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Peggy Airey
Peggy Airey in oil on canvas by Abel Hold (1815-1896), Fox Bequest.
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Peggy Airey in oil on canvas by Abel Hold (1815-1896), Fox Bequest.
Plans by Georgian architect John Carr for Miners Cottages at Elsecar (thanks to Sheffield City Council).
In 1947, workmen digging foundations for new houses at Darfield hit upon a pottery jar full of Roman coins, dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries. Another two hoards were uncovered in the same area in 1948 and 1950. BMBC.TH.1375 Photo © Norman Taylor
This is Frank 'Yank' Lenthall's Nipsy stick. Highly respected player 'Yank' wouldn't give awar any secrets about how he made his sticks. Don Chambers says "You get a house brick, put it on the ground and slightly tilt it back, put your nipsy -shaped like a pigeon's head - on it... then tap it. It flies up in the air and you strike it when it rises." Photo © Norman Taylor
Miller Fred Watson is in this picture, he lived and milled here for decades.
'Cannon Hall' ceramic vase made by Sian Leeper for Moorcroft, 2007
Thousands have worked in the workshops, offices and ironworks that are now packed with visitors and shops.
Swimming and boating on the reservoir became so popular that a beach was made!
McLintocks linen advert from the 1870s
Hurricane Before St Malo in oil on canvas by Eugene Isabey (1803-1886), Cooper Bequest.