GEOFF GREEN MISCELLANEOUS
Article by Mr G Do they really need to pull down Walkley Article on WAG in EB Tidings news and views from Ebenezer Methodist Church July 1969 Brief comment on … Continue reading
Walkley Action Group Newsletters
These documents are taken from Geoff Green’s collection of Walkley Action Group material and are separate from other Walkley Action Group material held in this archive. WAG 1 August 1969 … Continue reading
Walkley Action Group Leaflets
These documents are taken from Geoff Green’s personal collection of Walkley Action Group Materials and are separate from the Walkley Action Group material held in the rest of this archive. … Continue reading
WALKLEY ACTION GROUP DOCUMENTS
These documents are Geoff Green’s material relating to the work of the Walkley Action Group, and are separate from the Walkley Action Group materials held in other parts of this … Continue reading
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
This collection of documents relates to the research done by Geoff Green, the Walkley Action Group, and students of the University of Sheffield. Geoff Green was a PhD student at … Continue reading
Other Areas
This collection of documents relates to community action in other areas of Sheffield. The work of the Walkley Action Group inspired activism in many other communities. Darnall replanned contribution form … Continue reading
Letters
These documents include letters to and from Geoff Green and generally relate to his fight against the Walkley slum clearances. 4 page letter to Mr G from Ms J Lloyd … Continue reading
ELECTION
Geoff Green Election Materials In 1970 Geoff Green stood as an independent candidate to fight the slum clearance of Walkley. He did not win the election but shortly afterwards helped … Continue reading
MISC WAG DOCUMENTS
23.6.1971 Minutes of WAG meeting 26.2.1972 re Improvement Grants Meeting May 1973 WAG handout on improvement lists WAG box at Fir Street correspondence WAG correspondence 22 May 69 to 14 … Continue reading
Pamphlets and other campaign materials
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS Walkley Action Group Handout and Responses B Hartley 391 South Rd C L Hall 356 South Rd D Glass 397 South Rd Dow Electric 378 South Rd E … Continue reading
Letters
This is the collection of letters relating to the work of the Walkley Action Group. These include letters to residents from the campaign group, and letters to the group detailing … Continue reading
Newsletters
On this page you can find the newsletters for the Walkley Action Group. This newsletter ran from 1969 to 1973 over 13 issues. Where possible we have provided both the … Continue reading
GEOFF GREEN DOCUMENTS
Geoff Green Archive These are the documents from Geoff Green’s personal collection. Election Material Letters Other campaign areas Community Research Walkley Action Group Documents Walkley Action Group Leaflets Walkley Action … Continue reading
Slum Clearance in Person
The University of Sheffield hosted a second round table discussion about the slum clearance programme, Walkley Action Group campaign and the council’s change of housing policy from demolition to improvements … Continue reading
View from the Arts Tower, University of Sheffield, 1966.
These two photos taken from the University Arts Tower soon after it was opened in in 1966. They show Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe, Neepsend and lower Walkley including Kelvin Flats. They were … Continue reading
Saving Walkley Talk
18th October 2013, St Mary’s Community Hall, South Road, 7 – 9pm. Free Entry. Narendra Bajaria, Geoff Green and Veronica Hardstaff will talk about the 1960s and 70s when all of … Continue reading
Slow Death of a Slum
“It wasn’t a slum but it [the demolition] had made it one big slum”. Resident quoted in Slow Death of a Slum, 1971. By 1970 slum clearance in Lower Walkley was … Continue reading
Walkley in the Winter Gardens
The Walkley – Who’s Living in a Slum? exhibition is now in Sheffield Winter Gardens until Sunday 6th October.
Ruskin Park’s Lost Streets Reappear after 40 Years
Today we marked out part of one side each of two of Ruskin Park’s lost streets. The outlines of houses and gennels have reappeared as white lines on the grass … Continue reading
Moving to Kelvin Flats
Sam Clarke talks about the people he knew who were rehoused in Kelvin Flats. [audio http://audioboo.fm/boos/1470844-moving-to-kelvin-flats.mp3] Audio player for devices which don’t play Flash, such as iPad. Q So were they rehoused? … Continue reading
The Stories of Activism in Sheffield
Here is a two-day WEA course for anyone interested in the city context of the Walkley Action Group and oral history. http://yh.wea.org.uk/courses/WEA-Featured-Courses.aspx Start date: This is a two day course. … Continue reading
Who lived on Harworth Street?
We are planning to mark out the even numbered houses of Harworth Street, between 2 and 62 for the Ruskin Park Fun Day on the 6th July 2013. Harworth Street … Continue reading
How a grassroots campaign saved a suburb
Raised voices and special chemistry: the politics of Walkley’s resistance By Dong Cao Walkley, a suburb in the north-west of Sheffield was once hailed as the ‘cradle’ of resident campaigns … Continue reading
Slade filming in Walkley, 1974
Slade, yes those glam rockers of the 70s, filmed part of their 1975 Slade in Flame movie in Walkley – one of a number of locations in Sheffield. At least … Continue reading
Ruskin Park, January 1978
This photo was taken in January 1978 by Ken Dash, then an archaeology student living on Cundy St. It is looking over the recently created Ruskin Park from near the … Continue reading
Walkley History 