Books About Rotherham
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There are dozens of books about the town of Rotherham and other areas in the borough. These range from massive tomes to thin leaflets and cover subjects from the commonplace to the utterly arcane. I never realised that so much time, effort and ink could be expended about one small place. Here are some that I have read and used - there are many, many more!
Publications about Rotherham
Rotherham at War and Peace
by Margaret Drinkall. Published by The History Press. Cost £12.99. Available from Mikle's Famus Bookstall in the Centenary Market, WH Smiths at Parkgate and Clifton Park Museum. 2011.
Haunted Rotherham
by Richard Bramall and Joe Collins. Published by The History Press. Cost £9.99. Available from Philip Howard Books, Wickersley, Rotherham. 2011.
Kid on a Red Chopper Bike
by Tony Beesley. ISBN 978-0-9565727-2-1 R.R.P £8.99.
In a humorous and nostalgic-evoking style 'Kid on a Red Chopper Bike' captures in memoir form the 1970's as seen from the world of a young kid's years of coming of age. Told alongside chronological news, happenings and the in-things of the day, the story travels from the late 1960's and all the way through the writer's schooldays, taking in long-hot-summer days of an age gone by when fun and mischievousness were the order of the day and fear and PC-thinking held little place. With accompanying photos, the whole decade that taste reportedly forgot is brought back to life; an era of long hair, flairs and saucy postcard seaside trips careering into Punk Rock's year Zero almost at the end of the decade. Kid on a Red Chopper Bike is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and relate to a world never to be experienced again!
Available from WH Smith, Rotherham Visitors Centre, Mike's Famous Books (Rotherham Market), Sheffield Star Shop, Rawmarsh Post Office And Online At Amazon, Ebay Etc. 2011.
The Our Generation Trilogy
by Tony Beesley. These books do relate strongly to Rotherham but of a musical pop culture angle (The Punk and beyond era). Volume one is 'Our Generation', Volume two is 'Out of Control' which is partly devoted to the Punk nights with many notable bands playing, at the Rotherham Football ground's Windmill club. The third and conclusion to the trilogy is called 'This is Our Generation calling' and us due out this September 2010. These books are available in town centre stores (Rotherham travel centre, Mike's famous book store, WH Smith etc). Visit the website www.ourgenerationpunkandmod.co.uk. 2010.
Books & Pamphlets about Rotherham
Some of these books are no longer in print but are available from Rotherham Library.
Rotherham Workhouse
by Margaret Drinkall published 2009.
Memories of Westgate Rotherham
by Margaret Jackson published 2009.
Rotherham United Soccer Yearbooks
The latest yearbook for Rotherham United is usually available. Older ones may be difficult to obtain.
Industrial Rotherham in Pictures
Paul Walters, Giles Brearley (Paperback - November 1998)
A History of Rotherham * Victorian Rotherham * Around Rotherham
Anthony P. Munford
Images of Sport: Rotherham United Football Club
Gerry Somerton (Paperback - 1 February, 2000)
A Lifetime in Steel
A pictorial history of iron and steel making in Rotherham
The Wentworth Monuments
Who was Lord Conyers?
Geoff Nuttall
A Patchwork of Parishes
The Ivanhoe Review
A regular Newsletter
Rotherham and District War Memorials
Andrew Featherstone & Frank Westwood
A History of Rotherham's Roads and Transport
Howard Smith
Rotherham
Freda Crowder & Dorothy Greene
In and Around Rotherham
Compiled by Peter Tuffrey
Reminiscences of Rotherham
George Gummer
Rotherham & District Transport Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Charles C. Hall
Around Rawmarsh and Parkgate
Anthony Dodsworth
Aspects of Rotherham 1,2,3
Ed. Melvyn Jones
Rotherham's Woodland Heritage
Melvyn Jones
Historic Notices of Rotherham
John Guest - This 19th Century tome is long out of print although available but not for loan in Rotherham Local Studies Library. It was in a pretty tatty state last time I ask to use it. I believe that you can get it on CD.
Iron and Steel Town: an Industrial History of Rotherham
Anthony P. Munford
Jenkins of Rotherham 1856-1981: 125 Years of Industrial History
Robert Jenkins
The Story of Rotherham Glassworks
Judith A Schofield
Platt of Rotherham Mason - Architects, 1700-1810
John Douglas Potts
Kelly's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham
Yorkshire Parish Records: Marriage Registers: Rotherham 1798-1837
Phillimore's Parish Register Series
Records of the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham
Margaret Harriet Mackenzie
Windmills of My Mind: Life Supporting Rotherham United
Wayne Houghton
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Barnsley, Rotherham & Doncaster
G.L. Crowther
North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Chesterfield-Sheffield - Rotherham
Bob Pixton
Rotherham Transport History
John Attridge
The Roman Forts of Templeborough near Rotherham
Thomas May
The Chapel of Our Lady on Rotherham Bridge
Dorothy Greene
Rotherham as it Was
Robert G Neville, John Benson
Movie Palaces of Rotherham
Stuart Smith, Brian Hornsey
Rotherham's Film Pioneers, 1898 - 1911
Stuart Smith
Cycling Around South Yorkshire: 15 Circular Rides Around Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster
Arnold Robinson
Walks Around Sheffield and Rotherham
Brian Smailes
Rotherham Roundwalk 1984
J. L Ferns
Chapel, Church and Pit: A study of colliery and community development in the Canklow and Treeton areas of Rotherham
Harold Tinkler
Rotherham Town Public Houses 1820-1990
Paul Satterthwaite
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Rotherham
Kevin Turton
Rotherham High School Jubilee, 1910 - 1960
Elizabeth Bower
From mid - 2004 Rotherham Library now has an online search facility for books available to borrow which you can access via the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council website front page.
Maps of Rotherham
Old Rotherham Maps
There are copies of maps of various parts of Rotherham most Ordnance Surveys available in Rotherham Library. Some early maps are available to purchase.
Masbrough Road (Rotherham Mini Map) 1888.
Ordnance Survey Explorer
278 Sheffield and Barnsley, 279 Worksop and Doncaster.
Rotherham Street Map also Rotherham Cycling Map
Published by RMBC available from Rotherham Visitor Centre. For contact details visit onsite at Tourism in Rotherham Tourist Information & Advice Rotherham Visitor Centre.
Places to buy Books about Rotherham
Philip Howard Books Ltd
Address:- 149 Bawtry Road, Wickersley (near the Courtyard), Rotherham Tel. 44 (0)1709 703888.
W. H. Smith Ltd
Small range kept. Also now at Parkgate Retail World. Address:- 39 College Street, Rotherham. Tel. 44 (0)1709 820427.