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In an earlier review of Hospital requirements it was proposed to build a new hospital for the south of the City. 190 acres of land was acquired at Coal Aston under the Public Health Act of 1875 and, in a strange twist of fate, the proposed Sheffield Airport was then planned to be built there. By 1933 priorities had change...and the War intervened . Neither was built...the land being used for municipal housing. As an aside, the Northern General is a rambling "Ponderosa"...confusing to the occasional vistor and guaranteed to increase blood pressure if attempting to park a car!😉

From the Sheffield Local Register: [the owners were proposing to reduce wages by 25%] 28 Aug 1893 Rioting at Holbrook Colliery, Killamarsh. belonging to Messrs. Wells, Limited : Police and workmen stoned. 29 Aug 1893 The coal riots: Further disturbances at Killamarsh; serious attacks on the police and damage to property. 30 Aug 1893 The coal riots : Disturbances at Bolsover Collieries ; non- unionists threatened. 31 Aug 1893 The coal riots: Disturbances at Messrs. Wells' Hornthorpe Colliery, near Eckington; loaded wagons set loose on a siding; narrow escape of an excursion train in consequence of their running on to the main line ; more disturbances at the Bolsover Collieries; the "red flag" hoisted. 4 Sep 1893 The coal riots: Disturbances at Manvers Main, Wath ; property damaged and officials injured. The colliery of the Butterley Company, Nottinghamshire, wrecked. A public house at Barnsley sacked. Bands of marauders roam the colliery districts. 5 Sep 1893 The coal riots : The Rockingham Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., wrecked. At the Hoyland Silkstone Colliery property is damaged and workers are injured. Riotous scenes at collieries in the Erewash Valley; military brought from Sheffield and York. Men employed by the Nunnery Colliery Company stop the delivery of coal from Durham. 6 Sep 1893 The coal riots : Wath Main Colliery wrecked and offices fired. Attack on Earl Fitzwilliam's Elsecar Colliery' premises fired. Exciting scenes at the coal depots in Sheffield. Disturbances in the Erewash Valley, dragoons patrol the district. 7 Sep 1893 The coal riots : Tumultuous scenes at Broughton Lane ; police routed ; military called out. The Ackton Hall Collieries, near Pontefract, belonging to Lord Masham, wrecked; Riot Act read ; soldiers fire on the mob ; three men killed and many injured. At the inquest on the 13th a verdict is returned that the deceased were shot by the military. (See Oct. 2.) 20 Sep 1893 Riots at Wath Main Colliery. Several men committed for trial. At Leeds Assizes, December 12, fourteen men are acquitted, and seven are sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one month to 15 months. Hugh

SHEFFIELD DATES OF INTEREST 1865. February 4th. - Garotters in Broomhall Park; one sentenced to penal servitude for life, a second for fifteen years, the third for five years. March. Last meeting of Inundation Commissioners, £455,164 claimed, £276,821 awarded by Commissioners. October - Visit of the Social Science Congress to Sheffield, Lord Brougham, 86 years old, presiding. Papers by Sir H. Phillimore on "Jurisprudence," Dr. J. C. Hall, John Wilson, Wm. Dronfield, Tom Hughes, Q.C., M.P. (author of Tom Brown's School Days), Professor Lankester, Professor Fawcett (the blind Postmaster General), Alderman Sanders, Mr. R. E. Leader, Mr. Gainsford on "A Sheffield Assize," Mr. Samuel Plimsoll, Mr. Ibbotson on "Benefit Building Societies," Mr. Frank Wever on "The Sheffield Savings Bank," Mr. S. B. Auty on "Building Societies," and a conference held during the visit between Professor Fawcett and the file smiths, the visitor seeking information respecting a possible introduction of machinery into their trade. So admirably managed was the visit that when everything had been paid there remained a surplus of £192. 1868. First year collections for medical charities, £1,169 16 10. 1870. Opening of New Midland Station. 1873. March 20. - Sheffield Water Bill passes House of Commons. Death of Miss Harrison, Weston: charities, £65,000. Town Trustees offer £50,000 towards street improvements. December - Fall of shop property, Fargate: Askham's and Proctor's premises. 1874. Sheffield Guardians buy Fir Vale House for new headquarters. 1875. Midland trains Sheffield to London do the journey in 3 hours 36 minutes. Prince and Princess of Wales open Firth Park. 1876. First cab shelter:- Glossop Road. Largest armour plate so far rolled--Cammell's, for the Italian Government, size 18 ft. by 5 ft., 22 inches thick, weighing 35 tons. Opening of skating rink in Glossop Road. Tramways Co. suggests traction engines, not horses, for the cars. Opening of Children's Hospital, Brook Hill. 1877. Increase in population in 16 years, 96,958: total population of Sheffield at the time, 282,130. Sheffield's increase is larger than that of any other provincial town. Sheffield's first cocoa house opened at Highfields. Foundation stone laid of new asylum at Dore. Purchase of 50 acres of land authorized from Duke of Norfolk, for new cemetery. Cost of land, £13,625, total cost estimated at £27,000. Decision to found a truant school at Hollow Meadows. 1878. Fulwood Road formally opened. A terrible year in local trade. No dividends from Brown Bayley's, Dixon's, John Round & Son, Hawksworth & Co., Midland Iron Co., Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mills, W. Cooke & Co., Yorkshire Engine Works, Sheffield Patent Brick Co. 1879. Mr. William Bragge's priceless library and collection of paintings destroyed in the fire at Birmingham Free Library. The Blind Institution at Broomhill opened. The Firth College, costing £20,000, opened by Prince Leopold. November - The last meeting of the old School Board. The Wostenholm Memorial Hall opened by Archbishop of York. 1880. Norfolk Drill Hall opened with a Ball. Coming of age of the Volunteer movement. Sheffield Amateur Parliament first meeting. Speaker, Rev. A.G.Tweedie; Clerk, Mr. Wm. McBrair; Prime Minister, Mr. Robt. Eadon Leader; Leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. Muir Wilson. In the week ending October 2nd, 2,716 messages put through on local exchange. Rainfall in October, 3.59 inches within two days. First Quarter Sessions in Sheffield. 1881. Local Association for preservation of footpaths formed. Electric light at Davy Bros. and Cyclops Works and Hoveys. December - Corn Exchange opened. 1882. First meeting of Sheffield Burial Board. May - Sheffield Water Works Co. formulate scale for private baths. The Alhambra, Union Street, burned down. 1883. Victoria Gardens, Totley, opened by Mr. Josh. Mountain. Mr. W. J. Clegg appointed first Official Receiver in Sheffield. Important meeting in connexion with Technical Education in Sheffield at the Albert Hall. 1884. Right-of-way action in Ryecroft Glen. Duke of Norfolk offers £3,000 towards Technical Education in Sheffield. October 31 - Hunter's Bar removed. December - Under the Redistribution Bill Sheffield has five Members of Parliament. 1885. First meeting of Sheffield Reform Club, privately opened August 14th. Wm. Cooke & Co.'s workmen give a week's work in relief of the bad trade. Council purchases Endcliffe Woods as public park. Council institutes cycling by-laws. Lawn Tennis tournament on Bramall Lane ground. Messrs. Flockton & Gibbs' plans for Mappin Art Gallery approved. September - "The Mikado" first performed in Sheffield. Red Indian Missionaries in Sheffield. 1886. New Sewage works opened. Formal opening of Technical School. Trade Union Council discusses the question of Labour Members of Parliament for Sheffield. 1887. Vickers' capital increased from £250,000 to £1,500,000. June 20 and 21. Queen's Jubilee celebrated in Sheffield. September - Hexthorpe railway accident. Small Pox scourge in the town, in December, 800 to 1,000 cases known. 1888. Lead Poisoning in Redmires water. Sheffield Water Co. formally handed over to the Corporation. January - Excursions and many other trains stopped on local railways through the small pox. The Archbishop of York issues a form of prayer during the epidemic. February - Lodge Moor Hospital completed with 120 beds. In the same month, the Council discusses lead poisoning and scarcity of water. On July 8th, 1888, it is reported that not since the previous July until that date have any cases of small pox been reported. Hammer and Pincers public house, Fulwood, opened as temperance inn. August - Sheffield's first cycling tournament at Bramall Lane. Mr. Asquith addresses the Hallam Women's Association. Mr. G. A. Sala opens the Sheffield Press Club. 1889. Company formed by Mr. Emerson Bainbridge and others to buy a site in Fargate for the Y.M.C.A. Visit to Sheffield of the Shah of Persia, and Guardians' protest at not being invited to the function. September - Proposed Amalgamation of Sheffield and Ecclesall Unions. 1890. July 4. Haigh's buses run for the last time to Broomhill. 1891. First suggestion of a Sheffield Bishopric. Lord Salisbury ignores it. Influenza epidemic in Sheffield, April-May: e.g., week ending April 11th, 1 death; April 18th, 7 deaths; April 25th, 55 deaths; May 2nd, 112 deaths; May 9th, 100 deaths; May 16th, 54 deaths; May 23rd, 20 deaths; May 30th, 14 deaths; June 6th, 4 deaths. 1892. Messrs. Walker & Hall install an old age pension movement for their staff. February 10. Council Chamber lit by electric light. 1893. Town Trustees decline to give land in Church Street for Jubilee Library. The South Yorkshire Building Society's affairs out of the hands of the Liquidator in July, after seven years investigations, the expenses being £24,841, and the amount paid to creditors £92,981. Mr. E. S. Foster was liquidator, and his work was very favourably commented upon at the time. The coal strike in Sheffield in 1892, lasting a week, estimated to have cost the Midland Co. £456,924, the M. S. & L. £130,408, and the Great Northern £166,248. The M. S. & L. compelled to withdraw its service between Sheffield and Leeds through lack of coal, and the Sheffield Independent publishes a list of pits remaining idle after the strike had been called off, where, previously, 211,000 men had been employed. The Sheffield Gas Co. estimates its losses at £27,000, and raises the charges to the consumers by threepence per 1,000 feet. The M. S. & L. Co. reports that as a result of the strike it is impossible to pay a dividend on ordinary stock or on ten million pounds worth of preference stock. 1894. February 28th. - The death of Madame Patey occurs immediately after the gifted songstress had sung "Three Fishers went Sailing," at a concert at the Albert Hall. The M. S. & L. Railway decides to go forward with the scheme to London. May 23rd. - A course of eighteen holes is laid out at Lindrick for use by members of the Sheffield and District Golf Club. May 29th. - Coal is won in the new pit at Hickleton Main at a depth of 542 yards. First annual meeting of the Sheffield Social Questions League. In its abbreviated form the Social Questions League became rather notorious in the city. Lord Rosebery visits the Atlas Works and those of Walker & Hall. 1895. Sheffield's Cottage Homes opened by Sir Walter Foster. June - The family of the Leaders cease having an interest in the Sheffield Independent. In a survey of the year 1895, it is reported that the only armour plate orders received during the year were confined to Brown's, Cammell's and Vickers'. In 1894-5, 23,000 tons of armour plate had been ordered from those companies by Government, and it was difficult to estimate how valuable the Harvey process was to Sheffield. In the first six months of 1895 there is severe depression, the effects of the coal war, 1893, still being very severely felt. In the latter part of the year there comes the rebound and from all parts of the world constant demand for everything that Sheffield can supply. 1896. February - Umpire in compensation case in connexion with the re-building of High Street, gives Messrs. John Walsh Ltd. £28,844, against the sum of £66,248 asked for. May - W. Cooke & Co. Ltd., Tinsley Steel and Wire Works, declares a dividend for the first time in 21 years. City Council decides, with three dissentient votes, to purchase Whiteley Woods for £6,000 as a public resort. The Sheffield Tramways system formally handed over to the Corporation at midnight, July 10th. On November 14th the restrictions on speed of automobiles removed. December 3rd. - The City Theatre is known as the Lyceum Theatre. 1897. February - The old Tramways Co. wound up, shareholders receiving £5 15s. 6d. per £10 share. March 25th. - Corporation refuse destructor first used, cost £21,000. May - Duke of Norfolk sells 3,672 acres grouse moor and farms for £63,000. May - Duke of Norfolk gives Roe Park, 20 acres, to Sheffield for ever. Queen Victoria in Sheffield. Opening of Town Hall. Contents of the Conservatories at the Botanical Gardens sold by public auction. August - Harveyed plates pierced by Hadfields shells, with a velocity of 1,940 ft. per second, the plates being eight feet square by six inches thick. August - Electric light is installed in the Sheffield Parish Church. October - Cammell's capital increased from £1,050,000 to £1,750,000. 1898. January - Scheme for a Sheffield Bishopric approved by the Privy Council, with a house and an income of £3,000, not £2,000 as originally proposed. February - Terms arranged for purchase by Corporation of electric light undertaking. Rebuilding of Sheffield Midland Station decided on, to cost £215,888. April - Opening of the Howard Gallery in Chapel Walk. April - The Duke of Norfolk sells The Farm to the Midland Railway Co. May - The City Council seeks powers whereby the city boundaries be extended by 3,615 acres. May - Poll for purchase of the electric light undertaking; votes for, 28,130; against, 1,965 1898. June - The Sheffield Bishopric scheme abandoned, the Archbishop of York explaining that it would not be desirable to proceed for some years to come. July 9th. - The City Accountant produces figures showing that the precise cost of the New Town Hall buildings was £182,128 15 5. The Great Central main line to London is opened for coal traffic on July 25th. October 1st. Farewell dinner of the Botanical Gardens Committee at the Masonic Hall. The Upperthorpe and Steel Bank and Walkley Omnibus Co. wound up as a direct result of the competition with the trams. The Council decides to purchase the Market rights from the Duke of Norfolk for £530,000. November 7th. - The first actual extension of the tramways service between the Parish Church and Harcourt Road. December - Electric light undertaking wound up and handed over to the city, each shareholder receiving £213 8 0. for every £100 of stock in the Company, and the undertaking transferred to the Corporation on December 31st. - This year saw a very marked advance in house building in the city. The birth rate was 33.85, and the death rate 20.24. Extension of the suburbs in 1898 was most marked at Hunter's Bar, Fir Vale, Abbeydale and Darnall, for, "as the trams go out, the houses go up." 1899. August 7th. - Deaths in one week 258, or 17.5 per 1,000 of the population. August - The City Council authorized to purchase the Bole Hills. September - Open air treatment for consumptives introduced in Sheffield. October - First Annual Dinner of the Sheffield University College. The year's review declares that the new Corporation Bill had done wonders for Sheffield. Land for buildings had been obtained from Mr. J. D. Leader's estate at Walkley, the Tramways Committee lent £5,000 towards building of 20 cottages in Hands Lane, and the Bill was bringing in a greater Sheffield, drawing within the civic net outlying districts such as Norton, Beauchief, Meersbrook, Abbeydale, Hillsbro', Wincobank, part of Tinsley and Catcliffe. In the Sheffield Telegraph there appeared at that time the following: "Cottage houses are rising like exhalations all around; the trams are proving the great building agent, and what were not so long ago wind-swept fields are now beehive colonies. In Crookes, houses are arising as though by a magician's wand." 1900. Wincobank Hall is taken over by the Salvation Army as a centre for rescue work. The local Trade Review at the end of 1900 declares that "the coal trade has enjoyed a period of great prosperity at the expense of the general trade of the country." 1901. February - The statue to the Duke of Norfolk is erected, costing £1,589. The Sheffield Telegraph Local Reservists' Fund closes at £5,860. British Christian Endeavour Mission in Sheffield, with 5,000 delegates. September - Amalgamation of Queen Street and Garden Street Congregational Chapels. November - Total population of Sheffield under Corporation Bill increased to 408,994. November - First proposal to move the University College to St. George's Square. 1902. January - Col. J. E. Bingham advocates through the Press an amalgamation of employers to fight the Trade Unions, and so get fair terms, and offers £10,000 towards such a combination. January - Vickers Ltd. acquire a half share in William Beardmore Ltd., Glasgow. January - E. H. Lemare's farewell to Sheffield, an organ recital on the Albert Hall organ. Grants by the Technical Instruction Committee: £10,210, as against £9,506. The Vickers-Beardmore combine approved by shareholders in increase of capital to £5,200,000 by creation of 400,000 new ordinary shares. February - Sheffield electric system increased from single to double phase alternators to make the supply more readily applicable to power purposes. The memorial to Queen Victoria placed in Barker's Pool, Mr. Alfred Turner being the architect. Vickers' profit for the year, £501,292. March. The Town Trustees give £9,000 towards the funds of the Victoria College. Peace proclaimed at Pretoria, ending the Boer War. Great public rejoicing. June - Census figures for Sheffield show 205,233 males and 203,837 females. August - Coronation of King Edward VII and public rejoicings in Sheffield. September - Viscount Kitchener in Sheffield. November - Coronation festivities in Sheffield cost £4,711. 1903. Dispute at Denaby; 500 evictions; good order preserved; chapels used for sleeping purposes; outside men brought in and ensuing scenes. Endowment of the Sheffield University. The Duke of Norfolk; £8,000, Sir Hy. Stephenson £5,000, Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin £5,000, and on December 5th total gifts amount to £50,079. The Great Central runs a train between Sheffield and London, doing the journey in three hours exactly, 164 miles. 1904. The new Motor Car Act in force in Sheffield. Grant of £16,000 from the Wesleyan Million Fund to Sheffield, plus £4,000 to the New Central Mission. March - The Privy Council declares its willingness to approve a University for Sheffield if convinced that the financial status be sound. April - Zone tickets come into being round Sheffield. Profit on the trams for the year stated to be: gross £79,578, nett £27,309, accumulated surplus £143,369, deducting grants in relief of rates and renewals. August - The Monolith removed to Endcliffe Woods. August 14th. - World's record established on the Broomhead Moors for nine guns- 2,743 grouse. The valves closed at the Langsett Reservoir, which had taken seven years to build, with a capacity of 1,400,000,000 gallons. The ceremony conducted by Ald. T. R. Gainsford. October 26. Sir Robert Hadfield President of the Iron and Steel Institute. Opening of the lift from the Wicker to the Victoria Station approach. 1905. February - Mr. Samuel Roberts seconds the Address in the Commons. Passive resisters in Sheffield, and 141 have orders made against them by the Sheffield and Ecclesall Unions for non-payment of rates. The gold medal of the Iron and Steel Institute awarded to Prof. J. O. Amold. Sheffield Crematorium opened. The financial status of the Sheffield University assured with all the large works contributing sums from £1,000 to £2,000. Princess Battenberg in Sheffield to unveil Queen Victoria's monument. July - Wedding in Fulwood Chapel, the first for 25 years. The Sheffield Education Committee purchases the University buildings in Bow Street for £32,183, with a proviso that of that amount; £16,699 shall be spent on the adaptation of Wesley College to modern requirements. King and Queen in Sheffield: Opening the Sheffield University Buildings. Fourteen of the Village Homes at Fulwood belonging to ihe Ecclesall Guardians brought into use, 108 children from the workhouse being taken there. Opening of the first session of the Sheffield University. The final statement respecting the Queen Victoria memorial published, showing receipts £3,570 with £3,000 paid to the architect, Mr. Alfred Turner, the balance being given to Queen Victoria Nurses Association. November - Annual meeting of Governors of Sheffield University, showing that the new buildings at Western Bank, with land and furniture, cost £98,000; the new Technical School, St. George's Square, £13,300, the total cost being £138,500. Total endowment shown as £124,570. The Sheffield Education Committee completes its scheme of scholarships and bursaries, making an educational ladder from the elementary schools to the University. What is described as the largest casting ever made is the work of the Brightside Engineering Company for Cammell & Co., weighing 84 tons. The Trade Review, December 31st, 1905, declares that the year had been in striking contrast to 1904. Instead of constant depression, there had been a well marked and continuous upward tendency, broadening especially in June and onwards. Less had been heard from the unemployed in 1905 that in any other great industrial centre. 1906. January - Mr. Asquith's meeting at Norfolk Drill Hall wrecked by Suffragettes. Meetings of Iron and Steel Institute in Sheffield. Subscriptions towards the visit £3,667. May - First Empire Day display at Bramall Lane under Mr. Batey's control; 40,000 people witness the spectacle, with 10,000 children taking part. Work commenced by the staff at the Sheffield Training College on September 11th. The College was opened on October 8th by the Right Hon. A. H. D. Acland. September 18th. - The opening of Firth College as Central Secondary School. Opening of the re-formed Wesley College as King Edward's School on September 19th. by Mr. Augustine Birrell. Record for Sheffield's trams: year ending September 25th, £70,295. Mr. S. Meggitt Johnson gives £5,000 towards a country annexe to the Hospital. November - Princess Christian opens Bazaar in Cutlers' Hall. November 8th. - The honour of knighthood conferred on Mr. W. E. Clegg. T The first subscription towards Sheffield's Bishopric comes anonymously from Bristol, a sum of £1,000. November - Town Trustees give £1,000 per annum for three years to the Sheffield Infirmary, £1,500 to the University movement, and £500 to the Engineers towards a new headquarters. November 19th. - Members of the Sheffield Musical Union go to London, and in Queen's Hall sing Bach's "Sing ye to the Lord." Her Majesty the Queen and other Royalties present. The Kind-hearted Brigade, instituted in Sheffield by Miss Lillie Harris, Lady Editor of the Sheffield Telegraph, holds exhibition of dolls at the Cutlers' Hall; a large subscription list results in dolls and toys being given to 10,000 poor children who then attended. Messrs. Osborn close the public grinding wheel, The Tower, because there is little demand for hulls; this step marks the gradual disappearance of "the little mester" from Sheffield industry. Trade throughout the year boomed; local firms working at full pressure. 1907. January - Inaugural meeting of the Guild of Help in Sheffield. January - Sir Henry Holdroyd opens the new Technical school. January - Sheffield Shakespeare Society formed. Mr. Haldane again visits Sheffield, inspecting the Technical school and the great East End works of Vickers and Jessops. February 9th. - Last issue of the Sheffield Argus, the first issue of which was on sale on October 6th. of the previous year. The Sheffield Press Club closed after thirty years history; noted for its annual dinners with famous guests, and more for its unique late suppers at which practically every notable actor was a guest during his visits to Sheffield. March - Baslow Hydro sold to R. H. Mabbott, of Blackpool, for £11,000. Col. Hughes resigns the position of Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce after holding it for twenty years. May - The Town Trustees give £3,000 towards re-building of the Sheffield Royal Hospital. The first municipal bowling green opened in Sheffield at Meersbrook. June - "Tarspra" first put on Sheffield roads largely through the advocacy of Mr. C. D. Leng. June - Japanese Admirals visit Sheffield works. July - Literary and Philosophical Society in its new home, Church Street. July - Mr. G. S. Baxter succeeds Mr. J. F. Moss as Secretary to the Education Committee. July 27th. - Trial trip of the Lusitania, the largest vessel in the world, from the yards at Clydebank of John Brown & Co., a vessel destined to be torpedoed during the war. August - Opening of the Crofts Vacation School. The Sheffield Guardians declare a profit of £316 on their farm. Staff difficulties arise in the Town Hall on the resignation of Mr. H. C. Sayer, Town Clerk, and of Mr. W. E. Hart, Deputy Town Clerk. It is decided to appoint a new Town Clerk at a salary of £1,250 per annum, with Mr. Sayer consultant for a definite period, the salaries of the department being reduced from £2,600 to £2,250. The Town Clerkship thereupon offered to Mr. Hart, who declines it in August. Motor charabanc smash at Moscar Top; four of the 29 passengers killed by the vehicle colliding with a telegraph pole. September 1st. - The new Rivelin road opened to the public. September 14th. - First issue of the Sheffield Football and Sports special. The Town Trustees give £2,500 to the Technical School for high speed tool testing plant. September - W. Nicholson, Head Smoke Inspector of Sheffield, at a Sanitary Inspectors' Conference in Llandudno, produces figures showing that Sheffield has more bright sunshine than most of the large towns. Sir James Crichton Brown thereupon asks for a definition of "Sheffield sunshine," and is supplied with the methods of recording sunshine in Sheffield and their reliability. Southbourne bought as hall of residence for men students at the Training College, the total cost being £10,000, of which £6,275 is paid by the Board of Education. September - A new tramways record, £73,514. September - Mr. J. H. Yoxall meets 108 new teachers at the Mappin Art Gallery. Mr. Samuel Roberts lectures in Sheffield on the Dangers of Socialism. Mr. H. J. Wilson replies by asking for tolerance in the matter. October - The original home of Ruskin's treasures at Walkley sold for £800. The first movement towards Town Planning occurs through a meeting in the Town Hall of fifty authorities on the subject. November - Cammell Laird get into difficulties with the Government, involving resignations. During this year very great activity occurs in iron and steel over most of the year until October, when there comes a general easing off in orders. In the lighter and the artistic trades depression occurs chiefly in cutlery and silver plating. 1908. January - Mr. George Hall's will originally contained a bequest of £50,000 on trust to be applied as his brother might direct to the foundation of a Clara Hall bequest, the income of which should go to deserving spinsters within a radius of eight miles of Sheffield, but this was revoked by a codicil on the day of testator's death. January - The first "motor cab" seen on Sheffield's streets. January - The last parade of the Hallamshire Rifles as such, Col. Hughes in an inspiring speech asking all present to join the Territorials. Mr. Robert Holmes appointed the first Sheffield officer under the Probation of Offenders Act. General Sir John French chief guest at the dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. February - The old Shrewsbury Hotel, Paradise Square, turned into a Girls' Friendly Institution. March - The coming of age of the Sharrow Cycling Club. April - It is reported that many Congregational churches are in want of pastors, notably Baldwin Street (Attercliffe), Fulwood, Mount Zion, Tapton Hill, and Wicker. Cammell Laird Ltd.'s disastrous year-- no dividends in final six months. April - Mr. Amold Muir Wilson returns from a trip round the world. Sheffield Trades Council welcomes the Old Age Pensions Act. Opening of the Annexe to the Royal Hospital at Fulwood through the generosity of Mr. S. Meggitt Johnson, who gave £5,000 towards this object. A notable campaign in favour of free speech all through the summer; many prosecutions and, in every case, fines imposed. June - The Sheffield Bishopric Fund amounts to £35,000, and it is decided to go to Parliament. Knighthood conferred on Mr. R. A. Hadfield and Colonel Chas. Allen, and at the same time Professor Henry Jackson, a Sheffielder, receives the dignity of the Order of Merit. July 1st. - First Degree Day at Sheffield University. Degrees conferred on the Duke of Norfolk, George Franklin, Colonel Vickers, C. H. Firth, Professor Henry Jackson (Cambridge), Professor Hicks, Dr. Ripper, and Professor Amold. Opening of the Borstal Club, Button Lane, the premises formerly being the Oddfellows' Arms. July - The British Medical Association pays its third visit to Sheffield. The Franco-British Exhibition in London produces extraordinary enterprise by the railways, trips at 5/6 return being run. September - TheVictoria Hall opened. October - Sandwiches provided for the unemployed, and a great Labour demonstration against it. November - Mr. Ramsay MacDonald speaks at Attercliffe at a Labour meeting. November - "Hunger Marchers" put in an appearance in Sheffield. Mr. Bonar Law lectures in the Albert Hall on Tariff Reform. November - 100 skilled Sheffield workmen start from Sheffield on a hunger march through Lancashire and Yorkshire seeking work and collecting. December - It is reported that £80,000 is withdrawn from the banks by works clubs and other workmen's societies. With great distress prevailing in the city, the G.P.O. makes an effort to provide unemployed with work at Christmas, but finds four out of every five useless. 1909. January - It is reported that on the register there are 5,033 unemployed, and that of these 3,049 are married. Temporary work is found for 2,155. Mr. Amold Muir Wilson entertains 2,000 Walkley children in January, and, later in the month, a further 4,000 at Attercliffe. February - The Right Rev. Cosmo Lang becomes Archbishop of York, paying his first visit to Sheffield on February 7th. of the same year. March - Great snowstorm in Sheffield, sixteen inches within thirty hours, total weight estimated at 2,875,000 tons on the 23,000 acres of the city. Sir Robert Hadfield pleads that Sheffield, like Woolwich, is entitled to the irreducible minimum in Government orders. March - Mr. Stuart Wortley introduces Sheffield's Bishopric Bill in the House of Commons. The Children's Act comes into force. April 26th. - The Prince and Princess of Wales open the Edgar Allen Library at the University, and the donor gives £5,000 to the Infirmary and £5,000 to the Royal Hospital. Duke of Norfolk presents Norfolk Park to the city, a gift valued at £60,000. May 21st. - Mr. Asquith, then Prime Minister, speaks in Sheffield with noisy interruptions by the Suffragettes. In May it is reported that during the most severe periods of distress the Lord Mayor's Fund amounted to £6,850, of which £6,500 had been distributed; 7,000 cases had been investigated, and 80,000 tickets of various kinds given out. June - Mr. Joseph Pointer's maiden speech in the Commons very favourably commented on. September - The Rivelin tunnel completed to carry water from the Derwent Valley to the Corporation reservoir at Rivelin. The tunnel is 7,623 yards long, and has taken five years to build, its total cost being £150,000. The two parties of workmen meet in the tunnel on September 20th. September. The river Don diverted, and new housing areas thereby formed. October - Colonel Sir Chas. Allen resigns the colonelcy of the Sheffield Artillery, and is succeeded by Colonel Chas. Clifford. October - Mr. W. F. Wardley, in an outspoken speech, refers to "the vile reptiles who are eating away Sheffield's trade." November - In the last year the Guild of Help had investigated no fewer than 8,700 cases, the first year of its existence. November - It is announced that the University has been enriched by the Hunter bequest of £15,000 for a Chair of Pathology. During this year trade is simply hand to mouth throughout. 1910. January - Record week for the trams, £6,742, as against £6,664 when the King and Queen were in Sheffield in July, 1905. Sheffield Simplex builds its first aeroplanes. March - Mr. A. J. Hobson declares that the new French tariff is ruinous to Sheffield, especially in respect of high speed steel, twist drills and electroplate. Sir George Franklin presented with his portrait, painted by Ouliss. April - Old Colours of the Hallamshire Rifles deposited in the Parish Church. April - Sir Robert and Lady Hadfield visit Japan and are honoured by the Mikado. The meetings of the Iron and Steel Institute are held in Sheffield. Death of King Edward; all places of amusement closed throughout the city, and general mourning. May - The Sheffield Coal Exchange opened. May - Alderman Brittain appointed Town Collector on the death of Sir Frederick Mappin. The Holly Court estate is offered for £40,000, but is sold to Mr. F. A. Kelley for £7,000. July - Prominent men in Sheffield discuss tar macadam. Colonel H. K. Stephenson and Colonel Chas. Clifford purchase the Redmires Racecourse as a training ground for Volunteers. August - Sixty Sheffield labourers leave Sheffield by special train for Southampton, there embarking as firemen on a White Star liner. British Association meetings are held in Sheffield, August 3lst--September 7th. President, Rev. Professor Bonney (Cambridge). A Town Planning Conference takes place at the Sheffield Town Hall. The Trade Union Congress meets in Sheffield, September 12th--17th. Dr. Coward and his Choir go to Germany for a week's concerts. September - Lord Hawke resigns the captaincy of the Yorkshire cricket team. Sir George Franklin opens new sports ground at Norton in connexion with the University, and deals with England's excessive devotion to sport and games; heedless, perhaps, of the Duke of Wellington's dictum that Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. October 18th. - The Poor Children's Holiday Association takes 100 little ones to the seaside and 257 for a country holiday, each child being away for a fortnight. November - Judge Adshead Elliott discusses the decentralizing of towns. November 15th - When the making of aeroplanes becomes an industry in Sheffield, it is recalled that a Sheffielder, Stringfellow, built his monoplane seventy years before. November - Within the same week Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. A. J. Balfour address great political meetings in Sheffield. December - The Stock Exchange takes over the old G.P.O. as headquarters. In this year trade is fairly good in Government orders, but very poor for railway material. There has been a distinct advance in best crucible steel and special alloy steel. December - Viscount Milton born, the christening taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse on February 11th, the baby being wrapped in the historic veil given by William the Conqueror to the Fitzwilliam family. Seven thousand guests entertained at the christening, and 50,000 people assembled in the park at night to see the fireworks, with an ox roasted on the North Hill. 1911. January 1st. - The centenary of the Upper Chapel celebrated. January 12th. - Mr. J. C. Clegg, as Chairman, presides over the first meeting of the Sheffield Labour Exchange Advisory Committee. On January 20th. it is humorously observed that midnight in Sheffield lasted longer than anywhere else, because of the faulty clocks, there being a difference of eight seconds in the strike in the centre of the city. January 21st. - The Archbishop, speaking in Sheffield, says it is necessary for the Church of England to take off its coat and go into the world in its shirt sleeves. It is becoming too desperately respectable. January - The local Church Extension Scheme produces new churches at New Hall, Darnall, and certain mission churches. January 25th. - The Drapers' Company of London gives £15,000 for a new wing of the Applied Science Department of the University, this largely through the kindly offices of Judge Denman Benson. Sheffield Chamber of Commerce creates a special fund of £10,000 to protect Sheffield's trade name and reputation. February - Removal of the last toll bar in Sheffield, that at Meadow Hall. The Corporation pays £1,400 or 18 years purchase to free the road. The judge of the County Court deals with the failure of a fried fish shop after being transferred from Jew to Gentile. It is suggested the failure had come about through the Jews withdrawing their custom because the cooking utensils had not been blessed by the Rabbi. March - It is suggested that local collieries do as is done in Germany, and make the miners change their clothes before going down so as to make certain no matches are carried into the pits. April - The Duke of Norfolk gives to the city Coppice Wood, Rivelin, for a King Edward VII Cripples' Home, with five acres of land. It is reported in March that Congregationalism in Sheffield included 4,199 members, 728 teachers, 8,022 scholars, an increase on the year of 49 in members and a decrease of 199 in scholars. March - The Sheffield Choir starts on its world's tour. It extended over six months, the tour being organized by Dr. Chas. Harris. 34,000 miles were covered; 134 concerts were given in Canada, Honolulu, the United States, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and South Africa. The audiences had amounted to 860,000, 74 receptions had been attended, and the total cost was £60,000, leaving a deficit of £5,000. When Mr. Joseph Ward became President of the Sheffield Sunday School Union in March, 1911, there were 159 schools, 4,238 teachers, 40,347 scholars. April - Miss Cleghorn becomes the first woman President of the National Union of Teachers. On May 25th the official figures of the census are published showing that Sheffield stands first in population in the municipalities of Yorkshire. The figures are: Sheffield 454,653, Leeds, 445,568; the ratio of increase since the previous census being Sheffield 11.14% and Leeds 3.87%. In May, Sheffield becomes the first municipality to insist on compulsory notification of consumption. The extraordinary summer of 1911 will be well remembered, and June 8th was the last day of three weeks of exceptionally fine and hot weather, the maximum being 80 degrees on that day. Mr. James Dixon's observations respecting drought were published at Fulwood. They recorded that from January to August those observations had shown a rainfall of 13.51 inches as against a 25 years average of 22.08 inches, and in the summer of 1911 the smallest rainfall had been during July, when only 0.21 inches had fallen against the average for the month of 2.81 inches. The Coronation of the King and Queen is celebrated in Sheffield in very loyal fashion. There is a children's pageant at Bramall Lane, where 30,000 people are present to watch myriad evolutions by 15,000 children. The street decorations are regarded as unsurpassed, medals are distributed to the children, and souvenir programmes to 80,000 school children. Other entertainments are given to the aged poor, 17,000 all told; band performances and fireworks in the parks, bonfires at Sky Edge, the Bole Hills, Ringinglowe, and Old Park Wood; and Coronation oaks planted. In the evening a ball is given at the Town Hall, and the passing of the inevitable illuminated car through the streets rounds off a great day. In July, what is spoken of as the largest steel ingot ever rolled, weighing 130 tons, is produced by Cammells Ltd. In July, representatives from Canada, South Africa and Australia visit Sheffield's large works. A visit also paid to Chatsworth. Mr. Edgar Allen's medico-mechanical institution in Gell Street opened for free treatment of the wage-earning classes, Mr. Allen bearing the entire cost of equipment and maintenance for three years. In August an epidemic of diarrhoea in Sheffield extends over seven weeks, the deaths attributed to it being, week ending Aug. 5th, 34; Aug. 12th, 50; Aug. 19th, 68; Aug. 26th, 54; Sept. 2nd, 52; Sept. 9th, 50; Sept. 16th, 29; Sept. 23rd, 34. Payment of £400 per annum to Members of Parliament comes into force on August 14th. The great railway strike of 1911 brings from Mr. Pointer, M.P., the expression that a sympathetic word would have prevented it, but a bullying tone had precipitated it. In September the Charity School removed to its new quarters at Psalter Lane from East Parade. On September 6th T. W. Burgess, of Rotherham, swims the Channel from the South Foreland to Cape Griznez in 22 hrs. 35 min., being second to Captain Webb in this enterprise, Webb's swim taking place in 1875. In October Professor Amold, in one of his notable lectures, speaks of smoke as Sheffield's life blood. The opening of the tower of St. Vincent's Church, White Croft, which was due to the generosity of Mr. Philip K. Wake, takes place on Oct. 29th, the ceremony being conducted by Cardinal Logue, the first Cardinal to visit Sheffield since the days of Wolsey. Sheffield Corporation's Bill is before Parliament in December, 1911, adding a million and a half to the debt, through street improvements, extension of trams, the Ewden reservoirs, the cost of the Rivelin Road, the superannuation of Corporation officials, and pensions for workmen. December 30th. - Mr. John Tudor Walters, M.P. for Brightside, is honoured by a Knighthood. 1912. The trams create a new record in Christmas week, 1911, £7,499 13s. 0d. against £7,214. In January three areas laid out in Sheffield for Town Planning. In February, Vickers complete E2, a first-class submarine for Great Britain. A curious theory expressed by experts when, in February, Sheffield, Derby and Leicester are afflicted by a scourge of typhoid. It is thought it is due to the consumption of mussels, contaminated by sewage, taken from the rivers Exe and Teign. The State Insurance Act involves many Friendly Societies. The Fitzwilliam Friendly Society is wound up in March with 123 members and funds for division amounting to £7,399, or £60 each. The Norton New Sick Society is also wound up, the 40 members sharing acccumulated funds of £2,047, and the Norton Old Friendly Society follows with 72 members and funds amounting to £1,500 for division. Tinsley absorbed by Sheffield on April 1st, adding to the city a rateable value of £35,000 and a population of 5,690. On May 1st the Shops Act and half-day closing comes into force. June 24th. - First meeting of Sheffield Insurance Committee. On July 15th Sheffield has its first real summer's day of the year, and to that point summer had been one of the wettest and coldest ever remembered. H.M.S. Audacious, the first British-built warship for Great Britain, and built by Cammell Laird & Co., launched at Birkenhead. The final service is held in Townhead Street Chapel on Sept. 22nd, after the building had been sold to the Roman Catholics, with which sect the Jews were also bidding. It is explained that the reason for sale was because of a dwindling congregation, and it is stated that the proceeds will be used to assist needy Baptist congregations in the city. In September Sheffield becomes owner of a new park, relatives of Dr. Payne, of Loxley House, giving 70 acres of Wadsley Chase to the city as open space. In October the Town Trustees begin laying out the Machon House estate, Fulwood, as a garden suburb. The year 1912 saw a great boom in the history of all towns identified with the steel and iron industry, and "the bedrock on which it rested unquestionably lay on armament orders, Sheffield's many orders coming from almost every quarter of the world and trade being very good throughout." Mr. Rossiter Hoyle, then Master Cutler, speaks strongly during his year of office of the inclination of young men in the city to accept clerkships as their life-work when the great works are crying out for skilled manipulators in steel. 1913. At the annual meeting of the Sheffield Savings Bank in January, it is stated that the amount due to depositors has been increased during the year by £59,000, and that if the coal strike and the operations of the Insurance Act had not interfered, this sum would have been increased by a further £50,000. January - The first unemployment benefits under the Insurance Act received by 300 Sheffield workmen. The first town-planning area approved by the Council-- that at Ecclesall, Woodseats and Abbeydale. On May 23rd the tablet in memory of the Sheffield soldiers who fell in the Boer War is unveiled. The York Diocesan Conference held in Sheffield for the last time. December - Opening of the Sheffield Diocesan House. December - 100th Concert by Sheffield Amateur Musical Society. Chief performance: "The Dream of Gerontius." December - Estimated cost of education for year ending March, 1915, £412,283, an advance on previous year of £9,832. 1914. January - Medical Officer's report shows that 1913 was a healthy year in Shefheld, the death rate being 15.7 as against the average for previous ten years of 16.6. Only twice had it been lower, 14.2 in 1910, and 14.3 in 1912. February - A 10,500 h.p. turbo-alternator, said to be the largest in this country, started at the Corporation Electricity Station by the Lord Mayor. March 11th. - Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sheffeld Flood. March 21st. - The Rev. Dr. Hedley Burrows, first Bishop of the new Diocese of Sheffield, "accepted and invested" in York Minster by the Arch-bishop of York. March 27th. - Vickers declare a dividend of 12% on the ordinary stock after a record in profits, £911,996, being £32,000 over the previous record in 1906. April 2nd. - All the collieries in Yorkshire close down, it being estimated that 170,000 men are on strike. The ballot of the Yorkshire miners on the question of accepting the proposals submitted by the Conciliation Board especting the Minimum Wage dispute and returning to work at once results in 27,259.for, and 11,393 against; majority for returning to work, 15,866. April - The new Mortuary and Coroner's Court opened. May 1st. - Dr. Hedley Burrows enthroned in Sheffield Cathedral as Sheffield's first Bishop. May 5th. - The Master Cutler presents to the Chamber of Commerce a gold enamelled badge, set with diamonds, to be worn by the President annually elected by the Chamber. The Chinese Ambassador and his wife visit Mr. Arthur Balfour in Sheffield. June - Annual meeting of the Federation of Master Printers and Allied Trades of Great Britain opens its 14th Conference in Sheffield, the delegates being received by the President, Mr. G. E. Stembridge. June - Governors of Sheffield University decide that Latin shall no longer be a compulsory subject. June 16th. - Sir John Bingham, at York, makes a striking appeal for national service. June 18th. - Sir Robert Hadfield entertains Herr Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach in Sheffield. July - Chas. S. Jagger, a former student in the Sheffield Technical School, awarded the Rome Scholarship in sculpture on the recommendation of the Faculty of Science of the British School at Rome. August 4th. - War declared and Sheffield Territorials mobilize.

