interview - Burngreave Messenger

Lisa Durnie featured image. Photo by Tunde Farrand

Lisa Durnie – I belong to Burngreave

16th December 2019

Story and photo by Tunde Farrand Anyone entering the Burngreave Food Bank is guaranteed to meet Lisa Dernie at the counter, serving hot drinks or cakes, handing out buns and having a kind word to [Read more]

We meet again

4th November 2019

Story by Tim Neal | Photos by Tim Neal and from Ruženka’s personal collection Ruženka Pokutova was 19 years old when Jana Belišová first heard her singing. Jana, a Slovakian ethnographer and musicologist, had been [Read more]

I Belong to Burngreave – Winnie Bentley

19th August 2019

Story by Evan Blythe | Photos by Abdulrahman Oulmi and Evan Blythe For our twentieth anniversary, we set out to the Toll Gate house to interview Pitsmoor resident, and familiar Burngreave Messenger face, Winnie Bentley. [Read more]

Mr Hawkins sat in the middle of four Fir Vale Academy Students with green and purple foliage in the background

Meet Mr Hawkins

30th October 2017

Story by Tanzeela, Lina, Muaze, Uwais, Mustapha, Zain, Khadiga and Aliza from Fir Vale School. Photo by Fir Vale Academy. Mr Simon Hawkins has joined Fir Vale School as our new Head teacher. We interviewed [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]