Abbeydale Picture House Renovations - 'Take your seats'....literally
15 Goodgymers helped their local community in Sheffield
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Monday 15th May 2017
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15 FANTASTIC Sheffield Good Gymer's braved the rain (#evenintherainwetrain #skiniswaterproof) to run 6km, smash out a HIIT workout and continue our renovation work at the Abbeydale Picture House!
NEW RUNNERS
A big welcome to new runners this week, you all did great work and we hope to see you along at next weeks run:
*Tess
*Jade
Give em a Cheer!
After welcoming our 6 sensational new Good Gymers and the obligatory group photo and headcount we set off into the drizzly Sheffield evening air with STAR OF STAGE KIM as our trusty back marker towards our destination of the Abbeydale Picture House, passing some other task locations on the way in a short of a Good Gym Sheffield Task Tour. These included going past Regather Co-Op and the Highfield Adventure Playground.
TASK TIME
On arrival we were met with bottles of water and info on the nights task by SENSATIONAL STEVE from CADS who told us all about the project, CADS and things to look out for during the nights task.
We split into two teams:
TEAM LIFT & SHIFT - In a strong show of teamwork and bicep brawn this team moved a number of the old seats down stairs to their new home, increasing the capacity of the building and their guns along with it! CIRCUS STEVE impressed us showing his previous skills gained volunteering for a circus with his impressive chin chair balancing skills! Incredible!
TEAM SCRAPE & SHAPE - Team SAS did a fantastic job of removing nails and scraping remaining underlay from years gone by to prep the floor ready for it's new topping to make some of the 1st level rooms usable once more!
The venue is really starting to come on with the backroom where we started now being used as a gallery space. When we first came it was full of junk and scaffolding. Steve was thanking the team and saying that this would not have been possible without the help of the people from Good Gym Sheffield - Pat on the back to you all!
Before going into the fitness session for the eve we heard about the fantastic Small Park, Big Run which you can sign up for here being organised by professional crowbar user DEMOLITION JAWAD. The event is taking place 10-11June and is up as a Good Gym Race here so make sure you spread the word and sign up on BOTH LINKS ABOVE so we can get a team together for the event in Meersbrook Park!
Let's HIIT it!
Our fitness session this week was short and sharp with some really great efforts from all, with loads of squat variations, jumps, tucks, inch worms and planks! Great job everyone!
There is a mission this weekend for those who are mission verified - Help Mr B in the Garden - sign up here
Don't forget to sign up for next weeks run which is a brand new task to help SUSTRANS keep the National Cycling Network accessible to all. Sign up here
We're in the press!
There a lovely online story and a double page spread in this weeks Sheffield Telgraph (pick up a copy before thurs) - are you in it? You can help spread the word and help us grow too by telling people the good you are doing and bringing along a friend to next weeks run!
See you then, happy Running!
Tom :)
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One of the most Beautiful buildings in Sheffield.
The Abbeydale Picture Palace was opened by the Lord Mayor William Farewell Wardley on December 20th 1920, with the silent film The Call of the Road. Designed by the architects Dixon & Stienlet of North Shields and Newcastle-on-Tyne to work as a theatre as well as a cinema, it has a generous stage with a fly tower, the UK’s only remaining “iron” safety curtain, intact and in situ, with original 1950s period advertisements. The original classical proscenium was hidden by the existing plain arch when Cinemascope was installed in the 1950s, but otherwise the auditorium remains intact and the building is listed Grade II. Soon after closing its doors on the 5th July 1975, the building was taken over by Messrs A & F Drake as an office-equipment showroom. They traded until the early 1990s, and after some years of neglect the building was taken over by the Friends of the Abbeydale Picture House as a rehearsal and performance space for amateur theatre groups. When the Friends of the Abbeydale project came to an end in 2012, the building was bought at auction by Phil Robins. Since July 2015 it has been managed by Hand Of, a Sheffield based arts platform who organise a diverse range of cultural events.
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