Kelly's 1925 directory. Longbottom & Co.Ltd.coal merchants, London, Midland & Scottish Railway goods depot, Carlisle Street East. Longbottom & Co. Ltd. coal merchants, London Midland & Scottish coal depot,. Chesterfield Road. Longbottom & Co. Ltd. coal merchants, 18 & 19 Park Station, Furnial Road. Longbottom & Co Ltd. colliery agents, Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge. Longbottom & Co. Ltd. coal merchants, Pond Street Coal Depot. Longbottom & Co. Ltd. colliery agents, 21 Rowland Street. Longbottom & Co Ltd. colliery agents, Brightside Wharf, Savile Street East.

Looking at Neddy's maps I can only go on the last one which is an area of Sheffield I know well. The Arbourthorne estate is complete, built in 1935 -38, and it includes the 2 cul-de-sac streets Algar Drive and Algar Place which were added in 1946 to accomodate the post war emergency housing programme prefabs, so the maps cannot predate 1946 Notable ommisions from the map include the Norfolk Park estate (1965-66), The Central Technical School / Ashleigh building (1961), Brimmersfield Close on the site of the old coal tip (1958) The Herdings estate (1959), Hurlfield Boys school (1956) and the Arbourthorne site of Hurlfield Girls school (1954) This would date the map to the 8 year period 1946 to 1954

I have picked up in my studies another person involved in the slave trade who lived in Sheffield and became rich from it and that was Edward Bennet, who lived in Coal Pit Lane and who built a sugar refinery. His sugar came from Liverpool, but he is also listed as an investor in a slaving ship along with Thomas Staniforth. His became a preacher and built a Chapel at the same time he was importing sugar from Liverpool. His father was an early Methodist and friends with Whitefield one of the leading abolitionists. So one wonders what the conversations were like in their family. When Edward died his estate went to George Bennet who became a clergyman, a missionary and an abolitionist and was a founder member of the Sunday school movement in 1813 together with James Montgomery. It is said that George Bennet was a big influence on Mary Ann Rawson, of Attercliffe and Wincobank.

