Our picture shows workmen boarding up the front of a house in Crookes after the gales had blown out the complete bedroom wall at the front of the house in February 1962Our picture shows workmen boarding up the front of a house in Crookes after the gales had blown out the complete bedroom wall at the front of the house in February 1962
Our picture shows workmen boarding up the front of a house in Crookes after the gales had blown out the complete bedroom wall at the front of the house in February 1962

Sheffield retro: 16 photos showing destructive power of hurricane which tore through city in 1962

By Jane Salt
Published 12th Feb 2024, 04:45 BST
Friday February 16, 1962 was a dark day in Sheffield's history.

A hurricane battered the city and the whole of South Yorkshire.

The storm left four dead and more than 250 injured, with around 70,000 Sheffield homes damaged. Winds of 96mph ripped through the city and hundreds were left homeless

Our gallery of photographs takes a look back at the day and the aftermath of the storm.

Our gallery of photographs takes a look back at the day and the aftermath of the storm.

Residents of Skye Edge Avenue get a roof over their heads as workmen lay tarpaulin to protect their hurricane ravaged homes, February 17, 1962

5. Skye Edge

Residents of Skye Edge Avenue get a roof over their heads as workmen lay tarpaulin to protect their hurricane ravaged homes, February 17, 1962 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

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Ronald Bullimore looks at his damaged car which was struck by a falling chimney stack during the hurricane on February 16, 1962

6. Damaged car

Ronald Bullimore looks at his damaged car which was struck by a falling chimney stack during the hurricane on February 16, 1962 Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

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Misery of the homeless - Mrs E Hallam, of Errington Avenue, Arbourthorne, and her 15-year-old daughter Pamela, with their dog Rover, find refuge for themselves and their belongings in Hurlfield Boys School, February 16, 1962.

7. Homeless

Misery of the homeless - Mrs E Hallam, of Errington Avenue, Arbourthorne, and her 15-year-old daughter Pamela, with their dog Rover, find refuge for themselves and their belongings in Hurlfield Boys School, February 16, 1962. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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Mrs Josephine Ellar looks over her two sleeping children, Anthony aged two and John aged one, at the Hurlfield Secondary Boys School which has been turned into an emergency centre, after she had evacuated her gale damaged home in Herrington Avenue, February 1962.

8. Emergency centre

Mrs Josephine Ellar looks over her two sleeping children, Anthony aged two and John aged one, at the Hurlfield Secondary Boys School which has been turned into an emergency centre, after she had evacuated her gale damaged home in Herrington Avenue, February 1962. Photo: ©Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

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