Record of FULWOOD HISTORY GROUP MEETING 20^th February 2025

Present: D.A., J.B., A.C., M.G., M.L., C.M., J.P., K.P.

1. MG asked for suggestions, thoughts etc. re forthcoming Wills Workshop for the Scissors, Paper, Stone community history project; included discussion of organisation of session, gathering and using qualitative/quantitative information, processes of historical research, ethics of using historical documents

2. Linked to Scissors, Paper, Stone, KP shared findings of research into Fulwood’s Chorley Street & Ranmoor’s Marr Terrace – comparisons of residents’ occupations, builders, land owners etc.

3. Discussion of relationships between employers and domestic staff, (linked to wills above), which broadened into discussion of social class

4. JB shared print by local artist of King Edward VII sportsground at Whiteley Woods aka ‘Waggy’s Field’; the images below are from John Cornwell’s 2005 book King Ted’s A Biography of King Edward VII School Sheffield 1905-2005

5. CM asked about the roller near Whiteley Green used as a step: see pages 53-4 of Porter Valley Landscape History and Archaeology; Final Report. April 2004

6. KP shared information about the Stocks family of gardeners and horticulturalists

7. JB shared information about the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (NATCECT) – its archives are held at Sheffield University Library and are accessible to the public via appointment

8. Next meeting March 20^th at Broomhill Library