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Power To The People With Dave Borden of Borden Electrics

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Cheers! To Our Pub Therapy

Lunchtime drinks are popular with residents at The Porterbrook in Crosspool

Friendship Luncheon Club is now part of the varied schedule of activities available to residents of The Porterbrook care Ahome in Crosspool. They visit local pubs along with members of staff, enjoying tasty food and quaffing favourite drinks. Sheilagh Sweeney, manager of The Porterbrook, says: “Taking our residents to the pub might sound like a strange idea, but it’s an important part of maintaining their self-esteem. “People who move into care homes often say they miss the small things of everyday life... supermarket shopping, popping round to friends’ homes or enjoying a drink at the local pub. It is important not to overlook the positive effects that flow from run-of-the-mill weekly activities.” In the friendly pub atmosphere residents soon relax and begin to reminisce about years gone by as they savour familiar aromas of food and drink, and hear music and people chattering nearby. Says Sheilagh: “We make sure there is musical entertainment at each pub we visit, which adds to the occasion. Our residents really look forward to their Friendship Luncheon Club outings.”

For more information about The Porterbrook, call Sheilagh Sweeney on 0114 266 0808. Email: [email protected] or visit www.theporterbrookcare.com The Porterbrook team

                   

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Two Rooms

The Intodownstairs of thisOne 1930s property in Millhouses has been redesigned rand Interior Designs was asked to centre of a wall of units - with a fully-integrated create an open-plan living, dining, fridge and freezer to the sides, creating a food kitchen space at a family home in preparation area. Millhouses. Across the room a gas hob was fitted. It has GTwo rooms were knocked into one to an extractor fan above, and a splashback of make the stunning kitchen/diner featured on black glass. these pages - designed with thought and Kitchen Island consideration for clients who wanted to open This is the hub of the open-plan layout. up the back of their house to create a much It has a seating area, integral dishwasher, sink lighter and brighter living and cooking space. and drawers. Worktops are made from They asked Grand Interior Designs to do the white Quartz. work after reading about them in Grapevine. Finishing Touches A new downstairs cloakroom was also fitted. Old kitchen and dining layouts were swapped around, and the redesigned kitchen given a Building Work As our before shots show, the newly-created flat-screen television. In the new dining area space was previously two separate rooms. there is a glass display cabinet and space for To create the desired look, feel, and space the a record player - where the cooker-range clients wanted the kitchen and dining room used to be. dividing wall removed - including two chimney Wood-plank style Karndean flooring was laid breasts. Grand Interior Designs structural throughout the kitchen, diner, cloakroom and engineer calculated the steel joist sizes required hall to create a seamless finish. to support the load bearing walls, which were The cloakroom has been made much wider then clad to create a seamless look. The kitchen by removing a wall and bringing it in line with and dining areas were swapped around to give the hallway. This has allowed more space to more storage, flow and make the room more accomodate duck-egg blue storage units, one user-friendly. The space is much lighter now, houses a washing machine with a tumble dryer and the fitting of a glass fire door to the hallway above. A built-in w/c and basin were installed. has made that area brighter too. The widening of the cloakroom enabled a new door under the stairs making access to the Cabinetry The units, painted in a green/grey shade, are meters easier. wide, and modern in design. There is plenty of Says Grand Interior Designs’ customer: “I spoke storage space in deep drawers. to a number of kitchen designers, but felt Kevin at Grand Interior Designs was the most imaginative. Appliances Three integral side-by-side ‘hide & slide’ Neff It was his idea to swap the dining and kitchen ovens were fitted, one of them combined with a areas around. The new space is much brighter, microwave. They are positioned together in the which is exactly what I wanted”

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Designed & Built With Jon Stocks, and his sons Jon, Dan, and Kieran of DWS Ltd.

