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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 1st, 2008  Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Crookes | My Life | Random Musings | Sheffield.  Comments are closedIt’s amazing what you can learn from the local news. For example, apparently the area in which we live is awash with big gangs of students, all walking along very slowly and self consciously. We know this must be true, because although we have never seen Crookes look quite like this, we saw it on […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 25th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Photoblogging | Sheffield. 3 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)They made us laugh. We predicted an entry into the mighty FAIL blog. And lo, it has come to pass. You couldn’t make it up. But someone thought it up. Scary. Or maybe just funny. Part of me suspects a practical joker at work. Perhaps I should join in. :^) […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 24th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Photoblogging | Sheffield. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Update Tues 25th November: I was going to write about this today, but I’m tired and about to head off to bed, so it will have to wait until tomorrow. Speaking of which, I have to up rather earlier than the crack of dawn tomorrow because I’m on a school trip. We are leaving […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 23rd, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Mr TLC | My Life | Sheffield. 7 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)We set off the pub, planning to drop in on Landlord John and consume a couple of beers. We made it as far as The (newly refurbished) York. I was busy being distracted by the sight of two 6 foot tall smurfs exiting the pub and climbing into a waiting taxi when Mr TLC said, […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 17th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: London | Mr TLC | Photoblogging | Sheffield. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Our special reporter* nips out to the shops and spots a most unexpected sight. Have London’s pensioned off Routemasters found new employment in Sheffield? At least one of them has, part of what seems to be a growing trend to hire a vintage bus instead of a wedding car. I got quite carried away with […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 16th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Mr TLC | My Life | Sheffield | Walkley. 2 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)Cabaret Boom Boom might just be Walkley’s best kept secret. It’s evidently well known to local folk, but less so to those of us residing a mile or so away in deepest Crookes. On the third Saturday of certain months, Ruskin Hall (which also answers to the name of Walkley Community Centre) hosts an evening […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 8th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. 3 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)I’ve always liked this. It is a large sculpture that stands outside Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It’s called Double Somersault and is by the artist William Pye. This type of tubular stainless steel structure is fairly typical of his work at that time (nowadays he is better known for his water sculptures). Double Somersault was erected […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: October 28th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. 3 comments - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)I was driving along Queens Road in Sheffield today when these caught my eye, so I decided it was worth stopping for a closer look. This set of rather nice sculptures stand outside Screwfix. I’ve no idea who made them, or if other branches have something similar, I’ll have to do some detective work […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 29th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Sheffield. Comments are closedThe new season of Danceworks started in style this weekend. We joined the crowd on the fairly recently revamped Devonshire Green to watch a highly unusual piece of dance. Transports Exceptionnels, by French choreographer Dominique Boivin, was described by the Danceworks brochure as “a tender love duet for dancer and mechanical digger”. Strangely enough, […] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 8th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Sheffield | Spurious lists. One comment so far - more welcome! - (Comments are closed)King Edward VIII postboxes are like buses you know, apparently they turn up in threes. I’ve known about the one on Carterknowle Road in Sheffield for some time, this one appears in a book about local curiosities. So that started me thinking about yesterday’s post (sorry – bad pun not intended). There’s a very nice […] |
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