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  I came across this photograph that was mounted and features a large group of men sat on a rock formation. There is no caption or date to t...

 Heritage Open Days Saturday 20th September 2025  Walkley 1920 On Saturday 20th September 2025 six local historic buildings in Walkley will ...

Many years ago I posted an article to the site recalling a terrible disaster that occurred in Sheffield in August 1886 It was titled "A...

  The entrance to the cemetery is in Nichols Road which is a short, unadopted road off Waller Road (post code S6 5DU). - If you are arriving...

 A reader of an article I posted to my website many years ago has kindly sent mw a marvellous photograph of the church and its grounds. The...

 Whist I was reviewing the previous article on Bran Beedham I saw this article from 1983 and it brought a wry smile to my face.   It appears...

 I came across this newspaper cutting from 1983 that relates to an amateur artist from Sheffield who found success in the USA where his pict...

Most of the blogs I have posted over the years have been connected with either my family history or the history of Sheffield. But I came acr...

 A fellow researcher kindly sent me this information about the life and achievements of his ancestor John R. Corlett.  The report in the She...

 Many years ago I posted and article to my website relating to the murder of a nurse Ada Bradley in April 1923 . The last update to the arti...

 Last September I posted an article to my website charting the history of The Albany Temperance Hotel in Fargate Sheffield, In May 2025 ther...

These items appeared on a well established e-commerce site in July 2020 and refers to a boy named E Bailey. The assumption is that these wer...

 At the end of March I received this email from a reader of my website and blog "I live by Middlewood shops and there's a new coffe...