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  1. My granddad Robert sustained a broken spine as a result of being crushed between a full tub of coal and the pit side of Nunnerley colliery on 14 May 1947. He died in the Sheffield Royal Infirmary on the 16th. The coroner for the City of Sheffield raised an inquest on the 17th. Would anyone know if I can see a copy of this? Also, would grandma have received any compensation? Many thanks, Derek.
  2. Ponytail

    Old Sheffield Christmas Cards

    South Yorkshire County Council Christmas Cards. South Yorkshire County Council Christmas Card - South Yorkshire Waterways. arc07248arc7249arc07250 An improved Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation would: Provide immediate employment forconstruction workers Provide scope for thousands of other jobs Improve the environment Improve leisure amenities Support the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation - A key to many prosperous New Year’s for the area. Original at Sheffield City Archives: SYCC/PL/31/13 (altrefno: SYCC CB 681). South Yorkshire County Council Christmas Card - South Yorkshire Waterways / County Structure Plan. arc07245arc07246arc07247 Includes reference to Thwaites Progress (Roy Thwaites was Deputy Leader of the County Council, 1979-1980 and Leader, 1980-1986), Cornwell Tours (John Cornwell was Deputy Leader, 1981-1986), SYCC Transit 'Gloria', South Yorkshire Yacht and Cobble Club, EIP, and (inside the stable) Structure Plan Written Statement. And it came to pass in the days of the prophet Malletti, That the children of the tribe of Planners laboured Many days and nights under the Archangel Michael; And they produced a wondrous document; And the multitude were sore amazed and questioned among themselves saying ''What manner of thing is this?'' The word spread and wise men came from the South and sat in judgement for forty days; And from the Shore a voice cried ''Hearken, I bring glad tidings of A great widening of the waters;'' And lo! Many strange miracles were wrought in the land of coal and steel from that day; And they that had ears to hear and eyes to see rejoiced. (But the Herodians plotted that they might destroy him and the archangel Michael marvelled because of their unbelief) Revelation chapter 70 s.182-3 sched 16. Archangel Michael's wardrobe by Harris Tweeds Orchestra under the direction of J. C. Harris Stage Manager J.C. Harris. Script Editor F. A. Mallett. Additional Material provided by A. Nutherplayce. Box Office D. B. Chynoweth. Scenery G. A. Thomas. Dances arranged by N. Gilmour. Archangel Michael appears by kind permission of the Chief Executive. Based on the novel '"The Passing of the Third Floor Buck". World Copyright Sixth Floor Syndicates Ltd. If your structure plan fails to give complete satisfaction, please write to S. Gascoigne, Consumer Protection Officer. Original at Sheffield City Archives: SYCC/PL/31/13 (altrefno: SYCC CB 681) South Yorkshire County Council Christmas Card - best wishes from Mike Thompson and Colleagues. arc07243 Original at Sheffield City Archives: SYCC/PL/31/13 (altrefno: SYCC CB 681) arc07244 This card depicts the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine, carving up a Local Government Pudding. This related to the Government's plans to abolish Metropolitan County Councils in 1986. Original at Sheffield City Archives: SYCC/PL/31/13 (altrefno: SYCC CB 681). South Yorkshire County Council - final Christmas Card. 1985.arc05252 Image from Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 2.
  3. You only have to look at the OS maps of Sheffield in the 1860s to see all the coal mines. Even today, the odd green space on an estate could be the location of an old mine shaft that they couldn't build on. But if you went back millions of years, Sheffield would have been a steamy swamp with giant Centipedes and MASSIVE Dragonflies. Which has left us with the coal. While in other parts it was a sandy beach that has left us with outcrops of sandstone rock.
  4. My finding of the Dore Colliery came about whilst I was researching the early days of the NCB….and Dore was listed in an official publication detailing all the coal mining companies, including those which were dormant.
  5. Denaby Main Coliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/denaby/ Cadeby Main Colliery https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/cadeby/
  6. I never realised we had so many collieries. I remember once reading that Dore had once had a coal mine with its HO in the Devonshire Pub. * I had the cutting framed and placed behind the bar. It caused some amusement amongst the old villagers for some to think they were drinking in a miners pub…others , mainly newcomers, thought it far from amusing. * a thin ,shallow seam of readily accessible coal.
  7. Rotherham Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/sheffield/rotherhammain/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_Main_Colliery Rotherham Main Colliery at Canklow. Dalton Main Colliery Ltd. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Main_Collieries_Ltd. Aldwarke Main Colliery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldwarke_Main_Colliery Aldwarke Main Colliery Explosion 1875. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/yorkshire/aldwarke-main-colliery-explosion-rotherham-1875/ Aldwarke Main Colliery Accident 1904. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/yorkshire/aldwarke-main-colliery-accident-rotherham-1904/
  8. Hickleton Main Coal Co. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/hickleton/ Manvers Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/manvers/ Yorkshire Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/yorkshire/ Rossington Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/rossington/
  9. Markham Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/doncaster/markham/ Houghton Main Colliery. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/barnsley/houghton-main-colliery/
  10. Maltby Colliery, formed as Maltby Main Colliery Co. Ltd. 1907. https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/yorkshire-coalfield/sheffield/maltby-colliery/
  11. Coal is found at different levels in the ground. And in different seams. The main seam would be the biggest deposit of coal in a seam. The seams were given names like Parkgate and Silkstone etc.
  12. Yes, I believe it's to do with the fact that the pits are all removing coal from the same seam (layer) of coal.
  13. My wife used to work for the coal board at Queens House in Sheffield dealing with accident claims during the eighties. Until the miners strike there were 56 collieries in Yorkshire. Only 6 had the word "Main" in the title. Barnsley, Hickleton, Houghton, Manvers, Markham and Yorkshire ( Doncaster ). From her recollections she believes these sites had multiple shafts and were linked. For instance Manvers was linked underground with Wath, Barnburgh and Kilnhurst but all the coal mined in these pits were all raised at Manvers.
  14. Ponytail

