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Broomhill Online

A community website for Broomhill (Sheffield) 
sponsored by the
Broomhill Action Neighbourhood Group BANG

Social History of Broomhill,  as recorded by  past and present  residents

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Lenie Wilson, Memories 1857-1941

Lenie was the youngest daughter of George Wilson, owner of the Sharrow snuff mills. Lenie recorded her memories of childhood in Broomhill in 1941, when she was 84 years old. She was born in one of the houses in 'The Mount'  (pictured). Her family moved a few years later to Tapton Hall on Shore Lane, which is now the Tapton Masonic Hall. Her memoire provides a fascinating glimpse of the life of one of Sheffield's wealthy families in the early years of Broomhill.

Read Lenie's memoires by following this link.

Thanks to Elizabeth Hoult for rescuing this memoire after finding it in a piano stool purchased at an auction!		 The Mount




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