Alsop Henry spring knife cutler Coalpit lane Allen Thomas snuffer maker Baily street Antt Joseph and son merchants Lambert street Ashforth Ellis, and Co. platers Bates Thomas, Samuel, and George filesmiths Bailey Joseph scissar maker West Bar Barber Frances fendersmith Spring street Barns Isaac penknife cutler Campo lane Barns Thomas penknife cutler Smithfield Bateman George spring knife cutler Smithfield Beely Thomas spring knife cutler Pond lane Beat John table knife cutler Norfolk street Betts Silvanus filesmith Lambert street Bishop George wood shife and edge tool maker Birks William and Son silver handle knife and fork, razor, and penknife manufacturers Billam John table knife cutler Church lane Binney Joseph penknife cutler Campo lane Bland Thomas merchant, edge tool, hammer, and spade maker Paradise square Blonk Benjamin and Co fine scissar makers and factors Surry street Bower Joseph cutler Hollis’s croft Broomhead and Ward table knife cutlers Pond lane Broomhead Hannah cutler Lambert’s croft Bramall George scissar maker Pinston’s croft lane Bramall James table knife cutler Porto Bello Broomhead Joseph and Benjamin manufacturers Far gate Bright Joseph snuff box maker, and case knife cutler Hollis croft Briddock George, and Outrim penknife cutlers Lambert street Broomhead, Wilkinson, and Brittain merchants and manufacturers Arundel street Brownell John ironmonger West bar green Brown George penknife cutler Coal pit lane Burdett John brass dog collar, silver sleeve button, silver, plated, and mettal seal maker Peacroft Burch George pocket and penknife cutler Spring street Cam James file-smith Spring street Cadman David razor-smith and cutler Backfield Cawton Joshua and son spring and table-knife makers Snighill Clarke Thomas Newbould table and pen knife cutler Clough and Taylor merchants High street Colley Thomas table-knife cutler Back lane Cowin John button maker Lambert croft Cooper Edward button maker Fargate Coe Joseph cutler Fargate Crooke James file maker Church lane Crestwick Joseph cutler and fleam maker Fargate Dakin George fine scissar maker Lambert croft Dawson Samuel attorney Paradise row Darlin George table-knife cutler Holli’s croft Dennyworth Jonathan cutler Smithfield Dickinson and Baker tobacconists Fargate Dixen Gilbert attorney Sycamore street Didsbury Thomas mercer Market place Dixon James spring-knife cutler Holli’s croft Duckenfield Francis merchant and factor Campo lane Ellis Jonathan attorney Church yard Elliot Charles grocer High street Fenton and Henfrey japanners and painters in general Arundell street Firth Joseph grocer and tea dealer Snig hill Fowler Samuel scissar maker White croft Fox William pocket, pen knife and razor maker West bar Fowler Josiah cutler Coal pit lane Fox and Norris razor and pen knife makers West bar Furness James grocer Market place Foster Richard button maker and cutler Sonds Garlick Mary and son cutlers Norfolk street Genn John file smith Spring street Gillat Henry spring knife cutler Keely Goddard Thomas pen knife cutler Lambert croft Green Hannah and son edge tool makers Burgess street Green James pen knife cutler Bayley street Greaves and Woodhead merchants Norfolk street Greaves Samuel grocer Fargate Hancock Joseph cutler Norfolk street Hawkesly Joshua filesmith West bar Green Hall George spotted horn knife cutler Union street Hall James perfumer Fargate Harrison John cutler and saw maker Holli’s croft Hancock Charles spring knife cutler Scotland Hawksworth Joseph manufacturer, of table knives and forks Lambert croft Hawke Francis file-smith Smithfield Haglehurst Hannah and son merchants Market place Henfrey John fine scissar and snuffer maker Norfolk street Henfrey Benjamin fine scissar manufactury Arundell street Henfrey Samuel steel spring snuffer, scissar and steel cat maker Spring street Hepstentall and Kay file smiths Pea croft Henson Joseph inn keeper, Horse and Cat High street Hippenstall John linen and woollen draper Irish cross Holy Daniel, and Co. platers Norfolk street Holy and Newbould button manufacturers Sheffield Moor Hoole Benjamin fine scissar maker Spring street Hoole John button maker Coal pit lane Hutton Henry pocket and penknife cutler Coal pit lane Jacobs Richard engraver Burgess street Jackson Nicholas file maker Wicker Jessop John file maker Holli’s croft Jessop Richard cutler and brass ink pot maker Coal pit lane Ibberson John penknife cutler Gibralter Ibberson Joseph merchant and manufacturer Norfolk street Jebson Matthew table knife cutler Broad lane Jervis John cutler Pea croft Justice Paris cutler, razor smith and mark maker West bar Kent Richard and Son penknife cutlers Holli’s croft Kemp Newton cutler Norfolk street Kelk Charles spring knife cutler Westbar Green Kenyon John Frith Woolhouse and Bamford ironmongers Pond’s Forge and Slitting Mill Kenyon John filesmith, slit iron, bolted iron, hoop and steel Hollis Street Kippax and Knowel Wholesale cutlers and silversmiths Kitchen John cheesefactor and corndealer Snig Hill Kirkby Samuel razor maker Copper street Knowles Francis penknife cutlers White croft Law Thomas, and Co. platers and silver cutlers Norfolk street Leadbater John razor maker Copper street Law Joseph Filesmith Gibraltar Law Philip edge tool maker Coalpit lane Lambert Robert grocer and tea dealer Market place Leathley Benjamin cutler and ivory cutter Holli croft Lindley William and Son cutler Pondwell hill Littlewood John manufacturer of silver handled table knives and forks West bar green Linley William razor maker, and cast-steel and frizing knife maker Spring street Loftus and Brightman manufacturers Church lane Ludlam Elizabeth cutler Burgess street Madin and Trickett cutlers and platers Farfield Mappin Jonathan plater and cup-maker Fargate Manguall and Faulkner Merchants Norfolk street Martin Charles springknife cutler Pond lane Marriott Thomas razor maker Cropper street Marsden William Fellmonger Tower street Midgeley Thomas table-knife cutler Bridgehouses Matthews John penknife cutler West bar green Matthews Samuel tableknife cutler Lambert croft Newsom Kemp Isiah penknife cutler Norfolk street Newton Francis grocer Bull stake Newbould Samuel sheersmith Coalpit lane Nowell Joseph cutler Copper street Norcross William fine scissars maker Lambert street Oates Christopher table knife cutler White croft Oates John spring knife cutler Little Sheffield Osborne George spring knife cutler Little-Sheffield Owen Robert pocket and table knife cutler West bar green Parker Thomas and Ebenezer cutlers and factors Holy croft Parker Ehhu table knife cutler and factor Pea croft Parker Kenyon attorney Bull stake Parkin Thomas cutler Scotland Parkins Joseph and sons razor makers Campo lane Patten Hannah cutler silver street Patten George pen knife and pocketknife cutler Coalpit lane Pearson and Ashmore Metal button makers Coalpit lane Pearson Jarvis scissar maker Paver street Pearson William druggist High street Penlington Samuel Cheesefactor King street Peach Samuel inn-keeper, Angel market place, Birmingham and London Coaches every day, and Post-chaises Proctors and Beilby Opticians Milk street Pryor Thomas fine scissars, and surgeon’s instrument maker Gibraltar Rayner Turner and son merchants York street Revill Charles filesmith Hill Revill George and sons razor and jack penknife maker New street Riding James and sons cutlers Copper street Roebuck Benjamin and son merchants Church lane Rodgers Josiah and Maurice penknife and razor makers Hollis croft Rose William penknife cutler Coal pit lane Roberts Jacob and Samuel cutlers Union street Roberts, Eyre and Co. silversmiths and platers Union street Rowbotham John silversmith and cutler Norfolk street Rowbotham John grocer Sims croft Rutherford William case maker China square Salt John silversmith and cutler Norfolk street Sauer, Eyre and Co. merchants Union street Shaw Jonathan malster Shire bridge Shepard John razor maker Hollis croft Shemel, Parkin, Hague, and Staniforth merchants and manufacturers of cutlery Arundell street Shipley John currier King street Shaw Thomas clasp maker Fig street Simmons Samuel stationer Market place Smith William scissar smith Hollis croft Smith Sarah and son filesmiths Back lane Smith Samuel tableknife cutler Scotland Smith George razor and penknife cutler Smithfield Smith John spring knife cutler Grindle gate Smith George filesmith Church lane Smith Samuel filesmith Heely Smith John grocer and tea dealer Snig hill Smith Thomas ironmonger High street Smith and Vavasour working jewellers & toymen Market place Smelter George and Philip raff merchants Castle fold Spencer Matthias and sons filesmith Pea croft Staniland Richard razor maker Burgess street Staniforth Samuel woollen draper and merchants Market place Stansfield John apothecary and man-midwife High street Stanley Samuel table knife cutler Scotland Saniland John table knife cutler Pond lane Stead Richard and son cutlers Holles croft Sykes John and Dennis manufacturers of wood, ivory, silver and plated table knives and forks Sutton William razor maker Ponds market Swift John cutler and scissar maker China square Swallow Joseph spotted penknife cutler Smithfield Tillotson Thomas tableknife cutler Coal pit lane Townshend James pocket knife cutler Smithfield Trickitt William cutler Arundel street Trickitt Enoch and James filesmiths Coal pit lane Travis Nathaniel penknife cutler White cross Turner Samuel mercer Market place Turner Nicholas filesmith Lambert croft Tudor and Leader silversmiths and platers Sycamore hill Twigg Jonathan penknife cutler Broad lane end Warburton Samuel tableknife cutler Wainwright and Staniland tableknife cutlers Hollis croft Waterhouse John horn button maker Newfield green Waterhouse Jeremiah cuttoe and knife Ward James pocket and penknife cutler Spring street Ward Jeremiah cutler Castle green Ward William bookseller and printer Market street Warburton Samuel penknife and razor maker Westbrook Joseph scissar maker Westbrook green Watson Thomas innkeeper, George White Samuel filesmith Bayly fields Winter, Parsons and Hall platers Market place Withers Benjamin and Co manufacturers of silver, ivory, plated and wood handle, tableknives and forks, razors, penknives and stamp’d penknives Pinston cross lane Wilde William file maker Church lane Windle Edmund tableknife cutler Lambert street Wilde Margaret filesmith Hollis croft Wilde Hannah and son filesmith Hollis croft Wild Jonathan and son penknife cutlers Kims court Wilson Elizabeth penknife cutler Church street Wood George scissar maker Pea croft Wood Benjamin and son mettle and horn button makers Lambert street Wortley John fine scissar maker Copper street Wright William razor maker Gibralter Young, Greaves and Hoyland silversmiths and manufacturers of plated wares and buttons Union street

If you look carefully they carry a sign saying they are the responsibility of the Coal Authority.. As a local I was informed they were to vent any build up of gas from the long closed Holbrook Colliery upon whose site hundreds of new homes have been built over last 20 or so years.. Incidentally, parts of the area were also "blessed", for a time, with a build up of radon gas.

Am i right in thinking that the coal Shute going down into the cellar would be located on the front of the property? The dig site on Bing Maps.

