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Olympic torch relay route in Sheffield – interactive map

Where to see the torch

If you’re struggling with the council’s PDF downloads of the Olympic torch relay route in Sheffield then you may find this interactive Google map by @beaneee useful. It shows the route for Monday 25 June. The torch also departs Don Valley stadium at 6.45am on Tuesday.

Best place to watch it on Monday? I’d be tempted by The University Arms, where there is live music, a barbeque and their usual choice of good beer. Anyone know if any other pubs on route doing anything special?


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Route for Monday 25 June

16:45 arrives at Chapeltown;
The route is then Chapeltown Cowley Hill (A629) then Ecclesfield Road (A6135).

17:05 arrives in Ecclesfied;
The route is then Ecclesfield Road (A6135), Church Street (B6087), Stocks Hill (B6087), Yew Lane (B6087), Chaucer Road (B6087), Chaucer Close.
At this point the torch relay team board the bus and the torch will not be visible to the public.

17:40 arrives at Hillsborough;
The route is then Leppings Lane (B6079), Parkside Road (A6102), Hillsborough Park, Penistone Road North (A61), Hoyle Street (A61), Brook Hill (A57), Clarkson Street, Glossop Road (B6069), Clarkehouse Road (B6069), Brocco Bank.

18:40 arrives at Ecclesall;
The route is then Ecclesall Road (A625), St Mary’s Gate (A61), Eyre Street (A621), Arundel Gate (A621), Norfolk Street, Surrey Street, Leopold Street.
Arrives at the evening celebration in Barkers Pool.
16.00 doors open
17.30 first act
20.00 show closes

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by Sheffield blog on 22 June, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sheffield blog on 22 June, 2012

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A walk up Wincobank hill

Sheffield’s greatest prehistoric monument?

Over the bank holiday weekend I took the opportunity to explore what is described as probably Sheffield’s greatest prehistoric monument by University of Sheffield archaologists.

Wincobank hill is on the north east of the city. It’s the big one behind Meadowhall. The hill is surrounded by ancient woodland and its summit was once home to an Iron age fort. The shape of the fort’s ramparts are visible on this photo on the Friends of Wincobank Fort website.

It is a relatively easy walk up there. The route we followed was from the Walking South Yorkshire book by Rob Haslam. It starts at Firth park car park on Hucklow Road although I think you can probably park closer if you want.

Your ascent takes you through the park, meadows and woodland before you reach the top of the hill. The remains of the fort aren’t that obvious once you are up there but the views are superb.

On one side you look towards Keppel’s column and Rotherham. Walking along the ridge you can then look out across the lower Don valley:

Lower Don valley from Wincobank hill

Lower Don valley from Wincobank hill

(Lower Don valley from Wincobank hill – large size)

Don valley stadium from Wincobank hill

Don valley stadium from Wincobank hill

Keep going and eventually you can see a spectacular view towards the city centre and north west Sheffield.

City centre and north west Sheffield from Wincobank hill

City centre and north west Sheffield from Wincobank hill

(City centre and north west Sheffield from Wincobank hill – large size)

City centre from Wincobank hill

City centre from Wincobank hill

University/Hallamshire hospital from Wincobank hill

University/Hallamshire hospital from Wincobank hill

According to Wikipedia, the fort wasn’t Roman, but instead was constructed by the Celtic Brigantes tribe.

At the top of the hill you’ll also find the location of a gun turret from world war two.

World war two gun turret

World war two gun turret

If you’re interested to find out more about Wincobank hill and how you can support it then try the Friends of Wincobank Hill website.

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by Sheffield blog on 8 June, 2012  •  Permalink
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A guide to Sheffield Music City

Sheffield Publicity Department’s 16-stop photo tour

The Sheffield Publicity Department has already produced loads of good stuff, including their viewpoint guides and a tree rubbing kit. I finally got hold of a copy of their newest publication this week: a musical photo tour of the city.

Sheffield Music City was published in collaboration with Sensoria for this year’s festival. It’s a beautifully-produced guide to notable locations from Sheffield’s rich pop music heritage. Inside you’ll find photos of the defining landmarks and accompanying notes that tell the stories behind the locations – both fact and folklore.