    Painted Fabrics

    Painted Fabrics - The Haig Homes. arc00616 Painted Fabrics Village - 'Wallwork and his wife outside his house'. Sheffield. arc00615 Painted Fabrics Village, Norton Woodseats. arc00613 Painted Fabrics Village, Sheffield. arc00617 Painted Fabrics Village - new factory in the model village at Coal Aston. arc00614
  15. Ponytail

    Old Sheffield Gardens

    Gardens in the Ponds. Gardens let to sundry persons by the Pond Forge Co., [Pond Street, 1783] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04205&pos=1415&action=zoom&id=105170 A plan of several gardens in Pond Lane held by sundry persons of the Duke of Norfolk, and a plan of the course of the pipe conveying water from the Bath through them to the White Lead Works, [1777] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04203&pos=1413&action=zoom&id=105138 A plan of part of the Ground before the Bath Garden in Pond Lane. 1772. Property west of Pond Street, showing part of the [Pond Street Cold Bath] and its garden. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03131&pos=903&action=zoom&id=98127 A plan of several gardens in the Pond Lane held by sundry persons of the Duke of Norfolk. 1777 Property between Pond Street and the Tilt Dam. Plots numbered and listed with tenants, yardages and short descriptions. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03134&pos=906&action=zoom&id=98131 A plan of the Tenements, Gardens and Ground in Pond Lane held of the Duke of Norfolk by William Webster and by T. Marshall and E. Challoner, [1775] Tenements on the west side of Pond Street, but including the Fish Pond and garden on the east side; buildings, coal yards, etc. named; an 'ancient watercourse' marked, and proposed street widening. List with tenants. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03132&pos=904&action=zoom&id=98129 Plan of the Houses, Garden and Ground in the Ponds held of the Earl of Surrey by James Matthew man. 1780. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09228&pos=669&action=zoom&id=63622
  16. The following extract reveals how some Sheffielders had "Gardens" not always attached to their dwelling but a separate garden in the suburbs where they enjoyed relief from their work and grew flowers and produce to feed their families but sadly, were gradually being destroyed as Sheffield expanded in the middle part of the 1800's. Extracted from Reminiscences of old Sheffield, it's streets and it's people. edited 1875 by R. E. Leader from articles and Letters from The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 1872/3. Page 145-153. CHAPTER VII. Old Sheffield Gardens. Present — Messrs. Twiss, Leighton, Everard, Wragg, Leonard and Johnson. Period— A.D. 1873. We were all sitting, one charming and warm evening, in the cosy summer-house of our friend Twiss. It was not in the garden attached to his residence, for he dwelt in the recesses of a dingy town, with a melancholy grave-yard for his outlook. But he was old-fashioned enough and wise enough to stick to the traditional Hallamshire custom of keeping a small garden-plot out in the suburbs, to which he could retire in the intervals from business, in which he could delight his horticultural soul, and, above all, which gave him an object for a walk after the toils of the day. It was a treat to see him in the fading twilight of a summer night, wending his way back to his sooty brick dwelling, laden with rural spoils, with which to enliven it — a huge "posy" of lupines and sweet-williams, and pinks, of cabbage-roses and pansies, and other good old English flowers, now despised and rejected, in obedience to the "bedding out" mania, for masses of scarlet geraniums and yellow calceolarias. Nor was he above bearing through the crowded streets products of even a humbler kind — big-headed cauliflowers or juicy lettuces, or largehearted cabbages — or some other palatable form of the much embracing genus "greens." Of course, being in the country — so to speak, though we were by no means out of the reach or out of sight of the smoke — our talk was of country things. One told how his grandfather, a great garden-smith, used to delight to get away from his shop to his little plot down Bramall Lane way — a walk among the hedges and through pleasant shady lanes; and another remembered being sent, in 1825, with a message to Montgomery, who had retired from his sanctum upstairs in the dingy Hartshead— over the coal place, and with depressing outlook on to brick walls and dilapidated roofs — to refresh himself for a time among the polyanthuses and daffodils of his garden, between Glossop Road and Leavygreave. That is where Hounsfield Road is now, for most of the space from Glossop Road to Brook Hill, belonging to the Water Company, was divided into these little plots. The town in those days was literally surrounded with groups of neatly-partitioned gardens. The late Mr. Edward Baines (M.P. for Leeds from 1834 to 1841) was accustomed to remark that the multitude of small, nicely-kept gardens in its suburbs was a characteristic of Sheffield, in which it was in advance of any other large town he knew. Look which way you would, or go in what direction you would, there they were. Besides the celebrated gardens in the neighbourhood of Hanover Street, there were similar