Banner Cross Neighbourhood Group: What’s on in September, 2015

Wed Hardy Plant Society: ‘Fabulous Foliage’ – a talk by Andrew Ward of Norwell Nurseries 2nd Shirley House, Psalter Lane 7.30pm – 9.30pm Non-members are welcome (£2 per person).

Thurs Longshaw Sheepdog Trials 3rd Longshaw National Trust Estate 7.30am – 5.30pm Entry £5 adults, 50p children Free parking

Thurs Babytime 3rd Library 1.30pm – 2.30pm Soft play, singing and lots of fun for babies 0 – 18 months plus parents/carers Please note: this activity now takes place every Thursday

Fri Beyonce Tribute Night 4th Napoleon’s Casino, 7.30pm – 10.30pm Tickets for the night cost just £32 per person & include a 3 course meal and drink. You'll also get a £5 gaming chip to play with in the casino. Call 266 1115 to book or for information

Fri Seldom Seen Blues Band 4th Bowling Club, Nether Edge Road 8.00pm Tickets £3. Can get tickets from Michelle at [email protected] or call on 0114 281 9563 or collect on the door

Fri Recorded Music Society: ‘Erich Korngold – a 20C non-Modernist’ 4th Polisg Centre, 520 Ecclesall Road 1.45pm Single meeting membership £3

Sat Festival Decoration Workshop 5th Heeley City Farm Community Room (by the duck pond) 1.00am – 2.00pm We will be making various decorations - banners, tree mobiles and lots of other lovely things in two workshops before each of our main events. If you like to make things would you be able to help??? It doesn't cost anything we just need a few creative people, or people to cut, glitter and stick! Contact Sarah on 0114 2580482 or email [email protected] for more details.

Sat-Sun Nether Edge Festival 5th-13th Start of the first annual Nether Edge Festival. See programme for details.

Sat/Sun Craft Courses: Longbow Making 5th/6th J.G.Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Abbey Lane 9.30 – 4.00pm (NB This is a 3-day split course. The third day will be on Saturday, 28 November.) Over the course of the 3 days, you will learn how to make a 5'+ 'self-stave' longbow from green wood, using locally sourced 'Fraxinus Excelsior' [Ash] or 'Acer pseudoplatanus ' Sycamore'. The self stave bow is made from a single piece of wood, rather than laminated strips, and is one of the earliest styles of bow. Course fee: £295 For more information please contact 0114 235 6348 or book online

Sat/Sun Art in the Gardens 5th/6th Botanical Gardens 10.30am – 5.30pm There are over 350 artists and crafts’ workers exhibiting more than 4,000 pieces of work. Adults £6, accompanied children free

Sun The Big Boulder – Music & Arts Festival 6th Heeley People’s Park, off Gleadless Road 12noon – 6.00pm Arts & Crafts, food stalls, beer tent, family activities and lots of music.

Sun Fun Day and Walk for Diabetis 6th Park 11.00am – 4.30pm A fun day for all the family with charity stalls, craft stalls, Fairground Organ, Fire Engine etc. Activities include children’s fancy dress and treasure hunt. Entry to the fundraising walk around the park is by donation or sponsorship. Free entry Sun Pedlar’s Corner Car Boot & Flea Market 6th Abbeydale Picture House car park, Abbeydale Road 10.00am – 3.00pm

Sun General Cemetery: Historical Tour 6th Discover the history of the Cemetery and learn about some of its residents on this guided walk. If attendance is high, a second tour leaving at 2.15 will take place. There will be free light refreshments at the end of the tour. Suggested minimum donation of £3.

Mon Scottish Country Dancing 7th Silverdale School 7.30pm – 9.45pm Royal Scottish Country Dance Society weekly classes begin with a free introductory session. Classes for beginners and intermediate dancers, taught by qualified RSCDS teachers. Ring Norma Hutchinson on 0114 236 6723 and see our web site at: www.rscds-sheffield.org or just turn up with soft shoes. No need for a partner; just come and enjoy.

Mon Friends of the Botanical Gardens: ‘Spring Flowers in Southern Turkey’ 7th Talk by Patrick Harding Botanical Gardens Demonstration Centre classroom 7.15pm FOBS members free. Visitors £3

Mon Botanical Gardens: Latest Developments in the Botanical Gardens 7th Botanical Gardens classroom. 7.00pm Curator Ian Turner will review events in the Gardens and discuss future plans. FOBS members free, visitors £3 (Please check beforehand as cancellation possible)

Tues Banner Cross WI 8th Banner Cross Methodist Church 2.30pm Non members welcome - £2 including refreshments. (Please note: this is a different WI group from the one on Thursdays)

Wed Friends of Brincliffe Edge Woods: Volunteer Day with Council Ranger 9th Meet at the top entrance by 245 Brincliffe Edge Road. 9.30am Contact Ken Phillip on 07756 891802 for details.