Curves Your House Deserves This shapely door and surround were created from rot-proof Accoya wood e receive many calls about shown above were fitted to a house in Dore. single-glazed frames and panes with period doors, writes Jon Stocks, They are made from Accoya, the trade name units that are energy efficient, but look as of DWS, and have made for softwood that has effectively been pickled if they were made in Victorian/Edwardian days. hundreds of them for homes by having its chemical structure altered to You can choose either mock-sashes Wacross Sheffield. dramatically reduce the decaying process. (that look like sliding sashes, but without Victorian and Edwardian houses often have An insurance-approved five-lever mortise the pulley-operating systems), or fully curved doors and entrances, which look lock was fitted to the door, then came the functioning sliding-sash windows. stunning. Our speciality is making modern finishing touch of black Dulux Weathershield We also restore frames by cutting versions of them - replicating their elegant paint, which has a six-year guarantee. out rotten parts, then replacing them looks, but with added security and thermal with new timber and a flexible, At DWS we are also experts efficiency. The curved double doors and frame in re-creating period windows. We replace bonded-resin.

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Where Residents’ Minds Matter Grapevine chats with Jo MacGregor, activities EXPERT co-ordinator at The Laurels care home in Broomhill CARE AT THE LIMES

There are modern facilities at The Limes, with has 50 bedrooms that are furnished and decorated to a high standard. Each has a TV point, and a nurse-call system that ensures everyone can obtain assistance night and day. Residents are encouraged to feel at home by personalising their rooms. There are spacious lounges overlooking beautiful gardens, and qualified staff with Gardening with one of the residents specialist training who cater for all residents’ needs. Jo, what inspired you to become a carer? Activity co-ordinators provide a “Fifteen years ago I began studying education at programme of events that includes Sheffield Hallam University, then worked in childrens’ trips out. Food is cooked daily on the nurseries, and with those who have special needs. premises, with a choice of meals. The chef “In 2017 my mum was diagnosed with dementia, caters for special diets, and is happy to and after spending time doing the best I could for her, help meet all residents’ needs. I decided to work helping other people who live with Birthdays and anniversaries are the condition. celebrated as if residents were at home. “I began working for the Hill Care Group (which owns The Laurels and the Limes) a year ago at its home in Respite care is available: Rotherham, then transferred here because I live locally. short term and long term I think it is important to involve community organisations in care we offer at The Laurels. In Rotherham I reached out to churches, schools Jo MacGregor - her mum has dementia and nurseries. Small groups of children visited the Maintaining a sense of self-worth is important, home and sang to residents - which they loved. and many of those in my care like to perform chores I’m introducing more of this at The Laurels. such as setting the table for meals, or dusting - activities “I also produced a ‘then and now’ book for one of that enhance feelings of independence. the ladies I was looking after, which had pictures of the “Contact with pets is important. I’m arranging a visit Arbourthorne estate where she grew up, and pictures to Tabby Teas, which is Sheffield’s first cat café, and we of that area as it is today. will be having a visit from a puppy that is in training to Which activities do residents at be a guide dog. Our sensory garden is also a real joy The Laurels most enjoy? for residents.” “Every resident requires individual treatment. FOCUSED HELP FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA he Laurels is a specialist residential building for those living dementia, so The Laurels provides an environment that encourages residents to Twith dementia, where emphasis is placed on a caring, focused way of recall events and songs from long ago. helping residents enjoy a happy life. Staff liaise with relatives to prepare Residents benefit from the fact that members of The Laurels staff have individual care plans. different areas of expertise in caring for the elderly. There is a dining room, Stimulating the memory is very important in delaying the advance of lounge areas and activities room over two floors.

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Sheffield Kitchen Interiors 298A Meadowhead, Sheffield S8 7UH 0114 274 7288 www.sheffieldkitcheninteriors.co.uk

We fitted this curvacious kitchen at a house in Millhouses t was in 1973 that Stan and Jennie Nuttall moved into their three-bedroomed semi at Millhouses, and in 1984 that they last revamped its kitchen. I “Our daughters,” says Stan, “often told us we needed a new kitchen, as the units were looking dated. We read in Grapevine about Sheffield Kitchen Interiors, and after we contacted them Paul Fish came to measure-up. We were impressed with his great ideas.” Sheffield Kitchen Interiors removed the old kitchen and wall cladding, then looked after plastering and electrical work. The Nuttalls’ kitchen is galley style - long and narrow - so tall units were fitted for extra wall storage. The oven, hob, and an integral fridge were moved to different positions to make everything easier to use. Shaker-style units were fitted, hand-painted in a ‘mussel’ shade, and wood-look laminate flooring was laid. The worktops/splashbacks are dark grey Fugen Quartz. An integral oven is next to the fridge, and there is an appliance the Nuttals have long wanted - a dishwasher. Says Jennie: “We are very happy with the kitchen. I’m especially pleased we now have a dishwasher. We never had room for one before, but the new design created extra space. Everyone who worked at our home was very good. You can rely on what Paul Fish says, because his fitters did exactly what he promised.”

