Save Portland Works! Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-portland-works.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:13 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms JoAnna Darke [Signature #1445] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17671221?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:26:23 UTC 17671221 Mr David Spain [Signature #1444] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050523?utm_medium=rss The portland works are a fantastic piece of British history, to turn them into bedsits would be a horrific act.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:27:41 UTC 15050523 Mr Damon Clark [Signature #1443] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15026510?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Apr 2013 01:19:17 UTC 15026510 Mr Bob Hewitt [Signature #1442] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15024966?utm_medium=rss The Portland Works is an important part of Sheffield's and the UK's history. It should become a listed building, not another anonymous block of flats!

]]> Sat, 6 Apr 2013 04:30:59 UTC 15024966 Mr Rob Larson [Signature #1441] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14989700?utm_medium=rss An important and valuable part of British history should be maintained.

]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:41:54 UTC 14989700 ronald king [Signature #1440] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14610884?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Feb 2013 07:58:48 UTC 14610884 Mr Simon Nicol [Signature #1439] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14519399?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:02:31 UTC 14519399 Kate Allender [Signature #1438] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12452273?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:15:12 UTC 12452273 Mr William John Catcheside [Signature #1437] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12320290?utm_medium=rss Please keep this landmark true to its history, allow it a place for new creativity and perhaps new light in the british cutlery industry.

]]> Mon, 5 Mar 2012 04:45:55 UTC 12320290 Mr Glen Ewertz [Signature #1436] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12249086?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:52:04 UTC 12249086 mr lance shelton [Signature #1435] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12246707?utm_medium=rss This is a must the works before flats.

]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:26:44 UTC 12246707 Anonymous [Signature #1434] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12246319?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:34:38 UTC 12246319 Travis Kern [Signature #1433] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12246137?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:44:28 UTC 12246137 Mr Pierre Rodrigue [Signature #1432] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12246087?utm_medium=rss It would be a huge shame to have such an important symbol of what modern knives have become to fall.

]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:30:26 UTC 12246087 mr sachem allison [Signature #1431] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12246066?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:27:13 UTC 12246066 Mr. Timothy Gray [Signature #1430] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12245997?utm_medium=rss Heritage-to be preserved, not destroyed.

]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:09:34 UTC 12245997 Mr Dominic Allen [Signature #1429] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12212266?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:50:56 UTC 12212266 Mr David Macdonald [Signature #1428] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12152714?utm_medium=rss Sheffield has already lost far to much of it's industrial heritage. Every effort should be made to save what little is left.

]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:40:34 UTC 12152714 Mr Luke Ludwell [Signature #1427] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12130596?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Feb 2012 03:53:27 UTC 12130596 mr J brown [Signature #1426] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11218553?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:07:20 UTC 11218553 Mr Simon Leach [Signature #1425] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11216439?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:24:52 UTC 11216439 Mr Matty Wier [Signature #1424] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11215649?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:11:01 UTC 11215649 Mr Daniel McShane [Signature #1423] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11175650?utm_medium=rss Infrastructure and employment are necessary parts of a living community. Heritage and hstory is a great bonus.

]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:53:03 UTC 11175650 Mr Matthew Buckley [Signature #1422] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10952215?utm_medium=rss portland works houses "heritage" industry that should be preserved.

]]> Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:52:54 UTC 10952215 mr john townsend [Signature #1421] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10939375?utm_medium=rss Part of our industrial heritage

]]> Tue, 2 Aug 2011 02:01:53 UTC 10939375 Alex Fraser [Signature #1420] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10937005?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Aug 2011 01:55:45 UTC 10937005 Miss Joanne Ridley [Signature #1419] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10898406?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:08:07 UTC 10898406 Louise Arnold [Signature #1418] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10500699?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 May 2011 08:06:28 UTC 10500699 Mr David Macdonald [Signature #1417] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10424609?utm_medium=rss I live in York, a city that does much to preserve it's heritage. Surely that duty should lie with every city. With so much of Sheffield's industrial heritage lost, surely what remains must be preserved.

