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  1. Hi I believe my grandfather and his family lived in some old cottages in Ridgeway, either very close to where the Craft Centre is/was or could have been the buildings converted to form the Craft Centre - which I know is now closed. Granddad was born 1887 and the family are shown as living there on the 1901 census. Granddad was still at school on the census but I know that he became a farm labourer and worked perhaps at Fiddlers farm and Rhodes farm on High Lane before he joined the army in 1912. I remember when the craft centre opened there were some big boards which had pictures showing the buildings as they were before the craft centre project started - presumably/hopefully the pictures were of where my grandfather and family lived. Does anybody have any of the pictures or know or can suggest how I might get them? I know that Ridgeway village was in Derbyshire then - may now be in Sheffield if the boundaries have moved. Thanks
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  2. I doubt it so why would there be any graves there, in the 19th century the area was bounded by Alsop Field and the working town full of small industries from horn and bone merchants to grinders and cutlers, so if there were any graves I would be surprised.
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  3. I didn’t say the council dug it up but it’s under the remit of Amey but it’s quite obvious they do not monitor their contractors. As for replacements, there’s always , always more ordered than needed so you can see them in depots around the city or as seen they use any overstock by dumping them in other large fills, before any says how do you know my brother saw it on happen many times. The photo shows a garden constructed with unwanted stones, block paving etc that Amey were intent on just throwing away.
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  4. Section from an an image in the Pond Street Bus Station topic.
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  5. Yes, the stones get a mention in the Megalithic Portal but no historical detail as such.... https://m.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15515 An interesting comment on there about the equinoxes though!
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  6. Circa 1954 https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/4008-os-maps-of-sheffield-and-district-1950s
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  7. Have looked at the maps of that area on the Scotland map site and it appears it was nearly always part of the Tinsley Wood area most of it's life. There's some evidence of coal working quite close to it, but apart from that there is never been structures in the area to suggest anything for them. Ponds are sometimes associated with mine workings and the nearby one could be evidence of that.
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