Come rain or shine the quarterly and Christmas Farmers’ Markets never fail to pull in the crowds. With the help of a friendly farmer and his snowplough even heavy snow doesn’t stop them taking up position on Glen and Nether Edge Roads. Amongst the stalls of local and home made goods and food products, with […]
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Walking Historic Nether Edge
We are so lucky to live in Nether Edge with its open spaces and streets full of character, all with a different story to tell. The expansion of Sheffield from the mid 19th century transformed the farmland and hamlets lying below Brincliffe Edge and between the semi-industrialised Sheaf and Porter valleys into the classic Victorian and […]
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Arnold Loosemore VC
By Margaret Blenkinsopp In May 2014 I was invited to Leeds to attend a regional Heritage Open Day meeting. In a coffee break I got chatting to a delegate about the First World War and the Victoria Cross. I live on Psalter Lane and I knew that in Clifford First School there is a memorial […]
Newspaper report on the Emperor and Empress of Brazil in Sheffield by Pril Rishbeth First published in the November 2020 edition of the Edge Magazine Following my 2-part article on the visit of the Emperor and Empress of Brazil to William Bragge at Shirle Hill featured in the Edge, Nov. 2019 and Feb. 2020, new […]
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Joan Flett
Joan Flett (1923 – 2016) : local historian -Chris Venables with help from Joan’s daughters Jane Harrison and Lindsay Smith. “Joan was one of the leading lights in the previous Nether Edge History Group, the author of publications on Cherry Tree Hill and the Workhouse, and a key contributor to They Lived in Nether Edge and […]
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Miss Judy – Constance Grant
Miss Judy – Constance Grant dance teacher (1937 – 2013) – Chris VenablesJudy Silvester’s parents, Constance Grant and her husband Harry Silvester started the Constance Grant Dance Centre on Psalter Lane over 80 years ago. Their daughter, Miss Judy, born in 1937, was a dancer all her life, taught first by her mother, then at […]
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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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Nether Edge History Family Trail
Dear Nether Edge Families, Nether Edge History had planned a guided Family Trail from the Nether Edge shops up to Chelsea Park. Obviously this is now cancelled due to Covid. As we still may take one exercise session a day, please download our trail quiz print outs from the following links. Originally as a guided walk […]
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The Bowling Green Inn
The Nether Edge “Vauxhall Gardens” for Sheffield Many people are aware that there used to be a pub called the Bowling Green Tavern on Cherry Tree Road (now called Cherry Tree House), but few may realise that during the early 19th century it was also an entertainment venue for the people of Sheffield with evenings of […]
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 […]