Here are the notes I used on the final walk in Crookes Crookes - Tuesday 3 March - 17.00 pm - 18.30 pm
The final walk in Crookes, will be led by Chris Hobbs where we will
revisit the 2 mile walk around Crookes, focusing on the cemetery and the
stories of people who lay there. We will find out about the gruesome Chinese
Laundry Murder which caused the papers to tag it "one of the most
sensational crimes Sheffield police have ever investigated". This
circular walk starts outside Barretts Café (S10 1TF).
Crookes Baptist Church
Crookes
Cemetery - It
was opened in 1906, and covers 29 acres (120,000 m2). Over 29,000 burials have
taken place since its opening.
Graves
of Sir
Stuart Goodwin (1889-1969) founder of the Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation
was born at 120 Upperthorpe, he was one of Sheffield’s premier industrialists
in the inter war period. He later became one of the City’s most renowned
patrons, funding Sheffield’s Christmas illuminations for many years and the
Goodwin Sports Centre, he is commemorated by the Goodwin Fountain in the Peace
Gardens
Henry
Boot -Doreen Ackerman nee Morrison - John
Maxfield -George
Chandler and David Piper - Beighton Rail Disaster 11th February 1942
2 quarries on the south
side (no great depth) and 1 on the north side (Sandersons) – latter 60-80ft
deep – peaked 1890-1905. Decline and rented flat section of quarry to Mudfords
(Ropemakers) – 100 yard lengths of hemp rope. Moved to Broughton Lane and then
Petre Street. After 1945 domestic tip with ashes
Mount Zion – Wesley Tower
1790
Part shown on Fairbanks map 1851 Honey Poke 1876 Mary Awdas - Isabella Howlden upto 1913 Edna Depledge
(Lincoln Cathedral Boston Stump?) demolished 1968
St
Thomas Church Crookes - Appeal
1837
"The
district of Crookes, including Tapton,Steven Hills,Crookes Moor Side etc.at
this time contains a population (which is rapidly increasing) of 1500 souls,
nearly destitute of Pastoral superintendence and instruction. To provide for
this lamentable destitution, a few friends of religion and The Established
Church commenced a subscription for building a Small Church..."
The trustees who gave the Church the original
£1,350 were
Miss Harrison of Weston Miss Rawson of Philadelphia Reverend W.H.Vale of Ecclesall Joseph Wilson
of Clifford George Younge of Sheaf House
The
church is a classic Victorian church with a square tower and gothic arch
stained glass windows
The
foundation stone for the Church which incidentally given by local quarry owners
was laid on 30th August 1839 by a Henry Wilson of Westbrook. Local farmers did
much of the work for free. The Church had a nave,south aisle and porch, short
chancel and west pinnacled tower. In fact St Thomas's had the same design as
the smaller Christ Church Gleadless which was built two years earlier.. St Thomas's Church and the
adjacent Burial ground were consecrated on October 1st 1840 by the Archbishop
of York and the Church soon began rectifying the "lamentable
destitution" that had occurred in the Parish
BAPTISM
- the first christening in the Church Register occurred on December 6th 1840
when Joseph Dixon (born October 23rd 1840) the son of Joesph and Mary Dixon of
Broomhill was baptised. His father Joseph's occupation was that of Groom
BURIAL
- On March 23rd 1841 the first burial occurred in the Churchyard. Charles
Joseph the infant son of Mr Fairbank of Mount Pigsah near Crookes
MARRIAGE
- the first marriage occurred over 16 years after the Church was first opened.
On January 1857 Andrew Smith a draper aged 40 of Victoria Street and the son of
John Smith a farmer married Mary Brookes aged 30 of Crookes Road. Her father
James was a manufacturer
CONFIRMATION
- the first confirmations occurred on April 1st 1908 included 48 persons from
St Thomas's and seven from St Timothy's. All were aged between 12 - 21
Wesley
Hall - Crookes The Chapel had to be enlarged and re-developed several times as
the work of the church grew. But it was still too small. Finally, in 1907 the
foundation stones were laid for a completely new building, on a new site, that
could accommodate up to 1000 people – Wesley Hall.
The
decision to build a new church was not just based on the need for more
accommodation. It marked the beginning of a new phase in the church’s mission
to the people of Crookes. Since the Wesleyan Chapel was first built in 1836,
Crookes had been transformed from a village into a densely populated suburb.
The vision for Wesley Hall was that it would be “a church where rich and poor,
ignorant and cultured, would all be welcomed, and the Christian cause would be
exalted.”
Pickmere Road Tramsheds
Crookes
Picture Palace opened its doors on 2nd December 1912. The building was
primarily a brick building with a cement frontage. Above the entrance to the cinema
were some embossed decorations and the name "Crookes Picture Palace".
The front of the building was flush with the adjoining shops and a blind alley
ran down one side of the building to accommodate the queues waiting to see the
films. The overall capacity of the cinema was 660.
The
proprietors of The Picture Palace were Hallamshire Cinemas Ltd. In 1931 a
Western Electric Sound System was installed. The cinema remained open until 2nd
April 1960 when it shut its doors for the final time. The last film to be shown
was the Brigitte Bardot classic "Babette Goes To War" and
"Senior Prom" with Jill Corey.
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Crookes - site of the Crookes Chinese Laundry Murder 1922 -
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