Burngreave Messenger – Voice of the Burngreave Community

Christmas comes early to St Catherine’s Nursing Home

16th December 2019

Story and photo by Tim Neal Residents at St Catherine’s Nursing Home had another great afternoon’s entertainment to begin celebrating Christmas with food and fun organised by indefatigable activities organiser Julie. The amount of chocolate ... [Read more]

Variety of found mushrooms. Photo by Victoria Smith.

Family funghi foray

16th December 2019

Story by Sasleema Imam | Photos by Victoria Smith Half term saw Ziggy Senkans, SCC ecology officer, lead our annual autumn, family funghi foray in Burngreave cemetery. Despite the council workers having mown most of ... [Read more]

Dear Messenger: Providing places for drug users

16th December 2019

Dear Messenger, I was very interested to read about the Burngreave TARA meeting concerning drug use around Ellesmere Green in the last issue. For far too long drug policy, both locally and nationally, seems to ... [Read more]

Your local area: Provision for children and young people

16th December 2019

Story by the Your Local Area team. Activities and provision for children and young people is a key area for councillors and the local community. Ensuring that we are delivering the services that are needed ... [Read more]

Heroes not zeros

16th December 2019

Story by Kevin Stapleton | Photo by Peter Applerock The Cheap Thrills Zero Budget Film Festival made another successful visit to Pitsmoor in November, based this year around a theme of ‘heroes.’ Masks and capes ... [Read more]

Pitsmoor Adventure Playground Staff Team Photo

Making play safer for all

16th December 2019

Story by John Malkin | Photos by Katie Lee Pitsmoor Adventure Playground is part of a consortium of playgrounds that are leading the way in playground safety. Along with their partners at Highfields Adventure Playground, … [Read more]

Burngreave’s safe school streets

16th December 2019

Story by Graham Jones Some of our schools in Burngreave are in areas which frequently suffer illegal levels of air pollution, as shown by monitoring by the Burngreave Clean Air Campaign. This pollution severely affects … [Read more]

Messenger Editorial December 20129

16th December 2019

As we go to print, we are into the last week of the election campaign we presumed was going to happen when we last went to print. We don’t definitely know who the winner is … [Read more]

Last issue’s quiz answers

16th December 2019

Last issue our quiz master Graham Jones asked if you can identify our local animals. Here are the answers to those questions: Rat Kingfisher Badger Dragonfly Heron Bat Goldfinch Deer Owl Fox

Dear Messenger: Night buses diverted due to vandalism

16th December 2019

Dear Messenger, Are you aware that late night buses are not travelling up or down Rock Street and Nottingham Street? I was on the last bus from town on three nights last week and they … [Read more]