The following two cuttings are from the London Times dated 6th and 7th July 1934 and detail the visit of the Duchess of York to Sheffield in 1934. Her husband the Duke of York (the future King Geoege V1) did not accompany her on this visit due to an indisposition.
There is a marvellous photograph of the the future Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother digging In Mr J Oliver''s Potato Plot during her visit to The Deep Pits Allotments Of The Sheffield Unemployed. But unfortunately I cannot use it in this blog due to copyright reasons. Well that is not true I could use it but I would have to pay money to some corporate entity that really has no place in copyrighting the image.
As for the The Deep Pits Allotments Of The Sheffield Unemployed I was not aware of the location but they were situated off City Road not far from City Road Cemetery. The 1200 men who contributed to the stainless steel garden fork and hand trowel raised £5.00 which is circa £250 in todays money which seems a touch pricey for the two items. I wonder if they are still being used today!
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