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Local Newspaper cuttings from the 1927 excavations
October 13, 2020
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One of our members has found some old cuttings from local papers on the 1927 excavations which make interesting reading.
Here are some links to information about the castle available on other sites. Gatehouse page Manor Lodge’s page Prospectus for Sheffield Castle Sheffield City Council’s
This plaster overmantle is on the wall of the bedroom in Bishops House. The room was built around 1650 and in 1648, William Blythe paid
Here is some information about previous excavations. You can also download pdf documents produced by ARCUS on two pieces of fieldwork. Trial trenching of Sheffield
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Hi looks good
R U going to be celebrating the little meisters and the current crop of knife makers like A Wright (their shop and workshop are like walking back in time, apparently it was an inn in the 1700’s surrounded by an orchard and I bet you didnt know that Prince charles, the king of Tonga and all our miltary forces have their swords finished there. Something Sheffield should be shouting about!
I agree Tony -certainly Kelham Industrial Museum will be there and we have all the metal industries heritage to view in the Galleries themselves.Unfortunately the Cutlers Company haven’t responded to our invitation. The Fair is really an event organised by myself and David Templeman in conjunction with Sheffield Museums Trust and not FOSC.We still make the Sykes Fairburn knife here in Sheffield so yes we should be proud of Sheffield quality.
Best
Ron