Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
You and the bomb / Nuclear Free Local Authorities.
Date: [1982?]- Books
A guide to active ageing in Sheffield / Sheffield City Council.
Date: 2012- Books
Bye-law made by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of the City of Sheffield under section 23 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, with respect to spitting in public streets.
Date: [1925]- Books
Cemeteries : rules of management / [Council of the] City of Sheffield.
Date: [1970?]- Books
City Road Cemetery : rules and regulations, tables of burial fees; particulars of extra and optional fees, and plan of the Cemetery / [Council of the] City of Sheffield.
Date: 1903