Dungworth Bradfield Heritage Group are thrilled to announce we have been awarded a £46,920 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the heritage of food industries from Sheffield. The city is known the world over for its steel trade but our new project is set to highlight its lesser-known contribution to the world…
This project is based on the research and collation of archive materials relating to Sheffield’s often hidden food industry. Central to it will be a collection of stories and memories from Sheffield’s former and current food producers and their workers. Bachelors, Bassetts, Simpkins, Sutherlands and Thorntons all have their roots in Sheffield – and they’re…
We have to say a big ‘thank you’ to Anne Simmonds and her family for engaging with our project. They’ve given us access to her father’s amazing story. George Holling became a POW after being captured at Dunkirk. The explosives expert had been tasked with blowing up bridges to slow the advance of…
A legacy with a difference has now taken up residence at Bradfield Dungworth Primary School thanks to the work of year three, four and five pupils. They have created two life size sculptures of World War Two veterans as part of a far reaching community history project to learn more about the area’s involvement in…
The fallen of two world wars came back from the dead as part of the launch of a brand new history project that was unveiled as part ofWW1 100 Years Remembranceat the weekend. The eerie silhouette of WW1 soldiers marching to their deaths lit up the side of historic St Nicholas’ Church in High…
The fallen of two world wars are set to walk again next month as a brand new history project comes to life for the WW1 100 Years Remembrance. The eerie silhouette of WW1 soldiers marching to their deaths will light up the side of historic St Nicholas’ Church in High Bradfield whilst ‘There But Not…
Members of the local community are being asked to get involved in a new project to uncover the secrets of the Dungworth and Bradfield area of Sheffield in the Second World War. A series of free events are being held in the coming weeks to encourage people to come forward with memories and artefacts, find…
Both books have proven a big hit and there’s talk about reprinting them next year. The second delivery of the books is due next Monday so we’ll be delivering to public outlets where they can be collected FREE of charge.
An event to celebrate the success of a World War One history project in the Parish of Bradfield was a day Brian Clayton will never forget. He’d spent years trying to find someone that could transcribe his grandad’s World War One diary – scores of people had tried and failed. But Dungworth, Bradfield and…
John William Crossland, known as ‘Bill’ was born in Sheffield in 1899. His father, Matthew worked in the Brown Baileys steelworks before the war and in 1914, joined the army. In 1916, aged 17, Bill also joined the army. Both father and son served in France where they were both trained medics and used to…
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