- Sydney Works
Sydney Works or Sidney Works is a building on Matilda Street in
Sheffield ,England . It has seen a variety of uses, and occupies a prominent site beside thePorter Brook , surrounded bycar park s.The site was originally occupied by the City Saw Mills. It was occupied by four
back-to-back buildings used until the 1970s by various small industrial businesses, most prominently DeakinsSilversmith s, later renamed Sydney Silversmiths.The rear wing of the building was constructed in 1902.
In the 1970s, the building was used by a
printing co-operative . From1982 it was home toYorkshire Artspace , which converted much of the space intostudio s, becoming the first cultural organisation in what later became theCultural Industries Quarter . In2001 , Yorkshire Artspace moved to purpose-built premises atPersistence Works , and the building stood largely empty, other than a small part used by arecording studio .In 2005, the Works were used as a convergence centre for opposition to the
G8 Finance Minister s' meeting in Sheffield. Renamed the "Matilda", it was then developed as asquat tedsocial centre , including gig spaces, artists' studios, exhibition space, IT facilities, a cafe and several meeting spaces. InJune 2006 ,Yorkshire Forward , who had acquired the building, secured a court order demanding the eviction of the occupants.References
* [http://www.artspace.org.uk/about_us_frame.htm Yorkshire Artspace - About Us]
* [https://wiki.sheffieldsocialforum.org.uk/Matildatory Sheffield Social Forum - Matildatory]
* [http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/ Matilda]
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