I won’t spoil it for you, but as well as the household names, you’ll also find some of our less well-known music exports, all of which have been influential in their own genre and helped put Sheffield on the map.

You can pick up a copy Sheffield Music City for £5 from Rare’n'Racy and the Site Gallery.

Sheffield Music City by Sheffield Publicity Department

Sheffield Music City by Sheffield Publicity Department

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by Sheffield blog on 17 May, 2012  •  Permalink
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Sheffield on Twitter – May 2012 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 into our fourth list of people and organisations in Sheffield in Twitter. There is also the first, second and third which each contain 500 accounts.

Dam House
@DamHouseSheff

Gusto Sheffield
@GustoSheffield

The Viper Rooms
@Viper_Rooms

The Red Deer
@reddeershef

Threads at DQ
@threadsDQ

Mud Crab Diner
@MudCrab_Sheff

Rivelin Valley Conservation Group
@rivelin_valley

Sheffield City Centre
@sheffcitycentre

The Green ‘Un
@StarGreenUn

The Millhouses pub
@TheMillhouses

Bath Hotel
@BeerInTheBath

The Red House
@SollyStreet

Five Pigeons Press
@5pigeonspress

Valleyside Garden Centre
@Valleyside_GC

Richard Smith, chef
@Smithychef

Crosspool WI
@crosspoolwi

Weston Park Cancer Charity
@WPCancerCharity

Hallam FC
@HallamFC1

Different Class events
@_differentclass

Hallamshire House, Commonside
@HallamshireHaus

We Live Here artist
@WeLiveHereUK

Martin & Co estate agent
@mac_sheffieldN

KSpace apartments
@KSpaceApartment

Sheffield University LGBT
@lgbtsheffield

Sheffield University Physics Society
@SheffieldPhysoc

Audacious Art Experiment record label
@SheffieldPhysoc

RB Building
@RBBuildingSheff

Broomheads’ Homemade
@BroomheadsHome

Snig Hill Gallery
@SnigHillGallery

STUDIO 557
@Studio557

Butterfly
@butterflysheff

SheffTV – music TV channel
@SheffTV

601 Boutique, West One
@6_0_1

Sheffield Bankers hockey club
@SheffBankersHC

Mode magazines
@MODEmagazines

Sheffield Unchained
@SheffUnchained

Institute of Science and Technology
@istonline

SHU Library
@shu_library

Firms marketing, web design and prnting
@FirmsOnline

Creative Spark photography exhibition
@SheffSpark

Peter and Paul design agency
@peter_and_paul

Central ward Labour party
@CentralWardShef

South Yorkshire Police Federation
https://twitter.com/SYPFederation

Corner Gallery
@thcornergallery

Endcliffe Playgroup
@EndcliffePlaygr

Bickerton Skoda
@BickertonSkoda

Sheffield City Region
@SheffCityRegion

Neighbourhood Live
@NeighbourhoodS1

Bessemer band
@Bessemerband

Sheffield City centre residents action group
@SCCRAG

Pete Jones enterprise academy
@pjea_sheffield

JC Marketing Events
@jc_marketevents

Positively Sheffield, supporting people affected by HIV
@PositivelySheff

Millhouses Works Cricket Club
@millhouseswkscc

Red Hot White band
@redhotwhite

Staying in Sheffield – University of Sheffield
@StayinginSheff

Hand of Sheffield
@HandOfSheffield

Inspiring Women
@4InspiringWomen

Party to Go
@partytogo1

ASSIST Sheffield
@ASSISTSheffield

Lobby Toffs hairdressing
@HairSheffield

Avid Farm Shop
@Avidorganics

Our Cow Molly Milk
@ourcowmollymilk

Minor Threat Recordings
@MinorThreatRecs

Bury the Past band
@BuryThePastUK

Sheffield Surgical Society
@SheffSurgSoc

Sheffield University History Society
@SHEFHSTSOC

Hytec Hydroponics
@HytecHydroponic

Hillsborough College Business
@BusHillsCol

English in Europe at the University of Sheffield
@EnglishInEurope

Discount Beds
@TheValueOfSleep

Unwind Yoga
@UnwindYMYoga

Property Shop
@PropertyShopEA

Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
@SRSBCharity

La Tasca Meadowhall
@LaTascaMeadow

The Miniskips band
@theminiskips

Fluent Communication
@fluentcom

Diverse Magazine
@DiverseMag

Two Minutes
@Two_Minutes

War of the Monster Trucks Wednesday fanzine
@SheffWedWOTMT

Rileys, Sharrow Vale Road
@RileysSheffield

