Banner Cross Neighbourhood Group: What’s on in March, 2018 Sat Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust: Volunteer work day on Blacka Moor 3rd Blacka Moor is on the A625 out of Sheffield a few hundred yards on the left before Fox House. 10am – 3pm Practical volunteer days at Blacka Moor are held on the first Saturday and third Thursday every month. Tasks vary from footpath improvements and access work, to habitat and vegetation management. Gloves, tools, and refreshments are provided, but wear suitable outdoor clothes and boots, and bring some lunch and drinking water if you're able to come for the whole day. Please contact beforehand: 0114 263 4335 Sat Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses: Leather Axe and Knife Sheath Making 3rd J.G.Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Abbey Lane 9.30am – 4.00pm You will make an axe sheath for your own axe and a knife sheath for a standard Mora style 106/120 carving knife. You will learn how to condition leather, how to finish the edges, how to stitch using two needles and how to set rivets among other techniques during the day. You will leave with a set of new skills which you can apply to your own projects at home and hopefully be able to make covers for your other tools in the future. All materials and tools are provided for you on the day. You will need to bring a packed lunch - drinks are provided! Course fee: £100 For more information please contact 0114 235 6348 or book online. [Please note: all other courses in March other than those advertised here are fully booked] Sat Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses: Charcoal and biochar making 3rd J.G.Graves Woodland Discovery Centre, Abbey Lane 9.30am – 4.00pm A day in the lovely surroundings of Ecclesall Woods Sawmill learning how charcoal and biochar is made Course fee: £85 For more information please contact 0114 235 6348 or book online Sat Friends of Porter Valley: Walk – Farming in the Porter Valley 3rd Meet at The Clark Farm, Hagram Lane 10.30am – 12.30pm Andrew Clark will lead a tour of his farm in the Porter Valley. He will show his flock of sheep about to lamb and his herd of Mayfield Limousins of which he is justly proud. Contact Ann le Sage at [email protected] or on 07790250087 for details. Sat Banner Cross Methodist Church: Banner Cross Walking Group 3rd Meet at Banner Cross Methodist Church 9.30am A morning's ramble in the spring countryside. Sat Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society: Social Dance 3rd St John’s Church Hall, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S17 3LE 7.30pm – 11.00pm Bring and Share Supper £4 Sat Friends of Bishop’s House: ‘Antique Valuation Day’ 3rd Bishop’s House, Norton Lees Lane 10.00am – 1.00pm We are happy to welcome back Sheffield Auction Gallery who will be helping us host a free 'Antique Roadshow' style valuation day at the house. We will have three valuers from Sheffield Auction Gallery: Andrew Jameson (Generalist), Sarah Clark (Specialist Silver, Jewellery & Watches) and Janet Webster (Specialist Glass, Ceramics & Textiles). Sun Pedlar’s Corner Carboot and Community Flea Market 4th Abbeydale Picture House 10.00am – 3.00pm Stalls inside and outside the building. Entry £1 (kids free) Sun ‘For Those In Peril’ 4th Brearley Room, Kelham Island Museum The start of a narrative exhibition exploring the Arctic convoys 1941-45 Lasts till 14 May Exhibition entry free Sun Heeley City Farm: Bird Walk 4th Heeley City Farm 6.45am – 9.00am Places are limited so booking and payment in advance will be necessary. The walks are £5 each. Phone 07545 616184 or email [email protected] Sun General Cemetery: Historical Tour 4th [Please note: this event is SOLD OUT] Mon Sterndale Singers: French Songs Over a Pint 5th Broadfield Pub, Abbeydale Road 8.00pm – 8.30pm The programme will include music by Duruflé, Rachmaninov, Stanford, Byrd, Tallis and Fauré. Tues Friends of the Botanical Gardens: ‘Plants, Travel and Change in SW China’ 6th Education Centre, Botanical Gardens 10.30am Members free. Visitors welcome £5 Tues Christ Church Dore Ladies Group: ‘The Round The World Clipper Race’ 6th Church Hall, Town Head Road 7.45pm Visitors welcome Tues Valuation Day 6th Millowner’s Arms, Kelham Island Industrial Museum New monthly Antiques Valuation and Discovery Days with James 'Lionheart' Lewis will feature on the first Tuesday of each month from Tuesday 6 March - Tuesday 4 September 2018. This is a no obligation service provided by Bamfords, one of Britains leading Auctioneers and Valuers. If required, goods can be left with Bamfords to be included in the next appropriate sale. There is also free access to our Steam Hammer Cafe to make the most of your visit. For further information please call 01332 210 000 or visit www.bamfords-auctions.co.uk Suggested £1 donation to Sheffield Industrial Museums Charitable Trust. If you wish to access the main museum normal admission prices apply. Wed Hardy Plant Society: ‘Winter Edns, Spring Begins’ 7th Shirley House, Psalter Lane 7.30pm – 9.30pm Talk by Julie Ritchie from Tewksbury. Julie runs Hoo House Nursery. Non-members welcome £3. Thurs The WI on Ecclesall Road 8th Banner Cross Methodist Church 7.15pm – 9.15pm This month a craft activity. Non-Members (MUST be booked in advance by emailing: [email protected]) Suggested contribution £3.50 per session Thurs Friends of Porter Valley: Work Day 8th Meet at Forge Dam 10.00am – 1.00pm Tools provided. Wear suitable clothing and footwear. Contact Dave Clegg [email protected] for details. Sat Circuit Mission Action Group: ‘How Fair Is Fair Trade?’ 