Issue 135 April 2018

Interview by Andrew Hodgson | Photos by Laura Farah What do you collect Kim? Several things. One of my main collection is of 35mm slides, the sort that you look at through projectors. When and [Read more]

Story by Deborah Blencowe Sheffield Litter Pickers – an open public Facebook group – was set up in October 2015 by a small group of Sheffield residents who regularly and voluntarily organised litter picks in [Read more]

Story and photo by Fran Belbin My family came here in 1991, because of the civil war in Somaliland. I was about two and a half years old at the time. I went to Owler [Read more]

Hi, I am contacting you out of complete frustration, I have a child who has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and was supposed to have received his school place in April, like all other 5 year [Read more]

Dear Sir/Madam, Burngreave Cemetery is unique in having a designated cemetery warden who is responsible for locking and unlocking the gates, and reporting issues back to Bereavement Services. This post was created 25 years ago, [Read more]

Dear Messenger, As you may know, Y6s around the country did their Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) on the 14th – 17th May. This would include: reading, maths, spelling and grammar. They have worked very hard [Read more]

Hi, I am contacting you out of complete frustration, I have a child who has ASD and was supposed to have received his school place in April, like all other 5 year olds starting school [Read more]

Story by Ray Black | Photo by Richard Belbin Founded during the Great War, Abbeyfield Bowling Club celebrates its 100th birthday on 13th July. Since its inception the club has participated in a range of [Read more]

Dear Richard. After reading the Michael Glover articles, I have to say that, as an adult, I remember life on Coningsby Road quite differently. It was a friendly and happy place to live where the [Read more]

Puzzle by Graham Jones How many words of three or more letters can you compose out of these ten letters? Each word must include the big letter(e). You cannot use the letters more than once [Read more]

In our last issue we covered the efforts by Sheffield Wednesday supporters to raise money for a headstone to the clubs first ‘superfan’ who passed away in 1933 and is buried in Wardsend Cemetery. We [Read more]