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They aren't strictly municipal now! Beauchief and Tinsley are being run by Sheffield International Venue, Concord is a trust I believe and Grange Park (Rotherham) has gone over to a trust like status. In terms of playbility: Tinsley is a decent good value for money course (don't let paying for parking put you off!), Beauchief is a poor mans Abbeydale although again provides good value for money, Concord is unique (that's the polite description!) but I believe the best of all is Grange Park which comes under Rotherham, this is a quality course which appears to be in excellent condition just now

We are extremely grateful to all the people who have donated to our fund, including the very generous item from Sheffield United. I will do my best to get a good price for it and I will even buy raffle tickets to try and win it. It doesn't mean I have to like it. Like I said earlier, we are all entitled to our opinions. Even you. I don't intend arguing any more about this - it's way off the original subject. It's been nice talking to you Chuff. X

I think you are being a little over sensitive. It would never enter my head to insult someone because of the FOOTBALL TEAM they support, any more than the god they choose to worship or the colour of their eyes. It's a game for goodness sake. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

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Do you think it's wise to insult some of the people that you're hoping to sell it to ?

I'm gobsmacked that you think I'm insulting anyone! Not sure how you understood my post but it's the last thing I would do.

Looks like it will have to be a raffle, I can raise more than £5 for it!! This one is identical to ours :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sheffield-United-FC-Signed-Pennant_W0QQitemZ8810945794QQcategoryZ53605QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks for the advice Happy, it did seem a lot of work for a little shield!!! I will look on ebay to see if I can find anything comparable. It may come down to a raffle yet.

Uncle, I think most of the people in Rotherham probably think the same as you which is why I thought I would sound out Sheffield people (I'm a Wednesday fan myself so I agree with you).

I was in a sandwich shop in Firth Park the other day when several youths came in swearing loudly. I just turned to them and said, "Come on lads, watch your language there are little ones in here". They immediately apologised and stopped swearing. An old lady approached me and thanked me, saying not enough people are prepared to do that (I think she felt too intimidated by them to say anything). What I couldn't believe was the reaction of the staff. They had all heard what was going off but not one of them gave me eye contact or agreed with me - even the woman who served me. I felt as though I was in the wrong! Am I in a minority?

I work in a respite care unit for adults with learning disabilities and our funds pay for things like play station/games, activities, DVDs, karaoke machines and other leisure items. The council buys basics like TVs, washing machines, hoovers etc but 'luxuries' have to be purchased from our amenities fund.

At the beginning of the football season (August 05), Sheffield United kindly donated a shield signed by all the players to help our fundraising. We thought we would probably get more for it by selling it separately rather than as part of the raffle. Unfortunately, as I work in Rotherham, there aren't as many United fans as in Sheffield! We haven't a clue how much to ask for it, so I thought that someone on SF might be able to give us an idea!

I went to Hinde House between 1977-81. Don't know any of the names mentioned - I think I must have lived in a bubble! Mind you, I grew up on Standon, not the Limpsfield/Jenkin roads area.

i like the drunken wasp story,

contact the authorities, they may be given ASBO's or even evicted

Great idea! It would cost less to have them evicted than the £40 the council currently charge to get rid of them. ASBO it is then!!

Just had a man out as I was freaking out about wasps flying in and out of a tiny hole under the kitchen window. Apparently they are sand/mortar/digger bees,and are pretty harmless. Apparently, unlike wasps they only tend to come out when it's sunny (it's overcast today). Wasps fly straight into their nest (almost like a plane on a runway), whereas these bees tend to zig zag into the hole. Don't think my 8 and 4 year olds are going to be appeased by that fact, after all if it looks like a wasp, sounds like a wasp and flies like a wasp, then by all accounts, IT IS A WASP!!!

He gave me another bit of information that I found fascinating, and to be honest I'm not sure if I believe. In September, when the wasps seem to be at their most vicious, it's not because they are drowsy and dying (as people commonly think), it's because they are drunk! They feed off the rotting, fermenting fruit that has fallen from trees, and as a result become inebriated and nasty tempered (surely some of them must be happy drunks?). It sounds almost good enough to be true!

why did you give it back to them?

