tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86839755024055066102024-03-14T06:19:04.438+00:00View From A HillBe who you are and say what you feel - because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind ! Dr. Seuss
ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.comBlogger665125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-52425832766108915682024-03-13T17:11:00.001+00:002024-03-13T17:11:40.445+00:00The Suicide of Lawrence Sanderson - Sheffield 1922<p> The following press cutting appeared in the Gloucester Chronicle dated Saturday 4th November 1922</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5fGmSGZGOEJjulYfrcF1Sn-PpiFsrBwsywH0frFe6l4zEek1Jom56M3X3Vf0Dnkq8wlA9lORST3samY0hiFaZgkcwFOCCGVIerGV71v5NykGe6EXYZKjIzNKUA1mg7wxVlK4km4FK5RUTxMWIZb0N-0oYxADZlwCpNUoF7wtkJ3wGLqduLrRRiQWTQ/s3901/SandersonGlosChronicleSatNov41922_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3901" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5fGmSGZGOEJjulYfrcF1Sn-PpiFsrBwsywH0frFe6l4zEek1Jom56M3X3Vf0Dnkq8wlA9lORST3samY0hiFaZgkcwFOCCGVIerGV71v5NykGe6EXYZKjIzNKUA1mg7wxVlK4km4FK5RUTxMWIZb0N-0oYxADZlwCpNUoF7wtkJ3wGLqduLrRRiQWTQ/w400-h305/SandersonGlosChronicleSatNov41922_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>There is a distinct lack of Information in the cutting apart from the fact that the inquest took place in Sheffield on Wednesday 3rd November 1922 and that the father was called Charles Sanderson.<div><br /></div><div>But the report in the People (6th November 1922) the following day certainly was an eye-opener. It appears that Lawrence has shot himself by the roadside and that the first thing the parents knew was when it was flashed up on a cinema screen at the cinema they were visiting.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is unbelievable that this could happen but happen it did.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5ITJg3KoDD2HmRmWKXxByzwS84dgrQKCxwOC-WBXM7AVRD-bM1oASlqb3-tI5hiKaLJWFWaj14ns4I2Adc27nP2Vp-QMBCcQTGaKQVIh9cF05AMdtpcDBHx7t9DUd4UHt3eunc_PZQwgUaduUSAd8XORFWaBP1vmvHYKbvcXJjsXjt2iuEgosSUmDQ/s2191/SandersonPeopleSunNov51922_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2191" data-original-width="1771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5ITJg3KoDD2HmRmWKXxByzwS84dgrQKCxwOC-WBXM7AVRD-bM1oASlqb3-tI5hiKaLJWFWaj14ns4I2Adc27nP2Vp-QMBCcQTGaKQVIh9cF05AMdtpcDBHx7t9DUd4UHt3eunc_PZQwgUaduUSAd8XORFWaBP1vmvHYKbvcXJjsXjt2iuEgosSUmDQ/w518-h640/SandersonPeopleSunNov51922_.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><div>Unusually I have been unable to find any information on the family. I do not know what an "asylum pensioner" was but I can only guess that the father Charles Sanderson was suffering from a long-term disability that restricted his ability to find work. This may have been as a result of injuries sustained in the Great War - why else would Charles Sanderson still have a revolver in his possession. </div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-71968297090810994822024-03-13T16:39:00.000+00:002024-03-13T16:39:09.160+00:00Bray Street Darnall Sheffield<p> I came across this photograph showing the backyard of a house in Bray Street Darnall</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCUt5VCJtq2WaVFRvfLDVNc98HsE5M2dW8hQZOJnC7uaFUMl-P2J4YMAOXILrZQ7Ne88VqRUR7jH5PCmhLJgUVUroDS2HhAVVSgnZLP2JnzLkjTAZE6P-Hv56LefBtMu6QZihZ3czmbNprEIZunJ4s3oZ8VLxznWpBUk0_dEpzC_42xwFDFm472leDw/s450/brayst1940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="450" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCUt5VCJtq2WaVFRvfLDVNc98HsE5M2dW8hQZOJnC7uaFUMl-P2J4YMAOXILrZQ7Ne88VqRUR7jH5PCmhLJgUVUroDS2HhAVVSgnZLP2JnzLkjTAZE6P-Hv56LefBtMu6QZihZ3czmbNprEIZunJ4s3oZ8VLxznWpBUk0_dEpzC_42xwFDFm472leDw/w400-h290/brayst1940.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It was taken I believe in 1940 and shows an excellent<a href="https://andersonshelters.org.uk/" target="_blank"> Anderson Shelter</a> and the proud owners. </p><p>Bray Street was the home of <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/josephsanby.htm" target="_blank">my grandmothers aunt and uncle Joseph and Jane Sanby</a>, In fact Joseph died at 48 Bray Street in April 1910, thirty years before this photograph was taken.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTI4XEv8cWSIutw3iQGcZXTAcrjghC-cyhjnuuXNfy2BxhFtaBMdXjaPNt5K76WM1bB5KpB1-UutQmjaVkJmbJOnPt-r4iP2WBn9-zZwKRVegcXe2uoOVB-Ab6VDP_I7hymLh3nBdujzNRxHMMXiu0WPmsJZJaWNNJacOCqYQpTPGf7nf6i_upAMUDg/s600/braystreet1966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="600" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTI4XEv8cWSIutw3iQGcZXTAcrjghC-cyhjnuuXNfy2BxhFtaBMdXjaPNt5K76WM1bB5KpB1-UutQmjaVkJmbJOnPt-r4iP2WBn9-zZwKRVegcXe2uoOVB-Ab6VDP_I7hymLh3nBdujzNRxHMMXiu0WPmsJZJaWNNJacOCqYQpTPGf7nf6i_upAMUDg/w400-h316/braystreet1966.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The second photograph shows Bray Street Darnall Sheffield in 1966 - the whole street was demolished soon after and is now just a meaningless cul-de-sac</p><p> </p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-29981646648413020562024-03-13T16:15:00.001+00:002024-03-13T16:15:39.922+00:00Shiregreen Cemetery - Sheffield March 2024 - An update<p> <a href="https://ceegee-viewfromahill.blogspot.com/2022/03/shiregreen-cemetery-sheffield-march-2022.html" target="_blank">On 23rd March 2022 I posted a blog on the events that had taken place in Shiregreen Cemetery Sheffield.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/update-37-tonne-king-sheffield-28585591" target="_blank">A report on a newsfeed gave an update to the current state of affairs</a>. I should add the newsfeed does tend to use over-emotive language to describe the current state of play but that unfortunately is the norm nowadays. </p><p>" Outrage over a 37 ton marble gravestone, dedicated to the ‘King of Sheffield’ in Shiregreen Cemetery continues, almost two years after it was unveiled.</p><p>The grave marks the resting place of Willy Collins, known to some as the ‘King of Sheffield’. A spat between the council and traveller family began in March 2022 when Sheffield council confirmed that the grave was erected without planning permission. The monument is said to be made of a whopping 37 tons of solid Carrara marble and features a solar-powered jukebox which plays his favourite tunes, as well as flashing LED lights and a lifesize 6ft 2in statue of Willy himself.</p><p>Believed to have cost around £200,000, the tribute ‘fit for a king’ also features four flagpoles and a marble bench, as well as depictions of Jesus Christ and biblical scenes. The private plot, which is thought to be one of the largest graves in the UK, was unveiled in March 2022 after the 49-year-old died when he collapsed on holiday in Majorca in July 2020.</p><p>A month after his death, hundreds of people came out to attend the funeral of the bare knuckle boxer, who was very well known in the Darnall area of Sheffield. Despite its whopping cost and size, the imposing marble structure was branded an “eyesore” when it was unveiled, with some left questioning how the “monstrosity” was ever allowed to be built, while other mourners expressed their frustration after they were told they weren’t allowed to put up small picket fences around graves for their loved ones. </p><p>The council currently has “no further updates” on the removal of the grave, despite saying in March 2022 that they were “considering” their “next steps” - which prompted Willy’s family to warn that there “would be war” if the memorial was touched. This saw the family hire a security guard to monitor the colossal shrine, with Willy's widow threatening "very bad riots" if the council touched it. </p><p>But during Yorkshire Live’s visit to Shiregreen Cemetery in February 2024, the grave remains in its full form and could be spotted from far away, standing significantly taller than all of the graves.</p><p>A spokesperson for Sheffield City Council said: “We are currently trying to address this situation and there are no other updates to report at the moment.” The council confirmed that the grave was built "without permission" in March 2022, saying that it exceeds the maximum dimensions permitted for a grave site, and that they were “considering” their “next steps”.