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31 December ... We are sad to report the death on Christmas Eve of Professor Francis Evans one of Sheffield's leading historians and university lecturers. Francis was involved in the efforts a few years ago to save Abbeydale Hamlet, and recently one of the driving forces behind creation of the Beauchief Abbey Barns Association. In recent years he was well known to regular dog walkers in Ecclesall Woods. A funeral service will be held at 10.15am on Tuesday 3 January at Beauchief Abbey.
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Christmas Lights: Tacky or Fun ?? Abbeydale Park Rise has a well earned reputation for the best Christmas lights in Dore, but there are lots of other properties worth a mention. We can recommend viewing a house at the Dore Road end of Ashfurlong Road and No 17 Dore Road. | |||
27 December ... 110 people took part in the annual Dore Wassail Walk today, the most popular to date. At the end of the walk, mince pies and mulled wine were provided by the Dore Village Society. Donations were invited towards the Pakistani Earthquake Appeal, and over £250 raised.
8 December ... Local shops are holding a Christmas Open Evening from 6pm. Carols around the Christmas tree, refreshments, plus lots to see and buy
6 December ... Carterknowle Junior School is celebrating its centenary in January and would like to hear from ex teachers or pupils. Please cotact Sue Burlaga on 255 2347 or email enquires@carterknowle.sheffield.sch.uk
4 December ... Last Sunday's ( 4th December ) Christmas Fair at Dore Moor Nursery gave people a chance to buy all sorts of gifts and cards while drinking a complimentary mulled wine and listening to a jazz band. Appropriately the stall provided by Valerie of Dore featured some wooden Dore Ducks !
29 November ... The 2005 Dore Village Society Christmas card has proved extremely popular, with the first print sold out. Further cards have been ordered and should be available by the end of this week. You will be able to purchase these at Valerie Of Dore, Dore Service Station or Dore Opticians.
20 November ... Countryfile, a BBC1 programme on Sunday morning's, is doing a focus on Sheffield and "Countryside on your doorstep" this Sunday -11 or 11.30am. At short notice, they have been to Ecclesall Woods and done a short slot on Sheffield’s woodland resource.
19 November ...Tax Time Bomb. The number of homes with a value above the inheritance tax threshold of £275,000 has tripled in the last 5 years according, to the Halifax bank. The percentage of homes above the ceiling is particularly marked in London and the south east, along with the more affluent areas of other major cities
18 November ... this week city councillors have ruled that only one speed limit change will be implemented for Hathersage Road between Limb Lane and Brickhouse - dropped from 60mph to 50mph. They will now monitor the effect. Ash Lane remains 50mph.
11 November ... next week councillors consider again the question of a revised speed limit on Hathersage Road as part of measures to reduce accidents. There are proposals to reduce the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph for a section to the Limb Lane junction however there are alternatives being put forward by South Yorkshire Police and local councillor Keith Hill. Decisions expected Monday.
4 November ... The proposed closure of Ringinglow Fire Station is causing considerable concern locally. For those wishing to find out more about this, there will be a presentation by the Fire Service at the forthcoming South West Area Panel meeting on Wednesday 16th November at Bents Green Methodist Church, Ringinglow Road at 7.30pm
26 October ... Judging by the number of people who attended the consultation meeting today, there is widespread concern about the proposal to make Cross Lane one-way. Sheffield Highways also received over 130 letters on the subject before the meeting. Hopefully the highway engineers will take peoples comments constructively and come up with some more viable alternative schemes to ease problems on the Long Line/Cross Lane intersection.
21 October ... Tesco has applied to relax restrictions on when it can make deliveries to its new Tesco Express store at the bottom of Totley Brook Road. The conditions applied with the recent planning consent were for deliveries to be restricted to between 7am to 8pm Mondays to Saturdays with no deliveries on Sundays and Bank Holidays to try to minimise disruption to people living nearby. Local residents are furious to discover Tesco now want to extend these times to between 6am and 11pm Mondays to Saturdays and 7am to 10.30pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
19 October ... Plans have been submitted to demolish Fairthorn, off Townhead Road, to be replaced by a block of 20 apartments operated by Methodist Homes for the Aged. Home Farm Trust has operated Fairthorn since 1972, providing care and support for 36 adults with learning difficulties. Originally the building was used by a charity called the Fairthorn Association to provide short breaks in the clean air of Dore for children suffering from the effects of Sheffield smog.
