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Pc Infield

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As promised,here is some of the material from my display at Darnall Carnival.A history of the park can be downloaded at

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...igh-hazels-park.

William Jeffcock was the first Mayor of Sheffield,and the man who built High Hazels House in 1850.

He was a Justice of the Peace,and an officer in the West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry.

He died in Ireland in 1871 and is buried in Handsworth churchyard.

A fountain and water trough dedicated to him can be found at the top of Richmond Road.

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Robert Marnock was the landscaper who laid out the grounds of High Hazels House for William Jeffcock,which were later to become High Hazels Park.

A Scotsman from Aberdeen,he also designed the Sheffield Botanical Gardens,where he was the first Curator,and Weston Park.

He was the originator of the 'Gardenesque' style of garden design,other examples of his work are at Regents Park,London and Warwick Castle.

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George Fox was the Headmaster when High Hazels House was a school,in the 1880's.

A Bedfordshire man,he came to High Hazels from another school at Haworth Hall,Rotherham,with his wife Susannah and their family.

His son,Ernest,painted the watercolour of the house which can be seen in the Development Office

(kindly donated by Sheffield History member Huthwaite).

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Charles Rosewarne was the bandleader who led the Darnall Medical Aid Easter Parade in the park,before the war.

Playing under the name of Vincent Reed,he made all the band's instruments himself.

During the week,he was a crane driver at English Steel.His favourite trick was to use his crane to pick up the foreman by his braces and dangle him over the water tank.

No Health and Safety in those days!

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Edgar and Dot Gough ran the cafe in High Hazels Park,and also sold refreshments from the window of their house at the bottom of Logan Road for over 30 years.

They sold penny and halfpenny drinks in meat paste glass jars,sweets,cigarettes,candy floss and ice cream,and were open 9am-10pm,365 days of the year.

The shop (now the Development Office)was a popular and safe meeting place for all the local kids.

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Ernest Morley was a popular and flamboyant character who appeared in many Easter Parades in the park.He raised money for charity for 70 years.

A female impersonator,he could be dressed as a fairy,Carmen Miranda or practically anything else,his imagination knew no bounds.

During the week,he was a highly-respected cancer nurse.

Many thanks to Paul License and Jane Salt of the Star for finding me the photo,it seems to be the only one in existence,strange for such a well-known man.

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Edgar and Dot Gough ran the cafe in High Hazels Park,and also sold refreshments from the window of their house at the bottom of Logan Road for over 30 years.

They sold penny and halfpenny drinks in meat paste glass jars,sweets,cigarettes,candy floss and ice cream,and were open 9am-10pm,365 days of the year.

The shop (now the Development Office)was a popular and safe meeting place for all the local kids.

Thanks for these posts PC Infield, a modern photo of the shop/development office would make a good Then & Now shot.

added a link to this topic from the main list

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As promised,here is some of the material from my display at Darnall Carnival.A history of the park can be downloaded at

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...igh-hazels-park.

William Jeffcock was the first Mayor of Sheffield,and the man who built High Hazels House in 1850.

He was a Justice of the Peace,and an officer in the West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry.

He died in Ireland in 1871 and is buried in Handsworth churchyard.

A fountain and water trough dedicated to him can be found at the top of Richmond Road.

Hi

I suppose he was related to the T.W.Jeffcock prominent in the affairs of Ecclesfield? Do you know how they were related? Brothers or father and son?

Obviously horse troughs and drinking fountains ran in the family? In this post on Ecclesfield there are picture of the trough & fountain in Ecclesfield churchyard in memory of T.W.Jeffcock. He also built the nurses home on Cross Hill.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...;hl=ecclesfield

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William's brother John lived at Cowley Manor in Ecclesfield,I would imagine T.W. was his son.

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Friends of High Hazels Park AGM is on Wednesday March 30th at 6.30pm in the Development Office (Old Cafe Building) in the park.

We would like a large attendance since we have invited senior officers from Parks and Countryside to discuss the park's future in view of council cuts.

Free refreshments.

All welcome.

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Robert Marnock was the landscaper who laid out the grounds of High Hazels House for William Jeffcock,which were later to become High Hazels Park.

A Scotsman from Aberdeen,he also designed the Sheffield Botanical Gardens,where he was the first Curator,and Weston Park.

He was the originator of the 'Gardenesque' style of garden design,other examples of his work are at Regents Park,London and Warwick Castle.

As I understood the same person who laid out the Botanical gardens also laid out the grounds of the General Cemetery

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