"Semi-final ’93, Owls 2 – Blades 1
Cardiff ’05, Owls 4 – Hartlepool 2"
“Sharing a theatre trolley with Phil Oakey (Human League) at the Sheffield Childrens Hospital in 1975-76. I was a student nurse, he was a theatre porter”
Angela Cupit
“Watching battle of the monster trucks”
“Going to Redgates as a child”
“Seeing Arthur Scargill at Miners Rally at City Hall with my grandma”
Claire Birch, S8
“Wednesday getting Jack Charlton as manager, Oct 8th 1977”
“When Sheffield United was formed”
“Seeing Sheffield Wednesday promoted back to the Championship in 2005. What an atmosphere!”
David Bradley, S10
“I went shopping and spent lots of money”
Lucy
“Wednesday winning in extra-time at Cardiff and realising I’d got first goal scorer and correct result! Paid for the weekend and then some!”
“Meeting my friend and seeing the FA Cup”
Charlotte, Wisewood Primary School
“The beauty of the location and the gracious people here”
Alice Drakan
“Sheffield United not making it into the UEFA Cup”
“Having picnics in the park. Good times”
“The old team, Sheffield FC, the world's oldest team”
Matt Coulthard, S7
“Monday nights at The Limit”
R. Mitchell, S11
“When I made friends at school and had a photo with the FA Cup with daddy”
George, age 5
“When Wednesday won the play-off final”
Jess
“I remember SUFC getting promoted to the Premiership”
Tom
“Elton John at Hallam Arena – a brilliant concert by an absolute legend”
“Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff! Decked in blue and white stripes!”
J Stewart, S35
“Seeing my best friend Zoe for the first time!”
Lily Graham, Wisewood Primary School
“Seeing ‘Faint of Heart’ at the Boardwalk! Top Sheffield band!”
“Happy memories of Sheffield Parks Football to Football League as referee 1955 to 1982. Still involved and enjoying it”
Mike Lowe, S20
“When I met my friends at school in reception Y6, in September 2007, aged 11”
Sophie Baker, Wisewood Primary School
“The music scene – seeing the likes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Muse, Manic Street Preachers in your city is amazing! Sheffield is a music city – long may it continue!"
Andy Parsons
“My childhood being raised on Park Hill flats. Such good memories, so sad to look at them now!”
D. Cooper (Hodson)
“Bring back the hole in t’road!”
Vernon Tolson
“Drinking saspirella near the Abbeydale Cinema – on draught”
Jan Walker
“Riding up and down the hills – nowhere has ‘em, or doesn’t have as much”
Rob Mace, S5
“Meeting dad at Windyhouse Lane from the no. 95 Intake tram. Happy days!”
Doreen Wheeder
“Getting home from grammer school 1948 with a white blouse with now a black collar because of the atmosphere. A bit different now – keep it clean!”
“Visting Bakewell on a hot summers day in 2004”
Michelle Thompson
“Last tram going under Wicker Arches, all trimmed up. We waved and cheered!”.
Janet Pearson, S14
“Boxing Day Massacre 1977, SWFC 4 – SUFC 0”.
“Meeting Stephen Fellows of the Comsat Angels at the Boardwalk and shaking his hand in 1998. Finally I meet one of my heroes!”
Kevin McKee
“Seeing the Blades in the Premiership for the first time against Liverpool at Bramall Lane and watching my beloved team against world stars and seeing the Blades score first - Up the Blades!!”
Adam Warren, Walkley
“The old Wembley was great with its twin towers”
“Happy days at Davy’s Food factory, Paternoster Row, 1948-58”
Harold Weeder
“Getting a job after two years of trying”
John Scott
“Watching the Blades”
“I remember Wednesday winning the play-offs – go Wednesday!”
“Elton John – a great night! Thank you Elton and the Band love the Pink Boa xx”
“Meeting Pete Mckee and LMT are from here!”
Louise, Derby
“The big flats in Manor Top”
“Going to the park and going swimming”
“Meeting my wonderful boyfriend. Harlequins, Leadmill, Nursery Tavern, Cavendish, Oasis at the Arena. Relish!”
