Roger Ward

Vivienne is an independent antiques valuer and auctioneer, based in Great Longstone, near Bakewell, Derbyshire. This means that she is not tied to one auction house and will put client’s goods in the best auction for its genre ensuring that the optimum price is obtained. A lot of her work is for clients who are … Read more

What is a tree and what is a bush or shrub? Very often we tend to refer to certain shrubs as trees when in actual fact they are not. For a plant to be classed as a tree it must grow to at least 6 metres tall and have one single stem or trunk which … Read more

The true story of Burke and Hare was narrated to us in a most riveting way by Christopher Dorries  and this precis does not do it justice.  The title contains the word,”True” because there have been many stories about them which are largely inaccurate.  Firstly they all say that Burke and Hare were grave robbers, … Read more

Sheffield and Rotherham were once known as two of the dirtiest cities in the UK due to both general pollution and smoke pollution. I worked at a firm called Edgar Allen Steel Ltd., and one of the special steels we produced was called AlNiCo, a permanent magnet steel. It had a very low carbon content … Read more

Angie Beasley is a Child and Family Co-ordinator at the Blue Bell Wood childrens hospice, near Sheffield, where she has worked for the past eight years since its opening. Prior to that she has worked in other adult hospices in the UK. Angie explained that the word “hospice” first began to be used in the … Read more