July 1 1 July 1890 Death of Mr Oliver Cromwell (!), manager of the Alexandra Theatre, aged 55 1 July 1908 Sheffield University's first graduation ceremony. Degrees conferred on, amongst others : the Duke of Norfolk, George Franklin and Colonel Vickers. 1 July 1916 The Sheffield City Battalion take part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme and fail to capture the town of Serre. 513 officer and men are killed, wounded or missing with another 75 sustaining minor wounds. 1 July 1932 Marcia Ashton, actress born Sheffield. Marcia found fame playing Jean Crosby in Brookside. 1 July 1946 Robert "Doc" Cox one time That's Life presenter in the 1980's. Cox was also a "musician" who went under the name "Ivor Biggun" renowned for smutty songs! 1 July 1961 Professional cyclist Malcolm Elliot born 1961 in Wadsley. The highlight of his career was winning two gold medals at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games in 1982. July 2 2 July 1935 Sheffield (Un)Employment exchange offices opened on West Street. 2 July 1981 Billie Gillespie, former Sheffield United Footballer dies 1981. Gillespie played for Sheffield Unted between 1913 and 1932. He played 25 caps for Ireland and made 492 appearances for United scoring 137 goals. 2 July 1998 Steve Bruce appointed manager of Sheffield United. 2 July 2008 Steve Watson appointed Sheffield Wednesday club captain to succeed Lee Bullen 3 July July 3 1897 John Wood Johnson, a clerk, charged with committing fraud by selling bogus shares in the Pure Ice Company; sentenced at the Sessions to six months imprisonment. July 3 1933 Wesleyan Reform annual conference held in Sheffield and Cllr. Luther Milner elected President. July 3 1937 Plans were published for a new civic centre for Sheffield which included new law courts and Police HQ, and new colleage of Arts & Crafts and extensions to the town hall. July 3 1996 Rt Rev. John Rawsthorne succeeded Gerald Moverly as RC Bishop of Hallam. July 4 4 July 1794 James Montgomery launched the 'Sheffield Iris' newspaper. 4th July 1910 Head Post Office opened in Fitzalan Square at a cost of £70,000. July 4 1918. American Independence Day is honoured for the first time in Sheffield by games in the grounds of Bramall Lane in which American soldiers give a baseball display. (Note that at this time the pavilion at Bramall Lane is being used as a convalescent home for WW1 soldiers). 4th July 1929 178th Endcliffe Congregational scout group opened (closed 1939) 4 July 1945 William Henry Ellis died. Ellis was born in Pitsmoor and was a Steelmaker. He was elected Master Cutler in 1914, a position he held until 1918 because of WW1. In 1925/6 he was elected Predident of the Institute of Civil Engineers. 4 July 1976 The Clash play their first ever gig supporting the Sex Pistols at the Black Swan on Snig Hill. 4 July 2006 Popular Sheffield Wednesday player Jon Paul McGovern leaves Wednesday for MK Dons. 4 July 2007 Billy Sharp rejoins Sheffield United from Scunthorpe. 4 July 2007 Phil Jagielka leaves Sheffield United for Everton after 254 games and scoring 18 goals. July 5 5 July 1773 First official meeting of Sheffield Assay office. 5 July 1791 Samuel Bailey born. Bailey was a British political philsosopher and has been referred to as the 'Bentham of Hallamshire' He unsuccessfully stood for parliament on a radical liberal ticket a couple of times. On his death in 1870 he left £80,000 to the Town Trustees to use in the town. 5 July 1913 National Pilmgramage of Suffragettes entered Shaeffield and held a rally attended by 5,000 supporters. 5 July 1930 Viscount Plummer, Sir Hugh Bell, John Galsworthy and Sir Henry Hucklow receive honorary degrees from Sheffield University. 5 July 1933 City Council take the decision to replace trams with buses on the Nether Edge route. 5 July 1934 The Graves Art Gallery & Central Library opened by the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth) 5 July 1935 Mr Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Education was the chief guest at the forfeit feast. 5 July 1936 International Congress on Glass held in London. The delegates arrive in Sheffield to spend serveral days. 5 July 1948 The National Health Service is born July 5 1954. Carroll Levis appears at Sheffield Empire with his famous “Discoveries” show seeking local entertainment stars of the future. July 6 6 July 1887 Water famine in the Handsworth District 6 July 1887 Small-pox reappears in Sheffield and becomes epidemic. 6 July 1906 One time racing driver Cuth Harrison born Ecclesall. Harrison would be more successful building up a car dealership TC Harrison 6 July 1928 Peter Glossop, famous English opera singer born in Wadsley. To date Glossop has been the only Englishman to sing Verdi at La Scala. 6 July 1931 Sheffield Cathedral struck by lightening during a storm. 6 July 1993 Sheffield born astronomer, John Gatenby Bolton died. 6 July 1998 Sheffield born cricketer Alan Revill died. 7 July 7th July 1891 Death (at Blackpool) of Mayor of Sheffield, Alderman Samuel Osborn (aged 64) Miss Ruth Edwards, a Sheffield nurse, takes carbolic acid in a train between Scarbor' and Malton, and dies. July 7 1960 Sheffield Cricketer Emmanuel Vincent died 7th July 1961 65th St Bartholomew's Church scout group re opened 131st Birley Carr scout group re opened July 7 1886 General Election held. July 7 1887 First edition of Sheffield Evening Telegraph published. July 7 1923 York and Lancaster Regiment memorial in Weston park unveiled by Lord Plummer July 7 1930 Manor Community Association established. July 7 1930 Upperthorpe & Killamarsh Railway Station closed. July 7 1998 Danny Wilson becomes manager of Sheffield Wednesday. July 7 2004 Sheffield Wednesday sign Steve McLean from Glasgow Rangers - he would go on to score 34 goals in 89 games for the Owls. July 7 2005 Terrorist bombs on the London Transport network kill 52 people and severly disrupt transport connections to London including those from Sheffield. July 8 8 July 1831 Yorkshire cricketer Joseph Rowbotham born in Highfield Sheffield 8 July 1903 Yorkshire cricketer, Harry Pearson, died at Nether Edge, Sheffield 8 July 1929 Kiveton Bridge Railway station opened. July 9 9 July 1833 Thomas Edward Vickers born. Vickers was a JP, Master Cutler and Hon.Colonel of the Hallamshire Battalion. 9 July 1918 Former Sheffield Wednesday player Findlay Weir killed in action serving with the Royal Engineers during WW1. Weir played for Wednesday 71 times between 1909-1911 when he was transferred to Tottenham. 9 July 1934 Former Sheffield United footballer, Graham Shaw born. Shaw played for United between 1951 and 1967, making 498 appearances, scoring 15 goals and won 5 England Caps. 9 July 1974 Sir Harry Brittain died. Brittain was born in Ranmoor and later became a journalist. Knighted for his wartime service, in 1918 he was elected as a Conservative MP for Acton and served until 1929. He pushed through the Preservation of Birds Act and also wrote a number of books. 9 July 1988 Bruce Springsteen played at Bramall Lane. July 10 10 July 1922 Former Sheffield United footballer Fred Furniss born Sheffield. Furniss played 279 games for United between 1946 and 1955. 10 July 1933 Blacka Moor, which had been given to the City of Sheffield by the Graves Trust, was "opened" by the Lord Mayor. 10 July 1935 Coal Aston hosts the Great Yorkshire show. The Price of Wales visited on the second day. 10 July 1981 Rioting breaks out in a number of British cities, to varying degrees, including Sheffield. 10 July 1988 Bruce Springsteen plays second night at Bramall Lane July 11 11 July 1896 Sheffield Corporation took over the Tramway system in Sheffield. 11 July 1929 Billy Mosforth footballer died. Played for Sheffield Albion, Zulus, Rovers, Wednesday and United as well as England in a career between 1876 and 1890. He was known as the 'Little Wonder'. 11 July 1933 Sheffield's plan to take over Norton Rural District was approved by the House of Lords. 11 July 1934 Firth Vickers Stainless Steels Limited was created by a merger between Firth Brown and the English Steel Corporation. July 12 12 July 1905 Royal visit by King Edward VII including the River Don works of Vickers & Maxims and the official opening of Sheffield University. 12th July 1909 19th Norton scout group opened 12 July 1923 Extension to the Tramway opened on the Fulwood Route to Canterbury Avenue 12 July 1928 Extension to the Tramway opened on the Millhouses Line - Abbey Lane to Meadowhead 12 July 1956 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer Tony Galvin born 12 July 1956. The former Hull University Russian Studies student played 36 League Games scoring one goal. 12 July 1976 Phillip Allen former Civil Servant was created Baron Abbeydale in the City of Sheffield. 12 July 1977 The Queen made a royal visit to Sheffield during her Jubilee year. 12 July 2006 Former Mexico Olympic bronze medal winner John Sherwood retired as a PE teacher after 40 year PE teaching at Firth Park Schools. July 14 14 July 1811 Sir Sitwell Sitwell of Renishaw Hall died. 14 July 1845 Deepcar, Wortley and Wadsley Bridge Railway Stations opened. 14 July 1901 Mark Hooper, former Sheffield Wednesday winger born Darlington. Played for Wednesday between 1928 and 1938 appearing 423 times and scoring 136 goals. 14th July 1923 145th St Silas' scout group opened 14 July 1928 Harry Johnson, the Sheffield United centre-forward, marries Miss Pickering at Southport. 14 July 1937 The Albert Hall in Barker's Pool destroyed by fire. 14th July 1952 162nd Burngreave Rd Methodist Church scout group re opened 272nd Manor Lane Methodist scout group opened 14 July 1991 The XV1 Summer Universiade or World Student Games is opened by Princess Anne. Helen Sharman unfortunately drops the torch at the ceremony but still manages to light the flame. 14 July 1993 Leeds United pay a record £2.9 million to sign Brian Deane from Sheffield United. July 15 15 July 1779 First recorded assembly in Paradise Square. John Wesley spoke to the "largest congregation" he ever saw on a weekday. 15 July 1817 Sir John Fowler, British Railway Engineer born in Wadsley. Fowler is perhaps best know for he work on the Forth Railway bridge. 15 July 1841 George Pinder, Yorkshire and England cricketer born in Ecclesfield. 15 July 1909 Official opening of Abbeyfield Park 15 July 1942 The newspaper which began life as the Sheffield Daily Telegraph in 1855 is rebranded as the "Sheffield Telegraph" 15 July 1966 World Cup match at Hillsborough Switzerland 1 Spain 2 15 July 1983 Leslie Stannard Hunter, 2nd Bishop of Sheffield, died. July 16 16 July 1849 "This corner stone OF CHRIST CHURCH Pitsmoor was laid on the 16th day of July AD 1849 by THOMAS SUTTON D.D. Vicar of Sheffield". 16 July 1933 Former Sheffield Brightside MP John Tudor Walters died. Walters was elected in 1906 and lost the seat in 1922 having served as Paymaster General whilst in the House. 16 July 1943 Rt Revd John Nicholls born, Nicholls was the sixth Bishop of Sheffield and held the office between 1990 and 2008. 16 July 1957 Former Sheffield United footballer Albert Sturgess died. Sturgess played for United between 1908 and 1922 making 353 appearaances. Sturgess also gained two England caps. 16 July 1957 Prolific Sheffield United striker Keith Edwards born. Despite only standing at 5ft 7 1/2 inches Edwards scored 171 goals in two spells at United, making 293 appearances. 16 July 1966 Jimmy Seed, former Sheffield Wednesday player died. Seed played for Wednesday between 1926 and 1931 and helped Wednesday to two Division One Championships. July 16 1973 Floods hit Sheffield - highest rainfall recorded in 24 hours since records began in 1881. July 17 17 July 1866 A National Trades Union conference was held in Sheffield and led to the formation of a UK Alliance of Organised Trades. 17 July 1930 David Lunn, Former Bishop of Sheffield 1980-1997, born. July 18 18th July 1912 30th Highfields scout group opened 18th July 1921 136th St John's, Church Park scout group opened 18 July 1931 Olympic hurdles champion, Lord Burghley appeared at a sports event at Brammall Lane. 18 July 1932 Banner Cross Hall was bought by Mr Charles Boot for his company Charles Boot & Sons Limited. July 19 19 July 1821 St George's Church Portobello. The first stone was laid on 19th July 1821 by Thomas Sutton the then vicar of Sheffield on the coronation day of King George IV, hence the name St George. 19th July 1916 88th Clay Street scout group opened 19 July 1938 Royal visit by the Duchess of Gloucester who laid the foundation stone of the new maternity block at Jessop's Hospital for Women, opened a new ward at the Children's Hospital and launched the Shefield Voluntary Hospital's Million Pound appeal. 19 July 1966 Before a crowd of 31,000 Argentina defeated Switzerland 2-0 on a Group 2 World Cup game at Hillsborough. 19 July 2008 The first match Rotherham United played at the Don Valley was a pre season friendly game against Derby County on 19 July 2008 July 20 20th July 1911 20th Ecclesall Church scout group opened (Still open) 21st Cherry Tree scout group opened 22nd Christ Church (not clear which) scout group opened 20 July 1934 Tapton Court Nurse's Home opened. Another gift from J.G.Graves who presented Tapton Court to the Royal Hospital in 1933. 20 July 1939 Severe weather hits Sheffield and flooding occurs some areas, nearly an inch of rain falls in twenty minutes at Weston Park and several buildings are struck by lightning. July 21 21 July 1773 David Bradbury swore the oath as the first Sheffield Assay Master before the master of the Mint. 21 July 1821 Foundation STone of St George's Church Portobello, laid. 21 July 1830 St Mary's church was built under the "Million Pound" act, at a cost of over £12,500, on a site given by the Duke of Norfolk.The first stone was laid on 12th October 1826 by the Countess of Surrey, and the church was consecrated on 21st July 1830. 21 July 1897 Anthony John Mundella died. Liberal MP Politician and reformer. 21st July 1915 70th Ridgeway scout group opened 72nd St Peter's Abbeydale scout group opened 73rd Bromwich Rd, Woodseats scout group opened 74th Oak St UMC Sunday school scout group opened (Still open) 75th Chantrey scout group opened 76th All Saint's Mission scout group opened 77th St Charles' RC scout group opened July 22 22 July 1588 Sheffield Born Catholic priest James Clayton died in Derby Goal. 22 July 1848 The M.S.L. railway purchased the Sheffield Canal Jul 22 1890 Death of Alderman Robert Thomas Eadon of Moses Eadon and Son, aged 67 22nd July 1891 Edward Gilbert falls from the steeple of St. Matthew's Church and is killed. Liquidators of the Yorkshire Building Society accept £7750 in settlement of their claim of £8856 (up to the 28th February last) Ady Ashby committed for the murder of her infant at Attercliffe. Acquitted on the capital charge; two months for concealment of birth. 22nd July 1899 Messers Boswell and Hadfield form a new company to carry on their business in Mary Street, and to introduce American cutlery machines to Sheffield. 22 July 1930 A new director- producer of the Sheffield Repertory Company is appointed. Arnold Renor replaced Maxwell Wray. 22 July 1935 Former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Ron Springett born. Springett made 384 appearance for the Owls and was in the 1966 World Cup squad. In June 2009 he finally received a World Cup winners medal. 22nd July 1944 130th St Clement's scout group opened 164th Stannington scout group opened (still open) 252nd Hillsborough ATC scout group opened 253rd High Storrs scout group opened 255th Woodhouse West School scout group opened 22 July 1960 Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Bannister born. Bannister scored 55 goals in 118 appearances for Wednesday. 22 July 1985 Sir Peter Roberts, Conservative MP for Esslesall and later Heeley died. He was created a Baron in 1955 of 'Ecclesall and the Queen's Tower' July 23 23 July 1791 Three Enclosure Commissioners write to the Home Office requesting military aid to surpress rioting in the town. 23rd July 1913 39th Don scout group opened 23rd July 1920 124th Endcliffe scout group opened 125th Crookes Welfare scout group opened 23 July 1936 HMS Sheffield launched. Sheffield was launched in Newcastle by the Duchess of Kent. 23 July 1966 World Cup International at Hillsborough - 23/7/1966 West Germany 4 Uraguay 0 July 24 24 July 1588 The nearest Sheffield has got to a saint? Robert Ludlum, Sheffield born Roman Catholic priest was executed at Derby Goal. He was made Venerable in 1891 and was beatified in 1929, one step away from full sainthood. 24 July 1800 Henry Shaw, Botanist, born in Sheffield. Founded the Missouri Botanical gardens in the US 24 July 1861 William Sykes born. Sykes was the Vicar of Hillsborough & Wadsley 1895-1919. 24 July 1930 The first new Library in Sheffield since 1906 was opened on this day. Firth Park Library was opened by Lord Ponsonby. 24 July 1988 John Harris, Sheffield United Manager 1969-1973, died. 24 July 1991 Ben Needham, young lad from Sheffield, disappeared on the Greek Island of Kos. July 25 25 July 1849 What is considered to by the first 'Roses Match' between Yorkshire and Lancashire took place in Hyde park, Manchester. The teams were actually Sheffield and Manchester Cricket clubs bu the match was billed @Yorkshire vs Lancashire and Yorkshire won by 5 wickets. 25 July 1855 The Roman Catholic Sisters of Notre Dame arrive in Sheffield. They take over Holy Green House in the moor, formerly the home of TB Holy. 25th July 1925 156th Firth Park scout group opened 157th Perseverance scout group opened 158th Holy Trinity Church scout group opened 25th July 1927 167th King Edward VII School 'A' scout group opened July 25 1959. Post Master-General Ernest Marples announces the introduction of postal codes on letters will start soon �"first experiment is to be in Norwich. 25 July 1980 Britsih Open Squash Champion (2006) Nick Matthew born in Sheffield. July 26 26 July 1932 Hillsborough barracks offered up at auction by the War department. After only attracting a high bid of £12,000 they were withdrawn from sale. 26 July 1988 HMS Sheffield, type 22 Frigate, commissioned at Hull. 26 July 1995 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer Dennis Woodhead died. 26 July 2006 The Denniss Dominator Bus was withdrawn from South Yorkshire/Sheffield bus routes. July 27 27th July 1892 Alarming increase of lunacy in the West Riding. Outbreak of smallpox at Handsworth Woodhouse 27th July 1936 221st Frecheville scout group opened 27 July 1944 Sadly missed comedian. folk musician, broadcaster & actor Tony Capstick born in Appleby. 27 July 1950 Now this is a find! Former Paper Lace guitarist Michael Vaughan (not him!) born in Sheffield. Paper Lace had a No 1 single in 1974 with 'Billy don't be a Hero" 27th July 1959 283rd St Peter's Abbeydale scout group opened 27 July 1978 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer Brian Barry Murphy born. July 28 28 July 1791 A 'mob" broke into the debtors goal and attacked Vicar Wilkinson's home at Broomhall and burnt his library. The Notts Light Dragoons were called to deal with the unrest. 28 July 1849 Ownership of Sheffield Canal passed to Don Navigation Company. 28 July 1900 New tram route from the Moor to Woodseats Road opened. 28 July 1930 First TV appearance on TV by a British Cabinet Minister. A. V. Alexander MP for Hillsborough appeared from the Baird studios. 28 July 1930 The Sheffield Progressive Party - an alliance of Tories, Citizen's Party and bosses formed to fight the 'evils" of Socialism 28 July 1965 Nephew of Gordon Banks! and former Pulp drummer Nick Banks born. July 29th 29 July 1857 On this day in 1857 Lt. George Lambert's brave actions during the Indian mutiny at Onoa led to him being awarded the VC. He was serving with the 84 Regiment of Foot (later the 2nd BT. Y&L) and later died in Hillsborough Barracks in 1860 and is buried in Wardsend Cemetery. 29 July 1874 St. John the Baptist Church, Penistone Road consecrated by William Thomson, Archbishop of York. 29 July 1939 David 'Bronco' Layne, Sheffield Wednesday footballer. Made 74 appearances and scored 52 goals. Later landlord of Crown Inn Brightside. Born is Sheffield 29th July 1952 273rd St Mary's Handsworth scout group opened (still open) 29 July 1956 Viv Anderson former Sheffield Wednesday player and captain born in Nottingham. 29 July 1968 Yorkshire TV & Calendar News went on air. 29 July 1975 Royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II. She opened the new South Yorkshire Police HQ at Snig Hill. She also went 600 yards underground at Silverwood Colliery to observe work at the coal face. 29 July 2007 Merger between the Co-operative Group and United Co-operative Group ( which had merged with Sheffield Co-op in 2006) for form largest co-operative organisation in UK. 29 July 2008 Eric Varley, MP for Chesterfield and Secretary of State for Energy from, 1974 died. On his retirement from the Commons he was replaced by Tony Benn. July 30 30 July 1921 One time Sheffield United manager Harry Haslam born. 30 July 1932 Abbeydale Park hosts an women's football international. An all England English team beat France 4-2. 30 July 1972 Sheffield Wednesday footballer Jackie Robinson died.Robinson played 108 League games scoring 34 goals in a career (1934-1946) cut short by WW2. Robinson was a member of the England team forced to give the Nazi salute in front of Hitler in a match in Berlin in May 1938. Robinson scored 2 goals in a 6-3 victory. http://www.flickr.com/photos/falang_bah2002/2260617481/ 30 July 2003 Hon. Assistant Bishop of Sheffield Kenneth Skelton died. July 31 31 July 1831 Nathaniel Creswick born Sheffield. Co Founder of Sheffield FC and founder of Hallamshire Rifles. 31 July 1869 Supply of water to the town, day and night, by the Water Co. commenced, but suspended after a few weeks, in consequence of the excessive waste. The constant supply reverted to 12 hours a day after only a month and briefly down to 6 hours the following August. It was known from measurements that 2/3rd of the daily supply was running away - the solution rested in the implementation (after amendments by the JPs )of the regulations to control waste in the Sheffield Water Act of 1860 31 July 1892 Rt Rev Norman Clarke, Anglican Bishop of Plymouth 1950-1962, born Sheffield. 31st July 1894 W. Douglas, landlord Falcon Inn, Flat Street, fined £35 and costs and his licence endorsed for permitting gambling, and Charles Simmonite is fined £25 for using the inn for betting. 31st July 1894 William Storrs is sentenced to five years and F Taylor to three months imprisonment for breaking into and robbing Townhead Street Chapel. (thanks to RB) 31 July 1926 New tram route opened Millhouses lane to the Wagon and Horses. 31 July 1931 Airfield at Netherthorpe opened. 31 July 1937 In the roses match at Brammall Lane Herbert Sutcliffe scored his 100th century for Yorkshire. 31 July 1944 Former Wednesday player and manager, Peter Eurtace born in Stocksbridge. 31 July 1978 Indy Car Racing driver, Justin Wilson, born Sheffield. 31 July 1987 That part of the "Blackburn Valley' trainline that passed through Meadowhall & Wincobank station closed. 31 July 1989 Former Wednesday player Eddie Gannon died. 31 July 1980 World cup winner Martin Peters joined Sheffield United as player coach. August 1 1 August 1864 James Thompson attempts to murder his wife in Hodgson Street. At the Assizes sentenced to penal servitude for life. 1 August 1864 South Yorkshire Railway's extension from Tinsley Junction to Woodburn junction opened including a new station at Broughton Lane. 1 August 1900 Coroner's jury return a verdict of "accidental death" on the body of Charles Thomas, who was killed in a gas explosion at the Victoria Station. 1st August 1900 The Cholera Monument Grounds, Norfolk Road, opened by Mrs George Senior. 1 August 1903 Stack fire at Hillsbro' caused by incendiarism 1 August 1905 In the High Court, Edward Broughton Rouse, solicitor, of 61 Clarkhouse Road, is suspended from the practise of his profession for one year. The charge against him is that he induced Walter Brown, the patron of a living, and the Rev. William Henry Holland Healey, who was presented to the living, to commit an act of simony, and that he caused the latter to make a declararation under the Benefices Act, 1898, which he knew to be false. 1 August 1906 Mr Edgar Allen presents a Finsen Lamp to the Royal Hospital for the light treatment of lupus. 1 August 1908 The Ecclesall tramway extension to Banner Cross is opened. 1 August 1931 The outer circle bus route started 1 August 1959 Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliot born Sheffield. August 2 2 August 1780 John Wesley preached in Paradise Square to the 'largest congregation he had seen on a weekday.' 2 August 1860 Decease, at Madras, of Sir H. G. Gibbs, Governor of that Presidency; M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849. Aug 2nd 1870 Destructive fire at the shop of Mr Whitehead, Infirmary Road. Mrs Whitehead burned to death. August 2 1918 Rev Harold Gibson, "Sheffield's Boxing Parson", is awarded the Military Cross. 2 August 1939 Plans for a new bus station at Pond Street were approved by the City Council. August 3 3 August 1870 Ellen Pigot, aged 2 years, died from hydrophobia caused by the bite of a donke. 3 August 1875 Mr Edward Tozer (Sanderson Bros. and Co.) elected Master Cutler. 3rd August 1897 Mr. Maurice George Rodgers, of the cutlery firm of Joseph Rodgers and Sons, elected Master Cutler for the year. 3 August 1900 Thomas william Jeffcock died. 3rd August 1904 James Wilmot White drowned at Owlerton in attempting to rescue a boy named Albert Knapton, who was also drowned, from Oxspring's dam. 3rd Aug 1938 189th Crookes Church scout group opened 3rd August 1957 A report in the local paper dated 4th August 1957 stated KILLED WIFE WHILE REVERSING VAN by our Sheffield correspondent A 25 year old Sheffield Greengrocer knocked down and killed his 35 year old wife while reversing his van yesterday. Police believe the wife Mrs. Sylvia Hill of Poole Road, Sheffield slipped behind the van in the pouring rain. Her husband Donald spent last night at the home of relatives The couple had just delivered some potatoes to a new shop in Low Edges Road Sheffield into which they intended to move shortly when the accident happened Full details +newspaper images 3 August 1974 Sheffield Wednesday footballer Michael Gray born Sunderland. August 4 4th August 1896 The body of Thomas Renshaw, cutlery manufacturer, of Sheffield, found at Filey; verdict of found drowned. 4th August 1896 Mr. Alexander Wilson, managing director of Messers. Charles Cammell and Co., elected Master Cutler. 4 August 1914 Britain declares war on Germany! 4 August 1932 The Cinema House hosts personal appearances by Laurel & Hardy! 4 August 1937 Sheffield city Council agree to purchase the St Pauls and the surrounding churchyard. 4th Aug 1961 287th Parkhill scout group opened August 5 5 August 1773 Mr Bradbury began work as Sheffield Assay Master at a salary of £50 per annum. 5th August 1865 A woman named Emily Taylor stabbed in Lambert Street by William Hyman, a neighbour. 5th August 1891 The Mayor unveils a fountain in Meersbrook Park to the memory of Mr. W. Westran, for 20 years C.S. of the B.U.O. of O. 5 August 1892 James Allen, Atlas Paper Mills, Ecclesfield, sentanced to six months' imprisonment for perjury. 5th August 1895 A portion of the High Hazels Park, purchased by the Corporation, thrown open to the public. 5th August 1898 John Henry Bains, a workman at the Toldeo Steel Works, saved two little boys from drowning in the Don. August 6 6th August 1804 John Stockton, alias Stockdale, a ring-leader of the desperate gang of villains who for many years past had plundered warehouses in this and other towns, of property of great amount, brought hither from Birmingham, and committed to York, charged with breaking open Messers. Rhodes & Champion's warehouses, in the Wicker, in 1802. 6th August 1805 Right of Mark. Daniel Brammall, manufacturer of files in Sheffield, obtained a verdict of £2,000 damages against Mr B Power, manufacturer of files in Birmingham, for wrongly using his mark. 6 August 1838 Mr Charles Brown made his first ascent in his new balloon, from the Botanical Gardens. (RB) 6th August 1842 Sheffield Poorhouse Inmates 513 Weeks payments to casual poor £492 Ecclesall Union Inmates of the house 350 Out-payments £131 (against £69 last year) 6 August 1849 Cricket Sheffield versus Yorkshire Sheffield, 1st innings 177; 2nd innings 83 Yorkshire, 1st innings 133; 2nd innings 97 ---------------------------- Decease of Mr W Parkin, late of West Street, aged 66 6 August 1891 Sheffield United footballer Billy Gillespe born in Ireland. Played for United 1913-1933 in 492 games scoring 137 goals. He also won 25 caps for Ireland and was the top Irish international scorer for 7 decades. 6 August 1897 Following the death of Anthony John Mundella, Sheffield Brightside elects the city's first working class MP. Frederick Maddison would later lose his seat in 1900 primarily for his support of the Boers. 6 August 1934 Hermann Glauert, Principle Scientist Royal Aircraft Establishment died. He was at the RAE until 1934. His father, Louis Glauert, was a Sheffield Cutler. 6 August 1939 Sheffield United footballer, Reg Matthewson born. He played for United 1958-1968. 6 August 1945 US drop atom bomb on Hiroshima. August 7 7 August 1795 Colonel Althrope drove his horse into a crowd creating a disturbance. The Riot Act was read and the Sheffield Volunteers fires on the crown killing two people. The incident was reported in the Iris and was not to the liking of the authorities who arrested James Montgomery and imprisoned him in York Castle 7 August 1839 The Duke of Norfolk's monopoly supplying coal to Sheffield is broken. The Sheffield and Rotherham railway opens a line to connect Holmes to the tramway serving the canal allowing Earl Fitzwilliams coal to be transported to Sheffield without use of the canal. 7 August 1851 Harry Pearson, Yorkshire Cricketer, born Attercliffe. 7 August 1863 Mr Thomas Jessop chosen Master Cutler 7 August 1934 Explosion at Nunnery Colliery. Six men injured, two of which later died. 7 August 1935 Sheffield fails to get a municipal airport as the City Council vote down a proposal to site an airport at Coal Aston. 7 August 1938 Black out! Sheffield's air raid precautions are tested for the first time! 7th Aug 1941 238th Hillsborough scout group opened 239th Loxley Methodist scout group opened 7th Aug 1956 207th Bents Green Methodist scout group re opened 7 August 1973 After 118 years of cricket , the last match is played at Brammall Lane. Yorkshire draw with old rivals Lancashire 7 August 2004 Leigh Bromby debuts for Sheffield United after moving from rivals Wednesday in May. 7 August 2007 The smallest British Trade Union (verified by Guiness Book of Records) was removed from the TUC register. The Sheffield Wool Shear Workers Union had been founded in 1890 but by the time of its removal had shrunk to less than 10 members. August 8 8 August 1838 Wesley College (later King Edward School) takes in its first boarding pupils. 8 August 1892 Hillsbro' Park opened to the public. 8 August 1941 Former Wednesday and England footballer Billy Betts died. Known as 'Old warhorse' Betts played for Wednesday between 1882-1895. He had two spells at Wednesday and played the the FA Cup final, the first game against United and Wenesday's forst football league match. The end of his career was signalled wne Tommy Crawshaw arrived. He was the grandfather of Dennis Woodhead and played 81 games for Wednesday scoring 4 goals. 8 August 1985 Sheffield's Hiroshima memorial unveiled in the Peace gardens in the presence of three survivors. August 9 9 August 1887 Suffragette and Communist Winifred Horrobin (nee Bathos) born in Sheffield. 9 August 1805 Railway engineer Joseph Locke born in Attercliffe. Locke was responsible (amongst many others) for the Manchester - Sheffield railway (including the Woodhead Tunnel). 9 August 1930 Mr George Kenning makes a gift of a Blackburn Bluebird plane to Sheffield Flying Club. 9 August 1932 Sheffield residents received a guide on how to use the newly number postal districts. 9 August 1933 Albert Quixall born Sheffield. 9 August 1936 At the Berlin Olympic Games, Sheffield athlete, Ernest Harper, won the silver medal in the marathon. 9 August 1945 US drop an atom bomb over the Japenses city of Nagasaki. 9 August 1954 Pete Thomas born Hillsborough. Thomas is the long term member of Elvis Costello's backing band the Attractions. August 10 10 August 1297 Thomas Furnival, Lord of the Manor, sealed the charter in which guaranteed the people or at least the Free Tenanta, of 'Schefeld' a measure of self government. Witnesses included Sir Robert de Ecclissale, Thomas de Munteney, Robert de Wadislay and William de Darnale. 10 August 1644 Castle of Sheffield surrendered to the Earl of Manchester and forces of the Parliament, by Major Thomas Beaumont, deputy governor. 10 August 1735 Coals brought to the house of maintenance since August 10th 1733 - 55 loads, cost £8 12s. 6d. Corn also brought in during the same time, 76 loads, cost £33 8s. 8 1/2d 12 quarters of malt, £14 1s. August 10th 1795 Bread flour retailed at 5s. 6d. per stone. (The corn committee sell at the Town-hall, fine flour at 2s. 6d., and bread flour at 2s. per stone - 19th August 1795) August 10th 1831 Society for bettering the condition of the poor; 28th Anniversary - funds of the last year £238. 2s. 1d.; distributed £154. 10th August 1838 Decease of Mr William Fielden, Punch Bowl, South Street, aged 32. 10 August 1917 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer, Jackie Robinson, born Shiremoor. 10 August 1931 Merger between Sheffield Mail & Yorkshire Telegraph and Star. 10 August 1934 Sheffield City Progresive Group lose their leader and Alderman Blanchard resigns. August 11 August 11 11 August 1644 The Governor of Sheffield Castle surrendered to Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War. 11 August 1886 Uncontested by-election in Ecclesall. Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett (born in New York and brother of William Burdett-Coutts) re-elected. 11 August 1986 Sheffield Wednesday spend the best £200,000 they ever spent to sign 18 -year old David Hirst from Barnsley. August 12 12/8/1837 “Let me warn you all of the demon drink!” proclaimed Thomas Williams, 29, as he stood on the scaffold outside York Prison on Saturday, August 12th, 1837. The crowd, said to be “disappointingly small,” who had come to watch him hang, made no discernible response. Williams killed a workmate, Thomas Froggart, in a ferocious attack at the little factory in Silver Street, Sheffield, where they were both employed as basket makers. Williams, who certainly had a drink problem, had been fired by the factory-owner, and believed Froggart was after his work. He stabbed Froggart with a sharpened billhook used to cut willows, then embedded it in his skull. While another work colleague ran screaming into the street, Williams calmly walked off to the Windsor Castle pub, had a drink, and waited for the police. Froggart took three weeks to die from his head wounds. Williams was convicted at York Assizes, and his execution was the first to be held in England during the reign of Queen Victoria. 12 August 1942 2 people killed and 12 injured during German bombing as a bomb falls next to Charnock School in Birley. 12 August 1948 Harry Brearley, Inventor of Stainless Steel, died. 12 August 1950 Ray McHale, former Sheffield United footballer born. 12 August 1972 Willie Henderson, former Rangers, Scotland and Wednesday footballer, debuted for Wednesday in a 3-0 victory over Fulham. August 13 13th Aug 1912 31st Hanover scout group opened 32nd Stocksbridge scout group opened 33rd Chapeltown St John's scout group opened 13 August 1930 Consecration of of Holy Trinity Church, Millhouses. 13 August 1934 New recorder of Sheffield,Arthur Morely K.C. appointed. 13 August 1997 The film The Full Monty released. August 14 14 August 1989 Sheffield born, former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand Sir Dove Myer Robinson died . 14 August 2006 Artic Monkeys release there third single ' Leave before the Lights Caome on' August 15 August 15 1833 First public meeting at the new Cutler's Hall August 15 1928 S. Cooper, Fireman, awarded the Royal Humane society bronze medal for an act of bravery on 15th August 1928. 15 August 1938 The Carlton Cinema opened. 15 August 1987 Current (2009) Sheffield Wednesday footballer Sean McAllister born. 15 August 1991 Wednesday celebrate their return to the 1st division with the purchase of Chris Woods for £1.2 million. 15 August 1992 Brian Deane of Sheffield United scored the first ever goal in the Premier League in United's defeat of Manchester United. 15 August 2007 Wednesday sell Chris Brunt to West Brom receiving a record £3 million for the player. August 16 16 August 1865 Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson born. Liberal politician, Kenyon was a Councilor, twice elected Mayor and elected MP for Sheffield Park in 1918. He was awarded a DSO fighting in WW1 and was Master Cutler in 1919. August 16th 1870 Settlement of the Thorncliffe dispute by concessions on both sides after 73 weeks. 16 August 1875 Firth Park was Sheffield's first publicly-owned park, donated to the then town by steel manufacturer, Mark Firth. The opening ceremony took place on 16th August 1875 when Mark Firth was Mayor of Sheffield. It was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, and his wife Princess Alexandra. 16 August 1907 Yorkshire cricketer, Alfred Goulder, born Attercliffe. 16th Aug 1916 89th Waleswood Collieries scout group opened 16 August 1961 MP for Sheffield Hillsborough, Angela Smith born in Grimsby. 16 August 1965 Former Sheffield Wednesday favoourite Paul Williams born. Williams was bought from Crystal Palace for £700,000 and scored 25 goals in 93 games for the Owls. 16 August 2007 Sheffield United initiate legal proceedings against West Ham United in the 'Tevez affair'. 16 August 2009 Jess Ennis from Woodseats claimed Britain's first gold medal of the World Championships in Berlin after the final event of the heptathlon. August 17 17 August 1934 The first Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, William Hicks, died. 17 August 1982 Sheffield Tigers speedway rider Ricky Ashworth born. 17 August 1982 Former Sheffield United footballer , Phil Jagielka born. Jagielka was at United from 1999 to 2007, when he signed for Everton for a £4 million fee, after playing 254 games for United. 17 August 1993 Sheffield Wednesday smash their transfer record to sign Andy Sinton for £2.7million from QPR. Sinton only manages 62 games 1993-1996. August 18 18 August 1794 The Loyal Independent Sheffield Volunteers receive their colours. 18th Aug 1915 78th Todwick scout group opened 79th St Timothy's Slinn Street scout group opened - still open 18 August 1920 The Sheffield branch of the Communist Party is founded with Harry Flectcher, the baker, as Secretary. 18 August 1955 Joe Mercer gives up his job as the 'Footballing Grocer" to become manager of Sheffield United which he was until December 1958. August 19 19 August 1851 Bernard Coleridge born. Coleridge was elected MP for Attercliffe 1885 resigning on inheriting his father's baronetcy in 1894. 19 August 1936 Residents of Sheffield Council estates vote in a referendum on whether or not to allow public houses on the estates. For - Shiregreen, Manor, Wybourne, Arborthorne, Woodthorpe. Against - Longley & Norwood, Tubbin & Brushes, Wisewood and High Wincobank. 19 August 1950 In a F1 (non championship) race, Cuth Harrison (TC Harrisson) wins the Sheffield Telegraph Trophy at Gamston driving an ERC racing car. 19 August 2006 Sheffield United return to the top flight after 12 years. Rob Hulse scores the first goal in the Premier League that day as United draw 1-1 with Liverpool. August 20 20 August 1870 Issac Ironside, Sheffield Chartist & Socialist Politician died 20th August 1870 August 21 21 August 1835 The Sheffield General Cemetery Company held their first Meeting and received the report of the Provisional Committee as to the progress made in the work. 21 August 1841 21st August 1841 Captain Lake, Barrack Master, promoted to the Mastership of the Ordnance Depot and Barracks, Weedon, Northamptonshire. 21 August 1897 Strike of Sheffield tool forgers and strikers, numbering 150, for an advance in wages Lilian Smith, aged two years, killed by being run over by a pony and trap at Attercliffe. Charles Goddard, the driver, charged with manslaughter. At Leeds Assizes he was discharged. 21 August 1934 The Sheffield City Council Progessive Group elect a new leader, Alderman Harold Jackson. 21 August 1939 With the second World War only a few days away, English Steel Corporation test out air raid sirens at all their works in Sheffield. 21 August 1963 Nigel Pearson born Nottingham. Pearson played over 200 games for Wednesday between 1987 and 1994 and captained the team to victory in the 1991 League Cup Final aginst Man Utd and promotion to the 1st Dvision in the same season. Now manager of Leicester City. 21 August 2005 Dame Kelly Holmes gave her farewell British performance at A Norwich Union grand prix in Sheffield. August 23 23rd Aug 1899 Firvale Workhouse official's blunder - wrong corpse delivered to the undertaker. Attendant dismissed 6th Sep 1892. August 25 25 August 1918 Waugh, W.J. an Engineer from Dewhurst's Sheffield awarded a Royal Humane Society Bronze medal for an act of bravery on 25.2.18 August 26 26 August 1771 First important inter-county cricket match involving teams from Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. Nottingham play Sheffield at Nottingham racecourse. 26 August 1889 Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company created by An act of Parliament, though it would be a number of years before they were to gain control. 26th Aug 1935 219th St Catherine Woodthorpe Mission scout group opened 26 August 1953 Current (2009) Bishop of Grantham, Rt Rev Dr Tim Ellis born in Sheffield. Bishop Tim is well known as a season ticket holder at Hillsborough! August 27 27 August 1679 Timothy Jollie, founding minister of the Upper Chapel, was called to an independent church at a meeting house in Snig Hill. 27 August 1792 First ever recorded incident of 'obstruction' in a cricket match cited in a match between Sheffield and Bents Green clubs. 27 August 1821 Filesmiths' Society; the members assemble at the Acorn Tavern, Shalesmoor and celebrater their 100th anniversary. 27 August 1834 Thomas Roberts, driver of the Halifax Mail, killed by the overturning of the coach, at Wharncliffe Side. 27 August 1855 First County Cricket match held at Brammal Lane. Yorkshire lose to Sussex! 27 August 1927 Jimmy Seed made his debut for Sheffield Wednesday. 27 August 1932 A pilot is seriously injured when his plane crashed at a flying gala hosted by Sir Alan Cobham at Coal Aston. 27 August 1933 Death of William Barnsley Allen. During WW1 Allen was awarded the VC, DSO and MC with Bar. He had studied at Sheffield University. 27 August 1942 Parliamentary by-election in Sheffield Park following the death of George Lathan. He was replaced by Thomas Burden. 27 August 1996 Sheffield United beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 in the last "Steel City Cup" in front of 7,271 people at Bramall lane. August 28 28 August 1902 Wath Railway station opened. 28 August 1969 Much travelled and former Sheffield United footballer Tom Cowan born. Cowan played for United between 1991-1994. 28 August 1997 Peter Springett, former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper and Sheffield police officer. died 1997. August 29 29 August 1882 Death of English cricket On 29 August 1882, Australia beat the English side at the Oval by just seven runs. The following day The Sporting Times ran a satirical obituary announcing the death of English cricket - declaring that the 'body' would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. Later that year, Ivo Bligh led a team to Australia to recover the ashes… the eternal contest had begun! 29 August 1844 Edward Carpenter born. Carpenter was an influential Socialiast and early gay rights campaigner. From 1875 he based himself in Sheffield and was instrumental in the founding of the Fabian Society and the Labour Party. 29 Aug 1923 146th Old Norton scout group opened - still open 29 August 1927 St Patrick's RC school opened, Sheffield Lane Top. 29 August 1956 Former Sheffield Wednesday captain Viv Anderson, who played for Wednesday between 1991-1993, was born in Nottingham. 29 August 1964 Derek 'Doc' Pace played his last game for Sheffield United after 302 league and cup games ans scoring 175 goals. 29 August 1993 Jan Zelezny set a new Javelin world record in Sheffield August 30 30 August 1924 Sheffield Wednesday become the first team to visit the new home of Crystal Palace, Selhurst Park. Wednesday won 1-0. 31 AUGUST August 31 1809 William Brookfield, born Sheffield. Brookfield was a Church of England clergyman. In 1860 he was appointed Hon. Caplain to the Queen and later Chaplain Ordinary. August 31 1939 War Looms - Hospital Patients are transferred from casualty hospitals to outer hospitals. Patients that could move were transferred from the City, General, Royal, Royal Infirmary, Jessop and Children's Hospital, mostly to Nether Edge. A large number of patients were sent home. 31 Aug 1948 264th Salvation Army scout group opened - Unusual as they normally opened Boys Brigade August 31 1976 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer Ashley Westwood born. Westwood played for Wednesday between 2000-2003. August 31 2002 Low Shiregreen Methodist Chapel at Beck Road, closed. August 31 2008 Psalter Lane college campus officially closed. September 1 1 September 1835 Decease of Mr William Ashmore, aged 77, formerly of the Commercial and Tontine Inns. 1 September 1943 Former Sheffield United footballer and Worcstershire cricketer Ted Helmsley born in Stoke. September 2 September 2 1584 After alternating between Sheffield Castle and Manor, the Captive Queen of the Scots left Sheffield for good. September 2 1899 Official opening of Wednesday's new ground at Owlerton ( Changed name to Hillsborough in 1913). Wednesday beat Chesterfield 5-1. September 2 1900 Fourteen Ramblers are present for the foundation and inaugural ramble of Sheffield Clarion Ramblers. September 2 1939 War Looms. Approximately 9,000 children, expectant mothers and disabled people are evacuated from Sheffield. September 4 September 4 1867 Wednesday Football Club formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. 4 September 1927 Former Attercliffe MP Bernard Coleridge 1895-1916 died. 4 September 1930 Concord Park presented to Sheffield by JG Graves. 4 September 1932 A new Jewish Burial Hall and Cemetery consecrated at Blind Lane, Ecclesfield. 4 September 1944 Dave Bassett , former Sheffield United manager 1989-1995, born. 4th Sept 1962 289th Gleadless Valley Secondary School scout group opened 4 September 1965 Sheffield Wednesday's former Belgian star Marc Degryse born. He played for Wednesday 11995-1996 scoring 8 goals in 34 games. 4 September 1971 Stiker Brian Joicey scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in a match against Portsmouth. He went on to score 48 goals in 145 games. September 5 September 5 1881 John Parker died. Parker was one of Sheffield's first MPs elected with Silk Buckingham in 1832 and remained in office until 1852. 5eptember 5 1899 New electric tram sections opened : Tinsley Route - High Street to Weedon Street Nether Edge - High Street to Nether Edge September 6 6 September 1899 The first electric Tramcar ran on two new routes, Tinsley & Nether Edge. September 7 7 September 1932 Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury born. Author & academic Bradbury was the son of a Sheffield railwayman he is probably best know for his novel The History Man published in 1975 7 September 1940 First night of the blitz on London - three months later it would be Sheffield's turn. 7 September 1946 Alan Woodward born Chapeltown, Sheffield. Played for United between 1962 and 1878 scoring 158 goals in 536 games. 7 September 1981 Current Sheffield United footballer Darius Henderson born. 7 September 2009 Former Wednesday player, Norman Curtis. Norman, died aged 84. The tough-tackling defender made 324 appearances for the Owls in a decade-long stay at Hillsborough that spanned 1950 to 1960. He became established as first choice in the Wednesday starting line-up for almost all of the 1950s, winning Division Two championship medals in 1952, 1956 and 1959. September 8 The Football Echo Sheffield 8 September 1895 - 23 February 1896 : Nos. 1-25 Discontinued. 8 September 1969 Gary Speed born September 10 10th September 1890 Sheffield Guardians decide to buy better whiskey. 10 September 1914 Enlistment opens for the 12th Service Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment - the Sheffield Pals. 10 September 1933 Former Welsh international Rugby Union player Alfred Cattell died. Cattell later served as Chairman of Sheffield Utd and was Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1917. September 11 11 September 1923 De La Salle College, RC Grammar School, opened at the old Osagathorpe Hall in Scott Road. September 12 12 September 1887 Wednesday play their first match at Olive Grove. They draw with Blackburn Rovers 4-4. September 13 13 September 1959 Herrol '"Bomber" Graham, former boxer, born in Nottingham. September 15 September 15 1965 Sheffield Telegraph renamed as the Sheffield Morning Telegraph. September 16 16 September 1865 Roman Catholic Priest John Furniss died. Furniss was born in Sheffield, the son of a Master Cutler. He devoted his efforts to working with children and was the founder of Children's Missions and Children's masses. 16 September 1875 City Museum in Weston Park first opened to the public. 16 September 1878 Alderman Richard Sale laid the Foundation stone of Firvale Workhouse. 16 September 1888 Footballer Frank Womack born Stannington. Still Birmingham's all time appearance record maker having played 491 games for them between 1908-1928. Also holds the record of having played in 511 games during his career and never scoring a goal! 16 September 1893 Sheffield Wednesday beat Newton Heath 1-0 in front of 7,000 spectators. 16 September 1962 Stephen Jones, aka 'Babybird" best known for the hit single 'You're Gorgeous' September 20 20 September 1587 Robert Sanderson baptised in Sheffield Parish Church. After Oxford he took holy orders and was appointed a chaplain to Charles 1. He later became Bishop of Lincoln. 20 September 1720 Tailor's Society, first benefit society in the town, established. 20 September 1773 Sheffield Assay Office hallmarked its first piece of silverware with the crown hallmark. 20 September 1780 Friendly and United Benefit society founded. 20 September 1944 Father Bernard Benson, former curate at St Patricks, Sheffield Lane Top, parachuted into Arnhem and received fatal wounded from which he died seven days later. 20 September 1947 Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson died. 20 September 1954 Electric trains first ran from Sheffield Victoria to Penistone. 20 September 1974 First Test Transmission by Radio Hallam September 21 21 September 1734 Death of Mr John Balguy, master of Sheffield Grammar School (1664-1696) 21 September 1780 Garden Street chapel opened by Rev. Bristol to minister to a group of independent methodists. 21 September 1802 A great storm hits Sheffield causing much destruction and deaths. 21 September 1841 First Cab on the streets of Sheffield plying for trade on the streets 21 September 1850 Fall of part of grinding well of Messers Walters & Co Globe works. September 23 23 September 1821 William Johnson Clegg (father of Sir WIlliam Edwin Clegg) born in Earl Street 23 September 1862 Liberal Politician Arthur Neal born. City Councillor 1903-1921 and MP for Hillsborough 1918-1922. 23rd Sept 1941 237th Zion scout group opened 23 September 1946 Jim McCalliog born Glasgow. Played for Wednesday 1965-1969. Scored in both FA Cup semi-final and final in 1966. September 24 24 September 1774 Foundation stone laid of the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital Chapel on eastern side of the Sheaf. 24 September 1790 Admiral Rodney presented hs portrait to the Sheffield club that bore his name. 24 September 1879 Sheffield Blind School, Manchester Road opened by Samuel Roberts JP. 24 September 1908 Methodist Victoria Hall officially opened at a cost of over £40,000. 24 September 1939 Sheffield Actor Roger Middleton (Stage name Maurice Colbourne). He was the co-founder of the Half Moon Theatre in London and best known as character Tom Howard in Howard's Way. 24 September 1944 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer, John Hicktob born. Hickton played for Wednesday 1963 - 1966 before moving on to Middlesborough 24 September 2007 Sheffield band Milburn release their new album "These are the Facts' September 25 25 September 1800 Theatre opened by Mr McCready 25 September 1833 Annual Dinner of Horticultural Society 25th September 1916 A single Zeppelin dropped 36 bombs in a line between Burngreave and through Attercliffe to Darnall. 25th Sept 1936 222nd Grimesthorpe scout group opened 25 September 1946 Jackie Robinson played his last game for Sheffield Wednesday in a match against Chesterfield. 25 September 2004 Sheffield born Bernard Hogan - Howe appointed Chief Constable of Merseyside. 25 September 2008 Former Sheffield United manager (1975-1977) Jimmy Sirrell died. September 26 26 September 2006 The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Clarence visit Sheffield and tour a number of manufacturers. 26 September 1813 An 'armed ride' was established on the mail coach between Glossop and Sheffield in order the protect the London mail. 26 September 1838 Foundation stone of new church at Gleadless laid by Hugh Parker Esq. 26th September 1916 Day after Zeppelin Raid - 350 Children are absent from Newhall School. 26 September 1932 Louis Armstrong opened at the Empire for a week. 26 September 1933 207th Bents Green scout group opened 26 September 1938 The Graves Trust presented Forge Dam and Old May House, Mayfield Valley to the City. 26 September 1973 “Flying Scotsman” visits Sheffield’s Midland Station. International match held at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland 0 Bulgaria 0 26 September 1998 Paolo Di Canio's future in English football was left in the balance after shoving referee Paul Alcock to the ground during Wednesday's 1-0 victory over Arsenal. September 27 27 September 1821 Public dinner held at Tontine - hosted by Duke of Norfolk 27 September 1832 Annual meeting of the Political Union held at Town Hall 27 September 1833 Presentation of plate made to Earl Fitzwilliam by the inhabitants of Sheffield 27 September 1837 Mrs Graham made a balloon ascent from the Botanical Gardens. 27 Sept 1927 168th Bradfield Church scout group opened 27 Sept 1929 43rd Owlerton St John's scout group re opened 180th Holy Trinity Millhouses scout group opened 181st St Chad's Woodseats scout group opened STILL OPEN 27 September 1930 British Home Stores open their first store in a Northern provincial city on the Moor 27 September 1934 The Graves Trust announce the building of 100 rent free houses in Sheffield 27 September 1937 The LMS Railway knocked half an hour off the three and a half hour journey to London 27 September 1940 Dame Josephine Barstow DBE born Sheffield. Renowned English soprano. September 28 28 September 1840 North Midland Railway ran a 1/2 price excursion from Sheffield to Leeds. 28th Sept 1934 216th Maud Maxfield Deaf School scout group opened 217th The Grove scout group opened 28 September 1955 Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer(1983 -1991) , Laurie Madden, born 1955 September 29 29 September 1842 Two wheat stacks burnt at Cherry Tree Hill, property of H. Newbould Esq. 29 September 1842 Richard Otley and George Harney, Chartists, arrested. They were charged with conspiracy at a meeting in Manchester. 29 September 1785 A group of Sheffield businessmen met and agreed to 'erect a commodious inn' in the Haymarket. It was financed by a Tontine and was named the Tontine Inn. 29th Sept 1936 223rd Wadsley Methodist Church scout group opened 29 September 1956 Sebastian Coe was born in Chiswick. Seb has strong Sheffield roots and began his running career at the age of 12 when he joined Sheffield's Hallamshire Harriers. Later Olympic Champion, Conservative MP and spearheading the 2012 London Olympics arrangements. 29 September 1989 Actor Mark Digham died. Probably best known for portraying an MI5 officer in the TV series The XYY Man. September 30 30 September 1900 West Tinsley Railway station opened as 'Tinsley Road' on the Sheffield District Railway. 30 September 1930 Sheffield Chamber of Commerce resolve to send a deputation to the City Council to support the case for a Sheffield Areodrome. 30 September 1935 Hartley Brook Road Council School opened. 30 September 1935 113rd Burngreave Congregational scout group opened 30 September 1936 Woodthorpe Council School opened. 30 September 1940 Sir Robert Hadfield, discoverer of manganese steel, died 30 September 1961 Professional Golfer, Malcolm McKenzie, born Sheffield 1961. 30 September 1987 Tommy Spurr, currrent Sheffield Wednesday defender, born Leeds. Spurr made his debut in 2005 and has made over 125 appearances for the club.

