Entries
Most recent additions first.
- 21 November 1855: Catherine Booth, co-founder of the Salvation Army, writes from Dewsbury of her hopes for her unborn child
- 22 August 1876: The Sheffield Independent publishes a letter condemning “the blackguardism of the streets”
- 9 April 1833: Messrs. Verdon Brittain & Co. claim before a Sheffield court that razor-maker William Harrison of Sims Croft has plagiarised the mark granted them by the Cutlers’ Company
- 31 January 1858: John Henry is found guilty of “debauching the minds and ruining the rising generation” in his sweetshop on Broomhall Street, Sheffield
- 1 February 1893: Alderman Herbert Bramley (Liberal) can’t see why Sheffield, on the 50th anniversary of its municipal charter, should want to become a city
- 19 December 1775: James Cook names a freezing south Pacific promontory after his native cathedral
- 14 September 1864: In his last race, the St Leger Stakes (Doncaster), the legendary Blair Athol faces his great rival, General Peel, in monsoon conditions
- 30 June 1880: Tom Palliser, a Kilvington drunk, denies to a York court that a half crown received from Col. Dawnay, Conservative candidate for Thirsk, was an electoral bribe
- 11 August 1875: The Whitby town crier’s unique act for the municipal dog show
- 12 August 1866: William Allison (15) goes grouse shooting for the first time, on Saltergate Moor (Pickering)
RSS feed
Bluesky
Extwitter