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Sweet Remembrance

The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Sweet Remembrance: The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Date – Tuesday 23rd January 2024, 7.30 – 8.45pm Cost – £5 (cash only on the door, no online booking) Venue – Kenwood Hall Hotel, Kenwood Rd, S7 1NQ Confectioner researcher, Andrew Littlewood, will shed light on the stories of some Sheffield […]

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Walk and Talk in September

As part of HODS week and the Nether Edge Festival we have a walk on the theme of Creative Women of Nether Edge and a talk on Mary Wortley Montagu titled… Pus and Prejudice In 1721 the remarkable Mary Wortley Montagu inspired a medical revolution. Her mission: to prevent the horrors of smallpox by introducing […]

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New talks and a guided walk for 2023 by the Nether Edge History Group

We are pleased to announce two new talks and a new guided walk. On the 12th July, at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hotel, Anne, The Bustle Lady will be talking about ‘The Wonders of Gas’, in which she will include our sewer gas powered lamp. Anne is a historian specialising in the mid to late […]

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Union Carols December 2022

The Union Hotel in Nether Edge was once against the venue for the Sheffield Carols hosted by the Nether Edge History Group. Simon Dumpleton on keyboard and soloists John Little and Neil Cardwell.

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Workhouse & Hospital History Board

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Heart of Nether Edge History Board

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Nether Edge Farmer’s Market

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News WWII

Memorial Board

When the History Group recently published ‘Nether Edge in the Second World War’ we expected, and hoped, that in bringing the story to the general public new information, new stories, new images would come to light. Our suspicion was that, despite the passage of time, there is much information, still undiscovered, that would add to […]

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Green Nether Edge Calendar 2022

The Nether Edge History Group is aiming to produce a calendar for 2022 on the theme of ‘Green Nether Edge’.The idea is to showcase the wonderful range of green spaces in our neighbourhood, including parks, gardens, street trees, woods and allotments. Images will reflect the changing seasons.We are inviting you to submit photographs between now […]

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WWII Book in Sheffield Star

Well done to John Austin and John Cornwell for making into the Sheffield Star with a lovely piece about their new book Nether Edge in Second World War. All sorts of interesting stuff about our streets. It’s £10 a copy and available from Rhyme and Reason at Hunters Bar, ALD Printers in Sharrowvale and Wickwire […]