The oven, hob, and an integral fridge were Long-Tall moved to different positions to make everything easier to use Kitchen

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Under the Bonnet With Ross Kerfoot, Manager of Tavern Service Station, Crosspool

High-Pressure Monkey Business When hoses are needed we ring Daz McCarthy, whose business is located in a former pub once Daz with one of his pick-up vehicles, well known for its entertaining pet a Nissan Navara

ithout high-pressure rubber hoses no repair garage can function properly. We need them to operate hydraulic Wramps, inflate tyres and work the power steering in vehicles. Our hoses are supplied by Le Pla Hydraulics, (Hosezone) of Neepsend, whose owner Daz McCarthy brings his company’s vehicles to us for servicing and repairs - a Ford Ranger and Nissan Navara, which are pick-ups, a Vauxhall Corsa van and four Transits. Daz has been supplying high-pressure hoses for 34 years. His business premises were once The Victoria public house, and are now called The Monkey Works, which is a play on a name that harks back to the pub’s heyday when it was at the heart of steel manufacturing in Le Pla Hydraulics (Hosezone) is based in what was The Victoria pub in Neepsend the area. customers are builders’ says Daz, the pub a nickname - The Monkey House.” Sheffield City Council, “According to legend,” “the landlord Daz’s rubber hoses allow air or hydraulic oil merchants and steel manufacturers. kept a little monkey in a cage behind the bar, to be pumped at pressures from 500 to “Some companies use their hoses until which for years entertained regulars with 5,000 psi. Among his they become worn and burst,” says Daz, its antics on a swing, and earned “while others - such as Tavern Service Station - have them inspected regularly and replaced when necessary. I’ve been dealing with the Tavern for ten years, and their mechanics have never let us down. Like most small companies, we can’t afford to have vehicles off the road for long, so it’s good to know they’ll be repaired double-quick whenever problems arise.”

Daz’s rubber hoses allow air or hydraulic oil to be pumped at pressures from 500 to 5,000 psi

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Bathroom Solutions The H2O bathroom studio is co-owned by Richard Hardy, who has been designing bathrooms for 30 years, and knows pretty much everything about them. His business partner Martin Price has 25 years’ experience designing bathrooms. The team includes Philip Procter, Ian Marriott, and Dan Heathcote who are skilled designers each with 20 years’ experience. Lighting The Loo This downstairs cloakroom at a house in Dore has been revamped by H2O

mall rooms need big ideas - which is space large natural-looking wall and floor tiles to met Richard Hardy, and saw fittings and tiles

what H2O Bathroom Solutions specialise have been used. on display that were ideal for our cloakroom. in. Cloakroom loos can feel cramped The basin sits upon a storage unit that is “The fitter was very good, and looked after (because usually they are), but at the narrower than usual, which incorporates a every aspect of the installation. His work was Sfour-bedroomed Dore house featured on this concealed cistern for the loo. Basin and WC done to a high standard, and we’re impressed page H2O used a large illuminated mirror to are by Duravit. with the finished look.

make the smallest room seem more spacious. Says H2O’s customer: “We’d dealt with H2O “Even though ours was a small job, H2O took It is located downstairs, and had not been previously on behalf of an elderly relative, a great deal of time ensuring that everything updated since 2004. and been really impressed at how knowledgeable, was properly prepared before work started.

As you can see, the area H2O had to work enthusiastic and professional the staff were. Richard came back afterwards to check we were with is not very large, so to give a feeling of We went to their showroom on Chesterfield Road happy with what had been done.”