“When I saw McFly live in concert! They were awesome dude!”
“When I met my best friend Rebecca”
Chloe
“Looking forward to a new season with Derby and new manager. Come on you Blades – United till I die!”
“Getting married to my darling wife Kerry”
“The play-off final at Cardiff”
“The fish in the tank in the hole in the road”
Angela Fairfax, S20
“Going to Cardiff beating Hartlepool 4-2, seeing that atmosphere”
Helen Shepherd, S9
“Last night of Sheffield’s trams – unforgettable experience (despite the rain), 8th October ‘60”
Stuart Cooke, S6
“Steam lorries at Brown Baileys when I was 5 – scary!”
“BDM 4-0”.
“Up the Blades”
“My greatest feeling was returning to Sheffield after 9 years away in Her Majesty’s Forces. ‘Gods own country’!!”
Ernest Wilson, S26
“Meeting Jamie!”
Brooke
“John Gannon’s corners and his wonder goal!”
Jools
“Joe Cocker at Arbourthorne Hotel”
Frank Pearson, S14
“Enjoyed the old city looking forward to more improvements over the next 15 years”
“Wednesday winning the 2004 league one play-off final – I was there!”
“Boxing Day Massacre”
E. Ashton
“I’m a Brummie by birth, but seeing our two sons born in Sheffield makes me very fond of the city. I’ve been here and an Owl, since 1978! Great place to live and great people!”
Dave Prince, Bradway
“I remember goiong to the railway station, looking at the new fountain. It was beautiful and so peaceful”
Codie Downs, S8
“Redgates, the fish tank in the hole in the road, poached egg on toast in Picolos when I was a little girl. Having my kids here and them enjoying what I did”
“Boxing Day Massacre, League Cup ‘91/’92. Play-off and promotion 2005 – up the Owls!”
“I remember when the Lord Mayor came to our school”
Alycia, S7
“Blades getting relegated May 2007. Owls 1 - Man Utd 0 – League Cup Final 1991.
Owls 2 – Blades 1 – FA Cup Semi-final 1993. Owls 4 – Hartlepool 2 at Cardiff. World Student Games opening ceremony 1991”
“Beating Sheffield United in 1993 and Boxing Day 1979”
Sean Dennell, S4
“Meeting Tracy and the birth of my son Samuel. Up the Blades!”
“Going to Cardiff with my dad to see the Blades v Wolves. Even though we lost, it was a great day”
James Fox, S6
“Coming to Sheffield in 1973. Training as a nurse at the Old Infirmary and Royal. Marrying a Sheffield man. Having my two children at Nether Edge Hospital”
The Huttons
“SWFC going down to League One – makes me proud to be a Blade for life”
“Dancing at the Lacarno – Rock around the clock – 1950’s”
“Winning the play-off final in Cardiff – May 29th 2005. Up the Owls!”
Mel and Chelle
“Cardiff 2005 – no more to say!!”
“Having my first Coca-cola float in Davy’s Café, Fargate in the 1970’s. Excellent!”
Tina Flanagan, S12
“The chaos and fun of the Old Rag Parade”
Stuart Nye
“The people”
Oliver Hinchcliffe, S10
“Seeing Terry Curran get the ball for Wednesday near the corner flag at Bramall Lane and spinning out to take it in field before smashing a 30 yarder in to earn the Owls a 1-1 draw. Same year as Boxing Day Massacre”
“Elton John, May 24th 2007, was fabulous!”
“Seeing the parrots and piranhas at the Botanical Gardens with my nan and grandad when I was a little girl”
Hannah
“Newcastle beating Wednesday 8-0”
“SWFC – Taking my son Jamie to his first match. Even though we lost 5-0 to Norwich, it started him off and he’s a mad Wednesday fan!”
P Hartle, Hillsborough
“Seeing and playing with all of the new toys in Wilson & Gumpitts toy shop in Fitzallan Square”
Mel Fairfax, S20
“Going to see The Complete Stone Roses gig with Steve a few weeks ago!”
