Sunday 19 April 2015

Sunday Snap - The Crucible

The Crucible Sheffield

It was a trip back in television history for last week's Sunday Snap with one of the buildings used in Heartbeat. With its North Yorkshire Moors setting complete with functioning steam train the answer of its location is

Goathland

The telly addicts award this week is shared between Queen Boudica and Erica who both got the answer right.

On to this week's picture and it is one of the The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Built in 1971 it stands adjacent to the Victorian Lyceum Theatre. Its name refers to a type of steel that was developed in Sheffield in the 18th century by heating various metals in types of pots known as crucibles. This weekend sees the start of the annual World Snooker Championships which for many years has been held at The Crucible. Before the Championships found their permanent home in Sheffield it was held in various locations including one year in the back room of a Nottingham pub. Despite various suggestions of the Championships being moved to a different location over the years (the latest is to China) Sheffield remains its spiritual home. Listen out to references on the BBC coverage to the 'knowledgeable Sheffield crowd' and poems mentioning 'the Steel City'. So this week's question is

When did the World Snooker Championships move to The Crucible Theatre?

We were joined last week by Cheryl and some Madhouse feeding of the elephants. Meanwhile Candace was showing off her boots in the sunshine.

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17 comments:

  1. wasn't it 1977 or thereabouts? It has always been there as long as I can remember (almost 35 now) x

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  2. Ooh I remember growing up with my Dad watching snooker at The Crucible x x

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  3. Not a clue and ive been a few times as well, I found it strangely relaxing to sit and watch x

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  4. I remember watching snooker with my mum who was a massive fan in the 70s and early 80s, and I think it was televised from there.

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  5. I have never heard of it, however i have to say thats down to the fact i am oblivious of things unless smacked in the nose .. xx

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  6. I strangely love watching the snooker - it amazes me how skilled they are at potting those balls :D

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  7. My brother loves snooker and is a big fan of it and watches it always. I have no clue about it.

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  8. Oh I bet wound 1973. I can not remember it being anywhere else. I live near Gothland BTW

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  9. I have no idea of the date however I used to feel quite special going there for a coffee when I was a student

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  10. I haven't heard of it but I am not a big snooker fan.

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  11. What a great snap - I don't watch snooker but I've definitely heard of the crucible.

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  12. I haven't heard of it, but I'm not that big on snooker now - I used to watch it a lot before I moved to the UK, as my mum is a massive fan of it

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  13. My husband is a huge snooker fan and player.

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  14. I hadn't heard of it, but I'm not a snooker fan :)

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  15. Mummy has heard of this but has no idea x

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  16. I have no idea I'm terrible at these! x

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  17. No idea but I think I performed in this theatre as a child with my theatre group! :)

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