Local Projects and
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April 2003
Time
to revive Carwood
Work
has started on refurbishing Carwood community centre. Residents hope that
it could function as an advice centre, with drop-in coffee mornings...
Stolen
garden
In the middle
of the night on 22nd February Pat Dyson had the majority of her garden
ornaments stolen. She would really like them back...
Drugs
raid on community activist
The home of
Matloub Husayn Ali Khan was raided by seven officers of the South Yorkshire
Police drug squad on 24th February at about 12.30pm. Detective Constable
Carl Wilkinson and four other officers entered and searched the Firshill
Road house...
War
in Iraq, but Pitsmoor
remains one community
Despite global
tension and conflict, voices across Burngreave and Sheffield are calling
on everyone to help keep harmony in our community...
Between
a rock and a wet place
A Rock
Street resident has recently had vandals throwing lumps of brick and concrete
over her garden wall into the pond which have split the butyl liner...
Shops
and buisnesses that feature most
Mr
N Khan's Scott Road store and the Sportsman Public House.
The
Interview
Steve
Pool talks to Kalambir Singh Nandra...
Letters
page
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March 2003
Not
in our names!
Hundreds
of people from Burngreave made their feelings clear on 1s5th February
at demonstrations against a war in Iraq...
Featured
Business
Ron
the Dog Walker
Self-employed
Ron has lived in Burngreave for over five years, and has started this
initiative to present a dog walking service to the local community...
Lester
Divers - Rest In Peace
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...
Dennis
Marsh 1935 - 2003
A
local man who earned the love and respect from everyone who met him...
The
Interview
Saleema
Imam was born in 1941 in Graves Park, in the area which is now the Rare
Breeds Centre! In 1970, she started work teaching English as a second
language to people in the Burngreave area. Saleema now works at Sheffield
Community Recycling Project (SCRAP)
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page
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February
2003
Industrial
tribunal
An
Industrial Tribunal between Samantha Constance, and BNDfC, Sheffield City
Council and Burngreave Community Action Trust, was called off at the last
minute after the two sides reached agreement...
PATWAR
on the march
Pitsmoor
Against the War is stepping up its campaign against the looming war on
Iraq. Lobbies, marches, and petitions are all being organised by the Pitsmoor-based
group...
The
Interview
Liz
Smith grew up in Nottingham. She spent a few years in Southampton and
moved to Burngreave in 1987. She has four children, Oliver 13, Tom 10,
Seb 9, and Victoria who is 7. Liz has been a child minder for five years.
She enjoys the work and says, “I like child minding – it meets
a need.”
Dale
Knight 1950–2003
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...
Shops
and businesses that feature most
Keith Laycock Jewellers and Steve Bennett Tyres
are the subject of Rob Smith's regular visits to local enterprises...
Letters
page
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December 2002
All
change for the furnival
The
shop and laundrette have closed, and the cafe will be changing to a lunchtime
only service. So what went wrong with the Furnival Project...?
Credit
to the Community
Do
you want to save money? Do you need a small loan? Then Pitsmoor Credit
Union may be able to help...
The
Platinum Lounge
Rob
Smith reports on his visit to Sheffield's first R&B dance club...
Employee
of the year
Local
resident and Youth Worker Islam Khan was presented with a plaque by the
Lord Mayor Cllr Barker during her visit to the Fir Vale Youth Centre...
Shops
and Businesses that feature most
Rob
Smith suffers the hard life in the back of a stretch Limo...
Letters
Page
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news or bad news, we want you to have your say...
August 2002
Paper
picks on local pub
The
News of the World wanted to run a story about how crack cocaine
had spread from the inner-city ghettos to the middle-class suburbs …
so they came to Pitsmoor. And that wasn’t the only thing odd about
the story...
Leagues
Ahead:
Normanton Pool Champs
The Normanton
Pub Pool team based at the friendly local on Earldom Road have taken the
local pool league by storm...
Shops
and Businesses that feature most
Rob
Smith visits Spiritual Wines, Ronian Video and the newly opened Discount
Call Shop.
The
Interview
The middle child
out of a family of five, Deborah Quinton was born in 1974, at the Northern
General Hospital. She went to Firs Hill Infant and Junior Schools and
then on to Firth Park. Deborah has always lived in the area and still
meets regularly with her friends from school...
Letters
Page
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is where you have your say...
July
2002
Following reports in our last issue the Somali Centre
has been Saved.
Burngreave Ramblers
have summer dates and there's help at hand if you're Thinking of volunteering?
Shops and businesses that feature..
The Interview - Mohammed and Rifhat Aziz
Editorial
May
2002
In our last issue for now we focus on two of Burngreave’s buildings, The
Vestry Hall fires and the Somali centre, the New Deal is in the middle of a “Local Facilities Audit”, looking at how to spend the £7.5 million set aside to develop the built environment.
To have your say, contact Sarah Brown on 2457431.
Pitsmoor Credit Union
report success at their AGM and the Burngreave IT Partnership
launch a new project. There's a Thank you from Green City Action
and a Local woman cycles to Cuba
to support medical aid.
In Loving Memory of Patrick Antony Sampson
is a moving tribute and The Interview
with Mr Nur challenges many stereotypes.
The regular Shops and businesses that feature..
again highlights the varied enterprise in our area.
April
2002
We say goodbye
to Stanley Tools as we relaunch our history
pages and look at the origins
of local names.
Pitmoor's
last bank needs you.
This
month's Interview is with Jose Blaise Moza and a faiths
in perspective course is being run.
March
2002
A new future announced for Verdon
Street Rec, and a plan for cyclists
in Burngreave. We feature the Yemeni
Refugee Organisation, as well as our regular Shops and businesses. This months interview is
as inspirational as ever and the letters
page is always lively.
February
2002
As Shirecliffe Forward claim they have been gagged
our editorial examines the role of community newspapers.
Shops
and businesses that feature
Jobs
and Training
This months
interview is again superb and the letters
page is our best ever.
December 2001
As Rob Smith brings us more of the shops
and businesses that feature, Christmas and
Eid
are marked and a new Hindu centre is opened.
This months interview is superb and the
letters
page is as lively as ever.
November
2001
As Rob Smith brings us more of the shops
and businesses that feature help is on hand for new enterprises.
Radio Ramadan is back and as
Islam
awareness week highlights the pledge of peace we hear calls
for peace and report on protests at
the war. An antidote to the rumour
mill is the regular interview,
this month with Patrick Edwards. The Black
Women's Resource Centre have a job and a Christmas trip on offer.
October 2001
Good News from the Burngreave Messenger
Help Homestart
and make a real difference to parents and their ability to enjoy their children.
The Interview between Sabiha Saleem and Kim Streets
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