PopT Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) There has been a great upsurge over the past few years on books about Sheffield written by professional and amateur writers. Some are not good with very poor picture reproduction which is maddening when you pay good money but others are really good. One I can recommend is a book I saw in the Central Library yesterday entitled 'T'owd Locals' by JR Wrigley and it is superb. There are many excellent pictures of the old Sheffield pubs that I have never seen before. For anyone interested it is worth a borrow from the library. Does anyone know of any other worthwhile Sheffield books? PopT Edited May 6, 2009 by PopT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 All of Wrigley's 'camera' series are worth a look. There are about eight in all - Hillsborough Camera, Owlerton Camera, Pitsmoor Camera, Darnall Camera, Sheffield Camera, Walkley Camera and East End Camera are the ones I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleroo Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 All of Wrigley's 'camera' series are worth a look. There are about eight in all - Hillsborough Camera, Owlerton Camera, Pitsmoor Camera, Darnall Camera, Sheffield Camera, Walkley Camera and East End Camera are the ones I have. My husband was given a book called "Images of Sheffield" which is a collection of photographs and drawings put together by The Star back in the early 90's. It's quite interesting to see how things have changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakerman Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 If you go onto ebay and click on to "books,and magazines" then type in sheffield. It will bring up loads of books on sale about Sheffield and district. Many are books full of photo's, some are about Sheffield history etc. Even if you don't want to buy, it will give you an idea of what is available. Many of these books will be available from the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirglyn Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Get 'Weer's Me Dad' by the late Fred Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 Thanks for that tip Lakerman PopT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 "The Northern Clemency" by Philip Hensher. 2008. Knopf, N.Y. It's a novel that is set in Sheffield but not really about Sheffield. Excellent read. I posted a review of it on the Writers' Group section of this Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublugee Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 This thread would not be complete without mention of Keith Farnsworth and Peter Harvey. Go look 'em up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdlists Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 My mum had Sheffield School Life by Sylvia Langdan because it was about the school she went to Malin Bridge - diaries and pupil memories from 1879. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Another book which I found to be an interesting easy read from the library was, 'Paradise Square' by Albert Jackson. PopT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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