15 October ... The Highways department will be holding a drop-in session in Dore Old School Hall from 3:30pm to 7:30pm Thursday October 26.
see letter to residents from Keith Hill
You may wish to take this opportunity to put your views on proposals to address the accidents along Hathersage Road, or contact Keith Hill.
Alternatively email your comments to the Dore Village Society click here
10 October ... There was another major crash at the crossroad junction of Hathersage Road and Long Line just after 4.30pm this evening. The rider of a motorcycle heading towards Sheffield was in collision with a car exiting Long Line. Police, fire engines and amblances were called to the scene and the Hathersage Road closed for an hour causing traffic chaos on surrounding roads. The motocyclist was taken to hospital by ambulance, but the elderly car driver suffered sufficiently severe injuries for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to attend the scene. see pictures below
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Council proposals for improving safety at the junction will be available to the public at a meeting later this month. As they stand these hinge on making Cross Lane one way which would not have prevented this accident and would itself create new traffic black spots. The only sensible answer is to build a roundabout at the junction!
30 September ... Friends of Blacka Moor report almost 700 signatures in recent weeks from walkers and users of Blacka Moor concerned about securing its status against possible change.
23 September ... City Councillors grant outline planning permission for 3 detached houses in the garden of 114 Totley Brook Road, despite widespread opposition.
23 September ... Michael Vaughan and family are moving from Dore to Baslow.
10 September ... Dore Show, another successful and enjoyable event - see pictures
2 September ... 3 new houses in the back garden ! councillors consider on Monday proposals to build 3 detached houses on land at 114 Totley Brook Road, described as "unacceptable backland development" by objectors.
2 September ... Drivers needed !!! Transport 17 has been transporting passengers in the community for 21 years. They have 3 blue buses with which volunteers take frail or elderly passengers to Lunch and Social clubs and on various outings. All of this, of course, relies on drivers and escorts being available.
Could you drive a minibus or escort our passengers from their homes and on and off the buses? All our buses have sliding doors, tail-lifts and safety belts. Call in at our office at 172 Baslow Road, Totley or call 236 2912 preferably between 9am and 10am for more details.
31 August The new Tesco Express store on Abbeydale Road South is scheduled to open on September 26th. Currently the company is recruiting for the 20 jobs to be created.
26 August ... off Blacka Moor Road - housing development opposition - 21 letters of objection were received but council planners are likely to report next Tuesday that they have no fundamental objections to proposed housing developments off Blacka Moor Road. Latest - 2 September ... City councillors rejected officers' advice and refused outline planning permission for 2 houses on a grassed area at Farfield.
23 August, "Recycling Madness" - an update report from Keith Hill... Copies of the petition raised over the weekend (approx 400 signatures) will be forwarded to Onyx and Waste Management over the next few days. (click here for letter & full details) (The bin stands were subsequently removed during September)
22 August ... Carton recycling is now available at Waitrose on Ecclesall Road and Sainsbury's on Archer Road. This includes all drinks cartons, frozen drinks containers, ready mixed custard, washing powder boxes. Provided by The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment tel : 020 8977 6116 or info@drinkscartons.com (Thanks to Vicky Wilson for this information)
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13 August 2005, Recycling madness - Everyone was surprised by the appearance last week of strange metal contraptions on the tarmac in front of the newsagents shop on Causeway Head Road. These turned out to be supports from which recycling bins will be suspended.
In this day and age it beggars belief, or does it, that Onyx can install recycling bins on our pavements without any consultation with, or even advance notification to, adjacent businesses or residents. Neither local councillors or the Dore Village Society were informed.
In does not take a genius to see that the bins will act as a magnet for litter and vandalism. They create a hazard for the poorly sighted, will block the delivery of papers to the newsagents forcing delivery vehicles to park in the road at a dangerous point, while car drivers using the bins will be tempted to park on the adjacent private drive.
The Society and local councillors are trying to establish how this all happened and get the bins resited. All we know at the time of going to press is that the workmen involved have said Sheffield Highways Department gave Onyx carte blanche, declaring the contraptions to be street furniture, and so not requiring planning permission!
We are all in favour of recycling, but when will the powers that be realise that to succeed they need to work with communities, not against them.
John Baker, Chairman, Dore Village Society
12 August ... Anger at bus service reductions. Residents in Dore and Totley are upset over the scaling down of bus services during August. More than 400 have signed a protest petition. Part of a reduced summer programme bus managers say is necessary because there are traditionally fewer passengers.