</p><p>Councillor Alison Teal, executive member for sustainable neighbourhoods, wellbeing, parks and leisure, said: "We are aware of a large memorial which has been erected in Shiregreen Cemetery. This memorial was built without permission and we are currently considering our next steps.</p><p>"Cemeteries are a place where people can come, pay their respects and visit loved ones who are no longer with us. We understand memorials are deeply personal, however we must have rules in place to ensure fairness."</p><p>People of Sheffield were quick to share their opinions on the Shiregreen Cemetery grave after it was unveiled, with some branding it an ‘eyesore’ and ‘monstrosity’ while other mourners shared their frustration that they’ve not even been able to have a picket fence put up around graves for their loved ones.</p><p>Sharon Jones wrote: “How has something this big been allowed when people aren't even allowed a little picket fence or similar around plots,” while Rosy Ashton said: “My son is buried in Wisewood cemetery and we were ordered to take down a small stone trim around his grave. One rule for some and another rule for others.”</p><p>Catherine Elizabeth also took to Facebook to say: “He's allowed THAT, but the rest can't even put a tiny border in front of a normal headstone!”</p><p>Jackie Wilson wrote: “So the Cemetery will now be invaded by sightseers. "I'm sure other mourners will appreciate it ! How insensitive and tacky.”</p><p>As I stated in the first blog there has been a constant stream of stories over the years of Sheffield City Council imposing harsh and in many cases unnecessary regulation on the bereaved families.</p><p>Yesterday I located this article dated 13th October 1996 which demonstrates the alacrity with which Sheffield City Council deal with transgressions in its municipal cemeteries. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy8oet3RAVO5OCbj9gzMYvch2BbhG8hA7K-JR05U6ovSbsAzrMvUXrQWdmDLAELkvgx4BXreZJJQQ-eIJK-UICUEuWBXSKgJwyvLhyAGOfdNYbLMffT4_A6t8sxZ9dUFtyN0VjjIGHO7_raRcJSJcf9mcV50JfjjlHnfDvmkiQkrYM_Nu7VVB3I5C8A/s1968/shiregreen13101996.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="1968" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy8oet3RAVO5OCbj9gzMYvch2BbhG8hA7K-JR05U6ovSbsAzrMvUXrQWdmDLAELkvgx4BXreZJJQQ-eIJK-UICUEuWBXSKgJwyvLhyAGOfdNYbLMffT4_A6t8sxZ9dUFtyN0VjjIGHO7_raRcJSJcf9mcV50JfjjlHnfDvmkiQkrYM_Nu7VVB3I5C8A/w400-h379/shiregreen13101996.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Sadly this alacrity seems to have deserted the council in the matter of Willy Collins last resting place. Two years on there are no further updates but Councillor Alison Teal, executive member for sustainable neighbourhoods, wellbeing, parks and leisure, did confirm that the Council are aware of a large memorial which has been erected in Shiregreen Cemetery. "This memorial was built without permission and we are currently considering our next steps". "Cemeteries are a place where people can come, pay their respects and visit loved ones who are no longer with us. We understand memorials are deeply personal, however we must have rules in place to ensure fairness."<div><br /></div><div>Well I can honestly say that I cannot see any evidence of fairness at all. Sheffield City Council have not taken any meaningful action in nearly two years which is so unlike their normal stance when it comes to enforcing sanctions against miscreants. I wonder why this is? <br /><div><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-56788253566693851932024-03-12T12:44:00.002+00:002024-03-12T12:44:50.409+00:00Tom Robinson - Walkley Cemetery Sheffield 1908<p> I have just come across this receipt that appeared on an auction site. It dates from 1908 and relates to the purchase of a grave at Sheffield's Walkley Cemetery,</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHCzo_T_l326O99Gv8RaWWRtT-7sGBJAVga27UdS4KtFIN2pbvQKPYuxBCdmMNnzvn5wXQOnQA5ASaTRTshRkdT70yvBngdV76M0Tjm_Cbr73BuVbWZWaRA0PudzTal8Kajx07w_QArTt-wqZt0ItjYJ3Dqm8W2D7th2Uvy_DbZsXIyOQKAW4hK7-uw/s985/walkleyCem1908.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="985" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHCzo_T_l326O99Gv8RaWWRtT-7sGBJAVga27UdS4KtFIN2pbvQKPYuxBCdmMNnzvn5wXQOnQA5ASaTRTshRkdT70yvBngdV76M0Tjm_Cbr73BuVbWZWaRA0PudzTal8Kajx07w_QArTt-wqZt0ItjYJ3Dqm8W2D7th2Uvy_DbZsXIyOQKAW4hK7-uw/w400-h297/walkleyCem1908.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />The purchaser of the grave is one Tom Robinson of 161 Howard Road Walkley who paid the sexton J Bingham £3.12s.0d for the plot. <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield7/josephbingham1917.htm" target="_blank">Mr Bingham appears in an article I posted to the site in April 2022</a> and was regarded at the time of his death in 1917 as being one of the most respected men in Walkley.<p></p><p>The price Tom Robinson paid in 1908 is roughly the equivalent of £300 in today's money.</p><p>Section G is at the bottom of the main path in the cemetery and is is where my great grandparents and other family members are buried.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife-Za0l8idFJ8Bhlly9uMA-EwzLI6XyHClqiqQ7fe-mhJvmUXI7roTHBiwgcP_4hINoTr1_h0ISVtH_y29xF03y4nMi71MsUgyobHNSEiQVB8b5McdlkkojirZVPzOf9SyNdmgO7n8BcwmXP54KwFJhXlsEhWLXvYADTtvmHQAepmDQLJzNt4jnIvxw/s2052/stmaryscemetery3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2052" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEife-Za0l8idFJ8Bhlly9uMA-EwzLI6XyHClqiqQ7fe-mhJvmUXI7roTHBiwgcP_4hINoTr1_h0ISVtH_y29xF03y4nMi71MsUgyobHNSEiQVB8b5McdlkkojirZVPzOf9SyNdmgO7n8BcwmXP54KwFJhXlsEhWLXvYADTtvmHQAepmDQLJzNt4jnIvxw/w400-h300/stmaryscemetery3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-73630918019053983672024-03-12T12:07:00.003+00:002024-03-12T12:07:42.060+00:00Joseph Jonas - Paul Gutheinz - An update<p>In March 2021 I was contacted by a writer who was authoring a book on Paul Gutheinz (1875 – 1941), He was related to Paul Mauser in Oberndorf / Germany, who had worked (as a bookkeeper) for Joseph Jonas in the years 1892 to 1897.</p><p>The writer had come across <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield/josephjonas.htm" target="_blank">my article on Sir Joseph Jonas who had what could be called an "interesting life" and was a leading figure in late C19th and early C20th century Sheffield</a></p><p>The author has just contacted me and said the book has now been published (including English translation). Here are the details.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye52uhPi-DjgeVOec5w-z3ebXiYbgRAnBsINSilSfsgkkS6Y56ZDSDdDuFo3V0AKNdXXX5W4YU4C15lJv6l5PW3GHZfWcM8Whv_rkiJ46PONI3NazAoc0Zi7qmo0R4DxMERpvyQDRzKHqqAoCBeVA3VMgW9bFM0-UTL2MgmwbrXPos7w-2hoUeUpqLg/s2612/Buchtitel%20300%20klein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="1817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye52uhPi-DjgeVOec5w-z3ebXiYbgRAnBsINSilSfsgkkS6Y56ZDSDdDuFo3V0AKNdXXX5W4YU4C15lJv6l5PW3GHZfWcM8Whv_rkiJ46PONI3NazAoc0Zi7qmo0R4DxMERpvyQDRzKHqqAoCBeVA3VMgW9bFM0-UTL2MgmwbrXPos7w-2hoUeUpqLg/w446-h640/Buchtitel%20300%20klein.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br />This is the front cover of the book and <a href="www.pabletta.de " target="_blank">full information can be found at a dedicated website </a><p></p><p>The book costs 29 EUR + 17 EUR for shipping, in total 46 EUR, which would be around 39 GBP.</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-40109475640841769102024-02-26T10:15:00.005+00:002024-02-26T10:16:38.012+00:00Defacing Walls - Sheffield July 1909<p>The following cutting is from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 27th July 1909 and it appears in the Letters section of the paper.</p><p>I must admit I had a wry smile when I came across it - I wonder what he would have thought of todays "graffiti artists" and "taggers"! </p><p>It appears that boys and youths were in the habit of using chalk on public buildings in Sheffield and this had raised concerns amongst the papers readership about the disfigurement of the said walls..