| Not just any old tools... |
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| Bradfield Historical Society are holding a free, one-day exhibition in Low Bradfield Village Hall on Sunday October 2, from 11am to 4 pm, demonstrating working life in the area in times past.
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| High school heads to the future |
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| AS THE new buildings at Stocksbridge High School are being built, other changes are being made with a new headteacher being introduced to staff and pupils.
Peter Cole has been at the school for just under a month and is relishing... |
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| Divers at top forge |
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| The South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust, the charity set up by volunteers to preserve and maintain Wortley Top Forge, Thurgoland, has started work on safeguarding the supply of water which powers the three working water wheels at the only remaining heavy... |
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| From stone to steel |
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| The Steel Valley Project has successfully completed the five year Stone to Steel Project, a five year project that aimed to celebrate the heritage and countryside of the Upper Don Valley.
The Stone to Steel Project brought almost £1million investment to Stocksbridge... |
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| Greno Woods needs you |
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| On Friday September 23 the Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham are holding a community work day at Grenoside woods.
Volunteers are invited to come along and help clear paths and bridleways that have become overgrown, with an aim to improving... |
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| Friends complete coast to coast trek |
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| DENNIS Pindar from Deepcar and David Howarth from Oxspring got back home on Thursday night after a gruelling 200 mile trek through driving rain, hurricanes Irene and Katia, numerous blisters and painful knees, and are still the best of friends.
They send... |
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| Fundraiser is a hit |
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| A POLICE boxing event was held on Friday night in an attempt to raise funds for a memorial to Senior Aircraftman Christopher Bridge and Lance Corporal Steven ‘Jamie’ Fellows. A donation was also made to Help for Heroes.
In 2007, Christoper Bridge... |
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| Penistone show still a success |
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| THE 139th Penistone Show took place on Saturday under glorious sunshine.
As always, thousands of people made their way to the show field this year to catch their glimpse of the livestock and horse shows, food and crafts tents, vintage vehicles... |
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| Steel Valley Project gets a helping hand |
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| ANYONE with children attending Stocksbridge High School is aware that there is a lot of building work going on there.
The contractors, VINCI Construction UK Limited, in partnership with Sheffield Local Education Partnership and Sheffield City Council, began work on the Building... |
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| Not everything in life is black and white |
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| FROM Wednesday Saturday 21 to September 24, Christ Church Stocksbridge presents Chess the Musical.
The music is written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the two guys from Abba, with the story and lyrics written by Sir Tim Rice.
Chess... |
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| The hottest ticket in town |
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| THROUGHOUT September, local valley businesses will be supporting Valley in Bloom by selling raffle tickets for the first ever Grand Prize Draw which will be held at the VIB presentation day on Sunday October 2 at the Venue, Stocksbridge.
There are over... |
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| Possible allotment in Stocksbridge |
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| STOCKSBRIDGE Labour Councillor, Phil Wood, has welcomed the news that Sheffield City Council is investigating the possibility of developing a new allotment near Victoria Road, Stocksbridge.
Last week, Cllr Wood joined fellow members of the council’s Allotment Advisory Group on a... |
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| Fosters block demoished |
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| WORK has begun on the demolition and refurbishment of the Fosters Tower Block, High Green.
Doncaster-based building firm, Frank Haslam Milan won the housing contract in April this year and are working with the South Yorkshire Housing Association on a £1 million... |
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| Ecclesfield school continues exam success |
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| ECCLESFIELD School is clearly a school on the up. Following a recent Ofsted report which judged the school to be ‘Good’, GCSE results show that Y11 students have achieved the best examination results in the school’s history.
Initial results show that... |
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| A big success for two small villages |
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| The first Thorpe Hesley and Scholes Village Show at Trinity Community Centre on Saturday September 3 was a great success.
The vegetable, fruit, flower, handycrafts, cookery and children’s classes all had plenty of entries making a fantastic display in the... |
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| Celebrating success |
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| With the announcement of GCSE results last week, Year 11 pupils in Sheffield have plenty to celebrate and thirteen schools in the city have achieved their best ever results.
Local schools have proved that they are teaching pupils well, with around... |
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| Bike show for disabled returns |
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| Saturday September 3 sees the 8th Annual Bike and Trike day to raise funds for The National Association for Bikers with a Disability, starting at 1pm at the Lowoods Club, Station Road, Deepcar.
This national charity helps disabled people join in... |
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| The age of steam comes to Wortley |
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| The Model Engineers Society at Wortley Top Forge will be holding their Annual Public Open Day on Sunday September 4 when there will be a variety of visiting locomotives and miniature trains to carry visitors along the two miles of 73”... |
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| Strongman hopes to pick up sponsors |
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| AFTER competing in and winning the Northumberland Strongest Man 2011 competition, local resident Tom Bebb is asking for essential funding which will allow him to compete in the UK’s Strongest Man competition.
The 26-year-old lorry driver from Ecclesfield spends the weekends training... |
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| A titanic exhibition |
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| THE sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912 has created its own history through numerous books, documentaries and films.
It will now feature in a new exhibition at the Coterie Gallery, High Green, in 2012, the 100th anniversary... |
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