Record of FULWOOD HISTORY GROUP MEETING 19th February 2026
Present: D.A., J.B., A.C., G.C., A.H., M.L., C.M.
Andy kindly offered the use of his house as a venue for this month’s meeting.
The meeting began by remembering David Magill, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away this month.
The meeting included:
- AC sharing information about Brookhouse Quarry which was in operation above Forge Dam from the 1850s to around WWII when the land was used as allotments; it was noticeable from maps how the quarried area shifted around the top field over this period: here’s a link to A.’s Substack article on the subject; a benchmark was noticed on the maps we looked at; here it is on the corner of Brookhouse Farm:
- Fulwood Radar Unit on Hallamshire Road: AC had come across the following entry in the English Heritage Gateway search site: “Army mobile ground-controlled interception unit No. G573 (still in operation in 1944). Unit consisted of a number Fulwood Radar Unitof vehicles, radar aerials, generators, and workshops, all requiring firm bases. Personnel could be in either tented accommodation or billeted with local inhabitants. The site is now built over and lies in the loop formed by Hallamshire Drive’s junction with Hallamshire Road [shown on map below]” ; D.A.’s mother recalls “a big brown dish”.
Lord’s Seat – see AC’s Substack article: Upper Hallam’s Sport of Kings; this generated discussion around:- The Ocean View
- WWI trenches
- Roman road (ML)
- Stanage Lodge
- Turnips as a crop for moorland farms
- Local Roman roads: ML told us about ongoing research into this
- Huts: Sportsman’s hut originated at Redmires CampForge Dam café hut: KP on FHG website: ‘An article in the Independent in 1933 about the Sharrow Wesleyan Church noted that the original ‘Tin Cathedral’ was sold in 1900 and became the tea room at Forge Dam.’
- Possibility of practising oral history interviews amongst group; AC sending questions which could be used as prompts
- Next meeting 19th March 2026