gardens higher up Broomspring Lane and Wilkinson Street, and on the site of the Baptist Church on Glossop Road, and up to Northumberland road and opposite Mushroom Hall to Westbourne, Mr. Cadman's house, near which are a few remaining. From Glossop Road the Water Company's land extended into Brook Hill, and the gardens on this piece were always considered some of the best in the town. Near to and behind the late Ald. Saunders' house in Brook Hill, were gardens, behind which were others, reaching down by Brightmore Street, Bellefield Street, Portmahon, Bedford Street, and Waterloo Houses (commenced building by the father of James Levick, the dahlia grower, and finished by his mother), to the River Don. Then on the opposite side of the river, the site of Neepsend brewery, and right up to the wood and Woodside Lane; also on the opposite side of Woodside Lane, under Pye Bank, to the mouth of the railway tunnel. Harvest Lane, and Green Lane to Colson Crofts were occupied in a similar way; and another plot of small gardens is now on the site of the old Midland Station in the Wicker. These as originally intended, were to have been the basin of the Sheffield Canal. On the opposite side of the road, between Twelve o' Clock Wheel, or the Albion Ironworks, and the Norfolk Bridge, was another lot of gardens, destroyed about 25 years ago. There were small gardens in the Park, part of which is St. John's churchyard. There were some others at Skye Edge, down to Duke Street, or the Intake road. At the end of Clough Lane, down to the river Sheaf (Sheaf Gardens), were gardens considered second to none in the neighbourhood, some containing good double houses, not like those in Club Gardens, Sharrow Lane. From these were others extending across Suffolk Road, down to Harmer Lane. There were also the gardens just destroyed at the end of Bramall Lane, opposite Sheaf House, on the path to Highfield; and about 25 years ago was destroyed a plot of gardens that had extended from the top of Young Street to Broomhall Street. There were some others that have disappeared, to make room for buildings about the General Cemetery and Broomhall Mill. "When all the above gardens were in existence," said Mr. Wragg, "I believe one out of every three working men had a garden, which he cultivated more for pleasure than profit. This was far better than his present gambling propensities; but further, there were not a few instances in which the working man's garden assisted him to clothe his family, or to pay off debts, unavoidably contracted, by the sale of the fruit from his pear or apple trees. Now, there are no such places for a working man to resort to in his spare time, except for those who are members of some Land Society outside the town. It is said he may resort to the Library, or peruse his book at home; that he can amuse himself by holding communication with the great men of past ages; but all such talk is a delusion. Bodily toil and mental discipline will not go hand in hand, or blend. The garden plots remaining are, alas, but few; they may be almost counted on the fingers of one hand, some under the wood at Hillfoot, and some in Neepsend Lane to the river; the Water Company's piece, Hanging bank, and in the flat below the site of the old dams, commonly called Upper and Lower Canada; some around Younge's Silver Rolling Mill; some, comparatively speaking recently made, between Hyde Park and the Manor. There are a few left in Ecclesall Road. In Sharrow Lane are the Club Gardens, that have always been remarkable for the number of houses occupied by the tenants. Fenton Ville gardens and South View gardens, extending down into the Abbeydale road, are noted for the number of their florists, the most successful of whom is William Allsebrook, famous for rearing new kinds of polyanthuses. I am sorry to say I believe all these gardens will soon be like the others mentioned — demolished." Leonard: Yes, they are fast being engulphed by the omnivorous builders; and the robberies to which they are exposed are a great discouragement to the enthusiastic amateurs who compete at pink shows, or dahlia contests, or who strive to raise gigantic gooseberries, to be weighed at Florists' Inns, and celebrated with a supper. Let us hope that this annihilation of garden allotments does not indicate that the healthy delight in floriculture that has always been a characteristic of Hallamshire is dying out. You may still see the grinder returning from a pop visit to his little country delight, laden with early spring rhubarb, or with roots of celery, according to the season of the year; and freehold building societies have altered life so much as to give working men an opportunity of having their homes standing in their own gardens, which is not only healthier but handier. A member of our company mentioned the splendid bed of ranunculuses which a resident in one of the houses still standing opposite the top of Broomhall Street, used to show, and reminded us of the celebrated garden which the Staniforths, father and son, the eminent surgeons in Castle Street, had in the Grimesthorpe road, the present Gardeners' Arms being their garden house. Mr. Wragg recalled that kind, genial old man, Edward Middleton, baker, who kept the Barleycorn Tavern, in Coalpit Lane — the most