Pride of place

I took this a few days ago while cycling in to work, and it got me thinking – I love this city. Like Liverpool there is a sense of pride here. Not everything about the city is perfect: far from it. But the people here know that and acknowledge it, and are proud to be from Sheffield.

And, like Liverpool, I get the impression that Sheffield is looked down upon by a lot of people in the UK. The two cities are shunned, assumed to be horrible places full of tough Northerner’s that may or may not know how to read or write.

And this is a shame. Sheffield is somewhere to the entire country should be proud of, a place where manufacturing still reigns supreme. Things are made here. There’s booms and thuds all around, heavy industry going about its business and not caring who hears. And, as I hope my snapshot shows, industry can be beautiful and inspiring.