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Description: | The original Marples Hotel received a direct hit from a Luftwaffe bomb on the night opf 12th December 1940. Only 7 of the 77 customers in there at the time were pulled out alive. The site was left derelict for around 20 years; some people wanted to have a memorial for those killed but another public house was erected and took the name Marples opening 30th April 1959. A plaque commemorating the victims of the air raid was unveiled the day before by Alderman John Holland For more information see: The definitive A to Z listing of Sheffield Public Houses by Michael Liversidge Ref; 728.5 SQ | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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01 Sheffield City Centre |
Publisher: | Picturesheffield Photographic Record | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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