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Welcome to CityMag...

I DON’T know about you but I’ve had a thoroughly enjoyable month, largely down to to two people I’ve spoken to for this issue.

Shaun Doane needs no introduction. It was a pleasure to spend an hour or so with the lead singer of the Everly Pregnant Brothers in the superlative surroundings of Steam Yard. In fact, I could have easily spent another hour or more with him – we didn’t even get onto the fact that’s he’s a funeral director by day!

As you can imagine, Shaun had plenty to say as you can imagine, mainly about the band’s upcoming gig at Magna, where they are sharing the headline spot with none other than Tony Christie. Read all about it from page 36.

Matt Holdsworth is the first to admit he’s done things the hard way and has endured some tough times in business. But now the Bhaji Café and Tramshed owner has plenty to shout about, not least his new venue at Kelham Island. Read about his journey on page 22.

Elsewhere we have loads of foodie news, a new property column, smoking tips from Savills and a look at the new bars and restaurants opening up in the city.

Hopefully the snow will finally make way for summer!

WELCOME to May! Over the last few weeks I have certainly felt a wave of fresh activity around the city centre and beyond.

Atkinsons, on The Moor, has really stood out for me. I vividly remember being forced to traipse around the store as a child but was rewarded by a ride on ‘Dobbin the Donkey’ for 2p! Now there is a man on a mission – David Cartwright – who is the new sales and operations manager. He has a wealth of experience to encourage you to ‘Rediscover Atkinksons’ – keep your eye on that one, there are some great things happening down there.

Also, Sentinel Brewery is now officially open, you can read about the challenges Alex Barlow and his team faced in this issue. Satay Yo! Beer also opened its doors and we are hearing great things – so that’s totally worth a visit! WIth two bank holidays in the month you should have every opportunity to sample the wares of these fantastic new venues.

It’s also great news to hear that the snooker is staying for another ten years – Sheffield wouldn’t be the same without it.

Melanie Jackson Publishing Manager

Richard Abbey Editor

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8 WHAT’S GOING ON

Arts, culture, film... the things to look out for in Sheffield this month

14 BOOZE&GRUB

Find inspiration for food and drink from Sheffield’s finest independents

22 PROFILE

From hard luck story to stand-out success, Matt Holdsworth is the perfect example of how graft and perseverance can pay off

22 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Hit the town – you’ll be spoilt for choice with these latest food and drink hangouts

32 HIPSTER

Style tips from Savills and Brag Vintage

36 music

Shaun Doane takes the spotlight, we catch five minutes with Meghan Trainor and look at the latest news and reviews

41 NEWS

Keep up to date with what’s happening around the city

47 COVER STAR

Say it with flowers... courtesy of Sheffield artist Grace Louise Taylor FRONT COVER: Grace Louise Taylor’s designs are perfect, not just for spring, but any time of year.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Savills, Paul Widdowson, Sean Clarke, Chris Bamford, Russell Cutts, Aiden Marples, Becca Linnard, Oliver Young, Danielle Mustarde, Grace Louise Taylor, Nick Peck

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Peter Cattrell, Wire from Serre, Somme. Image © Peter Cattrell

EXHIBITION ECHOES OF THE GREAT WAR: PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER CATTRELL 30 April – 4 September Weston Park Museum

A new exhibition marks 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was the deadliest of the First World War. Fought between July and November 1916 near the Somme River in France, it was one of the bloodiest military battles in history. On the first day alone, the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties, and by the end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men.

Echoes of the Great War will show Peter Cattrell’s haunting contemporary photographs of the scarred landscapes of the Somme. Created over the past 20 years, the images depict the area around the village of Serre in Northern France where the Sheffield City Battalion was all but destroyed on 1 July 1916. Also on display will be Cattrell’s most recent work, including a series of photographs of shrapnel and fragments found on the battlefields, as well as images of Redmires and the Hallam moors near Sheffield where the Battalion trained before being sent to the trenches.

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ON STAGE… SLEEPING BEAUTY – A GOTHIC ROMANCE

17-21 May Lyceum www.sheffield theatres.co.uk This dazzling production by Matthew Bourne has won the hearts of thousands and exceeded box office records across the UK. New adventures and talented dancers bring this classic back to life while sumptuous costumes and sets, evocative lighting and masterly storytelling, will transport audiences from the halcyon days of the Edwardian era through to the modern day.

In a world full of magic, fairies, vampires, love and romance, will Princess Aurora ever find her true love again?

THE DEBT COLLECTORS 22 May The Lantern Theatre www.lantern theatre.org.uk

In this new comedy from John Godber, one of the nation’s favourite playwrights, demanding money has never been so funny.

When two actors fall out of work and into the world of debt recovery their world becomes about love and money and the love of money.

Join The Debt Collectors for a contemporary comedy as they dig into a world of cash and collection and what people will do to avoid it.

FLOWERS OF MRS HARRIS 19 May-4 June Crucible www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Based on the novel by Paul Gallico, this new musical is inspired by London in 1947 and a story of one woman’s dream of achieving the impossible. Her life goes from working for nothing, to having an overwhelming desire to own her own Christian Dior dress, like those of her clients.

On her incredible journey she realises she can let go of her past. This story of the extraordinary Mrs Harris and is one not to be missed.

DON’T MISS

If comedy’s more your thing, make sure you catch Mark Watson at The Leadmill on 13 May. See www.leadmill.co.uk for more

ON SCREEN… ANGRY BIRDS

WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT

13 April

The popular video game gets its own film. And we get to find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to. Voices are provided by Peter Dinklage, Kate McKinnon and Jason Sudeikis.

13 April

On the face of it this could be quite a serious story – based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, it follows a TV journalist’s assignment in war-torn Afghanistan. When that said TV journalist is Tina Fey, you get the sense that there’s a fair amount of comedy too. And you’d be right.

