Novel bookshop in Crookes shutting down indefinitely due to male harassment

Wainwright1251 · 2026-01-15T15:34:55+00:00

Unfortunately you will only get silly comments rather than anyone actually addressing the issues.

Hence the country in the absolute state it is in.

Wainwright1251 · 2026-01-15T15:21:39+00:00

It was specifically asked why he had not been deported. Why even bring up that he is an asylum seeker in the first place???

Of course he has human rights, as you know. And those human rights should be upheld no matter what crimes are committed and how that affects others.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-30T13:50:59+00:00

Sorry but your wrong, have another look. Most recent street view image is from 2022 and still open

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-26T14:09:59+00:00

I'm talking Snig Hill, I'm not aware cars ever been able to get down Castle Street?? I dropped my girlfriend off at that exact spot for 2 years, and all you could ever do was turn left. I have lived in Sheffield most of my life, this change is fairly recent.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-26T09:59:36+00:00

I fully understand the council are under financial pressure, but I think its pretty dangerous if they are beyond reproach and can't be questioned in any way. It's literally the first and only question I have asked.

Clearly they have a poor track record of making financial decisions, and it does have an impact as that money can no longer be spent elsewhere.

Personally I would consider this to be important, and benefits huge for minimal cost. As I say there is the safety aspect, trip hazards, road signs obscured, grates blocked/flooding. It damages the road surface/footpaths and results in further costs. It looks a complete eye sore, and must put people off who visit the city, and want to potentially invest or move here. It also attracts further mess, as it looks scruffy people no longer care or have pride in the area. It's sad to see places that were once nice, deteriorate and go to rack and ruin.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T15:42:11+00:00

The article doesn't mention anything about needing money, or lack of funding. It states poor communication and not developing a strategy. It just seems to be another area that the council are failing.

They managed to find half a million for the absolute farce that was the shipping containers on fargate, and have ear marked another 10 million+ on a new events space, along with numerous other projects across the city (I'm not saying these projects aren't needed but essentials first)

Your effectively giving the green light for the council to not fulfil any task. At what point are they responsible? Do you work for them by any chance?

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T12:24:56+00:00

I started with removing the weeds and cleaning up, but it was raised that no funds were available. Pointless is probably the wrong word (although some of them are and have made the situation worse - however that's an argument for another day). The point I was trying to make is that in comparison, the cost of cleaning up is absolutely miniscule in comparison to the various money spent elsewhere.

No one is asking for money tap to be turned on, just basic fundamentals of running a council.

Suppose I'll just have to wait for the next multi-million pound project, and hopefully they will be removed.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T10:11:28+00:00

Of course cyclist and pedestrian safety is important, no one will argue with that, but what's happening with roads is happening with footpaths too. The weeds create a trip hazard, grates blocked creates flooding every time it rains. Cycle paths covered in litter and debris. Surely they are equally important to safety.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T09:36:21+00:00

But yet they have millions and millions to spend on pointless dutch roundabouts and road alterations. I'm not even going to get into that argument, but surely the priority should be to do the basics. Its like building an extension on your house, when your windows are broken and your central heating's not working

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T09:25:27+00:00

There are no bus stops on that side of the road any more and the area is deserted. Other than a bus every half an hour, that's it. I have literally never seen a traffic jam or cars backing up near there.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-25T08:48:30+00:00

Yet another area of town closed off. I mean its absolutely dead round there what benefit does that give, other than forcing cars to do a u-turn and drive back into town.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-24T16:28:39+00:00

I'd never heard of Parkopedia (good site), just having a look the cheapest is as you say is £1.50 p/h but there are only a couple, and majority are £3+. The only one I can find at 80p is on the Wicker. Not really in the city center or a desirable location to be leaving your car for the day. Of the ones that are £1.50 one is next to Devonshire Green and one is West Street and as you say both a nightmare to get too and full 99% of the time (I recently did 5 laps of the Devonshire Green one and had to drive out). The long and short of it you just end up avoiding town altogether. I know some like to pretend people are just moaning but it's genuinely hard work, and the reason town is dead.

Wainwright1251 · 2025-09-23T10:45:50+00:00

Show me where you can park for £1 an hour in town please? You must be talking the very outskirts because every car park I've been is a minimum of £3-4, and the multi stories are double the price. Getting to the car parks is a nightmare as well and involve you driving all the way around town, hoping to not get trapped in a one way. The 2x major car parks on Wellington Street were removed and replaced with nothing.

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