We’ve had loads of interest in our new book about Meersbrook Hall by Ken Dash during our #HeritageOpenDays since we opened up the hall again after five years of closure. The new books are just. £7.99+p&p please message me if you would like one
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Award winning former BBC Journalist, Training Manager with syfab.org.uk (part of sycf.org.uk) Charity Consultant & Funding Adviser, Trustee and Active Citizen in Sheffield
Great news for our much loved cafe in Graves Park, Sheffield www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield Graves Park café repairs approved after four-year campaign
Campaigners are marking a "huge milestone" after planning permission was secured for the café in Sheffield.
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An utterly splendid Community Picnic at Meersbrook Park in Sheffield today to celebrate the reopening of Meersbrook Hall by the Friends of Meersbrook Hall in partnership with @sheffieldcouncil.bsky.social it’s was our first and very successful event and raised much needed funds for the hall
Fantastic news we have just received planning permission for the restoration of the Rose Garden Cafe in Graves Park in Sheffield We have come a long way since we saved the cafe from demolition in 2022 and are now working in partnership with @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social
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Breakthrough on Reopening Historic Hall in Sheffield - Joined Up Heritage Sheffield
Celebration after Sheffield City Council granted the newly revived Friends of Meersbrook Hall, an access license for some limited activities over the next two months.
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Thanks to our first Blue Plaque sponsor Norrie Waite & Slater for their ongoing support for Sheffield Home of Football Get your copy from our website now and see wju Sheffield is the Birthplace of Football sheffieldhomeoffootball.org
I’m asking all my friends and colleagues to come and lend a hand with this mammoth effort and then join us for a fantastic day of entertainment and fun. You can register by email and tell us what days and times you can come along. Please help us ! volunteers@meersbrookhall.org.uk
We’ve launched a campaign in Sheffield to save and reopen this wonderful building, which was the home to the Ruskin museum for 63yrs. It has been empty and neglected for the last three years and we want it as a centre for arts, learning, health, culture, and social enterprise meersbrookhall.org.uk
Portland Works in Sheffield is one of the last surviving examples of a 19th century cutlery works which was saved by a community share offer in 2013 is now a thriving centre for artists, makers and creative industries, including knife makers, joiners and a gin distillery. portlandworks.co.uk
Portland Works in Sheffield is of the last surviving examples of a 19th century cutlery works which was saved by a community share offer in 2013 is now a thriving centre for artists, makers and creative industries, including knife makers, joiners and a gin distillery. portlandworks.co.uk
The fabulous Walled Garden in Meersbrook Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award for the second year running thanks to the dedication of 30 wonderful volunteers who care for and maintain it week in week out. Thrilled and delighted ! @sheffieldisblue.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social
Plant Sale & Printmakers Fair Sun 19th July 1-4 Meersbrook Park Walled Garden Come and buy some plants and prints, have a cuppa and buy homemade cakes and see the wonderful walled garden and our team of fantastic volunteer gardeners who help to make it a lovely colourful oasis in urban Sheffield.
Moth Watch Monday 10th August 2026 9-11.30pm with Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust in the Meersbrook Park Walled Garden, Sheffield, England UK
Billions of people are watching the game of football during the World Cup. But where did it start? youtu.be/yZaLK7T_Gg8
I Explored the City Where Football Was BORN ⚽️
YouTube video by Ry's Football Paradise ⚽️🏝️
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With 15 football blue plaques under our belt and more planned, we have published a new guide featuring the stories and characters behind the blue plaques in birthplace of football. Sheffield had the first football culture in the world. Order yours now sheffieldhomeoffootball.org/product/7324/
We loved being part of Sheffield’s Small Park Big Run in Meersbrook Park today. The Friends of Meersbrook Hall is raising funds to reopen the magnificent 18th C Grade II listed Hall for community use after 3 years of closure. It was home to the Ruskin Museum for 63 years and needs to be open
A new headstone for the first captain of Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough Ambrose Langley was unveiled today in by members of his family and Sheffield Wednesday supporters including the new chairman of SWFC David Storch who had just flown in from the US and came straight from Heathrow
Who would’ve thought in a curry house in Barmouth we would come across a mad keen Liverpool fan who has had two replica trophies made of the Premier league trophy and the European cup Bash is from Oldham and a lovely guy great food. All on NCN cycle Route 8 North Wales @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Cycling in North Wales is a wonderful revelation especially on the Sustrans NCN Route 8 along beautiful easy and mainly flat off road and woodland trails with castles and mountain railways along the route! @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Are we shouting about Sheffield as the birthplace of football? You bet we are. This is the city which has the oldest football club in the world and the oldest football ground. The modern rules of Association football were written developed and published in this city sheffieldhomeoffootball.org
Sheffield - The birthplace of football and a city which gave us greats like this. Unveiled today by the new Lord Mayor of Sheffield Cllr. Andrew Sangar MBE Let’s keep shouting about Sheffield and the the game which is watched by 5 billion worldwide #sheffieldissuper @katejosephs.bsky.social
Meersbrook Park Users Trust has been granted £1,557 by the @National Garden/Scheme Fund to create garden centre type wooden plant stands in the wonderful Walled Garden in Meersbrook Park.(see the area for the plant stands in the pics below) @communitygardens.bsky.social
13 Football Blue Plaques, 5 different Guided City Walks, 1 iconic piece of public art sculpture unveiled, 1 UNESCO application for ‘Memory of the World’ recognition and 1 new Children’s Football Book Sheffield is shouting and people are hearing us ! @katejosephs.bsky.social @tomhunt100.bsky.social
Morpeth in Northumberland UK is one of the loveliest towns in the North of England with great history and heritage. Carlisle Park has a wonderful statue of Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison too. What a great Lions book fair in the Library today @nlandarchives.bsky.social @nlandalerts.bsky.social
Cake and Harry Hotspur in beautiful Alnwick, Northumberland
Martin Westby was one of the founders of the charity 'SHOF' Sheffield Home of Football (sheffieldhomeoffootball.org) On Friday 13th March 2026, SHOF unveiled a scuplture created by his brother, renowned sculptor David Westby which is dedicated to Martin's life and work.. youtu.be/_4HPqrtkM50?...
SHOF Talks to Judith Westby the late Sheffield Football Historian's Wife
YouTube video by Andy Kershaw
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Great series on the fight back against the County Lines drug dealers by the @thetimes.com Northern Editor @david.collins@sunday-times.co.uk podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
INVESTIGATION: On the line - a family business
Podcast Episode · The Story · 21 March · 31m
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One of the best little beaches in the UK Alnmouth, Northumberland
