Domestic servant and Housewifery School, Gell Street

[Robbinabobin 10]

I came across a picture of this on picturesheffield and I had never heard of it before... can anyone enlighten me about it. When did it operate and when did it close. I also know there was an Ecclesall Bierlow workhouse in Union Street, Nether Edge and wondered if the children from there were trained on Gell Street.

[Sue's 10]

My Husband's Grandma came up from Bristol to work for a Sheffield Vicar as a kind of Home Help. I think it was probably around 1922ish. She met her Husband in Sheffield who was from that area and they settled and had their First Child on Gell St. I wonder if she had connections to this place. I vaguely remember reading years ago that it was run by a religious institute, but can't rember who?

[HughW 10]

White's 1919/20 Directory calls this the Sheffield Servants' Home - 137 & 139 Gell Street. There's no indication of who owned it though. White's 1901 Directory, on-line at http://www.historicaldirectories.org, shows it was one of a number of institutions under the umbrella of the The Sheffield Union for the Care and Help of Girls and Young Women.

 

Hugh