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Broomhall and Castle Market
It’s a case of out with the old and in with the new as half demolished terraced houses, outside loos and all, are contrasted with a new look to Sheffield’s 1960s city shopping centre.
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Overview
An interesting example of students at Sheffield University making a Cinéma vérité film of a derelict housing area in Broomhall prior to being replaced by flats, together with the everyday detritus left behind; and then wandering among the shoppers of the recently extended Castle Market with a hand held camera.
Sheffield University had a thriving Film Unit in the 1960s and early 1970s which made a rich mix of fascinating films. Many of the films reflect an interest in documenting the social life of the city, as seen here. Sheffield still had derelict slum areas well into the 1970s, despite the earlier developments such as Park Hill. This area was around Broomhall, not far from the University, identified by the Viners factory and St Silas Church, possibly around Aberdeen Street. This was soon to also have flats built on it. Castle Market was a wonderful motley collection of stalls and shops in the city centre opened in 1959. It was celebrated in 2013 when it closed in the community heritage project Trading Histories.
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