Month: September 2021

Local resident Malcolm Camp has set up a Just Giving page to raise money for bins for vulnerable residents. Malcolm, a member of the Pitsmoor Pickers group, says: “Weʼre raising £250 to provide black bins [Read more]

In our 150th edition we highlight the action the people of Burngreave are taking to empower, heal and adjust, and all the articles from the latest issue are now online. In this issue we also feature a pull-out centre section for kids produced by the pupils of Oasis Academy Fir Vale. [Read more]

Story and photo by Elissa Thompson. Behind the allotments at the end of Ellesmere Road North there is a piece of land owned by Sheffield Homes. Those of you who live nearby, will know this [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photo by Polly Perkins. Nobody can deny that our bus services are in a mess. They are infrequent, expensive and unreliable. Less polluting buses are needed to tackle environmental and public [Read more]

In 2021 Little Amal (a 3.5 metre tall puppet representing a 9 year old Syrian refugee girl) will begin her 8000 kilometre walk through Europe from the Syria-Turkey border and ending in Sheffield and Manchester. [Read more]

Story by Martin Currie. Photo by James Woollen. Patrick Amber, the local artist we now share with Greece, was on top form during his last visit home. Along with Gary Manton, he gatecrashed the Nottingham [Read more]

Words by Dianne Hancock. Picture by Falak Zeb. It’s every parent’s nightmare to have a child diagnosed with a serious condition but Falak Zeb had to face this challenge twice. In 2001 her newborn daughter [Read more]

Words and picture by Hamsa Awil. I embarked on a challenge to run four miles for 40 days. The motive behind this physical and mental quest is to test myself. I lived all my life [Read more]

Story and main photo by Deborah Egan. Abbeyfield House was built in 1850 by local colliery owner William Pass and bizarrely, he decided to call the house Pitsmoor Abbey despite there being no religious activity [Read more]

Story by Sadia Khan. Photos by Carl Rose. Emilie Taylor is an artist who uses her art for the purpose of storytelling. Her work is an inspiration to many, highlighting the importance of many worldwide [Read more]

The Autumn 2021 Mini Messenger is a special pull-out section for kids produced by the pupils of Oasis Academy Fir Vale, and of course it’s all here on our website. If you prefer to see [Read more]

In year 4, Falconry UK came to visit our school and showed us lots of different birds like owls, hummingbirds and other various birds. When they came, they told us why the birds looked the [Read more]

Story by Vanesa Dunkova. Unfortunately, the world is being destroyed by deforestation, urbanisation and air pollution. Changes like these have caused climate change, poor air quality and undrinkable water. The first negative impact humans have [Read more]

Story by Y6 USA. Innocent sea animals are being killed. Plastic pollution travels all the way through lakes, streams and rivers demolishing their beautiful habitat. This needs to stop immediately! Almost all the rubbish on [Read more]