19 July 2005 This August, The Moors for the Future Partnership, a £4.7million, five year Heritage Lottery Funded project will be hosting eight, free Family Fun Days around the Peak District moors. There will be lots of activities to get involved in such as puppet making, `Bog Books`, storytelling and the creation of a large `Peat Bog People` to name a few. The free events run during the summer holidays and aim to develop a greater understanding of moorland management issues in a fun and creative way for all the family. Activities run from 10am until 4pm.
The finale of these events will be next to the car park at the National Trust's Longshaw Estate near Hathersage on Thursday 25 th August, the site of the proposed new Moors for the Future Moorland Discovery Centre where school children and adults alike can come to learn about the fantastic moorland heritage of the Peak District.
The other seven events are at Stanton-in-Peak (1 st Aug), Dunford Bridge (4 th Aug), Marsden (8 th Aug), Hayfield (11 th Aug), Flash (15 th Aug), Edale (18 th Aug) and Tintwistle near Glossop (22 nd Aug).
For further information call 01433 621656 or visit our website www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk
15 July 2005 Approved this week by the council, additional safety measures for Hathersage Road, after pressure from local residents. Already erected are signs "Five killed in five years" at Limb Lane and Fox House, with new road surfacing, and road lines and a revision of the speed limit to follow. Dore Village Society has campaigned for action for some years - and recently covered in the Summer 2005 Dore to Door magazine. Consultation with local residents is now promised whilst the council consider possible changes to the Long Line / Cross Lane junction.
9 July 2005 - Crowds once again enjoyed glorious weather at todays Dore Scout & Guide Gala, with a parade lead by the South Yorkshire Police Brass Band, an impressive and colourful display by the Brownie cheerleaders, the "Heroes and Heroines " fancy dress competition, "It's a Knockout" and of course the "Dog of Dore" competition.
1 July 2005 (Letter received today)
Help us defend our city's character.
The threat to the character of large parts of the south west of Sheffield from insensitive property development is an issue which has been raised with me by many constituents. It is an understandable issue of wide public concern.
That is why I hope as many residents as possible will participate in the consultation exercise launched by the city council as preparations are made for a new Sheffield Development Framework.
An "Emerging Options" document can be found on the Sheffield city council website http://www.Sheffield.gov.uk and search for Emerging Options), which sets out two alternative options for the scale of future housing development in south and west Sheffield to promote housing development that seeks to meet the market demand for the area, or limit any additional housing development e.g. low level infill and no new sites for housing development.
Comments on the various options can be sent to sdf@sheffield.gov.uk or in writing to: SDF Team, Development Services, Howden House, 1 Union Street, Sheffield, S1 2SH, tel: (0114) 273 4212.
Many residents will, no doubt, have strong views on the future housing development strategy in their neighbourhood. This consultation exercise gives them the perfect opportunity to make their views known.
Nick Clegg MP
The deadline for this informal consultation is 22 July. There will be a further formal consultation period next year.
Note: Dore Village Society (John Baker) now has a copy of the 256 page "Emerging Options for the Core Strategy" document that Nick Clegg refers to in his letter, should anyone wish to look at it. (7/07/05)
29/06/05 - The application by brewers Mitchells and Butler to extend the opening hours of the Hare and Hounds has been granted, allowing it to stay open from 10am to midnight every day from November (see 21/06/06).
27/06/2005 - On a beautiful sunny day, 23 people joined the first walk in the Dore Festival Walking Week. Led by David Heslop, the group enjoyed a 5 mile walk starting from Grindleford. There are walks each day this week. Details from David Bearpark on 236 9100
22/6/2005: Traffic was brought to a standstill for some time at Wednesday lunchtime as the result of a crash between two cars at the junction of Vicarage Lane and Dore Road. Fire engines, police and ambulance services were called to the scene. Five people were taken to hospital including the women drivers of the Peugeot 206 and Toyota Avensis Verso and two children. It is not known what injuries were received.
22/6/2005: Local fury has arisen over the discovery that a council house on Totley Brook Grove has stood empty for 6 months after the successful applicants from the nearly 170 who applied failed to move in. A subsequent application by the successful tenants to buy the property was turned down. We understand that the length of previous Council tenancies in other properties counts towards the generous discounts buyers can obtain.
21/6/05: The Hare & Hounds will hear next Wednesday whether an application to extend opening hours will be granted by the Council Licensing Board. Council environment officers are concerned about disturbance to nearby residents and suggest shorter hours of 11.30pm Sunday to Thursday and 0.30am on Fridays and Saturdays.