Chaddamp 0 #1 Posted February 5, 2020 Hello any one know how I can find out where all the blue plaque house are in and around Sheffield,ie where famous people lived such as Michael Palin etc etc Hope you can help Regards Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Runningman 148 #2 Posted February 5, 2020 Hi Chaddamp I will suggest 3 points of contact Sheffield Central Library The Town Hall reception Sheffield City Council Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus 68 #3 Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chaddamp said: Hello any one know how I can find out where all the blue plaque house are in and around Sheffield,ie where famous people lived such as Michael Palin etc etc Hope you can help Regards Paul I don’t know who decides where blue plaques are placed, but the old trade directories of Sheffield give an insight to where the great Sheffield names lived, on College Street, a street of small terraced houses, Samuel Plimsols mother lived in one of them, just round the corner on Clarkehouse Road, lived actor Patrick McGoohan as a child. I trace these houses of the movers and shakers of 19 th century Sheffield Edited February 5, 2020 by lazarus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
iamwoody 19 #4 Posted February 5, 2020 English Heritage , go on their plaque schemes place and look under Yorkshire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie 527 #5 Posted February 5, 2020 Here's one that I saw the other day. Thorntons family home marked with blue plaque http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14959320 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pattricia 577 #6 Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, lazarus said: I don’t know who decides where blue plaques are placed, but the old trade directories of Sheffield give an insight to where the great Sheffield names lived, on College Street, a street of small terraced houses, Samuel Plimsols mother lived in one of them, just round the corner on Clarkehouse Road, lived actor Patrick McGoohan as a child. I trace these houses of the movers and shakers of 19 th century Sheffield I saw Patrick McGoohan once when I popped into The Stone House one afternoon. He was reading a newspaper while sitting at a table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus 68 #7 Posted February 5, 2020 His first job was working was in the old bank on George Street, now a cinema, in the 18th century it was a well used coffer house. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Centrepin 0 #8 Posted February 5, 2020 Didn't Charlie Peace come from Darnal near the rolling mills? I remember him being in a comic in the 50s/60s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Chaddamp 0 #9 Posted February 5, 2020 9 hours ago, Chaddamp said: many many thanks to you all !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nikki-red 308 #10 Posted February 5, 2020 Theres a few listed in this article... https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/hidden-plain-sight-7-interesting-heritage-blue-plaque-sites-sheffield-520616 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jaffa1 10 #11 Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Centrepin said: Edited February 5, 2020 by jaffa1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie 527 #12 Posted February 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Centrepin said: Didn't Charlie Peace come from Darnal near the rolling mills? I remember him being in a comic in the 50s/60s I don't think he merits a blue plaque, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...