We asked people what lost activities do you miss most at Sheffield's parks?
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00:00 What activities that you can't do in Sheffield's parks do you miss the most?
00:03 I think crazy golf would be something that I think is really good fun
00:07 and it seems to suit lots of different ages and generations and abilities so
00:12 yeah that would be something I'd like to see. Did you do that when you were younger?
00:16 Yeah yeah yeah loads. Which one did you like going to?
00:17 Well I'm not actually from Sheffield originally so it was actually the ones in the northeast of
00:27 England which is where I'm from so yeah but I think they're just always a really good attraction.
00:34 What activities that you used to be able to do in Sheffield's parks that you can't any more do
00:39 you miss the most? Well I've retired now so I don't do as much fishing as what I used to do but I
00:44 used to love a bit of fishing in the parks. Obviously my kids have grown up now and we used
00:51 to love taking kids in parks you know on the rides and the like the boat things here they've got I
00:56 mean I know a lot of them's gone missing now aren't they? Yeah the these here the swing boats
01:03 and we used to love going all around parks. I mean there's some there's some beautiful parks
01:10 in Sheffield and the tram opens it up for everybody doesn't it because most of the tram
01:15 network visits them. What activities that you can't do any more in Sheffield's parks do you
01:20 miss the most? Bonfire night, bonfire night used to be a really big family occasion we all used to
01:27 meet up cousins, aunties, everybody and see the fireworks and the bonfires in Norfolk Park.
01:32 And was Norfolk Park the one that you went to? Yes yeah yeah every year.
01:38 What do you miss in Sheffield's parks that you used to be able to do that you can't do any more?
01:44 I do miss the Lido that we used to have at the Lounges Park, the open air swimming especially
01:50 when you want somewhere to go with the grandchildren. And is there any other things that you missed?
01:56 You mentioned speaking about a lake, Grace Park. Grace Park they used to have boats in the Boating
02:04 Lake so there's no no boats there anymore. Do you miss it? I probably would use if it was there
02:11 yeah so yeah well time gone by isn't it there's nothing for the young ones and the toddlers
02:18 nowadays. Could you tell me please what you miss in Sheffield's parks? So I miss when they used to
02:26 do cliffhanger in Millhouses Park because they do it in town now and I find that it's not as
02:31 accessible for people because you have to drive into the town centre. I just think it was a bit
02:35 of when it was in a park community I thought it was a bit a bit more booming than it is now.