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Bob and Carolyn W

Bob and Carolyn W Carolyn was born on the 3rd February 1944 and Bob on the 3rd February 1940. They are being interviewed by Trisha Cooper on the 19th February 2012. TC: Would you object if I asked you for your dates of … Continue reading →

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Bringing our readers together : Every year we try to hold an event which enables our readers to meet and learn from each other. At our annual event In 2012 we spent the day in the Sheffield Quaker Meeting House, … Continue reading →

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The Artists

Lizz Tuckerman trained in fine art at Sheffield Hallam University and has worked as a freelance professional for 15 years. Lizz created an exhibition ‘In Praise of Libraries’ in response to the audio tracks and transcripts collected by the Reading … Continue reading →

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The Poet

Eleanor Brown running a Word-Hoard workshop during a Reading Sheffield event held in the Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library as part of Off the Shelf Festival 2014. Eleanor Brown is a Sheffield based poet and award winning author of Maiden Speech (Bloodaxe, … Continue reading →

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Sheffield City of the Book

Welcome to the industrial city of Sheffield, in northern England, in the mid-20th century.  Listen to our local readers born between 1919 and 1942 and be transported to Sheffield’s past.  To a time without Google or Apple, a time when … Continue reading →

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