A terrible explosion took place on Tuesday night, near Sheffield. The scene of the accident is Renishaw Park, near Eckington, at the mine belonging to Messrs. J. and G. Wells. The colliery is about eight miles from Sheffield. Eight hundred … Read More
Lines on the death of Alfred Williamson who Lost his Life in a gallant attempt to save three children from drowning at Plumbley Colliery. March 16th, 1895 DEATH has been busy in our midst, And borne away a friend: And … Read More
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MOSBRO IN THE PARISH OF ECKINGTON KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PLUMBLEY, MOSBRO GREEN, MOSBRO MOOR AND MOOR HOLE (according to Ancestry.com) MOSBOROUGH, a township in the parish of ECKINGTON, hundred of SCARSDALE, … Read More
Private Arnold Owen – 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. Regimental Service Number 15063. Died 29 June 1916 Buried Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. Grave Reference II.M.27 The inscription says “BLESSED IS HE WHO GAVE HIS … Read More
George H Taylor was in the 22nd battalion Royal Fusiliers, (Kensington Palls Regiment) and he was sent immediately to the Kensington Palls Battalion. In 1916 round about April time, the Regiment were at Vimy Ridge and at 8 O’clock … Read More
FRED ROTHERHAM Hi, I’m Fred Rotherham I was born in Mosborough in 1927 (I’m one of dinosaurs), I lived in Cadman street, and in them days the street lighting was Gas, house lighting was gas or oil lamp or carbid … Read More
In 1905 George Foster, son of a Blacksmith published a small book of poems from his home in Cadman Street Mosbrough. We reprint a few verses from his poem “the Village Sycamore”. This ancient tree stood until the 1950’s opposite … Read More
Private William Walker 10TH Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Regimental Number was 201263 and 3930. Died 1 July 1917 at France and Flanders. Buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle VIII. D.46. Arleux-en-Gohelle is a village on the main Arras … Read More
Charles Lavendar – Driver Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery “A” 53rd Bde. regiment as a Driver, Service Number was 33192. Died 22 July 1916 in France and Flanders Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz. Mametz is … Read More
The area often described in Nineteenth Century directories as “the township and straggling village” of Mosborough was probably once an ancient manor in its own right, and as such its boundaries would have been well defined and jealously guarded. Falling … Read More