</p><p>However NEMO the writer of the letter has upped the concern by referring to another form of "mural decoration" that of spitting. He adds that the main target is Sheffield Town Hall which was only opened 12 years earlier and raised fears that the newly constructed Post Office in Fitzalan Square will suffer a similar fate.</p><p>His solution - warning notices, the installation of spittoons and a dedicated striking for matches is admirable but I feel would have had little impact given that humans are creatures of habit. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpi5F3TjwV10t9lcL5McMhaNK5ylYuioq0nuVAdcqOR9JJqOEMQ1RFdqz3aty2IBlXHc_lHMk1jiCp6G8jdglPQYaUy9ZMCkmVUy2MvBf4PfJzB6Zb7WP0afvafsnwwORX_lvz86iCCy7bYZnzt8HgVy3rOA5rJMfwdnALaCEKER5lMeR38AADUcvCxw/s641/spitting19090727a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="563" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpi5F3TjwV10t9lcL5McMhaNK5ylYuioq0nuVAdcqOR9JJqOEMQ1RFdqz3aty2IBlXHc_lHMk1jiCp6G8jdglPQYaUy9ZMCkmVUy2MvBf4PfJzB6Zb7WP0afvafsnwwORX_lvz86iCCy7bYZnzt8HgVy3rOA5rJMfwdnALaCEKER5lMeR38AADUcvCxw/w435-h496/spitting19090727a.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><br /><p></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-22305078629941943952024-02-23T17:22:00.005+00:002024-02-23T17:23:34.868+00:00Thirty-four Years On - The Grand Hotel Sheffield March 1950<p>This cutting is from the Sheffield Telegraph dated 13th March 1950. </p><p>The print is not the best but the phrase "but looking at you the years drop away, and I remember you as you were" is a very apt caption. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistFciEW6qA00zecUbfNtUifnDjRQ0Ei0ehSngQydk7eVBAPbTLFS9urz_OjDvGI3zH2Cbx52dNKbTMjMnCJu45hs5J_eI8x9Ibptzc5T9GeFIq0dGvEsMEt25M1d1r2dJnNdIMnwPvjPVtny6lfhE8l6l_Xxmsn1LtjCDpU9yVEYnWSte02kP1U3yOw/s2054/reunion13031950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="623" height="1846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistFciEW6qA00zecUbfNtUifnDjRQ0Ei0ehSngQydk7eVBAPbTLFS9urz_OjDvGI3zH2Cbx52dNKbTMjMnCJu45hs5J_eI8x9Ibptzc5T9GeFIq0dGvEsMEt25M1d1r2dJnNdIMnwPvjPVtny6lfhE8l6l_Xxmsn1LtjCDpU9yVEYnWSte02kP1U3yOw/w559-h1846/reunion13031950.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><br /><p></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-5807980135539831832024-02-23T16:59:00.001+00:002024-02-23T16:59:40.271+00:00Mr James Henderson F.C.A. - A Sheffield Philanthropist <p>I came across this article in The Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated Friday 17th October 1930 that appeared under the "Who's Who in Sheffield" section.</p><p>Well, I have never heard of him but when you read the narrative you wonder why you never did. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVwMCm_tRouLhYTgLvCOGsPqVVSk9vy97sQZmFcS2NPNQMtdI59i1wrXseqxy7MwcLrenm_iyZEkhGl09qIxdAWspvjtN0nGJYo0TqWvuT9K_E_m2K7Oizrr_LNIdESYx1SUCTJ3glpEMYG-i1OBV-VhQlsm6CAtlFpxpZ6JtTPHquLGc0L0POGT9lA/s1931/henderson19301017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1931" data-original-width="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVwMCm_tRouLhYTgLvCOGsPqVVSk9vy97sQZmFcS2NPNQMtdI59i1wrXseqxy7MwcLrenm_iyZEkhGl09qIxdAWspvjtN0nGJYo0TqWvuT9K_E_m2K7Oizrr_LNIdESYx1SUCTJ3glpEMYG-i1OBV-VhQlsm6CAtlFpxpZ6JtTPHquLGc0L0POGT9lA/s16000/henderson19301017.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>His family connection is also interesting - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Johnston" target="_blank">his brother in law Sir Harry Johnston has an interesting entry in Wikipedia</a></p><p>"Explorer, colonial administrator and artist <a href="https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/person/johnston-sir-harry-hamilton/">Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston</a> studied painting at the Royal Academy Schools from 1876. From 1879, he travelled through Africa as a painter, natural history collector and journalist, journeying through Tunis, Angola and along the Congo River. He joining the consular service in 1885 and spent three years administering a British protectorate in eastern Nigeria. He later obtained treaties on which the UK based claims to Nyasaland (Malawi) and Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). He later became the first British Commissioner in Malawi and published some 40 books on African subjects. Knighted in 1896, he was Consul General in Tunis for two years and then Special Commissioner in Uganda from 1899 to 1901".</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-65303957901623400392024-01-02T12:52:00.003+00:002024-01-02T12:53:37.090+00:00View From A Hill - Tuesday 2nd January 2024 - Sheffield <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">This blog is now over thirteen years old - <a href="https://ceegee-viewfromahill.blogspot.com/2010/11/view-from-hill.html" target="_blank">the first blog was posted on Wednesday 17th November 2010</a>. And this is the 657th blog in that period. A rough calculation means that on average I post about fifty blogs a year, or one a week </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year 2023 I posted thirty-four blogs which was below average but that has been the case in five of the last six years. It was only in 2020 that I posted in excess of fifty and that was the year I was put under house imprisonment by the UK government. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I still enjoy posting material that catches my eye and so I have no intentions of retiring even though I am well past retirement age. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">And so a big thanks to the many readers who have contacted me in the last year, I have been able to update a few of the earlier articles on my website with new information and that is always a pleasurable and rewarding experience. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And so all that remains is to wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRhmN1LNInlzi7kTcGqVtlmsLbxBHGbxjtril6Vq-6ArvZ54olTe3ey18clCdZhvkuis0rFwhyphenhyphenGw9P8eWF-7iorDV-jSNlqNDkK10HnQSV9ZkXybwhoqQqFFPUfkSJp_2FfiVJ75j5fnGlwenhq3BoBpX-G_iBCwTLvnluf8gWnqn4mL-Nl40efR4-Q/s2664/crapcar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRhmN1LNInlzi7kTcGqVtlmsLbxBHGbxjtril6Vq-6ArvZ54olTe3ey18clCdZhvkuis0rFwhyphenhyphenGw9P8eWF-7iorDV-jSNlqNDkK10HnQSV9ZkXybwhoqQqFFPUfkSJp_2FfiVJ75j5fnGlwenhq3BoBpX-G_iBCwTLvnluf8gWnqn4mL-Nl40efR4-Q/w354-h640/crapcar.jpg" width="354" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-72151209015653710742023-12-22T16:38:00.006+00:002023-12-22T16:38:54.352+00:00Death on Wentworth Street, Netherthorpe, Sheffield - May 1900<p>Wentworth Street in the Netherthorpe district of Sheffield no longer exists. The terraced houses that lined this street were demolished in the late 1950's and replaced by the tower blocks that look over what is no known as the Ponderosa.</p><p>It was a vibrant working class area in the early C20th and my research into my ancestry showed that my great grandfathers eldest brother William Sanby and his family lived there for a time.</p><p>The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent dated 15th May 1900 carried this report of a tragic incident that led to the appalling death of a six year old boy Frederick Burton.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFHp7fDo4BtW1L7Q-DRe14PwUUKlZaM6SSudVdEBQdmEo43TBMrcLwJDDVyW1JgRYtOSaanSQ8PCtvF_ephtQ3SwTkSqy1FF6WdeEtBFnFm6kuLoeSUsr7Gl7zIn8ZFzZfX9T8Z7XECIC_LaiBow1dN98-hOm9Ey4JAsoao0AnBYS1_z8MKNW3DwuAA/s363/burton15051900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="363" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFHp7fDo4BtW1L7Q-DRe14PwUUKlZaM6SSudVdEBQdmEo43TBMrcLwJDDVyW1JgRYtOSaanSQ8PCtvF_ephtQ3SwTkSqy1FF6WdeEtBFnFm6kuLoeSUsr7Gl7zIn8ZFzZfX9T8Z7XECIC_LaiBow1dN98-hOm9Ey4JAsoao0AnBYS1_z8MKNW3DwuAA/w400-h336/burton15051900.