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Moorhead, looking towards Pinstone Street, including Nelson Hotel and Crimean Monument, right, T. and J. Roberts Ltd., general drapers, left (later became Roberts Brothers)

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Ref No:	s18106
Title:	Moorhead, looking towards Pinstone Street, including Nelson Hotel and Crimean Monument, right, T. and J. Roberts Ltd., general drapers, left (later became Roberts Brothers)
Location:	Sheffield_City_Centre
Date Period:	1900-1919
Notes:	Information from Guide to Sheffield 1903 by The Ancient Order of Forresters (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914. 274 S): Erected in Memory of the Sheffield soldiers and sailors whose lives were lost in The Crimea. The guns at the base of the monument were captured from the Russians. This striking monument is a column standing on a pedestal of Darley Dale stone, and surmounted by a statue of our late beloved Queen Victoria, as and Honour. The funds were raised by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cambridge. Postcard postmarked 1908.
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