Sheffield has an interesting and varied history. People have lived here for over 12,800 years, Castle Market was established in 1296 and Sheffield was even cited by Geoffrey Chaucer for its production of knives in his book, The Canterbury Tales.

If you were to ask anybody about the things they associate with Sheffield history, they would probably say 'steel' or 'industry.' Sheffield was famous the world over for its steel industry and some of the books in this section go into a lot of detail about Sheffield during this industrial time.

Sheffield became a target for bombing raids during WW2 and more information can be found on this subject in out War and Military books section. This is because many of Sheffield's factories put their efforts into the manufacturing of weapons and ammunition.

This is a very brief history of Sheffield. To find out more, have a browse around and see if you can find a Sheffield history book that excites you...

Who's Been Talking?

£ 9.99

 Rony Robinson is the Voice of South Yorkshire.

He has done his daily BBC Radio Sheffield programme for twenty-six uninterrupted years.

But he has also been a sex education teacher, a playwright, and a postman. And nearly a bishop.

He is a bit of a storyteller too.

Find out what the policeman said, what the midwife did and why Rony ended up in the News of the World. And how he died in Rotherham.

Read about the Vicar's daughter, what really happened in the Doncaster sauna, and in the Blackheath artist's studio in the summer of love.

There are indiscretions and personal revelations galore that even Rony would never dare broadcast.

'South Yorkshire's favourite uncle'  -The Yorkshire Post

'Rony Robinson has talked to more women in bed on a Saturday
morning than any other man in Sheffield' – The Star

And the New Statesman said he was ' Very funny'. He is, and so
is this book.

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Eyup Again, Comedy & Tragedy 1982-2010

£ 9.95

Once again Bobby Knutt kept me Laughing all the way.
Part 2 is a wonderful follow up to his first book. Well worth waiting for.
His honesty to tell it as it was & as it is,No holds barred is unique.
His humour is honest & down to earth,tell it as it is, a very rare quality.
He has taken the good times & the bad times in life & always kept going forward, head held high.
His talents seem to know no boundaries & he is always trying harder, wanting to learn new things but most of all, he will make you laugh & cheer you up.   Geoff Palmer

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