Commonside, Walkley, Sheffield
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Commonside, Walkley, Sheffield
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 19 Feb 2018
Running repairs on Commonside! Externally the road is being resurfaced whilst internally the long-term management of the pub is in a state of flux. “The Closed Shop” - a gastropub - reopened in May 2017, after a period of being closed. This reopening proved possible because sufficient funding has been provided by the community, on a short-term tenancy basis, while a long-term lease is being negotiated with a Sheffield-based brewery. The premises began commercial life as a combined greengrocer’s and off-licence in the 1800s, before becoming a public house in the early 1900s. Commonside may have gained its title from the habit of herders ‘resting’ their animals on common land in this area whilst in the process of moving them from Stannington, Walkley and Crookes to the cattle market near the former Victoria Station in the city centre. (See: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/16673-baaa/)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.385986
Longitude
-1.497496