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SHEFFIELD

 "One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, to scratch a drawing on the tusk or keep a diary, to collect sagas and heap cairns. This instinct as to the enduring value of the past is, one might say, the very basis of civilization" - John Jay Chapman

These articles are a continuation of those that appear on the main Index page 

ARTICLES THAT HAVE A SHEFFIELD CONNECTION

1.Jessops Hospital for Women, Leavygreave Road, Sheffield
2.The Sheffield Round Walk  - 1986
3.Sheffield Collieries at Work - 1869
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"
12.The Tragic Death of the Baldwin Pony - Sheffield 1889  - "...it suffered great terror and pain while suspended 30ft. from the ground" 
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."

Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio
Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

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