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An elderly ex-lord mayor of Sheffield was accused of spying during World War One. German-born steel baron Sir Joseph Jonas went on trial for espionage, and later was stripped of his knighthood Are You For King Or Kaiser?

t is July of 1918, writes Ian Macgill, and as American troops arrived to bolster the British ‘This is not a German shop. God Save the King!’ World War One rages a 73-year-old man and French armies. Despite this widespread animosity towards stands in the dock of London’s Old Bailey, In the UK’s 1881 census Germans Germans, Sir Jonas must have been confident charged with spying for the Germans, constituted the largest continental European that his loyalty to Britain would never be IHe is said to be and cannot minority in the land, and after the outbreak of questioned. But before the war ended he ‘very deaf’, hear evidence being brought against him. war riots against them were widespread. In was challenged in court as to whether his The accused is steel magnate Sir Joseph Jonas, May of 1915 a German U-Boat sank the liner loyalties lay with the king, or the Kaiser. ex-Lord Mayor of Sheffield, who has been Lusitania, and 1,200 passengers died. Britons At 9.29am on June 13th, 1918, Sir Joseph honoured by both the King of England, were outraged, and in Sheffield the violence was a pillar of Sheffield society as boss of steel George V, and Germany’s Emperor company Jonas, Colver & Co. Ltd., Kaiser Wilhelm II. based in Attercliffe. But a Sir Joseph has lived in Sheffield In Sheffield the violence against minute later his world collapsed. almost 50 years, but was born in Germans was so extreme that many He began to suffer the most Germany. That fact will ruin him. of them asked to be locked in bewildering and terrifying He has held numerous public experience of his long life when at positions in his adopted city: police cells for safety 9.30am detectives appeared on lord mayor (1904-1905), councillor, magistrate, against Germans was so extreme that many the doorstep of his mansion in Endcliffe and alderman, university council member, chairman asked to be locked in police cells for safety arrested him. Later that day the former lord of the technical school... and Sheffield’s - and they were! mayor was under police guard, and on a train German consul, though he had been a It was commonplace for English traders to for London. naturalised British citizen more than half put signs in their windows declaring: At Bow Street Magistrates’ Court Sir Joseph his life. is the story of how WHAT FOLLOWS persons unknown ensured a humiliating end for one of Sheffield’s great benefactors. A single bequest from Sir Joseph was an incredible £5,000 to equip a foundry and laboratory in the university's metallurgy department. But lies and innuendo resulted in what must be termed a show trial, during which the flimsiest of evidence was produced to discredit him because he was born in a country Britain was at war with. To understand the animosity many felt towards Sir Joseph, we must bear in mind that the backdrop to this affair was carnage on the Western Front. Every day our troops were being killed in their thousands, though no one seemed to care that one of Sir Joseph’s four sons was in the British Army, or that a daughter of his was married to an English officer recovering from wounds. Peace seemed a long way off, even in 1918 - last year of the war - when Germany launched a massive offensive, hoping to win victory before Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V honoured Sir Joseph Jonas

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German-born Joseph Jonas was Lord Mayor of Sheffield 1904-1905

was charged with breaking the Official Secrets company sold vast amounts of Sheffield steel in Order of the Prussian Crown from Germany’s Act, which meant he faced seven years in jail. Germany, as did various foundries in South Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II . He was said to have passed sensitive Yorkshire - several of which were owned by While Joseph Jonas was Lord Mayor of information to the enemy about British steel Germans. Sheffield he welcomed King Edward VII to and armaments manufacturing, though not But immediately war was declared, the city, and soon afterwards was knighted by told who tipped off the police that he might Sir Joseph ceased contact with the land of his His Majesty. be a spy. Bail was set at £2,000, an enormous birth (where customers owed him £78,000), in England ALL GERMANS LIVING sum for the time. and devoted his steel production during the Great War lived in fear of their of the allegations was wholeheartedly to the British war effort. ancestry. Were they loyal to King or Kaiser? THE ABSURDITY that communications Sir Joseph had with It must be stressed that his role as German This was not much of a choice considering our Germany (letters and meetings) were in years consul in Sheffield was nothing sinister. It was royal family was overwhelmingly Teutonic. before the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. a titular position to facilitate good trading Only in 1917 would King George V change Those dealings were legitimate because his relations, but almost certainly earned him the his family’s name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Continued on next page

