Winter 2021 Issue 151

Story by Benoit with photos by Darren. There are times where life forces us to reconsider what we want to be part of. Call it a mid-life crisis if you wish, but reaching the 40 [Read more]

Cartoon by Edgar Lowman. George and Brian are up to their usual antics.

We have chosen TWO winners of a Dark Peak jacket in our arts competition. First up, with her seasonal landscape painting is competition winner Somayeh Rostami who will receive her Dark Peak jacket soon. We [Read more]

Story by Sarah Cattell. Photo by Rita Walcock in 2018. In September this year, the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List project was launched, along with its accompanying website https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/south-yorkshire. The project’s aim is to encourage [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photos by Richard Webb. The 3rd in our series of history walks around Burngreave. Built in 1837 and standing at the junction of Burngreave, Pitsmoor and Barnsley Roads, Pitsmoor Toll Bar [Read more]

Story by the Sheffield City Council North-East Local Area Committee. Every year your Councillors fund activities across Burngreave Ward. This funding includes activities, like the magnificent light festival in Parkwood Springs. We also fund local [Read more]

Safiya Saeed 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Safiya.Saeed@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Talib Hussain 07894 413 952 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) talib.hussain@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Mark Jones 07472 501 187 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) mark.jones@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Surgeries Burngreave surgeries are shared [Read more]

Story and photos by Graham Jones On 16th October, Parkwood Springs football pitch was taken over by a range of creatures, both strange and familiar. Some of them had even taken to the trees! After [Read more]

Story by Danielle Fortier. Photos by Patrick Amber. Creators put their scarecrows on display outside their homes and everyone was welcome to follow the trail to view them and then vote for their favourite online, [Read more]

Story and photos by Shamilah Wahab. A local artist Leigh Redhead who is trying to break through into the world of street art was commissioned by Ilet4You on their 5th anniversary on behalf of Fir [Read more]

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself as the Burngreave and Pitsmoor Neighbourhood Sergeant for those of you who I haven’t met. My name is Ben, I’m Police Sergeant 1528 Ben Hall, and I’ve been the [Read more]

Hi I’m Andy Stockton. A few readers might remember me performing at SADACCA and the Abbeyfield Park Festival in the late 1990’s with the hip hop crew the Red Eye Knights. Music is important to [Read more]