Month: November 2019

The Cheap Thrills Zero Budget Film Festival is back for 2019 on Saturday 16th November with a ‘masks and capes’ theme. The event will feature the screening of local and international short films, plus silent … [Read more]

All the articles from the printed copy of issue 145, the November 2019 edition of the Burngreave Messenger, are now online. You can see all the issues collected in an index at November 2019 Issue … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Richard Belbin It was a no brainer for us in the Burngreave Clean Air Campaign to support the world wide climate strike day on 20th September, inspired by … [Read more]

As you can probably tell from the fact that you are reading this – we have been given more funding! Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund we will be receiving around £90,000 over two … [Read more]

This issue’s team, plus the deadline and publication date for the next issue in December 2019. … [Read more]

As we go to print (and since confirmed), it looks very possible that a general election will be called, to be held on 12th December 2019, so you need to make sure you are registered … [Read more]

Story by Wajid Akhter | Photo by Deborah Blencowe A new academic year has begun at Astrea Academy, which has seen the school welcoming students into Year 1 and Year 8 for the first time. … [Read more]

Story by Kevin Stapleton | Photos by Mohammed Rawais Sheffield City Council Private Housing Standards held its annual landlord awards at Sheffield’s Mecure St Pauls Hotel on Thursday September 12th. Now in its third year … [Read more]

Story by Tim Neal | Photos by Tim Neal and from Ruženka’s personal collection Ruženka Pokutova was 19 years old when Jana Belišová first heard her singing. Jana, a Slovakian ethnographer and musicologist, had been … [Read more]

Story by Rosie Strathearn-Brady | Photos by James Woollen Dementia is a term used to describe a number of symptoms that occur as a result of disease which damages part of the brain. Whilst Alzheimer’s … [Read more]

Story by John Malkin | Photo by Robin Grey Friends of Firth Park are excited to have been awarded funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to continue running their popular weekly singing group. The … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin Burngreave TARA hosted a busy and passionate meeting at the Vestry Hall on September 25th to highlight their concerns over the extent of drug use on and around Ellesmere Green. The … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Tim Neal This summer has seen a number of organised walks through Burngreave with the majority of walkers coming from other parts of the city and places beyond. … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photos by Patrick Amber, Neill Schofield, Sarah Truman, Deborah Blencowe and Jackie Jones Local people had been preparing for the Beacons Lantern Procession for weeks: making arrangements, fantastic lanterns and … [Read more]