All in a Day - The City - Sheffield - Documentary - BBC2 4-4-74 

After 50 years of loyal service and they give him a canteen of cutlery . You would think they would give him a few quid as well . Can't help feeling that this guy was cheated .

Wow used to buy my drugs from Pitsmoore I'm ashamed to say and never would have imagined it used to be like that . Seemed be such A close knit community and very happy people .how did it end up like it is today ??( Though I don't think it's as bad now as it was 10 or 20 years ago ) Something about these times make me long for that era again .. Also notice how the church's always used to be full on a Sunday . I bet there's hardly anyone there these days

You were born on the same day I married my first husband, 4 September 1971.

I was one at the time and lived at Lodge Moor. I emigrated but this video brought back fond memories of growing up in Sheffield ❤️

I'm 45 and remember outside loos . If I ever needed to go in the dark I used to be terrified . Like you say some things were worse some were better . Miss the sense of community .

I was 20 and lived in Walkley, a better place then with lively local pubs and shops everywhere, loved it then but things changed. Now retired and living here on my beloved Gran Canaria.

I was 21 on 1 October 1973 but don't know exactly when this film was made.

Did people generally talk posher in those days? Only the eloquence in their speech is so noticeable.

Of course the traffic flowed much better - there was about a third of the number of cars on the road back then.

@@markianrosswe could have kept the number of cars down if not for Thatchers ideological decimation of public transport in favour of private cars, private cars without sufficient expansion of road networks to accommodate them all!

I had a boyfriend 1980 time, he was a bus driver and did the Middlewood route. He told me the nurses were never charged bus fare so that went on for some time. He'll be retired by now.

I do , I think people don't cook these days and think organ meat disgusting, but it is cheap and nutritious.I was a student nurse in Sheffield at the Royal Hospital West Street in 1973.

It takes a special type of person to do that job. Like Ozzy Osbourne. I worked briefly in a chicken factory. It's the smell of death🤮

The Copper is PC Bill Ward and the old lady he was speaking to was called Ivy. She lived in squalor with her beloved sheep dog

Yes, the police man was Bill ward and when the first police car appears our house and my mom are there just before the couple are spoken to, I also wonder who else recognises other people

Yep, I can also confirm that's Bill Ward, my grandad. I was too young to remember him as a police officer, but I do remember watching this documentary with him a few years ago, as well as his stories about his work before mobile communication devices: knocking on lamp posts with a truncheon to communicate with other officers, having to check in at police boxes for updates and having a trusty whistle if you really needed help! I only knew him as my grandad, but I always idolised him - he was so patient, positive and caring, not to mention great fun. He retired when I was young, but he still always seemed to be involved with helping others and trying to improve the lives of people in the community. I was always in awe of how many people seemed to know and want to chat to him when we'd go out - it was almost like having a celebrity for a grandad and I'd always feel really proud to be his grandson. He helped instil some really important values in me about the importance of looking out for and helping others. He sadly passed away this weekend, so I just came back to watch the video and remember him :)

the midwife dressed in blue is called mrs croft she is 96 still going strong a inspirational lady

I might have known the go-go dancer, as I did it around that time or just before.

His own safety and the safety of anyone he would have run into with his break less bike.

​@theblackpainterdecorator5718That probably would have been my first suspicion if I didn't know who that police officer was. He was my grandad, Bill Ward. Obviously, this was filmed before I was born, but based on everything I know from my time with him and from what people have told me, there was nothing about his nature to even hint that he would ever treat someone differently based on the colour of their skin, even at a time when it was sadly probably seen as a more acceptable thing to do. In fact, as a grandad, his message was always about care and compassion to all. He just wanted to help everyone, no matter who they were, and he'd often go out of his way to do so, without grumbling, even if it meant inconveniencing himself. He was incredibly kind, caring and fair, and a great role model when it comes to how to treat others. He joined some Pitsmoor Facebook pages a few years ago and was overwhelmed by the number of people who contacted him, from all different backgrounds, who had fond memories of him as a police officer. It made me feel really proud that he'd clearly made a positive difference to so many and had made those from other cultures feel safe and welcome. I know that he spent time learning Urdu to help communicate better with some of the local communities at the time and to make them feel more at home. This wasn't part of his job role - it was something he did off his own back, because he thought it would help. He could still speak some Urdu (with a Yorkshire accent!) right up to the end. I asked him about this bike incident a few years ago and I can't quite remember all the details of the story, but it wasn't just a random check. He'd noticed that it looked like the boy was struggling to stay in control when riding at speed - I have a feeling he may have been coming down a hill, although I might have misremembered. After stopping him and getting him to test his brakes and finding that they didn't work, the instruction was given that he needed to replace them before riding it again, as it was a potential risk to the boy and others. I wish I could ask him to clarify the details of the story, but, unfortunately, he passed away this morning. I just came back to watch some old videos of him, because he was an amazing grandad and one of my heroes :)

i think more for the lads safety no brakes round sheffield its all hills@theblackpainterdecorator5718

Sadly that is my read on it too

Yeah sack the copper and let the kid ride without brakes makes sense

@@johnnydawson20 What is learning? What is personal responsibility?