wolfstalin Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Cheers Albert, and a prosperous and happy new you to one and all. Not forgetting the monument, this year is going to be a good one, so need the tax right off anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegraybsc Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Does 'happy new you to one and all' mean we all get a new body? new mind? new other bits and bobs? A happy one to you too, wolfstalin! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfstalin Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I wish, feeling it these days, at least I don't work in freezing temperatures any more, building for Celebs has its advantages, not least that I don't have any compunction about giving them a 'really good service' if you catch my drift. Keep smiling, its a new year, there's always better around the corner, and who know I may even make enough to get that full body transplant I've always hankered on. Cheers, Dave F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert T Smith Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 At the time of the ' Cholera Epidemic ' the Lord Mayor was called ' Butcher '.( or Some other name. ) I think that for services to those effected by the disease, before he also succumbed to it, He stood out by helping them. For this, I believe that on the Cholera Monument his name is mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemma86 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 At the time of the ' Cholera Epidemic ' the Lord Mayor was called ' Butcher '.( or Some other name. ) I think that for services to those effected by the disease, before he also succumbed to it, He stood out by helping them. For this, I believe that on the Cholera Monument his name is mentioned. There's an extra headstone-type memorial next to the main one in honour of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 It was actually John Blake, the Master Cutler, who died in the cholera epidemic and who is buried nearby under a conventional gravestone. See these sites, for example: http://www.ukattraction.com/yorkshire/cholera-monument.htm http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/unk126.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 There's an extra headstone-type memorial next to the main one in honour of him In the "Cholera Grounds" at Park Hill, there is a huge monument to the hundreds who died, including a memorial to the then Master-Cutler, who also succumbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiden Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I have always wondered about the many references to the duke of norfolk there are in sheffield. Arundal,surrey,howard,mowbray,maltraves,fitzallen, just a few. Why was he such a influence in sheffield? he owned all the coal mineing rights which he leased off in 1805 ,one really big name in the coal industry when deep shaft mineing started is william jeffcock, i know a william jeffcock in sheffield know he comes from the park area where the one of the 1800s came from ,i wonder if they are related?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfstalin Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Indeed, even when coal was nationalised the Duke got one half penny for every tonn extracted from both the Nunnery and Orgreave mines, that's every tonn of everything extracted not just coal, smart deal with an 18 inch seam, and that's why the coal board wouldn't cut a face higher than just enough for a man to crawl through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert T Smith Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 The Duke also sold the land where the Manor Estate was built. The one thing that I don't believe that he had his hand in Sheffield is that:- He was not a foundation member of the Communist Party!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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