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Growing Up on Sheffield's Park Hill Flats | My Dad Peter’s Incredible 1960s & 70s Memories

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Every building has a story... but Park Hill Flats holds many to many.
In this video, I share the incredible childhood memories of my dad, Peter, who grew up on the famous Park Hill estate after moving there from the old slums of Pitsmoor in 1960.
From outdoor toilets and tin baths in Grove Street to central heating, "streets in the sky" and one of Britain's most ambitious housing projects, this is a fascinating journey into a way of life that has almost completely disappeared.

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AI images Google Gemini

Music Falls Keith Kenniff

Links- Voting at Parkhill. Image by The Sheffield Star links in the description
Family in the photo- Auntie Annie and Auntie Hilda:

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David Ford Sheffield star:

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Parkhill flats kitchen in Weston Park museum-

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You'll hear stories about:
🏡 Life in Sheffield's demolished slums🏢 Moving into the brand-new Park Hill Flats🛗 The giant goods lift and futuristic Garchey rubbish system🛍️ The shops, pubs and community that made Park Hill unique📰 Dad's paper round (and the day he went on strike for a pay rise!)❄️ Snowy winters, bonfire nights and balcony adventures🐟 Bill & Ben the goldfish, who survived 16 Sheffield winters🏍️ Riding in his dad's motorcycle sidecar⚽ Massive football matches and former professional footballers who lived on the estate📺 The day TV presenter Cliff Michelmore tried to interview my grandad... and was turned away!
This isn't just the story of one family—it's a glimpse into a remarkable chapter of Sheffield's history that many people still remember with great affection.
If you grew up on Park Hill, lived in Pitsmoor, or have memories of Sheffield during the 1950s, 60s or 70s, I'd love to hear your stories in the comments.

📺 Watch next:
▶️ My abandoned Park Hill Flats walkthrough

Abandoned Flats — Sheffield
▶️ Park Hill Flats Part 2

Abandoned Flats — Part 2 — Sheffield
▶️ More Sheffield history & abandoned places

Abandoned places

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11 Comments

@sarz73 2 months ago

my very first flat was on parkhill .. i loved it.. still do ❤

@eoint2524 2 months ago

I lived on the Wybourn on Maltravers Road. All my mates were either from Wybourn, Hyde park or Parkhill. My entire life up until I was 16 was based in those three areas. I remember them knocking down Hyde Park greyhound stadium.

@AlexMitchell-i1g 2 months ago

My uncle Frank and aunt Sue lived on there in the 70s, I remember visiting as a kid, I really liked it back then. You could see Midland Station from their flat and I liked the way the flat was on two floors. They moved to Hyde Park Walk up the hill about 1979.

@101brydon 2 months ago (edited)

Remember them well. I I was born in Pitsmoor and used to visit my best mate at the time Steve tuton at park hill in the 70s great production ❤🎉 oh just rembered i had an auntie Rose who lived there for a while. Thanks for the memory 🎉🎉ps the goldfish must have been Sheffield born and bred 😂

@AlexMitchell-i1g 2 months ago

This was a wonderful nostalgic trip back to a Sheffield that is now sadly gone.

@garykent7546 2 months ago

Nice video brought back memories but sorry a bit much AI for me, I can just about remember the Toplis family if my memory serves me right. No 76 was looking into the big infant school yard and directly about the wash house only two landings up. I lived at 70 Norwich row for about 12 years from February 1963 then 76 Long Henry row for another 12 years as my Gran lived at 72 Long Henry, sorry if I've got the name wrong.

@KarenG.-qs7wc 3 months ago

My granny lived on Dacre Row.

@daveh2062 2 months ago (edited)

Hi everyone new to this channel. Watched this video with great interest, and loved every min of it. what I am going to say may sound strange to some, but the old terraced houses had in some ways a charm about them well to me they did and the nice open fire going. even down to the cobbled streets, on some street corners there would have been corner shop(s) and even a chippy there was defo a community spirit in these old terraced streets. Now the Park Hill Flats at least they wern't the high rise type which I hate and actually had a lot going for them everything was laid on for the people that lived there, shops, bars, etc and even a dentist, so why did they have quite a short life span? Also watched the 2 videos on the tour of the flats shame to see them abandoned now. Thanks for the tour Faces & Places Dark Stories❤👍