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The verdict of "accidental death" was a forgone conclusion and possibly was the only verdict the jury could return. But it does seem rather inadequate. The collision with the wall does seem a pure accident but there is nothing accidental about the defective condition of the wall and the fact that is had been neglected for a "considerable" time. The rider also pointed to the fact that it was the responsibility of the city authorities and inferred that they had been negligent in this respect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is a shame that negligence did not feature in the verdict</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frederick is buried in a grave in Sheffield's City Road Cemetery - Sheffield Indexers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Burton, Eliza (Widow, age 76). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Died at 5 Wood Fold; Buried on June 17, 1933 in General Portion ground;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Grave Number 12037, Section AA of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Burton, Fredk. (Child, age 6).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Died at 14 Wentworth St; Buried on May 15, 1900 in Unconsecrated ground;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Grave Number 12037, Section AA of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Burton, James (Clerk, age 62).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Died at 97 Hoyle St; Buried on November 29, 1904 in Unconsecrated ground;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Grave Number 12037, Section AA of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">McDermott, Sarah (Widow, age 78).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Died at 48 Summer St; Buried on November 14, 1901 in Unconsecrated ground;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Grave Number 12037, Section AA of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield. </div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-14927624141594214092023-12-22T13:08:00.003+00:002023-12-22T13:08:33.615+00:00Edward Pope and the murder of Henry Watts - Greenhill Sheffield February 1939 - An Update<p> About three months ago I posted an article to the site the covered the death of <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield8/popeedward1939.htm">Henry Watts in Greenhill Sheffield</a> in February 1939. The tag line was "It would be difficult to imagine a more clearer case of murder."</p><p>The assailant Edward Pope was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging at Leeds Assizes. The jury did pass a recommendation for mercy which the trial judge forwarded to the appropriate authorities for consideration.</p><p>After due consideration Edward Pope was reprieved and his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. It was clear that Edward was suffering from a form of paranoia but he did not meet the threshold for a defence of insanity.</p><p>The 1939 National Register has him as an inmate at Maidstone Gaol but three years later his probate record shows that he died on 8th June 1942 at Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. He was 49 years old </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjp2vdYwyLiZDxxtzuvWhqvhw3dDAp8iI4sCK5jUGxlhaiuuLo-U4Jw-OUzc3gu8itYMjfoSTbe0tSxDilswEm3Hv8nFlFDs2Wn91hKJwsUK_HElQkrBFWuutZliVJ9vtICZEZ_11gl4i9L0paxl5hramfvd2RsaTt9PR3AJy5YykJW7_ev61T7Akg/s612/popeprobate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="612" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjp2vdYwyLiZDxxtzuvWhqvhw3dDAp8iI4sCK5jUGxlhaiuuLo-U4Jw-OUzc3gu8itYMjfoSTbe0tSxDilswEm3Hv8nFlFDs2Wn91hKJwsUK_HElQkrBFWuutZliVJ9vtICZEZ_11gl4i9L0paxl5hramfvd2RsaTt9PR3AJy5YykJW7_ev61T7Akg/w400-h66/popeprobate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />His effects that he left to his widow Winifred amounted to £15000 in todays money. But it is looks as though Edward did not receive any meaningful treatment for his mental condition(s). Parkhurst had and probably still does have a reputation for being one of the toughest prisons in the UK. I would think that any treatment Edward did receive would be purely incidental. And I think that it would be very unlikely that he would have received any visits from family given the wartime restrictions that were in force in the Isle of Wight. <p></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-7942169176456683852023-12-18T12:30:00.003+00:002023-12-18T12:30:34.611+00:00The Sad Death of William Drabble - Sheffield September 1930<p>I came across this report from the Manchester Guardian dated Saturday 4th October 1930</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5J8SsE56kGrTJeyXIapACiSMj-tt0mQxbaHQiLZoN2BhCdQQrUHs9aGbmGwsnh_IdDb2F1baYw4xWCa7AumYAXCYEwZOb4Ww32GIRHMLsmIB3X531aIggD8qXp9z2gcCMlf0BRIF367hqv77UqhebOdQxOmnlMO64VDWfGszIV3CDs7jb9UOtn0OqQ/s852/revill04101930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="465" height="766" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5J8SsE56kGrTJeyXIapACiSMj-tt0mQxbaHQiLZoN2BhCdQQrUHs9aGbmGwsnh_IdDb2F1baYw4xWCa7AumYAXCYEwZOb4Ww32GIRHMLsmIB3X531aIggD8qXp9z2gcCMlf0BRIF367hqv77UqhebOdQxOmnlMO64VDWfGszIV3CDs7jb9UOtn0OqQ/w419-h766/revill04101930.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><br /><p>I was a bit puzzled by this report at first. The resumed inquest took place on Friday 3rd October 1930 and it states that William was found dead on the morning of Thursday last week which would have been Thursday 25th September 1930. His trip to London was on Saturday 20th September 1930 and he returned the next day Sunday the 21st.</p><p>He must have been absent from work from Saturday the 20th until Wednesday the 24th because when he did arrive at work on Thursday the 25th he found a letter on his desk suspending him from his post pending a full explanation for his absence. </p><p>This evidently was the final straw for William who then shot himself in the basement of the shop. Of course this does beg the question of why a loaded gun was available to William at the time. Did he keep it at the shop or did he take it from home with the intention of killing himself at the shop.</p><p>This is a copy of William's burial record from the Sheffield Indexers site - the location of the shop is vague on the record. It is also worth noting that William was buried just 2 days after his sad and untimely death </p><p> REVILL, William Reginald Drabble (Manager, age 35). Died at 42 Steesan? St; Buried on September 27, 1930 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 10466, Section P of Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield. Plot Owner: of . Page No 142</p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-46916535696124283762023-12-17T17:50:00.005+00:002023-12-17T17:52:27.532+00:00Dr Higgins - A Warning from History - Thorne Yorkshire - January 1955<p> Yorkshire Observer dated Friday 7th January 1955 had this report that has a modern day ring to it - if only they had listened to his grave warnings at the time and acted upon them. It would have saved countless lives in my lifetime if just one government had acted on his suggestions,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnOzODaEpspMqYuAo6-Ljg8x6gS6sBCHygg-IDaBCU2MFsF-FUjy915f2-iiln-pp_vCXhzaQKVWgDvqoTfj5Om-mPAwj-YRy2qXaetqIfQS6MjlmIEMYAfPwJhFdzjxKCHhV8LgpYLvEDXecCofMOU7wJfsgpgmTgJG6ZDCsZBD6oq5UTOliOMqMxw/s838/BL_0003150_19550107_112_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnOzODaEpspMqYuAo6-Ljg8x6gS6sBCHygg-IDaBCU2MFsF-FUjy915f2-iiln-pp_vCXhzaQKVWgDvqoTfj5Om-mPAwj-YRy2qXaetqIfQS6MjlmIEMYAfPwJhFdzjxKCHhV8LgpYLvEDXecCofMOU7wJfsgpgmTgJG6ZDCsZBD6oq5UTOliOMqMxw/s16000/BL_0003150_19550107_112_0006.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-62642488415001340922023-12-17T17:33:00.004+00:002023-12-17T17:34:51.949+00:00Frederick Greenwood's "Family" - Collyhurst, Manchester August 1922<p>The following cutting is from The Manchester Guardian dated 19th August 1922 and I must admit I had a wry smile when I read the report. Collyhurst was a working class district of Manchester and is about one and a half miles north-east of the city centre. </p><p>According to the report Frederick lived alone and was reclusive. But on the day of the funeral 18th August 1922 quite a few relatives attended, the most prominent being a Mrs Clara Hall and her two brothers from Sheffield. They "claimed" that Frederick was their great uncle. Another un-named women from Heaton Park Manchester also "claimed" she was related</p><p>For those relatives who were unable to attend the funeral they sent letters "claiming" they were also related to Frederick. