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The resting place for some at City Road

Any relation to this one?

I’m unsure from what source(s) the original of this list was drawn up but as with many such compilations, it should be treated with caution as it may not be the comprehensive document researchers assume or would hope for. If as I understand, it’s supposed to include both survivors and the dead on the South African War I can confirm that there’s at least one omission …that of my Grandfather who lived in the St Vincent’s District of the City and served in SA between 1899/ 1902 as: 6493 Riley Joseph Pte 2/East Yorkshire Regt …his service being confirmed in the official Medal Rolls for that War….documents which, so far as I know, have only been available to the Public in recent ( ‘Ancestry’ ) times.

It doesn't mean it was the end of steam in the Sheffield area in 1966. For a B1, loco was used to provide steam heating preheating at Nunnery and Heeley Carriage sidings. It was based at Barrow Hill for a time. Plus, there could well have been industrial locos in the area. The National Coal Board did have the stuff to run them! It was sort of free, unlike diesel!

There is a strong rumour that TUI wish to restart services from Finningley now that the Council has a long term lease on the airport and our Regional Mayor, apparently, has found funds to pay for reopening. iIf this comes to fruition I wonder what name the airport will use?

Hi My Dad has a darts trophy which is engraved ‘Kangcob Cup Winner 1976’. My Dad is no longer with us so I just wondered if anybody knew what the Kangcob Cup was and where it was played. Thanks in advance.

Hi Edmund, Many thanks for the help once again, very much appreciated.

The coroner was Alan P Lockwood during the whole 1950s and into 1965, when his deputy Herbert Pilling took over . However the box for the signature states that it is for the Registrar. The Registrar of Births and Deaths for Sheffield North West in 1957 was Ronald Newsom.

Good afternoon all, I am researching a death of a person in Sheffield in the year 1959. I have a copy of the death certificate but cannot make out who the coroner is by the signature. Is there a list of Sheffield coroners? or can anyone take a guess at the attached please? Thank you

Hi My Dad has a darts trophy which is engraved ‘Kangcob Cup Winner 1976’. My Dad is no longer with us so I just wondered if anybody knew what the Kangcob Cup was and where it was played. Thanks in advance.

Back in the early 2000s my neighbour regularly took his disabled Mother, by train ,from Sheffield to Leeds. Given notice everything worked smoothly…including access by lift to cross the tracks via a goods bridge. He was always happy with the service…not so sure about Leeds though!

I've only had experience of the south since I've been disabled. Provided you let them know in advance when you are travelling, there is always a helpful person with a loading ramp.

If I remember rightly your dad had several siblings. They lived not too far away from where I lived. Happy school days.....

In 1977 when I was on an employment scheme with British Rail, they would assign people (including myself) to help disabled people on the train. That was on Midland, of course. I guess they don't really do that these days. I suppose Dore will have some staff members? Back in 1977 it was a pay on train station so had no staff at all.

I suppose when it’s got some muck , wear and tear and graffiti on it it'll blend in to the landscape a bit better At the moment it sticks out like a sore thumb

I have accessed a few modern ones fitted out for wheelchair users. They really are a blot on the landscape ….with long sloping walkways . Oxygen and a long rest is needed by the time the” assault course “has been completed …and they must be a nightmare if you are rushing to catch a train…but, hey, everyone to their own taste!

This is a notice warning people to keep their dogs under control, when walking them where there are Ewes & Lambs. It is a criminal offence, to allow your dog to worry/chase livestock, which can cause stress and even death. For more information go to OPERATION RECALL SYP on Facebook.

The brassworks company that made it did so free of charge, they also made the signs on the graveyard directing you to the grave. The replacement plaque on Loosemore Ave is now bonded to the wall instead of screwed.

Well Martin , I’m disabled and wheelchair bound and though I agree with your sentiments on that , I still think it’s an eyesore and a blot on the landscape

I understand the plaque on the post war Loosemore Avenue commemorating his bravery was vandalised but has since been replaced.

I'm scanning my Dad's thousands of slides and found this one of Pauldens illuminated by Christmas lights. There was no specific date other than "1960s" so that's as close as I can get I'm afraid. Compared to the B&W photo on the site, it looks like they added a vertical illuminated sign so maybe the B&W one was taken soon after opening?? No copyright, feel free to distribute.

I'm afraid I'm with Lysanderix on this one. I assume the brick structures are lifts sine the BBC item mentions accessibility. An old-fashioned cast iron bridge might be pretty, but is impossible to navigate in a disability scooter or wheelchair.

Thanks I won't mention the gambling bit to Mum. The Fred Harris bit is confusing because I've never heard of a Fred but Mum did have an Uncle John Harris (born Ernest Jack Harris) who worked for the Telegraph and went to sea. He wrote books about it.

In an attempt to produce tools ,of all kinds ,with the flexibility of iron and the hard wearing properties of high carbon and alloy steels Sheffield had long developed compound materials. These were produced by hammer or roll forging iron ( latterly mild steel) with carbon or alloy steel. This was done in various proportions or even sections. Perhaps the largest demand came from the manufacturers of plough shares where two layers of mild steel and a central layer of 0.70% carbon steel were roll forged together. …..thus producing something which would bend , without breaking, yet retain a hard cutting edge.Another demand came from the manufacturers of tobacco knives where the sap tended to blunt ordinary steels. We lost out when post War ,German wartime developments in heat treating low alloy steels ,became widely known and the costly compound steels became redundant….heralding many other of Sheffields once renowned steel products!

Always a matter of personal taste. Must confess I have seen far worse on my travels!