]]> Mon, 9 May 2011 04:20:22 UTC 10424609 Mrs Julia Spencer [Signature #1416] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10392011?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 May 2011 04:37:12 UTC 10392011 Chris Bailey [Signature #1415] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10292478?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:24:09 UTC 10292478 Mr Ian Ibbotson [Signature #1414] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10288774?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:59:01 UTC 10288774 cathy soreny [Signature #1413] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10274789?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:16:57 UTC 10274789 Mr Ed Astill [Signature #1412] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10273667?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:18:49 UTC 10273667 Mr David Stockton [Signature #1411] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10258372?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:49:23 UTC 10258372 Dr Richard Hunt [Signature #1410] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10254769?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:58:18 UTC 10254769 DR. Chris Walker [Signature #1409] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10251190?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:13:10 UTC 10251190 Dr Polly Blacker [Signature #1408] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10231788?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:07:00 UTC 10231788 Mr Tony Cornah [Signature #1407] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10231779?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:06:00 UTC 10231779 Dr Daniel Leary [Signature #1406] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10231644?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:49:46 UTC 10231644 Mr Neil Piper [Signature #1405] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10231619?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:47:18 UTC 10231619 Mike Bonsall [Signature #1404] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10230313?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:29:29 UTC 10230313 Dr Sam Marsh [Signature #1403] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10229981?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:49:12 UTC 10229981 Mrs Sylvia Totty [Signature #1402] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10229210?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:25:09 UTC 10229210 Mr tim Hess [Signature #1401] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10226273?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:28:14 UTC 10226273 Mac Millard [Signature #1400] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10225639?utm_medium=rss This building is part of my youth I grew up close by. Sheffield Council are consumed by greed and like of feeling for the citizens of Sheffield

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:30:58 UTC 10225639 Mrs Lindsay Symis [Signature #1399] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10201737?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:11:29 UTC 10201737 Dr Seth Wiggin [Signature #1398] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10200494?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:47:43 UTC 10200494 Adam Chapman [Signature #1397] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10200309?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:58:11 UTC 10200309 Ms Anna Chapman [Signature #1396] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10200273?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:47:24 UTC 10200273 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1395] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10174696?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 06:36:17 UTC 10174696 Mr Mal Deakin [Signature #1394] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10174250?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:05:48 UTC 10174250 Ms Yvonne Hodkinson [Signature #1393] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10174167?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:55:17 UTC 10174167 Mr Robert Evans [Signature #1392] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10174020?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 04:36:11 UTC 10174020 Mr Keith Marsden [Signature #1391] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10173128?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:48:38 UTC 10173128 Mr Richard Collins [Signature #1390] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10168310?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Apr 2011 01:40:59 UTC 10168310 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1389] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10166581?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 04:56:32 UTC 10166581 james joseph [Signature #1388] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10166486?utm_medium=rss if there are no trades . there can be no apprenterships

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2011 04:42:10 UTC 10166486 mr ian loasby [Signature #1387] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10166456?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 04:37:50 UTC 10166456 Mr Andrew mckenzie [Signature #1386] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10163110?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:19:28 UTC 10163110 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1385] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10162771?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:34:19 UTC 10162771 Mrs Joanne Gilbert [Signature #1384] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10162443?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 07:51:34 UTC 10162443 Mr Paul Bedwell [Signature #1383] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10162041?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 06:54:49 UTC 10162041 Mr Alistair Griggs [Signature #1382] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10157160?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Apr 2011 02:51:39 UTC 10157160 Mr Craig Turner [Signature #1381] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10148938?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 02:33:57 UTC 10148938 Miss Jess Parsons [Signature #1380] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10148418?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 01:27:47 UTC 10148418 Mrs Deborah Kerry [Signature #1379] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10142066?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Apr 2011 02:09:04 UTC 10142066 Mr Nick Warne [Signature #1378] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10141011?utm_medium=rss Portland Works is important to Sheffield - it is part of what makes our city special. Also - do we really need more flats?