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 18 April

Since ancient times, the first and most powerful mutant, Apocalypse – immortal and invincible – has been worshipped as a god. But when Apocalypse awakens from a hibernation of thousands of years and decides to end humanity and take over the world, Raven and Charles Xavier lead a team of young XMen to face Apocalypse and defeat him.

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) joins the team as a young Jean Grey.

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He might not quite be in ‘mid-life crisis’ territory just yet, but comic Russell Kane IS undergoing something of a life change.

RUSSELL Kane is a changed man. For his Right Man, Wrong Age tour, you may encounter someone with a new look, fresh perspectives and a different approach to his comedy.

“In the last year I’ve been married and had a baby. I’ve changed my hair, I’ve changed my look, I’ve thrown all my eyeliner in the bin. I literally went to my wardrobe one day and got all my ridiculous clothes and took them to the Sue Ryder shop for some other man having a midlife crisis then bought the four exact same suits in different colours from Topman. Then I got my hair as flat as it can go and I thought, ‘that’s it: this is me now’.”

In fact, Russell can pinpoint the exact moment when he needed to alter his outlook and write a new show. It started with somebody at the door . . . “I’m always looking for the moment that can make me look ridiculous in a way that is

compelling. I was in the middle of spray-tanning myself upstairs in these tiny pants when the doorbell went. I went downstairs in my dressing gown and this window cleaner was touting for work. He leaned in and said, ‘I’m really sorry to disturb you: is your mum or dad in at all?’ Initially you might have thought this was a compliment, but it’s really not. He could be talking about how I’m putting myself across so I thought: ‘clothes in the bin’. And at that moment, there was Right Man, Wrong Age.” In the world of stand-up, acts are continually expected to evolve and grow and turn over a significant amount of material every one or two years. For some this burden might prove too much, but for Russell Kane this is a challenge he relishes. “I’ll keep changing, and I don’t really ever want to stand still. I don’t care if it confuses people about where

I’m coming from. I’m protean; I don’t want to be recognisable in five years’ time; that’s what keeps my writing going. One day I’m learning Spanish, the next I’m learning survivalism. I might do my maths GCSE next week: who knows?”

For now, though, Russell is focused on making Right Man, Wrong Age the best show it can possibly be. His topic this time around is how we never quite feel the life-stage that we’re in and the age that we’re at, whether we’re 80 or 18.

“When you’re 18, you look in the mirror and think ‘I know what I want to do, so why am I trapped in this 18-year-old body?’ while the 80-year-old is still waltzing and dancing around in her head. That’s going to be my jumping off point and from there I’ll do lots of accessible observations as well as the odd thinky bit.

But I don’t want to disappear up my own bum with this show, I just want to go on in

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my suit, like Michael McIntyre or Peter Kay, and just be funny and have lots of big laughs. My only job in life is to be funny.”

Inevitably, his new fatherhood status will have to be addressed in his show. As ever with Russell, he’ll work hard to avoid easy clichés and tired stereotypes as he tackles a subject that has been raised on many a stage by several generations of comedians. “It’s so hack to talk about having babies that I need to find another way in. It’s like walking into Pret at 5pm and there’s one boiled egg left: that’s what’s left to say about childbirth. But when you’re coming at it from a male point of view, you need to find a way in. I’ve never heard a man talk about caesarean section, so that might be the way to go.”

Russell performs at The Leadmill on 20 May. For ticket details visit www.leadmill.co.uk

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Become a space invader and see artists at work at Open Up Sheffield.

HOMES, studios, workshops… all will be up for scrutiny as artists open up the work spaces to the public for five days as part of the Open Up Sheffield festival.

The event was originally created in 1998 as an annual showcase for independent artists and craftspeople across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. The event, which is free and open to all visitors, has become a hugely popular fixture in the local creative calendar.

This year’s event runs from 30 April to 8 May and sees over 60 artists opening up their studios, homes and workshops to showcase their work. Exhibitors include Bank Street Arts, Yorkshire Artspace and Portland Works as well as numerous individual artists. You’ll find everything from photography to painting and ceramics to sculpture.

To find out more, visit www.openupsheffield.co.uk

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CATH DUNN contemporary paintings & prints

Discover - Enjoy - Purchase Art

Walkley Festival

Open Up Sheffield

Open Studio - Free - All Welcome 30 April 1, 2, 7, 8 May

11am - 5pm w: www.cathdunn.me.uk e: cath@cathdunn.me.uk

25 June - 5 July

2 - 6pm

109 Carr Road, Walkley, Sheffield S6 2WY

Catherine Acons I work from my home in Sheffield and my subjects include the flowers that I grow in my yard. At the moment my love is in simplifying botanical form, retaining each flower’s uniqueness. I look for a long while, absorbing it’s ‘one- ness’, particularly loving those stages of diminishing freshness which are not the stuff of ‘pretty pictures’. Once I have my feel for the piece I work very rapidly, with no pre-drawing, working mainly on large white canvas with acrylic and other water colour. Some works are very runny with water movement dictating but I use dry brush strokes as well.

I also love painting directly outdoors, particularly seascapes, sitting on rocks, dealing with the elements and nature’s rawness. I’d say the phrases ‘less is more’ and ‘transient beauty’ sum up my passion.

Please visit me, I’d enjoy showing you my work. There is a wide price range with something to suit all pockets.

763 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, S11 8TH Tel: 07966 996770 | Email: c.m.acons@sheffield.ac.uk | aconsicons.blogspot.co.uk Open 30th, 1st, 2nd, 7th and 8th

Open Up venue 37 Stitched Up and Fleeced Studio S11 7EH Textile artist, Sue Lancaster makes textile artworks, accessories and soft furnishings by drawing, painting, dyeing, printing, hand stitching and machine embroidery onto fabric at her Stitched Up and Fleeced Studio in Nethergreen, Sheffield.