obliging of neighbours among amateur gardeners. The vicinity of Hanover Street used to be marked out like a chess board by these gardens, and Middleton had one, near the corner of Broomspring Lane and Hanover Street. The top part of it forms now part of Hanover Street, and the bottom extended behind the houses of Mr. Owen, the draper, which face to Broomspring Lane. Afterwards, he showed his skill in one of those previously spoken of, on Glossop Road — where Charles Thompson's coach premises are now, then belonging to the Water Company — having gone there by reason of his neighbour, John Burton, the Quaker, buying a garden for him. Mr. Wragg believed that the last possessor of Middleton's garden, near Mr. Owen's houses, was the late Mr. Bennett, grocer, Church Street, elder brother of the present Mr. Bennett, who succeeded him in his business. Joshua Wilkinson had the next garden above, and he sold it to William Melluish, the last survivor among the many South Devon Militiamen who settled in Sheffield after the disbanding of the regiment. The garden above was Mr. Swift's, the father of Mr. G. E. Swift, in the steel trade, in Blonk Street. At the front of Spring Lane was Samuel Padley's (a Quaker), the father of Mr. Padley, of the firm of Padley, Parkin, & Co., silversmiths, in Watson's Walk. The late Mr. Bramhall, one of the managers of Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, and Mr. Staniforth, grocer, of Broad Lane, had gardens hereabouts. Mr. Roger Brown was the last who had Mr. Staniforth's. Just below, and behind Josh. Ingle's house, an old woman of the name of Savage had a garden, and did all the gardening herself. The late Mr. B. Hinchcliffe had a garden in this piece, and there is a tradition that the late Mr. John Holland occupied a garden here, but his nearest friends are incredulous about it. The story is that an old man, a relative, did the gardening for him, in which case it may possibly have been his uncle Amos. A file cutter, afterwards a silver stamper, named William Hague, had the first garden opposite old Mrs. Savage's. Being a frugal man he saved money, by means of which he built the houses at the bottom of Broomspring Lane, and opened a grocer's shop at the corner. The last person who had Mr. Hague's garden was Mr. Worth, the joiner and builder. Mr. Turner, the Sheriff's officer in Campo Lane, had also a garden; so had Mr. Taylor, of the Commercial Inn, Haymarket, now destroyed by the making of the new street into Norfolk Street; and Mr. Theaker just by, for many years the only coffee-house keeper in the town, had two up to the time of their destruction. James Levick, the ivory merchant, of Pinstone Street, was a well-known dahlia grower. He raised from seed a dahlia which was named "Levick's Incomparable," the beauty of which was that the petals were tipped with white in so peculiar a manner that many persons supposed they were subjected to some chemical process. But this peculiarity was not at all of regular occurrence; and many growers, disappointed by obtaining flowers without the white tips, poured out their woes in the "Floricultural Cabinet," then published by Mr. Ridge, in King Street, and conducted by Mr. Harrison, Lord Wharncliffe's gardener. They besought Mr. Levick to give them details of cultivation, and in reply, he could only say that the flowering was very eccentric, sometimes he produced the flowers with tips and sometimes without; and Mr. Paxton, having one year obtained most beautifully tipped blooms, set a large quantity the next year in most conspicuous places, and had not a single bloom tipped. The secret seemed to be to check a too luxuriant growth of the plant. Mr. Levick also produced a handsome crimson dahlia — "Commander-in-Chief" — which was honoured with a coloured engraving in the work named. Mr. Thomas Tyson, who kept the "Fountain," in Coalpit Lane, was a distinguished florist, and a man evidently much respected by his brethren, for "his funeral was attended by the florists of the town, who strewed his coffin with a profusion of most beautiful flowers." Club Gardens, as has been said, were remarkable for the number of the houses occupied by the tenants. In one house resided the late Mr. Paul Smith, a well-to-do-man, said to have been worth six or eight thousand pounds ; but he was induced to enter into partnership with some firm which shortly afterwards failed. The creditors seized all the property of Mr. Smith to pay the debts of the firm, so he became a poor man, and died a recipient of the Iron and Hardware Pensions. Another resident in these gardens was the late Mr. Charles Unwin, of Westbar, the broker. Previously he had a garden in Brook Hill, in the piece behind Mr. Brightmore's house. After the death of Mr. Thomas Nowill, Mr. Unwin bought his garden, and there he resided at the time of his disastrous fire, in which some thousands of pounds worth of his property and stock-in-trade was destroyed. It gave such a shock to his nervous system that soon after he died, about 16 or 18 years ago. Mr. Unwin was a native of Anston, and originally was a labouring man; but he turned sawyer, and was a very hard worker. Another native of Anston was the late Mr. Henry Broomhead, the solicitor, whose father was a tanner. Some of the best gardens in the neighbourhood