February 2018

Story and photo by John Mellor Two recently released films, “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour”, both tell the amazing story of the rescue of the British Army from what was thought to be impending disaster on [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photo by Philip Blencowe I’ve lived in Burngreave for over 25 years and my three children attended Firs Hill and Pye Bank Primary Schools and Fir Vale Secondary School. They [Read more]

Walk in peace Story by Inderjit Bhogal | Photos by John Mellor People representing different faiths and beliefs walking together in Burngreave are a familiar sight. Once again, on a very sunny January afternoon on [Read more]

Story and photos by Rachel Smith Lots of children playing, and sounds of laughter filled the fun packed Christmas party at Pitsmoor Adventure Playground. The lovely colourful cake went down a treat! Santa was the [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones On 1st December about 70 people came on a freezing evening to Christ Church, Pitsmoor, to see the one man play “This Evil Thing”. This play has toured all around the [Read more]

Story by Aleem Qadir At the end of November the Don District Scout groups took part in a Challenge. It was organised by the District Leaders and was based in Chapeltown. 39th Sheffield entered four [Read more]

William Henry Foulke was the most famous of goalkeepers at the turn of the 20th Century and is buried in Burngreave Cemetery. He was born in Darley, Shropshire and seemed doomed to a life in the coal mines, but his height coupled with his vocation for sport – cricket and football – changed his fate. [Read more]

A tip for taxi drivers. Story by Graham Jones – Taxis provide and a source of income for many and are an unsung essential service. On 10th January many taxi drivers went to register to use [Read more]

Back of the net. Story and photo by Aden Steelers Dr Alan Billings, the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, has awarded a grant of £4,500 to Aden Steelers Football Club from his grants scheme. [Read more]

Story by Carrie Hedderwick Pre Christmas and a whole table in Waterstones laden with silver covered copies of ‘111 Places in Sheffield that you shouldn’t miss’ by Michael Glover – quite a promotion! So who [Read more]

Story and photo by Graham Jones In our June 2017 Issue we reported that planning permission had been granted by the council to rebuild the old Murco service station on Spital Hill as a restaurant [Read more]

Correction: In last issue’s article ‘What the trees tell us’ we printed that students from Fir Vale School took part in environmental activities with Sheffield Environmental Movement. This should in fact have read ESOL students [Read more]