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In Edgar Lowman’s latest cartoon, George for some reason wants to find out how to look cool on the stairs. Apparently there is a book all about doing just that… [Read more]

Hi I’m Andy Stockton. A few readers might remember me performing at SADACCA and the Abbeyfield Park Festival in the late 1990’s with the hip hop crew the Red Eye Knights. Music is important to [Read more]

Interested in delivering the Burngreave Messenger? Come to Abbeyfield Park House between 1-3pm on SATURDAY 11th December to sign up and collect rounds. Pay: £20-25 per round. Contact: mail@burngreavemessenger.org Call/text/WhatsApp on 07763 970 686 Bring [Read more]

Story by Polly Perkins. It’s ALL CHANGE at the Burngreave Messenger following our Emergency General Meeting (EGM) on the 2nd of December. After over a decade of involvement, the Board of Trustees all stepped down [Read more]

On Saturday 20th November Norbury Court are having their Christmas Fayre starting from 12 noon till 4pm at Devon Road S4 7AJ. Enjoy the festivities and buy some lovely gifts for friends and family. The [Read more]

The Pitsmoor Scarecrow Festival has started and now it’s time to vote for a winner! The organisers received more than the twelve people it needed to go ahead, and the various scarecrows are now on [Read more]

Do you fancy trying your hand at being the editor of your local newspaper? We are offering a unique opportunity for a local person or a local group to become a guest-editor of the Burngreave [Read more]

Burngreave Library is reopened its doors on Monday 18th October and the team look forward to welcoming you back. The library will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-1pm until further notice. They are mindful [Read more]

Following the success of last year’s Scarecrow Festival in 2020, it plans to return again for another year and needs you to help make it happen. The organisers need at least twelve people to sign [Read more]

After a tough year Green City Action are calling on the local community for their support. They have plenty of ideas to develop local environmental and community projects but they need to build their capacity [Read more]

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]

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]

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 and photos by Mariam Pasha Walking along Herries Road on the wayside plot of Norwood Allotments you may smell wafts of enticing aromas drifting over from an outdoor pizza oven. Close by are a [Read more]