were the Sheaf Gardens. About thirty years ago the late Mr. William Stratford had a garden that was remarkable for the neat manner in which it was kept by Mr. Stratford himself; and his tulip bed was the admiration of all beholders. Hanging Bank Gardens, when in existence, were notable for the number of those tenants who exhibited gooseberries at shows ("berry showers") the chief of whom, and the most successful, was the late Robert Green. He resided in one of the houses, probably built by himself or a former tenant, since it is not the work of a mason. He had another garden lower down, but one or two others intervened, and up a walk nearer where the stream of water ran from the Water Company's dams. From his success as an exhibitor of goose-berries he obtained many copper kettles as prizes. When the time of exhibiting was about to take place, his garden had to be watched from the Saturday night to Monday morning to prevent his trees being stripped. Green was a spring-knife cutler, and worked for the late Mr. B. Micklethwaite, whose workmen were very respectable, honourable, and upright. Amongst them there were none of the coarse jokes, indecent conversation, or unmeaning, empty, and profane jests, so common among workmen in the workshops of the present day. They talked when they had something to say, and years after, when one would casually meet another in the street it was always with kindness and respect, something like one gentleman meeting another. About 40 years ago, in one of the gardens near what is now the top of Fawcett Street, just before Bellefield house, was a whitewashed house, with sash windows, in which resided the late John Milner, who in his day was said to have been one of the best, if not the best spring-knife cutler in the trade, and notable for his great powers of debate. He was born in Spring Street or the immediate vicinity, and in his youth or childhood was a companion of the late Mr. Wm. Stratford. He was the last survivor of his early associates. When John Milner left the house it was not afterwards occupied. It dwindled away — lads first broke the windows, and next it gradually disappeared. In Watery Lane was a very good house standing back in a garden. For some time it was unoccupied, and from being untenanted it got into a dilapidated condition. A few* years ago, a portion of one of its walls fell on some children, and one of them was killed. The last occupier was a person of the name of Ross, who left the town and afterwards died. Ross was a man who was going to get every one his fortune. People who believed they or their ancestors had been deprived or dispossessed of property flocked to him in crowds. Somewhere in the vicinity Ross had a rival, a woman, who had two strings to her bow, for in addition to being a fortune-hunter she was a fortune-teller. The market gardeners' grounds ranged, for the most part, from Neepsend and the Old Park Wood to Hall Carr. There was George Stubbing, whose garden, kept before him by Mr. Thornhill, who had a cook shop in the Hartshead, extended from Woodside Lane to Old Park Wood, being bounded on the north by Cook Wood. Part of his garden in Harvest Lane is now the depot of the Board of Health, while the southern part, including the site of the original house, was taken for the Manchester Railway. Before beginning a garden on his own account, Mr. Stubbing had been in the service of Dr. Webb, of whose garden in Harvest Lane he had charge. There was James Andrews, who had an orchard at Neepsend, where the Neepsend Nursery now is; and the orchard in Harvest Lane of William Burgin, now displaced by the various works in Mowbray Street, was one of the finest sights in the town in spring time. Who does not remember, too, that other orchard on the slope below Burn Greave, which everybody would stop and admire even so late as 1855-60? There were two other Burgins besides William, but he was not related to them. They were brothers, George and Jonathan. The former was the last inhabitant of the Clay's house, in Bridgehouses; the latter had a fruit shop in Bower Spring. From Pitsmoor Church to Burn Greave, and to where the Railway crosses Tom Cross Lane, market gardeners had their grounds, and a pleasant walk it was through them, for the Burngreave Road and Rock Street were not made then. The orchard and grounds between these two roads, where Catherine Street now is, were occupied long ago by John Pearson. His family were table-knife cutlers at Neepsend, but he was fonder of gardening than cutlering. Afterwards the land was in the hands of Mr. John Garnett for many years. Then it got into Chancery and was in a lost-looking state until it was built upon. Mr. Garnett removed to the land between the Wicker Congregational Church and Carlisle street, Gower Street having been made across it near to where what was his house still stands. Gardens of similar kind extended to Hall Carr Lane, where, not many years ago, gypsies might sometimes be seen. On the other side of the town was Mr. Hatfield's nursery, on the Glossop road, adjoining Wesley College, which often attracted passers by its beauty. From gardens and gardening we got to talk generally of the changes that have taken place in what may be called the nearer suburban surroundings of the town. The youngest