How wrong can you be? The police boxes of Sheffield were built and put to use over a number of years in the first half of the last century. (From 1928 onwards) It's a great shame they have all disappeared except (I think) this one. Even the modern substitutes such as that built in 1963 on Infirmary Road or the quite large "section station" at Parkhill Flats have been sold off. I was in the Force on the cusp of that modernisation and it was a huge relief to be on one of those beats. The new "boxes" had heating and a small stove as well as a proper table and chairs. The old boxes had a bench, a stool and a small almost useless coil-stove (that's Coil as in electrical heating not as in coal-stove !) . You put your mashing can on those stoves at about midnight and if you were lucky the water would be hot enough to make tea about 2.30am. If you were soaked with rain or snow you stayed wet and cold! But you were only allowed to be in the box for four minutes each hour, or for 45 minutes for meal break...or when writing reports or dealing with a prisoner. Fearsome beat sergeants would be in wait if you lingered long! I have an essay, "The Beat Book" about bring a Probationer PC in Sheffield in 1961, which has been lodged with the Forum Administrator. Or it can be read by signing in to the British Police History website.

While I agree with a lot in what you say Lemmy117, the growth of the road system might have been altered due to the fact the rail companies were private business. It's likely that they would have been able to take on many of the private road haulers and even take them over. British Rail could have never done that. The eventual loss of the coal trade would have impacted operations. But the increase in home deliveries would have been a great boost to the private companies. When I worked for British Rail in 1977 at Midland, they had a lot of parcel traffic for the catalogue companies and even passengers would have noticed the blue BRUTE trolleys all around platform one. So I saw what railways could have done on the home delivery front. We have all seen the recent adverts on TV for Amazon showing warehouses and big trucks going in and out in large numbers. That would be perfect for the rail system. But those warehouses are not built with rail links. And if cost factors come into it, it's cheaper to send the lorries content by rail than it is by road. Even sticking the lorry on the back of a train loader and linking them together could see 30 of those big trucks pulled by one very efficient engine doing upwards of 70mph. I would like to see 30 Amazon trucks all doing 60 mph on the A57!

Seems no one has anything to say on this, so here's my take on it. Assuming World War 2 hadn't happened and the railways hadn't fallen into such a dilapidated state, and Labour didn't win the election, they Big Four would probably have survived, at least for a while. By the 1950's travel was changing, with an increase in road freight competition and the rise of the private car. Could the companies have competed any better than BR? Railways had to compete on a national scale as far as freight went, to keep the long haul stuff and let local distributors deal with the town areas. The trouble with the smaller depots like Darnall and Attercliffe was they were incredibly labour intensive, and costs were rising, so pushing the traffic onto the roads where fewer people were involved , hence lower costs. With the onset of containerisation new facilities would have to be built, but would each company want to go to that expense? Tinsley was already pretty redundant by the time it opened as the freight traffic had changed in just a few years. The electrification scheme started by the LNER would probably have been extended to London, there was originally a large order for the EM2's which was cut back to just seven, so it was obviously on the cards. How long the companies would have lasted is another matter, falling passenger numbers, falling freight loads, all due to road traffic, would probably have led to amalgamations and takeovers, and assuming the Government didn't get involved, we would probably end up with a couple of large private companies, like First and Stagecoach. Non profitable routes would have to be cut (just like local bus services are these days), so some rationalisation would be inevitable. It's difficult to say if Sheffield Victoria would still be with us today, there are so many variables, remember its staple traffic was coal, and that's gone, passenger numbers from the intermediate stations wouldn't be high enough to keep it viable so we are left with just the through traffic from Sheffield to Manchester. The alternative via the Hope Valley has the stone and cement traffic to keep it viable, so the Woodhead would probably been closed, but probably not as early as the 1980's. It's all conjecture, and others may have a different take on it.

