In this blog we’ll look at the Brimington and Chesterfield connection with the great Sheffield flood which occurred one hundred and sixty years ago on 11 March 1864. Sheffield suffered what became known as the ‘Great Inundation’ – when the nearly completed Dale Dyke Damn reservoir, around a mile from Bradfield, burst its banks. TheContinue reading “The Sheffield flood and its Brimington connection”
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Brimington and Tapton in 1983
For our first post of 2024 we’ll take a very selective look back forty years to some local events in 1983. And yes – it really is 40 years ago! Coaching changes – Ringwood Coaches and Chumbley’s Two local giants of the coaching business retired in 1983. The boss of Ringwood Coaches retired in NovemberContinue reading “Brimington and Tapton in 1983”
Brimington’s EHF Mills and his BBC career
In this blog we look at the career of Brimington’s EHF Mills, born in 1891, who rose to a senior position in the then infant BBC. Mills was the son of Brimington Rector Edward Keane Blumhardt and Frances Margaret Mills of Tapton Grove. Tuesday 18 October 2022 marked the centenary of the BBC – theContinue reading “Brimington’s EHF Mills and his BBC career”
Brimington and Tapton Local History Group 