'Such a shame if Quaker burial ground is built on' - Reader's letter
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Vicky Hunter (nee Coverdale) writes about her childhood in the area...
I read with interest your article about the campaign to save the Sheffield green belt site which includes the site of Quaker burials.
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I am now nearly 80-years-old and the early years of my life was spent in this area.
I well remember the Sunday evening walks down Grange Lane to Fishers sons and Sibray nurseries and the nearby Quaker graves.
I also spent many happy hours playing at Myrtle Bank farm, then farmed by Tommy Passey and his wife Connie.
During harvest time my father and grandfather would go to help, gathering the corn into stooks.
Although I acknowledge that there is a need for more new housing to be built, It would be a great shame if this area of significant historical value and an important part of the character of Handsworth were to be lost for ever.
The eastern side of Sheffield has so little in the way of open countryside, surely there are alternative brownfield sites which could be used for housing development.