Phil Morrell Mark Firth’s life was characterised by hard work, generosity and stubbornness, typical of a man of Sheffield, and was one of its greatest philanthropists. Mark Firth Many places in Sheffield bear testament to the legacy of Mark Firth – Firth Court and Firth Hall at the University, Firth Park to the north of the city, … Read more
The Empress of Ireland, an ocean going 14,500-ton liner, was launched in 1906 to operate the trans – Atlantic route between Liverpool and Quebec. She was a licensed mail ship and mainly carried immigrants from Great Britain (including Ireland), Scandinavia and Russia looking for a better life in Canada. Her capacity was 1,536 passengers … Read more
Anna Badcock is the Cultural Heritage Manager at the Peak District National Park Authority. The impact of fires on the heritage of the moors is often neglected and Anna highlighted the effect of a spate of wildfires during the summer of 2018 and spring of 2019 in particular ones at Stalybridge and Big Moor on … Read more
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa at 5,896 metres (or 19,341 feet in old money) and the tallest single freestanding mountain in the world. We welcomed Anne Jones as our speaker who was the Head Teacher of the Infant and Junior School of Sheffield Girls High School for fourteen years until … Read more
It is a little-known fact that a group of American oil workers “roughnecks” came over to Sherwood Forest during the Second World War on a top secret project to drill for oil to supply the British war effort. Since the start of World War Two the supply of oil was vital to maintain the armed … Read more
Steve Brennan is a retired chest physician who worked for many years at the Northern General Hospital and came this morning to talk to us about the life of Gerolamo Cardano who lived in 16th century Italy and who has been described at various times as a physician, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, biologist and … Read more