tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post1987595690630312539..comments2024-03-09T09:22:09.864+00:00Comments on View From A Hill: St. Vincent's Home for Belgian Refugees, Shirle Hill, Cherry Tree Road, Sheffieldceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-78130687914413946572020-12-27T18:24:39.607+00:002020-12-27T18:24:39.607+00:00This is fascinating. I've just finished readin...This is fascinating. I've just finished reading Ferdinand Mount's "Kiss Myself Goodbye", a history of his aunt and many of the ways she fabricated her life. There is a lot about Sheffield in it, much of it fascinating. However I think there is a mistake in this sentence, about the employer of the aunt's mother, Walter Walsh. "During the Great War, he and some other local businessmen clubbed together to buy Shirle Hall, Sharrow, outside Ripon, as a home for Belgian refugees." Do you think he may have meant Shirle Hill? And is this the house now called Shirle Hill (now a cohousing setup where some of my friends live), or was Shirle Hill an area name which applied to more than one house? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685697524020438236noreply@blogger.com