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GQVgexx4I830fL7TocrkUFv9khz_EmI2IStFEzxKVFlunCsjRi5j7pxTV51yNtf55pyPhF1kpIlQrNmOEhrv0GvodA6FYUZqLVoJZ_O8txfmRCulf7qNE5hzcujwkJXa_uxgxth14g_hDhk4W16m0SLTGF6-jWPvDc6xBK8Ca0vRv1sgAliNgqjf6Q/s594/greenwood19081922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="535" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GQVgexx4I830fL7TocrkUFv9khz_EmI2IStFEzxKVFlunCsjRi5j7pxTV51yNtf55pyPhF1kpIlQrNmOEhrv0GvodA6FYUZqLVoJZ_O8txfmRCulf7qNE5hzcujwkJXa_uxgxth14g_hDhk4W16m0SLTGF6-jWPvDc6xBK8Ca0vRv1sgAliNgqjf6Q/w534-h593/greenwood19081922.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hull Evening News dated 17th August 1922 had this far more detailed report</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGLzeqWjI4ASI219bArnpg6BLf54N7dw5q9assoMJ49AM48QCSnX_4-EPAgh4TgVXyrI2R3me2agh50AszNboY86n6FrzaOPj6RkjsmQhlm2wRrWiHFpPZrgDXX7ny6ysq_nasUa3Oi82cef1dBEh_YissQP3TSsUzCH85jH9kdq2B8ptecEx0Lnbpw/s8449/Hull_Daily_News_Thu__Aug_17__1922_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8449" data-original-width="2323" height="1188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGLzeqWjI4ASI219bArnpg6BLf54N7dw5q9assoMJ49AM48QCSnX_4-EPAgh4TgVXyrI2R3me2agh50AszNboY86n6FrzaOPj6RkjsmQhlm2wRrWiHFpPZrgDXX7ny6ysq_nasUa3Oi82cef1dBEh_YissQP3TSsUzCH85jH9kdq2B8ptecEx0Lnbpw/w540-h1188/Hull_Daily_News_Thu__Aug_17__1922_.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last report is intriguing. The Sheffield connection is that one woman turned up on one occasion, got no reply and then went to a neighbours for a cup of tea. And the line that that his relatives may have been unaware of his failing health is clearly troubling inasmuch as they all seemed to know of his death and the funeral. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">However these "claims" of kinship at the funeral seem to be rather strange. As I cannot see any references to condolences in the reports I can only assume that the "relatives" were more interested in acquiring the assets of the late Mr Greenwood rather the paying their respects to a departed family member . At the time of his death they were worth £18000 which is approximately £715,000 in todays money. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">I would like to know if any of the "relatives" did acquire Frederick's assets. If anyone can assist please let me know </span></div><p style="text-align: right;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></p></div><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-49379073242666988032023-12-11T18:15:00.004+00:002023-12-11T18:15:50.129+00:00Death on Howden Moor Derbyshire - "Dying Man's Terrible 5 Day Ordeal" - 1924<p>I have just posted <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield8/henrystarr.htm" target="_blank">an article to my website</a> that I have had on the go for the last couple of months. It relates to <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield8/henrystarr.htm">the death of Henry Starr, a 42 year old forge-man from the Upperthorpe district of Sheffield</a> who went missing on Howden Moors in 1924.</p><p>It also gave me an opportunity to use a photograph I took in June 2006 when I flew over the Derbyshire Dames in a helicopter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf_7kcyQ5Fhgwoeh3qDg6yEo5TG8qgaGpLlJa2Z-yhEZWUKXZqwt8CgUIEj1cE57v_uzPOagHC8kyCLepdnhpiUiI9GqVosigizOZIrIQFMW40HWw4oqwvRjYeNIcQy8ije2fFqWsgQfg7VH__Zjg7iuUDkwoP6YzRGxKH3a54qg5bFyXt0-EGy2bnw/s2272/dams030607b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf_7kcyQ5Fhgwoeh3qDg6yEo5TG8qgaGpLlJa2Z-yhEZWUKXZqwt8CgUIEj1cE57v_uzPOagHC8kyCLepdnhpiUiI9GqVosigizOZIrIQFMW40HWw4oqwvRjYeNIcQy8ije2fFqWsgQfg7VH__Zjg7iuUDkwoP6YzRGxKH3a54qg5bFyXt0-EGy2bnw/w400-h300/dams030607b.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias97Jl02MJ1gRDM24WxeRObvHJKKl1gJe3yEBtCSi_FSHe2-J7Ri__0aQbiADXLtZ9FLG-6AtUqooEhUmorJvZ_605J4yvu4rnpxZ65IdHGEEkveyAbi7ALkVq0zpA_gY5BECxHssC6oGTW0MuMjkb2NoMHbAk3LJNdqIxGnnYYII5wnaFRwLAt5RVw/s880/starr09101924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias97Jl02MJ1gRDM24WxeRObvHJKKl1gJe3yEBtCSi_FSHe2-J7Ri__0aQbiADXLtZ9FLG-6AtUqooEhUmorJvZ_605J4yvu4rnpxZ65IdHGEEkveyAbi7ALkVq0zpA_gY5BECxHssC6oGTW0MuMjkb2NoMHbAk3LJNdqIxGnnYYII5wnaFRwLAt5RVw/w392-h640/starr09101924.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Manchester Guardian dated 9th October 1924</b></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-36904797250211672322023-12-10T10:36:00.003+00:002023-12-10T12:09:07.836+00:00Sheffield and Aeroplane Building - November 1909<p> This cutting is from the Times Engineering Supplement dated Wednesday 10th November 1909 and contains a startling revelation that I was unaware of. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield-Simplex" target="_blank">The Sheffield Simplex Motor-Car Co</a>. were considering going into the manufacture of aeroplane engines and had actually purchased a Bleriot aeroplane</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwItVsOYH0F4WF1s3Dg955DQmun5X0wr9vqCH7L2JJav8Nw_gZxTbghqTuGpCEIeLnYWJn2vW31FDsoIK3kL6FPfvmM2f7HKSd9cqL4fGQBO63dt_uK_2k5I-X2u_D7k51GTQS2bCInBaOsdNc_3acFcVqvZuYTFYbvZN_64tH1YQWYhuuvXHAnRATA/s799/sheffieldplanes1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="799" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwItVsOYH0F4WF1s3Dg955DQmun5X0wr9vqCH7L2JJav8Nw_gZxTbghqTuGpCEIeLnYWJn2vW31FDsoIK3kL6FPfvmM2f7HKSd9cqL4fGQBO63dt_uK_2k5I-X2u_D7k51GTQS2bCInBaOsdNc_3acFcVqvZuYTFYbvZN_64tH1YQWYhuuvXHAnRATA/w515-h383/sheffieldplanes1909.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><br /> According to the report they were actually designing an aeroplane engine and hinted that they were considering the manufacture of aeroplanes. But at present they had not even conducted experiments.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfICcI6DklGjk9TLIHEwi2-lSyGvwXUtsMTVp0UJ5Mb4StLAr56QsjYuf27nI3MCvNGGaj-VwIDxk4L5ZG-Ok8buqGseMEkZncDXkzDXwbi9U0p6WP9NvbT-caPOHXCBI-LS6mcA1MpjwE11MJ7u2k7JqNki8_Mfipt12Bo5nhe_Sospiow77yVKuUg/s921/Bleriot_pre-takeoff-25_July_1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="921" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfICcI6DklGjk9TLIHEwi2-lSyGvwXUtsMTVp0UJ5Mb4StLAr56QsjYuf27nI3MCvNGGaj-VwIDxk4L5ZG-Ok8buqGseMEkZncDXkzDXwbi9U0p6WP9NvbT-caPOHXCBI-LS6mcA1MpjwE11MJ7u2k7JqNki8_Mfipt12Bo5nhe_Sospiow77yVKuUg/w400-h260/Bleriot_pre-takeoff-25_July_1909.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>As far as I can ascertain this is about as far as Sheffield got in the development of aeronautics. From the information I have it seems as though any experiments that were conducted were deemed unsatisfactory and they concentrated on their core business of motor vehicle production </p> <p></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-49653342409501675292023-12-10T09:50:00.002+00:002023-12-10T09:52:09.429+00:00The Duchess of York's Visit to Sheffield - July 1934 - An Update<p>Last year, Friday 1st April 2022 to be precise I posted an article to this blog that featured <a href="https://ceegee-viewfromahill.blogspot.com/search?q=duchess+of+york" target="_blank">The Duchess of York's Visit to Sheffield in July 1934</a>. I was going to post an article to the website concerning the visit but could not use any photos of the visit due to copyright reasons. I was vexed that I would have to pay money to some greedy corporate entity that really has no place in copyrighting the image in the first place.