OT:. Sky News Live from Rotherham

[Grumpy King of the West]

Morning pal. Quick question, when was the last time you actually went inside the facility? I've visited it a few times and every time I go it just looks more run down and worse. The educational screens up on the platforms don't work so how can they educate school kids or anyone visiting it? I think I heard some kind of garbled audio messaging on my last visit and couldn't make it out. The gift shop for any visiting parties is also a joke. I suppose the run down play area outside lessens any kids visiting boredom more than anything.

I think those that run it need to take a visit to the states to see how things are run professional, then again that would be a free jolly so we'll cancel that idea.

As for the subsidies spent on Covent Garden last, £180 Million to revamp it, was absolutely a pure waste of the public purse but we know there will always be a rich/poor divide and those in power totally abuse public spending to sort their own needs.

Eyup Brinster. About a month ago mate. For some boxing. I don't doubt it needs more tlc. That said it is meant to reflect what it once was - a steel mill. I must declare an interest in that my dad was a steelworker for almost 50 years and anything which nods to our industrial past is good with me. I'm proud of our heritage. I'll tell you pal, if ever the SteelMan gets built over-looking the M1 you can get ready if/when they start referring to that as Sheffield!! 😠

Sheffield has cleverly and craftily got itself the name "steel city" when, in fact, what it was (and rightly should be) famous for was stainless steel. Specifically cutlery.

Rotherham was built on coal, iron and steel. And our steel production was once the envy of the world. But we don't jump up and down shouting like the Dee Dahs so nobody from elsewhere knows. Even now our precision engineering is right up there. Sadly we can no longer mass produce in comparison to the Indians and Chinese due to cost.

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Eyup Brinster. About a month ago mate. For some boxing. I don't doubt it needs more tlc. That said it is meant to reflect what it once was - a steel mill. I must declare an interest in that my dad was a steelworker for almost 50 years and anything which nods to our industrial past is good with me. I'm proud of our heritage. I'll tell you pal, if ever the SteelMan gets built over-looking the M1 you can get ready if/when they start referring to that as Sheffield!! ��

Sheffield has cleverly and craftily got itself the name "steel city" when, in fact, what it was (and rightly should be) famous for was stainless steel. Specifically cutlery.

Rotherham was built on coal, iron and steel. And our steel production was once the envy of the world. But we don't jump up and down shouting like the Dee Dahs so nobody from elsewhere knows. Even now our precision engineering is right up there. Sadly we can no longer mass produce in comparison to the Indians and Chinese due to cost.

My late Father-In-Law also worked there for over 30+ years a roll turner so, we too have a family connection to the place like yourself. Like you've pointed out, isn't it a sad state of affairs that we now ship our waste metal to the likes of China and India only to buy it back from them. This has to go through stringent quality checks to be able to meet our UK standards but, we by it back at an inflated rate.

Do you think if the Government supported the steelworks as say a new British Steel, we could compete with both China and India or is it all down to unions, workers rights, health and safety and of course the expected wage for a skilled crafts person? We know all of these go out of the window or don't even exist in some work places in both China and India?