Wed Ecclesall Forum 9th Ecclesall Library Community Room 7.00pm – 9.00pm A meeting for all those interested in the life of the Ecclesall neighbourhood

Thurs Friends of the Porter Valley: Work Day 10th Forge Dam (garage between playground and café) 10.00am till lunchtime Tools provided. Wear suitable clothing and footwear. * Woodlands management tasks * Access road from Carr Bridge * Repair rising path steps by the wet woodland * Check the terrain is ready for the Autumn Fair. Contact Ann le Sage at [email protected] or on 07790250087 for details.

Thurs The WI on Ecclesall Road 10th Banner Cross Methodist Church 7.15pm – 9.00pm Non-Members (MUST be booked in advance by emailing [email protected]) Suggested contribution £3.50 per session. Refreshments £1.50

Thurs-Sun Heritage Open Days: 10th-13th Beauchief Abbey, off Abbey Lane Thurs-Sat 11.00am-4.00pm; Sun 1.00pm-4.00pm Free entry

Fri Bishop’s House: Sieben plus Nick Robinson 11th Bishop’s House, Norton Lees Lane, S8 9BE 7.30pm Sheffield's Matt Howden aka Sieben, makes his debut at the oldest venue in Sheffield. Support is local looper Nick Robinson. Tickets are limited due to the size of the venue. Tickets £5 from: http://www.nickrobinson.info/booking/sieben.php See also: http://www.matthowden.com/ and http://www.looping.me.uk/

Fri Heritage Open Days: Nether Edge Local History Group Walk 11th Start at Sainsbury’s, Machon Bank Road 1.30pm Free activity Sat Dore Show (in aid of the Sheffield Sick Children’s Trust) 12th The Old School and Methodist Church Hall, Dore 2.00pm – 5.00pm Sections include: Fruit & veg., Flowers, domestic, wine, textile & hand craft, photography and visual arts. Entertainment will be provided by Oughtibridge Brass Band and Sheffield City Morris.

Sat Party in (part of the Nether edge Festival) 12th Chelsea Park 2.00pm – 5.00pm Music, games, food & drink, family entertainment and a great deal more

Sat Heritage Open Days: Exhibition & Book Launch at Broomhall Centre 12th Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane Come and experience this story with 'The Hidden Worlds of Broomhall Revealed' Exhibition and the book launch which unveils the history and foundation of the Mission Room (now the Broomhall centre) on Broomspring Lane since 1904. 1.00- 1.30 Introduction + Book Launch by Paul Blomfield, MP of Sheffield Central 1.30- 2.30 Documentary: People & Images of Broomhall & Exhibition: The Hidden Worlds of Broomhall Revealed 2.30- 4.00 Discovery Trail Booking is not essential but preferred. Email May Seo on [email protected] to book your place.

Sat Friends of Whinfell Quarry Gardens working day – general maintenance and gardening work. 12th The entrance to the Gardens is situated on the same road as the entrance to Brook Park. Volunteers meet at the main gates to the gardens, 9.30am

Sat Blacka Moor Users’ Forum 12th Do you regularly visit Blacka Moor Nature Reserve? If you’d like to find out more about how Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are managing the site and get involved, come and join us for a walkabout around Blacka Moor. Meet at Strawberry Lee Lane Car park, off Penny Lane 10.00am Finish at 12noon

Sat Friends of the Porter Valley: Bat Watch 12th Bingham Park. The lodge off Rustlings Road near the mini-roundabout. 7.45pm – 9.15pm Naturalist Derek Whiteley will help us identify the bats by sight and using bat-detectors. Bring a torch as it will be dark by the time we finish. Free to members, but we ask for a donation of £2 from non-members.

Sat/Sun Shepherd’s Wheel: Heritage Open Day 12th/13th Workshop, Whitely Woods 10.00am – 4.00pm Learn about life as a grinder at Shepherd Wheel. See the restored waterwheel and machinery in action and hear stories about the people who worked there. Free admission

Sat/Sun Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses: Make a Shave Horse 12th/13th J.G.Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Abbey Lane 9.30 – 4.00pm This is a 2-day course. A good introduction to green woodworking and many of the processes and tools used, plus you get to take home your own shave horse for using on your own projects. A shave horse is an indispensable tool for many green woodworking projects and the making of one will introduce you to lots of different techniques. Course fee: £240 For more information please contact 0114 235 6348 or book online

Sun Abbeydale Miniature Railway 13th Abbeydale Road South (before Dore station on opposite side of road) 1.00pm – 5.00pm £1.50 per ride

Sun Heritage Open Days: Madina Masjid Mosque 13th Madina Masjid Mosque, Wolseley Road 11.00am – 3.00pm A guided tour of Madina Mosque which will incorporate the key architectural features of the mosque, explanation of how the building is used for daily prayers, children's education, Eid and funerals. There will be an opportunity to observe prayers. All questions welcome on the tour.

