Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival celebrates 30 years in 2023
Get ready for a chuffin’ pearler… It’s 30 years since the very first Rotherham Real Ale Festival, and to mark the occasion the event organisers have planned a proper reyt good knees up at Magna. This year’s theme is The Great Yorkshire Beer Festival where visitors can have a gander...
Home on the Grange
Thundercliffe Grange in Rotherham is privately owned by a group of residents. But it has previously been an Earl’s family seat, a private asylum for wealthy ladies, and a hospital for disabled children.
Who were the Earls of Effingham?
The Earls of Effingham were a junior branch of the House of Howard whose head was the Duke of Norfolk. They were descendants of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham who was an English commander who defeated the Spanish Armada. The Effingham family seat was in Surrey, but they became...
Aroundtown Meets Kelly Clark
Age doesn’t have to be a barrier. Rotherham powerlifter, Kelly Clark, was 54 when she made her international debut with Team GB at the 2019 World Championships in South Africa. She placed fourth in her category and achieved a personal best – a huge feat for someone who’d only started...
Memories of Wentworth Woodhouse pool come flooding in
Do you have any memories of the pool at Wentworth Woodhouse? Following its demolition, we look back at the 1970s pool and the people who used it.
Penistone Arts Weeks returns for 2023
After the success of last year’s event, the volunteers behind Penistone Arts Weeks will once again be staging a wide range of activities based around art, drama, music and film. The festival takes place from Saturday 4th to Monday 27th March with a programme of exciting events taking place, including...
Casting a new light on Wentworth Woodhouse
Almost 180 years after they were first installed, the towering lamp standards will illuminate Wentworth Woodhouse’s historic front once again thanks to the work of three local businesses.
Giving teens a fighting chance
A former boxer and his wife run Dearne Valley Personal Development Centre, a Mexborough-based charity that provides alternative education for pupils who are disengaged from school.
Thorpe Hesley WI: not just jam and Jersusalem
They’re the matriarch of the community, knitting together companionship with campaigning for women’s rights. And as the largest women’s organisation in the UK, the Women’s Institute has inspired generations of women to learn from each other and be a force for good in the community. The WI was started in...
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Why everyone should have a Power of Attorney
If you don’t already have a Power of Attorney in place, here’s why you should consider setting one up this new year.