Graham Jones

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 by Graham Jones | Photo by Richard Belbin Travel South Yorkshire have said that there will further bus timetable changes from 1st September, with some good news for Burngreave. A new route 11A will … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Rashad Hassan, courtesy of Oasis Fir Vale Academy International Clean Air day started early in Burngreave this year. On Wednesday 19th June Oasis Fir Vale primary academy held … [Read more]

Brought to you by quizmaster Graham Jones Of course, a lot of us weren’t around twenty years ago and so the alternative to doing the quiz is to look for hidden creatures in the words … [Read more]

Burn Hall Pits Moor Cliffe Page Fir Shire Vale Greave Putting them together gives us: Burngreave, Pitsmoor, Page Hall, Fir Vale, and Shirecliffe.

Multinational bus companies, First and Stagecoach, have had a fare raising bonanza in South Yorkshire in the past few months. On the 26th May they introduced service cuts to many city routes, including some crossing … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones and Gulnaz Hussain | Photo by Flick from Festival of Debate The Festival of Debate sponsored this meeting with the theme ‘How can work together to improve Fir Vale?’ It was … [Read more]

Brought to you by quiz master Graham Jones. Each of the ten questions has three clues of varying difficulty to the same part of a local place name. All you have to do is work … [Read more]

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]

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’.

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]

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]

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]

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]