Arts & Culture
Language quiz
Brought to you by quiz master Graham Jones Our personal use of language is as individual as our fingerprint or DNA, but it changes over the course of our lives. Our language or accent can … [Read more]
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Arts & Culture
Issue 141 quiz answer
In the last edition, Graham had got himself lost just outside the Messenger offices, by the millennium gateway entrance to Abbeyfield Park. Feel free to drop by and say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’.
Health, Fitness & Well-being
Arnold Clark donate £10,000 to Unity Gym
Story by Graham Jones | Photo courtesy of Arnold Clark To mark the 30th anniversary of the opening of their Sheffield branch on Burngreave Road, Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental presented a cheque for … [Read more]
History & Heritage
A tragic homecoming
Samuel Wardle was born on 19th October 1897 the son of James Wardle and Mary Marshall who already had six children. James died in 1905 and was buried in Burngreave Cemetery. Mary married Edward Hannah in 1906. … [Read more]
Arts & Culture
The quiz – Really lost in Burngreave
Brought to you by quizmaster Graham Jones I must have taken a wrong turning when I got off the bus and goodness knows where I am now. All I can say is that I am … [Read more]
Advice & Support
What price clean air?
Story by Graham Jones In December the council announced proposals for creating a Clean Air Zone within the Sheffield’s Inner Ring Road. The most polluting vehicles would face a daily charge to travel into the … [Read more]
Health, Fitness & Well-being
A ‘fascinating collection’ at the hospital
Story and photos by Graham Jones On 14th December members of the Burngreave Local History group made a visit to the Northern General Hospital to see the amazing collection which has been put together by … [Read more]
Arts & Culture
The quiz – Lost in Burngreave again
Brought to you by quizmaster Graham Jones Now that the manic Christmas season is over I’m glad to be out and about in Burngreave again. But, you’ll never guess what has happened? I’ve got lost! … [Read more]
Advice & Support
A lot of clean air at Oasis
Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Rashad Hassan Oasis Academy Fir Vale has won a national Modeshift STARS Silver Award for its work on safe and environmentally friendly initiatives on travelling to school. This … [Read more]
Arts & Culture
Burngreave Brainstorm
Brought to you by quizmaster Graham Jones Where exactly is Burngreave? 1. Which island, with a shrinking population of reindeer, is more than ten times the size of Great Britain but has only about twice … [Read more]