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Local HistoryThe view from Byron Wood school Byron Wood has magnificent views of Sheffield on a clear day. You can see right round to Meadowhall and back round to the University Arts Tower and beyond, although back in ’73 the landscape was a lot different... Contrary to what some recent arrivals believe, this is not the last vestige of some ancient village green; in fact in historical terms the ‘Green’ is very modern indeed... Ken and his wife Mary have been at the heart of our community since the 60s, serving our daily papers, fruit and veg and cutting the hair of whole generations... Burngreave Cemetery – good for the souls The Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Chapel will this year hold events and open days from the Chapels in the Cemetery. We look back through history and explore the changes to date and the fruits of the Friends’ labour... Meeting weekly inside Pitsmoor Methodist Church, Burngreave Road, the Home Fire Girls have been keeping an organisational tradition founded back in 1917... Ninety year old club forced out Abbeyfield Bowling Club, founded in 1913, face the start of another season without a green fit to be played on. This year’s attempts by the Council to reseed the green were unsuccessful, twice... The Abbeyfield Bowling Club first met on 3rd July 1913, presided over by Councillor C Wood, and by 1914 persuaded ‘the powers that be’ to establish a second green... In days past, the Crabtree Brook, called a river on some old maps, ran down into Bagley Dyke eventually joining the Don at Brightside. The area was scantily populated by farmers, tanners and charcoal burners... Rob Smith tries to find what’s been going on in Burngreave to mark Black History Month... Petre Street has seen many changes over the years. As the industrial revolution got underway, it saw factories and terraced housing spring up, followed by a wooden shanty town for munitions workers during the First World War... Harry Ainscough took over 4,000 black and white photographs of Sheffield during the 60s and 70s... In 1842 John Needham produced a polishing paste for the cutlery and Sheffield Plate industries from his home and premises in Harvest Lane, assisted by his niece, Harriet Needham... Poor John put his head on the line! John Kidd was a pointsman at the original Midland Station in the 1840s. He was uncoupling a wagon when his head was caught between the buffers... The death has been announced of Matthew Pedro – well-known and highly respected in the area through his work with the NonStop Foundation and his associations with All Saints Community Centre... Hilarian March-Jerome 1984 - 2003 Hilarian will always be remembered as a joker but a true friend, he made people laugh and he had no enemies... Here we look at the railway that brought the outside world to the Wicker... Pitsmoor Surgery, which has been serving this community since before the NHS was founded, is planning to expand to provide room for more services, but some local residents are concerned about what the building will mean for them... Traffic along Carlisle Street East and Petre Street, Grimesthorpe has been disrupted over the last few months by site preparation and Bomb Disposal Squads on the former Grimesthorpe Works of Charles Cammell & Sons Ltd... The Burngreave Historical Society traces the history of Grimesthorpe, its trades and inhabitants from the ancient Brigante tribes with their fort on Wincobank Hill to present times... People marched in memory at the needless death of Lester Divers, who had just entered the first day of this New Year, only to have his life cold bloodedly taken away... A local man who earned the love and respect from everyone who met him... Many will be shocked to hear of the passing of Dale Knight, who brought his kindness and good humour to so many campaigns and health projects in Burngreave... Many local residents remember this impressive building well, and are shocked that such a valuable community asset should be sold off by the Council... Celebration – Mat Tatlow – 1946-2002 Mat Tatlow, longstanding contributor to the Burngreave community, died on August 12th after a 6 month illness with pancreatic cancer. Established as one of Sheffield’s foremost regeneration architects, Mat will be remembered by many in Pitsmoor... Joined up or cut off? What will the new road mean to us? In two years time a major new road could be built between Burngreave and the centre of the city. It would complete Sheffield’s inner relief road, running from Parkway across the Wicker and through to Shalesmoor... Call for peace as ex-PM visits Pitsmoor Mr Mahmood, former Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir, was on a whistle stop tour of towns in Yorkshire and the North West... Sheffield '40s ads and a look at the Wicker in the 15th century Spital Hill and Goodbye the Wicker Roman Times - Frontline Burngreave Celtic Burngreave - The Camp at Roe Wood
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