She is a rare animal these days having a BA Honours Degree in Embroidery. In the 40 years since graduating she has collected further qualifications, such as PGCE in Art and in 2013 was awarded a Fellowship of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

Her work has changed considerably in those years but has always involved stitch. She combines many textile processes to create each piece of work whether functional or purely decorative.

6KH KDV UHFHQWO\ EHFRPH WKH RZQHU RI DQ œ,ULVK¡ PDFKLQH ZKLFK LV DQ LQGXVWULDO HPEURLGHU\ PDFKLQH 6XH free draws using a zigzag stitch that is twice as wide, on this machine that is at least twice as fast as a normal domestic machine. œ:RUNLQJ DW WKLV VSHHG ZLWK WKH IUHHGRP WR XVH WKH VWLWFK H[SUHVVLYHO\ DQ\ZKHUH RQ WKH IDEULF LV KXJHO\ H[FLWLQJ¡ She has recently expanded her studio space to cover 3 rooms so has more space to run workshops and develop courses in art, design and textile techniques, extending the variety of both City & Guilds creative courses, which she has run for the past 8 years, as well as increasing the number of expert tutors involved.

For further information visit www.stitchedupandfleeced.com

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14 Find inspiration for food and drink from Sheffield’s finest independents.

Judge a beer by its can? This month Sean Clarke of Beer Central Ltd looks at the growing number of canned ales.

THE last 12 months has seen a real transformation in the way many newer UK craft breweries package their beers. Whilst the vast majority still use the classic brown bottle to keep their beers nice and fresh for you to drink, a growing number are using cans.

This isn’t cans of Carling, please don’t think I’m on about cans of Fosters or cans of John Smith’s Smooth, I’m on about the good stuff and these three beers are great from the can.

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BEAVERTOWN – Gamma Ray – 330ml cans

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MAGIC ROCK – Dark Arts – 330ml cans

Based in North London, Beavertown are known for many things. Stunning can design, A-list rock ‘n’ roll connections, and of course fantastic beers. With Gamma Ray they’ve created a 5.4% American Pale Ale, full of juicy tropical flavours of mango and grapefruit. Loads of hops in the boil, loads of dry-hopping, you cannot escape hops in this. Stars of the show are Columbus, Bravo, Amarillo, Citra and Calypso. Read that list again… some of the best hops out there, no wonder it’s one of the best beers out there. (and the rock ‘n’ roll connection? Founder Logan Plant is the son of Led Zeppelin superstar, Robert Plant!).

Sheffield’s very own Stuart Ross heads the brewing team

at Huddersfield’s Magic Rock Brewery and for a few years now he’s kept them ahead of the game, brewing some of the very best UK beers of recent years.

Dark Arts is a deep and indulgent 6% Stout, a Surreal Stout if you will. Four different malts, three different hops and what you get is full-on flavours of chocolate, liquorice, blackberries and figs, all followed by a rich, roasted bitterness. It does not disappoint.

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ROOSTERS – Baby-Faced Assassin – 330ml cans

Our final can is another contender from Yorkshire.

Roosters Brewing Co. are based in the North Yorkshire town of Knaresborough and have long held a reputation for brewing a great range of popular beers. Their flagship brew is this 6.1% India Pale Ale (IPA), Baby-Faced Assassin. Be careful, this beer is so easy to drink, it creeps up on you rather quickly. It’s a single hop beer, using Citra, one of the most popular hops from the United States. You get flavours of mango, apricot, grapefruit and mandarin orange, all finished off with an IPA bitterness. The Baby Face bites back!

Vicky Wainwright, chef de partie at Marco’s New York Italian, shows us how to make a creamy Italian classic.

THERE’S nothing better than an indulgent, velvety carbonara.

But, for many, mastering the Italian classic is easier said than done. Vicky Wainwright, chef de partie at Marco’s New York Italian, Sheffield, shows us how to get it right: A perfect carbonara is all down to the consistency. Think velvety smoothness rather than scrambled eggs. And, achieving perfection is easier said than done, in just 15 minutes.

❬ SPAGHETTI CARBONARA ❭ INGREDIENTS 170g dry spaghetti 5 slices of pancetta 15g Parmesan shavings 70ml single cream 3 eggs + 1 yolk 1g micro parsley Salt and black pepper Olive oil

METHOD 1. Cook the spaghetti in heavily salted boiling water for six to eight minutes. Whilst the pasta is cooking, fry the pancetta.

2. Combine the cream and eggs to make a carbonara cream.

Season with salt and black pepper 3. Once cooked, drain the hot pasta and whisk in the carbonara cream slowly, to cook the sauce. Gradually add the Parmesan whilst whisking to get the right consistency.

4. Season to taste and place into a warm bowl, before topping with the crispy pancetta and garnishing with micro parsley.

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Nick Peck of Porter Brook Deli looks at the pride of Sheffield – its food!

The Return of the Whisky Files With The Shakespeare’s Chris Bamford

WELCOME back to the Whisky Files. This month we’re looking at three whiskies from new distilleries, which have recently released their first single malt whiskies in two cases within the last couple of months. In the last ten years or so, there has been a massive boom in demand for whisky, leading to stock shortages of both scotch and whisk(e)y across the world. This has particularly affected premium products, seeing prices skyrocket for older whiskies.

Given the nature of the industry, especially in relation to that of more venerable stock, distilleries and indeed the companies which own distilleries cannot replenish their supplies immediately. Since the boom began several new distilleries have opened, both aiming to cash in on the market and to provide the extra stock needed for blends.

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Founded in 2008 inside the Girvan Grain distillery (which makes the ‘grain’ whisky from maize, wheat and other crops with which malt is mixed in blended whisky) in Ayreshire, in the Lowland region, Ailsa Bay is an example of a large whisky company – in this case William Grant & Sons – opening a new distillery to make up for a shortfall in supplies of The Balvenie and for their blends.

