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Thanks so much again. It seems that Walter was married at 20 and living at Marion Road, Hillsborough, if its the right one! He later lived with his wife Florence (nee Field) on Manchester Road, Crosspool. My father seems to have become estranged from him at some point. My fathers occupation there is given as collier. By his marriage in 1918 he was a metallurgist which is what I understood him to be in the early years, working in the same labs as Harry Brearley. He seems to have been pretty versatile. In some of the reviews of his shows he was a bus driver/conductor. That was more towards the 1930s. again, many thanks!! Monica

What a photograph this is. High Street In Sheffield City Centre from wayyyy back Not seen this one before but it has to be one of my new all time favourite photos of Sheffield!

How well do you know Nether Edge? Well, here are a few questions you might like to have a think about .... Which pioneering Victorian photographer, based in Nether Edge, captured a famous local disaster on film? Who were the 'thimble ring and mallet scoundrels' and why were Nether Edge residents of the 1840's so wary of them? What late Victorian national mania resulted in the formation of a Club at the bottom of Rundle Road? In the First World War, what Nether Edge house became a receiving base for refugees? And from which country did they come? Fortunately all the answers to all these questions - and much much more - are to be found in the Nether Edge History Group's brand new book, Aspects of Nether Edge It's now on sale at £11.95 in local shops and will be available at our quarterly Farmers Market on Sunday, 3rd December. If you can't get down to Nether Edge, then copies can be ordered via historygroup@netheredge.org.uk

Some more for you, these are the kinds of scenes that should be on a Sheffield calendar.

Thankyou again for all you've done!!! Yes, the Whitley part is confusing!!! Lots of similar links. My father lived at Gerald Street, Attercliffe as a boy and many of the pantomime and concert references are about churches in the Attercliffe area. He belonged at that time to the Baldwin Players.They moved to Ellerton Road, Firth Park when he was a teenager. The 1901 census shows them at Gerald Street - my father was 6, with the 1911 census from Ellerton Road where they were re-housed to a new build. My father was16. His mother died October 1914 of a heart attack aged 51 and his youngest brother Arthur in November 1941 of kidney failure. There was another brother Walter who he seemed to be estranged from. Athough living in Sheffield on Manchester Road, we were never aware of his existence. Every day I'm finding out more about my father!!!! Monica

You are wonderful! Yes, that is my father! I found out that he had been married before to a Ivy Mustill in 1918. The Alan Fenton in this programme was the small son of his wifes sister, My father was also a ventriloquist and taught it to Alan. I'm a bit green when it comes to researching, Where did you get the information from? Most grateful!!!!