member of our friendly group could, we found, call to mind surprising changes; as for the eldest, the wondrous transmutations to which he could bear witness were endless. Within a very small radius of the Parish Church — say Carver Street Chapel — he had walked in green fields, or traversed woods whose sites are now occupied by whole colonies of houses, and it was told how tradition affirmed that a resident at the top of Coalpit Lane had shown his children Judge Wilkinson's stacks burning at Broomhall from the field on which Carver Street Chapel now stands, then called "Cadman's-in-the-fields." That was in 1791; a more recent story was that in 1817, two ears of wheat were plucked in a field at Roscoe Place, each seven inches long. One of them contained 69 and the other 70 corns. Our old friend's description of Broomhall Spring, which he remembered when he was about 10 years old — in 1791 — was very interesting. "I very well remember," said he, "coming with my father through the wood called Broomhall Spring. It extended from about Wilkinson Street to Broomhall Park. It was full of very fine oak trees, with very little underwood, and the turf was soft like that of a park. I remember very well seeing the trees and the grass, and the sunlight gleaming among them. Not long afterwards the wood was cut down. The Government was then wanting a great deal of oak timber for ship-building, and the trees in Broomhall Spring were sold for that purpose. The roots were dug up, and the land turned into the gardens of which we have been speaking." The inscription on the stone over the trough was still there up to 1836. It ran: — "Spring Garden Well. To the public use, by the Rev. James Wilkinson and Philip Gell, Esq. Freely take — freely communicate — thank God," its site is now enclosed in the garden of the house at the corner of Gell Street and Conway Street.
  17. The 1881 Census in enumerator walk order: Records Silver Street Head 57 Silver Street Head John Jackson, Broker 59 Silver Street Head uninhabited 1 Hawley Croft William Humphries, Grocer & Professor of Music 3 Hawley Croft Henry Blockley, Beer House Keeper (in June 1882 Henry Blockley of the Eagle Tavern, Hawley Croft, was prosecuted regarding prostitution. At the same hearing Richard Frazer Horsley of the Reindeer beerhouse, Hawley Croft was similarly charged. The police had stationed two observers where they could watch both premises.) 61 Silver Street Head Charles Naseby. Licensed Victualler (in July 1879 Naseby was landlord of the Union Inn, Silver Street Head was find 5s for permitting drunkenness) 63 Silver Street Head Israil Ginsberg, General Dealer 55 West Bar Green Joseph Edward Dyson, Chemist Records West Bar Green, Tenter Street 81 Tenter Street Thomas Goodwin Carr, Fishmonger 13 Hawley Lane Arthur Slater, Table Knife Cutler 11 Hawley Lane John Cumbalidge, Cutler 9 Hawley Lane Benjamin Taylor, Fish Hawker 7 Hawley Lane unoccupied 7 Hawley Lane back of Richard Powell, Boot Finisher 5 Hawley Lane Richard Fraser Horsley, Publican (Reindeer see above) 52 School Croft unoccupied 50 School Croft unoccupied 48 School Croft Emma Booth, Shopkeeper Records School Croft, Campo Lane, Hawley Croft, Tenter Street, Townhead Street, Sims Croft, St James Street, ends The 1891 Census in enumerator walk order: Note on 1891 Census "the numbers have been altered in most of the district" Records Hawley Croft 53 Hawley Croft John McGrath, Miner Coal 55 Hawley Croft Martin Kearns, Scavenger 1 Hawley Lane William A Humphries, Grocer and Provisions Dealer 3 Hawley Lane Mary Horan (24 occupants, probably a lodging house) 5 Hawley Lane James Sharpe, Beer House Keeper 1 court 1 house Hawley Lane Harry Armitage, Steel Forgeman 1 court 2 house Hawley Lane Albert Oates, Spring Knife Cutler 7 Hawley Lane Elizabeth Antcliffe, Charwoman 9 Hawley Lane Ellen Cunningham, Miners mother 11 house Hawley Lane John Clegg, Cutler 13 Hawley Lane Robert Raby, Cutler 61 Tenter Street James Cartledge, Provision Dealer Then records Tenter Street, School Croft, ends The 1901 Census in enumerator walk order: (presumably many residents and businesses have left ready for demolition, much property being acquired by the Corporation in 1897 in preparation for the Crofts Improvement Scheme) 59 Silver Street Head Walter Axon, Beef Butcher 59 Silver Street Head Moses Feinhols, Grocers Assistant 59 Silver Street Head John Jackson, Furniture Dealer 1 Hawley Lane Mary Horan, Provision Dealer 1 Hawley Lane (back of) John Horan, Mining Engineer 3 Hawley Lane Joe Adamson, Water Company Labourer 5 Hawley Lane Frederick Booth, Old Rein Deer, Public House Keeper 2 house, 3 court Hawley Lane Fred Barlow, Bricklayers Labourer 5 house, ? court Hawley Lane Henry E. Butler, Sculpter and Landscape Artist (oils) 9 Hawley Lane Emma Swinden House Cleaner (Char) 11 Hawley Lane John Hodgson, Hackle Setter 13 Hawley Lane Mary Morris, Oranges Hawker 34 Hawley Croft William Caudle, Painter and Glazier 36 & 38 Hawley Croft James Farrell's Lodging House (17 occupants) Then records Hawley Croft, Sims Croft and 1 final house on Church street In March 1875 part of a lot of freehold property around Silver Street Head being auctioned was " one SALE SHOP and PUBLIC-HOUSE, called the 'Eagle Tavern', numbered 1 and 3 Hawley Lane"
  18. Alchemia

