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They delve into Sheffield’s murky and mysterious past, its dark secrets and forgotten tales, introducing us to some interesting characters along the way.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300047335797,"sku":"9781445653105","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781445653105_bc1a7c1c-ec35-493e-a7a0-406bf3e6a76e.jpg?v=1786020846"},{"product_id":"steel-city","title":"Steel City","description":"Sheffield has an enviable reputation for manufacturing quality, and as a global ‘steel city’, the home of major innovations in steel manufacture and processing. Furthermore, ‘Sheffield plate’ and Sheffield cutlery have been marques of the best in the world. Yet the story of Sheffield industry is much more than simply a catalogue of the rise of steel manufacturing and processing. One of the first major industries was located to the north of Sheffield at Wharncliffe Crags (Quern-cliff Crags), the site of one of the Roman Empire’s largest grindstone or quern-stone manufacturing sites. Like later and better known industrial ventures, the querns were made here because the quarried stone was the best and most suitable that could be found. In the wake of steel, or alongside it, came glass making, brewing, refractory products, power generation, joinery and more.With a wealth of illustrations and an accessible style, Ian D. 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In this revised edition of Lost Sheffield in Colour, which concentrates on the city centre, around 150 images, many in full colour, capture the city's special identity, from beautiful landscapes to smog-covered housing, from a short-lived airport to the Sheffield theatre. 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Yet behind the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval 'Forest' and extensive heath, the area was farmed and settled before that time. After the break-up of the Royal Hunting Forest came the famous establishment of great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy, the so-called 'Dukeries', and then industry, with deep coal mining, wartime military training, and twentieth-century forestry. From the nineteenth century onwards, the region was a notable tourism and leisure destination, and the sites of famous oak trees such as the Major Oak were places one could visit to touch the past. Tourism continues today as visitors from around the world come to experience the forest's nature, history and myth.  This book is not a guide to the region but a companion to the area, its history, its people and its landscape.  As such, this volume will be of great interest to visitors to the region, to residents and to all those fascinated by the history and the legends of Sherwood and the Dukeries. The book focuses on Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries area, but in the context of the surrounding towns and villages and is richly illustrated with images from the past, including photographs, postcards, paintings and antique prints from over two hundred years.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504737624437,"sku":"9781445614748","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781445614748.jpg?v=1786953654"},{"product_id":"50-gems-of-south-yorkshire","title":"50 Gems of South Yorkshire","description":"The county of South Yorkshire covers Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield districts. Although each are major urban centres with their own range of civic buildings, museums and galleries, the county also ranges from low-lying farmlands in the east to high moorlands on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It has a rich and diverse landscape including ancient woodlands, rivers and wetlands alongside the legacy of its history as an industrial powerhouse built on coal, steel and heavy engineering, including Kelham Island in Sheffield, Wortley Top Forge and Silkstone Tramway in Barnsley, and Clifton Museum in Rotherham. Away from the urban centres there are picturesque market towns and villages, such as Penistone, Tickhill, Bawtry, Bradfield, Thorpe Salvin and Tankersley which still serve rural farming communities, and stunning stately homes and parkland, for example at Wentworth Woodhouse, Canon Hall and Brodsworth Hall. Earlier medieval remains survive at Roche Abbey and Monk Bretton Priory, the castle keep at Conisbrough, the Lady Chapel on the bridge in central Rotherham and Ecclesfield Church, ‘the Minster of the Moors’. There are also examples of the earliest human settlement and activity at Wharncliffe Crags and Wincobank Hill in Sheffield. Other places have associations with historical figures such as the sculptor Francis Chantrey and William Bradford, one of the Pilgrim Fathers.In 50 Gems of South Yorkshire authors Christine Handley and Ian Rotherham explore the many places and their history that make this part of northern England so special, including many lesser known gems.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504777994613,"sku":"9781445688329","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781445688329.jpg?v=1786953695"},{"product_id":"celebrating-sheffield","title":"Celebrating Sheffield","description":"One of the early centres at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution, Sheffield has grown from a small town nestled by the walls of Sheffield Castle to become one of the largest cities in the UK, absorbing villages and countryside from the 19th century and stretching out into adjacent counties. Sheffield may best be known for its Steel industry, World Championship Snooker and home to modern celebrities such as Michael Palin, Seb Coe, Jessica Ennis-Hill and the Human League but there is much more to celebrate, from its landscape at the edge of the Pennines and the home of some of earliest guardians of British countryside to its industrial past based around its mining and steel industries. It is a city of scientific innovation, sport, food and drink and the arts. Mary Rawson and the Sheffield anti-slavery group were instrumental in the abolition of slavery in the 19th century and in 1857 the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC, was founded. The city is famous for the production of cutlery, as well as Bassett’s Licorice Allsorts, Thornton’s chocolates and Henderson’s Relish and the emerging new city today boasts of a growing tourism and a ‘European-style’ street culture.Celebrating Sheffield chronicles the proud history of Sheffield. 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