Deborah Blencowe

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Sofeena Aslam and Deborah Blencowe A celebration of International Women’s Day took place on Wednesday 11th March. I attended the event held at Verdon Recreation Centre. It was … [Read more]

Story by Julie Bibi | Photo by Deborah Blencowe On Friday 14th February, I was invited along to St Catherine’s Nursing Home on Burngreave Road for a special event, a Valentine’s Meal that also came … [Read more]

Story by Nick Edmondson and Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Nick Edmondson The Pitsmoor Lunch Club began life in the Welcome Centre on Nottingham Street in 1985. It now takes place every Thursday from 10am … [Read more]

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe I spent a lovely morning with one of the Messenger volunteers who is obsessed with recycling. Surtag Hack, who lives in Burngreave, goes completely out of her way to … [Read more]

Story and Pictures by Deborah Blencowe Since the last issue of The Burngreave Messenger and following on from the front page article “Ellesmere Cleans Up” there have been a further two clean up sessions which … [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 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]

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe On Tuesday 28th May, a ‘pond dipping’ session took place at Crabtree Ponds, held by Sheffield Wildlife Trust. Pond dipping involves dipping a net into the pond and drawing … [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 by Patrick Moran and Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Patrick Moran and Deborah Blencowe Over 70 people braved the cold weather and participated in a litter pick in Fir Vale organised by Fir Vale … [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photograph provided by Ellesmere Children’s Centre Dr. Sharon Curtis, manager, welcomed me to the Open Day at Ellesmere Children’s Centre on Maxwell Street, Burngreave on Saturday 23rd February. The centre … [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photo by Rachel Stevenson The Wildlife Trust went to tend to Crabtree Ponds and do their monthly clean up at the beginning of January. Once again, we were horrified to … [Read more]

Story and photos by Deborah Blencowe On Monday 19th November I was kindly invited to get involved with an art session at Pye Bank CE Primary School. As part of the work during anti-bullying week … [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photographs provided by Albert Hoult I visited local residents Margaret and Albert Hoult who told me the story of a charity pram push that took place around Pitsmoor in 1976. … [Read more]