Latest Past Events
“Life, Times and Heritage of J.G. Graves”
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldKen Beaumont will give his talk on J G Graves, the successful entrepreneur and public benefactor. Born in 1866 in Lincolnshire, he became Lord Mayor of Sheffield and an Alderman in 1926, and given the Freedom of the City in 1929. He gave generously to Sheffield throughout his life, including establishing Graves and Concord Parks, […]
AGM followed by ‘Bishops’ House, 500 years of a Derbyshire farmhouse’
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldThe AGM will be held at 2 pm, directly followed by 'Bishops' House, 500 years of a Derbyshire Farmhouse', a talk by Ken Dash on Sheffield's best preserved timber framed building and museum.
Paupers and Vagrants, Life in the Sheffield Workhouse
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldJoin us to hear Mary Garside's talk which explains why people were in the workhouse, and how they were accommodated according to whether they were considered 'deserving' or 'undeserving'. Mary also gives an insight into how paupers and vagrants spent their days and how they were provided for by the guardians of the poor.