Peter Hulbert a visit to the railway station

22.06.2015

Today was a little quiet at home with all the family either away already or going on holiday in the next 12 hours and as such Peter Hulbert as normal became a little fidgety and had arranged to meet up with someone who is always ready to spend a little time doing silly things that mean so much. As the weather was a little overcast and not expected to become too bright or sunny, it was a good opportunity to take some video footage of one of the nicer sites in Sheffield which greets most people when they first arrive in the city which is the railways station.

As the station was a little quiet at the time I arrived, it prompted Peter Hulbert to spend a little time trying out some unusual affects created with a video camera that provides a different perspective of what can be achieved with a bit of creative imagination. Below is a short clip starting out as a close up but zooming out to show what was in the shot and how it creates a different idea in the mind.

 

Below is the same shot as above but taken from a slightly different angle, it is hard to imagine that all of this sits so cleverly and effectively in the center of Sheffield but must be quite a nice welcome to visitors to the city for the first time.

                               

Finally, we have a water feature located outside of Sheffield city railways station (Midland Station) to which Peter Hulbert always called or describes it as a working sculpture as it's more of an artistic piece than a functional attraction. It is made from stainless steel to which was invented in Sheffield and designed to simbolise and remind us all that fundamentally Sheffield is a manufacture town and world famous for it's "Made in Sheffield" brand. 

Until recently, Sheffield was a world leader (and still is) for the manufacture of steel and silver and was the envy of the world for it's silver products including cutlery, jewelry, trophy's and a whole host of other silver products but today it is now at the heart of two major Universities (Sheffield & Hallam) and is an epicenter for more diverse manufacture companies ranging from Boeing to Rolls Royce. Here is a look at the stainless steel water feature that is a constant waterfall of clean water running over a stainless steel backdrop and once again is at the main entrance to the Midland Railway Station and greets visitors as they arrive or depart from Sheffield.