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Secret South Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from South Yorkshire.

Radio Sheffield,69 episodes

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When Sheffield walked into history
George Littlewood set a 6-day walking record in Sheffield in 1882
20 Jul 2025,5 mins
Is Sheffield home to a new Jurassic species?
Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Hilda, a Rhomaleosaurus, who lives at a museum in Hillsborough.
13 Jul 2025,4 mins
Historical gift becomes Yorkshire treasure
A secret escape near Barnsley offering history, gardens, and peaceful surroundings
06 Jul 2025,4 mins
What mystery lies in St Peter's Church?
Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Julia Bullars from St Peter's Church in Barnburgh in Doncaster.
29 Jun 2025,5 mins
Rotherham’s trailblazing “Poet of the poor”
Rotherham roundabout holds tribute to the Corn Law Rhymer Ebenezer Elliott
22 Jun 2025,5 mins
Hidden forge is a gateway to Sheffield's past
Mousehole Forge is hidden in the Rivelin Valley
15 Jun 2025,4 mins
The South Yorkshire tragedy that forced change
The Huskar Pit Disaster 1838
08 Jun 2025,4 mins
The Sheffield tribute to a maritime legend
From coal merchant to hero of the seas. Samuel Plimsoll’s story lives on in Sheffield.
01 Jun 2025,5 mins
Inside South Yorkshire's strangest museum
The Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum in Barnsley has a unique collection
25 May 2025,5 mins
The phantom who terrorised Sheffield
The Myth of Spring Heeled Jack and how he terrorised Sheffield
18 May 2025,6 mins
Rotherham at war, through the eyes of a child
Betty Quinton from Rotherham has written a short book titled 'That Man Called Hitler'.
08 May 2025,7 mins
The family fight which created an industrial icon
Jack Hadaway-Weller visits Catcliffe Glass Cone, the oldest in the world
04 May 2025,5 mins
The murder case that changed the face of Sheffield
Jack Hadaway-Weller finds out about the 1925 murder of William Plommer.
27 Apr 2025,8 mins
The Rotherham engineer who won the war
The famous Bailey bridges were invented in Rotherham
20 Apr 2025,5 mins
Who was Sheffield's 'Lady of the Lamp'?
Jack Hadaway-Weller finds out about Monica Maurice.
13 Apr 2025,5 mins
Tin Tales: Barnsley's hidden past
An insight into the old Barnsley canister company
06 Apr 2025,4 mins
Sheffield’s forgotten 18th century toll house
Inside the old Roundhouse toll house in Ringinglow Sheffield
30 Mar 2025,3 mins
The mystery of Loxley bridge and a famous fight
Storyteller Carmel Page shares her theory on Robin Hood’s fight with Little John
23 Mar 2025,4 mins
The tragic secret of Ecclesall Woods
The headstone of George Yardley is in Ecclesall Woods
11 Mar 2025,5 mins
Sheffield's lost icons: Tinsley Towers' last night
The Tinsley Towers' demolition in 2008 marked the end of an era for Sheffield's skyline.
04 Mar 2025,4 mins
Uncovering Sheffield's hidden river
A section of the River Sheaf hidden for more than 100 years has been uncovered
25 Feb 2025,3 mins
Wentworth’s hidden cellars
Tour around the cellars at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham
11 Feb 2025,5 mins
Is a big cat on the loose in South Yorkshire?
Historic sighting of a large cat in fields near Rotherham.
5 mins
Glimpse into the past of Rockingham pottery
Inside the Kiln that made 19th century Porcelain in Swinton, Rotherham
29 Jan 2025,4 mins
The secrets of The Sand House
The walls of the Doncaster home were carved from solid sandstone by Henry Senior
21 Jan 2025,3 mins
The mystery of the Mandarin ducks in Sheffield
Graves park in Sheffield is home to some exotic Mandarin ducks
14 Jan 2025,4 mins
Sheffield's Hunter's Bar: Whispers of the Past
Local councillor Peter Gilbert explains the history of Hunter’s Bar roundabout
07 Jan 2025,4 mins
The East House Murders
Welcome to The East House Murders
A 1960 Sheffield pub shooting leads to an act of incredible bravery.
26 Dec 2024,1 min
The East House Murders
1. Gilbert
On 1 January 1960, a man fired a gun in the East House pub killing three people.
30 Dec 2024,18 mins
The East House Murders
2. Dennis
A surprise email leads to a discovery about what happened on the night of the shootings.
30 Dec 2024,19 mins