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31 Jul 14
19:00
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We wound up in a little pub called The Hanover in Broomhill, when we told the guy at the bar we were playing at on the Sunday he seemed a bit shocked.
Apparently it has a reputation for being a bit vibrant, anybody know it ?!
Apparently it has a reputation for being a bit vibrant, anybody know it ?!
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That`s a bit confusing Creature, where was you playing? when you told the guy at the bar etc...can you clarify. I know The Hanover in Broomhill. Do you know Broomhills history?
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bito goes there seems all the blokes have long droopy taches according to him
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he was looking for the south seas
coooweeeeee |
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Ahh, hi Angel, was trying to remember who was from Sheffield on here
 Sorry, we went for Tramlines to play Harrisons 1854 on the Sunday but went a day early to see a few bands and rounded off the Saturday in the Hanover as we were in a B&B just around the corner. What's the history of Broomhill ? The Hanover was sound, just that the guy we spoke to the next night seemed to think it had a bit of a reputation. |
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thats broomhall not broomhill
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So it is Dusty, maybes that's why non of the taxi drivers knew where it was
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Broomhall is like a siamese twin of Broomhill - they link onto each other but yes the Hanover is Broomhall.
I remember you played at Harrisons last year as well or was it the previous year? Well Broomhill/Broomhall was a rich mans area back in the day of the steel magnets. Then it became the prostitute hot spot up to a few years ago. Peter Sucliffe was caught with his last hooker in Broomhill. The police nearly didn`t follow the final lead which nailed him. |
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he was caught outside the annex of my old school, king teds....he stopped to have a piss
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Theres a book that might interest you Angel,
'Sheffield Troublemakers by David price' Lot of that area plays heavily in it |
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Dusty, it was Melbourne Avenue yes you are half correct. The police where on patrol due to the ripper frenzy and Sutcliffe was in a car with false plates up Melbourne Avenue with a hooker. He told the coppers that she was his girlfriend but the police knew her well. Sutcliffe knew that if the police checked his boot he would be arrested. He made an excuse to go for a p1ss and took a rope and a hammer from his boot and hid it behind an oil drum. The police never realised. He was taken back to his local area for questioning but not really a suspect, more to do with the false plates i think. Then the copper who pulled him up at Melbourne Av had a eureka moment when and drove back to the oil drum and found the hammer and rope.
Sutcliffe admitted it all from there on. |
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I can see that, there are areas of Liverpool which were once cotton merchant's mansions etc but were ghettoised.
We've played Harrisons 3 years on the run, great place and they really look after us. We did find a brilliant Chinese, think it was China Red, proper authentic food, great bunch of lads there as well Why do no taxi drivers know where anything is or at least have sat navs ?! |
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I missed Tramlines this year, great event.
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Taxi drivers enjoy the scenic route Creature. They enjoy stretching the fare.
We only went to the free park gigs Shane. Western Park and Endcliffe, great days out with the kids. |
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As good as anything Angel. A mate of mine said town was fantastic Saturday night.
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Here is a more accurate account Dusty, and thanks for the heads up on that book.
On 2 January 1981, Sutcliffe was stopped by the police with 24-year-old prostitute Olivia Reivers in the driveway of Light Trades House, Melbourne Avenue, Broomhill, Sheffield in South Yorkshire. A police check revealed the car was fitted with false number plates and Sutcliffe was arrested and transferred to Dewsbury Police Station, West Yorkshire. At Dewsbury he was questioned in relation to the Yorkshire Ripper case as he matched many of the known physical characteristics. The next day police returned to the scene of the arrest and discovered a knife, hammer and rope he had discarded when he briefly slipped away from the police after telling them he was "bursting for a pee". Sutcliffe had hidden a second knife in the toilet cistern at the police station when he was permitted to use the toilet. The police obtained a search warrant for his home at 6 Garden Lane in Heaton, Bradford, and brought his wife in for questioning.[18] |
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i presume the hanover pub is in or near hanover square? if it is then its broomhall, not broomhill. totally different places. only time i went to hanover square was as a kid, was took there by a dodgy girl who wanted to get some erm "imported produce". it was full of prostitutes and drug dealers. never been since and never considered it. according to legend, even police darent drive around that neighbourhood. you got out alive then?
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Angel Gabrial Joined: 09 May 05
Replies: 17798 31 Jul 14 21:21 Taxi drivers enjoy the scenic route Creature. They enjoy stretching the fare. We only went to the free park gigs Shane. Western Park and Endcliffe, great days out with the kids. We took the kids to Endcliffe Park too. Had a cracking day but only got to see two acts - Nuala Honan, and the Monster Ceilidh Band. The kids preferred playing in the streams and making bows and arrows! The pedant in me must mention it's actually Weston Park, btw. Anyone around here who has had somebody dear to them suffer from cancer is all too aware of Weston Park Hospital, unfortunately. |
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broomhill is quite a nice area. several house on rightmove for sale over 500k.
broomhall is a sh1thole. though some parts of it are ok as it used to be a posh area going back decades. they arent far apart, but then they never are in sheffield. one minute youre in a leafy suburb, the next youre in crack central. |
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yeah i once had a letter about me needing a ct scan. i thought it was a bit of a precaution, chance that i may have cancer but probably not. for some reason i got the letter saying i had to phone the weston park hospital up to book it. scared the crap out of me. turns out my scan was done at the hallamshire and the doctor didnt know anything more than i did. they just went through the weston park switchboard cos they were cleaning or summat at the hallamshire. pretty insensitive way for them to deal with these things, seeing as everybody knows weston park is the cancer hospital. caused me unnecesary sleepless nights.
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Weston Park - yes my bad Michael D`Haguenet
We visit the museum regularly, fortunately not had to visit the hospital. By the way, did you leave a broken bow behind? There was a guy sat opposite the childrens play area making bows and arrows..was that you? I was with the wife and 2 boys kicking 2 footballs about annoying other picnic munchers. The folk area was rather jam packed and struggled to get close up and personal with the performers but it was good to soak up the atmosphere. |
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What to say to a Sheffielder in his own language to make him feel at home with you?
Dah den dee, da da doin, doreight? Translation: Now then you, how are you doing? Alright? |
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Might speak like that in the north eastern part, s10 probably not.
Broomhill is student area, is that really any better than druggies and gambling dens? Spent loads of time in both areas as a youth, got to be Machiavellian to get by in this city. |