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On the same page that announced the opening of Sheffield's new Public Mortuary (see previous blog), The Sheffield and Rotherham Independ...

 I have just posted an article to the site The Unknown Man in Sheffield's First Mortuary - April 1884 It is in a strange sort of way a s...

 This report appeared in the Manchester Guardian dated 4th March 1925. It is an inquest into the death of 14 year old John Wilson at Vickers...

 Many years ago I posted an article to the site relating to the the Smallpox epidemic in Sheffield 1887  Since then I have added additional ...

 Ten years ago I posted an article to the site concerning the cricket ground at Darnall and a tragedy that occurred there on 27th August 182...

 I have just posted an article to the site that I had "mislaid" for a number of years. It relates to the Civilian War Dead of Croo...

 I received an email this week from the reader of the site who had come across the article on the death of Leonard Tingle in July 1955 . I ...

This report is from The Scotsman dated 20th December 1940.  Bearing in mind That the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 was in full force, ...

 I was researching for some information relating to one of the many articles on my website and I came upon the murder of one Rupert Poole St...

 Well this year I have only posted 20 items which is the lowest total since I started the blog back in 2010. And this post in the first in o...

  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...