Pitstop Project Charity £5,000 Presentation in 2003, left to right Dawn Smart, Helen Jackson MP Dennis Cowan Pitstop Youth Worker Pat Booth and Vicar Rick Stordy.Pitstop Project Charity £5,000 Presentation in 2003, left to right Dawn Smart, Helen Jackson MP Dennis Cowan Pitstop Youth Worker Pat Booth and Vicar Rick Stordy.
Pitstop Project Charity £5,000 Presentation in 2003, left to right Dawn Smart, Helen Jackson MP Dennis Cowan Pitstop Youth Worker Pat Booth and Vicar Rick Stordy.

Which Sheffield vicars can you recognise in these throwback snaps going back to 1996?

From leading large congregations to moving the online in recent months, the churches of Sheffield and the people who lead them have been part of the community for generations. How many faces here do you recognise?
By Lucy Ball
Published 13th Jan 2021, 11:03 GMT
Updated 20th Jan 2021, 09:28 GMT

Take a look back the vicars and reverends from yesteryear and see who you can spot in these pictures going back 25 years years to 1996.

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Pictured in 2003 at the Rotherham Parish Church, where the Induction of Rev Jane Elizabeth Margaret Sinclair as the new vicar of Rotherham. She is seen with the Bishop of Sheffield Rt Rev Jack Nicols, and the Archdeacon of Sheffield Ven Richard Blackburn.

1. Rotherham Parish Church,

Pictured in 2003 at the Rotherham Parish Church, where the Induction of Rev Jane Elizabeth Margaret Sinclair as the new vicar of Rotherham. She is seen with the Bishop of Sheffield Rt Rev Jack Nicols, and the Archdeacon of Sheffield Ven Richard Blackburn. Photo: Mike Waistell

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The Bishop of SHeffield the rt rev David Lunn and the new vicar rev Adrian Fereday pictured outside the burnt out Christ Church in Swallowsnest in 1996

2. Dedication after fire

The Bishop of SHeffield the rt rev David Lunn and the new vicar rev Adrian Fereday pictured outside the burnt out Christ Church in Swallowsnest in 1996 Photo: Roger Nadal

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The Vicar of Bakewell The Reverand Edmund Urquhart toasted the success of the new Medway Centre in Bakewell in 1998 at a topping out ceremony also pictured is project coordinator Alan Pigott and volunteer builders looked on

3. Cheers

The Vicar of Bakewell The Reverand Edmund Urquhart toasted the success of the new Medway Centre in Bakewell in 1998 at a topping out ceremony also pictured is project coordinator Alan Pigott and volunteer builders looked on Photo: Barry Richardson

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The Bishop of Sheffield the Rt. Revd. Jack Nicholls and the vicar of St. Mary's, Rev Julian Sullivan, pictured outside the church in 2000

4. St. Mary's Church Festival

The Bishop of Sheffield the Rt. Revd. Jack Nicholls and the vicar of St. Mary's, Rev Julian Sullivan, pictured outside the church in 2000 Photo: Roger Nadal

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