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Secret South Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from South Yorkshire.To share ideas or stories with the team, email [email protected]

Radio Sheffield,94 episodes

Episodes

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Was Florence Nightingale a Sheffielder?
The lady of the lamp Florence Nightingale had strong family connections to Sheffield
11 Jan 2026,5 mins
Barnsley’s ping pong diplomat
From South Yorkshire roots to world stage, a table tennis champion made sporting history
04 Jan 2026,6 mins
Barnsley marathon made history in 1975
Historic Barnsley Marathon 1975 saw women run full 26.2 miles for the first time in UK.
28 Dec 2025,6 mins
Sheffield pubs keeping festive tradition alive
Jack Hadaway-Weller finds out about the history of Sheffield carols at the Blue Ball Inn.
21 Dec 2025,7 mins
The 200-year-old Sheffield sword dancing tradition
Jack Hadaway-Weller visits a Grenoside sword dancer practice session.
14 Dec 2025,6 mins
Sheffield’s nightclub exorcism
Jack Hadaway-Weller chats to Adrian Finney about the old Cavendish club on Bank Street
07 Dec 2025,6 mins
From pub to forge: Sheffield's Vulcan Inn
Historic Vulcan Inn reborn as Vulcan Studios, a forge and creative space.
30 Nov 2025,8 mins
Sheffield garage that rewrote the rulebook
The story of Gwenda’s Garage with surviving founder Ros Woollen
23 Nov 2025,6 mins
Nipsy: Yorkshire's forgotten miner's game
Jack Hadaway-Weller finds out about the lost history of a popular miner's game.
16 Nov 2025,6 mins
Secrets of Sheffield’s Bear Pit
A rusting sculpture marks the eerie legacy of Sheffield’s 1836 bear pit.
09 Nov 2025,6 mins
Haunted South Yorkshire: Your stories
Spooky stories of ghost sightings in South Yorkshire
31 Oct 2025,6 mins
Sheffield’s hanging legend: Spence Broughton
A robbery, a trial, a ghost and a body hung for decades. Meet Spence Broughton.
31 Oct 2025,4 mins
Mystery of Sheffield's "Caking" tradition
Folklorist Richard Bradley talks about the Sheffield tradition of “Caking Night”
26 Oct 2025,7 mins
Extraordinary history of historic Sheffield pub
A glimpse into the old hub of Crookes in Sheffield which became the Ball pub
19 Oct 2025,3 mins
Doncaster's lost boy from Java
How did a boy from Java end up in Doncaster in the early 1900s
12 Oct 2025,3 mins
Sheffield pub born from old vicarage
Sheffield Victorian vicarage now houses the University Arms pub.
05 Oct 2025,4 mins
The Rossington witch trial
Witchcraft panic in Rossington, Doncaster in 1605
28 Sep 2025,3 mins
Long-serving landlord who named Sheffield boozer
A secretive Sheffield spot holds deep roots in folk music, history, and local pride.
21 Sep 2025,3 mins
Sheffield's hidden house of illusions
Sheffield’s Magick: born in 1977 now casting spells from Broad Street.
14 Sep 2025,5 mins
Did a grave robbing rumour lead to a Sheffield riot?
Jack Hadaway-Weller visits Wardsend Cemetery
07 Sep 2025,6 mins
Rotherham circus legends who stopped the traffic
Circus legends from Rotherham, the Alzanas stunned with fearless aerial acts
31 Aug 2025,5 mins
Sheffield’s lost trade legacy
A hidden Sheffield landmark reveals its journey from tea trade to modern living
24 Aug 2025,3 mins
Rotherham's eccentric icon who built his own castle
Jack Hadaway-Weller visits Boston Castle in Rotherham to learn about its history.
10 Aug 2025,6 mins
The pub murder at the heart of 'Sheffield Outrages'
Jack Hadaway-Weller explores the history of the 'Sheffield Outrages' with John Stocks.
03 Aug 2025,6 mins
The South Yorkshire site where you can see stars
Jack Hadaway-Weller visit the J.A. Jones Hoober Observatory in Rotherham.
27 Jul 2025,4 mins
When Sheffield walked into history
George Littlewood set a 6-day walking record in Sheffield in 1882
20 Jul 2025,5 mins
Is Sheffield home to a new Jurassic species?
Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Hilda, a Rhomaleosaurus, who lives at a museum in Hillsborough.
13 Jul 2025,4 mins
Historical gift becomes Yorkshire treasure
A secret escape near Barnsley offering history, gardens, and peaceful surroundings
06 Jul 2025,4 mins
What mystery lies in St Peter's Church?
Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Julia Bullars from St Peter's Church in Barnburgh in Doncaster.
29 Jun 2025,5 mins
Rotherham’s trailblazing “Poet of the poor”
Rotherham roundabout holds tribute to the Corn Law Rhymer Ebenezer Elliott
22 Jun 2025,5 mins