and trucks?
Sheffield had the most wonderful transport system. One wonders why the trams had to go ?
Sheffield now has trams once again. It seems silly however that they got rid of them in the 60s and then they rebuild them in the 90s... I think it’s because they thought cars were the future but it turns out they were wrong and just 30 years later they realised their mistake in many cities and rebuilt their trams with more modern systems
@@tobeytransport2802---Dear Tobey Transport, Thank you for your reply. I understand that the old tram system was a little old fashioned when compared to modern trams. However, I have traveled around the world, including the current Sheffield system, and have not discovered any transport system that is superior, or covered so many suburbs more conveniently than the old Sheffield tram system did. One can only wonder who decided to make the changes and got away with it ?
In a wonderful livery too!
Also had the first all electric main line with the woodhead route to Manchester, visible in this film on the top of the wicker arches
@@tobeytransport2802 the tram now only benefits those who live on the route, it closed many businesses during the building of it. The old trams ran throughout the whole city.
Geez , I was only 2 when this was shot. Living up in Scotland. In Canada now and retired. Where oh were did the years go?
Argh! There's a jump cut between the roundabout at Firth Park and Lane Top so I didn't see the house I grew up in on Hereward Road opposite the top of Stubbin Lane 50 years ago... So frustrating!
It will still be there as Hereward Road is much the same as it was when it was built.
Lovely Austin Healey at the 5:57 passing the tram. Would fetch about 70 grand today.
Why did they remove all of the old tram routes? Sheffield was well connected and the current tram system only covers certain areas. Same with Birmingham where there used to be an extensive tram network covering every area and it was removed only to be replaced with the Birmingham metro which only covers a small section of the city. Does anyone know the history why so much of Britain's old tram routes seem to have disappeared?
In a word: cost. Buses are cheaper. Also, then as now, the motoring lobby is very powerful. They mounted an influential campaign against 'old fashioned' trams in the middle of the road delaying the traffic. Now of course everything moves at a crawl - because there are too many cars!
Oil was very cheap so it was economical to scrap a well established transport system that didn't pump fumes into the streets . Huddersfield and Bradford did the same scrapping electric trolley buses for diesel buses
For modern purposes the tram system would have needed to be replaced anyway. Today's traffic couldn't tolerate this. Stopping in the middle of the road to pick up passengers, who virtually have to cross the street to board the tram? Can you imagine the casualties from impatient drivers overtaking a stopped tram on the inside?
With a gap of only 34 years, is there anywhere in Britain that had such a short interval between getting rid of trams and getting them back?
Sheffield was the last city to get rid of trams and the second city to get them back. So I'd imagine that was the shortest period between two tram systems. Obvs Blackpool never got rid of theres but that doesn't really count
@@TheRedCassette02 I think you'll find that the Glasgow Corporation Tramway was the last system in the UK to close, in 1962
Great to see thnx
Does anyone know who the narrator is?
New to these sheff things ,,I'm over the fucking moon 🍻
1952 Roberts cars - what a waste! Such beautiful tramcars.
Imagine being able to walk in the middle of the road at Meadowhead….and not get squished !
does anyone know the music?
It’s the ‘Oxford Street (March)’ from the ‘London Again Suite’ by Eric Coates.
She how many red phone boxes you can spot😆
Another sacrilege to get rid of those iconic red phone boxes to replace with a metal Booth with no door, someone benefitted from the scrap iron they were made of cast iron.
I noticed that there were a lot of them on this clip.
60 years later and we have gone backwards took away something that worked very well and replaced it with a tram that doesn’t go anywhere 😂🤦🏼♂️
God I miss the pheasant at lane top now very sadly a KFC and costa ... criminal
And sadder still that most people go there to drink coffee or have fast foods. Those places wouldn't exist if they didn't have customers.
It’s a shame that it’s full of all the roadmen and chavs now but it’s still a good city
It's done on purpose
VW Beetle & VW pick-up are the only foreign vehicles in this. Look out for them.
Ee by eck mar 😎
Well Before my time but Sheffield looks a much nicer place back then. And not heaps of unnecessary and poxy traffic lights 🚦 which cause congestion of which they’ll charge for!
Yes it's seen its fair share of industrial decline which is what caused it to 'go down the toilet' as another comment says.
Seemed more liveable back then and 'knife town' referred to making them!
@@danielsellers8707 can anyone honestly say it's better now? Our grandparents would be shocked. A big 'mistake' was pedestrianisation: now its gone the whole hog.
Why in the world were British trams so annoyingly slow? I mean even by the standards of the time they were incredibly slow. How come?
The size of the hills probably. Sacrificed speed for gettin up the inclines