Jo G.
“Hanging out in the Peace Gardens”
Laura, Cat, Emz, Rach
“Seeing Derek Dooley score 4 goals on Christmas morning for Wednesday with my dad and uncles – 1949 or 1950”
“Hanging about in the Peace Gardens, while being a main part in the play, ‘Granny was a Buffer Girl’
Cat
“Roxys nightclub”
Jamie, S13
“The Limit!”
Pete
“Visiting the old Norfolk Market Hall”
Jan Brawell
“Going on a bendy bus!”
“I can remember when there was a paddling pool at Millhouses Park!”
- MatildaHawkins, S7
“Going to the seaside from Victoria Station, near the Wicker Arches in the 1960’s with my grandparents”.
- K. Porter, S2
“Getting promoted! Up the Baldes!”
“Hole in the road”
- Faisal Iqbal, S7
“Beating Chelsea in the semi-final and going to Wembley – 1991. Up the Owls!”
“Redgates at Christmas”.
“Meeting my boyfriend at the fish tank in the hole in the road. We have been married for 32 years”.
- AH
“The fish tank in the hole in the road”.
- MS
“Having fun on Division Street with all my mates and seeing the gentlemen at Plug”.
“21st April 1991, 37 mins 52 secoconds, John Sheridan – CLUNK!!!!
- Ellen Rhead, S25
“Travelling on a bus for 5p during the Thatcher years when Sheffield was dubbed the ‘Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire!”.
“Sheffield Wednesday!”
- Ali
“The Christmas grotto on the Moor”.
“All the fountains that cover Sheffield”.
- Jake
“Nights out at Roxys! Going to Redgates as a Child”. Wednesday winning the Rumblows Cup.
- Richard Wall, S20
“Beating Wednesday 7-3 at Bramall Lane!”.
“Winning promotion to Unibond League for the first time in SFC’s history – My 2007!”.
“Performing for the first time at the Lyceum Theatre, March 2005. Since then I have performed there on two morw occasions, but I will always remember the first time. What a lovely theatre”.
- David Bradley, S10
“SWFC beating the Blades 2-1 at Wembley to get to the final”.
“Pebbled paths and different shops that aren’t there now. Sheffield United matches”.
- Georgie, Netheredge
“Coffee machine in the café on platform 1 of Pond Street bus station opposite 71 stop”.
- Mr. D. Flanagan, S12
“Going to the ‘Rag and Tag’ market with my dad and Maces pet shop.
- J. Fairfax, S20
“Coming home after years away and realising I may have left but you’ll never get Sheffield out your blood. I’m home! Up the Northerners!”.
- Antonia, S10
“Sheffield Wednesday play-off final win. Wednesday till I die!”.
“When SWFC won SUFC in the Boxing Day Massacre”.
“Coming to uni here and falling in love with the place. Still here 11 years later having met my partner here and a great set of friends”.
- Jill Theobald
“Going to the opening day at Weston Park Museum and seeing my 21/2 years impression of Snowy the polar bear!”.
“Seeing the Queen (at Haymarket), Silver Jubilee, 1977”.
- DB
“Pond Street Nora and cockles in the Castle Market”.
- I. Kulman, S11
“Approx. 1956 as a school kid from Firshill School on a runaway tram down Barnsley Road from Crabtree Pond to just past Trinity Church. We kids loved it!”.
- Len Dearn, S4
“Meeting my beautiful fiancé and having many drunken nights out…! Also have a wonderful memory of a picnic in Endcliffe Park”.
- Lisa White, S11
“Playing with Sheffield University Symphony Orchestra in the University Centenary celebration concert at the newly refurbished City Hall, (and seeing the Owls promoted in Cardiff!)”.
- Jonathan Pinnick, S10
“Seeing Brian Dean score the record breaking first ever premiership goal for the Blades against Man Utd at Bramall Lane in 1991, setting a record for SUFC in the history books!”.
- Adam Warren, S6
“Travelling to Sheffield at night on the A57 seeing the lights in the distance – very beautiful!”.