The distillery is designed to provide malt in four styles – estery, nutty, fruity and heavily peated – demonstrating again a point touched upon in previous months that geographical location need not necessarily dictate style. This first release is in the peated style at 21 peat particles per million, but is also noticeably sweeter than many whiskies. The result is an interesting, cleaner, drier style of peatiness – the smoke is there but less of the earthiness of the classic Islay malts. The initial edition is bottled at 48.9% ABV and currently sells for £4 at Shakespeares.

Whereas Ailsa Bay is on the site of former distillery within a distillery, Ladyburn, Wolfburn takes its name from that of a long closed distillery in the vicinity of the town of Thurso. Production started in early 2013 becoming the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland and the first, three-year-old malt matured in small ‘quarter’ casks was released earlier this year. Most of the whisky produced is unpeated, but this is belied in the first bottling by a distinct smokiness (this could be because one of the quarter casks was an ex-Islay whisky cask, probably Laphroaig), as well as a sweet nuttiness. The initial release is 46% ABV and £4 a measure at Shakespeares.

The Teeling Distillery started production in only June last year but the Teeling Family have roots in the whisky industry, stretching back to when Walter Teeling founded a distillery in Dublin in 1782; more recently John Teeling founded Cooley’s Distillery in 1987. Later that year, John’s son George founded The Teeling Whiskey Company and began releasing bottlings of whiskies distilled at Cooley’s near the border with Northern Ireland. As this whisky is labelled ‘single malt’, meaning it must be distilled at one SINGLE distillery, and includes whiskey aged up to 23 years, it seems it must also be from the stock purchased from Cooley’s. The Single Malt is 46% ABV and sells at Shakespeares for £3 a measure.

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WELCOME to a new column where we will be talking Sheffield food.

You might have seen our picture in last month’s edition showing our ‘Sheffield shelves’. There is so much food produced locally now and one of the great pleasures of having a deli is to support local food businesses.

I fondly remember Yabba sauces from years ago (they are now back!) and there are now so many more: Just Preserves, Hedgerow and ‘Ome Made chutneys, pickles and jams, Khoo’s chilli sauces, Autumn Harvest mushrooms and truffles, Tipple Tails fruit cakes to go with Birdhouse Teas or Foundry Coffee, Cocoa Wonderland and Dandelion chocolate and Zander’s Sweets, Our Cow Molly, Yee Kwan and Libby’s ice creams... and that’s just a start.

These are just some just some of the best local products, but there are plenty more. What are your favourites?

Tweet #sheffieldfood @CityMagazinRMC and let us know.

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The wait is over... Sentinel Brewing Co. has now opened its doors.

TO say Sentinel Brewing Co. is a labour of love for Alex Barlow would be a vast understatement. He’s poured his heart and soul – not to mention a fair bit of cash – into this brand new brewhouse on Shoreham Street.

Back-to-back meetings, his phone ringing off the hook, and so, so many pernickety little details that he has to get exactly right in order for the whole operation to fulfil its ambitions… I feel exhausted after spending just an hour in his company.

“We got possession of the site on 18 January and it’s been nonstop ever since,” he says as he guides me between the huge brewing tanks currently being installed. “It’s been quite a challenge and everything has cost more than we expected. To be honest, if I thought about it too much I wouldn’t sleep at night.”

But with great risk comes great reward and Alex is already beginning to see the fruits of his labour. They opened for the first time during Sheffield Beer Week in March – with a temporary bar serving their own beer and a scattering of chairs and tables – before turning it back into a building site. These little glimpses of what’s to come have been really well received by the Sheffield beer crowd.

“The response has been fantastic,” says Alex. “I completely and utterly believe in it and have such confidence in the beer range, the amazing food and the team I’ve recruited, I know it will be a success.

“I am, in particular, really thrilled by the new menus and what’s really exciting is that there is so much more to come. As well as a

great basic menu, there are really interesting specials and the unique part is that every dish is related to beer; they’ve all got either actual beer or beer ingredients in them. We source everything as locally as possible – Moss Valley pork, Our Cow Molly milk, cream and butter, and charcuterie from Greedy Little Pig.” The kitchen opened on 29 April, just in time for the first Bank Holiday. But was Alex there to oversee this long-awaited accomplishment? Nope, along with 150 other Alex Barlow beer experts from around the world, he was in Philadelphia to judge at the World Beer Cup. If that’s not proof that we’re in incredibly safe hands with one of Sentinel’s own brews, I don’t know what is.

The official opening, however, isn’t until the end of the month.

On Bank Holiday Monday 30 May, Alex and his team will throw open their doors for a family fun day with music, a bouncy castle and – naturally – lots and lots of beer.

It may have felt like a long time coming, but Alex has enjoyed having people along for the ride. “Several times we’ve turned it back into a building site then opened it again,” he said. “This might be a rather unconventional way of doing things but it’s allowed people to be part of the journey and we’re really glad that we’ve been able to share it with our customers.”

If you’ve missed some of the action, search for ‘Sentinel Brewing Co.’ on YouTube to see time-lapse videos of the journey from carpet showroom to functioning bar. It may have been a seriously hard slog to get the Brewhouse up and running but, standing in the almost-complete bar, seeing his ideas come to life, Alex will be the first to tell you that it’s been worth every last ounce of effort.

Sentinel Brewing Co. 178 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SQ Facebook: Sentinel Brewing Co. / Instagram: sentinelbrewingco Twitter: @sentinelbrew / www.sentinelbrewing.co

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18 Eat Sheffield

Talking tasty food with Mr Pickles’ Paul Widdowson.

FOOD lovers will be glad to see the return of the Sheffield Food Festival in May. With markets, workshops and demonstrations, there will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate food produced in Sheffield – as well as further afield.

