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The King of the Mojo Club
This film was made by Amy Wells for the This Is Our City event in May 2014. The King Mojo Club (often known just as the Mojo) was a nightclub in Pitsmoor, Sheffield which was open between 1964 and...
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The Putter
This film was made by Shaun Bloodworth for our ‘Steel Stories’ project. Ernest Wright & Sons of Sheffield is the last remaining hand manufacturer of scissors. The film documents ‘Putter’ Cliff...
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A story from Sheffield and back
My name is Abi, and like many enthusiastic young things at 18 I was more than ready to spread my wings and leave my home town of Sheffield. My core had always been tied to the arts,...
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My Splendid Story
As part of John Lewis’s support for Barnardo’s, stores recently ran a storyboarding competition. Children aged 3 – 11 were invited to use their imagination and creativity to tell their own stories...
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Laurence Cox: ‘Going Out and Hating Myself’
Laurence suffered a brain injury in a motorbike accident when he was in his early twenties. He is a member of the The Write Way, a creative writing group for the survivors of coma and brain injury. His...
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Stories of Change in public services
This post is by Shirin Teifouri. Image by Gemma Thorpe Stories of Change is a new collaborative project between Sheffield First Partnership’s Better Connected Programme, the University of...
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Living with chronic illness: Exhibition of micro-stories
Living with Pulmonary Hypertension Here are some images from an exhibition of ‘micro-stories’ and artwork which explores the realities of life with a long term health condition. It took place in the...
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Melt Shop
It is a common belief that steel is no longer really made in South Yorkshire. The reality, though, is that more steel is made here than ever before, albeit in an industry that has evolved radically...
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Mike Jennings: “Now I know what chronic pain is, what it feels like to be...
Many thanks to Mike Jennings for sharing this story. Mike is Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield working in acute general and geriatric medicine. His...
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Blinkers
A row of small identical terraced houses on a slant, you could be anywhere in Sheffield. Inside the walls were blank above a clean cream coloured carpet, with two sofas facing a wooden coffee table at...
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