Guest tsavo Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 All this brainwork is a bit too much for me on this fine Sunday morning. Loved the stories though, keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 The answer; Henry Payne was a rather eccentric medical practitioner who lived at Loxley House his cure for all ills of the flesh was simply a very hot blanket ! During the latter part of his life he quarrelled with the Parson in Wadsley and as a result he swore he would never enter the church again. The Parson insisted he would by saying "you will when you are carried in head first in your coffin ". However the Doctor was not to be defeated even in death, for he left orders that he was to be burried on his own estate without a church ceremony. So when he died, in 1895, two servants carried the coffin to a grave dug in the grounds of Loxley House, lowered the coffin in, and without any kind of religious ceremony, filled in the grave. {Loxley House a fine 3 storied building of 1826} Loxley House was home to the sea cadets for many years untill recently being taken over by developers !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Sea Cadets in Sheffield ?? Crackers !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Next Story Charlie Milner He was an ironmonger who had a shop on Fargate. He was a friendly man, but could never answer a question with a straight yes or no. One day two grinders made a wager that a straight answer could be got from him. They went to his shop and asked "Mr. Milner does a coach go from here to Baslow every day ?" However the wager was lost, because Charlie instantly replied with a question, "Does thou want to go to Baslow then ? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 ha ha ha !!! Politician's answers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 No Doubt about it. !! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Murder at Ringinglow In April 1876 quite a stir was created by an hoax concocted by two rival journalists. The first one to boost sales of his newspaper, put in a placard in town which read "HORRID MURDER IN RINGINGLOW" , not to be outdone a rival issued a similar placard bearing the legend "BODY FOUND". These announcements caused scores of people to walk to Ringinglow to see what they could, and after wandering round for hours and finding no trace of a murder they ended up at the Norfolk Arms. The Landlord was called Garrett and he did a roaring trade out of the weary travellers. Perhaps the journalists and the landlord were in league !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Ha ha ha !! Excellent story ! Proper journalism ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Don't know where all these come from, Coffee Cup but please keep them coming....you just couldn't make them up! (thinks).....could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Thank you Tsavo, As far as I am aware they are true I will do my best to find some more as Micheal Aspel said "strange but True" stories. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 More power to your elbow, Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coffee cup Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 SEQUAH Sequah was not a Sheffield Chap, but he was a well known character in the town in the late 19th century. He would arrive in Sheffield dressed as a cowboy, usually hiring the Drill Hall ????, he would arrive in a carriage drawn by cream ponies . escorted by a huge group of cowboys. He would then change clothes and dress as an Indian Chief whilst he would extract teeth cure rheumatism and see to many more complaints. The cries of the people having their teeth extracted were drowned out by the noise made by his cowboy band. His real name was Hannaway Rowe, he died at the age of 93 in 1934. Somehow a visit to the dentist does not seem so bad now !! But where was the Drill Hall, I wonder ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Only one I know off is at Edmund Rd. Just along from Bramhall Lane. Sheffield Ideal Homes Exhibitions in the 50s & 60s was held there. Could have been a drill hall at Somme Barracks on West St though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 What a strange story A cowboy dressing up as an indian before pulling your teeth out Like something out of a horror movie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandroulla Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I stumbled across this ghost story whilst googling on Wadlsey Common I used to go up there a lot as a kid (lived on Ben Lane) but never heard this story before Wadsley Common Ghost and the story even had enough credibility to make it onto a BBC website! BBC ghost stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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