Little Green Pixels design
@LittleGreenPix

Holiday HQ
@HolidayHQ

Labour Broomhill
@LabourBroomhill

CLL Solicitors
@cllsolicitors

Jobs4Everyone
@Jobs4Everyone

We Were Here theatre company
@wewerehereboys

My Home Sheffield
@MyHomeSheffield

Tipping Point Music
@TippingPointRec

Split the Bills
@SplittheBills

Pixelpod design
@thepixelpod

SIV Fitness
@SIV_Fitness

66 Youth Club, Woodseats
@66YouthClub

Jubilee Food Bank
@JubileeFoodbank

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
@SYFireAuth

Sheffield College alumni
@Sheffcol_Alumni

Spa 1877
@Spa1877

Sheffield Country Market
@SheffCtryMkt

Sporting Statues project
@SportingStatues

Sheffield Tri Club
@SheffTriClub

Davy’s Sporting Club, Darnall
@club_ds

Sheffield ladies wot tek
@SheffLWT/followers

Electric Starlight
@ElecStarlight

The Beehive pub
@TheBeehiveSheff

Floral Magic Stocksbridge florist
@floralmagic1

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by Sheffield blog on 15 May, 2012  •  Permalink
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Sheffield Cablevision: the original local TV

Sheffield’s 1970s community cable TV station

There’s been a lot of talk in the last few months about the government’s idea for a network of local TV stations, with plans for 10-20 services in operation by 2015. Sheffield isn’t on this initial list but we’ve been earmarked for the second phase of licensing – assuming the first stations are a success and culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is still in a job to see it through.

What I didn’t realise was that the idea of citywide TV services is not a new one. In fact, Sheffield had its own cable TV station for three-and-a-half years in the 1970s. I found this out via Sheffield sport journalist Alan Biggs’ book, which incidentally is well worth a read if you’re interested in local football or media and is available now from the publishers and Amazon.

Our cable TV station was known as Sheffield Cablevision. It was one of five authorised by the UK’s Minister for Posts and Telecommunications and ran from August 1973 to January 1977. For a couple of hours each evening (plus daytime repeats) Sheffield Cablevision broadcast shows made by the public with help from a professional staff of six from its Matilda Street studios.

Sheffield Cablevision ident

TV Ark has posted a video of the station’s ident, which shows the Sheffield Cablevision logo – presumably the inspiration for the Sheffield Publicity Department visual identity:

Sheffield Cablevision ident

Sheffield Cablevision: watch the ident

Recollections of Sheffield Cablevision

I’m not old enough to personally remember the station, but if you search the internet there is some good stuff to be found. A thread on Sheffield Forum throws up memories of the station, with gerryuk and A.B.Yaffle commenting:

During the daytime you would get a Sheffield city council logo on the screen with Radio Hallam playing in the background. Every hour or so you would get a local news programme aired from some studio centre near Sheffield’s railway station. Can’t remember if they did a 30 minute news programme in the evening. On Saturday morning I can remember them doing some live programmes from the now defunct ABC cinema on Angel Street. It was for kids. I think you had to live in a council house to be able to receive this channel.

The flats on the Hanover estate still have the old sockets on the wall with about 10 holes in which someone told me was for the old cable tv system.

In his book, Alan Biggs recalls the few months he worked for the channel:

I would race off to Sheffield early on a Friday evening to present a weekend sports preview for the 30,000 households subscribing to an experimental piped TV channel. The pioneers who ran it…believed in what was a community project and, on reflection, it wasn’t a world away from today’s so-called reality stuff in that volunteers could come in off the street to help us make programmes.