Germans had never been popular in Britain, and most of Sir Joseph’s steelworkers pointedly refused to acknowledge his 1905 knighthood

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Sir Joseph’s final resting place at All Saints Parish Church, Ecclesall

From previous page Charles Alfred Vernon. He was Yorkshire-born, in them of a normal commercial nature, or but the son of Sir Joseph’s German former likely to have aided the enemy? to Windsor. business partner, Carl August Hahn, who also Members of the jury were not impressed Germans had never been popular in Britain, was a defendant in the spy case. (Vernon had with the prosecution case, especially when and most of Sir Joseph’s steelworkers Anglicised his name at the outbreak of war). they were told that immediately before the pointedly refused to acknowledge his 1905 The court proceedings were seen as so war representatives of - Germany’s knighthood. Yet when he was stripped of the Krupps important that the prosecution team was led greatest armaments manufacturers - had been title after that Old Bailey travesty of justice, by Attorney General Sir Frederick Smith KC. allowed free reign to visit many of Britain’s they insisted on referring to him as ‘Sir Joseph’. Sir Joseph - steel and munitions factories. Indeed, 100 of those workers turned out for ‘displaying considerable emotion’ according to a newspaper report - told the After retiring for only an hour, the jury his funeral, which took place in August of 1921 court about one of his four sons being in the decided that Sir Joseph and Vernon were not at Ecclesall, three years All Saints Parish Church, British Army, and that a daughter’s husband guilty of conspiracy or felony. They were found after the spy trial. was a wounded English officer. to have committed a misdemeanour’, which began at the ‘ SIR JOSEPH’S ORDEAL Much of the questioning of Sir Joseph meant the court did not believe either man Old Bailey on Wednesday, July 24th, 1918, centred on whether his loyalties lay with had intentionally put British interests at risk. eight days after his 73rd birthday. It would last Britain or Germany. The prosecution made a meal of his almost a week. He could not hear much of THE JUDGE repeatedly tried to blacken his character by sentencing, saying the two defendants had been what was said because of deafness, yet he was referring to pre-war business contacts he had Yet he thought imprisonment not permitted to leave the dock and sit nearer ‘grossly negligent’. with Germany. Letters of his produced in would be and instead the witness stand. ‘unnecessarily harsh’, court made references to Britain’s production imposed stiff fines. Sir Joseph paid £2,000, and Sir Joseph was tried along with an associate, of small arms and steel. Was the information Charles Vernon £1,000 - money that had to be handed over by 10.30 next morning. Also, both men had to bear prosecution costs, which would have cost them a fortune. Sir Joseph was a broken man after the trial. A month later he was stripped of his knighthood by King George V (he of German ancestry). There was even an attempt to have Sir Joseph’s naturalisation revoked, but it failed. He resigned as a director of his company, and with his wife Lucy retired to their Sheffield mansion at Ecclesall - Endcliffe House. Sir Joseph passed his time walking the grounds and sailing a model fleet on the lake. In December of 1920 he suffered a stroke, and was still confined to bed when he died nine months later. Hundreds of Sheffield’s great and good attended his funeral at , Ecclesall. Endcliffe House, former residence All Saints Parish Church of Sir Joseph Jonas, belongs to the Sir Joseph left an estate valued at £182,399. University of Sheffield His former mansion now belongs to the University of Sheffield.

