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Find your Range
A new value home, leisure and gardens retailer, The Range, is set to open a new store at Fox Valley later this year, in the former Next unit. The new branch will create 40 new full and part-time jobs for the local area, and is expected to bring additional footfall to the popular shopping park. The new store will provide an offering of the most popular products found in The Range stores around the country. It includes luxurious bedding, statement lighting and beautiful ornaments to finish the look. Combined with Furniture, DIY and everyday essentials from cleaning supplies to health and beauty necessities, this store is expected to have something to suit everyone’s tastes and needs. Centre Manager of Fox Valley, Claire Reynolds, said of The Range’s upcoming opening: “We are thrilled to announce that The Range will be joining Fox Valley later this year, the popular national retailer will be a fantastic addition to the area and bring something completely new to Fox Valley!” The new store will be located at 8 Fox Valley Way, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, S36 2AB. More details on the new Range store will be announced soon! foxvalleysheffield.co.uk
Sir Athur Conan Doyle
The home of Tramlines, Farmers Blonde and some of Yorkshire’s most beautiful scenery, there’s more to North Sheffield than meets the eye. Have you got an interesting historical fact that NorthBound readers need to know? Email paul@ northboundmagazine.co.uk
The famed writer of the Sherlock Holmes stories briefly lived in Burngreave, Sheffield, whilst gaining experience in the medical field. Sir Doyle arrived here in 1878 and spent a short period assisting Dr Charles Sydney Richardson at his clinic in Spital Hill – situated directly across from where the Burngreave Library stands today. However, it turns out he didn’t quite get on with the bearded doctor, writing in his diary: ‘These Sheffielders would rather be poisoned by a man with a beard than saved by a man without one’. During his stay, Doyle was told about notorious local murderer Charles Peace – who later received a mention in the Sherlock Holmes story ‘The Adventure of the Illustrious Client’. Elementary, my dear reader…
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