It does sound like it was run on a shoestring and as a result, relied heavily on the volunteers. Another Sheffield Forumer, Jabberwocky, recalls:

I remember watching it to see if they showed any film of the city and I sat there for an hour one day while a bloke showed how to change a plug.

Videos and photos

I’ve found a couple of videos of possible Sheffield Cablevision output, although I don’t think they were produced by the Sheffield production team and aren’t really proper Sheffield content. This public information film about playing safe when camping and fishing was shown on the channel:

There’s talk on Sheffield Forum of a VHS compilation tape of the best of Sheffield Cablevision. It’d be great to see this online.

Photo wise, there’s a picture of one of the original Sheffield Cablevision cameras on the Museum of Broadcast TV Camera website. But the best place for photos is on the new Sheffield Cablevision Facebook page, where you’ll find a treasure trove of nearly 300 images, including these:

TV Ark says that despite good local viewing figures, politics and the costs were to blame for the closure of Sheffield Cablevision in 1977.

The future of local TV in Sheffield

We’ll have to see what comes of the government’s new plans for community television stations and whether the change in broadcast regulations really does increase their chance of success. Cities in the US which are much smaller than Sheffield run successful local TV stations, so there may be a way of making them work. Certainly there are interested parties intending to bid on the initial new licenses.

But at the same time other community TV experiments in the UK continue to bite the dust, with a Manchester station closing earlier this month, the owners criticising the government’s new plans for not providing the framework they need to deliver a quality service.

Given that more people are buying smart TVs with fully-integrated internet, I can’t help think that using an online platform to distribute local TV content might be a lower cost approach to local TV, with less risk. There was talk of something along these lines being set up in Sheffield a couple of years ago – TV Sheffield – but with the website now offline there doesn’t seem to be much happening with this.

What are your memories of Sheffield Cablevision? Does a city the size of Sheffield need its own TV station? If so, what would you want from it?

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by Sheffield blog on 29 April, 2012  •  Permalink
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Sheffield on Twitter – February 2012 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 into our fourth list of people and organisations in Sheffield in Twitter. There is also the first, second and third which each contain 500 accounts.

Ruskin’s Ghost, supporting Museums Sheffield
@Ruskins_Ghost

Appetite Sheffield
@AppetiteSheff

The Vault S7
@TheVaultS7

Mayfield Alpacas
@MayfieldAlpacas

Finger Industries animation and design
@Fingerindust

The Master Cutler Challenge
@TMC_Challenge

2 Men 1 Van
@2Men1Van

Nu agency
@nuagency

Mookat web solutions
@MookatWeb

Loxley Silver Band
@LoxleyBand

RU Sporty
@rusporti

Bang Tidy Tshirts
@bangtidyshirts

First Play Sheffield gaming group
@FirstPlaySheff

Doubletree Hilton
@DoubleTreeSheff

Big Young Entreprenurs Club
@BiGYEC

Leone Starr Designs
@leonestarr

Puzzled? music night
@wearepuzzled

Occursus
@occursus1

Skills For Chefs
@SkillsforChefs

Music at St John’s Ranmoor
@MusicStJohns

Sheffield International College
@SICSheffield

Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque club night
@SotBB_Burlesque

Sheffield Plants
@sheffieldplants

Aesthetika medical clinic
@AESTHETiKA

SDL
@SDLSheffield

New York Owls
@NewYorkOwls

Woodseats Funhouse
@woodseatsfun

Two Tribes miner’s strike musical
@TT84_

Cargo – house and techno night
@CargoSheffield

Lush Sheffield
@LushSheffield

Sheffield Telegraph editor David Todd
@SheffTelEditor

Sheffield Telegraph journalist Lesley Draper
@LesleyDraper

Moors Creative
@moorscreative

Handsworth Boys FC
@handsworth

LP Record Store, Arundel Street
@garethelectric

Brighticon
@BrightIcon

Showcomotion
@Showcomotion

Lyric 2012 Festival
@Lyric_2012

Red Brick Cafe, Nichols Building
@redbrickscafe

Great Deeds band
@GreatDeedsBand

Hallam Union Elections
@HallamElections

Players Sheffield
@sheffplayers

Student Sport Magazine
@StudentSportMag

ABAE
@ABAEngland

Student Sport Magazine
@StudentSportMag

Team Talk Promotions
@TeamTalkPromoti

Kelham Riverside
@kelhamriverside

Evoke Creative
@evokecreative

Podium Performance at Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University
@podium_perf

