114 years ago, in July 1911, the Society of Chemical Industry held their Annual General Meeting at Sheffield.
On Wednesday 12th July, members gathered at the Cutlers’ Hall to begin proceedings before a meal at the Grand Hotel.
Their gathering also included visits to related industrial sites, including local factories, collieries and ironworks. This post explores a couple of the highlights relevant to South Yorkshire’s industrial history with a focus on areas close to our own.
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Continue readingDead Chillness reigns. And yet my heart would say –
Thomas Lister, ‘Winter Scene [In the wooded valley below Dearne Spring]’,
“Winter! I love thee well.” Though birds forlorn
Send no glad anthem from the snowy spray,
Yet gushing melodies are hither borne
From infant Dearne. Drear in the early morn
Ye seem, wild Alpine woods! – that guard this child
Of moorland springs, – ye summer-green, all torn;
Yet, Winter gives a garment undefiled
Of snowflakes light. Joy now the day-beam brings,
And sun-tipp’d gems light up the frozen wild…
from The Yorkshire Magazine, Vol.I, no.IV, January 1872, p.121
At 1.30 pm on 22nd December 1852 an explosion underground at Hemingfield Colliery (also known as Low Elsecar Colliery) claimed 10 lives and injured a further 12 miners.
Friends of Hemingfield Colliery 