Just to give you all the heads up. A huge stone has been placed by the Don down at the Riverside next to Vulcan House. The stone which is several foot in height is supposed to be a marker to show the height of the flood waters. Around the bottom of the stone is the name of every individual who perished. If you are walking down that part of the city then definitely worth stopping off to read and reflect.

AO.

Pity they couldn't have put it closer to the Dale Dyke, I would have thought Bradfield, Loxley or Malin Bridge would have been a more fitting location.

Pity they couldn't have put it closer to the Dale Dyke, I would have thought Bradfield, Loxley or Malin Bridge would have been a more fitting location.

I was disappointed when I went walking up to Dale Dyke and saw a small and almost missable memorial. I would have thought that there would have been something like the one I mentioned up there.

I was disappointed when I went walking up to Dale Dyke and saw a small and almost missable memorial. I would have thought that there would have been something like the one I mentioned up there.

Was that one of the CLOB stones that are marker points to show where the original dam was?

This site about the flood is brilliant - http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/flood.html

There used to be a small brass plate indicating the flood level at a firm I worked at, in 1976, on Mowbray St. Neepsend; a hundred yards up from Corporation St.

When I went back to see it eighteen months ago it had gone. As I remember it was about five feet high, but that must already have been 10ft - 15ft above the river level.

there was a marker on one of the pubs in the wicker and there is one outside a pub at hillsborough

there was a marker on one of the pubs in the wicker and there is one outside a pub at hillsborough

There is a marker on the Fat Cat down Kelham Island also.

There is a marker on the Fat Cat down Kelham Island also.

and at The Ship Inn, Shalesmoor, too!

Hi Agent Orange

Excuse my lack of knowledge of the location you spoke of i.e. " Riverside, Vulcan House "
Is this on the river side walkway upsteam from Ladys Bridge ?

Hallamshire Steel Neepsend Lane,
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There's a marker on the Malin Bridge Inn. must have been a truly awful event to have lived through - even a similar occurrence today would overwhelm emergency services. i'm glad there's a monument somewhere more prominent now as the one up at the reservoir is a little miserly.

Pity they couldn't have put it closer to the Dale Dyke, I would have thought Bradfield, Loxley or Malin Bridge would have been a more fitting location.

There really ought to be one at Bradfield, it isn't so far away from Dale Dyke and is visited by a lot of people. The lbbotson Memorial Field would be a fitting place to have such a memorial.

There was a small memorial in the former Cross Inn at Low Bradfield. This has been a private house for many years; does anyone know if this memorial survived? There's another memorial in St Polycarp's church at Malin Bridge.

Hi Agent Orange

Excuse my lack of knowledge of the location you spoke of i.e. " Riverside, Vulcan House "
Is this on the river side walkway upsteam from Ladys Bridge ?

That is right. If you walk along the path from Lady's Bridge behind Irwin Mitchell up river, there is a reasonably sized open area on the left and you will see it there.

Hi Agent Orange and thanks for your reply re the location of the monument.