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Letters from Local Residents

April 2, 2012

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE HEELEY GREEN IS? Where does Heeley Green start, & where does it end, does anyone know the answer. At the bottom of Myrtle Road we have a fine sign saying “Welcome to Heeley”, walking up Prospect Road on to Spencer Road on to Richards Road on to Gleadless Road we have […]

Zumba Fitness Fans Party On!

April 2, 2012

Our Zumba fitness class has been running at the Heeley Institute since last October. We now have a group of exercisers who are having a ball dancing their way to fitness. So, why don’t you come along and join them? Zumba feels more like a party than a fitness class. We dance and move to the most […]

St Vincents

April 2, 2012

We welcome this opportunity to thank readers of the New Heeley Voice for their kind donations of good quality furniture and household items, voluntary time, and money over the past year. Our Queens Road Furniture Store recycling is now the only service of this kind in Sheffield offering FREE help to vulnerable families and individuals […]

New Use For Old Bank

April 2, 2012

The Baroque revival-style old Sheffield Savings Bank on Chesterfield Road, opened in March as Heeley Bank Antiques Centre. Paul Blythen from Handsworth, whose family are from Prospect Road, struggled to buy the bank in December and with a recession it wasn’t easy: “The banks weren’t interested, so I pushed the boat out and financed it myself […]

Haggler’s Corner – A Place to be Creative Together

April 2, 2012

Hagglers Corner on Queens Road is now home to a community of creative businesses based in beautifully restored units, set around a central courtyard. Built in the1870s the building has had an eclectic history; cattle, milk, coal, confectionary, accounting and, until the 1990s, was an ironmongers. The 14 businesses flourishing there today include furniture making, product […]

What’s Ur Part in the U-Mix?

April 2, 2012

You may have noticed major works going on behind Lowfield School since July 2011. This development is called U-Mix, and will become a state of the art sports and play facility and create a new park for both young people and the wider community. Work is scheduled for completion in May, with an opening event […]

Sheffield Girls College Now Complete in Bagh Azad Kashmir

April 2, 2012

In October 2005, a group from Sheffield visited Azad Kashmir following a massive earthquake which had destroyed most of the area’s schools, taking the lives of many residents. In response to the disaster, this group set up a small charity with the task of re-building a Girls College, and are pleased to announce that the […]

All Good at Meersbrook Bank

April 2, 2012

NEW HEADTEACHER The fantastic news that Meersbrook Bank School has a new Head Teacher; Rachel Edwards; is closely followed by the school receiving a ‘good’ at the recent Ofsted report. CLIMBING WALL The new traversing wall is so popular, each year has designated time slots. Next stage of the playground development isa colourful, mosaic creature sculpted […]

Saturday Club Success at Newfield School!

April 2, 2012

Following Friends of Newfield’s successful South Community Assembly bid, Saturday Club started on 21st January with 19 children and 5 parents attending. Since then attendance has ranged from 30 to 50 people per week! Everyone has enjoyed a variety of indoor and outdoor activities including five- a-side football, table tennis, badminton.and children’s games. The tuck […]

News About the ‘Secret Garden’

April 2, 2012

Heeley and Meersbrook residents have been raising concerns about what will happen to ‘The Corner Garden’ on Little London Road. Over 2 years ago Heeley Voice ran a piece about ‘the garden’ on a little piece of land located behind what used to be Gresham’s Timber; where the snicket meets Little London Road, just before […]

Sid’s Sites

April 2, 2012

To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, Sid remembers Heeley 60 years ago. On February 21st 1952 personal identity cards were abolished, but housewives were still queuing with ration books to buy food on Gleadless Road. There were 12 grocers and 7 butchers between London Road and the corner of Penns Road and Gleadless Road. Food rationing […]

Kids Benefit From TARA Funds

March 29, 2012

Tillotson Tenants & Residents Association (TARA) would like to return a big thank you to Anns Grove pupils for all their letters. The children were thanking the TARA for donating £500 to help fund the school’s annual purchase of a story book for each child at Christmas. These are some of their comments about the books: […]

Do You Know About Heeley Art Club?

March 29, 2012

Heeley Art Club was established in 1895 and still continues fortnightly meetings at Millhouses Methodist Church. This year we have a number of exhibitions as listed below :- Members’ Exhibition,11th – 20th May Sheffield Winter Gardens. We have secured this excellent venue again for a late spring exhibition. This will be a general exhibition, where […]

City Of Sanctuary

March 29, 2012

Nearly 100 people packed Newfield Green Tenants Hall on Saturday 3rd March to meet neighbours and share international food cooked by local families. This annual event celebrates the contribution asylum seekers make to the area and is a chance to make contacts and friends. Apart from enjoying the delicious lunch, we played a people hunting […]