Ethel: Sheffield’s Early Environmental Activist
WAT are proud to be working with the local branch of the Countryside Charity (CPRE PDSY), Newfield School, EMR and Hope Valley and Peak District Community Rail Partnerships to tell Ethel’s incredible story.
Ethel Ward was born into a wealthy Sheffield family. Her father became the Master Cutler in 1913. In 1916, she married Henry Burrows Gallimore who was serving in the British Army. Sadly he died in 1917 and Ethel was made ill through her grief. It was reacquainting herself with the countryside around Sheffield that brought her back to health and her decision to preserve it that gave her new purpose.
Here are some of her achievements:
Founding the CPRE PDSY in 1924 – celebrating its centenary in 2024.
Purchasing Longshaw Estate for the National Trust in 1927.
Persuading JG Graves to buy Blackamoor for the people of Sheffield.
Establishing the Greenbelt.
Establishing our National Parks.
Saving Arbor Low from becoming at the heart of a Motor Racing Circuit.
She is best known today by her name after her second marriage in 1937 to Gerald Haythornthwaite.
Click on the link to watch this film and find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjO8QPn6y04
WAT’s writer, Paul Whitfield is currently writing a script for the Newfield students to perform. WAT and partners are working to raise the funds to perform the play later in 2024. We hope audiences will be able to travel by train to Edale- and maybe other destinations - to watch it.
Here are some of her achievements:
Founding the CPRE PDSY in 1924 – celebrating its centenary in 2024.
Purchasing Longshaw Estate for the National Trust in 1927.
Persuading JG Graves to buy Blackamoor for the people of Sheffield.
Establishing the Greenbelt.
Establishing our National Parks.
Saving Arbor Low from becoming at the heart of a Motor Racing Circuit.
She is best known today by her name after her second marriage in 1937 to Gerald Haythornthwaite.
Click on the link to watch this film and find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjO8QPn6y04
WAT’s writer, Paul Whitfield is currently writing a script for the Newfield students to perform. WAT and partners are working to raise the funds to perform the play later in 2024. We hope audiences will be able to travel by train to Edale- and maybe other destinations - to watch it.
Keep an eye on this page for updates.