Corrections

Peter Barker 1935–2006

In the June 2006 printed edition of the issue of the Messenger, we printed an article for the late Peter Barker. We made several errors, which were very distressing for his family. We would like to apologise for the errors and the distress caused. We hope the following amendments will go some way to putting the matter right:

Pete Barker was a skilled carpenter, joiner and shop-fitter, although he reached retirement age over five years ago, he continued to work for J Lee & Sons on Rutland Road and was there every morning at around 6.45am.

Although not the founder of the Burngreave darts, dominoes and cribbage League, which started just after the 2nd World War, Pete was involved with the running of the league from the mid 1960s, he joined the league around 1961. Pete played for many of the Burngreave teams but not all of them.

After 48 years of entering, Pete won the Dominoes Trophy along with his ‘doubles’ partner, Norman, who collected the trophy, with Pete’s wife Pamela.

Monte Carlo Pizza

Last issue we printed the wrong photo with our feature about Monte Carlo Pizza on Spital Hill. The photo we included was of Wickernet. So here’s a picture of the Monte Carlo. They serve hot drinks, fresh sandwiches, juices and pizza. They also have pool table and television, and it’s open till 11pm every night.

(Please download the PDF of the July 2006 issue to see the correct photo. Thank you).