Month: August 2019

Story by Evan Blythe | Photos by Abdulrahman Oulmi and Evan Blythe For our twentieth anniversary, we set out to the Toll Gate house to interview Pitsmoor resident, and familiar Burngreave Messenger face, Winnie Bentley. … [Read more]

Councillors have a budget they can allocate to activities and projects that positively contribute to the priorities for their wards. For Burngreave this year the amount is £17,34. Burngreave Ward Councillors are looking to fund … [Read more]

Jackie Drayton 0114 243 5388 (Home) jackie.drayton@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Surgery dates Burngreave Library, Sorby House, 42 Spital Hill. • Saturday 14th September 11am – 12.15pm Mark Jones 07500 764 202 (Mobile) mark.jonescllr@sheffield.gov.uk … [Read more]

Story by Yasmeen Abbas | Photo courtesy of NHS Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness in working age people in the UK. Anyone aged 12 and over with a current or past diagnosis of … [Read more]

Comfort Zone – Age Better Over 50s (FREE) Meet new people who will support you through a range of activities, learn new skills, cook together or just a place to meet up. Exercise, strategies for … [Read more]

Story and photos by Penny Philcox Butterflies, bees and hoverflies need nectar and pollen all summer long. We can really help, whether in our gardens, pots in our back yards, on windowsills, or anywhere you … [Read more]

Story by Neil Schofield Photos by Laura Farah, Sherin T Rajan, Jon Dallow, Catherine Brown, John Scholey and Graham Jones In 1999 most of Parkwood Springs could be described as ‘unloved’. A few people knew … [Read more]

Review by Tunde Farrand Black Car Burning is a remarkable debut novel from Helen Mort, an award-winning poet based in Sheffield. We get a unique richness skilfully merged inside one novel. We get the Peak … [Read more]

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe On Saturday 3rd August, I was invited to St Catherine’s Nursing Home for their Summer Fair. For once the weather held up and it was a glorious day. They … [Read more]

Look who is also celebrating 20 years (really?!) in Edgar Lowman’s cartoon strip, this time brought to you in glorious black and white (Edgar was away when he drew his cartoon for us, and only had a pencil to hand!). … [Read more]

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe The last week of the summer school term. Weather scorching hot, not a cloud in the sky. Children breaking up for a nice six week holiday break. A perfect … [Read more]

Dear Messenger, I am sorry to hear of the gradual running down of the bus service provision in the area however I do feel that our local bus service should have been included. I have … [Read more]

Dear Messenger, I should not have to wait three quarters of an hour for an 83 bus. Three buses were missing; it is simply not good enough to have to wait ages for a bus. … [Read more]

In our ongoing series, we continue to show you how to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in just some of the many languages spoken in Burngreave (pronunciations are in brackets). Eastern Armenian       … [Read more]