    School Dentists

    It would probably have been Gentian Violet, an antimicrobial dye derived from coal tar. It's still around... but it's use much restricted in the UK nowadays after clinical research and availability of better alternatives to prevent/treat infection.
  19. The fountain was presented by John Tasker of Angel street, the architect being Edward Gibbs. The drinking fountain was moved to Weston Park from the Wicker, near the old Midland Station. It had originally been presented to the city at a cost of over £200 in 1860 by Mr. Joseph Henry Sales (coal merchant), but had fallen into disuse in its old position. Its architect was John Frith of Bank street, and it was constructed by Alderman Thomas Mycock, builder, Barkers Pool.
  20. Brian Appleyard

    Malin Bridge

    While searching British Newspaper Archive for Myers Grove House, I came across the following reference to its sale in 1846. The seller is Stephen Tingle - a "Steel refiner" according to the 1841 census. Aside from the 19 acres of land included in the sale, there is a "Cast Steel Furnace" and opportunities for working "Coal, Gannister and Fireclay". I thought it was worth quoting the auction notice in full for the "pleasant Country Residence":-
  21. Edmund

    Sheffield Coal Mines

    From "The Century's Progress" 1893. For some reason the book is available on a cat enthusiast website, well OCR'd and with engravings. It covers many smaller business's in Sheffield, often in some detail. Link: 1893 The Century's Progress - Yorkshire Unquestionably one of the most important commercial institutions of Sheffield is the Nunnery Colliery Company, Limited, which supplies most of the public institutions of the town with coal, and also, directly or indirectly, provides at least one half of the inhabitants. The business was originally established in 1868. The Nunnery Colliery was formerly the sole property of the Duke of Norfolk, under whom it was worked until seventeen years ago, when a number of capitalists succeeded in converting it into a limited liability company. The managing director is Mr. Emerson Bainbridge, J.P., a gentleman who is well known and held in high estimation throughout a wide commercial circle. Mr. William Black is the secretary. The head offices at Corn Exchange Buildings are handsomely appointed, with a spacious board- room and private rooms for the heads of the several departments. A large clerical staff is provided with all the modern appliances for the rapid transaction of a large amount of commercial correspondence and other business. The Company have a branch office at 58, West Street, and also offices in London. They have also fine depots in Sheffield, which are known respectively as Soap House, in Blast Lane; Salmon Pastures, in Attercliffe Road; Nunnery, in Woodbourn Road and Cricket Road, to all of which the Company have their private line of railways; Manor Pit, within a stone’s throw of the old Manor Castle; Woodthorpe Pit, in Intake Road. There are, likewise, two additional depots, one at Heeley Station, on the Midland Railway, and the other at Wadsley Bridge, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. The Nunnery Colliery Company are producing Silkstone and Parkgate coal at the Silkstone, Parkgate, Manor, and Woodthorpe pits, which are all situated in the neighbourhood of Sheffield. The output of these pits is about seventeen hundred tons per day. As they are raising the Silkstone coal at three different pits, they are enabled to guarantee promptitude in the execution of orders for this favourite fuel. They also manufacture upwards of two hundred tons per day of the finest washed steel melting coke, for which they have a large demand in Sheffield for crucible steel melting, where it is held in very high esteem. In the large stables and stable yards of the Company there is accommodation for from eighty to one hundred horses and carts. All these vehicles are in constant use, and the Company are, therefore, able to supply coal direct from the pits to the cellars of their customers. The saving which is thus effected by dispensing with the usual charges for railway carriage and hire of wagons enables the Company to deliver coals at the lowest possible prices. A large amount of money has recently been spent by the Company in providing the most complete mechanical arrangements for thoroughly picking and cleaning the coal. The coal is tipped over vibrating riddles, by means of which the small coal is entirely separated from the large. The large coal is carried slowly by belts into carts and railway trucks, and all impurities are picked out by a number of men and boys placed on the two sides of the belts. The management of this great business in all its departments is most energetic, and all its details, industrial as well as commercial, are constantly under the personal supervision of the managing director and the secretary. The Company contemplate sinking two new pits to the Silkstone and Parkgate seams, in the neighbourhood of Darnell, at an early date, which will very considerably increase the already large output of both house and manufacturing coal.
