Fargate is a pedestrian precinct and shopping area in Sheffield, England. It runs between Barker's Pool and High Street opposite the cathedral. It was pedestrianised in 1973. Fargate also holds a Continental Market approximately 4 times a year, which includes European stalls selling cheeses, confectionery, clothing, plants and crafts including jewellery and ornaments.
Joseph Woolhouse, in his "A Description of the Town of Sheffield", written in 1832 while the cholera was raging in Sheffield, "In going up Fargate there was houses built on both sides. The Lords House stood a little on the North side of the present Norfolk Row. A very elegant old House, it was inclosed by a Wall in a half Circle and Palisaded. The present Duke of Norfolk was born in this house. This I expect is the reason why it was called the Lord's house, he being I.of the Manor".
More recently, the street was home to Sheffield Assay Office.
Protests (mainly peaceful) occurred on Fargate between 11 March and 13 March. On 12 March, barricades were erected on Fargate after a number of incidents, including a group of protesters running into the Topshop store.
And when midnight comes around.
You touch me baby, show me baby
You touch me baby, show me baby
You touch me baby, show me baby*
Because I heard you said
We were going nowhere,
That you were cutting me loose,
Were gonna cut off the juice,
Because I know you're just afraid
I'll make you open your heart,
It don't mean a thing,
You can call it experience,
'Cause when midnight comes
I'm gonna show you who I am,
I'll knock the stars from your eyes,
I'm gonna make you realize