We Live On Ecclesall Road

Do you care what your street looks like?

weliveonecclesallroad — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:20:10 +0000

Every spring Botanical Gate Community Association plant up bulbs and distribute them around the area. They are donated by Sheffield City Council and the association buys the compost and containers.

Is it any surprise that residents get cheesed off when residents of houses in multiple occupation seem incapable of understanding the basic rules of bringing out/in bins and how to re-cycle in the two bins provided ?

From Rob Marston

Old Petrol Station Site

weliveonecclesallroad — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:10:49 +0000

The new build on the old petrol station site on Ecclesall Rd between Rosedale Gardens and Bruce Rd gathers apace. For those who haven’t seen the artist’s impression of the new building click here. (It may take a while to load)

For full details of the approved planning application click here.

From Rob Marston

Do businesses on Ecclesall road respect the residents?

gordonferguson — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:07:49 +0000

The other day a resident from Sharrow Vale was engaged in conversation with the someone who appeared to be the ‘owner’ of the new business that is moving into the former Walnut Club premises. The ‘owner’ stated that all the businesses on Ecclesall road are getting together to lobby the council to allow later opening hours. He also said that the businesses have

”turned against the residents and times change and that we will have to change too”

So the message is load and clear: businesses are only interested in the bottom line, and we already know that the council is obsessed with the idea of the ’24 hour’ city.

The time to stand up and be counted has arrived.

La Tasca gets late licence

gordonferguson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:09:42 +0000

The city council has recently granted La Tasca – opposite the bottom of Wadborough Road – a late licence until 12:30. They will now apply for planning permission to actually open until then.

OK, so the licence has conditions about keeping people quiet on the terrace, and having community meetings, but do you really think this will make a great deal of difference? And once people leave, probably full of drink, they can do as they please on the street, shouting, banging taxi doors and so on, as we know only too well.

La Tasca say that they want to enable people to go on eating, since they are a restaurant. But how many people do you know that sit and eat food after midnight? Look at La Tasca’s website – most of their places shut at 11pm – perhaps because the local councils elsewhere look after their citizens better than ours. Even in the heart of down-town Manchester, La Tasca Deansgate only opens after 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays, until 2am.

And on Friday and Saturday night, the kitchen closes at 11pm, and only cold food is available – called bar snacks in a pub. After 11pm it looks like they are milking it as a bar and so no doubt want their customers to spend as much as possible on booze. You can safely bet it will be no different here in Sheffield.

Oh, and the new manager at La Tasca used to run a pub – is this a career move on their part, or do the management actually want our La Tasca to emphasise the bar more than the food, like Abuelo on the next block? I leave you to make your own mind up on that one.

Welcome to We Live On Ecclesaal Road

weliveonecclesallroad — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:22:57 +0000

This is a blog for residents along Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, between the city centre and Hunters Bar. Ecclesall road is a great place to live, but perhaps more than some places, has its share of problems and issues.

This is where we let everyone know about our neighbourhood – the good the bad and the ugly.