</p><p>But last week I came across this cutting from The Scotsman newspaper which goes into far more detail of the visit that its English counterparts but also gives a reason for the Duke of York's absence from the visit. It appears that he was suffering from a poisoned hand and was advised not to accompany his wife to the allotments to dig some spuds. </p><p>On a wider note I have found over the years that non English newspapers often carry far more information about events than the English national newspapers do. Why this occurs I do not know and I have never been able to find a satisfactory explanation</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SnJnUkY-1OS9FRZhfJnPKxsjg95pIb_PPlwqolmCxZhAzCzEHf6mPlSK4Yxn8VJWC_NVqeyqlYXdxkoamYRxfWyyi-M9AUWR9AcTa5Nd6xK1JIZMtX_AZD5kkSECrBPSD8ysdCCeL0zQ39vprzAM0rsRks6sENBBcZxWA81cH-2J5gG5iOXmtfDmRA/s2374/1934duchessyorksheffield_Page_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="574" height="2168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SnJnUkY-1OS9FRZhfJnPKxsjg95pIb_PPlwqolmCxZhAzCzEHf6mPlSK4Yxn8VJWC_NVqeyqlYXdxkoamYRxfWyyi-M9AUWR9AcTa5Nd6xK1JIZMtX_AZD5kkSECrBPSD8ysdCCeL0zQ39vprzAM0rsRks6sENBBcZxWA81cH-2J5gG5iOXmtfDmRA/w524-h2168/1934duchessyorksheffield_Page_2.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-41812382963872995682023-11-22T16:50:00.001+00:002023-11-22T16:50:09.354+00:00Bernard Fisher and the award of an Edward Medal - July 29th 1939 <p> </p><p>I was totally unaware that there was an Edward Medal in existence until I read this article in The London Gazette</p><p>Fuller details can be found on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Medal" target="_blank">Wikipedia </a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L_b-mGbEE-DJhuQyKRSTHSOY0PASkKsHKSn2hTMDFBwds4fE1Q5o_KoIO2W9v8MmtroHZhxAt2RdEUpTeqi3-17dlED6_ip60rcinu3avDBRe4ymudDoCqIYrjadGl2nZDPu2S857a9DP7BHwTMDd6pxP2FyXIisgxT7IQHmhns1Hgyidl2EuYnQZw/s2035/fisher1939b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2035" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L_b-mGbEE-DJhuQyKRSTHSOY0PASkKsHKSn2hTMDFBwds4fE1Q5o_KoIO2W9v8MmtroHZhxAt2RdEUpTeqi3-17dlED6_ip60rcinu3avDBRe4ymudDoCqIYrjadGl2nZDPu2S857a9DP7BHwTMDd6pxP2FyXIisgxT7IQHmhns1Hgyidl2EuYnQZw/s320/fisher1939b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNC34RSc6pdjkkreL7Y9qrjpsg76hpOd2dcjMydxNnFF4GVs3PHW0E4Lzmu3kFEIUKZ_6i1cmXezmeKxJx5gC5XzPDVfBFhEDjRq6ubklvsR8RV_xOa5gY0qjU0-u9UCh-u7-9ADefl-huIdwzRUnmLq5V1eR4whReSD7hDZ4qdGaiwCeAtvobr3tpg/s1196/fisher1939a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1015" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNC34RSc6pdjkkreL7Y9qrjpsg76hpOd2dcjMydxNnFF4GVs3PHW0E4Lzmu3kFEIUKZ_6i1cmXezmeKxJx5gC5XzPDVfBFhEDjRq6ubklvsR8RV_xOa5gY0qjU0-u9UCh-u7-9ADefl-huIdwzRUnmLq5V1eR4whReSD7hDZ4qdGaiwCeAtvobr3tpg/w544-h640/fisher1939a.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">According to Wikipedia the Edward Medal (Industry) was only awarded 188 times (25 silver and 163 bronze, of which only two were awarded to women), making the Edward Medal one of the rarest British gallantry awards. Only posthumous awards were made after 1949, and the Edward Medal (Industry) (1st class) was not awarded after 1948.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Edward Medal was discontinued in 1971, when surviving recipients of the Edward Medal (along with holders of the Albert Medal) were invited to exchange their award for the George Cross. Nine (2 silver, 7 bronze) elected not to exchange their medals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately the article does not stipulate if Bernard was awarded a silver or bronze medal but judged by his actions in the early morning of April 26th 1939 he certainly deserves the highest award possible -- a stunning act of bravery and selflessness! </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-30263131047885880172023-11-22T16:13:00.004+00:002023-11-22T16:13:50.215+00:00Joshua Frederick Greatorex Saves A Life - Crookes Sheffield - 1924<p> Right at the top of Crookes Cemetery Sheffield in Section JJ which I believe is adjacent to the Roman Catholic section is the grave of Joshua Frederick Greatorex</p><p>GREATOREX, Joshua Frederick (Retired, age 82).</p><p> Died at 52 Newlands Drive; Buried on July 31, 1943 in Consecrated ground;</p><p> Grave Number 5159, Section JJ of Crookes Cemetery, Sheffield. Plot Owner: of ~. Page No 53</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpY5csIT_j3VAmBMiukg1xDcuDQNzQ0HM16gcbxMZEjHLXmaW0WgJnKLaBfkrWucec6VkSjPZR5_4Iqzyw6yrx1ISI5oD2dxtdzqfuiDDFSG2Ck17jnwq8KH3w4BXbQFHeN-1YHM0ws3L4SngE4Uk5WfpWGyT54rk8p0Mp-rCz6_9vBEO7vKEZsH70g/s2272/crookescem1106e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpY5csIT_j3VAmBMiukg1xDcuDQNzQ0HM16gcbxMZEjHLXmaW0WgJnKLaBfkrWucec6VkSjPZR5_4Iqzyw6yrx1ISI5oD2dxtdzqfuiDDFSG2Ck17jnwq8KH3w4BXbQFHeN-1YHM0ws3L4SngE4Uk5WfpWGyT54rk8p0Mp-rCz6_9vBEO7vKEZsH70g/w400-h300/crookescem1106e.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Joshua is no doubt forgotten now but in 1924 he was awarded a bravery award for saving a young boys life at 167 Crookes. <div><br /></div><div>This is from the Guardian dated 2nd December 1924</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Sltpeo29Etd3youNbeFaTG8QpcYzTiT3xPjlXSDEraIFuuKXMf4xmRQaZy8GZkWTOgtv3VuLfWhLFJupRsPW4b8U1-VMatfha88TcJWaBd7SJB8KM7C2Zs3MJr7aElZqrIDOBKxrzC3f6T51NZFre4JYFNlnUIlkCzKmlUzg487VVP4AS344z53JCA/s974/bulldog02121924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Sltpeo29Etd3youNbeFaTG8QpcYzTiT3xPjlXSDEraIFuuKXMf4xmRQaZy8GZkWTOgtv3VuLfWhLFJupRsPW4b8U1-VMatfha88TcJWaBd7SJB8KM7C2Zs3MJr7aElZqrIDOBKxrzC3f6T51NZFre4JYFNlnUIlkCzKmlUzg487VVP4AS344z53JCA/s16000/bulldog02121924.jpg" /></a></div>167 Crookes no longer exists - the houses there were demolished and replaced by flats in the 1960's</div><div>And unfortunately the report does not name the boy he rescued but he was fortunate to survive such a vicious attack. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-32284724191903351072023-11-06T17:55:00.006+00:002023-11-06T17:55:59.432+00:00Pablo Fanque - Whitsuntide at Newhall Gardens Sheffield - May 1854 <p>Many years ago I posted an article to the site called <a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield/hendersons.htm" target="_blank">"The Henderson's were not there (and neither was Mr Kite)"</a> which centred on the appearance in Sheffield of Pablo Fanques Fair on 31st January 1848.</p><p>In August 2010 I came across an advertisement from The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent dated 27th May 1854 which advertised "extraordinary novelty and attractions for Whitsuntide holidays at Newhall Gardens Sheffield</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUKEEbgNtdqB1RBvQyMZYOfVLFYfD64tsEePtzEPb7OSnHuH7QIoxQgogiYnSPQ8e8lHDH63dfC5fWD-XzZDPcHMmE3wi6kSwpLbFNyD9g9otChxiDT2mJL4U0AOYzay91luKouNwPvnTS3uDrsieMcvQX28CLrgR1ft12X59DGVxmKbzH_jx2g3ozA/s363/fanques27051854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="363" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUKEEbgNtdqB1RBvQyMZYOfVLFYfD64tsEePtzEPb7OSnHuH7QIoxQgogiYnSPQ8e8lHDH63dfC5fWD-XzZDPcHMmE3wi6kSwpLbFNyD9g9otChxiDT2mJL4U0AOYzay91luKouNwPvnTS3uDrsieMcvQX28CLrgR1ft12X59DGVxmKbzH_jx2g3ozA/w400-h383/fanques27051854.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pablo Fanque features prominently in providing the attractions and novelties in these "new and beautiful gardens," </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last thing Newhall is nowadays is beautiful - in fact is a semi-derelict district that is devoid of any attractions whatsoever. It has in effect been thoroughly trashed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But what I am having difficulty obtaining is obtaining an image of Newhall Gardens. There may well be no photographs taken of the Gardens in their prime but I would have expected to come across at least a lithograph or engraving. But there is nothing so far which is strange for such a "beautiful place." