Ken Beaumont will give his talk on J G Graves, the successful entrepreneur and public benefactor. Born in 1866 in Lincolnshire, he became Lord Mayor of Sheffield and an Alderman in 1926, and given the Freedom of the City in 1929. He gave generously to Sheffield throughout his life, including establishing Graves and Concord Parks, […]
In this talk, Anne Featherstone takes us down memory lane to remember sunshine, sea and sand.Childhood holidays and recollections of a 60's family holiday in Skeggy are recalled.
Martin Rowley will be giving an interesting and entertaing view of the Sheffield Gang Wars and how a feature film nearly got made.
Join us to hear David Templeman give Part 3 of his series of talks about some of Sheffield's oldest suburbs, dating back as far as the Domesday Book (1086)
The AGM will take place at 2 pm and will be followed by David Templeman giving the fourth in his series of talks about the ancient suburbs of Sheffield.
Join us to hear Adrian Finney, Sheffield Ghost Walks and author of several books, shed light on some of the City's ghostly legends, folklore and stories that shaped Sheffield.
Join us to hear Dr Julie Banham's talk on the fascinating story of the families connected to the grand stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse.
Today, we welcome back Peter Machan to talk about some of the curious happenings in Loxley Valley.
To begin our autumn session of talks, we welcome Dr Kate Faulkes who will explore the activities of a group of recently affluent industrialists (eg (Sir) John Brown) who sat on the Vestry Committees of Sheffield's four Anglican Commissioner Churches between 1826 and 1856. It will provide an exploration of the networks they developed through […]
It was after discovering a branch of her family who had lived and worked in the Crofts district of Sheffield, that Christine Minter began to look in depth at this area.
Housing, employment, education, religion, crime and punishment, not to mention some of its more colourful characters.
Medical reports and newspaper archives were particularly enlightening and described how perilous life could really be for the inhabitants.
“The more I looked, the more I realised that this district was once one of Sheffield’s most notorious neighbourhoods and was not for the faint hearted!”