Sun Whirlow Hall Farm Fayre 2015 13th Come along and enjoy lots of farm fun with all the family! The day is packed full with all the very best in crafts, local produce and entertainment! Meet the exotic animals brought to you by ‘All Critters Great & Small’ as well as the Whirlow goats, pigs, rabbits and ‘Frankie’ the Shetland Pony to name but a few! Enjoy the great food demonstrations, Drakes of Hazard performing geese, falconry displays, live music, free craft activities, enter your pooch in the Millhouses Dog Club competition and tasty food plus lots more! Entry £6 adults, children free For more information call 0114 2352678 or email: [email protected]

Sun General Cemetery: Heritage Open Day 12noon – 4.00pm 13th Enjoy an afternoon of guided walks featuring the Cemetery’s fascinating history and geology. New for 2015 – your first chance to see inside the Victorian Grade II* listed Nonconformist Chapel as we near the completion of its restoration. There will be activities for families and children and a Nature and History Trail so you can explore the Cemetery at your own pace. Event Schedule: 12.15 to 1.30 – History Walk; 12.45 to 2.00 – History Walk; 1.45 to 3.00 – History Walk; 2.15 to 3.30 – History Walk; 2.30 to 4.00 – Geology Walk Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon.

Sun Nether Edge Farmers’ Market 13th Nether Edge Road / Glen Road 12noon – 4.00pm

Sun Friends of the Botanical Gardens: Autumn Plant Sale 13th Botanical Gardens classroom and greenhouse 11.00am – 3.00pm Free entry

Wed Nether Edge Folk Club: Robinson, O’Dwyer and Kelly 16th Nether Edge Bowling Club, Nether Edge Road 8.30pm Liam Robinson (concertina & vocals), Eddy O’Dwyer (guitar, banjo & vocals) and Frances Kelly (vocals) sing and play traditional folk songs from Britain and North America. Tickets £5 in advance, £8 on the door

Thurs Teenage Reading Group (ages 12 – 15) 21st Ecclesall Library 3.45pm Meet new friends, chat about what you’re reading and discover some great books and authors

Fri General Cemetery: Bats in the Belfry 18th Meet at the Gatehouse 6.00pm – 8.30pm Join us for an evening of bat detecting and bat crafts for families and children. Schedule: 6.00 to 7.00pm – Bat crafts; 7.00 to 8.00pm – Bat detecting; 8.00 to 8.30pm Free light Refreshments. Suggested minimum donation of £3.

Sat Beauchief Environment Group: Working Morning – Haymaking on Little Wood Bank 19th Please join us in this annual task to maintain this woodland clearing as meadowland. Meet: 9.30 am at the Barns by Beauchief Abbey to collect tools. Refreshments provided. (Meet Saturday 26th September if the 19th is wet)

Sat Repair Cafe 19th Heeley City Farm Community Room 10.00am – 3.00pm Bring along your broken household stuff and volunteer fixers will take a look at it and see if they can work their magic on it. Small electrical items, shoes, scales, toys, tools and wooden furniture are just some of the items that have been successfully fixed at previous cafes. Fixers will show you how to mend and pass on valuable knowledge which will enable you to do things for yourself, or go in to a repair shop with enough know how to feel confident of getting the job done properly. This event is free but we gratefully welcome donations if people are able as all our fixers are volunteers. For details contact Sarah Hardy on 0114 258 0482 option 5 or email [email protected]

Sat St. Luke’s Swashbuckle Ball 19th Baldwin’s Omega Restaurant 7.00pm A night of fantastic entertainment, amazing auction prizes, outstanding dining, the chance to dance the night away and, if the mood takes you, to talk like a pirate all evening! Tickets are £60 per person and you can book individually or for parties of ten, twelve or more by special arrangement. All the money raised goes towards the £5.6million we need to find to keep our hospice running. You are welcome to come in pirate fancy dress, or classic black tie. Booking form at http://www.stlukeshospice.org.uk/events/SwashbuckleBall or call St. Luke’s. Sat Friends of the Porter Valley: Autumn Fair 19th Forge Dam 10.30am – 3.30pm Stalls and games up on the open area off Whiteley Lane, and more down near Forge Dam cafe. Stalls: Bents Green Nursery plants, veg from Hangingwater Allotment Association, cakes (2 stalls!), fudge, gifts, jewellery. Games: welly-whanging, tombola, lucky-dip. Music from vintage mechanical organ. Demonstration of metal-forging. Dogs: try your dog round the agility course, and enter the fun dog show, which starts at 1pm. Prettiest girl, handsomest boy, best rescue, best veteran (8 years and over). Money raised will be for Forge Dam restoration.