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Maxine & Neil by the river Rhine Awnings in Stuttgart Our Blinding Road Trip Maxine & Neil Hayter drove from Sheffield to Stuttgart to see one of Elton John’s farewell performances - and lots of blinds on the way ost people share holiday snaps of Holland is home to our biggest supplier Bespoke Blinds & Poles Ltd is a family owned business run by Maxine themselves against backdrops of - Luxaflex - which is wholly owned by a and Neil Hayter (below). beautiful vistas, writes Maxine Hayter, Dutch family. Maxine runs their superb of Bespoke Blinds & Poles. Next stop was Bacharach in Germany’s showroom, and Neil expertly fits MMy husband Neil and I came home from a Rhine Valley - a medieval town with wonderful blinds. The couple can supply and install blinds, tracks and poles for recent trip to Europe with photographs of buildings (and bars). Then we went to Stuttgart, any room or window, including bi- shutters and awnings. Yes, it’s difficult to switch world capital of blinds. fold door, and bay windows. off from work. Before long we were singing along with Bespoke Blinds & Poles Ltd is recommended by Luxaflex blinds, I’ve always been an Elton John fan, so Neil and Elton John. and is a Which? I decided to buy tickets for one of his farewell Trusted Trader gigs in Stuttgart, which we visit every three years to attend the world trade fair for blinds. We decided to make a road trip out of the Elton expedition, driving from Sheffield to Stuttgart in our Bespoke Blinds & Poles truck. First stop was Amsterdam, where we enjoyed the wonderful architecture, atmosphere and high quality window-shading options. Amsterdam has a similar climate to Sheffield, yet makes much more use of external/internal blind combinations. The union of awnings and internal pleated blinds helps control the temperature in properties. Elton John performing in Stuttgart

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Floors in Store With Damian Moore, of Layers Carpets - Crosspool and Dronfield

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Seventeen years ago Layers laid carpets for Ron and Bea Robinson at their Fulwood home - and recently we returned to lay vinyl on the kitchen floor ayers first opened its doors for striped carpet to the stairs and landing could be reused. business in 2002, writes Damian (pictured below, right). It is a top quality, heavy- Ron and Bea contacted us recently when Moore. Since then, we have fitted duty carpet maade from 100% wool. We also they wanted a new look for their kitchen floor. acres of flooring across Sheffield. fitted a heavy duty 50oz wool-twist carpet in Ceramic tiles fitted eight years ago by another LTwo of our earliest customers were Ron and the lounge, treated with a stain protection. company and had cracked in various places. Bea Robinson, of Fulwood, who have lived in These carpets were fitted in January 2017 The couple chose a super quality luxury their four-bedroomed detached home since - and still look as good as new.These carpets vinyl-tile design (pictured above). It is similar 1983. We fitted carpets to the lounge, stairs replaced ones we fitted 17 years ago. Its in appearance to the old ceramic tiles, but and two bedrooms. Subsequently, we laid a underlay was in such good condition that it warmer to walk on, more durable and easier to clean. We laid the vinyl on top of the tiles. This involved a great deal of preparation work. We made sure the broken tiles were secured, then primed the surface to ensure the screed holds - which makes the floor is level. Says Ron: “We like to support local companies, and Layers have always done a great job for us. The carpeting they supply wears well, and their fitters are excellent.” offers a complete fitting service. LAYERS We expertly lay all types of residential and commercial flooring, and have the joinery skills to trim doors and kitchen plinths, and repair squeaky floorboards. If necessary, we’ll replace your old skirting boards.We are happy to move and replace heavy items of furniture, and dispose of old floor coverings.

LAYERS 46 Sandygate Road, F L O O R I N G Crosspool S10 5RY 0114 266 9888 30 Grapevine Magazine

Safe Motoring With Nick Crouch of Tec-Nick Autos The Move So Far Tec-Nick autos will soon have bigger premises n my Grapevine column last month still on target to open our new place I said that Tec-Nick Autos is motoring towards the end of summer. An Iahead by moving to much larger indicator all is coming together is that premises, writes Nick Crouch. our signage is now on show, as you can We have secured a half-acre site at see from the picture on the left. Darnall (near the Centertainment For the time being, please keep complex) that has 3,500 sq. ft. of bringing your vehicle to our garage on workshop and office space. Duchess Road, where it’s business as Since acquiring the site we have been usual. busy renovating it in the evening and at Please bear in mind that I have weekends, which has entailed removing worked with VW, Audi and Skoda cars dividing walls to create a large open for many years, and know the vehicles space for car ramps, as well as sanding inside-out. the floor and building a new customer I can collect your vehicle, and return Nick outside counter. It’s tough being a builder at it after it has been worked on, but his new premises night and a mechanic by day, but we are please book this service in advance. Give your VW, Audi, or Skoda a great service history SAVE 50% OFF THE COST OF SERVICING AND REPAIRS, COMPARED TO A MAIN DEALER I have a Interim separate area Service for changing from £89 (including parts, andMoT servicing tyres labour and VAT) 110 Duchess Road, Sheffield S2 4BL Mobile: 07841 910 611 or 0114 275 4189 Tec-Nick Autos www.sheffieldvwaudispecialist.co.uk [email protected]

