tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84513381471550221502024-03-13T00:11:42.249+00:00A Sheffield Victorian DiaryTranscript of a small notebook written in Sheffield, covering the years 1843 to 1864Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451338147155022150.post-79818299462745259522007-06-04T02:14:00.000+01:002007-06-04T20:26:56.619+01:00INTRODUCTIONHere's an interesting diary. Who wrote it? Where did it originally come from? The answers to those two questions I can't help you with. How did it come to be here on the Internet? I can answer that one!Some time in the early seventies my mum-in-law Shirley was working at the Central Library in Sheffield. Now from time to time books and other material came in from house clearances, companies that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451338147155022150.post-81734819741044810962007-06-03T17:14:00.001+01:002007-12-10T23:50:41.496+00:00A Sheffield Victorian Diary1843January 16th.Sheffield Old Bank (Parker Shore & Co.) failed.July 5th.Great hail storm in Sheffield, much damage done to windows.November 1st.Town council first elected in Sheffield.November 9th.Mayor and Alderman first elected in Sheffield. Mayor William Jeffcock Esq.1844June 15th.Riot and Assault at Handsworth Woodhouse by the turnout Colliers.June 22nd.A body of Police from Sheffield to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0