horndean Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi, I think it was in the late 1940's or very early 50's. The shop was a funny wedge-shaped place because there was an alley behind that came out on to Spital hill at an angle. It was right opposite the end of Carlisle Street and some years later -after it had been repaired - it became a DIY shop. I thought the lady did dressmaking and alterations but she might also have sold second-hand clothes. As far as I remember, the lady was sitting there, possibly at her sewing machine. The husband rushed in, threw petrol all over her and then set it alight. She had no chance. Then he rushed out for his appointment with the train. Yes it was a sensation. You must also remember the other Spital Hill classic a few years later. The fatal shooting at the pub further up "The Hill" - opposite the bottom of Spital Street/Bramber Street. Didn't they call it the East House or something. Never been in the place. Regards I used to work with a bloke who was shot in the East House. He always said that if he had not thrown his hand up the shot would have missed him completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 The man who carried out the shootings was released years ago, there was a piece in the Star about it, I think he went back to West indies. I used to work with a bloke who was shot in the East House. He always said that if he had not thrown his hand up the shot would have missed him completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 My mother who is in her late 80s does have a memory of this incident. She has no memory re dates other than she thought it was around Xmas time. Her memory of the incident is quite strong as she states that she was pregnant at the time Hope this helps Erm...butting in here, but seeing that laddo's quest would be a lot easier with a year....if your mum was pregnant at the time, surely that would mean that either you or a brother or sister was on the way? So unless she had umpteen children, wouldn't it be just a case of scribbling down your ages and working it backwards to arrive at a (selection of, perhaps) year? Or have I misunderstood?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Never thought about that, thanks, It would make it 1946. Erm...butting in here, but seeing that laddo's quest would be a lot easier with a year....if your mum was pregnant at the time, surely that would mean that either you or a brother or sister was on the way? So unless she had umpteen children, wouldn't it be just a case of scribbling down your ages and working it backwards to arrive at a (selection of, perhaps) year? Or have I misunderstood?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 First chance I get I will check the newspapers for December 1946 and report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 What's Bolton's bakery at Chapeltown got to do with a sensational double drama on Spital Hill? Nothing to do with it I suppose, but it might have something to do with the price of bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenia Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We have explored that possibility and recruited expert help to no avail. Nothing to do with it I suppose, but it might have something to do with the price of bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have searched through copies of The Star for Dec 1946 and Jan 1947 with no success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horndean Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I will try to contact some of my old friends in Sheffield and try to get some dates of them. It seemed to me that it would have been in the early 50's, definately no later than 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Anybody got any memories of a drama that occurred on Spital Hill, I think in the 1940s, when a woman who had a clothes (second hand?) shop was murdered in the shop by her husband, who then set fire to the premises (they were wooden), and ran across Spital Hill to near the end of Carlisle Street and down into the railway goods yard --where he threw himself under a train. I recall that it was a tremendous sensation at the time, but because it was an open-and-shut case of murder and suicide it has never been featured in any of the books on Sheffield murders. I was a lad at the time, and I am not exactly sure of what year this happened, but I do believe it was in the late 40s. Anybody any memory of this? I can now confirm that the tragedy occurred on the last Saturday of August 1947, and the couple involved were Mrs and Mrs Heggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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