Personally, I think it’s a great time for us to take stock of the Sheffield food scene and I like to reflect on the Sheffield producers we have in the shop. Sheffielders are proud of their city and many of our customers make a beeline for produce made in Sheffield – Our Cow Molly Milk and Sir Robin of Locksley gin are fine examples as they’re two of our most popular items.

We offer our customers a great selection. Take coffee for starters – we stock no fewer than four different Sheffield based coffee roasters and blenders. There’s Smith Street Coffee Roasters who have been roasting since 2014, after brothers Trev and Dave were inspired on a trip to Melbourne. Frazer’s Coffee Roasters use their own handmade roaster to ensure quality is as consistent as possible.

Then we have Foundry Coffee Roasters who are always on the

lookout for something new and have recently started experimenting with beans from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Finally we have Twin Café who invest its profits into social projects, both here in Sheffield and in our twin city of Estelí in Nicaragua.

Just as popular is Sheffield beer. Alongside the long-established Kelham Island and Bradfield breweries, we’ve added a few newcomers to our shelves over the past year. North Union has all the classics covered with a solid IPA and Belgian Dubbel in its range, whereas Lost Industry is experimenting with different flavours and techniques, including fruity sours.

Many of our chutneys and jams also hail from Sheffield. One of our favourite producers is Charlie’s Country Garden, thanks to her interesting flavour combinations such as pear and walnut and hot rhubarb and coriander. Her seasonal wild garlic pesto is also popular and it often sells out within days. Catherine’s Choice is another good option and their caramelised red onion chutney is delicious, especially when paired with our vintage cheddar.

Of course the king of all Sheffield producers is Henderson’s Relish – it’s a must for any stew or casserole, but we especially like it in our Sheffield meat and potato pie. If you fancy giving it a go, just scan the page for our recipe.

If you need any advice on how to eat seasonally, or if you’re looking for some recipe ideas, just pop in to see us at Mr Pickles’ – we’re always happy to help and talk food!

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Sometimes it’s okay to judge a gin by the bottle.

CALL us shallow, but this month we’re taking a moment to appreciate aesthetics. Why I hear you ask? Well, quite often we’ll have customers who, unsure of what style of gin they like, will make a decision based solely on what a bottle looks like (distillers take note). They 100 per cent judge that book by its cover – and who can blame them? We have some real lookers on that shelf.

Words by Danielle Mustarde

NOT JUST HERE FOR THE BEER Portland House quickly made its mark on the Ecclesall Road scene... and there’s much more to come.

IT’S been six months since Portland House opened during the dark nights of late October and it’s already established itself as a worthy addition to the ever-evolving food and drinks scene of Ecclesall Road.

So, what’s changed since their opening weekend? Well first off, the lovely people of Welbeck Abbey Brewery, who are behind Portland House, have invested in a brand new coffee machine. This means it’s not only beers on offer, but deliciously ethical coffee from Sheffieldbased specialists Cafeology. Alongside which, there are now sweet treats made by Seven Hills Bakery, a cheeky little addition to the bar’s repertoire which makes PH as good a spot for a coffee on a mid-week afternoon as it is for beers on a Friday evening.

Along with the new additions of coffee and sweet stuff, PH will be continuing to run their popular tasting nights which are organised in jointly with the guys from Starmoreboss on Sharrow Vale Road. These run once monthly, usually on the first Monday of each month. Keep an eye out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for up-to-date information. …and remember, if the sun does manage to break through the clouds over the next few months, there’s a street-side spot out front with your name on it. Mine’s a pint of Henrietta – oh, and an espresso on the side, please.

SILENT POOL – 43% With a soft-edged bottle the colour of the Mediterranean and delicate golden fauna to finish, this “intricately realised” gin always gets the girls (…and the boys). It’s crafted in Surrey, right next to a spring-fed pool from which it takes its name. The details don’t stop at the design however, with an impressive 24 botanicals including chamomile, lavender and local honey, this subtly sweet gin is just as intricate under the surface as it is to look at.

BATCH – 40% Now personally, I think this is the “prettiest” bottle on the shelf but I’m a bit of a geek for typography and the lovely people behind Batch have chosen a font which is particularly easy on the eye. This gin’s not just a pretty face, however, it’s intriguing – exotic even with frankincense and myrrh listed as its signature botanicals giving it a Middle Eastern allure. Pair that with the cinnamon bark, angelica root and crushed nutmeg – to name just a few – and you’re left with a gin which has a beautifully unique and ‘mysterious’ personality. Try it for yourself.

TARQUIN’S “THE SEA DOG” – 57% We featured Tarquin’s gin in the March issue, but this, my friends, is Tarquin’s 2.0. Navy strength The Sea Dog is a BIG gin.

At 57% ABV it packs a punch. Still lovingly packaged in a waxdripped bottle, but instead of the delicate lilac wax of the original, this one is kicking out primary colour with its dripping seal in a bold red against a matt black label. With a black peppery warmth on the palate and a dry and spicy finish, this ‘femme fatale’ of a gin is not for the fainthearted.

Have tasting notes of your own? Then swing by, we’re always happy to talk house. If you’d like to learn more about our spirits, you can also join us and the lovely people from Starmore Boss once a month (usually the first Monday). For tickets, drop by, we’re at 286 Ecclesall Road or call us on 0114 266 9511 for more information.

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From hard luck story to stand-out success, Matt Holdsworth is the perfect example of how graft and perseverance can pay off. Here, he talks to us about his latest venture.

AFFABLE Matt Holdsworth is the first to admit he’s done things the hard way. Inspired to go it alone by his hard-working parents, who owned a catering company in Attercliffe, to say he’s had his fair share of ups and downs is an understatement.

