00:00It's known for its links to pop stars, international footballers, steel and countryside.
00:07So, we went out to the Sheffield town of Stocksbridge to find out what people love about the town which is Sheffield's most northerly outpost.
00:16Stocksbridge has plenty of claims to fame.
00:19Two famous bands, the Arctic Monkeys and Bring Me the Horizon, went to Stocksbridge High School.
00:24And the former England striker, Jamie Vardy, played for Stocksbridge Park Steels, which has name to stand after him.
00:32But it's also home to one of Sheffield's remaining steel manufacturers, Liberty Steel, still operating there, in a town which was once home to Samuel Fox and Company Steelworks.
00:43But residents also love the beautiful countryside in which the town is set, as well as the massive retail centre at Fox Valley.
00:52The town has its own museum in the Stocksbridge Town Council offices, and there are plans for a £24 million regeneration of part of the town centre around the library near Manchester Road.
01:03We asked residents what they love most about living in the town.
01:07Jean Thompson, who runs the Garden of Eden florist on Manchester Road, loves Stocksbridge.
01:15I like the views, I like the people, they're really lovely and friendly, homely. I just like the nice feel of it, how everybody's welcoming.
01:26Is there a lot to do here as well?
01:28There's always something to do, whether it be walking, socialising, gathering groups, all different things.
01:37And are the facilities good?
01:39I would like to think so, yeah. There's a bit of everything for everybody. It could do with a few more shops, clothing shops, etc.
01:46There's quite a few eating places and coffee places, so it could do with a variable amount of things in here as well, to keep everybody in the village, yeah.
01:55Can you tell me what you like most about living in Stocksbridge, please?
01:59I love the people in Stocksbridge, and the charity shops are amazing, as are the staff, with the glass breaking behind it.
02:07What about the facilities, are they any good?
02:09Living in Stocksbridge, we've got the best sports centre run by all our local friends. I love to go there, not that often at the moment, given that I'm on crutches, but I'm looking forward to getting back.
02:21What about the scenery, how does that rate?
02:23From my home, I can literally look out across the valley and see the sheep, so I love it when it's quiet, then you can hear the sheep.
02:31Is it the best place to live then, do you think?
02:33I've been in Stocksbridge for about nearly 25 years, it's a great place to live.
02:39Just talking to Myro Zan of Fox Valley Bikes, could you tell me, Myro, please, what you like most about Stocksbridge?
02:47Yeah, I guess just the access to the outdoors, so we're close to Peak District, we've got some reservoirs, and then there's the Warrington Cliff Woods, so there's a lot to do if you like outdoors.
02:56But I guess if you're just going out in town, there's not much of a town here. So yeah, just in general, the outdoor things, the space is quite nice, yeah.
03:07Tell me what you like most about Stocksbridge?
03:09Well, it's a very nice place, it's countryside, it's a community, we all look after one another, we've got lots of friends that, you know, we're virtually in a circle, so we can look after one another and we help each other out when everybody's ill and things.
03:25Is there a lot to do here as well in Stocksbridge?
03:29Well, for myself, I like to go to the Christian Centre at Stocksbridge, up Cedar Road, they have a coffee morning and a warm welcome.
03:42We've got a lovely library here as well, so, and love Fox Valley, what can you say, not say about Fox Valley, Fox Valley's fantastic.
03:51But if we could get some more shops here in the centre of town, and if they do generate, as I say, they're going to do, I hope we'll perhaps have some nice little cafes up here and some nice, you know, little shops and things, so it'll be nice for everybody really.
Well hello. Just touching bases to my old hometown, I was born there 86 yrs ago & have many beautiful memories ( & some sad ones too ) my school years in 1940's to 1953, my fantastic education, school prefect & very good friend Edward G Balls my headmaster so clever, so caring in building strength & character to equip me in my future .. so 80 yrs later i returned to the UK 🇬🇧 mainly because I really always belonged here & my spirit needs a Happy Home
to rest ... Alan Barkworth ...
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