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-41680280661993472492023-10-19T14:21:00.003+01:002023-10-19T14:21:56.449+01:00AN OCTOGENARIAN GRINDER - Mr BENJAMIN UNWIN (1799 - 1881) - Sheffield<p style="text-align: justify;"> The following is taken from the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent dated 9th April 1881 (page 6 column c) and refers to the death of one Benjamin Unwin. It was unusual for a "working man" to have an obituary published but I can only guess that it was due to the fact that Benjamin had defied the odds in contracting "grinders disease" which was all pervasive in his "calling"</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"The theory that grinders are never long-lived is not borne out by the experience of Mr Benjamin Unwin, spring-knife grinder, who died a few days ago at the advanced age of 82, after a life spent in pursuit of his calling. He worked at the trade named without any intermission from his youth until a few years ago, and he never suffered from what is commonly known as the grinders' complaint. He was of a cheerful and hopeful disposition, and scrupulously temperate, which may perhaps have much to do with the manner in which he retained his health, and was unaffected by the injurious conditions of his calling. In politics he was a sincere Radical. He had a great facility for expressing his opinions, and a singularly retentive memory enabled him to recall with precision the great political events of his time."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is also interesting to note that the obituary made a point of stressing Benjamin's temperate habits and how that may have contributed to his long life. </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-7802212657219762322023-09-27T10:35:00.002+01:002023-09-27T10:35:49.802+01:00DEATH AT SUTTON BRIDGE LINCOLNSHIRE- TUESDAY 22nd AUGUST 1893<p> I have just posted <a href="http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield8/suttonbridge1893.htm" target="_blank">an article to the site that I have been working on for the last few years</a>. It is the first new one I have posted in over three months and so it is rather overdue.</p><p>The title "<a href="http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield8/suttonbridge1893.htm" target="_blank">Death at Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire</a>" is really a bit of a misnomer because no-one really knows what happened - there were no eyewitnesses and the tragedy occurred in a desolate section of the River Nene near Bay Sands. Sutton Bridge is the nearest village.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqadyqCJK5PHMMvEo6lhb8kzF00j_tJyvjgpnN9_EGUu9n_Gz-0qyxZm2U75KAVq3D-dU45HClezMSB7euEW30OkzQflG1MFT9qDdlF2GFc4_XDkZ3tjo1vxcdVEyVEX5ztCDiifk-ZTI5c3boiJBtQVm58O_vFFWrYVfzeTcaA5z5g5hQv_nEhkw0Q/s1493/SuttonBridge1893a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1493" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqadyqCJK5PHMMvEo6lhb8kzF00j_tJyvjgpnN9_EGUu9n_Gz-0qyxZm2U75KAVq3D-dU45HClezMSB7euEW30OkzQflG1MFT9qDdlF2GFc4_XDkZ3tjo1vxcdVEyVEX5ztCDiifk-ZTI5c3boiJBtQVm58O_vFFWrYVfzeTcaA5z5g5hQv_nEhkw0Q/w400-h254/SuttonBridge1893a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />There was very little on-line or in print about the tragedy but nine people lost their lives by drowning in the River Nene. Seven of those who died were from Sheffield including all four members of the Burkinshaw family.<div><br /></div><div>I cannot be sure but it quite possible that this was Sheffield's greatest loss of life in a boating accident and it took place 100 miles away from Sheffield. There was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masbrough_boat_disaster" target="_blank">a disaster in Masborough Rotherham on 5th July 1841 when 64 people mainly children lost their lives when a boat was launched and some of the fatalities were from Sheffield</a>. Either way both were terrible tragedies that with foredight may have been avoided. .</div><div><br /></div><div>The other interesting point is the detailed coverage the incident and its aftermath received in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. Their coverage of the inquest and the resultant funerals ay Burngreave Cemetery was exemplary. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcF9SWEI1vt4ZrIaefiPiRkZAPhQi-MJTlwWqUAzE5tPvNAgq9n2mUKNHDz3ve59QASgA8_K-NTYitLtun5pNuFdGHQ6HKQyd6x4wjV1aIRKqLQm4wRfxEIU60jRU6owqDTLdGbLvL93RNxoJjLL0LJ-5Lwlf3LY_R5qNHIEYWDnF-n6oGytRBOzWIQ/s974/crosskeysbridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="974" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcF9SWEI1vt4ZrIaefiPiRkZAPhQi-MJTlwWqUAzE5tPvNAgq9n2mUKNHDz3ve59QASgA8_K-NTYitLtun5pNuFdGHQ6HKQyd6x4wjV1aIRKqLQm4wRfxEIU60jRU6owqDTLdGbLvL93RNxoJjLL0LJ-5Lwlf3LY_R5qNHIEYWDnF-n6oGytRBOzWIQ/w400-h268/crosskeysbridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Photograph taken 03 March 2005 © Mr James Brown. Source Historic England Archive ref: 197930</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">Cross Keys Bridge was opened in 1897 as a road and rail hydraulic swing bridge. Two bridges spanning the river Nene had been built previously; the first by Thomas Telford, was opened in 1830-1 and the second in 1850. The current Cross Keys Bridge replaced the latter bridge and was used for both road and rail traffic. It cost £80,000 and is made of steel, iron and wood. When the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway closed in 1965 the tracks were converted to road use and Cross Keys Bridge became just a road bridge.<br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-12485299195960741092023-09-26T12:46:00.004+01:002023-10-11T15:12:17.965+01:00John Nicholson (1864 - 1932) Sheffield United - An update <p> Whilst I was updating the page on the website and posting the previous blog I had a look at Ancestry to see if there was any other information that had come to light in the last few years</p><p>I found a copy of the 1891 UK Census that featured John and his wife Mary Elizabeth living at their house in 97 Pinfold Lane in the Attercliffe district of Sheffield</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOt48jNHb8V1HOYey4gGUTmeF8x9kzqBZFOuo4nYDPaf7CGXX_AXbbB6vcB5x7p7Qv8_v4hiUWbKUq16T-GHgODRiknHksXeWox_i6FWhRjKqoD-IZlVYTOR7vBTManvjKyIqTQ5Li-S9T-uJwc1eShFiDxaRHKuchzlbVk6JyKoSbwncUXM2l4jbZQ/s2236/nicholson1891.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="2236" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOt48jNHb8V1HOYey4gGUTmeF8x9kzqBZFOuo4nYDPaf7CGXX_AXbbB6vcB5x7p7Qv8_v4hiUWbKUq16T-GHgODRiknHksXeWox_i6FWhRjKqoD-IZlVYTOR7vBTManvjKyIqTQ5Li-S9T-uJwc1eShFiDxaRHKuchzlbVk6JyKoSbwncUXM2l4jbZQ/w400-h319/nicholson1891.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a copy of John's probate record from 1932</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZ5fEBfWu_IES7XgjiIuJxnHc5w7L58RtgNzQ2K9KSpdrWoY48npKf7BvxubfUojZUefWBelaW9SLcmthJ5syCLFdPLAEnm4NyY0evA-IamHALei9O64pDzpsX9VOiY3rJGPA_-YEULAeiYw_zWRLu8SxoR2Jczjfj1VAuJ_WwPgtRM6FPriq9ZSA1Q/s954/nicholsonprobate1932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="954" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZ5fEBfWu_IES7XgjiIuJxnHc5w7L58RtgNzQ2K9KSpdrWoY48npKf7BvxubfUojZUefWBelaW9SLcmthJ5syCLFdPLAEnm4NyY0evA-IamHALei9O64pDzpsX9VOiY3rJGPA_-YEULAeiYw_zWRLu8SxoR2Jczjfj1VAuJ_WwPgtRM6FPriq9ZSA1Q/w400-h71/nicholsonprobate1932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The intriguing aspect of this is that these are the only two documents that I can find on Ancestry relating to John and his family. Whilst John Nicholson is quite a common name I still would have expected to locate him in the 1881 Census and the 1901 and 1911 Census but I was unsuccessful.<div><br /></div><div>And given his profile I would have expected some links in the Family Tree section but again nothing.</div><div>Puzzling to say the least!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-4492942728575732442023-09-26T12:21:00.008+01:002023-10-11T15:26:25.244+01:00John Nicholson (1864 - 1932) - Secretary of Sheffield United Football Club<p>Quite a few years ago I posted an article to the site that featured John Nicholson who was the secretary of Sheffield United Football from 1899 to 1932 and oversaw some of the most successful times in the clubs history </p><p>In September 2023 I was contacted by a reader of this article who provided me with a fascinating update</p><p align="left">" I have been reading your article about Nicholson in regards to his career with Sheffield United and the aftermath of his death. <br /><br />I have restored his grave which was crowdfunded by Sheffield United supporters through the group I have called "Sheffield United Preservation Society" which aims to protect the heritage of the club and the greats. Would you be able to assist with any of his ancestors as I saw that you had been contact by them?