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8 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

Was Plain talker in a wheelchair, a mixed race lady who protested against ticket barriers at Sheffield Station footbridge?

Not quite, but I think you do know who she is. She's not mixed race, but converted to Islam, which may be where confusion has arisen

10 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

Surprised to hear she had a dog tbh, didnt think Muslims were "allowed" (as it were) to have them as pets. A nice touch though.

Can you see PT paying the blindest bit of attention to anybody else's opinion over whether or not she should keep pets? 😆

1 hour ago, francypants said:

When is the funeral  ?

This is what happens when it takes about an hour to work out how to log back in, having arrived home from a week at a home ed festival with very little signal! 
 

It's Thursday this week (tomorrow). 
 

Can an admin/mod edit my post please? I can't find a members list anywhere to tell me who that might be now

Many members here will be familiar with the forthright posts of Plain Talker, her advocacy for minority groups (in  particular those with disabilities), her political leanings, and my particular favourites - the contributions she made to so many Sheffield History platforms, particularly on this forum. As most of you will know from a post earlier this week, she sadly passed away a few days ago, having finally succumbed to her numerous health challenges, which until a few weeks ago never seemed to slow her down

 

I've received word from her family today about the funeral arrangements. They would love her forum friends to be able to join them in saying goodbye to their feisty matriarch, so if anybody would like to attend, please post below,  so they have an idea of expected numbers. 
 

PT converted to Islam in her later years (probably over ten years ago now, thinking about it!), so the praying service will be in the Islamic faith. You're welcome to attend either or both services
 

 Shiregreen Cemetery 1:30 praying service, 2:30 burial on Thursday 24th August

One particular request she made was for her treasured little terrier, Mr Pickles, to attend, so he'll be at the graveside service

How do you actually obtain your online-purchased ticket though?

You'd be surprised how many people don't have printers

It'd be interesting to know where this place is... given our experiences with a local nursery...

If you happen to spot it, can you contact the owner please?

This FB link has been posted on their behalf

Posting for a friend

Spotted running down norton ave, away from town, brown sharpei type dog. Could not be caught

Still missing

Not by me, so don't message me!

 

O2's call centre have been slightly useless, but if you ring them back, they should now be able to put you in touch with the finder

Could it be the vagus nerve?

http://d3j7fudf8o8iuo.cloudfront.net/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/media/images/e-anatomy/mediastinum-anatomy-illustrations/vagus-nerve-recurrent-laryngeal-nerve/5904350-1-eng-GB/vagus-nerve-recurrent-laryngeal-nerve_medical512.jpg

 

Tai chi may help

Can you send me that on FB to share with Ulley contacts please Fishpole?

If you happen to be going to Rother Valley in the next couple of days, or live near there, there's a little hound who was lost there yesterday. Please put Nici's phone number in your phone in case you see him. He lives in Rotherham, so is a fair old hike from home

 

http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=80468#.VKGpRBAsLs

The owner does appear to be on here. They posted on the pets group on this subject

 

The 'two' stories I have seen have actually been the same one. However, if you search the pets group on the word 'poisoning', I'm sure you'll dig up threads for various locations covering at least the past ten years

74 goes to Todwick

http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=17179872074

well that's fine for somebody from Sheffield wanting to travel into Todwick, but it's not very useful for anybody living in Todwick going about their daily life out there. How exactly is a Todwick resident supposed to get to Dinnington for instance, and given that the doctor's surgery is in Kiveton, does anybody actually think an hourly service is adequate for a sick person to nip to the doctors' and back. Is it reasonable to expect an elderly person to wait in the cold and rain for the best part of an hour for a bus back home? A doctor's appointment is potentially an afternoon outing

 

I despair of the fact that infrastructure is no longer cohesive, and I'm damned certain that plays a large part in the mental health bill the country is shouldering

He's terrified of humans and other dogs, so he's proving rather elusive

This isn't an offer, in case anybody is reading... but I'd be interested to hear more info. The plan at the moment (for our circumstances) is to volunteer for support dogs, so it would take a special set of circumstances for us to change that plan, and obviously, having a 4yr old, it would be dependent on size and previous experiences the dog has had

Thanks Andy

 

It's so frustrating that this info is so difficult to find out by googling

Thanks everybody

 

Bluedragonfly, if you are a local resident, are you aware of a missing dog living wild in the area?

Particularly in light of what happened on Derek Dooley way since

Actually, many HE families are doing so having reassessed their priorities, changed careers, balanced childcare between them, downsized, given up holidays, and a whole heap of other stuff that becomes completely unimportant when weighed against the foundation in life you're giving your kids

No cuts? So what happened to the Todwick service?

The police have no targets for statistics on any sort of crime against a dog, so basically, as a dog owner, you're on your own. The police will not uphold the law. They have other targets to meet

 

I despair of all the keyboard warriors on here. Victim blaming culture is a protection mechanism whereby the blamer is able to convince themselves it will not happen to them, because it was the victim's fault. Well, if you think victim-blaming will protect your own dog, good luck

Reunited at 2am

It sounds like her problems are being created by the school, not herself. Has anybody assessed her for additional educational needs?

 

We're home edding. It's actually much easier than you think

That station is a flaming nightmare. whoever cooks up the plans certainly does not travel by train, unless they teleport to the platforms. There isn't even adequate provision for replacement bus services, which, given that the railway is over 100 years old, and will be there for many years to come, is something of a necessity so engineering work can be carried out

 

And don't get me started on the fact that we no longer have the best transport hub in the country...