| Young people benefit from shelter |
 |
| CALLS from young people in High Green for a new meeting place have been answered by a partnership of local organisations, as a youth shelter opens in the area.
A consultation with young people and local councillors, started by Friends of Chapeltown... |
 read full story |
| |
| Poet\'s Corner 570 |
 |
| CHRISTMAS
Autumn leaves have long since fallen and the naked trees look dead
Gone are the flowers and the glory they spread
Now the days are short and the nights so long
And, to add to the misery, often the wind is so strong.
Often Jack... |
| read full story |
| |
| We remember them |
 |
| LAST weekend, north Sheffield residents proudly wore their poppies in tribute to servicemen past and present.
Although Remembrance Day is officially November 11, people of all ages have been paying their respects at memorial services across the city.
On Saturday,Ecclesfield Parish Council held... |
| read full story |
| |
| Royd national film awards success |
 |
| ROYD Nursery Infant School pupils are delighted with the national response to their film ‘Don’t Go Down Through the Woods’.
The film, which was created by the school’s talented film club and local production company CMEDIA, recently won the ‘Best Film’ award... |
| read full story |
| |
| Youngsters dig deep to help the environment |
 |
| IT was a grey and drizzly morning, but that didn't stop local volunteers gathering in Ecclesfield Park for a bulb-planting session in half term.
Members of the Revitalising Ecclesfield Park Group, along with Park Rangers Simon and Juliette, helped local youngsters to... |
| read full story |
| |
| Hillsborough Forum's big meetings |
 |
| HILLSBOROUGH Forum is gearing up for a busy winter, with two big meetings held in November and December.
First, the Forum’s AGM takes place on November 23 at Wisewood Community Sports Centre, starting at 7pm.
The theme will be the continued community use... |
| read full story |
| |
| Council's U-turn on pavement repair |
 |
| MANY Look Local readers will remember Mrs. Taylor, a pensioner living in Stocksbridge, who was left with serious injuries after falling on a footpath next to her local bus stop in Moorland Drive.
Mrs. Taylor’s accident occurred in January of this year... |
| read full story |
| |
| Folk singer supports Burton Street Project |
 |
| A CHICAGO-born folk singer is performing in Hillsborough this month to help support the local community.
As one half of the UK's folk duo Spiers and Boden, and as front man of folk band Bellowhead, Jon Boden has achieved worldwide acclaim. His... |
| read full story |
| |
| Next step for Bradford School |
 |
| BRADFIELD Secondary School is to be rebuilt as part of an ambitious programme to completely overhaul all of the city’s secondary schools.
Now city leaders are to discuss Bradfield at their Cabinet meeting next week when they debate, among other things, where... |
| read full story |
| |
| Bolsterstone Christmas Fayre |
 |
| THE Christmas season gets underway next week in the village of Bolsterstone, with the annual festive village fayre taking place on Saturday, November 21.
The popular event traditionally kicks off the festive season with stalls selling a range of specialist Christmas gifts,... |
| read full story |
| |
| Local railwayman dies |
 |
| KEN Blatch, a well-known Sheffield railway man for the past 40 years, has sadly died.
Ken was born in Colchester, joining the railway in 1940. After serving in the RAF in India for years, he returned to the railway in 1947 working... |
| read full story |
| |
| Sheffield Homes revamps Stocksbridge playground |
 |
| SHEFFIELD Homes is bridging the generation gap in Stocksbridge with a newly-revamped play area for young and old.
The company has worked with Sheffield City Council’s Parks and Countryside department and Stocksbridge and Upper Don Tenants and Residents Association to spruce up... |
| read full story |
| |
| Chapeltown charity event |
 |
| CHAPELTOWN Boys and Girls Brigade are running a fundraising event in hope of raising money for charity.
For the fifth year running, they will be running their Classic and Cherished Vehicle Show, as well as a charity and craft fayre where refreshments... |
| read full story |
| |
| Piano fundraiser hits the right notes! |
 |
| ON Saturday October 24, the Natalie Wilkinson Piano School put on a charity music concert at Grenoside Community Centre to raise money for The Children's Hospital Charity and the Parent's Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia.
All 300 tickets for... |
| read full story |
| |
| Ambulance visit for Oughtibridge pupils |
 |
| AS part of the Foundation Stage Two class topic ‘People who help us’, the children at Oughtibridge School received a visit from South Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
The children learnt about the role of a paramedic and technician, tried on the outfits and... |
| read full story |
| |
| Benefits help for families and pensioners |
 |
| MORE people on low incomes could now qualify for benefits to pay for rent and Council Tax because of changes in the law.
New rules introduced this week to the benefits system mean that if you are a parent receiving Child Benefit,... |
| read full story |
| |
| Laburnum Grove residents strive to be 'best street' |
 |
| THE residents of Laburnum Grove in Stocksbridge have decided to spruce up the grassed areas and improve the look of the place.
Residents added planters and put in winter bedding plants, along with some spring bulbs.
They received a grant from Valley in... |
| read full story |
| |
| Don Valley Railway AGM |
 |
| DON Valley Railway will hold their annual general meeting on Monday, December 7.
The meeting starts at 6.45pm and will be held in the King and Miller on Manchester Road, Deepcar.
The meeting will be followed by a talk, a slideshow and pie... |
| read full story |
| |
| Pupils campaign for a better Chapeltown Park |
 |
| THREE north Sheffield youngsters last week presented a petition to local councillor Graham Oxley as part of a campaign to improve Chapeltown Park.
Tom Bell, a pupil at Ecclesfield School, and Lois Smedley and Tabitha Bell from Coit Primary School handed over... |
| read full story |
| |
| Evacuees leave Oughtibridge |
 |
| OUGHTIBRIDGE Primary School pupils experienced life as World War II evacuees during their residential visit to Thornbridge Outdoor Centre recently.
The Year 5 pupils, who are studying how children were affected by the war, participated in the exercise to improve their understanding... |
| read full story |
| |
