PopT Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Sounds like another visit to Specsavers is required. Was it the grave of Walter Damms who died in the Flood? Happy Days! PopT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 found my ancestors claim Broomhall corn mill didn't realise it went that far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwoody Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Theres a marker on the wall of the malin bridge pub showing the height of the water level . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 You may be interested in this link, it has pictures of a monument erected at Millsands to commemorate the flood and the victims. The monument is almost unknown in Sheffield and was only put up in 2008. http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/243-the-sheffield-flood/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossyrooney Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Here is a copy of my G/G/ Grandfathers insurance claim and the amount allowed. https://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/claimDetails.cfm?claim=2-1565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnme Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 my grandmother gave me a book about the great flood of Sheffield many years ago, ive still got it even though its been battered by grandkids. in the back it tells you the names of the dead, where they lived and where they was found. I will dig it out if anyone wants any info pm me and I will look it up for them ---------- Post added 10-10-2013 at 11:56 ---------- Mt gt grandad John King was killed on 12 March 1864 in the Great Sheffield Flood whilst working a night shift at a mill just below the Dale Dyke Dam . Read all about it here http://www.mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/flood.html hi john, in the book ive got it says ; john king aged 25 from Loxley lost 12 march found at Loxley and interned at Bradfield ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 That's the great thing about this Forum. You learn things. I lived in Sheffield from 1947 to 1972 and never once did I hear any mention of a great flood. I worked in Hillsborough and caught the number 2 outer circular from Malin Bridge but never heard any of the locals mention the flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 ] Fascinating site. Love the claim from one of my ancestors - for 3 pigeons. No amount mentioned, so presumably he got nothing, and quite right too. There were many far more deserving claims. Would that be a Revill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimo Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Would that be a Revill? Yes, that's him. 3 pigeons indeed! I wouldn't have had the cheek, knowing that people had lost their lives, homes, livelihoods. (Unless they were super champion homing pigeons worth a few bob - even then ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Yes, that's him. 3 pigeons indeed! I wouldn't have had the cheek, knowing that people had lost their lives, homes, livelihoods. (Unless they were super champion homing pigeons worth a few bob - even then ...) Bad lot the Revills, I have lost count of the number of times my grt grandfather Albert Samuel spent in prison along with my grt grand mother lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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