Growing up around the family business he was always used to working with food but went on to study music. A part-time job working as a kitchen hand was to change his outlook, and after

moving to Cornwall and trying to set up a restaurant there, he moved back to his native Sheffield and opened a sandwich shop in Darnall.

“All I wanted to do was have my own place,” says a completely frank Matt. “I even considered a roadside café but ended up opening a sandwich shop. That went really well and on the back of that I thought it would be a really good idea to open a chain.”

This was where problems first started. “It was a huge disaster,” he openly admits. “I was really naïve basically. Looking back, it was at the point that business was really tough, coming up to the crash. There were a load of shops available and I thought ‘brilliant’. We got to four and then the fifth and it was horrendous. We were haemorrhaging money.”

After a difficult time, it was a chance meeting that fuelled his

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desire to persevere with running his own business. He explains: “I’d gone from the pinnacle of what I wanted to achieve to walking down the road with no job, no nothing. I remember walking down to the fish ‘n’ chip shop at the bottom of Rustlings Road because I’d seen a job advert in there. I ended up walking past because it was closed and ended up popping into Fancie on Ecclesall Road. I kind of knew Amanda a little bit

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23 and she took me on working in the kitchen. And then the whole thing started all over again.”

So what next? A little shop in Bradway became a base for outside catering before Matt endured yet more heartbreak, this time on a personal level, with the break-up of his parents and their business. In a twist of fate, it was at this time that they found a shop on Chesterfield Road.

His parents’ business, Masterchef, had specialised in selling onion bhajis to offices and local restaurants and it seemed logical to build on their success. “The idea was to carry on doing the bhajis and a little bit of outside catering,” explains Matt. His mum Pat was quickly on board, as well as main bhaji maker Mohammed, but it was Matt’s sister Melissa who had the idea to take things a step further.

And so the Bhaji Shop and Thali Café, just down from Meersbrook Park, opened its doors in May 2014. “We accidentally opened a restaurant, it was way busier in evening times and was obvious that was where the main bit of the trade was,” explains Matt. “Melissa had spent a lot of time in India and said ‘why don’t we put it together as a thali? You have a bit of curry, rice, salad, homemade chutneys, a bit of the daal, and sell it as a thali café?’”

It was an immediate success, largely thanks to an “extremely supportive community” – Matt’s words – and thoughts were

already turning to a larger space.

But things didn’t quite work out as expected.

“We started looking at the tramshed next door, which was a burnt-out building,” Matt explains. “We finally met the landlord and asked if he would be interested in renting it. He said he would be but there was an enormous ingoing premium for basically doing it out.”

Matt being Matt, he had other ideas. “I said about the idea of not charging us the premium and giving us a year’s free rent if I did all the work.”

After a three-month or so build project the Tramshed opened in June 2015 and, again, the success was immediate.

“That was one of the coolest build projects I’ve ever done,” adds Matt. “We were massively freaking out, overthinking it, but literally hundreds turned up for the opening.”

Long-time friend and colleague Frankie Shakarian moved over from the Bhaji Shop to run the Tramshed and it’s gone from strength to strength ever since, a masterstroke if Matt does say so himself. “It was obvious as soon as she got involved that it would be better to be a business partner with her rather than just working for us.

She brought so much

experience to it. Now I’d really describe it as Frankie’s.”

Job done, you would think.

After the life-lessons learned in owning – and losing – the sandwich shops you’d think Matt would be content, but he was already thinking ahead. “It [the Bhaji Shop and Thali Café] is so nice and amazing in every single way but for some reason we all felt we were ready for a bit more.”

The new year brought new optimism and Matt came across a vacant site at Kelham Island, ironically next door to where he’d opened his last sandwich shop. It’s a stunning location, just next to the bridge on Ball Street overlooking the River Don with double-fronted windows and lots of space to sit outside. It was exactly what he was looking for and after the nod of approval from the staff (and his wife Jenny), work began.

By the time you read this the Bhaji Shop and Thali Café will have closed its doors and the new Bhaji Café at Kelham Island will have opened. They’ve brought everything over from the old site – staff, tables, chairs, you name it – to make it as familiar as possible, but the concept still remains. The thalis will stay, there’ll be three curries to choose from – meat, fish, veg

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– as well gluten-free, wheat-free and vegan dishes. And – this is the bit that Matt is particularly excited about – there’s a bar, which means a new line in Indian-inspired cocktails.

As ever Matt has done the majority of the work himself, giving the space a street market kind of vibe with lots of loud, clashy colours. Think Bollywood chic and you’re almost there.

There’s a huge emphasis on atmosphere, Matt is a big believer in providing the whole experience, not just great food, and he’s now set up to deliver his dream. It’s a far cry from the roadside café he considered buying way back when he first came back up to Sheffield.

Given the ups and downs he’s had along the way, Matt remains philosophical about the move. “It’s either going to be the worst or best decision we’ve ever made. It’s not going to be the same but hopefully it will be good in a different way.

The Thali Café [on Chesterfield Road] will always be perfect in my memory because we never got to a point where it kicked off and went crap. No matter what happens, it will always be perfect.”

We’ll raise a Long Island Chai Tea to that.

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New Kids on the Block

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Comfy night on the sofa? Forget about it.

Hit the town – you’ll be spoilt for choice with these latest food and drink hangouts.

IN honour of Sheffield’s vibrant and ever-expanding food and drink scene, here’s our round-up of the newest hangout spots in the city. Whether you’re looking for somewhere different to grab coffee, a new spot to meet your pals for a pint or a towering plate of all things BBQ’d, we’ve got you covered.

THE HOLT 156 Arundel Street

What a lovely spot. Self-proclaimed ‘industrial, city centre coffee and tea’, this two month old café-come-art space is a great place to while away a sunny afternoon with friends. Vegan? Vegetarian?