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by Sheffield blog on 27 February, 2012  •  Permalink
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Help save Museums Sheffield

What you can do to support culture in our city

Weston Park Museum: jobs and exhibitions are under threat

Weston Park Museum: jobs and exhibitions are under threat

As you may have heard Museums Sheffield (which runs Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery and Weston Park Museum) was dealt a devastating funding blow this week when it failed to get Renaissance funding from the Arts Council.

Not getting this funding means a 30% cut in Museums Sheffield’s annual budget which in turn means redundancies, a reduction of learning activity and none of the high profile collaborations with Tate, V&A and the British Museum which have resulted in a first-class exhibition programme over the last few years rather than the sort of municipal displays you can often find in regional museums and galleries.

Clearly it’s a major blow to Sheffield if our museums service degenerates in this way and will have a damaging ripple effect on the rest of the cultural scene.

If you feel moved to, it would be great if you could register your displeasure at this decision and persuade the powers that be to think about other means of supporting Museums Sheffield:

Museums Sheffield: make the case for culture in Sheffield

This amounts to interrogating the Arts Council on their decision. Email ACE Yorkshire at enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk marking it for the attention of the Yorkshire Office. You can also email Alan Davey the head of the Arts Council chief.executive@artscouncil.org.uk.

I’m sure you can compose your own email but good points to cover might be:

  • Museums Sheffield provides an excellent and museums service which will now be compromised – you might want to include your favourite exhibitions of the past few years.
  • Museums Sheffield serves a diverse and large audience – ‘Great Art for Everyone’ in the words of the Arts Council.
  • A decimated museums service will have a degenerative effect on the wider arts scene in Sheffield.
  • Why were York and Leeds chosen over Sheffield when both cities have a stronger tourist economy, more robust arts infrastructure and greater investment from the Arts Council already – surely Sheffield needs this support most.
  • ACE’s allocation of Renaissance funding is unbalanced – central England inc. Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester all unsuccessful in their bids. London, Oxford and Cambridge all successful – rich cities and services getting richer and poor ones getting poorer.
  • Finally a call to reverse the decision/ find other ways of supporting Museums Sheffield.

If you’re a Sheffield resident its also worth contacting your local councillors and MPs imploring for local government to support Museums Sheffield in the absence of Arts Council funding.

You can find contact the relevant contacts on the Sheffield city council website and councillors.sheffield.gov.uk.

Again, good points to make might be:

  • Museums Sheffield provides an excellent and museums service which will now be compromised – you might want to include your favourite exhibitions of the past few years.
  • The people who will suffer from this are Sheffield residents from all areas and backgrounds.
  • A decimated museums service will have a degenerative effect on the wider arts scene in Sheffield.
  • Despite difficult budgeting decisions it’s time for Sheffield City Council to invest in culture in Sheffield in order to enjoy economic and social returns.
  • Finally entreat them to protest at the Arts Councils decision and support Museums Sheffield via local government funding.

Thanks for standing up for culture in Sheffield.

You can also follow @Ruskins_Ghost on Twitter for more on the #saveSheffieldmuseums campaign.

The text in this post is used with permission by the author. Please use it and pass the message round to any friends and colleagues you think would be interested.

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by Sheffield blog on 27 January, 2012  •  Permalink
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Sheffield on Twitter – January 2012 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 into our fourth list of people and organisations in Sheffield in Twitter. There is also the first, second and third which each contain 500 accounts.

