Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson is a British writer, historian and journalist. He worked as a columnist for the Sheffield Telegraph. Anderson wrote Sheffield’s Date With Hitler, Signing On For the Devil, and Take It to the Limit. He is also known for his Dirty Stop Out’s Guide series of the British cities. Early life and education Anderson was born in Sheffield, and attended Sheffield Hallam University. In 2010, Anderson published Take It to the Limit about the Sheffield club The Limit, which operated on the city's West Street from 1978 to 1991. The same year, he also wrote Signing on for the Devil, chronicling Sheffield's heavy metal music scene in the 1980s.

Works Books

Take It to the Limit (2009) Shopaholic's Guide To 1970s Sheffield (2009) Dirty Stop Out's Guide To 1970s Sheffield (2010) Sheffield's Date With Hitler (2010) Signing on for the Devil (2010) Facts, Figures & Fallacious Goings-On in Sheffield (2011) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1960s Sheffield (2011) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Sheffield (2011) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1950s Sheffield (2012) Sheffield City Hall (2012) Forgotten Memories From A Forgotten Blitz (2012) No Siesta 'Til Club Fiesta (2012) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Chesterfield (2013) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1990s Sheffield (2013) The Atkinsons Story (2013) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1970s Chesterfield (2014) Defiant! Sheffield Blitz 75th The Definitive Visuals Guide (2015) Dirty Stop Out's Guide to Working Mens' Clubs (2017).

Articles

Anderson, Neil. 2009. “Neil Anderson Takes It to the Limit.” BBC Sheffield & South Yorkshire, October 28, 2009.

Anderson, Neil. 2025. “Sheffield Blitz Secrets Unearthed: 15 Years of Research Reveals the Truth.” The Star, Sheffield, February 26, 2025.