Do you think it's worth spending £50m on refurbishing Sheffield Town Hall?

The Star, Sheffield

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00:00Do you think it's worth £50 million to refurbish the town hall?

00:05I don't, no.

00:07Why do you not think so?

00:09I just think the money could be better spent on other things.

00:12Is there anything you'd like to see us spend it on?

00:15Better access to the city centre.

00:18It pretty much has closed it off and introduced a new tax zone.

00:24I personally drive an older vehicle that has been refurbished and passed its MOT

00:29It cost me £10 to come into town, so I don't come into town anymore.

00:32I just don't use the city centre.

00:34So you'd sooner see the money spent on things like the town centre?

00:37The actual town centre, look at it, it's empty.

00:40In my day this used to be heavy, even on a weekday.

00:43You know, pitiful, pitiful.

00:46Do you think it's worth spending £50 million on refurbishing Sheffield Town Hall?

00:51I think it could do with a few touches, yeah.

00:54I mean, it's part of Sheffield, so it looks quite nice.

00:58I don't want it to change too much, to be honest.

01:01But in terms of access and allowing people in at certain times and places,

01:06it could maybe do a bit of a touch-up.

01:09But I don't want it to change too much, to be honest.

01:11It's been like that for a long time, my dad worked in there for 40 years.

01:14Always said the toilets needed a bit doing up,

01:17so I'm sure that could have a bit of a touch-up as well.

01:20£50 million is quite a lot of money.

01:24But, yeah, if it goes in the right places and touches up the nice bits of it,

01:29I'm sure it could do quite well.

01:32Could you tell me whether you think it's worth £50 million to refurbish Town Hall?

01:36Without a doubt. It needs it, and I think it's worth it.

01:40Are you proud of that building?

01:42Yeah, who wouldn't be? Look at it, it's amazing.

01:45It's Sheffield.

01:47Do you think it's worth £50 million to refurbish Sheffield Town Hall?

01:51I do, yes.

01:53Why do you think it is?

01:55Because it needs a refurb.

01:58Is it a building that you like a lot?

02:00Yeah, the Town Hall. It's a nice little building.

02:05Tell me please if you think it's worth spending £50 million to refurbish Town Hall.

02:10Yes, it's the centre of civic pride, yeah.

02:16Tell me please if you think it's worth spending £50 million on refurbishing Sheffield Town Hall.

02:21No, no.

02:23I think there's better things to spend money on,

02:27such as roads, empty shops, regenerating everything.

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