FULWOOD HISTORY GROUP MEETING 19th January 2024
Present: D. A., J.B., A. C., M.L., J.P. & K. P.
- Website payment settled with thanks to AC
- Sheffield Heritage Fair 2025: KP suggested combined stall with Ranmoor Society
- Heritage Open Days September 2024: theme is Routes, Networks, Connections e.g. transport routes, communication networks, trade unions and social clubs; initial ideas shared e.g.
- guided walk with suitability for groups of people
- based around shops
- Forge Dam
- Woofindin area
- A walk round the block with FHG
- Where roads/lanes meet (e.g. Fulwood Road, Brookhouse Hill area)
- Fulwood’s lost greens
- Fulwood’s sports clubs
4. A.C. shared c1935 map of area which sparked discussion around:
- development of northern suburbs of Fulwood
- Lodge Moor Hall
- the Black Brook and Elliot stone
- the Oak Brook
- Crimicar Lane Hospital
- sewage/waterworks across the area
5. KP. shared information about Gilcrest wood – building on last month’s discussion:
- plans relating to land purchases around 1900s with view to building development which wasn’t realised
- Castlewood Drive area development in 1930s
- variations in naming for this area – 1700s Goulhirst, Gallhirst and Gilcrest and links to Goole/Gold
- air raid shelter built into the slope of the land which was lost beneath 1980s housing on Canterbury Crescent
6. Involvement of Rotherham-based solicitors in land transactions noted
7. JB. shared extract from Reminiscences of Henry Coward (1919) which recalls performance for Plimsoll at Whiteley Woods Hall, probably around 1866
8. A.C. shared photos showing Fulwood area in past times
9. Everyone agreed wording to accompany AC’s article in Fulwood Messenger; led to discussion of Fulwood Chapel and when it was a boarding school run by the Misses Rhodes around 1880s
10. Website development
11. Everyone encouraged to contribute articles etc. to website
12. Reviewing chapters of KP’s book
13. Next meeting: 15th February 2024