Following the success of the previous guided walks, the 2025 Sheffield Steel City Beer Festival will include a guided historical walk in Sheffield's Little Chicago Quarter. We will explore both the pub heritage aspects of the area plus the streets which feature in the book, ‘Sheffield 1925: Gang Wars and Wembley Glory,’ with a narrative explaining how Sheffield briefly became the most turbulent city in Britain because of an escalating gang war involving the Park Brigade, Mooney Gang, the Gas Tank Gang and many others.

The short walk (one and a half hours, including one stop) will also explore the beer, social and Industrial heritage of the area, examining the myths and reality of a tumultuous year in Sheffield history, before finishing at the 49th Sheffield Steel City Beer and Cider Festival.

The walk will be led by ‘Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs’ editor, Dave Pickersgill and local historian and writer, John Stocks.

Included in the price of £11.95/person is:

• entrance to SCBF49 (normal price: Members, £2, non-members, £5)
• Copy of the 'Little Chicago' pub walk booklet (A5, 32 pages, rrp £2.99)
• SCBF49 Glass deposit (£3.00, refundable)
• Programme (rrp £1.00) Plus card-carrying CAMRA members will be given a free half-pint token for use at the Beer Festival

Meet 11:30 outside the Sheffield Combined Court Centre, West Bar, S3 8BH

This event also includes the oportunity to purchase (cash only):

• The Second Edition of ‘Sheffield 1925: Gang Wars and Wembley Glory' - A5, 272 pages - at the reduced price of £10.00 (rrp £10.99)

Bookings available from 1st August 2025.