O/T Sheffield getting the glory again

[avondalemiller]

The phone numbers relate to which exchange you are connected too. If you use BT you get a Sheffield number and if you use Virgin they give you a Rotherham number. All of the Waverley estate and the AMP are in Rotherham the sign to show you are entering Sheffield is just before the Handsworth turn off on the Parkway. I know these bits of info as I live on the Waverley estate.

...yes Lagos, it stems back years ago when we had smaller exchanges. Thorpe was connected to the Eccelsfield one hence still the Sheffield numbers. I lived in Parkgate in the 70's and our number was Rawmarsh 46**, the area code was 52, when we came under Rotherham our number was 5246**, Wickersley was 54, Thrybergh was 850......etc etc
It still causes confusion, just ask someone living Aston/Swallownest, Sheffield post code and phone number, hence lots of them think(wrongly) that they live in Sheffield. Ask them who collects the council tax???? Aston Hall's address is Sheffield, Butterfly house at Anston is the same, both in Rotherham.

[dantpen]

The story now reads

The "world-class" facility will be built at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at Catcliffe in Rotherham.

[millmoormagic]

The story now reads

The "world-class" facility will be built at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at Catcliffe in Rotherham.

Yes!, maybe my complaint workd then!!!

[Rothbiz]

I've just got back from the launch. It is a partnership of councils and organisations that has worked for over 2 years to secure the factory so it is just being confirmed as coming to the "Sheffield city region" or on the emerging "Sheffield-Rotherham Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District." However...

McLaren unveils plan to open £50m factory in Rotherham
Rotherham Business News 9/2/17
A space is being readied on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham for supercar manufacturer McLaren to build a £50m, 75,000 sq ft, carbon-fibre composites factory.
http://www.rothbiz.co.uk/2017/02/new...s-to-open.html