| North Sheffield remembers |
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| SILENCE fell over north Sheffield on Remembrance Sunday as locals stopped to remember those who lost their lives on the battlefields.
At remembrance services across the city, people of all ages, their clothes adorned with poppies, paused for two minutes to remember... |
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| MP moves to new office in Stocksbridge ARC |
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| LOCAL MP Angela Smith will be moving her constituency office to the new ARC Centre in the centre of Stocksbridge from Friday 14th November 2008.
The move means that Angela’s constituency office will be within the boundaries of Sheffield Hillsborough, closer to... |
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| Be a first responder |
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| COULD you become a life saver? The call has gone out for Stocksbridge and Deepcar folk to give up their time to train to become Community First Responders.
Stocksbridge and Deepcar could be a much safer place in which to live and... |
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| Cars set ablaze on Bonfire Night |
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| SEVERAL cars on Manchester Road were set alight by malicious youths on Bonfire Night, causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage.
One couple living on Manchester Road woke up after hearing an explosion at 4.45am to find their Jaguar XJ8 and transit... |
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| The Lighter Side of Little Don |
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| BE ONE of the very first to own and read ‘The Lighter Side of Little Don Valley’ by local Stocksbridge author Alfred L. Bonner.
In this his second book he relives life in the 1920s onwards, recalling life in the valley,... |
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| Project Dark Nights |
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| AS part of project Dark Nights, officers from the Hillsborough, Upperthorpe and Deepcar Safer Neighbourhood Team, working alongside Trading Standards Officers have recently carried out a test purchase operation to combat illegal sales of alcohol and fireworks.
Six shops were inspected following... |
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| Keep someone company this Christmas |
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| By Lindsey Fawcett
LONELINESS suffered at Christmas by elderly people could be eased this year by a voluntary scheme.
The Stocksbridge Community Care Group hopes to improve the quality of life and end the isolation of older people with its ‘friendly visitors’ scheme.... |
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| Deepcar man back to rally around Britain |
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| EX-PAT Simon Ashton originally from Deepcar, will fly home from Sweden this weekend to contest the Roger Albert Clark Rally.
The rally aims to hark back to the ‘good old days’ of rallying from the 70’s and targets the historic rallying community.
It... |
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| Wrestling double-header hits Sheffield |
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| AFTER a hugely successful event at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in October, Rebel Pro Wrestling presents two new shows for Sheffield wrestling fans.
The first show takes place at the Newton Memorial Hall, Cowley Lane, Chapeltown on Friday, November 14.
It... |
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| Sweeney Todd - Demon Barber of... Penistone? |
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| RAZZMATAZZ Community Youth Musical Theatre Company follow up their highly acclaimed production of The Wiz with the hit Broadway musical version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The production has a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen... |
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| Operation Christmas Child |
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| THE Satellite Checking Centre at Green Moor Church is now active and boxes for Operation Christmas Child may be brought there any Monday until Dec 2 between 10am and 4pm.
In Penistone, leaflets may be collected from any of the Churches,... |
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| Greno Players double cut |
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| GRENOSIDE Players will present 'Double Cut', a thriller by Alfred Shaugnessy, at the Community Centre, Main Street, from 20-22 November at 7.30pm.
The play is an ingenious thriller set in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol. The plot revolves around... |
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| Stannington Brass Band to the rescue! |
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| AN SOS sent out by the organisers of a festival of traditional brass band music fortunately met with an enthusiastic response from Stannington Band.
The festival’s star band has been forced to pull out at short notice but, recently promoted to... |
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| Local author celebrates new release with library book-signing |
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| LOCAL author Glenice Crossland will be signing copies of her new novel ‘The Ever Open Door’ at Stocksbridge Library this week.
Once again, the story is set in the fictional town of Millington during the Second World War and its aftermath.
The... |
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| Funeral of Deepcar PC Held |
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| THE grey drizzle reflected the somber mood on Tuesday at the funeral of a Deepcar policeman who tragically died riding his motorbike.
PC Glen Howe, 48, died on October 24 after a collision with a waste lorry while on duty on Prince... |
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| Three Sisters with Sea Legs! |
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| ANY parent with a child in the forces will be familiar with the conflicting feelings of occasional worry mixed with overwhelming pride.
But for Louise Turner, of High Green, those feelings are tripled – because her three eldest daughters are in the... |
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| A Young Yorkshire Icon |
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| TEENAGE tumbling gymnast Jordan Ramos attended the prestigious Yorkshire Icons event at Headingly Carnegie Stadium on October 2 – along with special guest Linford Christie.
The celebration was held in honour of Yorkshire’s most successful individuals, including actors, athletes, politicians, musicians, artists,... |
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| Meet the Bradfield Belles! |
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| WHEN their pavilion was flooded in June 2007, Bradfield Village Fellowship Bowling Club faced a huge fundraising campaign to make sure facilities were in place for their members.
But a few of the hundred plus members had a rather cheeky idea for... |
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| A thousand hours of fun |
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| IT’S official – Sheffield youngsters had more to do this summer than ever before.
The high-profile Kids Can Do programme, funded by Sheffield City Council and delivered through a number of reputable organisations around the city, has provided 5,000 hours of activities... |
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| Uphill struggle for riders |
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| SUNDAY October 5 saw the members of Thurcroft Cycling Club promote their fifth annual hill climb on Pea Royd Lane in Stocksbridge, with 20 riders travelling from across the country to battle 'The Hill'.
After torrential overnight rain had cleared, the... |
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