<br /><br />I have attached the photos of the grave before and after. I shall look forward to hearing from you, Danny"</p><p align="left">I contacted Danny and he kindly forwarded me the following information </p><p align="left"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHOXDxY53iIGeJYPERVu8Q9ehACT8XEw58-0n9jDudwBvakbn7y1WHez4RbOZCzdRT3x_K3Ud3HPx3Ay0vb2qwoKM0kQ7QZUV4BGtHe1fc2m1VHN03BwN3hLjvSll7i1pMXyELDZe6WdJj3FHExpOIryIpYgo1_FgP4E0h2mgd82hGmrF9pHpLAASXQ/s1125/sups2023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1125" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHOXDxY53iIGeJYPERVu8Q9ehACT8XEw58-0n9jDudwBvakbn7y1WHez4RbOZCzdRT3x_K3Ud3HPx3Ay0vb2qwoKM0kQ7QZUV4BGtHe1fc2m1VHN03BwN3hLjvSll7i1pMXyELDZe6WdJj3FHExpOIryIpYgo1_FgP4E0h2mgd82hGmrF9pHpLAASXQ/w400-h390/sups2023.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="left">"My name is Danny, I’m part of massive Sheffield United family and loves the research along the way. I am the individual who is created Sheffield United Preservation Society which aim is to preserve the heritage of the football club via different variations. Ensuring former players will get recognised and featured on posts which will allow people to become educated about the club's history.<br /><br />Nowadays it’s really hard to reach out to the younger generation these days due to technology especially! This way, this will allow the younger generation to know our heroes that laid the foundations of the club that we love today. This addiction started 127 years ago with me great father coming over in 1896 and leaving not a short way from Bramall Lane on Club Garden Road.<br /><br />I always believe you should know where you come from. This is all started during COVID finding out about my ancestors that I have never heard of. <br /><br />My father, John Garrett is the curator of the Legends of The Lane at Bramall Lane in which I’ve grown around the club and grew to know the history of the club. My Dad has been trying for almost 20 years to restore former players grave various supporter's groups but sadly this has been unsuccessful. <br /><br />It made me realise, all these people with an unbelievable CV with medals, caps and success at the club were getting forgotten about.<br /><br />Recently, I have restored Ernest Needham’s grave as well as John Nicholson’s grave. Roughly it costs £60-£80 depending on the state of the grave.<br /><br />These are including:<br /><br />-Memorial pot<br />-QR Code<br />- Pebbles & slates<br />-Cleaning products<br />-image of the individual <br /><br />A Facebook page will be created to allow this to happen so if anyone wishes to donate to this cause and be part of this project it will greatly appreciate.<br /><br />Danny Garrett<br />Sheffield United Preservation Society" </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="left">Danny also kindly sent two photographs of John's grave - before and after the restoration and refurbishment. Truly a fitting tribute to one of the most important people in the history of Sheffield United Football Club.</p><p align="left"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBWYihnM0msoZ14NRtQ1rWx_9ctp3KDfwAlo6_0ZNNZ2Lp5ilTp7m5oOPETPcf8azXYfJKCzt7_joVK6T0GflHxJYCEaEUNqJEgX37UhL2mHU7ACFBHW6ZIwRPuTLi1U5UBvX5j4AIoAI3KRg4eeA29AszoWYBxQM2ZZGV7L4fX-ntRe4VYMMuIr45A/s2000/nicholsongrave1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBWYihnM0msoZ14NRtQ1rWx_9ctp3KDfwAlo6_0ZNNZ2Lp5ilTp7m5oOPETPcf8azXYfJKCzt7_joVK6T0GflHxJYCEaEUNqJEgX37UhL2mHU7ACFBHW6ZIwRPuTLi1U5UBvX5j4AIoAI3KRg4eeA29AszoWYBxQM2ZZGV7L4fX-ntRe4VYMMuIr45A/w300-h400/nicholsongrave1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg86QGBU2_2EP54tuAVgfs0C8WMhjQ9jWIDx_qBcc2Aue-nOwCifrC1RlFacP9NRCKYF4eaIY3lfWQmrjcIvP3Q7yx5W0DJauAl4TG946GuJimVUvDBuoEanY8RuJgcgS5Cft-Y83oIWp4MyIrG7ApyR9Avzrtuyo1D9zvGlP_W8074cnIuXtOCDcHNQ/s2000/nicholsongrave2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg86QGBU2_2EP54tuAVgfs0C8WMhjQ9jWIDx_qBcc2Aue-nOwCifrC1RlFacP9NRCKYF4eaIY3lfWQmrjcIvP3Q7yx5W0DJauAl4TG946GuJimVUvDBuoEanY8RuJgcgS5Cft-Y83oIWp4MyIrG7ApyR9Avzrtuyo1D9zvGlP_W8074cnIuXtOCDcHNQ/w300-h400/nicholsongrave2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK2RSNadKxG_2NXShMmHOj_CgDdimd5CTybHTrr-lV5XC3F17gvQuJLKkrNPDMcGET86oqVraDx-hc80Qj7vS2jKpRC0rAILxuapwb0xMuwFkstgfzyw3AzNs-seSix69nB-dN_0qiwv4NRwjbIS00V8Mlwzwo4L1dSURmoe_m314b3cTo8nyul7-Vg/s2000/nicholsongrave1a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK2RSNadKxG_2NXShMmHOj_CgDdimd5CTybHTrr-lV5XC3F17gvQuJLKkrNPDMcGET86oqVraDx-hc80Qj7vS2jKpRC0rAILxuapwb0xMuwFkstgfzyw3AzNs-seSix69nB-dN_0qiwv4NRwjbIS00V8Mlwzwo4L1dSURmoe_m314b3cTo8nyul7-Vg/w400-h300/nicholsongrave1a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7H7gQQOcFbfksEBe7BL-FjC_MmHIXIn48e6c3Ss-cJK8TV-nCYXtuDdSdq77jtciuzPe8fHIlMCqZ87_KFEAsWiPMZe34PubHsqQfd1K9cXZT-7JzjF_KTETEwHAJY40tXQlfsLqRXM9eZHylKJ15u2C52Pb-le45cnpjLSAW-hwjuDRkNqAtKHJog/s2000/nicholsongrave3a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7H7gQQOcFbfksEBe7BL-FjC_MmHIXIn48e6c3Ss-cJK8TV-nCYXtuDdSdq77jtciuzPe8fHIlMCqZ87_KFEAsWiPMZe34PubHsqQfd1K9cXZT-7JzjF_KTETEwHAJY40tXQlfsLqRXM9eZHylKJ15u2C52Pb-le45cnpjLSAW-hwjuDRkNqAtKHJog/w480-h640/nicholsongrave3a.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4yiF-aTWf6sHOKnxAOwGWLs9K4EwZoZrOruT944xJivT-rnaYO5KIEO7hOn0nSLKV9at1Oahtt4XKx5kcIAK5PwahSwX0NPLx6BsEKVNSC2gImKYFbXfaqXG4CIbszCJI5fgwDlmjfdPOFkwoFr6v3ZMEbYKPqhDhoFDtRYCHnsV23byHOULorZ8_A/s4032/nicholsongrave2a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4yiF-aTWf6sHOKnxAOwGWLs9K4EwZoZrOruT944xJivT-rnaYO5KIEO7hOn0nSLKV9at1Oahtt4XKx5kcIAK5PwahSwX0NPLx6BsEKVNSC2gImKYFbXfaqXG4CIbszCJI5fgwDlmjfdPOFkwoFr6v3ZMEbYKPqhDhoFDtRYCHnsV23byHOULorZ8_A/w400-h300/nicholsongrave2a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>As a footnote I would like readers of this blog to visit the <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182181672/john-nicholson" target="_blank">Find a Grave website</a>. If you leave a flower on John's page this will then allow it be to become recognised on the site and become a ‘famous’ grave.
I think John and his family deserves it.<br /><p align="left"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683975502405506610.post-49168379447248761362023-09-23T09:55:00.005+01:002023-09-23T09:57:27.557+01:00May Simpson at a bus stop in Angel Street Sheffield - late 1960's <p> I came across this photograph purely by chance. My daughter saw it on an online newsfeed from the retro section of the local newspaper and instantly recognised a much loved family member who sadly is no longer with us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6lRVRu_iwNM7YE1oHWvtBZkltdiAvh4EPhSXC7Q0uasV0N9ckymZhOaBF_YdIl_5bRVVhEBiLCHTq8zvwIVmtBdf2UG_cJpkqb-F_eIHwhGA2wfF6xOIEF94rCoHpODCZasKADJarUvDxVgCaVvWhy48qLMBMeuJfPr9OUXr9LtyHGqTALF3J7_QRw/s1024/auntymayangelst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="912" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6lRVRu_iwNM7YE1oHWvtBZkltdiAvh4EPhSXC7Q0uasV0N9ckymZhOaBF_YdIl_5bRVVhEBiLCHTq8zvwIVmtBdf2UG_cJpkqb-F_eIHwhGA2wfF6xOIEF94rCoHpODCZasKADJarUvDxVgCaVvWhy48qLMBMeuJfPr9OUXr9LtyHGqTALF3J7_QRw/w356-h400/auntymayangelst.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><p>Sadly it was not the man in hot pants carrying an umbrella. And neither was it the man holding a folded newspaper. But just behind the man with a newspaper is<a href="https://www.chrishobbs.com/simpsonfamily.htm" target="_blank"> my late mother in laws sister May</a>. It is hard to discern what May was thinking but I think I can safely say that she was not impressed with this latest fashion trend!</p><p>From the faces of the onlookers he seems to have attracted everyone's attention but no-one is smiling which speaks volumes for Sheffield in the "swinging sixties"</p><p>May died in January 2003 and is noted for being the first person in the family to have had a woodland burial.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>ceegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03162766047946193597noreply@blogger.com0