Parks & Pavements Past

Since being let go at work at the end of July 2025, I have been taking a break with my children (one mine, two steps!*) and at the same time remembering and revisiting all of the great projects I’ve been privileged to be part of and the beautiful, inspiring and edgy places I’ve visited.

I’ve decided to take the plunge and get started with an idea I’ve had for some time, which relates to researching, compiling and creating maps, trails and other products based on the parks and local high streets of Sheffield, and hopefully other UK cities with time.

Alongside this, I am developing a research and design service to support heritage interpretation, whether that’s an individual house or business history or the production of display panels, leaflets, events maps or something else entirely! Please contact us if we can help with an idea you have.

This blog will be a mixture of recording the process of setting something like this up, showcasing example projects (both past and current) and local history articles about specific parks, businesses, organisations, features or anything else I come across on my adventures in the archives and local studies libraries I visit.

I love Sheffield, and I love learning, listening to other people’s stories and uncovering lost pieces of our local history… I hope you will enjoy reading along!