The Sheffield Story: How Mural Art Saved a Tiny Tasmanian Town
Sheffield Murals:
A classic Aussie tale of triumph in the face of adversity, this is the story of the dramatic change in fate for a tiny, historical town in Tasmania's picturesque north-west when a small but dedicated band of local residents refused to let their town die. Today this quaint region and its quirky, endearing characters attract over 200,000 visitors a year.
Sheffield Inc, the producers of the documentary, appreciate the great interviews with Brian Inder - Founding member of KAT, 1985, Cheyne Purdue - Mural Artist, Julian Bale - Murals Curator and Restorer and Mark Beach-Ross - Vice President of Sheffield Inc.
A big thanks to all the volunteers that made this little docco come to life. Especially, Danielle Rodgers for her efforts in the creative department, getting the story-line just right, and also a special thanks to Aimee Bell for her enthusiasm behind the camera, sound and audio recording, and the wonderful job she did with the editing. And a serious, double thumbs-up to Rick Eaves, for the sparkly bits that made the girls' work shine.
We are truly grateful, for the photographs supplied by:
Bruce Hutchinson:
Kentish Museum
Johann Pfeiffer
Dan Fellow:
Top 10 Worst Places to Live in England
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According to ilivehere.co.uk, which has been compiling this list for more than a decade, with the votes from thousands of readers, these are the WORST places to live in England.
10: Blackpool
Once famed for its golden mile, Blackpool now conjures up images of drunken stags and hens, falling over in the street and spewing on themselves, before retiring to a grotty seaside B&B.
9: Oldham
The most deprived town in England according to the ONS, where the streets have been described as “graffiti covered, fly-tipped shells of what they once were”.
8: Sunderland
has the highest rate of teen pregnancies in Europe.
sexual offences, violent crime and theft are all on the up and are higher than the national average. (I’ve seen policemen on pedal bikes chasing chavs in stolen cars. You might not believe it but I really have seen it!)
7: Gravesend
One voter comments: I have lived in Gravesend all my life. I have visited many other crap towns across Kent like Lewisham, Dartford, Chatham and so on and not one so far, has even came near to being as chav infested as Gravesend.
6. BRADFORD
A Commenter says: Bradford is literally hell on earth. The city centre resembles a squalid cess pit, full of monstrous partially demolished 60’s concrete office blocks, Pound shops, amusement arcades, prostitutes, heroin addicts, Eastern European car-jackers, Asian drug dealers, pre-pubescent mums and mad alcoholic tramps having arguments with themselves.
Being the sixth largest city in the country, in terms of population, it now boasts another famous serial killer...
5: ROCHDALE
One in seven people in Rochdale had no qualifications at all. Weekly earnings were £413 on average last year, compared to £676 in London.
4. SCUNTHORPE
A town once voted the least romantic place in the country.
Apparently Maccy Ds is a chav’s staple diet. Well the small town of Scunthorpe has 3.
3. LUTON
One commenter points out; on Christmas day the local McDonalds gets busier every year”
Black, White, Asian it doesn’t matter, everyone looks like they’re trying to escape or have given up hope on life itself.
2. KINGSTON UPON HULL
based on official government statistics, Hull is the worst place to live in England.
1. DOVER
Apparentñy Dover only beat Hull by 16 votes.
One reader comments;
Let us for a moment imagine that the British Isles are the silhouette of an old man. Scotland is his cap, Cornwall his toes, Anglia his curved spine, making Dover his herpes infested s**t-hole.
Which do you think is the Worst Place to Live in England?