The Broadfield pub
@thebroadfield

Jessop Financial Planning
@jessopfp

Hash Brownies
@hashbrownies1

Ora Gallery, Sharrow Vale Road
@orasheffield

Brezza coffee house
@BrezzaSheffield

Ideology shop
@ideologyshop

Sheffield Community Network
@sheffcomnetwork

Pub Scrawl
@PUB_SCRAWL

Harland Cafe – John Street cafe
@harlandcafe

Sheffield Learning Community
@ShefLearnComm

White Willows Cafe
@WhiteWillowCafe

The Children’s Hospital Charity
@tchcharity

Food-i Sheffield
@foodisheffield

St Wilfrid’s Centre
@StWilfsCentre

D4 communications agency
@d4online

Lava Lounge
@Lavaloungesheff

Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University
@SheffMechEng

Oxyfire film production
@oXyFireMedia

Third Sector Cafe networking event
@thirdsectorcafe

ECU Flash
@ECU_FLASH

Population Sheffield club night
@PopulationSU

Don Valley Stadium
@donvalleystad

Crookes Liberal Democrats
@CrookesLibDems

Kickstart Sheffield
£kickstart_sheff

Nikki Bond Nether Edge Labour candidate
@Nik4NetherEdge

ABAE Enbgland
@ABAEngland

Infictions band
@inFictions

Sheffield University Wind Orchestra
@SUWO_Sheffield

Revolucion de Cuba bar
@DeCubaSheffield

Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Sheffield
@SPERIshefuni

Thornely Hill communications consultancy
@ThornelyHill

Hazelhurst CSA
@HazelhurstCSA

Hallam University club night
@RUMOUR_LGBT

Sheff News Sheffield news feed
@SheffNews

Voidcomp
@Voidcomp_

Dope and Mean Events
@DopeandMean

IPM Security
@IPMSecurity

When The Music Stops
@SingleSheffield

The Sheffield Jungle
@SheffieldJungle

Future Music
@future__music

Handsworth and Hallam Theatre Company
@HHTC_Sheff

ShefUniRevue – student comedy
@ShefUniRevue

East bank ultras Sheffield Wednesday supporters
@EASTBANKULTRAS

Aspire Sheffield
@AspireSheffield

The Star Business Monthly
@StarBizMonthly

J Woodward Building Services
@JwbsLtd

2012 Fundraiser
@2012Fundraiser

High Street Lawyer Sheffield
@HSLSheffield

Aspect 3 Student Apartments
@A3Sheffield

Candy Cane Escorts
@CandyCaneEscort

Sheffield Groundcare lawn mowers
@sheffieldground

Radio Coma
@radio_coma

Sheffield Glass
@SheffieldGlass

One Resource recruitment
@1resource

Reach stage school
@stage_school

Raven Events
@ravenents

Lisa Read life coach
@LisaReadCoach

Abbey Care Nursing
@Abbey_care

N_Tal Cleaning
@Ntalcleaning

Aspire Hair
@AspireHair

Charlotte Tyree from This is England 88
@tyreehairdo

New Barrack Tavern
@NewBarrack

Urban Pantry, Crookes
@UrbanPantryDeli

Hit Music Radio
@hitmusicradio

The Button PR company
@TheButtonPR

Club Stylez men’s clothing
@ClubstyleUk

Hydra Creative
@Hydra_Creative

Das Chip Shop
@DasChipShop

The Marshalls band
@The_Marshalls

Inova Consultancy
@InovaUK

Sydney Owls
@sydneyowls

MEC electrical contractors
@MECslatersgroup

Woodthorpe Development Trust
@Woodthorpe_DT

Sheffield LDC
@sheffieldldc

Fast Track Aquisitions
@FastTrackAcq

Square Kitchens
@SquareKitchens

Blend Sheffield – not-for-profit community food initiative
@blendsheffield

The Exchange – bringing speakers to Sheffield University union
@exchangesheff

Rice Bar, Meadowhall
@OfficialRiceBar

Sheffield student discounts
@Shefscounts

Sugarcane Marketing
@sugarcanem

Sheffbreaking – breaking news
@Sheffbreaking

Yourmii – designers
@YORMII

Pedal Nation cycle tours
@pedalnationuk

Breadcrumb Studio
@BreadcrumbWeb

Peak District walks
@peakwalkdays

Highway Child blues band
@Highway_Child

Banana Hill DJs/promoters
@banana_hill

Sheffield Centre for HIV
@CentreHIV

Steel City Striders running club
@SteelCtyStrider

Sheffiled Running Club
@sheffieldrc

Araneus T-shirts
https://twitter.com/AraneusTShirts

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by Sheffield blog on 23 January, 2012  •  Permalink
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Pub Scrawl 2012

