DavidRa Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Does any one know if there were gallows in sheffield at any time and where they were? I've tried to find out but to no avail. I do not know, one person with your surnname Fowler was hanged though about 80 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 SEE THIS ENGRAVING FROM 18th C Cows and gibbet on Attercliffe Common Landmarks include; Carbrook Hall, Arrow Inn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowler Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 I do not know, one person with your surnname Fowler was hanged though about 80 years ago If memory serves right it was 2 Fowlers. Wilfred and Lawrence. There's an earlier post around if you want more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowler Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Bit more info here DavidRa. If your interested.... 1925 September 3rd: Wilfred FOWLER (23) Hung in Leeds Wilfred Fowler and his elder brother, Lawrence, led a gang of Sheffield toughs who specialised in instilling terror into local shopkeepers and generally impersonating the American gangster. Events that were to lead them to the scaffold began at the end of April when there was a disturbance in a city centre public house. Trimmer Welsh, the muscle behind the gang, was causing a scene with the new barmaid in a pub. He went to strike her for refusing his advances but was warned off by William Plommer. a former boxer. The two men squared up, and having no fear of the gang's reputation. Plommer beat the man senseless. On the following day. the gang. out for revenge, cornered Plommer as he stood talking to another former boxer, Jack Clay. The altercation ended when Clay beat Wilf Fowler unsconscious. This loss of face called for drastic action and the next day, the gang went to Plommer's house and called him into the street. A scuffle took place, ending with Plommer lying in a heap on the ground. The gang had attacked him with knives, chains and clubs, and he died from his injuries a short time later. There was an initial reluctance by witnesses to testify against the Fowler gang, but under assurance from an Inspector Sillitoe, who had been given the task of cleaning up the city, that they would be safe from reprisals, the police soon had enough evidence to arrest seven members of the gang on a murder charge. Their four day trial took place at Yorkshire Assizes before Mr Justice Finlay in July and ended in the death sentence being passed on the Fowler brothers, while three others were convicted of manslaughter. The remaining two were found not guilty. Wilfred Fowler was hanged alongside BOSTOCK by Thomas Pierrepoint, Robert Wilson, and Henry Pollard. Lawrence Fowler was hanged the following day. The actual murder happened on Princess street on the top end of attercliffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidRa Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Bit more info here DavidRa. If your interested.... 1925 September 3rd: Wilfred FOWLER (23) Hung in Leeds Wilfred Fowler and his elder brother, Lawrence, led a gang of Sheffield toughs who specialised in instilling terror into local shopkeepers and generally impersonating the American gangster. Events that were to lead them to the scaffold began at the end of April when there was a disturbance in a city centre public house. Trimmer Welsh, the muscle behind the gang, was causing a scene with the new barmaid in a pub. He went to strike her for refusing his advances but was warned off by William Plommer. a former boxer. The two men squared up, and having no fear of the gang's reputation. Plommer beat the man senseless. On the following day. the gang. out for revenge, cornered Plommer as he stood talking to another former boxer, Jack Clay. The altercation ended when Clay beat Wilf Fowler unsconscious. This loss of face called for drastic action and the next day, the gang went to Plommer's house and called him into the street. A scuffle took place, ending with Plommer lying in a heap on the ground. The gang had attacked him with knives, chains and clubs, and he died from his injuries a short time later. There was an initial reluctance by witnesses to testify against the Fowler gang, but under assurance from an Inspector Sillitoe, who had been given the task of cleaning up the city, that they would be safe from reprisals, the police soon had enough evidence to arrest seven members of the gang on a murder charge. Their four day trial took place at Yorkshire Assizes before Mr Justice Finlay in July and ended in the death sentence being passed on the Fowler brothers, while three others were convicted of manslaughter. The remaining two were found not guilty. Wilfred Fowler was hanged alongside BOSTOCK by Thomas Pierrepoint, Robert Wilson, and Henry Pollard. Lawrence Fowler was hanged the following day. The actual murder happened on Princess street on the top end of attercliffe. Thanks interesting living in Attercliffe in those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carcrash Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 It was called Little Chicago at the time. Inspector Sillitoe went on to work with the Flying Squad (the sweeney) after developing the tactics in Sheffield. The Sheffield gang wars has got the full story about what happened in Attercliffe and Sky Edge. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0950764507/202-1774989-0815068?v=glance&n=266239 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecliffe Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Does any one know if there were gallows in sheffield at any time and where they were? I've tried to find out but to no avail. Yes...........On Broughton Lane, when it was just a country lane, a highwayman called Broughton used to rob passing coaches and people on horse back. He was eventually caught and hanged from a gibet. I believe the pub opposite the arena has something outside on these lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yes...........On Broughton Lane, when it was just a country lane, a highwayman called Broughton used to rob passing coaches and people on horse back. He was eventually caught and hanged from a gibet. I believe the pub opposite the arena has something outside on these lines. Yes, my Grandad told me that. It was a boozer called the Broughton Arms. It was Spence Broughton. Some bugger pinched it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger14086 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 wadsley common a distant relative of my mrs was one of the last people to be hanged there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yes, my Grandad told me that. It was a boozer called the Broughton Arms. It was Spence Broughton. Some bugger pinched it though. What Depoix says, earlier in this, is almost exactly the way that my Grandad described. Spence Broughton's wife hung around (no pun intended) and paid men to get her husband's body back because she loved him that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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