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ARTICLES THAT HAVE
A SHEFFIELD CONNECTION |
| 1.
A Fatal Accident
in Sheffield - May 1848 - "a shocking accident which excited much commiseration" |
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The Anti-Mormon Riot in Sheffield -
December 1884
- "Jarman, shouted opprobrious epithets at him, the crowd
hooted, and a sturdy attempt was made to carry the platform." |
| 3.
The Many Suicides of Reginald Hookes -
Bow Street Police Court London April 1937. "It
seems I am a complete failure.." |
| 4.
Oakes Water Tower - Norton, Sheffield |
| 5.
Sheffield Sunday 15th May1966
- "It was just a pity we didn’t have the old tin
pot . ." |
| 6.
A Fever Den in Crookesmoor,
Sheffield - January 1871 - "he should not have been surprised if
half the people had been carried off" |
| 7.
The Garrotting of Charles Henry Mort -
Scotland Street, Sheffield |
| 8.
Job Denton - The Greystones Rustler -
Sheffield 1837 - 1840 |
| 9.
Ernest Brownhill (1893 -
1918) - 55 Squadron |
| 10.Distress and
deprivation in Sheffield - Xmas 1878 -
"Hundreds are living in houses stripped of furniture, without fire, and
are dependent upon the generosity of the neighbours". |
| 11.Walked to Death - Sheffield Children's Terrible
Fate
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12.If
The Invader Comes What To Do - And How To Do It -
Sheffield
June 1940 - "..Think
always of your country before you think of yourself" |
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13.The
Tragic Death of Olivia Spooner - Walkley, Sheffield 1858
"(Olivia) sank under the influences of cold and
want of nourishment. The body was found shockingly emaciated, and the
house most desolate and filthy"
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14.The
Deaths of James Shaw & Mary Wagstaffe - Loxley, Sheffield May 1881
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15.The Royal
Visit to Sheffield - 21st Ocober 1937 - "...(Their
Majesties) passed
through the trim and pleasant Shiregreen housing
estate" |
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16.The Untimely Death of George Gee - Sheffield December 1873 |
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17.Crookes Cemetery, Sheffield
- The War Dead |
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18.The
Sheffield Boer War Memorial - Weston Park, Sheffield
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19.Reginald George
Collins died Sheffield 12 - 13th December 1940 |
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20.Ralph Woolass Skelton (1917 - 1942) -
"Nobis Meminisse Relictum"
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21.The
Hanging of Thomas Williams - August 1837
- “Let me warn you all of the demon drink!” |
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22.Sheffield's World Cup - July 1966 |
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23.The Strange Death of Arthur Allen -
Sheffield 22nd
November 1866
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24.The Case of
Setting Fire to a Wife in Sheffield - "Let the old _______ Burn to
death" |
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25.Sheffield's
First Probationer - John Blackburn -
Was John saved
from a career of crime by this act of "well -timed mercy"?.
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26.The
Tragic Deaths of William Cullingworth - Sheffield |
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27.
The Murder of Nurse Bradley, Middlewood, Sheffield - April 1923 -
"Thank you, but I was guilty and sane." |
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28.
The Public Execution in York of John Hoyland -
The Last Person From Sheffield To Be Hung "For a Crime We Cannot Name" |
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29.
The Excruciating Death of Frank Levick -
Sheffield 1908 |
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30.
The Suggs
(Sports) of Sheffield |
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31.
The
Unusual Death of Second Lieutenant Rishworth - September 1915 |
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32.
The Walkley Riot June 1922
"25 Sheffield policemen fought 400 men at Walkley, and
in spite of the long odds,
victory went to the police" |
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33. Death on
West Street Sheffield - December 1886 "his visits were
indeed more frequent than could be desired by Mr and Mrs Jubb". |
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34.
Mary Ann Haykin
(1820 - 1924) "has been a pipe smoker for over seventy
years, consuming over two ounces of tobacco a week" |
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35.
Alleged
Violence in a Sheffield School - "(Isabella Buckley) whose death is alleged to have been caused by corporal
punishment" |
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36. Panic
on Gell Street (Sheffield) - "Terrible accident, Sheffield - children
trampled to death" |
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37. "A
Barbarous Father" Alfred Mason - Ranmoor, Sheffield 1891 -
"words would be wasted on such a being so utterly depraved and base."
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38.
The
Execution of Lorraine Lax - Armley Gaol January 1926 for the Murder of Elizabeth
Lax |
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39. The
Strange Death of Florence Hargreaves - Sheffield January 1926 |
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40. A
Bamboo Bicycle in Walkley, Sheffield-March 1897-"Riding a bamboo
is indeed a pleasure which to the riders of steel machines is unknown" |
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41.Unity
Church Crookesmoor Sheffield - (The Choir) sang " I have built
thee a house" |
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42.The Violent Death of
Ann Heggie - Spital Hill Sheffield 1947 |
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43.
Professor James William
Edington M.D., D.P.H.. Professor Of Bacteriology, University Of Sheffield |
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44.
Who Killed The Bearded Lady
- Sheffield October 1883 "(William)
obtained celebrity in country fairs as "The Bearded Lady" |
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45. Death
of a Sheffield Rent Collector 1925 |
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46.
A New Year Tragedy - Maltravers Crescent,
Sheffield December 1945 |
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47.
First World War veteran Stanley Clayton (1894 - 2000)
"believed to have been Britain's oldest veteran of the Somme" |
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48. Looting in Sheffield - December
1940 - "More than two whole days
have been occupied in dealing with cases of looting which have
occurred in one city (Sheffield)"
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49.
Ecclesall All Saints Churchyard, Sheffield - War Graves |
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50.The
Opening of Walkley Library, Sheffield |