Since finding out about my great great grand uncle's Royal Navy service here, I've been doing a lot of research on him. I thought maybe others here might be interested. So far I've found the following info: Thanks in large part to all the help I got here, I've now completed my research into my relative, William Wheelhouse. I thought folks here might like to see the results. Here's the story: William Wheelhouse was born on 22 January 1890 in the inner city St. Paul's area of Sheffield. His father died when he was only three years old, leaving his mother and three older brothers to take care of him as best they could. When he was seven, his older brother Harry died of consumption at Fir Vale Workhouse. Even with two of William's brothers (John and Frederick) of working age and with his mother also working, the family found it hard to make ends meet - so much so that William was selected to be taught at the Sheffield District Boys Charity School - a free boarding school supported by voluntary contributions for boys whose families were very poor. After school it seems he worked as a caker in the steel smelting industry. William joined the Royal Navy in 1910 at the age of 20. His service number was K/7846 and he is described on his service record form as being 5ft 4 3/8" tall with a 38 1/2" chest, a fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. The form also reports two large scars on his shoulder blade - perhaps burns sustained at his previous job. William's first assignment was to HMS Victory II for three weeks from 11 August 1910 until 3 September 1910. Victory II was not a ship - it was the Division at Portsmouth that accounted for Engine Room Artificers and Stokers. Here it seems William received basic training and passed his induction test to be a stoker. A stoker is a man employed in stoking the furnaces of a ship. On coal fired ships he is required to shovel coal into the furnace and to distribute the coal in the furnace in order to get the optimal energy to heat the ship's boilers. The stoker must also be aware of the ventilation of the furnace in order to prevent 'flash back' (if the ventilation is wrong, fire can be blown out through the stoker's hole and burn - or kill - the stoker). On oil fired ships, the stoker operates the fuel oil sprayers. The stoker is also trained as a boiler mechanic and has knowledge of how a steam engine works. At the time when William Wheelhouse worked as a stoker, the job was tough, dirty and hot, requiring high levels of strength and endurance. Stokers worked in an environment that has been described as "as close to hell as one can imagine". Stokers also underwent firearms drill and fieldcraft as a part of their basic training and had to demonstrate proficiency in these tasks prior to being promoted to Stoker 1st Class. From 4 September 1910 to 15 October 1910 William was assigned to HMS Renown, again as a Stoker. Renown was a coal fired pre-dreadnought battleship and was completed in January 1897. From Nov. 1909 HMS Renown was a stoker's training ship. William went back to Victory II and stayed there for about 7 weeks, from 16 October 1910 to 6 December 1910. Here he passed his proficiency test that put him on the track to be a stoker petty officer. On his service record, William's commanding officer listed his ability as 'superior'. From 7 December 1910 William was assigned, still as a stoker, to HMS Eclipse. Launched in 1894, Eclipse was a fuel-oil fired Eclipse class cruiser. During the periods William Wheelhouse served on her, HMS Eclipse was a sea-going training ship for naval cadets. The 1911 census shows William in a naval barracks in Portsmouth. Life in a Navy barracks must have reminded him of his childhood in the Boy's Charity School, so perhaps he had an easier time adjusting to life away from home than some of the other cadets. On 31 October 1911, William joined the crew of HMS Weymouth. Weymouth was a brand new, fuel-oil fired ship, the first of her own class of light cruiser. William was a member of Weymouth's first crew and this was his first assignment out of training. HMS Weymouth and her sister ship, HMS Dartmouth were the attached cruisers to the Third Battle Squadron, First Fleet of the Home Fleet between 1911-1913. This squadron consisted of the Battleships Africa, Britannia, Commonwealth, Dominion, Hibernia, Hindustan, King Edward VII and Zealandia. In November 1911 Weymouth paid a visit to the town of Weymouth - the ship's company was entertained and the wardroom presented with a large piece of silver for the table. In December Weymouth stood by and assisted at the wreck of the P & O liner Delhi wrecked near Cape Spartel (near Tangier) with a Royal party onboard. In February 1912, Weymouth visited Ferrol, Spain and in May she took part in the Fleet Review at Spithead. Between June and July 1912 she took part in major fleet exercises in the Channel and the Western Approaches. In September 1912, Weymouth deployed to the Mediterranean, initially to Malta. In October and November she deployed to the eastern Mediterranean during period of high tension between Greece and Turkey. While there she spent time at Suda Bay, Crete and in the Aegean. In November she weighed anchor at Constantinople (Istanbul) where she landed parties of seamen to mount armed guard at the British Embassy and British property. Stokers were often called upon to perform landing party duties, so William may well have found himself guarding the Embassy. In early 1913, HMS Weymouth returned to the U.K. On 27 June 1913, William was reassigned back to Victory II. It was during his time here that William would have received word that his mother had died on 30 December 1913 at the age of 65. William's next assignment, on 1 August 1914, was to HMS Drake, again as a stoker. Launched in 1901, HMS Drake was a coal fired Drake class armoured cruiser. By 1914 she had been decommissioned, but with tensions between England and the Central Powers rising she was recommissioned, just in time for test mobilisation and the Fleet Review. At the outbreak of the Great War She was attached to the 6th Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow, and given escort duties. Her first escort run was taking the Olympic, sister ship of the Titanic into Liverpool after the Olympic had travelled from New York. In October she escorted the merchant cruiser Mantua to Archangel in Russia. During his assignment to Drake, William's ability was again remarked upon as 'superior'. On 8 April 1915 William was once more assigned to Victory II. By this time, Victory II had been moved from Portsmouth to Crystal Palace in London. Now known as HMS Crystal Palace, this was also the training depot for the Royal Naval Division. On 22 February 1916, William was ordered to return to HMS Drake. On 1 June he was promoted to Acting Leading Stoker and on 1 December he was again promoted, this time to Leading Stoker. Between 1916 and 1917 Drake was assigned to the North America & West Indies station, based at Bermuda. On October 2nd 1917 HMS Drake was near Rathlin Island off the north coast of Ireland, having just finished escorting convoy HH24 from America. The convoy had dispersed at 8:03 am. Just over an hour later HMS Drake was torpedoed by U-79 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Rohrbeck. The torpedo struch the ship under the second funnel. Drake's number two boiler room flooded instantly, killing everyone present except one man who was blown onto the upper deck and landed there unhurt, and another who climbed up through the stokehold hatch. The crewman who blown from the boiler room, acting engine room artificer Bridson, immediately reported for duty in the number three boiler room where he remained until the ship was abandoned. HMS Drake's commander, Captain S.H. Radcliffe, initially thought he might be able to take the stricken vessel into Belfast where the ship could be repaired at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards, but after discussing the situation with his engineer, he realised that this was impossible, so he decided instead to make for the nearest anchorage at Church Bay on Rathlin Island. Drake had lost the use of its steam steering gear in the attack and had to steer using only propellers until repairs could be made. Drake's manoeuvrability was virtually zero at this point and as she tried to get to safety she collided with the cargo ship Mendip Range at 10:37 am. HMS Drake did not receive much damage from the collision, but the Mendip Range was forced to beach at Ballycastle Bay on the mainland. HMS Drake managed to anchor in Church Bay by 11:46 am. Most of the men on board were taken off on launches from the destroyers and sloops that were laying a submarine screen around the ship. Captain Radcliffe now hoped to keep the ship afloat until salvage vessels could arrive, but the list of the ship continued to increase. At this point HMS Martin and HMS Delphinium came alongside to remove the remaining crew. The ship was abandoned at 2:05 pm. Despite efforts to save her, the ship finally capsized at 2:35 pm. Eight days after the sinking of HMS Drake, William returned to Victory II. Here he spent nearly four months waiting for his next assignment. On 9 February 1918, William was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla at Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland. The ship that William would be sailing on was HMS Pincher, commanded by Lieutenant Patrick W.R. Weir. Pincher, launched in 1910, was a coal fired Beagle class destroyer, quite a change from the battleships and cruisers William was used to. Lt. Weir was 28 years old, a year younger than Leading Stoker Wheelhouse. While off-duty, William would stay on HMS Hecla - 2nd Flotilla's depot ship, used as a place for sailors who were working on smaller ships such as destroyers or minesweepers to relax when off-duty. On 1 March 1918 William was promoted to Stoker Petty Officer. A petty officer is the equivalent of an army sergeant. The stoker petty officer is in charge of the stokers. He must be fully proficient in the workings of the furnaces and the boiler and is responsible for their maintenance and efficiency. He is required to adjust the oil pump speed, the supply of water to the boiler, and the furnace fans. The stoker petty officer would also watch the state of the exhaust gases, by a system of lights and mirrors across the uptakes from where he stands. As a stoker petty officer, William must have felt that he'd finally escaped the poverty that his family had suffered throughout his childhood. Although the work was hot, dirty and hard, he was now in charge of men, he had a bed to sleep in every night and three square meals per day. His career had taken him as far as the Arctic Circle in the north, Constantinople in the east and Bermuda in the west - he had seen a quarter of the globe. He had even survived a torpedo attack and seen a ship he served on sink. His childhood in the Sheffield slums must have seemed far away. On 15 May 1918, Pincher was reassigned to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at Devonport. Here crew used the depot ship HMS Apollo - a much smaller ship than Hecla. Sometime before 23 July 1918, Pincher had been, along with her sister ship HMS Scorpion, assigned to escort the Standard oil tanker War Hostage from Plymouth to Scotland. The ships steamed out of Devonport on the evening of the 23rd. The evening was foggy and Lt. Weir had ordered a course that brought Pincher dangerously close to Seven Stones Reef. Errors in navigation due to the fog compounded the error and in the early hours of the next morning, Wednesday the 24 July 1918, Pincher struck the reef at high speed. The impact tore open her hull and she sank at 3:33 am. After the accident, Petty Officer Wheelhouse was listed as one of thirteen men who drowned. An inquiry was held and the commander was subjected to a court-martial. Lt. Weir was found guilty of steering an unsafe course and and sentenced to be reprimanded. William's conduct throughout his service was 'Very Good' and his ability was never said to be less than satisfactory. William's body was carried north-east on the tide. Two weeks later, on 7 August 1918, the body was found on Gwithian beach near the village of Gwithian, between St. Ives and St. Agnes on the west coast of Cornwall. The coroner found the cause of death to be a fractured skull. William's gravesite is in the north part of Gwithian (St. Gothian) churchyard. The gravestone still exists and is in good condition. William's relatives added to the base of the grave marker the inscription "Ever in our thoughts". So far I know of thirteen deaths caused by the accident on HMS Pincher on 24 July 1918. They are: Stoker 1st class Albert Ernest Bartholomew. Able Seaman William James Beddoe. Leading Seaman William Charles Victor Butler. Petty Officer William Harry Cottell. Stoker 1st class Charles Fearn. Stoker 1st class Daniel Greenwell. Stoker 1st class John William Halliday. Stoker 1st class William Harris. Officer's Steward 1st Class G. Marmara. Stoker 1st class Alexander McCullock. Stoker 1st class George Wauchope Stewart Noble. Leading Stoker George William Tilley. Stoker Petty Officer William Wheelhouse. There is a final ironic twist in the story. St. Gwithian is the patron saint of good fortune on the sea!

Just browsing around for more photos and info on the school. The high wall and coal bunkers look interesting, so wonder if anyone has any recollection of them in use? I see the railway siding on the 1923 map, when the bunkers were in use, but I bet the residents on Hoyland Road opposite were always covered in coal dust?! The school boys entrance gate is all but hidden by the tree now, but an interesting story in the link and maybe you knew Roy Priest from 1953? http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035068 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035144 Another vibrant, bustling corner of the city now gone, except for a few industrial units and some echoes of the past?

