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  • [+] Burngreave Messenger 2016 Archive

    206 archive of the online version of the monthly news magazine delivered to all households in the Sheffield Burngreave ward. Burngreave Messenger Ltd. is a non-profit making, membership owned community organisation.

    • [+] Archives

      Back issues of the Burngreave Messenger community newspaper, along with additional news items exlusive to the website.

      • [+] July 2016 Issue 121

        Content of Issue 121 online

        • [•] All change at Firs Hill

          Front page, Firs Hill Community Primary School has undergone significant changes since being put into special measures last November.

        • [+] Back to the Blitz

          Children from Whiteways and Owler Brook schools learned about the hardships of life during the Sheffield Blitz which killed over 2,000 people in December 1940.

        • [•] Barking mad

          Recently trees in Burngreave Cemetery have been viciously chewed by dogs who are reportedly being trained for illegal dog fighting.

        • [•] Bringing back the celebrations

          this year the Messenger has decided to step in and gather together a team of volunteers from across the area to create a community network who will be hosting a ‘Burngreave Hullabaloo’.

        • [•] Dear Messenger...

          Letter from a local resident and response from Councillor Jackie Drayton.

        • [•] Earl Marshall Juniors - future goals

          Euro 2016 may be over, but here in Sheffield the teams of youth football club, Earl Marshall Juniors, are preparing for the new season.

        • [•] Embracing Eid at Tesco

          On the morning of Wednesday 6th July, Muslims across Sheffield took to Tesco’s car park to perform Eid prayers.

        • [•] Getting on course

          On 17th June, Burngreave Library hosted a Festival of Learning event.

        • [•] Hate crime on the rise

          Since the EU referendum on 23rd June, there has been a noted rise in hate crime towards people from ethnic minority groups and Muslims.

        • [•] Help for hungry prisoners

          The Malawian government has cut back on food for prisoners, so we bought a lorry load of maize and flour as well as medical items.

        • [•] Income for insects

          Green City Action has received £6,261 thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

        • [•] Little kids become green giants

          Oasis Academy in Fir Vale are motivating student’s minds and inspiring active learners who prefer to work outdoors by installing new garden equipment

        • [•] Memories down Owler Lane

          Janette Palmer and Jayne Iles went to school together and started work at Owler Brook Infant and Nursery (as then was) School in 1989/1991.

        • [•] Name the Library Community room

          This is a competition to name the Burngreave Library Community Room. It will be judged by members of the Friends of Burngreave Library group.

        • [•] Pedalling through Pitsmoor

          I started the Sheffield Friday Night Ride in 2008 and have done nearly 90 rides. We are a social cycling group so nobody gets left behind.

        • [•] Retirement of Martin Smith

          After working in Burngreave for ten years, Martin Smith, a familiar face on the Sorby House front desk, is retiring..

        • [•] Roma Church

          In May a new Church of Christian Mission Maranata was founded at the Welcome Centre in Pitsmoor.

        • [•] SAGE at the seaside

          Local charity, SAGE Greenfingers, is having a busy summer on 28th June, 35 SAGE members, volunteers, and staff piled onto a coach for a day trip to Cleethorpes.

        • [•] Scrap Dragon

          I can’t wait to open the new scrapstore. Our mission is to get reusable waste materials used for creative play, art and craft activities

        • [•] Shaped from Burngreave

          The ‘Shaped from the Earth’ ceramics exhibition at Millennium Galleries in Sheffield city centre, features some the Burngreave area’s premiere ceramic artists

        • [•] Steelworker at sea

          In 1916 the Great War had been raging for two years, with no prospect of it ending soon.

        • [•] Tell us about it

          our Y11 class at Fir Vale felt that there wasn’t enough to do for young people in Burngreave. However, it turns out that there is a lot going on we didn’t know about.

        • [•] The Queen’s Jubilee tea

          On Saturday 11th June members and friends of Pitsmoor Methodist Church gathered to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

        • [•] The ball’s in their court

          In April’s Issue we reported on the state of the basketball courts next to All Saints Youth Club.

        • [•] ‘Somme soldiers’ visit Burngreave

          On Friday 1st July a dozen men dressed in uniforms of soldiers from the First World War walked silently and unexpectedly into Burngreave Library in Sorby House.