]]> Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:17:17 UTC 10141011 Ms Kerry Lancaster [Signature #1377] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10131188?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:42:58 UTC 10131188 Dr Colin Roth [Signature #1376] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10129278?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 05:12:43 UTC 10129278 dr rupert suckling [Signature #1375] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10118416?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:28:01 UTC 10118416 Duane Eddy [Signature #1374] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10115258?utm_medium=rss The loss of The Portland Works as an artistic and historic center would be a tragedy for the city of Sheffield.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:31:10 UTC 10115258 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1373] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10114560?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:23:24 UTC 10114560 Judith Rutnam [Signature #1372] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10107766?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:56:49 UTC 10107766 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1371] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10100147?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:11:56 UTC 10100147 jamie headcharge smith [Signature #1370] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10097019?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:06:24 UTC 10097019 mr PATRICK YEARDLEY [Signature #1369] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10096951?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:53:06 UTC 10096951 Mrs Jean Wolfendale [Signature #1368] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10096074?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:26:25 UTC 10096074 Hannah Gill [Signature #1367] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10085445?utm_medium=rss Portland Works is a wonderful example of Sheffield's working heritage. Saving Portland Works not only ensures the survival of the building, but the preservation of the livelihood of the little mesters who work there, it would be such a devastating loss to the city.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:53:49 UTC 10085445 Marjorie Tait [Signature #1366] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10084108?utm_medium=rss As a regular visitor to Sheffield, I object to the change to Portland Works from a traditional Sheffield works site to residential use. This would deprive Sheffield of an iconic and specialist area which is historically unique to Sheffield. Sheffield should not be allowed to become bland and lose its unique heritage.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:21:38 UTC 10084108 Mr Brian Tait [Signature #1365] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10083883?utm_medium=rss Conversion of Portland Works to flats will have a detrimental effect on the economic vitality of the area and lead to the loss of jobs and the traditional skills which are so important to the present and future vitality of the city. It will also lead to the loss of of a Grade 2* listed building which forms such an important part of Sheffield's architectural heritage

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:37:45 UTC 10083883 Mr Dylan Wlliams [Signature #1364] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10083484?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:20:32 UTC 10083484 Miss Deborah Mahmoudieh [Signature #1363] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10083447?utm_medium=rss it is very important that national treasures like Portland Works are not only appreciated as such, but also, that they are preserved & maintained in the interests of education and out of respect for our children's heritage.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:13:06 UTC 10083447 Mrs Angela Rees [Signature #1362] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10083443?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:11:51 UTC 10083443 Mrs Katherine Harkness [Signature #1361] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10083283?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:34:27 UTC 10083283 Mrs Margaret Hines [Signature #1360] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10082267?utm_medium=rss It is essential to save this community based enterprise, saving jobs and the manufacturing legacy of Sheffield, together with development of the arts.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:34:46 UTC 10082267 Miss Susan Chalmers [Signature #1359] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10082046?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:34:45 UTC 10082046 Linda Batten [Signature #1358] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10081749?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:12:38 UTC 10081749 Mr Richard Weaver [Signature #1357] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10079490?utm_medium=rss Protect the industries that Sheffield is famous for; maintain the character of this old building - turning it into flats will destroy what it stands for.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:57:57 UTC 10079490 Mrs Michelle Weaver [Signature #1356] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10079481?utm_medium=rss We should protect our industries and support traditional trades. There are enough flats in town and changing this building to flats will result in the character of the building being lost for now and future generations.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:55:02 UTC 10079481 Dr Shirley Foster [Signature #1355] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10079100?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:34:11 UTC 10079100 Ms Alison Mackenzie [Signature #1354] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10077676?utm_medium=rss To maintain its individual character, Sheffield needs vibrant centres maintaining its creative and manufacturing traditions. This historical building should be conserved to remain a vehicle for its tenants. Sheffield Council would be mad to destroy such an asset.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:22:14 UTC 10077676 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1353] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10077360?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:03:08 UTC 10077360 Mr Tony Jones [Signature #1352] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10077208?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:25:31 UTC 10077208 Mrs Frances Brindley [Signature #1351] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10076806?utm_medium=rss Please preserve this building so that future generations have a real sense of their own history.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:31:26 UTC 10076806 Mr Mark christopher [Signature #1350] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10074520?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:26:28 UTC 10074520 Anonymous [Signature #1349] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10073903?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:53:05 UTC 10073903 Mrs Gillian Frankland [Signature #1348] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10073867?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:48:27 UTC 10073867 Prof Graham Rees [Signature #1347] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10072992?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:03 UTC 10072992 Rick Watson [Signature #1346] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10072673?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:39:58 UTC 10072673