- Mrs. C. Wild, S5
“Wednesday and United supporters cheering their teams on to the Wembley pitch. Haven’t seen anything like it – will not be bettered!”.
- Ron
“The whole Sheffield and university experience! I loved it so much I’ve never left…and the place just gets better and better. And of course, the wonderful people!”.
“Travelling on a bendy bus as a kid. Watching the lorries load up steel at Templeborough Rolling Mills when I worked at United Engineering Steels”.
- Claire Birch, S8
“World cup driver for Sheffield (2 weeks) in 1966 – took the liaison party down to Wembley. Stayed at Lancaster Gate. Given ticket for World Cup final, England v Germany. Got Matt Busby and the Russian linesman who gave the goal autographs!!”.
- Mr Roy Baggsley, S17, aged 74
“My first time in a nightclub – Pulse (now shut doen). Was only 14, drank one pint of lager and was so scared I left after half an hour!”
“Playing at Bramall Lane for the first time for the under 15’s. What an experience I will never forget! Balde for life!”
- Jon Fox, S5
“Growing up feeling safe, happy and carefree. Spending all the school holidays in Meersbrook Park”
- Teresa, S8
“Going to Romeo & Juliets nightclub aged 16 with my mates”
“At work as a BT engineer in the 1990’s, meeting an old man recounting the 1912 Cup Final at Bramall Lane and describing how the goal was scored. A match report from over 80 years ago!”
- Roy Munn, S8
“When I started school and seeing my friends at Wisewood Primary in September 2001 and now in Y6 in 2007”
- Rebecca
“When I first came to England – SUFC had a big summer event. One of my best memories of Sheffield”
- Hanan Isaaq, Carterknowle Junior School
“I remember when I first arrived in Sheffield in 1998, the first thing I noticed was Sheffield United and I have supported them ever since”.
- Amy Craddock, S8
“Playoff final at Cardiff for Wednesday”.
- Christian Millard
“Dropping 2p in the coin machine on the bus with 2 doors (number 53)”.
“Weston Park Museum”.
“When the Queen came to Hillsborough and we made the Union Jack on the pitch”.
- V. Hancock, S12
“Nottingham Forest v The Blades play-off semi-final 2003”.
- Ewen Laycock, S7
“Seeing the 10 ton ‘Grand Slam’ bomb at ESC and nobody knowing what it was!”.
- Hinchcliffe, S20
“Meeting the love of my life outside Cole Brothers – October 2000”.
- Jon Fox, S5
“Going to Cardiff along with 40,000 other Owls fans – the atmosphere, the celebrations, the hangover! Seeing a picture of me and my mates in The Star – all my mates cheering and me crying tears of joy. Up the Owls!”.
- Lee Brown, S5
“My favourite memories of Sheffield is knowing what we have created and achieved”
- Dylan, Carterknowle Junior School
“Remembering the damage to Sheffield during the Blitz. Seeing Sheffield being rebuilt and now after 65 years Sheffield bring rebuilt again into a modern, thriving city”.
- R Hendrick, S35
“Sheffield United getting promoted to the Premiership”.
- Dec Kenny
“The hole in the road”.
- Ben, S7
“Seeing the devastation of the city the morning after the Blitz”.
“Dane Whitehouse scoring against Wednesday at Bramall Lane – Great Dane woof woof!”.
“Wednesday winning Hartlepool 4-2 in the 2005 play-off final”.
“Elton John at the Arena, May 24th 2007”.
“Seeing Bruce Springstein in the Tunnel of Love Tour”.
“Seeing my son born in Ajn 1991. Going to our first game together at Bramall Lane. Him being a mascot at the game and us both being so proud and treated so well by SUFC”.
- C. Warren, S6
“Flathers fish and chips – Attercliffe. The ‘weigh’ chair – market at bottom of Dixon Lane. Going to see the Blades for the first time in 1974 and being scared, (nothings changed!). Bruce Springstein (!) at Bramall Lane!”.
- Sally-Ann Foster, S26
“Davy’s café on Fargate. Waitresses in posh black and white uniforms”.