| Theatre company look to raise spirits |
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| SEVENTY years on from its premier, Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” will be brought to life again by SUDS in a distinctive production of this classic comedy at the Drama Studio from the 8-11 June.
The play tells the story of murder... |
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| Heritage centre proposal |
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| THE Stocksbridge and District History Society are seeking to connect with interested parties and groups to discuss the feasibility of forming a ‘Heritage Centre’.
This would be a hub where the rich and diverse history over the last few hundred years,... |
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| Ready for the horror |
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| RAZZMATAZZ Musical Theatre Company are busy rehearsing for their next production, Little Shop of Horrors.
It tells the story of Seymour Krelbourn, a hapless young man working at a run-down flower shop on skid row when he encounters a miracle.
He discovers... |
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| In Bloom categories revelaed |
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| Following the huge success of the 2010 competitions, Valley in Bloom are organising the 2011 competition under the following headings:
Best Blooming Pub
Best Wacky Planter
Tallest Sunflower
Best Residential Front Garden
Best Business Premises
Best Community Garden
Best School
Best Front Door
Best Back Garden or Patio Area
Best Kitchen... |
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| Labour take power |
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| LABOUR have been celebrating this week after successfully winning back the city's voters in the polls and seeing the Lib Dems out of power.
Liberal Democrat leader, Councillor Paul Scriven, said: “I’m very disappointed that some good community activists and councillors who... |
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| Pensioner dies after tragic fall |
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| A STANNINGTON pensioner who died after she fell into a reservoir has now been named.
Betty Ailsa Moore, 88, of Stannington, fell into Agden Reservoir, near Bradfield village, while walking with a friend.
Betty's friend, a woman in her 60s, followed her into... |
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| Grazes release new 7" |
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| SHEFFIELD based hardcore band Grazes are set to release their new 7-inch through Ebb and Flow Records on Monday. Entitled ‘Myths’ the vinyl features six songs including ‘Drown in the River Styx’ and ‘Never Get Back’.
To support the release, the band... |
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| Angling club achieve clubmark |
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| CHAPELTOWN became the first South Yorkshire angling club to achieve Clubmark, a highly prestigious status, a couple of months ago.
Clubmark is Sport England’s kitemark for exellence in the running of sports clubs dealing with young people.
Clubmark is built around... |
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| Blunkett to open forum shop |
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| Local MP David Blunkett will officially open Hillsborough Forum's new shop on Proctor Place this Friday afternoon.
Forum Project Officer Wendy Wells, M.B.E., said, “Mr Blunkett has consistently supported our work and we are very pleased he is helping us enter a... |
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| Brothers in marathon run for dad |
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| FOUR brothers are running the White Peak Marathon on Saturday May 21 for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity.
The brothers, Nick, Philip, Tim and James, all run for local club Penistone Footpath Runners, and are hoping to complete the White Peak... |
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| £46 million development takes a step forward |
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| Sheffield City Council has backed plans for a distinctive, landmark building and new despatch facility for Tata Steel to form part of a major regeneration scheme in Stocksbridge.
The authority’s West and North Area Planning Board unanimously approved the detailed application submitted... |
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| Local advice centres under threat |
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| LOCAL advice centres have been threatened with closure, opposed by Labour MP Angela Smith at a House of Commons debate on April 5.
Proposed cuts to the voluntary sector will affect Stocksbridge and Chapel Green advice centres, impacting on services such as... |
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| New brass for Stannington |
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| Stannington Brass Band has a new euphonium thanks to funding from the Co-operative Community Foundation, Northern Community Assembly and West Riding Masonic charities.
The new instrument is a great boost to the band ahead of the British Brass Band Senior... |
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| Save Wortley's walled wall |
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| Work has recently begun to restore the two hundred year old walls of Wortley Hall’s walled garden to maintain the garden for future generations.
Since 2004, the walled garden has been managed by Heeley City Farm and has been transformed from an... |
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| Cash boost for sports hall |
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| A CAMPAIGN to raise cash for a new sports hall roof in High Green has been given nearly £28,000 boost through landfill tax credits and from a local trust.
High Green Development Trust has received the cash from Viridor Credits Environmental Company,... |
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| High Green practice has 'apprentice of the year' |
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| WAYNE Sawicki was awarded the honour of Apprentice of the Year 2011 in Oral Health and Dental Nursing by Sheffield College at a recent awards ceremony in Sheffield City Hall.
Wayne, who is one of the few men who do this... |
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| New school to use 'green' fuel |
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| Sheffield’s newest school will be using ‘green’ energy when it opens later this year.
Forge Valley School at Loxley will open in September when Myers Grove and Wisewood Secondary Schools merge on the Myers Grove campus.
A local supply company is providing all... |
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| Fliers take to the skies |
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| FOR the third year running, Sheffield Kite Fliers took to the sky with their colourful display on March 12.
Despite the very strong winds of the previous week, conditions were better for both experts and local beginners.
As in... |
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| Gee'or ruwerin |
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| UP until Graham Shepherd’s recent ‘Get Thi Neck Weshed’ there had been no books written about life on Sheffield’s sprawling Parson Cross estate.
The publication, which described his experiences of growing up in the area in the 1950s, became a local best... |
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| Guide dogs £500 better off after optician competition |
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| MARTYN Kemp Opticians has presented £500 to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association after selling 100 T-shirts adorning the winning design in a competition run by MKO, the largest independent optician's firm in South Yorkshire.
Lynn and Trevor Clarke, volunteers representing... |
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