Thursday 15th May

Daytime meetings in May
13th Workshop
20th Trip – Rievaulx Abbey and Nunnington Hall
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May – Exhibition - see below

The Grenoside Gala Queen is hoping to host a 'The Good Old Days' style variety show in the Community Centre in September. Jackie Willis, who is organising the show, is looking for local people of any age with appropriate talents to contribute to the show. Auditions for the show will be held on June 28. Please contact Jackie Willis on 0114 2017338 for further details.

Daytime meetings in April
  1st  Workshop
  8th   Speaker – Robin Fielder – The Upper Don Trust
15th   Trip – Hillsborough Barracks and Sheffield Wednesday
22nd   Members meeting: a miscellany of items
29th   Workshop

 

Meetings are held on Tuesdays in the Lower Hall of Grenoside Community Centre, Main Street, Grenoside, starting at 10 a.m. and ending around 12 noon.  If you’d like to be put on a waiting list to join our Local History Group, please telephone Estelle on 257 1929.

 

Exhibition 24th and 25th May - Aspects of Grenoside & District
We’re holding an exhibition about life in Grenoside and the surrounding areas on Saturday & Sunday May 24th & 25th 2008
10 am - 4 pm at Grenoside Community Centre.  Refreshments will be available and admission is free.  When we had our last exhibition 2 years ago so many people said one day wasn’t enough to take in all the fascinating information we’d put together, so this time we’ve spread it over 2 days.  Look forward to seeing you there.

Village in Bloom - dates for the spring judging are between the 25th March - 18th April. As yet the exact date is unknown but we hope to hear soon. Homes and businesses on the routes will be leafleted so that 'extra care' can be taken to spruce up lawns and gardens that the judges will be passing. The Parish Council have awarded us a small sum of money to work with the community to encourage our entry.

We always appreciate any extra help to make this happen and over the past few years some remarkable changes have happened to make our entry even better. This year the Village Green will be a particular highlight and play a central role in  the judges route. You may see over the coming moths other planted area and improvements to increase out chances of gaining a silver gilt (or gold even?).  I think it is worth mentioning those people and businesses who really go that extra mile such as the Post Office, Church and Methodist church, doctors and crematorium. The Old Harrow and Norfolk Arms have always looked excellent but we need commitment from the other pubs to look good -after all it is good for business to look attractive to folks looking for a meal or a drink.

Village Marker Stones - some while ago a plan to replace some of the older Grenoside village name plates was drawn up. Since that time highways have given permission to place upto 5 carved markers stones at the major road gateways. We are pleased to say that the Parish Council have agreed to fund the first marker stone to enable the project to commence. This will be carved by the same person who did the stones for the Green and located on Penistone Road. Our sincere thanks to the Parish Council for their help. 

Old School - you may have noticed that the Landmark Company are trying to resell the site. We will continue to monitor the situation as this develops and hope for the best outcome.

Reading Room -this has formally been passed from the Parish Council to the Village to manage once more. A new trust will manage building and are looking to see how the building can be utilised. There was many ideas in the village plan and hopefully the building can be repaired suitable for today's standards. Any help or thoughts (or funding!) would be appreciated. Please contact David Rickards for further information

Woodlands - our work with the Rangers continues over the coming months and plans are already under consideration for dates 2008/09. We are also seeking help and support for a potential woodland festival later this year or early next . If anyone is interested please contact John Sharrocks at SCC Ranger service (via 2500 500). This will have a focus on woodland crafts and educational value that everyone should enjoy.

 

For further details contact Richard Godley 2458160

Thanks to a lot of hard work by local volunteers, the Grenoside Green was formally opened yesterday. The green was christened by The Grenoside Sword Dancers.

Lets all help to keep this area clean and tidy.

 

See the photos below.

  1st      No meeting

 8th       Speaker – Pat McLoughlin – Church Architecture

15th      Workshop

22nd      Members meeting – Margaret Gatty

29th      Workshop – Mel & Joan Jones – Researching Local History

 

Daytime meetings in February
  5th   Workshop
12th   Speaker – Suzanne Bingham – Anti-slavery
19th   Workshop
26th   Members meeting – Juliana Ewing

 

Meetings are held on Tuesdays in the Lower Hall of Grenoside Community Centre, Main Street, Grenoside, starting at 10 a.m. and ending around 12 noon.  If you’d like to be put on a waiting list to join our Local History Group, please telephone Estelle on 0114 257 1929.

 

A full list of our meetings, publications and other details can be found on our website at www.grenosidelocalhistory.co.uk.

The annual sword dancing display on Boxing Day was very well attended and included a new very colourful dance troupe (if that's the correct word) - Boggart's Breakfast. Some may say that the mat for the Grenoside captain to fall on was a disgraceful break with tradition but others understand he was just trying to keep his new costume clean .

If you have any photos of the event - there were certainly a lot of photographers there - we will be happy to publish them on this site.

Thank you to everyone who attended the School Fair on 1 December. It turned out to be a real community event with the Grenoside WI providing cakes for the refreshments and running their own very popular cake stall, Grenoside Scouts providing some children’s activities and members of the Mothers’ Union providing sterling assistance with the catering.
There were lots of things for adults and children to do and buy and the wonderfully decorated Santa’s Grotto proved to be a real hit with the children.
Thanks to everyone’s efforts, we raised over £1,500 which will benefit the school next year.

**Event now closed ***

The Grenoside School Christmas Fair is this weekend at the new school on Norfolk Hill.

 

Starting at 11am, there will be lots of Christmasey stalls, Father Christmas for the kids (or adults if you like!) and refreshments on sale. If you haven't seen the new school it will also give you an opportunity to have a bit of a nosey.

 

The fair is guaranteed to be the only place in Grenoside you will be able to buy fossilised dinosaur poo this Christmas! 

Don't forget the Christmas Fayre this weekend in the Scout and Guide Headquarters - starting at 10:30am - event now closed

If you are a local business and would like to advertise events on this page please let us know.

The intention of this site is to pull together links to all the various organisations and groups that exist within Grenoside and also act as a central point of reference for events that are happening in the village - assuming we can get some form of calendar working.

 

We see this as a community effort and so it will only work if we get co-operation from the various groups.

 

To add events or links on this site please contact: grenoside@live.co.uk