I can provide history walks in the immediate surroundings of most Sheffield schools and colleges, backed by archival maps and photographs and, if required, a visit to Sheffield Archives, Shoreham Street, near to Sheffield railway station. 

Young people in Sheffield are often unacquainted with their immediate surroundings, as a result of –

• families transporting their children to and from school and leisure activities by car
• young people’s increasing use of social media as an alternative to physical play and social contact
• the prevalence of digital entertainment and games
• isolation during the pandemic
• reluctance to explore unfamiliar areas of the city

Many parts of Sheffield have changed so radically since the Second World War that finding out what local streets and houses looked like and how people lived their lives is an eye-opener to people born in the twenty-first century.

Exploring what remains and what’s gone, even in the recent past, is fascinating to local people of any age, and is an important tool in giving the rising generation ownership of where they live.

Wider-ranging tours by minibus or coach are possible, and can link with visits to sites to fit curriculum needs.