1948 Name Address Open Closed 1948 Abbey Hotel 944 Chesterfield Road, S8 E Casswell Abbeydale Station Hotel 161 Abbeydale Road South 1855 George Sutcliffe (161 Abbeydale Road South, S7) Aberdeen House 133 Upper Hanover Street/2 Aberdeen Street, S3 1948 Jack William Walsh Acorn 204 Shalesmoor, S3 1822 1960 Walter Buckley (288-292 Shalesmoor) Acorn Bracken Hill, Chapeltown 1881 George A Bates (Burncross Road) Adelphi 13 Arundel Street/Sycamore Street, S1 1849 1969 Lewis Arthur Clarke Adelphi 15 Martin Street, S6 1917 ? Joseph Shaw Albany Hotel 38-40 Gloucester Street, S10 1925 John Bean Albert 2 Coal Pit Lane, S1 1797 1988 George William Swinburn Albert 31 Sutherland Street, S4 1855 1996 William Eric Gandy Albert Inn 113 Broomhall Street, S3 1835 1992 Mrs A Elliott Albert Inn 162 Darnall Road, S9 1871 Still open Thomas Horan Albion 4 Mitchell Street, S3 1835 1951 Sidney E Brown Albion 46 Verdon Street 1855 1967 Mrs Florence Kynoch Albion 2-4 Earsham Street, S4 1948 Still open John Thomas Marsh Albion Hotel 75 London Road, S2 1834 Still open William Whitham Alexandra 111 Eldon Street/14 Milton Street 1833 1956 John Henry Hobson Alexandra 549 Carlisle Street East 1865 1974 Frank E Goulsbra Alma/Fat Cat 23 Alma Street 1856 Still open Arthur Corker Amberley 221 Attercliffe Common, S9 1860 1961 Hy White Pilmer Angel 59 Sheffield Road, Woodhouse 1901 Still open Frederick John Frost Angel 8 Market Street, Eckington 1911 Frederick Byrne Angel/Crown and Anchor 14 Button Lane or 18-22 Button Lane 1825 1956 Frederick William Kean Angler's Rest 46 New George Street 1841 1901 Philip Whitchurch (50 Boston Street) Anvil 106 Stannington Road, Malin Bridge 1825 Still open Arthur Edward Catlin Arbourthorne Errington Road, S2 1951 Valentine Thomas Penn Arundel Inn 1 The Common, Ecclesfield 1893 Still open Arthur Nugent Ashberry 116 Addy Street, 1 Ashberry Road, S6 1948 Percy Coulson Athol Hotel 19 Charles Street/84-86 Pinstone Street 1901 50's/early 60's Ernest Drabble Atlas 131 Carlisle Street East 1856 1922 Frank Wolstenholme (278 Savile Street, S4) Bagshawe Arms Hemsworth Road, Norton Avenue 1893 Still open Francis Robert Skelton Ball Darnall Hill 1825 John William Hollingsworth Ball 106 High Street, Ecclesfield 1825 Mrs Stella Ridge Ball 66 Upwell Street, S3 1830 Still open Samuel Humpries Ball 8 Pits Moor Road 1833 Mrs Alice C Moore Ball 43 Mansfield Road, Intake 1845 Still open John Ardron Fox Ball Inn 171 Crookes, S10 1825 Still open Thomas Henry Selby Cuckson Ball Inn 230 Myrtle Road, S2 1948 Still open Frederick Whitham Baltic Inn 420 Effingham Road 1833 Annie HarriettStarr Banner Cross Hotel 967-971 Ecclesall Road, S11 1876 Still open Mrs Jessie Windle Barleycorn 38 Coal Pit Lane 1795 1988 William Clark Barrel 123 London Road 1822 Still open Michael J Flynn Barrel Mortomley Lane End, Chapeltown 1861 Joseph Draycott Barrel Inn/Fagans (1985) 69 Broad Lane 1821 Still open Alfred Wragg Bath Hotel 139 Broomhall Street 1849 1968 Walter Purdy Bath Hotel 66 Victoria Street, S3 1863 Still open William Henry Swain Bath Hotel 184 Burgoyne Road/Whitehouse Road, S6 1871 Still open Arthur Oxby Bathfield Hotel 80 Weston Street 1948 Still open Horace Niemyski (1 Powell Street, S3) Bay Horse 463 Pitsmoor Road, S3 1825 Still open Ernest Ratheram Bay Horse 46 Upper St Phillips Road, S3 1845 Herbert Littlewood Bay Horse 1 Greystock Street 1860 Jn Ridge Hy Gates Bee Hive Inn Dykes Hall Road, S6 1948 Still open Arthur Rose Beehive 115 Langsett Road 1861 1968 Clarence Sidney Eades Beehive Hotel 20 Upwell Lane 1948 1972 Bernard Waddams Beehive/B-Hive/Rockwells/Foundry & Firkin/Bar S1 240 West Street/Glossop Road 1825 Still open James Walter Sanderson Bell Market Street/Fitzalan Square 1796 1974 Ernest Cutts Bell Hagg Inn Upper Hallam 1845 George Arthur Slinn Belle Vue Hotel 229 Cricket Inn Road, S2 1948 James Henry Fenwick Bellefield Hotel 37 Bellefield Street 1825 1962 Mrs Ruth Watkinson Bellefield House 70 Fawcett Street 1951 Harry Bottom Bellevue Hotel 282 Whitehouse Lane, S6 1871 Still open Mrs Sarah Ann Marr Big Gun 7 Wicker, S3 1796 Still open Arthur Chapman (17 Wicker) Bird in Hand 49 Broughton Lane 1861 Alfred Homer Bird in Hand 126 High Street, Eckington 1948 Joseph Russon Black Bull/Bull 18 Church Street, Ecclesfield 1825 Harry Crossland Black Darling/Black Horse 75 Talbot Street, Park 1833 Mrs Pricilla Varley (Black Horse) Black Horse/Old Black Horse 180 Upper Allen Street 1822 1960 Herbert Henson Liggins Blake Street Hotel 53 Blake Street 1893 Francis Edwin Wainwright Bloomsberry 37 Albion Street, Crooksmoor 1838 Newton Bell Blucher 672 Brightside Lane 1860 Clarence Risker Blue Ball Langsett Road, Wharncliffe 1951 Charles William Cork Blue Ball/Old Blue Ball 67 Broad Street, Park, S2 1822 V F Sellars (Old Blue Ball) Blue Bell 120 Worksop Road 1825 Mrs Mary Gorman (Old Blue Bell) Blue Bell 1 Main Street, Hackenthorpe 1948 Still open John Henry Frith Blue Boar 26 West Bar 1774 1958 Ernest Cooper Blue Stoops High Street, Dronfield 1911 Still open Henry Jackson Boston/Derby Hotel 10 Lansdowne Road 1856 1963 Leonard Derbyshire Bowling Green Hotel 2 Upwell Lane, S9 1822 Still open Mrs Esther Ayres Bowling Tavern 55 Montford Street 1951 1974 Henry Barker Bradway Hotel/Hogshead/Miner's Inn Bradway Road, Bradway 1911 William Humphries Bramwell 99 Upper St Philips Road 1871 1958 Ernest Staniland Bricklayer's Arms/Mad House 66 Hereford Street 1871 1968 William Joseph Lake Brickmaker's Arms 21 Newhall Road 1864 William Henry Gooney Bridge 2 Meadow Hall Road 1901 2007 William Dyson Bridge 3 Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1911 Dennis Beresford Bridge Inn 5 Bridge Street 1797 Michael Fagan Bridge Inn 47 Hereford Street 1854 Thos Jn F Brady Bridge Inn 509 London Road, S2 1856 Miss Annie M Archer Bridge Inn Mortomley Lane End, Chapeltown 1881 George Frederick Burtoft Bridge Inn Ford, Ridgeway 1911 Mrs Kate Townsend Bridge Inn Hollowgate, High Green 1948 Frederick Boocock Bridge Inn/Bulldog 387 Attercliffe Road 1862 1940 Ernest Manning Bridgefield 195 Fowler Street 1948 1960 George D Evans Brincliffe Oaks Hotel 9 Oak Hill Road, Nether Edge Road 1871 2006 Joseph Brown Britain Arms 120 Matilda Street 1820 1970 Mrs Lilian Fantom Britannia 24 Worksop Road 1876 Still open Herbert Rowan British Oak 227 Carbrook Street 1865 Benjamin H Allsop British Oak Oak Street, Heeley, S8 1871 Bertha Walker British Oak 1 Mosborough Moor 1948 Still open Harold Coleman Broadfield Hotel 482 Abbeydale Road, S8 1901 Still open Robert Cundy Broomhall Tavern 105 Broomhall Street 1833 1964 Mrs Beatrice Gleed Broomhill Tavern 484 Glossop Road 1849 Still open Alan Dane Broughton Inn 342 Attercliffe Common, S9 1948 Thomas Monkman Brown Bear 109 Norfolk Street 1822 Still open Mrs E Riley Brown Cow/Morriseys Riverside/Riverside Café Bar 1 Mowbray Street 1871 Still open James Crosby Brown Cow/Old Brown Cow 56 Wicker 1852 still open Mrs Beatrice Ann Marshall Brunswick 54 Thomas Street, Little Sheffield 1854 1964 Herbert Brandwood Brunswick 15 Haymarket 1856 1975 Cornelius Aherne Brunswick 46 Grimesthorpe Road 1883 1976 Thomas Thompson Brunswick Hotel 30 Tilford Road, Woodhouse 1881 Harry Cawthorne Brunswick House 98 Bramber Street, S3 1948 Robert Fletcher Buckenham Hotel 62 Grimesthorpe Road 1876 1976 Ernest Makin Bull and Mouth/Boulougne Mouth/Tap and Spile/Tap and Barrel 30 Waingate 1790 still open Cyril Keith Spencer Bull and Oak/Front Room/Assembly Rooms/Sembly Rooms/Crown and Cushion/Sam Hills Parlour 76-78 Wicker 1715 1998 Percy Parkin Bull's Head 396 Fulwood Road, Ranmoor, S10 1871 Still open Mrs Nellie Coley Bull's Head 18 Dun Street 1951 George C Mannion Burgoyne Arms 246 Langsett Road, S6 1852 Still open Harry Harold Pantling Burlington Hotel 7 Burlington Street, S6 1856 1957 Cecil Strutt Burn's Hotel 12 Sheffield Road 1951 Joseph Moorwood Byron House 16 Nether Edge Road 1948 Still open Neville E Graham Cambridge Hotel 452 Penistone Road 1836 1992 Mrs Ann Elizabeth Harley Cannon Spirit Vaults 30 Castle Street 1774 Still open Thomas Benjamin Bolton Carbrook Hall 537 Attercliffe Common 1861 Still open Frank Goodchild Cardigan 47 Ball Street 1881 Albert McCague Carlisle Street Hotel/Ma Bakers/Av-It-Bar 5 Carlisle Street East 1864 Still open Mrs Kate Clarke Carlton 563 Attercliffe Road 1845 Still open Frederick William Race Carwood 8 Carlisle Street East, S4 1864 1986 Lewis Rowe Castle Inn Castle Row, Twentywell Road, Dore 1948 Still open Thomas Alfred Outram Castle Inn Dykes Hall Road 1948 Seth King Catherine Arms Catherine Street 1951 Still open Herbert Whitlock Chandos 217 Rockingham Street 1825 John W Stevenson Chantrey Arms 11 Bramall Lane 1880 Mrs Annie E Coupe Chantrey Arms 733-735 Chesterfield Road 1951 Still open James Cocker Chequers Inn Dronfield Lane, Coal Aston 1951 William Haslam Chequers/Old Chequers 68 Weigh Lane 1825 Tom Holleley Club Gardens Inn 60 Lansdowne Road, S11 1833 1967 James Widdison Coach and Horses 756 Attercliffe Road 1901 William E Bingham Coach and Horses Station Road, Chapeltown 1901 George William Pugh Coach and Horses Rotherham Road, Eckington 1901 Harrington Williamson Coach and Horses Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1951 Ernest Skillington Cobden View Hotel 40 Cobden View Road, S10 1871 Still open William Matthew Parker Cock 5 Bridge Hill, Oughtibridge 1825 Still open Johnathan W Beech Cocked Hat 75 Worksop Road 1948 Still open Charles W Marsh Commercial 3 Sheffield Road 1870 1994 Francis Inman Darwent, S3 Commercial 107 & 109 Station Road, Chapeltown 1948 Still open George Cooper Corner Pin 231 Carlisle Street East, S4 1864 Still open Joseph Walker Corporation Hotel 37 Corporation Street, S3 1871 Harry Billingham Cossack 45 Howard Street 1821 still open George Marper Cremorne 155 London Road 1833 Still open Willis Wheldon Cricket Ball Inn 2 Savile Street East/46 Sutherland Street 1849 1918 Mrs Florence Slater Cricket Inn 20 Cricket Inn Road, Park, S2 1822 1993 Herbert Sawyer (317 Cricket Inn Road, S2) Cricket Inn Penney Lane, Totley Bents, Totley 1891 Bernard Dungworth Cricketer's Arms 106 Bramall Lane 1871 Still open Cyril Parkin Cromwell View 80 Spital Street 1911 1925 Mrs Margaret Scott Cross Daggers 14 Market Square, Woodhouse 1845 Mrs Mary Redfearn Cross Daggers Cross Lane, Coal Aston 1951 Charles E S Scholes Cross Guns (Great Gun) 122 Sharrow Lane 1901 Frank Godley Cross Keys 400 Handsworth Road, Handsworth Woodhouse 1825 Still open Joseph W Francis Cross Scythes Baslow Road, Totley Rise 1891 Joseph Fearnley Cross Scythes 147 Derbyshire Lane, Meersbrook 1901 Still open Stanley G Outram Crossfield Thorncliffe, Chapeltown 1881 Jn William Crookes Crosspool Tavern Crosspool 1871 Albert Carter Crown 2 Albert Road 1856 Still open Mrs Doris Malin Crown 41 Carlisle Road 1860 James Henry Lancaster Crown 2 Walkley Bank Road 1871 Still open Charles Henry Strickland Crown Hillfoot Road, Totley 1891 Still open William Cooper Crown 116 Neepsend Lane 1893 1992 Francis George Cass Crown 21 Meadow Hall Road 1901 Still open Herbert Bolsover Crown and Cushion Burn Cross, Chapeltown 1901 Still open Harold Trueman Crown and Glove 96 Upper Gate, Stannington 1825 Mrs Janet Wood Crown Hotel 137 High Street, Mosbrough 1951 Joseph Smith Crown Inn 23 Blue Boy Street 1835 1938 George H Beedham Crown Inn 87 Forncett Street, S4 1865 still open Mrs Amy Sanderson Crown Inn 43 Summerfield Street, S11 1871 George Henry Wright Crown Inn 53 Bessemer Road, S9 1948 Herbert Ewart Hall Crown Inn/Old Crown 21 Blackburn Road, Brightside 1825 William Howard (Blackburn) Crown/Old Crown/R&B's Uptown Bar 35 Scotland Street 1797 Still open William Fras Nolan Cumberland Head 35 High Street, Beighton 1901 Mrs Ivy Lowe Cuthbert Arms 296 Langsett Road, S6 1951 1974 Albert Tudor (Cuthbert Road) Cuthbert Bank Hotel 164 Langsett Road, S6 1861 Still open Albert Newton Cutler's Arms/Fara's Free House 74 Worksop Road 1841 Still open Thomas William McArliss Denison Arms 33 Watery Street 1845 Still open Casswell Burnett Derby Hotel 25 Lawson Street, S3 1951 George William Shackleton Devonshire Arms 23 South Street, Moor 1825 1940 George Green Devonshire Arms 118 Ecclesall Road, S11 1840 Still open Samuel Palfreyman Devonshire Arms High Street, Dore 1891 1901 Mrs F M Thorpe Dog and Gun 18 Headford Street, S3 1833 1962 Arthur James Froggatt Dog and Partridge 56 Trippet Lane 1797 Still open Percy Hewitt Dog and Partridge/Goodfellas Gentlemans' Club 575 Attercliffe Road 1860 still open Charles Edward Coldwell Dog and Partridge/Nell's Bar 53 Coal Pit Lane, S1 1821 Frank E Glennon (Nell's Bar, next Hippodrome, Cambridge Street) Don Inn 67 Penistone Road 1833 George W Gillingham Dore Moor Hathersage Road, Dore 1901 Frank L Beamer Douglas Inn 209-211 Douglas Road, S3 1951 Thomas Webster Dove and Rainbow 25 Hartshead 1782 still open Herbert Bagworth Dragon Inn 135 Infirmary Road, S6 1951 Thomas Charlesworth Duke of York 135 Main Road, Darnall 1822 Still open George Albert Wombswell Duke of York 35 Market Street, Eckington 1911 Austin Drake Durham Ox 15 Cricket Inn Road 1871 1993 Frank Brown Earl Grey 97 Ecclesall Road, S11 1854 Peter Joseph Scott Earl of Arundel and Surrey 528 Queen's Road, S2 1879 Still open George Frederick Sanderson East House 18 Spital Hill 1860 Still open George Thomas Boswell Ecclesall Tavern 273-275 Hanover Street, S3 1951 Wyndham Dewy Richards Elephant Vaults 2 Norfolk Street & Market Street 1822 1968 Frederick Warrington Ellesmere Hotel 55 Ellesmere Road, S4 1865 Harry Denton Elm Tree 980 City Road/Intake 1871 Raymond Walter Mallett Empire Canteen 16 Charles Street 1901 Joseph Covan Enfield Arms 95 Broughton Lane, S9 1925 Still open John Young Engineers Hotel/Dallas Bar/Barrow House Fowler Street, Wincobank 1881 Robert Edward Millward (Fife Street) Excelsior 1 Carbrook Street, Attercliffe Common, S9 1951 1993 Charles Ernest Almond Exchange 53 Eldon Street 1951 Mrs Annie Maria Lawson Farfield/Owl/Muff Inn 376 Neepsend Lane 1864 Still open Jn W Pearson Filesmith's Arms 229 Attercliffe Common, S9 1871 1993 Ernest Aldridge Firwood Cottage 279 Whitehouse Lane 1948 Still open George T Bell Fisherman's Rest 93 Tinsley Park Road, S9 1871 1980 Frederick William Hoyland Fitzalan Inn/"Top" Fitzalan 123 Fitzalan Street 1951 1966 Willie Nowill (38 Montford Road & 123-127 Fitzalan Street) Fitzalan Tavern 58 Fitzalan Street 1871 Mrs Mary Ward Fitzwilliam Hotel 14 Milford Street 1926 Dennis Connerton Fleur De Lis Totley Hall Lane, Totley Rise 1891 William Henry Green Fleur De Lis Inn Unstone, Sheffield 1901 Charles Hall Florist 185 Walkley Road, S6 Arthur Bradford Forest Inn Rutland Road 1871 Still open Fred Oldham (48 Rutland Street) Forester's Inn/Yorick/The Yorl/Olive Bar 57 Division Street 1834 Still open Frank Lee (73-75 Division Street) Forge Inn 95 Newhall Road 1871 Cyril Northcliffe Foundry Arms 111 Barrow Road, S9 Still open Robert Bocking Fowler Street Hotel 37 Haywood Street 1901 Charles Crosby Fox and Duck 174 Pye Bank 1822 Still open Reginald Bowman Johnson Fox and Duck 37 Fulwood Road/227 Fulwood Road, S10 1836 Albert Kelsey (227 Fulwood Road) Fox and Duck 438 Sheffield Road, Tinsley Still open Charles Turner Fox and Grapes 519 Meadow Hall Road, Wincobank 1901 Jn Willie Coggan Fox House 11 Shirland Lane, 1 Ardmore Street, S9 1870 Jn Dore Franklin Hotel 118 Sharrow Lane/Franklin Street, S11 1871 1970 Patrick Joseph Hayes Freedom Hotel/Freedom View 26 Walkley Bank Road, S6 1856 Still open Edward Murtagh Freedom House 371 South Road, Walkley, S6 1871 Walter Newton Freemason's Arms/Mason's Arms 383 Walkley Lane 1825 Still open Frederick Shackleton Friendship Inn Tinsley Park Road 1871 Still open Ernest Marples (1 March Street) Fullerton Arms Hotel/Yorkshireman 301 Sheffield Road, Templeborough Albert Davies Fulton/Prospect House 2 Fulton Road, S6 Frank Justice Gaiety Palace/Cromwell's Varieties 100 West Bar, S3 1881 Henry Cliff Gardener's Rest 105 Neepsend Lane 1871 Still open George Parkin Gardeners' Rest 15 Dun Street, S3 1881 Walter Woollen Gate Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge, S6 1822 Sydney James Brindley Gate 76 Attercliffe Road/Hilltop, S9 1871 1990 Alphonse Arnold (76-78 Attercliffe Common) Gate Inn 124 Pitsmoor Road 1871 Joseph S Reed (408 Pitsmoor Road) Gate/Old Gate in 1854 10 Hollis Croft 1822 1955 William Snape Gatefield 167 Infirmary Road, S6 1845 1980 Mrs C Witham General Gordon Inn 49 Cross Bedford Street, S6 1951 Martin Giblin George Hill Top, Stannington 1901 Jn Abney Thompson George and Dragon 93 Broad Lane 1825 1958 Mrs Eileen C Keaveny George and Dragon High Street, Beighton 1901 Still open Leonard Ansell George and Dragon 20 High Street, Mosbrough 1951 Still open Leonard Thacker George Inn 11 Market Street, Woodhouse 1881 Jabez Hy Cox George IV 216 Infirmary Road 1833 1992 George Fields (Manager) George Street Tavern 1 Cross Gilpin Street, S6 1948 Walter Bingham Globe Inn/Scream 54 Howard Street 1797 Still open Herbert Richford Golden Ball 838 Attercliffe Road 1825 1985 Thomas William Elliott Golden Ball Townhead Street 1828 James William Marriott (10 Townhead Street) Golden Lion 69 Alderson Road, S2 1951 Still open Geo H Littlewood Gower Arms 47 Gower Street 1871 Still open Samuel Rusby Granville Inn 89 Granville Street, Park, S2 1845 Alan Coggin Grapes 80 Trippet Lane 1821 Still open Clifford Hartley Grapes 1or 5 South Street, Moor 1854 Joseph Arnold Wade Grapes Inn/Rovers Rest/Rovers Return 51 Gower Street, S4 1868 Still open George Moore Great Britain 28 John Street, S2 1871 Jas Benton Green Dragon Church Street, Dronfield 1911 Raymond Parker Grey Horse 25 Stoke Street, Attercliffe 1850 1938 Charles F Liversidge Grey Horse 55 Chester Street 1871 Sydney Dewhirst Greyhound 185 Gibralter Street, S3 1796 Lawrence Hy Yarwood (217 Gibralter Street) Greyhound 822 Attercliffe Road 1830 Still open Charles Brown Greyhound 122 High Street, Ecclesfield 1881 Still open Mrs Una F Banks Greyhound Inn Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1951 Still open Charles Telford Lavender Griffin Inn 5 Spital Street 1871 1966 Willis Mosforth Griffin Inn 8 Town End Road, Ecclesfield 1881 Kenneth Stringer Grouse Inn Penney Lane, Totley Bents, Totley 1951 Jn Thomas Pearson Guards Rest/Old Albion 2 Marshall Street and 8 Fowler Street George Barnsley Guards Rest/Widow's Hut 41 Sorby Street 1879 1971 Lewis Forrester Hadfield Hotel 26 Barber Road, S10 1861 Still open John Anderson Haigh Tree Inn/Old Hague/Haw Tree 1 Bernard Road, S2 1822 Arthur Parkin (1 Bernard Street) Halfway 195 Attercliffe Road 1864 1959 Thomas Frederick Carr (Britannia Road, S9) Halfway House 30 Station Road, Mosbrough 1948 Ernest Silcock Hallamshire 157-159 Lydgate Lane, Crookes 1871 Still open Mrs Nellie Sherwood Hallamshire Hotel Wentworth Road 1871 Joseph Bromley Hallamshire House 49 Common Side, Crookes 1852 Ellis J Rimmer Hallamshire/Rise 182 West Street 1871 Still open Mrs Adelaide Kate A Swinden Hallcar Tavern/Grove 2 Carwood Lane 1951 Still open Arthur B Parkin Hammer and Pincers Bent's Green, Ecclesall Bierlow, S11 1822 Still open Arthur Beighton (Ringinglow Road, S11) Hampton View 231 Langsett Road, S6 1871 1972 Benjamin Beck Hanover House 132-134 Upper Hanover Street, S3 Fred Woodbine Hare and Hounds 27 Nursery Street 1822 Still open George A Cooper Hare and Hounds 77 Uppergate Road, Stannington 1881 Sydney Gray Hare and Hounds 7 Church Lane, Dore 1891 Still open Frank Clark Hare and Hounds 6 Church Street, Oughtibridge Fred Greaves Harlequin/Harlequin and Clown 26 Johnson Street 1822 Still open Joseph Worley Harrow/Old Harrow 80 Broad Street, Park 1822 Joseph H Fenn Havana Hotel 57 Meadow Street 1881 Lawrence Blankley Heart of Oaks Dronfield, Woodhouse 1949 George Frederick Kahler Heeley and Sheffield House 2 Gleadless Road, Gleadless 1881 Still open James Edward Roe Hen and Chickens 3 Castle Green 1821 Still open George Hattersley Hereford Arms 17 Hereford Street 1871 Thomas McConnell Highcliffe Hotel Greystones Road, S11 1948 Still open Sydney Mayor Highgreave 205 High Greave, Ecclesfield 1881 Still open Edward Staves Hill Top Hotel 69 Attercliffe Road 1860 1961 Frank Sellers Hillsborough Inn 2 Holme Lane 1845 Lawrence Brown Hodgson Arms 49 Hodgson Street 1860 1970 Mrs Ellen Monks Hodson Hotel 110 Carlisle Road 1860 1970 Joseph Beaumont Hollin Bush 108 Hollinsend Road, Gleadless 1881 Still open Alfred Whyers Holly Bush Rivelin, Stannington 1841 Alfred Williamson Horse and Jockey 638 Attercliffe Road 1822 still open Mrs Eliz Burgin Horse and Jockey Wadsley Lane, S6 1879 George Sykes Horse Shoe Bellhouse Road, Shire Green 1825 Reuben Davies Howard Hotel 59 Howard Street 1871 Still open Cyril E Beck Howard Hotel 94 Howard Road, S6) 1951 Alfred Wragg Hyde Park Inn Hill Top, Unstone 1911 Jn Arthur Young Imperial 45 Robertshaw Street 1881 Tom Shaw Industry 34 Broad Street 1797 1972 Stuart Potts Industry 206 Dunlop Street 1951 George Collinson Industry Inn 147 Young Street 1871 1917 Willie North Industry Inn Darnall 1871 Still open Grayson Nance (89 Main Road, S9) Junction 354 Brightside Lane 1871 Geo Rd Broskom Junction Station Road, Woodhouse 1901 Still open Jn Dale Hollis Kelvin Grove 227 Infirmary Road, Gatefield, S6 1833 1959 Arthur Edward Catlin King's Head 709 Attercliffe Road 1853 Still open Charles Belch King's Head Poole Road, Darnall 1905 Leslie Lingard King's Head Manchester Road, S10 1905 Harry Coldwell Lady's Bridge 2 Bridge Street 1881 1993 Joseph Hy Appleyard Lambpool 291 Attercliffe Common/Hilltop, Attercliffe 1870 1988 Geo Bulloss Lansdowne 2 Lansdowne Road 1854 1991 Joseph Copley Leavey Greave Hotel 26 Leavey Greave Road, S3 1871 Edwin Owen Lescar 303 Sharrow Vale Road, S11 1881 Still open Herbert Drake Lincoln City Arms 114 Clarence Street 1845 1963 Mrs Vera Salt Lion and Lamb 46 High Street, Eckington 1905 Ronald Burgess Lion Hotel 4 Nursery Street, S3 1828 1980 Austin Lemons Lodge Inn 47 Spital Hill 1852 1969 Isaac Hampton Lodge Inn 143 Newhall Road 1870 Ernest Oliver Lord Nelson 184 Greystock Road 1868 1951 Thomas Simmonite Lord Nelson 166 Arundel Street 1871 Still open Mrs Fanny Brocklebank Lord Nelson 60 Broad Street 1871 Elsie Barber Lyceum 153 Langsett Road 1854 1972 Frederick Joseph Bentley Lyceum 19 Pond Hill 1871 Henry Stones Magnet Southy Green Road, S5 1951 Ernest M Bradshaw Mail Coach/Commercial/Scruffy Murphys/Muse 149 West Street 1800 Still open Ernest Sparks Malin Bridge / The Cleakum Inn 194 Holme Lane 1833 Still open Mrs Edith Strong Malton Hotel 35 Burton Street 1901 1980 Edwin Bower Manchester 4 Division Street 1849 Frederick Ernest Fox Manchester Hotel/Manchester Railway Hotel/Harlequin 108 Nursery Street, S3 1849 Still open Mrs Charlotte Louise Baggarley Manor Castle Inn 82 Edward Street, S2 1845 Sydney James Steadman Manor Inn Fretson Road, Darnall, S2 1828 George Brown Market Inn 18 Wortley Road, High Green 1948 Still open Arthur Chester Marshall Tavern 133 Pye Bank/133 Pitsmoor Road 1951 1960 Leonard Gayden Mason's Arms 47 Pearl Street 1858 1960 Mrs Alice Bell Mason's Arms 270 Langsett Road, S6 1871 Still open Jn Hy Crutchley Mason's Arms Marsh Quarry, Chesterfield Road, Eckington 1948 Joseph Reginald Cranfield Mason's Arms 14 Capel Street, S6 1948 Still open Albert Carr Mason's Arms 2 Carson Road, S10 1948 Still open Ernest Blenkinsop Masons' Arms 842 Chesterfield Road, S8 1901 George Henry Greenfield Matilda Tavern 100 Matilda Street, S1 1825 Still open Thos Nicholas Barlow Maunche 14 Corn Exchange Buildings 1901 Arthur Alcock Meadow Inn 89 Main Road, S9 1951 William Spencer Meadow Street Hotel 110 Meadow Street, S3 1845 still open Henry Holroyd Merry Heart 110 Spital Street (Tom Cross Lane) 1893 John William Wilson Middlewood Tavern Oughtibridge 1861 William Wilson Midland 2 Spital Hill 1862 1972 Herbert Edley Midland 26 Burncross Road, Greenside, Chapeltown 1901 Charles Houghton Birch Midland Chesterfield Road, Dronfield 1901 Norman Spencer Millhouses Hotel 951 Abbeydale Road, Millhouses, S7 1905 Still open Joseph Thomas Badger Milton Arms 66 Thomas Street, S1 1825 1964 Frederick Hall Milton Arms 272 Rockingham Street, S1 1871 1963 Mrs Dorothy Evans Milton's Head 29 Lower Allen Street, S3 1825 1958 James William Sharman Miners Arms 6 Pitt Street, Eckington 1948 John Drabble Miners' Arms 125 Warren Lane, Chapeltown 1861 Still open Mrs Lavinia Hague Miners' Arms 115 Carr Lane, Dronfield, Woodhouse 1901 Still open Charles W Marples Minerva 69 Charles Street, S1 1833 still open John R Newman Minerva 103 Penistone Road/Hillfoot, S6 1833 1959 Albert Ward (343-345 Penistone Road) Montgomery Hotel 225 St Mary's Road, S2 1881 William Schofield Morpeth Arms 108 Upper Allen Street, S3 1833 1960 Alfred Beckett Moseley's Arms 81-83 West Bar & Paradise Street 1849 Still open Peter Tebay (Phone Sheffield 21519) Mount Pleasant Inn 291 Derbyshire Lane, S8 1948 Mrs Mora Alice Gray Mulberry Tavern 2 Mulberry Street, S1 1825 still open Thos Dallinger Mills Museum 25 Orchard Street, S1 1797 1988 Mrs Ethel Grace Kersh Myrtle Inn 33 Alexandra Road, Heeley, S2 1871 Willie Staniforth Nag's Head 273 Shalesmoor, S3 1833 still open Herbert Littlewood (325 Shalesmoor, S3) Nag's Head Sheffield Road, Dronfield 1911 Mrs Clara S Purdy Nailmakers' Arms Backmoor Road, S8 1948 Bert Chadwick Napier Hotel 95 Napier Street, S11 1871 Still open Tom Lindley Neepsend Tavern 114 Neepsend Lane 1834 1974 Jn Singleton Nelson 34 Union Street, S1 1854 Stanley Able John Sherriff (Moorhead) New Barrack Tavern 601 Penistone Road 1854 Still open Henry Charles Lambert New Crown Inn 406 Handsworth Road, S9 1951 Still open Frank Raybould New Inn 183 Duke Street 1828 Still open Mrs Elizabeth Benson New Inn 2 Penistone Road, S6 1833 Reginald Edward Vine New Inn 108 Ecclesall Road 1834 Percy Taylor New Inn 10 Montford Street 1871 Arthur Needham New Inn 211 Carbrook Street 1871 William Henry Bagshaw New Inn 282 Hollinsend Road, Gleadless 1881 Mrs Annie Lomas New Inn Sheffield Road, Hackenthorpe 1901 Harry Helliwell New Inn Hemsworth Road, S8 1948 William Sylvester Bailey New Inn/New Bridge Inn 4 Penistone Road North 1822 Still open Arnold Fairfax New Market Hotel 20 Broad Street & 1 Sheaf Street, S2 1825 1972 Lachlan Macmillan New White Lion 23 Wicker, S3 1825 1991 George Hible Newfield 141 Denmark Road 1881 Albert Cyril Drake Noah's Ark 197 Mansfield Road, Intake 1845 Still open Peveril Hill Noah's Ark 94 Crookes, S10 Still open Arthur Smith Norfolk 225 Handsworth Rd, S9 1881 Henry Wolstenholme Norfolk 224 South Street, Park, S2 1951 Jn Arnold Lewis Norfolk Arms 26 Dixon Lane 1833 Still open Walter Adams Norfolk Arms 85 Clarence Street 1841 1968 Harry Gilchrist Norfolk Arms Ringinglow, Upper Hallam, S11 1845 Ellis Geeson Norfolk Arms White Lane Top, Chapeltown 1861 Allan Parry Norfolk Arms 2 Suffolk Road 1871 Still open Jn Willie Guite Norfolk Arms 1 St Mary's Road, S1 1881 Mrs Edith May Wildsmith Norfolk Arms Hollow Meadows, Stannington 1901 Greaves Armitage Green Norfolk Arms/Bronx 208 Savile Street East, S4 1864 Geroge Frederick Lee Norfolk Arms/Club 160 160 Attercliffe Road 1831 Miss Gladys Jones Norfolk Arms/Club Xes 195 Carlisle Street 1860 Still open Frederick Thomas Astill Normanton 123 Grimesthorpe Road, S4 1879 still open Harry White Normanton Springs Inn Normanton Spring, Woodhouse 1901 Brookes Urwin North Pole Inn 62 Sussex Street, S4 1854 Tom Smith Norton Hotel Meadow Head, S8 1948 Frederick Arthur Brindley Nottingham House 161 Whitham Road, S10 1871 Joseph Verdon Bee Nottingham House 19-23 Watery Street, S3 1871 Daniel P Tormey Nursery Tavern 276 Ecclesall Road, S11 1948 Still open Fred Hurst Odd Fellow's Arms 202 Duke Street, Park 1856 Joseph Banks Old Albion 242-244 Hanover Street, S3 1948 Joseph J Halliwell Old Albion 103 Hill Street, S2 1948 Charles Ellin Old Blue Ball Bradfield Road, Owlerton 1825 Still open Spencer Wilson Old Blue Bell 31 High Street, S1 1710 Still open Joseph Huntley Pritchard Old Bradley Well/Terminus Tavern 150 Main Road, Darnall 1825 Still open (Terminus) Walter Winnell Old Cricket Ground Inn 371 Darnall Road, Darnall 1871 John Butler Old Crown 133 London Road 1825 Still open Joseph Vincent Perry Old Crown 710 Penistone Road 1871 Still open Reginald Walton Old Green Dragon 469 Attercliffe Road 1774 1950 Henry Ball Old Grindstone 3 Crooks, S10 1822 Still open Mrs Ruth Womack Old Harrow White Lane, Gleadless 1901 Still open George Burtonwood (Ye Olde Harrow) Old Heavygate Wharncliffe Road or 114 Matlock Road, S6 1871 Still open Albert Allison Old Light Horseman 155 Penistone Road, Philadelphia 1822 1991 Mrs Lily Watson Old Original Grindstone 22 and 24 Crookes, S10 1871 Mrs Laura Annie Gaunt Old Queens Head 40 Pond Hill, S1 1851 Still open A F Butcher Omnibus 766 Attercliffe Road, S9 1948 Frank Binks Owl 51 Penistone Road 1948 Jas Hindle Davies Oxford House 131 Moore Street 1948 Mrs Florence Green Pack Horse Inn 23 Pack Horse Lane, Mortomley, High Green 1861 Still open Ernest Hakes Palm Tree Tavern 35 Palm Street, Walkley, S6 1871 Still open Frederick Stevens Park Hotel Wadsley Lane, Hillsborough, S6 1911 Still open Clement Bunting Parkwood Hotel 16 Douglas Road, S3 1881 Thomas Warburton Parson Cross Hotel Deerlands Avenue, S5 1948 Still open Colin Keen Peacock Knoll Top, Stannington 1825 Still open Willis Bradshaw (714 Stannington Road) Peacock 200 Fitzwilliam Street, S1 1845 Walter Scott Pheasant 86 or 96 London Road 1854 Still open Robert Pearson Pheasant Mount Pleasant, Wadsley Bridge 1861 Oldroyd Friend (30 Trafalger Road, Wadsley Bridge) Pheasant Oughtibridge 1881 Still open Joseph Henry Thompson Pheasant 467 Meadow Hall Road, S9 1948 Lorenzo White Pheasant Barnsley Road, S5 1951 Still open Robert Albert Kirkland Dowson Pheasant (Beerhouse)/Stumble Inn 436 Attercliffe Common, S9 1833 Still open William Weeks Phoenix Hotel 56-58 Charles Street 1893 Joseph Edward Ross Phoenix Inn High Lane, Ridgeway 1951 Still open Ernest Kay Pitsmoor 448 Pitsmoor Road 1925 Still open Hy Willey Plough 228 Sandygate Road, Sandygate, S10 1845 Still open Peter James Stuart Plough 28 Broad Street, S2 1854 William T Elliott Plumpers Hotel Sheffield Road, S9 1948 George Ernest Hooley Plumpers' Inn Tinsley, S4 1825 Mrs Mary Monteyne (42 Greystock Street) Pomona Gardens 163 Ecclesall New Road 1854 Still open Percy Carrington (213 Ecclesall Road, S11) Poplar Tree Tavern 180-182 Broomhall Street, S3 1951 Walter Wragg Porter Tavern/Porter Tavern Sharrow Moor 1845 Mrs Harriet Sims (286 Sharrow Vale Road) Portland Arms 59 Portland Street (39 ?) 1871 Allan Stacey (39 Portland Street) Prince Hotel 100 Pomona Street 1871 William Gouldthorpe Prince of Wales Banner Cross, Ecclesall, S11 1834 Still open Cecil Clift (Ecclesall Road South) Prince of Wales 20 Adsett Street 1862 Fred Thornton Prince of Wales 127 Upper St Philips Road & 25 Fawcett Street, S3 1881 Harry Bottomley Prince of Wales 11 Church Street, Eckington 1901 R B Bailey Prince of Wales 150 Derbyshire Lane, S8 1948 Arnold Jeffcock Prince of Wales 80 Burncross Road, Chapeltown 1948 Mark William Blackmore Prince of Wales/Frog and Parrot 94 Division Street & 37 Westfield Terrace, S1 1871 Still open Hubert Nixon Hutchinson Princess Hotel 199 Fitzwiliam Street 1881 Bernard Parsons Princess Royal Hotel 680 Retford Road, Woodhouse 1948 Frances Radford Prospect View Hotel 500 Gleadless Road 1948 Mrs Annie Oldfield Pump Tavern 79 South Street, Moor 1825 still open Harry Walker Punch Bowl 236 Crookes, S10 1822 Still open Stanley Young Punch Bowl 95 Hurlfield Road, Gleadless, S12 1951 Still open Sydney Macreath Queen Adelaide 32 Bramall Lane/1 Hermitage Street, S2 1825 Mrs Nellie Smith Queen's 37 Dun Street, S3 1825 1970 Henry Lewin Queen's Ground (Queen's Hotel) 401 Langsett Road 1833 Still open Alfred E Kelvey Queen's Head 660 Attercliffe Road 1822 1990 Joseph Henry Chatwyn Queen's Head Mortomley, High Green 1861 Mrs Mabel White Queen's Head Main Road, Ridgeway 1951 Still open Percy Flower Queen's Hotel 85 Scotland Street, S3 1797 Frederick Tracey Railway 19 Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge 1881 Still open Harry Redfern Railway Rotherham Road, Beighton 1901 Mrs Mary Wright Railway Hotel 184 Bramhall Lane, S2 1871 Still open Harold Chatwyn Railway Hotel Blackburn 1948 Mrs Irene Lily Peters Railway Tavern 64 Princess Street, Attercliffe Road 1864 1912 Fras Herbert Haden Railway/Stadium/Noose and Gibbet 97 Broughton Lane, S9 1871 Still open Arthur S McCartin Ran Moor 330 Fulwood Road, Ran Moor, S10 1854 Still open Wilfred Garside Raven/Hornblower/O'Hagans 12 Fitzwilliam Street 1833 Still open John Thomas Flood Red Deer 18 Pitt Street, S1 1825 Still open Jim Sharp Red House 168 Solly Street 1796 Still open Mrs Agnes S Whitney Red Lion 145 Duke Street, Park, S2 1821 Still open Mrs Mabel Boldy Red Lion 109 Charles Street, S1 1821 Still open Thomas Davies Red Lion Gleadless Town End 1845 Still open George Eric Easthope (972 Gleadless Road) Red Lion/Mr Q's 652 London Road, Heeley, S2 1845 2006 Leonard Edmund Thompson Red Lion/Old Red Lion in 1854 35 Holly Street, S1 1822 Boarded up Mrs Florence Foreman Reindeer Inn 20 Douglas Road, S3 1948 Charles Edward Hartle Rifle Corps Hotel 137 Carlisle Street East, S4 1860 1958 Charles Frederick Swallow Rising Sun Abbey Lane, Parkhead, S11 1786 Still open Tom Frederick Wild Rising Sun 67 Hermitage Street, S2 1871 Arthur Rogerson Rising Sun 471 Fulwood Road, S10 1911 Still open John Rowbotham (Manager) Rising Sun 11 Pear Street and 72 Pomona Street, S11 1948 Mrs Bertha Latham Rising Sun 49 Jenkin Road, S9 1948 William Henry Griffiths Rivelin Stannington 1905 Louis Fox (Tofts Lane) Rivelin View Bell Hagg Road 1871 Mrs Hy Turner (204 Bole Hill Road, S6) River Don Inn 712 Brightside Lane 1857 Mrs Carrie Guess Robin Hood 86 Duke Street, Park, S2 1822 1950 Mrs Edith Fox Robin Hood 46 Ellesmere Road 1854 Still open Mrs Lottie Sowter Robin Hood Inn Millhouses 1822 Still open William Marsden Robin Hood/Robin Hood & Little John Little Matlock, Stannington 1861 Still open Matthew Furness Robin Hood/Robin Hood & Little John in 1854 548 Attercliffe Road 1822 Thomas William Whitworth Rock House 170 Rock Street 1951 Still open Albert E Hather Rock Inn 42 Pye Bank 1951 1958 Edward Mumford Rock Tavern 20 Dixon Lane 1796 1972 Sam Wilde Rockingham Arms 194 Rockingham Street 1825 Mrs Annie Townsley Rodley Inn 97 Leadmill Road 1893 1970 William Speight Roebuck 1 Charles Street (1-3 Union Lane) 1790 Still open Jn Wm Milner Rose Potter Hill, High Green 1948 Still open Cyril Bramby Rose and Crown 52 Brightmore Street, S3 1797 1903 Joseph Sollitt Rose and Crown Hann Moor, Stannington 1822 Irvine Earnshaw Lee Rose and Crown Stour Lane, Wadsley, S6 1881 William Henry Skelton Rose and Crown 154 High Street, Eckington 1905 Sarah Earnshaw Rose and Crown 245 Main Road, Darnall, S9 1911 Douglas Houghton Rose Cottage 70 Cricket Inn Road, S2 1881 Frank Wheatley Rose House 316 South Road, Walkley, S6 1948 Isaiah Thomas Moss Rose Inn 627 Penistone Road 1845 Still open William Gill Rotherham House/Old Number 12/Double Six/Market Tavern/The Sun/ The Garden 27 Exchange Street 1797 Archibald Goulder Royal Dungworth, Stannington 1861 Still open Sydney Cooke Royal 2 Bradfield Road 1891 1990 Herbert Cutts Royal George 60 Carver Street 1833 1970 Harry Drakes Royal George 94 Cricket Inn Road 1871 William Henry Freer Royal Hotel 617 Attercliffe Common 1870 Harold Amos Maples Royal Hotel London Road & 1 Abbeydale Road 1881 Noel Hodgson Royal Hotel 10 Market Square, Woodhouse 1948 Robert Fuller Royal Hotel 114 Walkley Street, S6 1948 Sydney Frith Royal Hotel Southgate, Eckington 1948 Joseph Willoughby Royal Lancer 66 Penistone Road; 18 Penistone Road in 1854 1854 John Linguard Royal Oak 11 Hollis Croft 1822 Still open Sidney Ward Squire Royal Oak 136 Lansdowne Road 1860 1967 George Frederick Broadhurst Royal Oak 250 Savile Street, S4 1862 1956 Harry Johnson Royal Oak 60 Earsham Street 1864 Still open George Edward Barker Royal Oak 17 Cemetery Road, S11 1871 Still open Harold Rowan Royal Oak 12 Lancaster Street & Neepsend Lane 1881 Arthur C Garlick Royal Oak 44 High Street, Beighton 1901 William A Widdison Royal Oak 354 Mansfield Road, Intake 1948 Thomas Frederick Young Royal Oak Blackburn 1948 Herbert Spratt Royal Oak Eckington Road, Coal Aston 1948 Alfred Wainwright Royal Oak 53 High Street, Mosbrough 1948 Still open Charles H Rhodes Royal Oak 23 Walkley Bank Road, S6 1951 Anthony Linley Royal Oak Hotel 10 Station Road, Chapeltown 1948 William Stewart Royal Standard 156 St Mary's Road, S2 1833 Still open Frank Green Rutland Arms 86 Brown Street 1833 Still open David Crossley Saddle/New Saddle 96 West Street 1825 1992 Thomas Simmonite Salutation 85 Upper St Philip's Road 1833 1965 Jn Slattery Salutation 126 Attercliffe Common (Hill Top in 1871) 1870 Leonard Barber Salutation 170 Wortley Road, High Green, Chapeltown 1881 Still open Reginald George Hargraves Sawmaker's Arms 1 Neepsend Lane, S3 1834 1966 Frederick William Royce Scarborough Arms 104 Milton Street, S3 1830 1963 Mrs Martha Kennedy Scarborough Arms 34 Addy Street, S6 1841 Still open William Spyve Shakespeare 146 Gibralter Street 1821 Still open Laurence Rattigan Shakespeare 106 Well Road 1901 Still open Mrs Hannah Lee Shakespeare/Crown and Shakespeare 16 Sycamore Street 1822 1965 Mrs Fanny Ball Shakespeare/Shakey 196 Bradfield Road, Owlerton 1854 Still open George Rollitt Sheaf House Hotel 329 Bramhall Lane, S2 1816 Still open Herbert Harvey Sheaf Inn 11 Effingham Road, S4 1849 Albert R Tooley Sheaf View Hotel 25 Gleadless Road, S2 1879 Still open Harry Silcock Sheffield Arms 107 Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe 1830 Still open George Rhodes Sheldon 27 Hill Street 1841 Still open Jn Hy Tomlinson Ship Inn 284 Shalesmoor 1833 Still open Joseph Milner Shrewsbury Hotel 109 South Street, Park 1830 1934 Mrs Lucy Hanisen Solferino 130 Cemetery Road, S11 1948 Henry Staniforth South Sea Hotel Broomhill, S10 1854 George Ernest Higginbottom Sportsman 125 Thomas Street 1825 1963 Arthur William Naylor Sportsman High Street, Ecclesfield 1825 Charles E Beard Sportsman 20 Coal Pit Lane 1833 Still open Horace Row (24 Cambridge Street) Sportsman Worrall Road, Wadsley, S6 1861 Still open George Wilburn Sportsman Darnall Road 1871 Sidney William Tomkinson Sportsman Town End, Stannington 1881 Still open Jonathan Drabble Sportsman 100 Walkley Bank Road 1901 Still open John Elliott Sportsman Barnsley Road 1901 Ambrose Lister Sportsman Harvey Clough Road, Norton Woodseats 1901 Thomas B Robinson Sportsman Benty Lane, Cross Pool, S10 1901 Still open Mrs Doris May Nortcliffe Sportsman Main Street, Hackenthorpe 1901 Still open Harry Lancaster Sportsman Group/Grove 851 Penistone Road 1833 1989 Colin Biggin Sportsman Inn 569 Redmires Road, S10 1948 Fred Bonnington Sportsman's Inn 155 Marcus Street, S3 1871 Walter Millership Sportsman's Inn 84 Sheldon Street 1871 Edwin Dunwell Sportsman's Inn Oak Street, Heeley, S8 1871 John Widdowson (83 Well Road) Sportsman's Inn 10 Denby Street 1901 Still open Thomas M Pugsley Sportsman's Inn 33 Otley Street, S6 1948 Herbert Cutts Sportsman's Rest 45 Park Hill Lane 1871 William English Spring Vale Hotel Spring Vale Road 1871 Still open John William Hampshire (1 Commonside) Springfield Tavern 182-184 Broomspring Lane Still open Horace Cheetham Springwood Inn Hastilar Road South, S2 1948 Still open Joseph L Dobing Stafford Arms 30 Stafford Street, S2 1854 Harry Burdett Tyerman Staffordshire Arms 38 Sorby Street 1864 Still open George William Marshall Stag 2 Wilson Street 1871 Fred Johnson Stag Inn Market Street, Woodhouse 1911 Still open William Gimby Stag's Head/Sharrow Head in 1854 Psalter Lane, Sharrow Head 1822 Still open Edwin Stanley Star Rural Lane, Wadsley 1825 Mrs Ellen Brooke Star and Garter 82 Winter Street 1871 Still open Jas Eric Leslie Harrison Star Inn 49 Danville Street, S4 1883 1960 Mrs Hilda Mills Star of Brunswick 65 Cemetery Road 1871 Harold Barton Star of Lemont 29 Hermitage Street 1891 Mrs Esther Annie Bullivant Station Inn 86 Wicker 1845 Still open Albert Hobson Station Inn 165 & 167 Granville Street, Park, S2 1881 Walter Eyre Station Inn 732 Attercliffe Road, S9 1951 Still open James A Hurrell Summerfield Hotel 21-23 Soho Street & 26 Summerfield Street, S11 1948 Joseph Ryalls Sun 134 West Bar 1833 Mrs Eliza Williams Sun 78 South Street, Park, S2 1854 1959 Sidney Hindley Sunnyside Hotel 26-28 William Street, S10 1948 Frederick Over Swan Main Road, Ridgeway 1911 Still open Charles J Naughton Talbot 40 Hoyle Street, S3 1871 James Hayes Talbot 57 New George Street 1891 John Thomas Shipside (57 Boston Street) Talbot Blackburn 1905 Lawrence Wintergill Talbot Inn 19 Talbot Road 1871 1976 Raymond Pickering Tankard Inn 1 Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield 1825 Thomas Edward Houghton Target 75 St Johns Road, S2 1948 Arthur H Beardsley Tea Gardens 90 Grimesthorpe Road, S4 1850 Still open Alfred Powell Bedford Thorncliffe Arms 135 Warren, Chapeltown 1861 Still open Mrs Sarah Jane Mellor Three Cranes 46 Queen Street 1822 Still open W S Ducksbury Three Merry Lads 610 Redmires Road, S10 1951 Wilfred Hall Three Tuns 39 Silver Street Head 1822 Still open George Allison Three Tuns 55 Leopold Street/Orchard Street 1822 1987 J A Sproson Tinsley Hotel 2 Sheffield Road 1901 William H Freer Tramcar 851 Attercliffe Road 1868 1961 James Isaac Millington Tramway 112 London Road 1901 Still open Harold Young Travellers' 286 Ecclesfield Common 1825 Still open Haydn Gregory Travellers' Inn 72 Penistone Road 1697 Still open George Harry Wilson Travellers' Inn 784 Attercliffe Road 1825 still open Joseph Henry Waite Traveller's Rest 135 South Street, Moor 1846 Stewart Finegan Traveller's Rest 406 Langsett Road, S6 1854 1921 Mrs Elizabeth Humphrey Travellers' Rest 93 Langsett Road South, Oughtibridge 1948 Still open John Rhodes Travellers' Rest 535 City Road, S2 1951 Still open Donald Currie Truro Tavern 189 St Mary's Road 1881 Victor Lapin Turf Tavern 336 Handsworth Rd, Handsworth 1881 Still open Lawrence Barnes Tuscan Tavern 17 St Thomas Street 1845 George Burch Twelve O'Clock Saville Street 1825 William Darley Twelve O'Clock Inn 1 Attercliffe Road 1825 A Luckman Umpire 9 New George Street, Little Sheffield 1856 Thomas Astill (9 Boston Street) Union Inn 651 Attercliffe Common 1871 1940 Tom C Barber Union Inn Union Road, Sharrow 1881 Still open Henry Bennett Upperthorpe Hotel 137 Upperthorpe Road 1833 Still open John William Billam (159 Upperthorpe Road) Viaduct Inn 79 Wicker 1854 still open Ernest Marsh Victoria 631 Attercliffe Road 1841 Herbert Ward Victoria 42 Jericho Street 1852 Arthur M Fox Victoria 325 Langsett Road 1871 1972 Joseph Bentley Victoria 136 Savile Street East 1871 David Turner Victoria 923 Penistone Road 1901 1982 John Albert Carr Victoria Gardens (or Hotel) 248 Neepsend Lane 1852 1992 Mrs Edith Dyson Victoria Hotel 80 Addey Street 1871 Arthur Swinden Victoria Hotel 146 Carlisle Road 1881 Albert Laurence Foulston Victoria Hotel 203 Gleadless Road 1901 James Stanley Taylor Victoria Inn 22 Grammer Street, S6 1948 Samuel James Taylor Vine 81 Brunswick Road 1871 1961 Mrs Doris Josephine Sheldon Vine 162 Cemetery Road 1871 Still open John Henry Fenwick Vine 7 Hodgson Street 1871 Bernard Andrew Harrison Vine Tavern 49 Newhall Road 1871 1902 John A M Horton Vulcan Tavern (or Inn) 53 Sussex Street 1871 Stephen Bake Waggon and Horses Mill Houses 1822 Still open Edward Booth (Abbeydale Road South) Wagon and Horses 236 Gleadless Road 1901 Jack Bingham Wagon and Horses/Waggon and Horses Market Place, Chapeltown 1825 Patrick McSweeney Walkley Cottage/Cottage/ The Old Cottage Hill Street, Walkley 1828 Still open Maurice Wildgoose Washford Arms 380 Attercliffe Road 1850 1970 Richard Henry Beadsley Washington 79 Fitzwilliam Street 1845 Still open William Mosley Washington 23 Washington Road 1854 Arnold Allison Wellington 1 Henry Street, Portmahon 1871 Still open Norman Oldroyd Wellington 720 Brightside Lane 1871 still open John Genn Wellington Inn 222 Main Road, Darnall Road 1822 Still open James H Hellgar Wellington Inn 124 Carlisle Road 1868 Albert Leek Wellington Inn (formerly Hero and His Horse) 58 Langsett Road 1845 Still open Sam Beech Wentworth House 18 Wentworth Street, S6 1845 Mrs Clara Cooper Wentworth House Hotel 26 Milford Street 1833 Still open Richard Addy West End 71 West Street, Eckington 1901 Florence Buckles West End Hotel 412 Glossop Road 1854 Still open J Donald Ives West Street Hotel/Flares/Bull and Bush/West Street Live 128 West Street 1852 still open John Frederick Garnett Weston Park Hotel 96 Weston Street 1951 Mrs Beatrice Ward Wharncliffe Arms Wharncliffe side, Oughtibridge 1881 Still open Walter Hardman Wharncliffe Arms Burncross, Chapeltown 1881 Still open Edgar Hattersley Wharncliffe Arms/William McReady 42 West Street 1787 Mrs Ethel Austin Wharncliffe Hotel 127 Bevercotes Road, S5 1951 Still open Edward Bardwell Wheatsheaf Park Head, Ecclesall 1825 Frederick William Neath Wheatsheaf 11 Bridge Street 1849 Tom Percy Burton Wheatsheaf 2 Platt Street 1905 Edwin J Platts Whitby Hotel 106 Addey Street/1 Arthur Street 1871 1846 1960 Chas H Hazelwood White Bear Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield 1881 Dan William Borrows White Hart 119 Worksop Road 1825 1992 Ronald Morley White Hart Langsett Road North, Oughtibridge 1825 Still open John William Bisby White Hart 32 Church Street, Eckington 1825 Curtis Speed White Hart Greenhill 1825 Still open Thomas William Woods White Hart High Green, Chapeltown 1861 Frederick Ashpool White Hart 140 St Philip's Road 1871 Still open Mrs Ada Caffrey White Hart/Kelham Island Tavern 62 Russell Street 1845 Still open Maurice Hartley White Horse Wadsley 1825 Mrs Cecilia Dyson (Halifax Road) White Horse 65 Malinda Street 1871 Bernard Wing White Horse 19 Grammer Street, S6 1948 Frank Caseldine White Lion 615 London Road, Lower Heeley, S2 1822 Still open George Edward Whiteley (615 London Road) White Lion 88 Carbrook Street, S9 1871 Mrs Beatrice Ellen Peacock White Lion/New White Lion 61 Division Street 1871 James Arthur Linacre (New White Lion, 79 Division Street) White Swan 57 Greenhill Main Road, S8 1825 Still open Walter Napper White Swan Hotel 105 Meadow Hall Road, S9 1879 Louis Butterworth Who Can Tell 33 Botham Street 1948 1974 Herbert E Hensman Wicker Brewery Hotel/Hole in the Wall 70 and 72 Saville Street, S4 1871 Fred Bradley Willow Tree 147 Portobello Street 1871 James W Ramsey Wincobank 72 Newman Road, Wincobank 1911 Still open Mrs Ada Townsend Windsor Hotel 35-39 Southend Road, S2 1951 Still open Joseph Williams Woodburne Hotel 2 Worthing Road, Attercliffe 1893 Mrs Margaret E Bamford Woodman 158 Woodside Lane 1833 1962 Mrs Georgina Parkin Woodseats 457 Chesterfield Road, S8 1901 Wilson Johnson (743 Chesterfield Road) Woodthorpe Arms 102 Mansfield Road, Intake 1881 Kingsford Peach Wybourn Tavern Cricket Inn Road, Park 1854 Still open John R Blockley Ye Old Cart and Horse 2 Wortley Road, High Green 1951 Albert Kinch Ye Old English Samson 1 Duke Street, Park, S2 1881 Mary E Redfern Yellow Lion Apperknowle 1911 George Slack Yew Tree Malin Bridge 1825 Still open Mrs Edith Shepherd Yew Tree Coal Aston 1911 Willis Watson Yew Tree Inn 147 Hollinsend Road, Intake 1948 Harry Crimmins York Hotel 247 Fulwood Road 1871 Percy Scholey Yorkshire Man/Yorkshireman's Arms/Lion's Lair 31 Burgess Street 1796 Still open Thomas H Crawshaw