Sat/Sun Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses: Longbow Making 19th/20th J.G.Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Abbey Lane 9.30 – 4.00pm (NB This is a 3-day split course. The third day will be on Sunday, 29 November.) Over the course of the 3 days, you will learn how to make a 5'+ 'self-stave' longbow from green wood, using locally sourced 'Fraxinus Excelsior' [Ash] or 'Acer pseudoplatanus ' Sycamore'. The self stave bow is made from a single piece of wood, rather than laminated strips, and is one of the earliest styles of bow. Course fee: £295 For more information please contact 0114 235 6348 or book online

Sun Hardy Plant Society: Autumn Plant Sale 20th Botanical Gardens, Thompson Road entrance 11.00am – 3.00pm A wide selection of both well-loved and rarer hardy plants for sale, with advice from knowledgeable members. Free admission

Sun Car Boot Sale 20th Rising Sun pub, Abbey Lane 10.00am – 12.30pm A chance to have a clear-out and support St. Luke’s Hospice.

Tues Friends of the Porter Valley: Work Day 22nd Common Lane Open Space – Common Lane entrance 10.00am till 1.00pm Tools, and teas, provided. Wear suitable clothing and footwear. * Coppice the hazels along the border to Cottage Lane * Any other clearance needed * Installing signposts at Common Lane. Contact Ann le Sage at [email protected] or on 07790250087 for details.

Tues Friends of the Botanical Gardens: ‘Seeds and Seed Banks’ 22nd Botanical Gardens 10.00am Talk by Ken Thompson (Hon. Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Animal & Plant Sciences at Sheffield University, author and frequent columnist in the gardening section of the Daily Telegraph) FOBS members free, visitors £3 Plants for sale

Thurs Ecclesall Library: Toddler Time 24th Singing, stories, games and craft fun for toddlers 18 months to 3 years (and parents/carers) Join the fun 10.30am – 11.30am

Fri Cabaret Night 25th Nether Edge Bowling Club, Nether Edge Road Tickets £9 Call 07763 932778 for details

Sat Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses: Against the Grain – Expressive Wood Carving 26th (Please note that this course is now fully booked.)

Sun Abbeydale Miniature Railway 27th Abbeydale Road South (before Dore station on opposite side of road) 1.00pm – 5.00pm £1.50 per ride

Sun Great Yorkshire Run 27th Would you like to sponsor St. Luke’s Hospice on this 10k run? Register for us and raise vital funds for our patient care. Contact Clare on 0114 235 7561 or email her at: [email protected] to find more information.

Sun Vintage Flea Market 27th Abbeydale Picture House 11.00am – 5.00pm

Lantern Theatre Kenwood Park Road, Sharrow

Fri ‘Soapstone Dragon’ 4th Soapstone Dragon are a Sheffield based folk(ish) band. Guitar, fiddle two bodhrans and a lot of harmony singing. Some of their songs are self penned... and some are just simply silly. Soapstone Dragon have something for everyone. This is their second album, but the long awaited first CD for the current line up. Entrance £5 7.30pm

Wed-Sat ‘Blithe Spirit’ by Noel Coward 9th-19th The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati. Entrance £7 - £10 7.30pm

Tickets available online from TicketSource or phone: 0333 666 3366

Jazz at the Lescar Lescar Hotel, Sharrow Vale Road 9.00pm (doors open at 8.30pm) 2 Sept Elliot Galvin Trio £6 9 Sept Zeitgeist Trio £7 16 Sept Little Lions featuring Corrie Dick, Matt Robinson and Joe Webb £6 23 Sept Maciek Pysz £6 30 Sept Misha Mullova-Abbado £7

Health Walks with Activity Sheffield Walks last no longer than one hour and are at your own pace. Ditch the walking boots, this is a gentle way to improve your health, have fun and meet new people in your local environment! Ecclesall Woods Tuesdays Meet at 10.30am at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet car park Thursdays Meet at 10.30am at the J.G. Graves Woodland Discovery Centre Porter Valley Tuesdays Each Tuesday meet at 1.30pm at café

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