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ARTICLES THAT HAVE
A SHEFFIELD CONNECTION |
| 1.Jessops
Hospital for Women, Leavygreave Road, Sheffield |
| 2.Thomas
Jessop (1804 - 1887) |
| 3.The
Sheffield Round Walk - 1986 |
| 4.Sheffield United v Derby County - 1st
September 1897 |
| 5.The History of
Birley Spa - Sheffield - "a commodious establishment which was even used
by the aristocracy.." |
| 6.Ernest Dalton -
The last man to be attacked by a tiger in Sheffield - December 1933 |
| 7.Sheffield
Plane Crashes - World War 2 1939 - 1945 |
| 8.The Phoenix Theatre
1911 - 1960 Hillsborough, Sheffield -
"clean and refined entertainment" |
| 9.Death at
The Owlerton Feast, Sheffield - 4th July 1854 - Joseph Crookes Saw
Grinder |
| 10.Murder
at the Midland Station - September 1900 Sheffield
"..a murder of a most brutal character was
perpetrated in Sheffield" |
| 11.A
Despicable Case of Child Cruelty and Abuse - Ranmoor, Sheffield
"..he was turned out into the snow and kept there all day without food"
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| 12.The
Tragic Death of the Baldwin Pony - Sheffield 1889 -
"...it suffered great terror and
pain while suspended 30ft. from the ground"
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| 13.George
Ulyett (1851 - 1898) - "..was probably the best cricketer
Sheffield ever produced" |
| 14.John
L. Sullivan (1858 - 1918) - "the hand that rocked the world"
- Sheffield November 1887 |
| 15.The
Hendersons Were Not There (and neither was Mr Kite) - Sheffield 31st
January 1848 |
| 16.George
Herbert Lawrence died 13th December 1940 Sheffield |
| 17.The
East House Murders - Sheffield - New Years Day 1960 |
| 18.
St Paul's Church - Sheffield (1720
- 1938) "The organ is by the celebrated builder Snetzler. It is one of
his best productions.." |
| 19.The
Civilian War Dead of Pitsmoor 1939 - 1945 |
| 20.The
Forum Cinema, Herries Road, Sheffield 1938 - 1969
"the
largest cinema on any housing estate in Sheffield" |
| 21.The
Albert Pub, Division Street, Sheffield -
"the first pub I went in" |
| 22.Sheffield
Newspapers 1754 - 1978 |
| 23.The Great Lafayette
and The Sheffield Midgets - May 1911 - "..he
set out gaily with the prospect of a congenial life before him " |
| 24
Sir Joseph Jonas (1845 - 1921) Lord Mayor of Sheffield - "Businessman or
Traitor" |
| 25.Robert Colver (1842 - 1916) of Jonas &
Colver - Sheffield
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| 26.Rev. John Raper Sheffield 1914 -
Intrigue with a Parishioner's Daughter -
"(she) made what resistance she could. Familiarity occurred on a number
of other occasions.." |
| 27.
Sir Frederick Thorpe
Mappin, (1821-1910) - "Sheffield's Grand Old Man
- "(he) displayed very little sympathy
with the later tendencies of trade unionism"
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28.A Grave Affair in Sheffield 1862 - "the
sexton had been in the habit of disinterring bodies and disposing of
them for dissection" |
| 29.
The Horrifying Murder of Elizabeth Slater
- Sheffield August 1852 - "there they found the
body of the child. Its head was lying several feet from its body." |
| 30.Unemployed Riots
- Sheffield 1922 - "(the police) drew their truncheons and
charged the crowd" |
| 31.Sheffield
Collieries at Work - 1869 |
| 32.Thomas Turton (1806 - 1869) - Sheffield |
| 33
The
Attempted Murder of Ann Rushton - Sheffield 1865 - "her knees were
literally roasted" |
| 34.The
Royal Hospital, West Street, Sheffield - "Neville Chamberlain was t'
Outpatients " |
| 35.The Salvation Army Riots -
Sheffield 1882 - "..."
a fight for the colours" ... the Salvation Army beat back the
crowd and retained their banners" |
| 36.The Suicide of a
Sheffield Brewer - "on arriving at the brewery, his actions led
everyone to believe that he was not in his right mind" |
| 37.City
Road Cemetery - Sheffield -"pleasantly situated on an elevation,...
it is intended to lay out the grounds with some pretensions to beauty"
|
| 38.Revolting
Proceedings in a Sheffield Burial Ground April 1865 - "it is strange
that so gross an outrage upon decency has not hitherto become more
widely known" |
| 39.Buying
a wife for 5s - Sheffield 1887 - "(Hall) purchased another mans wife
for 5s, the money being spent on drink at the public house where the
bargain was made" |
| 40.Death
of a Sheffield Policeman - William Beardshaw, Sheffield July 1855
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| 41.Walkley
Cemetery, Sheffield - July 1880 |
| 42."They're
Orff" - The Crookes Moor Races c1713 - 1785
"A noble racecourse, formed of hill and dale...,"
|
| 43.Coles Corner - Sheffield
- "is still remembered by many Sheffielders, of a
certain age as the place to meet one's date.." |
| 44.The
Walkley Bomb - March 1937 - "the bomb had been put out of the
way under the kitchen copper by Miss Barlow" |
| 45.
Alfred Primrose and Elizabeth Thornhill
- Sheffield 1838 "(he) laughed at her, and used some very unkind and
undeserving expressions towards her" |
| 46.
A Knife Attack in Crookes - Sheffield
"some severe measures should be adopted..." |
| 47. The Tragic Life and Appalling Death of Arthur Coleman - Sheffield 1886
- "in a destitute state, stark naked, and totally alone in a dark room,
... they were then, for the second time, taken to the workhouse" |
| 48.
A Fatal Quarrel - The Death of Harvey
Bell - Sheffield 1886 - "Are you going to murder me or what do you want?" |
| 49.
The Crosspool Tavern, Crosspool,
Sheffield (1824 - ) |
