RichardB Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 28th September 1849. What was that all about then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 28th September 1849. What was that all about then ? A day of Prayer to ward of Cholera.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Correct, just thought it was a strange choice of name ... A day of Prayer to ward of Cholera.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 September 26th. Day of Humiliation at Sheffield on account of the Cholera, well responded to by a general closing of shops, warehouses and other places of business, scarcely distinguishable from the ordinary Sabbath. October 7th. ---------------------------------------- Knew I'd heard of it somewhere before - great site. Victorian Sheffield Diary 28th September 1849. What was that all about then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 10 Oct 1849 (page 67) refers to the closing of shops and secular business for a day of humiliation and prayer on account of the pestilence spreading through the land (Sheffield Archives: CA-COU/3) Cholera Study Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-stokes/the-history-of-the-cholera-epidemic-of-1832-in-sheffield-ala/page-16-the-history-of-the-cholera-epidemic-of-1832-in-sheffield-ala.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent Saturday 29 Sep 1849 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Council discussions of the day, Isaac Ironside annoying everyone else Sheffield & Rotherham Independent Saturday 13 Oct 1849 [1] [2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Why the Quakers did not take part: Sheffield & Rotherham Independent Saturday 29 Sep 1849 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckweed Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I seem to remember in the ragged trousered philanphropist there was a bit there where the poor children were bullied into parting with money which they actually needed for food by certain richer church and council authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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