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Rotherham, Sheffield

Don Valley: ‘…wither, in despair, the tyrants of all lands’

Ebenezer Elliott on the opening of the Sheffield to Rotherham Railway in 1838 …For mind shall conquer time and space; Bid East and West shake hands! Bring over Ocean, face to face, Earth’s ocean-sever’d strands; And on this path, Iron bear Words that shall wither, in despair, The tyrants of all lands. But, lo! the train! – On! onward! – still  Loud shrieks the kindled wave; … Continue reading Don Valley: ‘…wither, in despair, the tyrants of all lands’

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S66: Journey into the English mind

If you’re on the M18 you are probably lost. Weren’t you on the way to ‘Bronte country’ and its bleak, dramatic moors, or maybe James Herriot’s vibrant limestone dales? What literary association could possibly draw you to the unexceptional countryside and post industrial sheds peppering the urban sprawl on the east side of Rotherham? Julian Baggini began his ‘Journey into the English mind’ here in … Continue reading S66: Journey into the English mind

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