10th St. Andrew’s Church, Psalter Lane 9.30am – 1.00pm Sainsbury’s have recently introduced their own fairly-traded brand of tea and there have been recent challenges about the efficacy of ethical consumerism to actually reach the world’s poorest people. This event will take a look at the challenges posed in a book, ‘Doing Good Better’, by William MaCaskill and we will hear from two speakers about their experiences of Fairtrade. Sat Sheffield Astronomical Society: ‘Stargazing at the Sportsman Inn’ 10th Sportsman Inn, 569 Redmires Road, Lodge Moor 5.00pm – 11.00pm The last observing event of the season. Weather dependent. Sat Caledonian Society of Sheffield, Arts Group: ‘Well Dressings of Derbyshire’ 10th Holy Trinity Church Hall, Grove Road, Millhouses 7.30pm – 10.00pm (approx) For Further Information about any of these events please contact our Honorary Secretary, Ian McMaster (01246 417626) Sat Friends of Gillfield Wood: ‘Surveying Spring Fungi’ 10th Meet at Baslow Road bus terminus 10.00am This will be an exploratory stroll from the west end of the wood toward Totley Hall Lane entrance. Please bring a camera if you wish to have your own record of the fungi we find. Good footwear essential. Sat Sheffield Beer Week: Indie Beer Festival 10th Abbeydale Picture House, Abbeydale Road For details, do to: www.sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk Sat Sheffield Music Academy: Spring Concert 10th St. Andrew’s Church, Psalter Lane 7.00pm Sun General Cemetery: ‘Wives and Relics’ 11th Meet at the Gatehouse, Cemetery Avenue 2.00pm A one hour tour focusing on the lives of some of the cemetery’s women residents. Mon Friends of the Botanical Gardens: ‘A Chelsea Flower Show Story – the Modern Slavery Garden’ 12th Education Centre, Botanical Gardens 7.15pm Members free. Visitors welcome £5 Tues Dore Methodist Church Ladies: ‘The NHS Then and Now’ 13th Dore Methodist Church Hall 7.30pm Speaker Andrew Rafferty. Visitors welcome. Tues Sheffield Astronomical Society: Speaker’s Evening – ‘The Story of the Fifth Planet’ 13th Ranmoor Parish Centre, 5 Ranmoor Park Road Doors open 7.15pm for 7.45pm start Talk by Dr. Colin Steele Tues Banner Cross WI 13th Banner Cross Methodist Church 2.30pm Non members welcome - £2 including refreshments. Tues Dore Mercia Townswomen’s Guild: ‘Baby Basics’ 13th Church Hall, Town Head Road 9.30am for 10.00am start Visitors welcome Tues Rivelin Valley Conservation Group: ‘Birds of Prey’ 13th Stephen Hill Church, Crosspool 7.30pm Presentation by John Kirkman. Open meeting. There is a small admission and refreshment charge. Non-members especially welcome. Wed Ecclesall Forum 14th Ecclesall Library Community Room 7.00pm – 9.00pm A meeting for all those interested in the life of the Ecclesall neighbourhood Wed Totley Men’s Probus Club: ‘A look at Scunthorpe iron and steel’ 14th Totley Rise Methodist Church 10.00am Talk by Bryan Longbone. Visitors welcome. Wed Friends of the Botanical Gardens: ‘Tour Guides Briefing Day 14th Education Centre, Botanical Gardens 12noon – 2.00pm Members free. Visitors welcome £5 Thurs Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust: Volunteer work day on Blacka Moor 15th Blacka Moor is on the A625 out of Sheffield a few hundred yards on the left before Fox House. 10am – 3pm (See notice for 3 March above) Please contact beforehand: 0114 263 4335 Sat Escafeld Chorale: ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’ 17th Holy Trinity Church, Grove Road, Millhouses Including Joseph Haydn Missa Brevis No 7, Franz Schubert Mass in G Major, and Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad A tenor solo song cycle. With Tim Peters (tenor), George Parsons (organ) Tickets £12, concession £10, students £6, accompanied under 16s £3. On the door or from choir members. Sat Friends of Bishop’s House: ‘Withchcraft, Demons & Imps in Tudor and Stuart England’ 17th Bishop’s House, Norton Lees Lane 7.30pm People once protected their homes with magical inscriptions and objects, which they believed would keep witchcraft and evil spirits at bay. Some magical markings of this kind survive in Bishops' House. This presentation explores the fear of harmful magic and demons in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, and relates this to the larger history of witchcraft and the Devil.