History & Heritage

Story by Richard Belbin Welcome to the twentieth anniversary edition of the Messenger. As well as all the usual news and features, in this issue we are also featuring some of the people and groups … [Read more]

Story by Carrie Hedderwick | Photos courtesey of Picture Sheffield at www.picturesheffield.com In 1919 the Addison Act enabled local authorities to develop new housing for working people. The aim was to produce high quality, well … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin | Photos of covers by Jamie Marriott How it all started The Messenger was founded in 1999, but it wasn’t the first attempt to at a local news sheet for the … [Read more]

Story and Photo by Kate Sheldrick Pete and Jim are getting ready for their regular Sunday pint, and want to revisit the pubs they went to twenty years ago… Pete: 20 years ago! doesn’t seem … [Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Brought to you by quizmaster Graham Jones Of course, a lot of us weren’t around twenty years ago and so the alternative to doing the quiz is to look for hidden creatures in the words … [Read more]

Story by Norman Wynter Following petitioning from Sheffield and District African & Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA), a local road will be named Windrush Road in honour of the Caribbean immigrants who moved to the city … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin | Photo of Jack Reynolds by Albert Wilkes | Cemetery photo by Nico Hall Declan Rice made headlines earlier this year when he was picked for the England football team, despite … [Read more]

Story and photos by Deborah Blencowe St Catherine’s Nursing Home commemorated Victory in Europe, with a fine selection of songs and food. Event co-ordinator, Julie, welcomed me into the day room, which was lovely, busy … [Read more]

Story and photos by Bibiana Jordan-Horvath 8th April is International Roma Day. Roma culture, heritage, language and traditions are celebrated globally and Sheffield embraced this idea. In these photos are Sheffield activists, educators, mentors and … [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe and Usha Blackham International Women’s Day has been celebrated again. I had the opportunity to attend two events. One held on Wednesday 13th March at Verdon Recreation Centre and the next … [Read more]