Shops & Businesses - Burngreave Messenger

A smiling white woman with short red hair and a black top dries the hair or a blonde customer in her salon.

HIghlights at Twilights

28th April 2017

Story by Carrie Hedderwick | Photo by Amy Palmer My lovely local hairdresser, Diane, spoke to me while styling the hair of a loyal customer of 20 years. I have been going there forever too [Read more]

Small business vs. Tesco

28th April 2017

Story by Sam Stancill-Vines It has now been five years since Tesco Extra opened so we visited local businesses to see how they are managing with such big competition. Del, the manager of Corner Stop, [Read more]

Six children in high vis jackets, sitting in front of a green rangouli hand street sculture with firth park roundabout behind.

Free 30 hours childcare

28th April 2017

Story and photos by Sharon Curtis and Abtisam Mohammed Ellesmere Children’s Centre and Fir Vale pre-school are excited to announce that we will be rolling out the new Government initiative for 30 hours of free [Read more]

A tour of Pitsmoor shops

22nd April 2017

Story by Yassin M Usuf News and General Store corner shop on Verdon Street, situated in the middle of residential estate surrounded by flats and houses. The shop’s owner AbdulKadir Johar welcomes shoppers with a [Read more]

IF you go down to the Forest today, you’re in for a lovely surprise…

22nd April 2017

Story by Jim Jamison and Kate Sheldrick | Photos by Jim Jamison Olie and Marion Ferns are the Licensees of The Forest Public House on Rutland Street (just off Rutland Road) – you know, the [Read more]

Sam the barber sitting on the waiting bench in his shop

Interview with Sam the Barber

22nd April 2017

Story by Corrine Moss In his own words, Sam is taking things ‘one day at a time….’ and focusing on providing a good service for all. He is charismatic, friendly and engaging, which has obviously [Read more]

Free training for the Business in Burngreave network

22nd March 2017

For the launch of our Business in Burngreave Network our resident PR and branding expert Diana will be delivering a free training session for local businesses. The main focus will be on designing publicity materials. Refreshments [Read more]

Loaves of bread, customers and udon noodles on a shelf at the temporary Sharehouse Market.

Shopping done differently

3rd February 2017

The Sharehouse Market in Burngreave opened its doors on Christmas Eve, and a steady stream of customers snapped up the products for the following two weeks. The market is part of the RealJunk [Read more]

Princess Jasmine

11th October 2016

Story and photo by Amy Palmer Over her summer holiday five-year-old Jasmine Barratt from Byron Wood Primary School decided to do something very generous and had seven inches of her hair cut off to donate [Read more]