local history - Burngreave Messenger

Burngreave byways: The Toll Bar

13th December 2021

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]

Lord Mayor's parade vintage postcard (courtesy of James Woollen)

Burngreave byways: guided history walk

14th June 2021

Story by Graham Jones. We’ll start at the foot of Spital Hill and walk to Ellesmere Green.As we stand, our back to Wicker Arches at the bottom of Spital Hill, looking up the hill, there’s [Read more]

William Henry “Fatty” Foulke – (12 April 1874 – 1 May 1916)

31st January 2018

William Henry Foulke was the most famous of goalkeepers at the turn of the 20th Century and is buried in Burngreave Cemetery. He was born in Darley, Shropshire and seemed doomed to a life in the coal mines, but his height coupled with his vocation for sport – cricket and football – changed his fate. [Read more]

An old black and white phootograph of two young children standing in front of a loosely packed, unlit, bonfire. On the right hand side of the photo a man stands watching the children, with another child by his side, holding onto his arm.

Remember, remember…

9th December 2017

Story by Ray Black … the 5th of November, or so the old rhyme goes. I do wonder what people new to this country would make of a festive culture that involves the building of [Read more]

A black and white photos of an elephant pulling a cart with wagon wheels.

Elephant of the Home Front

31st October 2016

Story by Christine White At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the country was mobilised. Men were enlisted, rationing introduced, and horses from all over the country were requisitioned to be sent [Read more]