Then friend, you’re more than welcome here. Holt always aim to have a vegan and vegetarian option on hand, and serve such simple pleasures as sandwiches, soups, salads and sweet stuffs, speciality teas and locally roasted coffee. With bags full of future plans, this is one to keep your eye on. theholtcafe.co.uk

HEAD OF STEAM 103-107 Norfolk Street

Like your beers? Then this is the place for you. There’s plenty to choose from, whether you’re after something on cask, keg, in can or bottle – you’ll be spoiled for choice. As well as a vast drinks selection, there’s also in-house kitchen Longhorns serving up more smoked, BBQ stuff than you can shake your Belgium beer at. With a big following in the North East of England, Head of Steam is a welcome addition to the growing, city centre beer scene. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

BOTTLEDOG 108-110 Devonshire Street

Okay, so it’s not technically a new venue, but Bottledog (on site at the already

Head of Steam

established BrewDog) is a lovely little extension of beeriness. With bottles available to both drink in and to take out, this adds to BrewDog’s already exotic selection of high percentage, full flavour beers and is the maraschino-cherry-ontop of an already well established city centre venue. One to re-visit. www.brewdog.com/bars/uk/sheffield

REDS TRUE BARBECUE 383-385 Ecclesall Road

Meat eaters – this is well and truly for you and your brethren. Open since April, Reds True Barbecue brings you barbecued beasts of all shapes and sizes alongside a very respectable beer selection. Inspired by the founders’ yearly pilgrimage across the USA “eating ‘cue five times a day”, as the website proudly states, Reds aims to save your soul from the “plague of bad British barbecue”. Vegetarians, see The Holt. truebarbecue.com/sheffield/

BE AT ONE 176 Devonshire Street

Whatever your poison, if you enjoy drinking more than one spirit at a time then be sure to make your way to Be At One, Division Street’s newest cocktail bar.

With happy hours every day and a late license at the weekends, this is a venue for the movers, the shakers and the pretty young things. Oh, and don’t forget to check out their ‘Cocktail Masterclasses’. A perfect gift for the budding bartender. www.beatone.co.uk/cocktail-bar/sheffield

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26 Want to make your own authentic Caribbean food? Take a little inspiration from Barry’s Bar. LONDON Road would not be quite the same without the longestablished Barry’s Bar. How many of you have popped in and ended staying the entire evening and feeling the aftermath the next day due to the free-flowing rum offerings?

If you didn’t know already, Barry cooks up some of the best authentic Caribbean food. He’s wellknown for keeping his recipes close to his chest but starting this month, he’s going to be sharing some of his favourite dishes for you to try at home. Just don’t forget the Red Stripe!

❬ SHRIMP FLORENTINE ❭ This delicious dish is a Caribbean take on a hot casserole using callaloo, a spinach-like leaf vegetable dish, and escallions.

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7 cups callaloo, washed and cut up 1 onion, chopped 4 escallion stalks, chopped finely 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1lb shrimps/prawns, cleaned and deveined For the white sauce: 25g butter 25g plain flour 568ml milk Salt and white pepper to season

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1. First make the white sauce by melting the butter in a saucepan. Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes. Take the pan off the heat and gradually stir in the milk to get a smooth sauce. Return to the heat and, stirring all the time, bring to the boil. Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes and season with salt and white pepper.

2. To make the Florentine, put all the ingredients except the shrimps into a saucepan –no water is necessary. Simmer for ten minutes.

3. Add the callaloo to the white sauce, mix in the shrimps and bake at 180ºC/350ºF for 15 minutes, just until the shrimps are cooked and heated through.

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Now you can enjoy the finest quality Nicaraguan coffee courtesy of Twin Café.

WHAT do Sheffield, England and Estelí, Nicaragua have in common? Few people know that the two cities have been “twins” since 1984 and so in 2014, Twin Café set on a mission to bring the two communities together through trade and to unite them around one of Nicaragua’s finest products: coffee.

Grown at 1,100m in the unique Miraflor natural reserve located in the Estelí region, the fresh beans are shipped to Sheffield to be perfectly roasted at Pollards by vastly experienced roasters, so that everyone can enjoy the finest quality Nicaraguan coffee.

In an effort to do business differently, Twin Café pays a premium above the Fair Trade coffee price so that farmers not only receive a fair and stable wage but are also able to reinvest in their crops to continue to grow high quality coffee. More recently, Twin Café has also pledged to recognise the unpaid labour of Estelí women in the coffee production process by paying extra per pound.

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Life’s too short to smoke bad cigars...

Tubos are those cigars that come packaged in an aluminium or plastic tube which will help keep the cigar as fresh as possible. It * can mean that the cigar is older and like most goods, a cigar is considered at its best when it is newer. However, there are some cigars that are ‘aged’ like wine to enhance their flavour.

Before a cigar can be smoked it usually has to be cut which can be a fiddly process. At Savills we do stock guillotine cigar cutters, which * are recommended by the experts. Cutting leaves a clean, circular hole that gives ample drawing power. It also avoids the accumulation of tars near the head that results to a smoother, better tasting smoke.

If you love cigars as much as we do it is worth investing in a humidor in which to keep them. A good humidor will maintain a * 69ºF temperature and 70-75 per cent humidity. They look great and are a great subject of conversation.

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OR so the saying goes. Or, according to Ernesto Che Guevara, as he contemplated guerilla warfare in Cuba: “A habitual and extremely important complement in the life of a guerrilla is smoking cigars, for the smoke that he can expel in moments of relaxation is a great companion to the lonely soldier.”

Back in the 15th century it was that serial importer of new world commodities Christopher Columbus who discovered tobacco and, seeing how native South Americans loved it, decided to ship it back in massive quantities.

The English at once took to smoking cigars but we had to import it from our then nemesis Spain, as the English climate did not support cultivation here. Solution? We grew it in the new English territory of Virginia in the American new colonies and it fast become the colony’s largest export.

