| Courageous stunt |
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| Dear Editor,
While travelling through Yorkshire with happy memories and much nostalgia, what I read in your newspaper absolutely made my day.
I refer to the landlord of a Pub in Thurgoland being temporarily crucified during Easter. A publicity stunt it might... |
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| Labour did not oppose the puffin crossing |
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| Re: the letter from Councillor Victoria Bowden in issue 641 dated 14 April 2011.
She is totally wrong in stating that the local Labour Councillor opposed the new Puffin crossing outside Ecclesfield school.
He did suggest that the work should be temporarily be... |
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| Kill your speed |
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| Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my concern and protest about the speed at which drivers charge up and down Haywood Lane from Manchester Road and to ask them to kill their speed. On Friday morning at about 12... |
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| In Bloom spring judging |
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| We had the best weather for three years (Fri 8th April) and our Spring plants were probably at their best - daffodils and primulas looking splendid.
Our two judges, Paul Kitson and Christine Breare, had done their homework, having read and digested... |
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| Fiddled figures? |
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| Being a member of the long term unemployed I have for my sins been in the compulsory clutches of a private company supposed to "help" the likes of myself back into paid employment. But after 11 of the 12 months I've... |
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| An open letter to Angela Smith MP |
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| Dear Angela,
Thank you for your time at your surgery in Penistone and your letter of yesterday. I have to say that upon reflection I am shocked by your complacency.
The nuclear accident in Fukushima has now been upgraded to a level... |
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| What's in a name? |
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| Dear Ed
I read with interest the letter “Research Bombshell” from Mr Steve Moxon appearing in Issue 634 of Look Local and wondered if in the light of his new research findings he would be willing and able to help solve... |
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| Ruby’s Memorial Bed |
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| It is now a year since our Ruby passed away
And we’ve got to admit there is never a day
On which someone, sometime, somewhere in our valley
Does not think about her, wishing here she’d still be.
We all have our stories from her... |
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| Leisure centre relief |
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| Dear Sir,
I was extremely relieved to read the response to my letter from Stocksbridge Council members assuring me that the Leisure Centre will not close (and that the Library is also safeguarded)
Let us hope that the transfer to Sheffield International... |
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| Leisure Centre issues |
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| Dear Editor,
I read the letter, printed in Issue 635 of Look Local, from Local Councillors representing the current majority Party on Sheffield City Council with some amazement.
The statement made by the Councilors in regard to the non-closure of the Stocksbridge Leisure... |
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| Ecclesfield puffin crossing |
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| I was pleased to read your article in Look Local (3rd March), where you reported that the work to install a new Puffin crossing on Ecclesfield Road, Chapeltown is due to be started.
When I attended the Cabinet Highways Committee held in... |
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| Attack video |
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I was astonished to receive a link to a video of an alleged attack by a schoolteacher in the local area. Does anyone know who the teacher is or what caused the savage attack? The link can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmgTDs6DCz8.
Regards,
B.... |
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| Happy Ending? |
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The haves and have nots,
The withs, withouts,
‘Not bloody likely’; somebody shouts.
One percent own two thirds of wealth,
This can’t be good for National Health,
‘Root of all evil’, so they say,
Well, give me some evil! Just for one day.
‘I have an idea’, someone... |
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| Mystery postcard |
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Can anyone identify this people in this postcard or where it was taken? Purchased on e-bay with no background history it must date from around 1918.
Thanks,
Steve Mckay. ... |
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| Research bombshell |
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This is an advance notice of a 'bombshell' talk next month on Thursday March 10 for the Stocksbridge & District History Society - how truly ancient are most of our local place-names, major and minor.
It can now be shown that local... |
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| Praise the youth |
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Dear Editor,
Please could I take the opportunity to praise through your newspaper the excellent behaviour of the youth of Stocksbridge/Deepcar over the recent Christmas and New Year holiday period.
As many readers are aware the public Christmas decorations and trees have become... |
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| What value our elderly? |
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I address this letter to Mr. Ian Atkinson and the policy-makers within the Sheffield NHS and PCT.
For the past seven years I have sought to be a voice for the service older adult users and carers within the Health and... |
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| The Universe |
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Have you ever considered the universe and the vastness of it all?
I have been told it goes on indefinitely, that it never ends at all.
What’s beyond the planets, the moon and the stars we see?
Is that the place where heaven... |
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| Support for Forgemasters |
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Readers will remember the blustering, allegations and downright fibs that were told when the decision was made to cut the funding promised to Sheffield Forgemasters. This massively unpopular decision was rightly criticised by the public, by MPs and by some Councillors.... |
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| Nuclear problems |
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I’ve just found out that local Lib Dems have supported a motion in full Council that rejects the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK.
Well at least we now we know the real reason the Forgemaster’s... |
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