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Graham Bathrooms designed this layout for a customer in Baslow re we bath or shower people? That take a closer look at the picture above is the question families often ask (lower right)you will notice there is a tiled when considering the design of and curved seating area within the cubicle their new bathroom, writes James - an Elements bespoke shower seat. ABroomhead, manager of the Graham The bathroom Finishing Touches. showroom on London Road. was fitted by Ivan Hughes, one of our Nowadays, people often throw out the elite installers, who even tiled inside the small bathtub, and opt for a large walk-in shower, round window shown on the right. but both options are featured in the en-suite Says our customer: “I’d heard about layout shown above, which we designed for Graham’s good reputation, so it was the only a customer in Baslow who requested a luxury company I spoke to regarding my new bathroom’s stand-alone bath, and large showering area. design. I really liked the ranges on display, and The finished look is classy and spacious, was impressed with James and the designs he featuring a roll-top bath from Heritage, came up with.” cabinetry and pottery by Rhoper Rhodes, Graham’s showroom has in stock top-end an Aqualisa Premier shower, and radiators products by Laura Ashley, Geberit. Heritage, from Vogue and the Radiator Co. Roca, Ideal Standard, Mira, Roper Rhodes, All the above products can be viewed at Merlyn, Matki... and many more. Expect superb our premises, where there are dozens of styles and excellent quality, with a range for bathrooms set out as you might want them every taste and budget - from traditional to fitted at your home. contemporary. The showering area is actually a wetroom As well as super bathroom products, we system from Impey Shower Deck. The cubicle is have a list of preferred professional fitters, made from Aquadart 10mm glass. If you whose talents are tried and tested.

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Pane Relief With Ian Hunter and his son, Ian, of Sheffield Window Centre

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Sheffield Window Centre can replace your porch, as they did at this property in Lodge Moor, stopping draughts, and creating useful extra space

At the rear of the house is a conservatory that was built by Sheffield Window Centre in 2013

orches are a useful outer entrance rest of the building. You can hardly tell the They didn’t request payment until after the for any home - providing extra porch is a recent addition. work was finished - which is rare these days. storage, and keeping out draughts. A tough, attractive pale green/blue Lodge Moor can get very windy at times, and now They can be a striking addition to composite door was fitted. The windows are the front of our house is draught-proof. Pthe front of a property, as the porch featured A rated, with frames. The porch has also given more space for shoes Rehau here shows. It was fitted by Sheffield Window Sheffield Window Centre looked after every and muddy boots after a day out walking in Centre at a house in Lodge Moor. aspect of the work, which they were asked to the hills. Sheffield Window Centre create do because in 2013 they built a large “It is reassuring that the porch comes with made-to-measure porches. Each is built conservatory (see above) to the rear of a ten-year guarantee.” to suit the character of the home where the house. it is fitted. Says Sheffield Window For the porch on these pages a slate roof Make an appointment Centre’s customer... and light-coloured bricks were incorporated “I was really impressed with Sheffield Window to meet Sheffield Window into a design to match the character of the Centre, especially their no-pressure sales policy. Centre’s experts.

