Brightside Bierlow

[painterlady]

Dalum we meet again! that map of 1823 Sheffield was fantastic, many thanks , all the roads my Grandparents lived in and thanks to the rest of the posts for an interesting subject. and pictures.

[sorcha65]

Just to echo the other replies, my family were also from that area. There was high infant mortality. My GGGGrandad had 18 children and eleven of them died before their 9th birthdays! Sorcha

[treegirl]

Oh - that's really sad

Did most people there work nearby? What were the works that were there?

TreeGirl

[anitamo]

Hi Treegirl, the works you could see in the photo were mainly steel works. My grandfather was a steel moulder and spent all his working life there. There were also coke producing plants there as well. The area now is partly occupied by the Meadowhall Shopping Centre.
                          Anita

[sorcha65]

My GGGrandad was a Tanner at the Neepsend Tannery Works. Sorcha x

[treegirl]

Thanks - will now return to my census returns to see what my family were involved in!

TreeGirl

[my family tree]

Just found this thread...

My Grandmother and Great Grandfather ..(her Father) were from there...

My Grandmother was  servant for  Wood Family at what i thought was Rose Hall but now Seems like Rose Hill...

The picture wow its looks so bleak ! 

My Ggrandfather was a Foundry lab...would that fit in with that Area ?

[asgaard]

The article here has a bit about the area
http://www.rootschat.com/links/05os/

Heather

[Syl M]

Hi  yes a foundry labourer would work in one of the many steel works  that area was also popular with railway workers. My Grandfather and Father were from there I still live on the outskirts of Sheffield now thankfully it is not as built up now as it was looking at the photo in 1920.