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| HUNDERDS of people gathered on a hill overlooking Wharncliffe Side on Saturday morning as the chimney at the Georgia Pacific paper mill was demolished.
Manchester Road was closed at around 9.55am and signs had been up all week to warn drivers of... |
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| If you go down to the woods today... |
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| Making dens, learning to light a fire without using matches and cooking might be a strange thing to do in a classroom but that’s what 30 children, (and some grown ups) did.
The children and adults took part in a number... |
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| Sea something in cadets |
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| SHEFFIELD Sea Cadets who are a non funded registered charity are appealing to local people to get involved with their youth training organisation in any way possible. The unit is looking for new staff, cadets, parents and volunteers as well as... |
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| Scarborough comes to Grenoside |
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| Sheffield artist Joe Scarborough gave an entertaining talk about his career to a large audience of members and visitors at the Grenoside Art Group meeting last Wednesday February 22.
Joe, who generously waived his fee for the evening, entertained the Group... |
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| Children turn budding fundraisers |
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| CHILDREN from Coumes Spring Childrens Centre have been helping raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care this week by taking part in the national Mini Pots of Care Day.
The Childrens Centre joined children from schools, nurseries and youth clubs across the... |
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| Chapeltown girl's hair pledge |
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| A Chapeltown girl has donated her hair and raised money to help childrens charity Little Princess Trust.
April Rose Stephen, 7, had her hair cut last Friday to raise money for the charity.
The charity provides real-hair wigs, free of charge, to children... |
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| Sheffield plays host to Barnsley art in showcase |
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| Usually held within the Barnsley area, 2012 will see the renowned Barnsley and District Art Society’s annual art exhibition held at Sheffield’s Coterie Gallery.
Formed over 25 years ago the Society’s members are from all walks and stages of life which is... |
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| Show stoppers |
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| The girls from Branching Out Dancing wowed their audience with five show stopping performances.
The event was held at Kirk Balk Community College and was in memory of ex-pupil Shannon Deakin, who sadly passed away in December 2011.
The... |
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| Thinking Day at Oughtibridge |
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| The Rainbows, Beavers, Brownies, Cubs, Scouts and Guides at Oughtibridge Primary School wore their uniform to school on February 22 to celebrate ‘Thinking Day’ in which the children were encouraged to think of others before themselves in order to save the... |
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| 100 years of scouting |
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| Not even horizontal rain could put the 1st Stocksbridge (32nd Sheffield) off celebrating their centenary.
Scouts, cubs and beavers walked from Hunshelf Bank, Bolsterstone and Underbank to kick off the celebrations which will last all year.
They all converged, albeit a... |
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| Paddling pool consultation |
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| LOCAL people are to have their say on the refurbishment of the popular paddling pools in Sheffield’s Rivelin Valley.
An exhibition showing the proposals for this refurbishment was on display in the Rivelin Valley café on Sunday February 19.
Officers from... |
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| Candidate's clock garden concern |
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| RICHARD Crowther, local Labour candidate for Stocksbridge and Upper Don, has raised concern at the blockage of the path leading to the Clock Tower Gardens from Nanny Hill.
The gardens, which along with the Clock Tower itself are a memorial to local... |
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| Abandoned Faith keep the hope |
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| LOCAL rock band Abandoned Faith are through to the final stages of a major music competition.
The band, consisting of five members; Jason Hewitt, 26, Richard Marsden, 34, Steve Jenkins, 37, Roman Marmurowicz, 40, and Aaron Smith, 23, competed on Friday... |
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| Annual award for Stocksbridge Photographic Society |
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| IT was a picture perfect meeting for the Stocksbridge Photographic Society this week as they held their annual competition results night.
Look Local’s managing director, Adrian Von Wurzbach, gave out certificates and trophies to the excellent winning entries.
The winners included Paul... |
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| Farmer's have talent |
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| Congratulations to Penistone Young Farmers’ Club for winning first prize in the Pantomime Competition at Halifax’s Victoria Theatre on Sunday February 19.
Their panto, Babes In The Wood, includes singing, dancing, gags, fireworks and in true panto style, people falling on... |
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| Family in the future |
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| What happens if you ask a normal family to boldly go where no-one has gone before - to live in the future? A new Channel 4 series, co-funded by one of the UK's leading energy companies E.ON, and produced by Twofour,... |
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| Apprentice training facility unveiled |
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| TATA Steel officially opened their engineering training centre at its Stocksbridge site on Friday as part of National Apprenticeship Week, in move to demonstrate the company’s commitment to investing in the long-term future of the business.
The centre, which has been... |
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| Stay on site |
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| Ecclesfield School is one of the first Sheffield schools to engage in the Stay on Site programme.
The aim of the programme is to create a positive ethos around school at lunchtimes where student are encouraged to eat healthily, feel safe... |
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| Stagecoach invests in tramlink |
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| ONE of Sheffield’s most popular bus services has been boosted by five new vehicles costing £600,000 to meet demand from its growing number of users.
The Supertram Link, which connects passengers in Stocksbridge, Deepcar and Oughtibridge with the tram at Middlewood, from... |
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| Hope for Abandoned faith |
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| Local rock band Abandoned Faith are through to the final stages of a major music competition.
The band, consisting of five members; Jason Hewitt, 26, Richard Marsden, 34, Steve Jenkins, 37, Roman Marmurowicz, 40, and Aaron Smith, 23, competed on Friday... |
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