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Legal Eagle With Rosalind Watchorn, Your Home Sold Sheffield solicitor Yet You Didn’t Know Conveyancing fraud can be prevented thanks to HM Land Registry raudsters could sell your property and Absentee landlords are homes and unoccupied properties. pocket the proceeds by forging particularly at risk from HMLR’s website relates the story of a Fdocuments that dupe mortgage lenders, fraudsters, as are man who rented out his house while solicitors and purchasers (especially cash owners of second living overseas, but had the foresight to buyers) into thinking they are dealing with you. register it with the Property Alert Service. This is why HM Land Registry operates the It was a good job he did, because Property Alert Service. Since 2009 it has someone impersonating him applied to prevented 254 fraudulent mortgage raise a £300,000 mortgage on the address applications on properties valued at - a transaction that immediately was over £117m. stopped. Everyone who registers with HMLR, and Another case study on the website is creates an account, is sent email alerts that of a property landlord who drove past whenever there is conveyancing activity on one of his houses and was astonished to up to ten properties or pieces of land they see a For Sale board. own (or are keeping an eye on for Someone renting the place was trying to friends/relatives). sell it by pretending to be the owner. Only properties in England and Wales can ‘You’ve bought my house?... The Property Alert Service can be be registered. But it wasn’t on sale!’ contacted on 0300 006 0478

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Where Friendship Blossoms Everyone at Loxley Park is made to feel at home, and many residents form close bonds, meeting each day for meals and Close friends: Dorothy, Mandy and Rita going on outings together orothy Wright is one of Loxley Park’s I’m sure I’ll have my 100th birthday here.” oldest residents, at 94, and Mandy The ladies are still getting to know facts Halliday is the youngest, aged 59. about each other. While the three of them They have have become firm friends, chatted with Grapevine’s reporter, Mandy and Dmeeting for meals each day along with Rita Rita were surprised to learn that Dorothy had Little, 86, another resident they are close to. a secret wedding on June 29th, 1955. Her apartment is next door to Mandy’s. She and Bernard, her husband-to-be, did not The three of them regularly go on trips tell anyone they were about to be married. organised by staff at Loxley Park - shopping, “We went to Sheffield registry office at 9am,” having lunch at country pubs, visiting garden says Dorothy, “and two passers-by agreed to be centres and places of interest. our witnesses. By 10am we were on the train to Dorothy was born in Grenoside. She is a London for a two-week honeymoon.” former nurse, who came to Loxley Park two But the secrecy almost cost Dorothy her job months ago. “I love it here,” she says. “The staff as a nurse at the Northern General Hospital. make everyone feel welcome, and I’m delighted to “My matron said I was lucky not to be sacked have met Mandy and Rita. Our friendship has for not asking her permission to marry.” flourished, which has made me very happy. Mandy is from Hillsborough, and used to work in the cashiers department at Rita with her son, Paul confectionary makers Bassett’s, where she Mandy on her recalls there was always a strong smell of wedding day in 1981 liquorice. She moved to Loxley Park last July. “It’s nice to have friends to chat with,” she says, “and there are always activities to take part in. I’ve learned how to press flowers, and have begun knitting again”` Rita, who was born in Rotherham and used to be a secretarial worker, also came to Loxley Park in July 2018, though her journey did not take long. She could see the apartments from her house near the River Loxley, and recalls them being built in 2005. to a safe and THINKING OF MOVING friendly new home? Or perhaps you would like a holiday/respite break. Then ring Carolyn Slaughter on the number below. Dorothy (left) as a dancing girl

Loxley Road, Loxley, Sheffield S6 4TF 0114 232 1583 [email protected]

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DAVID J. MARTINA.I.O.C.

CRAFTSMAN OFDESIGNERS EXCELLENCE & MAKERS OF BESPOKE FURNITURE

Makers of bespoke kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, offices and studies and any individual item of furniture. Full consultations. Beautiful woodwork designed to last. Full project management undertaken. Established since 1980

Tel: 0114 268 6718 210 Springvale Road, Sheffield www.david-j-martin.co.uk Open: Mon to Fri 8am - 5pm • Sat by appointment only

Appliance World now offers contemporary and traditional kitchens as the exclusive Sheffield dealer for Second Nature

Please call into our showroom for a no-obligation discussion and quotation

Unit 3 & 4, Heeley Business Centre, Guernsey Road, (behind Halfords), Sheffield S2 4HG www.sheffieldapplianceworld.co.uk 0114 250 1055 OPENING TIMES: Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm