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Issue 1039
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13th December 2018
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Three friends raise thousands for charity THREE friends walked 100kms in three days through the World War One battlefields in October to raise money for a soldier’s charity. Steve Milne, Jonny Peat and Rob Hulley donned their walking boots to take on the Frontline Walk to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund. The Soldiers Charity was established in 1944 to help injured soldiers and their immediate family when they need it the most. Countless servicemen and women have benefited from ABF aid and will continue to do so for many years to come.
One of the battlefields was the Somme, where the Sheffield Pals Battalion were massacred at the Battle of the Somme on July 1 1916. Almost 20,000 soldiers lost their lives on that fateful first day, with another 40,000 injured. The three friends have raised around £10,000 for the charity in doing the walk and have had many backers including Sheffield Wednesday. Their base of operations was the Thorncliffe Arms in Chapeltown, who allowed them to hold functions and raise thousands.
Steve Milne served in the TA for 23 years as a medic in the 212 field hospital based in Sheffield and has a distant relative who was awarded the Victoria Cross in WW1. He said: “I’d like to thank everyone who helped, the management of the pub have been so accommodating to this charity, we have many stories and photos of the event before and during.
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“I have done the event twice before so this was a third time for me. Overall, countrywide, in five years of the event, it’s raised over £1,000,000 for the charity.”
Monday 17 December
Centenary fields to be created in Sheffield parks
FOLLOWING the planting of 100 new memorial trees across parks in Sheffield, Sheffield City Council plans to create a Centenary Field in each park protecting these public green spaces as sites of commemoration for future generations. 100 war memorial trees have been planted this year, across 36 parks and public spaces, as part of the city’s commemoration of the centenary of the end
of First World War, with a further 200 more to be planted in the coming year. In creating Centenary Fields around the new war memorial, the council will create a lasting legacy to mark the centenary of WW1 by commemorating the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the conflict and ensuring that their communities benefit now and in the future from protected green spaces.
Sheffield already has two designated Fields in Trust at Weston Park and Ochre Dike Recreation Ground. The council now hopes to extend this protection further by protecting areas of the parks where war memorial trees have been planted.
Centenary Fields is a national initiative being led by Fields in Trust and the Royal British Legion. The Centenary Fields programme 2014-18 aims to protect at least one green space in every
local authority area across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
ancillary facilities for each site, now and in future, whilst making sure the quality and quantity of the green space is not compromised.
The Council will work collaboratively with local groups and Fields in Trust in terms of the detailed deeds of covenants for each site and each designation will be designed to best fit with the needs of the site. This will ensure the Council retains appropriate flexibility to provide a wide range of leisure and
The parks where memorials have been planted include Chapeltown Park, Ecclesfield Park, Grenoside Recreation Ground, Middlewood Park, Mortomley Park, Oxley Park, Parkwood Springs, Parson Cross Park, Rivelin Valley Park and Stannington Park.
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