Can't abide what they stand for but they wouldn't know that if I'd just torn up their leaflet, so by handing it back to them, I was able to let them know I wasn't interested.

I intended to vote for someone other than my usual Labour tonight as a protest over recent incidents within the Labour party. Unfortunately, when I looked at the other candidates, none of them live within my community other than the Labour man. To be fair to him, he hasn't missed a single 'Friends of Woolley Wood' meeting, and he has been really helpful in helping us raise money to improve the local childrens play area. It would be a shame for him to lose his seat as a result of people making a protest vote.

Before, during and for a while after the second world war Sheffield was a busy, thiving city

 

For thiving read thriving. Sorry peterw but those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The BNP have been out in force in Wincobank. I've twice had to chase them down the road to hand them back their leaflet!!!

Just finished 'The Traveller' by John Twelve Hawks. It's not my usual type of book, and I found it a little uncomfortable and violent but I couldn't put it down.

Have you tried 'Matthews' wool shop on Bellhouse Road, Firth Park?

HELP! My 8 year old son asked me a question that I can't answer and I wondered if anyone out there could help please:

"If Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday, then why isn't this day known as Bad Friday"?

Don't you just love em when they come up with questions like that - 8 year old boys aren't supposed to ask questions I can't answer. There's plenty of time for that in a couple of years time when he's doing his maths homework!!

I would guess this is a pretty common problem where there are shops. There is a sandwich shop and a 'corner shop', both with bins outside, very close to my house. Kids buy food/sweet/pop on their way home from school and by the time they reach my house they have finished with the wrappers and throw them into my garden. I have just spent the whole morning with my little boys, fishing litter from the garden (again). Can't only blame kids though because there are empty beer cans and milk bottles etc. It's soooooo frustrating.

Eric Clapton-Tears In Heaven

 

Couldn't agree more. We went to the Arena to see Eric Clapton and he sang this song. The lights went down, and he sat in the middle of the stage with his guitar and just one spotlight on him. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. Can't listen to it to this day without crying!

I've just read this thread with some interest. I think a lot of children on the autistic spectrum don't present any very obvious symptoms until they reach around 15 - 24 months of age (although it will become apparent much earlier in some of the children more severely affected). What is the age that MMR is administered? Slap bang in the middle of the time autism would be ringing alarm bells in parents heads. It is perhaps for this reason that MMR is still being blamed, despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

Some schools of thought are that autism wasn't around prior to the MMR being introduced. I absolutely disagree with this. I have worked with adults with learning disabilities for 23 years, and looking back to the some of the adults I worked with all those years ago, although not being diagnosed with autism, it's evident now that that is exactly what their disability was. Back then, their label was 'challenging behaviour'.

My eldest son was due to be immunised (in 1999) during one of the bad publicity periods and we had a lot of soul searching to do before we had him immunised. It was also a difficult decision in 2003 when our youngest was immunised.

I don't envy any parent making this decision now, but whatever they decide it isn't for anyone to criticise their choice. We all do what we feel is best for our children.

Definitely my first car - a blue/silver/rust 1979 Talbot Horizon that I bought at auction. Maximum speed 32 MPH with the wind behind. It only lasted 18 months before it died, and I remember visiting it twice at the scrap yard on Barrow Road (once was to remove the radio!!).

Currently drive a new Picasso, which is great for transporting the kids, but it doesn't have the character of my little Horizon.

He will probably be out in a month or a little longer for good behaviour. They should throw away the key.

Thanks for all the words of comfort and support everyone. Lotti, I cried buckets watching rainbow bridge. We lost our other dog Meg 9 months ago (aged 15), she had a tumour under her tongue. I still regret leaving her 3 days too long before I had her put to sleep. I know I was keeping her alive for our sake, not hers and was determined that when Rosie's time came I wouldn't do the same. Rosie sat on the table and leaned her little body into me and waited calmly while William shaved her leg and injected her.Staying with her and letting my voice be the last thing she heard as she slipped away was the last kindness I could do for her, though it broke my heart. I truly believe she was telling me she had enough.Thanks again everyone.