The Pack Horse pub and King Mojo club feature in new book Sheffield is a world-famous music city, but where are the iconic music locations? A new book called Rock Atlas features the stories behind 650 music locations. The publisher has let us post two of the Sheffield locations on here. Arctic Monkeys’ champagne chart [...]
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Iconic music locations in Sheffield
Posted by Sheffield blog on 2 November, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/11/02/iconic-music-locations-in-sheffield/
Eat Sheffield 2011 award winners
This year’s results Last night the 2011 Eat Sheffield awards took place in the Winter garden and St Paul’s Mercure hotel. The winners were: The Eat Sheffield Restaurant of the Year The Devonshire Arms Green and sustainable award The Milestone Newcomer The Wig and Pen Sheffield food hero Ed Andrews from Our Cow Molly Food [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 25 October, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/10/25/eat-sheffield-2011-award-winners/
Free Sheffield parking iPhone/iPad app
Parking for motorists and cyclists A free iOS app has just been launched that shows the closest car parks, number of blue badge bays and cycle parking available round the city. The app by Chris Mainprize displays your location on the map to help you find the nearest place to park. It doesn’t currently give you [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 22 October, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/10/22/free-sheffield-parking-iphoneipad-app/
Forgotten Spaces competition: from ideas to reality?
Can you help make the ideas happen? Last month the winner of the Forgotten Spaces competition was announced. Guiding Lights, designed by Chris Paterson, brings to life Frog Walk, between Stalker Lees Road off Ecclesall Road and Sharrow, with animated avatars and an LED screen. Although Forgotten Spaces was originally all about ideas, the organisers [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 21 October, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/10/21/forgotten-spaces-competition-from-ideas-to-reality/
Sheffield on Twitter – October 2011 update
Below you can find the latest additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on Twitter. A directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. As this page is getting a bit unwieldy, I’m not currently adding to it. Instead I’ll link back to each monthly update page. We’re now [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 18 October, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/10/18/sheffield-on-twitter-october-2011-update/
Love Wincobank by Brendan Ingle
Legendary Sheffield boxing trainer and community stalwart Brendan Ingle invites you to support the Love Wincobank campaign by liking their Facebook page Brendan writes: I’m appealing to Sheffield blog readers to support our Love Wincobank campaign. I have lived in Wincobank for over 50 years and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I have [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 10 October, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/10/10/love-wincobank-by-brendan-ingle/
Fitzalen square’s faded glory
Another of Sheffield’s forgotten spaces On Monday, the winners of Forgotten spaces will be announced. We’ll get to see the results of the competition which asked architects, designers and artists to come up with new uses for Sheffield’s forgotten spaces. It will be interesting to see whether any of the entries looked at what could [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 21 September, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/09/21/fitzalen-squares-faded-glory/
Sheffield on Twitter – September 2011 update
Below you can find the latest additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on Twitter. A directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. As this page is getting a bit unwieldy, I’m not currently adding to it. Instead I’ll link back to each monthly update page. We’re now [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 16 September, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/09/16/sheffield-on-twitter-september-2011-update/
Sheffield’s Brutalist legacy
How does our modernist architectural heritage make Sheffield different? If you have any interest in the history of the buildings in Sheffield then this event in September is well worth checking out: ‘Brutalist Speculations and Flights of Fancy’ on Friday 9 September (11am-7.30pm) is an exploration of Sheffield’s six best Brutalist buildings (Park Hill, Castle [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 30 August, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/08/30/sheffields-brutalist-legacy/
Sheffield city council needs a new Twitter username
…and so does the Sheffield Telegraph The council’s approach to Twitter has come a long since its fledgling first steps where #almost #every #word #was #inexplicably #hashtagged. They seem to have got the hang of it now and have certainly discovered its value, particularly during times of crisis such as our occasional floods. I was [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 24 August, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/08/24/sheffield-city-council-needs-a-new-twitter-username/
South Yorkshire news – BBC- Uni building to get £20m revamp
- Man jailed for sexual assaults
- Murder inquiry over woman's death
- Police at Sky over rape case name
- Father's organ donor lesson call
- Sex offenders get police cautions
- First tram-train trial goes ahead
- VIDEO: Richard Hawley's musings on love
- City hospice starts £4m appeal
- Carberry & Katich see out a draw
- Sheffield news – The Star
- Residents celebrate as Sheffield road is scrapped
- Sex attacker jailed: Padley case highlights importance of DNA database, says judge
- News In Brief: Arsonist sets Sheffield garage ablaze
- Choir in Doncaster debut their new CD
- Time for chain-ge of Doncaster mayor
- Cabinet shuffled as two appointed in Doncaster
- Sheffield sex attacker jailed for eight years
- Council staff reject strike in Doncaster
- Gran found murdered in Sheffield
- Song kings: Sheffield’s Eliot Kennedy and pal Gary Barlow record Diamond Jubilee song- VIDEO
