| Cat accident |
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| Unfortunately a large adult ginger cat was killed on Manchester Road on Wednesday 11 November, near Lidl at around 6.55pm. The body was taken to Abbey Vets in Deepcar. Could you please put a short notice in as a public service to... |
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| Thanks to kind lady |
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| May I, through your paper, thank a kind lady for all her help.
I caught the 11.43am Stagecoach bus from Stocksbridge to Meadowhall on Wednesday November 11, but only had a £5 note to pay for my £3 Day Rider bus ticket.... |
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| Help at hand for unemployed |
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| I noted with interest some of the comments made by a reader making the point that unemployed people need help in the Stocksbridge and Penistone area.
With this very much in mind, I wanted to drop you a line and ensure... |
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| Alec Pearson tribute |
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| Further to the letter from reader S. G. Booth last week, I was also saddened to read of the death of Alec Pearson, although I had not seen him for many years.
I worked with Alec when he was an instrument mechanic... |
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| RIP Alec Pearson |
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| I was surprised and saddened tonight to pick up the paper and read the notice posted by Alec Pearson's family, announcing his death at the end of October. I had just been discussing him with my husband the week before, as we... |
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| Successful fundraiser |
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| Would you please print the results of the fundraising event ‘A Night at the Races’, held at the Blue Ball pub in Wharncliffe Side on Saturday, October 24 to raise much-needed funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
I am pleased to announce... |
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| Thank you, EPC |
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| The Ecclesfield Parish Council has to be commended for the presentation and upkeep of the small remembrance memorial on the corner of Sussex Road and Arundel Road. This can be seen by anyone passing throughout the year and can be a daily... |
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| Tory party 'hasn't changed' |
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| Yet again, the Tories have scattered their literature over the good people of Chapeltown.
This time, the leaflet gives people advice about who to call when they are suffering anti-social behaviour. That’s fair enough, except for the fact that Tory MPs have... |
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| Rapid Response |
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| I refer to Spencer Pitfield’s claims about the service offered by Jobcentre Plus for redundant steelworkers, which I feel need a response because they were inaccurate and misleading.
What part of ‘Rapid Response’ does Mr. Pitfield not understand? The service offered by... |
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| Operation Christmas Child new dates |
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| The Green Moor Church Satellite Checking Centre collection area has been extended and I have arranged more drop off points in Penistone.
Leaflets are available from any of the churches in the Penistone area, the Library and St John’s Community Centre.
The drop-off... |
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| Not just girl power! |
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| I’d like to thank Jennifer Hudson for the kind little poem that she published in last week’s Look Local, praising the efforts of ‘a bunch of women’ who work for Valley in Bloom. We appreciate her support.
However, I feel I must... |
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| Re: Strange lights in the sky |
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| Thank you for all your letters regarding the mysterious lights in the sky (Look Local, issue 566). Please look out for a selection of them in Look Local next week. ... |
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| Thanks for fundraising support |
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| Last night (Thursday, October 15) I held a party to raise funds for Breast Cancer Month, which is October. We raised a great sum of £250.41, which we have passed onto Jean, who will put the money towards their fundraising at... |
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| Poet's Corner 567 |
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| Stocksbridge in Bloom
A bunch of women who get together,
For discussions, hard slogs, whatever the weather.
Sunshine or rain, they toil with soil,
Weeding or planting, they never recoil.
Yes, we citizens of Stocky owe gratitude,
To these lasses, such fortitude.
Fighting a battle against litter louts,
Admiring... |
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| Stocksbridge photo request |
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| Last week, I gave a talk to the Wesley Guild about the early business premises from Station Road, Deepcar, to the bottom of Park Drive. I had illustrations of most of the old shops taken from Jack Branston’s book and the... |
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| In defence of the SVPH leaflets |
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| I must respond to the criticisms of the Steel Valley Project Heritage ‘Stone to Steel’ leaflets.
The main Salt Road certainly was the one running along Hunshelf (Read Saltway Trail by Howard Smith). The route from Midhope to Bolsterstone may have been... |
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| SVPH leaflet |
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| Whilst I thank Matthew North for his reply (Look Local, issue 566) to my recent letter questioning the validity of some of the statements made in the recently circulated local ‘Heritage Trail’ pamphlets, nevertheless he does expend a lot of words... |
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| In Bloom thanks Look Local |
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| I have been asked to thank Look Local for its recent pull-out supplement on Ecclesfield Village.
We met on Tuesday to discuss Ecclesfield’s superb In Bloom results. Thanks to Look Local providing us with extra copies of the paper, we were able... |
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| Steel Valley Heritage Trails |
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| In response to Michael Parker’s letter last week, I would like to clarify a few points.
The six heritage trails leaflets, along with four Steel Valley Heritage handbooks, have been produced by the Stone to Steel Project, a Heritage Lottery-funded interpretation and... |
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| Lord Mandelson responds to Spencer Pitfield |
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| Many Look Local readers will remember that some time back I wrote to Lord Mandelson regarding the terrible loss of 400 jobs at Corus Stocksbridge.
After many weeks’ wait, I have now received a formal response to my letter from Pat McFadden... |
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