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Spot the t-shirt
If you travel to far-flung and exotic locations, please send us a photo of you in your FOSC t-shrt! Here’s Nick – can you guess
We have charitable status!
The Friends are delighted to confirm that we are now officialy a registered charity. This is great news as it gives us a more professional
Site activity
Students marked the approximate outline of the Castle on the ground with black spray paint (with permission). They had positioned a time lapse camera on
New book – ‘The Story of the Manor and Castle of Medieval Sheffield’
Ron Clayton gives his individual review of the above. Peter Machan has provided Sheffielders with another lavishly illustrated, fact packed yet readable and modestly priced
In The Press
A great article ran in the Yorkshire Post recently, written by the acclaimed journalist Stephen McClarence. We also had a double page spread in the
Article on FOSC in the Star
There was a nice article on the group in the Sheffield Star recently http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/volunteers-aim-to-recreate-history-with-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-to-uncover-sheffield-castle-ruins-1-7936180
The Bastion
Senior Structural Engineer Steve Mettam sent us some photographs taken of the bastion tower ruins during their pre-demolition surveys in early 2014. The subterranean ‘low
Castle Sizes
I’ve been giving some thought to how to show people the size of the castle. I think many are like me and 4.2 acres doesn’t
FOSC AGM 2016
Our AGM is fast approaching on the 21st April 2016 at 6.30. As last year it will be held in the Central United Reformed Church,
The site – March 2016
The demolition is completed and we can now plan for the next stage. Here are some shots of the site. Not pretty, or exciting, but
“The Little Book of Mary, Queen of Scots” by Mickey Mayhew
I have a confession to make. It could be considered so heinous a crime in some quarters, such a heresy that a stake and faggots