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