Like so many of her generation, my grandmother, Dorothy Glover, never spoke about her experiences during World War II. But after her death in 2009, we found a handwritten memoir tucked away amongst her things. That single discovery triggered a 15-year journey to uncover the hidden history of the Sheffield Blitz — a story that had, for decades, been shrouded in myths, and half-truths. So many never discussed their experiences - the memories too painful. Thousands took their secrets to the grave.
Last week, my journey reached an extraordinary milestone: my research was featured by the BBC.
👉 Read the full BBC article here
It’s incredibly moving to see the project reach their audience. The Sheffield Blitz wasn’t just two nights of bombing in December 1940 — it was a drawn-out campaign of terror that devastated our city, killed and injured more than 2,000 people, and left nearly a tenth of the population homeless. Yet for many families, like my own, those stories went to the grave untold.
Over 15 years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of survivors, spent weeks in archives across the UK and Germany, and even worked alongside the Imperial War Museum. The result is something I never imagined when I first opened that memoir — a four-volume record of what really happened to Sheffield during the war.
🗺️ One of the most powerful discoveries?
A set of original German bombing maps — smuggled out of Berlin after 1945 — that prove the Nazis were deliberately targeting schools, hospitals, and entire communities in a campaign of psychological warfare. These maps, published for the first time, directly challenge decades of accepted history.
📚 The culmination of this work is now available in my limited edition Sheffield Blitz – The Definitive Collection — a signed, collector’s boxed set that includes:
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Four large-format books packed with rare and unseen photographs
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First-hand accounts and previously unpublished documents
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Copies of the original German bombing maps
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A bomb map of Sheffield showing every strike location
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Full casualty records from WWII
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A bonus book on Sheffield’s first-ever air raid (in 1916!)
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A certificate of authenticity and luxury gift box
This is more than just a history collection — it’s a time machine into your family’s past. If your parents or grandparents lived through the war but never talked about it, this is the closest you may ever come to understanding what they experienced.
👉 Order your copy now – only a limited number remain
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