Ancient Sheffield?

ancient sheffield(escafeld)? halevan!

Originally posted by "halevan"

 

ancient sheffield(escafeld)? halevan!

Is anyone interested in ancient sheffield? Apparently in the seventeenth century the locals (working class) lived in filthy cellars mostly half full of dirty water. They existed on scraps of food, never changed their underwear-if they had any at all! And the average life span was twenty one years. The ones who lived in the city centre around campo lane area, threw the rubbish and sewage out of the window into channels which ran down the centre of the alley where it lay stinking in the sun-in summer- until the rains came and washed it away. Anyone have any complaints?. Halevan. 5/2/03.

So they were 17th century Council tenants then......

Ha.Ha. Fancy living in sheffield in those day's Rusty?What have we got to complain about now.Eh!

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE INFO .WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF AN AIR MUSEUM ON THE SITE.

nothing changes much ,does it?

Old Sheffield Town by J Edward Vickers

 

Found this funny: In 1854 a man called Harvey Teesdale floated down the River Don from West Bar, in a basket pulled along by a number of ducks! Quackers

http://www.hendersonsrelish.com/content/relish.htm

 

http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/

 

http://members.lycos.co.uk/escafeld/

 

http://www.idigsheffield.org.uk/

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/

 

http://www.masterbuilder.co.uk/

 

http://www.ourselvesourplace.org.uk/

 

http://www.workhouses.co.uk/

 

http://www.thefullmonty.freeserve.co.uk/sheffield_books.htm

 

http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/Pub_con/Printed-Booklets.htm

 

happy reading

http://www.gencem.org/index.html

Originally posted by RowlandPayne

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE INFO .WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF AN AIR MUSEUM ON THE SITE.

 

What type of air would you like smog, effluent, Coal burning smell, pure oxygen. Ye I can see the thought in in. Could do as well as the music museum tin cans.

And of course there was the tropical swamp period.

 

And beaker people.

Originally posted by halevan

Apparently in the seventeenth century the locals (working class) lived in filthy cellars mostly half full of dirty water. They existed on scraps of food, never changed their underwear-if they had any at all! .

 

We used to dream of living in a filthy cellar, half full of dirty water. Would have been like heaven to us.

 

 

Sorry, the Monty Python in me couldn't resist that.