Hi Stu, I've sent you this separate message because there is absolutely heaps of stuff on the Namarian (Millstone Grit) and Westphalian (Coal Measures). I'm not sure what you already know so I'm guessing and I don't want to repeat myself. If you want to contact me about Sheffield Rock please feel free - pmworrall8@gmail.com Cheers, Paul 'Wazzie' Worrall

I wasn't born till the 50s, but my Mum told me how bad it was. Living in a Cottage just outside the village, they woke up to find snow half way up the kitchen window. When they opened the door, they couldn't see where the garden hut, hedgerow or wall was. They had to dig themselves out, finding where the steps were down to the path, they made a channel up the lane to the main road, hoping to get to the local shop for supplies. Thankfully a farmer had been and ploughed it. She said it took about 3 hours in total, they were wet and exhausted by the time they got back home. My older cousin, walked with his Mum and Dad down their steep hill, accross the valley and up another steep hill to Gt Aunt's, where they put a full sack of coal on his sledge, then pulled it all the way back, which was hard work up the steep hill. He said being a child, he remembers he wasn't very happy as he couldn't sledge. I've seen a photo of the top lane above our village, where the snow was up to the telephone wires.

This is a wonderful link. I'm a great fan of the 'Coal Measures' - Westhapian Rock. However, shouldn't we have a separate link? Perhaps, Sheffield Rocks? There is so much to look at and discuss. Cheers, Wazzie....

That's why we have coal measures. High Hazels Park used to have several fossilised trees on display...all had been dug up out of local mines.

I was born at number 2 Duncombe Street in 1949. It was the corner house at the bottom if the street. We moved to Rivelin Valley when I was six or seven, but my grandparents still lived in that house for many years after. Two up two down, cellar ( I can remember the coal man delivering ) and attic, outside toilet. No bathroom, used to get the tin bath out. It had a coal fire and that fuelled the oven. I can still remember my grandmother baking bread. Used to walk from Hollins Lane to the church three times on Sunday's. Choir practice Friday night.

I looked on the coal maps and there's nothing in the vicinity. The tunnel is also roughly following the contour of the hill (or is at least perpendicular to it at this point) which a drift never would If someone were able to get a photo showing the full cross section of the tunnel, that would tell a lot Edit: You know what - it could even be the 'coal hole' for the original Ash Leigh house ? (assuming it doesn't go all the way under the road)

I’m sure we can cross mining activity off the list. Any coal found that close to the surface ( if you can even find it that close?) would simply be open casted. I’m no expert and may have this wrong, but seem to remember reading that the seams of coal run slightly down hill, as such in South Yorkshire.... Cap House just north of Barnsley had one seam at a depth of 140m were as Dinnington was far deeper. Given that, I think Handsworth would be more famous as a mining town with if it had a 4foot deep seam.

Just back from one of my regular walks in the General Cemetery where I unexpectedly found the grave of Charles Ross. I'm interested in him as his name appears all over Sheffield's pavements. The firm made coal hole covers, tramway features, and more. Strangely I've found only one drain cover of his (just off Thompson Road at the bottom of the Botanical Gardens) which is in the c.1900-10 style.

wI spoke to my friends this afternoon and nothing really new came up about Holbrook except, forgive me if it has already been mentioned, a1939 article from the Star about Worrall's coal mine. The article reads:- "At a one horsepower coal mine nestling in green fields away from the main Rotherham Road at Killamarsh Mr John Joseph Worrall, is owner, manager, wheel wright, blacksmith, tub repairer and anything else the occasion demands. The mine has been in his family for over 100 years and it still continues to work at full pressure. It was sunk by the present owners grandfather and after closing for a short time, re-opened in 1913.Occasionally, the mine which is run by eight men and Mr Worrall has produced as much as 150 tons in a week but today weekly output is about 50 tons. Coal is brought from the depths of the 60 feet deep shft by means of a horse-operated "Jenny" wheel. The shaft is hewn through hard rock and is about 10 feet wide." The mine lasted a few years longer and was dismantled in 1943 The above is taken from an illustrated booklet entitled "Halfway and Holbrook the Early Years" by James Walton which was published privately in 1996. The booklet contains a few illustrations of Holbrook Colliery including ...the Colliery Offices ,the Lamp Room, a party of youngsters walking at side of Pit Chimney, a semi-dismantled view of the cooling towers,,,,in snow and Holbrook Colliery Ambulance Brigade. I am pretty useless with IT but will try and post them on here.