This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Sheffield Blitz. The nights of the 12th and 15th of December 1940 saw German bombs raining down,not on the steelworks of the East End as was expected, but on the densely populated suburbs. Around 800 people were killed on those nights, among them 59 Heeley residents.
Heeley History Group
Christmas Gift Idea for Local History Enthusiasts!
The latest book to be published by the The Heeley History Workshop is now available to buy at Heeley Development Trust’s offices. ‘Memories of the Sheffield Blitz in Heeley Thereabouts’ costs £7.99 and can be picked up locally from the offices at Ash Tree Yard, Thirlwell Road or from the Heeley History Workshop meetings which take place at the Heeley Green community room, next to Heeley Green Surgery and Advice Centre (corner of Fitzroy Road and Gleadless Road), on Monday afternoons, 2-5pm.
The book is a fascinating and well-researched account of the Blitz using archival resources and first-hand accounts from local people. We found the following reference to a bomb that landed where the current Heeley Development Trust offices are on Thirlwell Road:
‘One of the bombs was a direct hit on the celluloid factory at the top of Thirlwell Road. The Wolstenholmes owned this and the parents had gone out for the evening, leaving their 21 year old daughter Vera to look after her grandmother. The wardens had been several times to ask them to go into the communal shelter, but the old woman would not budge…sadly they were both killed and the only thing found was Vera’s…gold watch (her 21st birthday present) still keeping perfect time.’
Reserve your copy by phoning Heeley Development Trust us on 0114 2500613.
IT'S HAPPENING IN HEELEY! 
Ann Lee
December 14, 2010
My ex-husband was at the Heeley Coliseum on the night of the Blitz. They were evacuated and he spent the rest of the night sitting under the stairs playing cards with his grandparents who were terrified.
Bryan Culver
January 24, 2011
I lived at 57 Carfield Avenue when the Blitz took place, and would like a copy
of the book about the “Blitz in Heeley and Thereabouts”.
As I now live in Spain would it be possible yo post a copy to an address in Chesterfield.
I could pay by bank transfer or a Sterling cheque.
Many thanks.
Bryan Culver
Heeley Online
January 24, 2011
Hi Bryan,
Absolutely – Its a great book.
I will get back to you tomorrow with details of how much the postage to Chesterfield will be.
Thanks