Sheffield’s Crofts settlements with Christine Minter
Join Christine Minter who for many years has been delving into her family history. It was after discovering a branch of her family who had lived and worked in the Crofts district of Sheffield, that she began to look in depth at this area. Housing, employment, education, religion, crime and punishment, not to mention some of its more colourful characters. Medical reports and newspaper archives were particularly enlightening and described how perilous life could really be for the inhabitants. “The more I looked, the more I realised that this district was once one of Sheffield’s most notorious neighbourhoods and was not for the faint hearted!”
Before retiring, Christine worked in the travel industry, both in London and in Italy. When she eventually returned to the UK Christine began her own catering business and also completed courses in family history with the Institute of Genealogy in Canterbury and in local history with Sheffield Archives. Since retiring, however, she has had more time to devote to her research
After three years of research Christine was finally able to produce her book, ‘The Crofts, Sheffield’s Long Lost Community’. The RRP for the book is £12.99, but Christine will be selling them for £10.00 on the evening, cash only.