ancient sheffield(escafeld)? halevan!

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Originally posted by "halevan"

ancient sheffield(escafeld)? halevan! :D 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. :D

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! :D

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 :D

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
:D 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! . :D

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.

Read George Orwells The Road To Wigan Pier, he has some not very complimentary observations about his visit to Sheffield. Its not about ancient Sheffield either, it refers to the 1930s.

i am a student at a e2e sheffield course and we run a website which has a full 1935 sheffield map i and many other have researched and found out local history i would like to ask you if you have any intersting stories for me to publish/research or you could join and input your stories
clickhere.org.uk

w4yne
Wish I had more time to answer your request. Also , if you could narrow it down a bit , that would be helpful.
However , one good thing you could do without too much trouble is check back on some of the threads on S.F. , especially this one. You may not get much of a response if people have already written quite a bit about their Sheffield experiences.
Incidentally , I really love maps and started collecting them , a Sheffield one being the first , in 1950.
The first one I had of Sheffield was a "Geographia " map and , for example , showed the inner and outer circle bus routes in a sort of brown colour and all the other bus routes in red. The postal districts were bordered in blue , I think.
The map that I had wouldn't have differed much from your map , I shouldn't think , mainly because of the war. On the other hand , I think quite a lot of private and council house building went off between 1935 and 1939 , so maybe my map differed on the outer fringes.
Anyway , good luck with your research !

Originally posted by w4yne
i am a student at a e2e sheffield course and we run a website which has a full 1935 sheffield map i and many other have researched and found out local history i would like to ask you if you have any intersting stories for me to publish/research or you could join and input your stories
clickhere.org.uk

W4, This whole thread is about Sheffield History, i think you'l find every thing you need on here.

not INCREDIBLY interesting but the meers brook used to be the boundary between the anglo-saxon regions of northumbria and mercia! Xx

Interesting website W4yne :thumbsup:

http://members.tripod.com/deepoceanfish2-ivil/betweentheseshores/id25.html

Google 'Heeley History' and you will find some interesting links about the Heeley History Group.

Originally posted by w4yne
i am a student at a e2e sheffield course and we run a website which has a full 1935 sheffield map i and many other have researched and found out local history i would like to ask you if you have any intersting stories for me to publish/research or you could join and input your stories
clickhere.org.uk

Try my website click here (http://www.members.aol.com/syp99/index.html)

Don't know what you want but the United Kingdom was created at dore around AD875 when all the warring factions decided to call it a day and decided to have a joint King, the pow-wow took place there, you'll have to do your own research on this one.

David.

Originally posted by halevan
:D 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. :D

Not much change there then.

David.

Don't know what you want but the United Kingdom was created at dore around AD875 when all the warring factions decided to call it a day and decided to have a joint King, the pow-wow took place there, you'll have to do your own research on this one.

David.
I wasn't sure whether to believe you, but....
http://www3.oag.com/Cities/Detail?cat=2&city=391&item=213930

I wasn't sure whether to believe you, but....
http://www3.oag.com/Cities/Detail?cat=2&city=391&item=213930

Great history I understand Dore became part of Sheffield in the 20th century