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Making Sheffield

Making Sheffield

By: The Sheffield Star
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‘Making Sheffield’ immortalises the moments that have shaped the steel city; celebrating key events and locations in its history, and paying tribute to the trials it has weathered and survived. Host, and Star journalist, Nik Farah meets the experts behind these stories, inviting you on a journey to discover more about the city where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for 14 years; the city where Adolf Hitler trained his bombs for two terrible nights in 1940, leaving 10 per cent of the population homeless; and the home to incredible pioneers, from Harry Brearley to the Women of Steel.The Sheffield Star Social Sciences
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  • (6.) The history of Pinstone Street
    Sep 18 2020

    According to heritage campaigner, Robin Hughes, Pinstone Street represents Sheffield's transition from a town with ambition, to a city with prospects.

    "In 1875, the council got parliamentary powers to remodel the town centre, moving the heart of the city to what is now the top of Fargate, and creating three major new streets – Leopold Street, Surrey Street, and Pinstone Street.

    "This was the original ‘heart of the city’ project – 19th century style!”

    Here, Robin explores the history of Pinstone Street, and how its development throughout the 19th and 20th centuries changed the face of Sheffield.

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    40 mins
  • (5.) The Great Sheffield Flood
    Sep 11 2020

    “It was a devastating night,” says Sheffield historian Ron Clayton.

    “Foaming water pounded down Loxley Valley like a train, and everything in its path went down.

    “People caught in the middle of it thought the world was ending.”

    The Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 killed at least 240 people and destroyed more than 600 houses, when the newly-built Dale Dyke Dam collapsed as it was being filled for the first time, sending three million cubic metres of water smashing through the city, as it slept.

    Here, Ron explores exactly what happened on that fateful night, just before midnight on March 11 1864.

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    24 mins
  • (4.) The Sheffield Blitz
    Sep 4 2020

    “On two terrible nights in December 1940, Germany rained bombs down on Sheffield,” says Neil Anderson, author of ‘Sheffield’s Date with Hitler.’

    “Hundreds were killed, thousands injured, and ten per cent of the city left homeless.

    “Until ten years ago, the story of the Sheffield Blitz was largely untold, but it’s important that people know what happened here, and that nothing like it is ever allowed to happen again.”

    Here, Neil explores the Sheffield Blitz in detail, re-telling many first-hand accounts and stories he gathered during interviews for his book, written to mark the 70th anniversary.

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    29 mins

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