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A further £20,000 has been pledged in support of the Plough pub since the last public meeting.
The campaign to reopen the Sandygate Road pub is looking to raise £120,000 through a community share issue.
A recent post on the campaign Facebook page says:
A few days ago, we needed 150 people to make a minimum pledge. Now that’s down to 80 – we’re sure if we all work hard, we can find those people.
Please email – ploughsandygate@gmail.com for a pledge form or to make a pledge.
Several cows have been spotted loose near Moorband Road and Sandygate Road.
It is thought that the animals have now been recaptured.
In May 2015 a herd of cattle were spotted in various locations around the neighbourhood including the precinct, Watt Lane, Worcester Close, Sandygate Park Road and Hagg Lane.
In 1953, Ernie Wise of Morecambe and Wise fame, and his wife Doreen camped in their converted Bedford bus at a petrol station in the Lodge Moor area of the city. This occurred when Morecambe and Wise were appearing in the pantomime Dick Whittington in Sheffield.
Eric Morecambe and his wife Joan had rented a house nearby and possibly, the petrol station in question was as close to them as it was practical to park a single decker bus. The question is, which petrol station?
Opinion seems to favour Sandygate Motors next to The Plough on Sandygate Road but others have been suggested.
Local artist Michael Dolby is searching for the answer for a project which he is contributing to.
Mr Dolby said: “It is one of those things that have become part of local folklore, many people have heard a variation of the story but, other than the bare fact that Ernie Wise or Doreen Wise have said in two biographies that they camped in a bus at a Lodge Moor petrol station little else seems to be certain. It would at least be nice to know and commit it to local history record.”
If anyone has any information on this, Michael would welcome an email to michaeldolby1954@gmail.com.
According to the Save the Plough campaign group, the decision on the planning application for The Plough pub will no longer be heard on 22 November.
The consultation deadline to comment on proposals for changes to The Plough pub has been extended to Monday 19 September.
After the pub closed in April, Sainsbury’s announced plans to turn it into a convenience store.
This is the second time that the deadline for comments has been extended.
Read more about The Plough and the campaign to keep it as a pub
The consultation deadline to comment on proposals for changes to The Plough pub has been extended to Friday 9 September.
After the pub closed in April, Sainsbury’s announced plans to turn it into a convenience store.
The Save the Plough group has been coordinating the campaign to keep the building as a pub and save the sporting heritage of Sandygate. The group has raised several specific concerns over the proposals and is encouraging residents to give their views.
Some residents are also in support of the the idea of a convenience store opening in place of the pub.
If you have views either way then consider making them known to Sainsbury’s, Sheffield Planning Committee by commenting on the website, our local MP and councillors:
Last year The Plough was listed as an asset of community value.
Crosspool residents are fighting to save The Plough pub.
After the pub closed in April, Sainsbury’s announced plans to turn it into a convenience store.
The Save the Plough group has been coordinating the campaign to keep the building as a pub and save the sporting heritage of Sandygate. Together with local councillors, they have launched a survey to gauge public opinion on the issue. They’re also raising money to support the campaign.
Ideas include turning the site into a multi-use community facility and a visitor centre for the world’s oldest football ground, which is opposite.
Some residents are also in support of the the idea of a convenience store opening in place of the pub. If you have views either way then consider making them known to Sainsbury’s, Sheffield Planning Committee, our local MP and your councillors:
Last year The Plough was listed as an asset of community value.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to submit a planning application to turn The Plough pub on Sandygate Road into a convenience store.
The people running The Plough, which is opposite the oldest football ground in the world, called last orders in April.
There had been speculation over the future of the pub for many months. Regulars launched a Save the Plough Facebook campaign and it was registered as an asset of community value, with the hope that a community ownership model could be explored.
Sainsbury’s are now leasing the property from Enterprise Inns and will submit planning applications to Sheffield City Council in the coming weeks to adapt the building.
We’ll post links to them as soon as we see it on the council website.
The Save the Plough campaign group are reporting that The Plough pub on Sandygate Road will be close after today (Tuesday):
After Tuesday of this week, the Plough will be closed. There’s no information about what is going to happen after that.
Whether Enterprise have another tenant lined up or are considering a sale is anybody’s guess at the moment.
Last summer, the pub was listed as an asset of community value.
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A 34-year-old man is currently in hospital in a life threatening condition after the car he was travelling in crashed into a wall in Crosspool.
At around 10.45pm last night (Sunday, 6 March), the man was driving a blue Ford Puma along Sandygate Road towards Crosspool, when he was in collision with the kerb and is believed to have lost control of the car, close to the junction with Hallam Chase.
The car then rolled and was in collision with a wall, throwing him from the car.
He was taken to hospital where his condition is described as critical.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have been in the area at the time is asked to call 101 quoting incident number 1136 of 6 March 2016.
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