Beer, art and pubs

The inaugural Pub Scrawl event is taking place this Friday, and it looks like being one not to miss:

For one night only in January Pete McKee brings you art in pubs… a pub crawl like no other. Pub scrawl 2012 will showcase ten of Pete’s favourite artists with ten of Sheffield’s finest watering holes.

Pete has hand picked the artists who will be using some of Sheffield’s best pubs as a canvas to exhibit their art, so you can be sure the quality will be high.

The event is supporting the Arts for Health Programme at The Children’s Hospital. You can win one of nine exclusive prizes donated to their charity by Pub Scrawl artists including Pete McKee – look out for leaflets in the featured pubs.

And Thornbridge Brewery has brewed a special ale for the event called Scrawl so the beer should be good, too. With ten pubs to visit it might have to be just a half in each though…

Pub Scrawl 2012 on Facebook event, @PUB_SCRAWL on Twitter and @fronbow‘s excellent Google Map:


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Pub Scrawl artist Faunagraphic working with children from The Children's Hospital

Pub Scrawl artist Faunagraphic working with children from The Children's Hospital

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by Sheffield blog on 18 January, 2012  •  Permalink
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In search of the Sheffield carols

A festive tradition that’s right on our doorstep

I love a local tradition, and the Sheffield carols is one of our best. It’s still going strong since it started in the late eighteenth century, when singers and musicians would gather in north west Sheffield pubs during November and December to sing Christmas carols.

The carols aren’t just the obvious ones that you hear everywhere at this time of year. Many of them mix church and secular material and are composed by local musicians, with variations of words, melody and tempo depending on which pub you are in. What’s brilliant is that some are still referred to by their local names, such as Bradfield, Stannington and Malin Bridge.

Although the basic etiquette for these ‘sings’ in pubs may seem a little daunting, tracking down when and where they are happening is easy thanks to the listings on www.localcarols.org.uk.

The first pub we tried was The Sportsman in Crosspool, on a weeknight in the run up to Christmas. Here we found the Loxley Silver North Band playing a mixture of local carols and a few of the obvious ones – someone even requested Jingle Bells.

The band sounded great, although with just a small gathering of people singing in one area of the pub, it didn’t quite feel like the full local carols experience. So it was time to try one of the village pubs further north.

The Royal Hotel in Dungworth is famous for its local carols. We headed over on boxing day and weren’t disappointed. The pub was rammed, with people gathered round an organ, singing their hearts out. This was exactly how we hoped it might be.

We were made to feel welcome, despite not really knowing the carols. We soon discover that many of the words and tunes are quite familiar. This is the end of Sweet Chiming Bells, one of the many variations of While Shepherds Watched (excuse the shaky filming on my phone):

The enthusiasm of people singing is infectious. Looking around, it seems like generations of families are in the pub, with nearly everyone drinking the tasty Bradfield Brewery beer, which is brewed just up the road.

Singing like this in a pub may seem a bit strange to some people, but when you think that this local carol, called ‘Stannington’, has been sung for hundreds of years in Sheffield public houses, it is hard not to be drawn in:

In fact, spending time with people who are part of a tradition like this is quite special. It’s heartwarming to be part of something that has been taking place for so long but hasn’t really changed.

I bought a Loxley selection songbook from The Sportsman (just £1) and now I know that many of the carols are quite easy to pick up, I would feel much more confident about joining in. What’s more, it seems silly not to make more of such a cherished tradition that takes place right on our doorstep, so I’ll definitely be back next year.

There’s more about the history of carols in this BBC documentary by Howard Goodall. The Blue Ball pub in Worrall is featured from 52 minutes, 18 seconds:

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