  22. Lysanderix

    High Hazels

    As a small boy I was taken to High Hazels Park by my Mum. All I can really remember were the fossilised tree trunks…extracted from the coal seam. The house , evidently, didn’t impress but these lumps of coal certainly did.
  23. Is Elsecar Colliery near Barnsley a good candidate? I see that the same coal seam (Haigh Moor) would have been mined from multiple pits, which makes it harder to pin down the actual location. It sounds like the research on sociotechnical systems was done at a mine that Ken Bamforth had worked in before becoming more of an academic. If you can establish that he worked at Elsecar, that might help to confirm it. 1 Source: https://breadtagsagas.wordpress.com/tag/elsecar-collieries/ "These areas of concentration were the discovery and analysis of industrial democracy underground in the Elsecar Collieries by Trist and Bamforth. The development of the theory of sociotechnical systems based on this and on insights from psychology and the social sciences." Tavistock Institute gets a mention. 2 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trist "Organizational research In 1949, his organizational research work, studying work crews in at Elsecar Collieries, with Ken Bamforth, resulted in the famous article, "Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal Getting." This article highlighted aspects of the miners organisation that today would be termed lean or agile." 3 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsecar_Collieries "Elsecar Main Coal extraction proper began at Elsecar Main between 1905 and 1908 when shafts were sunk to the Parkgate seam at 333 metres. Other seams worked were the Silkstone, Thorncliffe and the Swallow Wood seams. The Haigh Moor, Lidgett and towards the end of the colliery's life, Kents Thick seams were also mined. The colliery closed in October 1983." This all fits roughly with the location of South Yorkshire and the mine where the work practices were found being "a recently opened seam" as at 1950/51. Trist and Bamforth were probably researching multiple things and might have visited lots of different mines, so references and quotes might have become a bit muddled. I saw a couple of mentions of other locations, but they don't fit as good as Elsecar does.
  24. In the 1940s and 50s the Tavistock Institute studied productivity in British coal mining. They found the industry in a poor state, but one bright spot was a team of Yorkshire miners working the Haigh Moor Seam. They were multi-skilled, worked autonomously, and had much higher job satisfaction and better labour-management relations than anywhere else. This is the fullest version of the story I've found online - http://moderntimesworkplace.com/archives/ericsess/sessvol2/SESS_Volume_2_Contents_Intro/sess_volume_2_contents_intro.htm. The theory of sociotechnical systems that developed from it also became part of Volvo's Kalmar and Uddevalla plants, which instead of a production line had independent teams assembling whole cars from start to finish - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227615824_The_Volvo_Uddevalla_Plant. Does anyone know which pit the original research was done at?
  25. Stasro

    The Hole In The Road Sheffield

    two comments to add to the discussion - 1 This area of the city Centre took quite a pounding during the war with Marples Hotel on Fitzalan Square taking a direct hit and the old C&A building being bombed out. That is why there was a row of single-story shops across the end of what was Change Alley. It took many years' work to put that all to rights. 2. The delays due to the old coal seam were due to the Coal Authority having "first dibs" on any coal found in excavations and they always took their time deciding whether they wanted it or not.
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