any body got any information about Lizzie the elephant who worked for wards brewery in the first world ? thanks sue

Longwood

It was actually "Tommy Wards" elephant, check out the thread below.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2521&highlight=lizzie+ward

Was Thomas Wards Steel works linked to Wards Brewery as I have information she worked for the Brewery as well and I have a photo of her at Kelham Island - since I am not a Sheffield person was Kelham Island part of Wards or was she loaned out?
thanks

tommy ward's elephant was stabled in bedford st at tomlisons funeral place. or so i was told, there was a large arched entrance big enough for the elephant to go in.
my dad said that the elephant lifted the steel bars at wards.
he lived acrooss the rd on bedford st as a boy and said the elephant knocked his front teeth out, but i learnt afterwards that it was done when he worked down the pit by a pit donkey that pulled the wagons of coal. he said they came up from the pit only once a yr.

Many years ago I had to do some training at Ickles works in Templeborough.

I noticed the loading bay surround was the exact level as the large lorries that backed in for loading.

The drivers could walk on and off the back off their lorry backs easily.

I remarked to one of the old hands how handy this was.

He replied, Oh! It's nothing to do with the lorries, it was built like that so that Lizzie could back into the bay and the steel bars could be easily unloaded from the specially built cart that the Elephant pulled'.

Happy Days!

Unless there were two such elephants in Sheffield your ‘Lizzy’ was actually called Daisy and (I think, not sure) was owned by Thomas W. Ward’s

i dont know if this link will work
http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl

only today i took some photos of lizzie down to my husbands nannan as her father/grandfather(cant remember which) is photographed by the side of the elephant.

the link doesnt work so if u go to picture sheffield and type in "elephant" into the search the pics of lizzie come up.

My great grandfather Herbert Hancock was in the photo, he is the one with the cap standing next to the elephant.

well according to my husbands nannan that is her dad/grandad, they have pics of him, are you related?

I don't know, what are their parent's names? I descend from Herbert Hancocks daughter Sarah Harriet who married a Joseph Walter Struggles.

i have no idea, i will find out 2morrow, but she is a Street now, but dont know her maiden name, i will post 2morrow and let u know. :)

Definately related, My auntie Joyce is a street.

yes that is nannan, who are you then?

I'm Jill, the daughter of Alfred (known as Burt) who died last year. Have pm'ed
you.

Hi Hazel
A relative of mine also lived opposite where "lizzie" was kept[Bedford St] and he had a large cyst on his nose which he told children had been caused by the elephant kicking him!!

This may help..... http://www.swanseaheritage.net/swanseathroughtheyears/gat.asp?A_ID=270

Hi Hazel
A relative of mine also lived opposite where "lizzie" was kept[Bedford St] and he had a large cyst on his nose which he told children had been caused by the elephant kicking him!!

Hi Audrey,
my grandad who lived on bedford St and had a large cyst on his nose so we must be related somewhere. hazel

Hi Hazel
Was you Grandad John Strickland?If so we are related.I've done lots of research on this family name.
Audrey

Yes, he was. Are we cousins

hazel

hi Hazel
Have sent PM to you but not sure if you've received it.Can you let me know either way
Thanks Audrey

This thread is far more exciting than surpise surprise. !

Hi there, the elephant story is a fascinating one. Does anyone know about the travelling circus Lizzie Ward Came from?
Sophie

I don't think I am wrong , but wasn't lizzy used to pull a decommissioned tram car into wards on Saville street , just through the Wicker arches on the right . I do remember that there were tram lines into the very tall archway.

:)Thought you guys might like to hear a song I wrote about Lizzie? you can go to my myspace account
myspace/stevebirks

I heard Lizzie used to be stabled on Nursery Street ?

Hello to all,

I'm an artist based in Sheffield and was inspired by the story about Lizzie the elephant, so i'm now making a short animated piece of work about Lizzie which i hope to show at a venue later on this week( and will post on this forum).

I would like to accompany it with some written background information, and having read many of the comments on this forum i thought it would be great if i could include some of them, because there are so many different memories and thoughts which together create a beautifully mythical picture of Lizzie the elephant.
Please let me know whether you would have any objection towards some of your comments being printed (I can exclude names) and shown to the public.

Best wishes,
Daisy

Hi My class are doing a project about Lizzie and are hoping to make it into a short animated film. We are going to use some of these brilliant stories. I wondered if Steve Birks would mind if we put some of his song into it. If you`d rather we didnt thats fine.

The elephant originally came from Sedgewicks Circus. All circuses had to `stand down` because of the war.:)