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Issue 1113
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14th May 2020
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Vital bus service resumes A VITAL bus link serving Stocksbridge and Deepcar has been reinstated after MP Miriam Cates lobbied for its return. The SL1a bus, which circles the town as well as linking to the Supertram at Middlewood, was withdrawn by Stagecoach because of the coronavirus outbreak. After receiving a number of phone calls and emails from local residents who suddenly found themselves without a bus service, Mrs Cates lobbied Sheffield City Region to ask for the route to be reinstated as an urgent priority. Welcoming the announcement that buses will run again from Monday May 11,
Miriam Cates MP said: “I’m committed to improving public transport across our area, and this bus link is a vital lifeline for many residents of Stocksbridge and Deepcar who don’t drive and are unable to climb the valley’s notorious hills carrying heavy shopping. “Accessing shops and healthcare is even more important during this time of national upheaval, and I am delighted that the SL1a is back to connect people to the services they need.” The service will operate a reduced timetable of one bus every two hours during the day.
Lockdown Indoors Discs
ONE of the BBC’s longest-running and favourite national radio programmes is Desert Island Discs. The current lockdown has led a group of friends centred on Stannington, but with members in much more far-flung locations, to devise their own version.
They were inspired by the fact that aficionados of the programme who then go on to discuss it on social media often use the hashtag #DID. This led the friends to create #LID which
stands for ‘Lockdown Indoors Discs’, which they all agree is most appropriate for the times we are living in
“We were already sharing ideas and reflections via group emails,” said Stannington’s Bob Mynors, “so when one of our number came up with the #LID idea, we decided to go with it. “Musical choices the group came up with ranged from ‘Swan Lake’ to ‘The Birdie Song’, and from Blossom Dearie to George Frideric Handel. Books by authors as diverse P G Wo-
dehouse, Stephen King and Enid Blyton cropped up, and one person even found room for a collection of short stories and poems by Stannington Library’s writers group “It was great fun,” he says, “and part of an ongoing series of daily communications on a wide range of topics that helps us all to stay in touch, and keep each other’s’ spirits up. We can’t meet each other physically, but this is one way we can show we’re still there for each other.”
Another medal for local war hero A LOCAL war hero has received a 75th anniversary commemorative medal from the Russian Embassy to thank him for his service during the Arctic Convoys of World War Two. Thomas Alfred Dickinson has featured in Look Local before, on his 100th birthday in 2018 and in August 2015, after receiving his Russian Convoy Medal aged 97. The war veteran served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy from 1936 to 1978 and during his latter years he was the careers officer. Although he is retired from the Royal Navy, Tom worked daily
as secretary at the Legionnaires Club in Stocksbridge from 1983 to 2017.
The convoys demonstrated the Allies commitment to helping the Soviet Union, prior to the opening of a Second Front, and tied up a substantial part of Germany’s Navy and Air Force.
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During the convoys, around 1,400 merchant ships delivered essential supplies to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program, escorted by ships of the allied navy.
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its aim to help and support others and build friendships in a safe environment. “I would really like members to share creative things made, ideas, fun things anything that will encourage and help others in a group where they feel comfortable to share.”