Unfortunately, even through many attempts, we could not produce a variety as good as the Cuban variety even when the same seeds were used, and today Cuban cigars are still revered as the best in the world.

Following the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960s, President Kennedy unleashed a trade embargo on Cuba (but not before stockpiling his favourite Havanas according to his press secretary), which is still in place today, meaning that you can’t buy Cuban cigars in the USA. We have many students who visit our barbering academy from the US and instantly hone in on our humidor fully stocked with the best Cuban cigars, before choosing their favorites like kids in a sweet shop.

At Savills we import our cigars via England’s oldest cigar importer to ensure authentic and high quality varieties. They are all stored in our humidor, with prices to suit all pockets.

Here’s a few tips in case you fancy popping in to make a selection:

* When lighting your cigar hold it away from your mouth and rotate the cigar slowly. The heat must be applied only long enough to get no more than half of the end to lit. To produce an even burning coal, blow gently towards the end of the cigar. Continue to puff and rotate the cigar until the end is completely lit. * Finally, the most important thing to consider is how a cigar tastes

to you when it is smoked. Something that is very personal and subjective. The best cigar, regardless of price or reputation is the one that you enjoy the most.

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Vintage rules, particularly with festival season approaching. It’s time to stand out from the crowd.

WITH Peace in the Park and Tramlines on the horizon, Sheffield will be showcasing its fair share of local and international musical talent this summer. Music brings people together, and people bring outfits together!

When the sun is out and there's music in the air we can't help but lean towards bold prints and colourful patterns – what better way to show your love for the gleaming sunshine than with some blazing hot threads of your own? This stylish yet relaxed ensemble hits the spot. Pair some Levi's cut-offs with a textured print t-shirt, seventies suede cut-out jacket and contrasting zebra print pumps.

Be creative with your festival-wear, the fun is in the experimenting! Put together colours that you wouldn't usually go for and dare yourself to wear something outside your comfort zone.

Just out of Sheffield, Derbyshire's Ynot Festival has booked some phenomenal headliners including Madness, Noel Gallagher and The Hives. We'll see you there on 29 July bringing you live festival fashion via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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Russells’ new second-hand offerings make it even easier to get mobile.

THE traffic grinds to a halt, you sit there, teeth clenched and knuckles white on the steering wheel. Argh you’ve got to get to work and someone has broken down on Derek Dooley Way bringing the city’s traffic to a standstill… but has it?

The bike was built for the gridlocked cities of today, weaving through traffic, passing the trucks and cars or darting down cycle lanes, over, under,

inside and out of the snarl of traffic that makes up rush hour.

There is a reason 650,000 trips per day are made by bicycle in London; it’s not so people can parade around in the latest lycra offering, it’s because it’s so simple. Get on your bike pedal a bit and there you are. Anyone can do it and it really doesn’t have to cost the earth unless you want it to that is. You don’t need anything fancy to get you around just

something that is comfortable and in working order.

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We have bikes starting at £75 and they are all fully serviced with new parts fitted and ready to ride, they just need riders to take them on new adventures.

Why not give an old bike a new home, take it riding through the streets of the city and see how happy it makes you?

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With their biggest gig to date coming up at the end of the month, things couldn’t get any better for the Everly Pregnant Brothers. Or could they? We spoke to singer Shaun Doane about sharing the spotlight with another well-known local legend.

SHAUN Doane is a lovable kind of guy. He’s like that bloke next door, your mate, your uncle… you could chat to him for hours.

You can’t help but like him. He’s funny, frank and has a cracking voice to boot. As we sit and chew the fat in Steam Yard on a particularly sunny day in Sheffield, he’s open, honest and, between sips of Yorkshire Tea, positively enthused about their ‘Ring of Fire’ gig coming up at the Magna Centre in Rotherham (or should that be Rovrum?) at the end of the month.

For the uninitiated, Beighton-born Shaun is the lead singer in the Everly Pregnant Brothers, the hugely popular Sheffield ukulele band which started up, in Shaun’s words, as a bit of a joke in 2009.

They’re bold, brash and fond of a bit of industrial language, but have quickly been taken to the hearts of folk all over the city.

Their parodies of popular songs have become something of legend and have seen them packing in the crowds, not just in Sheffield but all over too. Popular ‘hits’ include Hendo’s (to the tune of Coldplay’s Yellow), No Oven No Pie (to the tune of Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry) and Chip Pan’s On Fire (to the tune of Kings of Leon’s Sex On Fire). This is a band that doesn’t take itself too seriously and is all the better for it.

“The plan was to just do straight cover versions. We were gonna change the titles to make ‘em a bit more Sheffield but there were no plans to change the words. How that came about was, we were just messing about, practising, and I just started changing the words, just for a laugh.

“Basically, someone will have an idea for a song to do. Mainly, it’ll be one of t’lads who’ll listen to a song and go ‘it’s only got three chords, we can do that, it’d be dead easy’. If it’s a song that we know, so much the better; it’s easy to change the words. I can’t sit down and write, everything I do comes off the top of my head.”

They’ve played and sold out The Lyceum, Leadmill, O2, Sheffield City Hall and played on the Fat Cat roof for Tramlines.

But the gig at Magna will be something else, not least because of the appearance of local legend, Tony Christie.

“I can’t use the word support,” beams Shaun. “You can’t call Tony Christie a support act, he’s a co-headliner. He’s bringing his full band, it’s the full experience. It’ll be great.”

For Shaun, he can’t wait to meet one his idols. “I’m a huge fan, so that’s gonna be brilliant. I’m hoping he’ll get up to sing one with us. I’d love nothing more but to stand on stage with Tony Christie singing No Oven No Pie or Neets or Oyl Int Road, summat like that.”

Despite the band’s success, and numerous previous festival appearances, there is something playing on Shaun’s mind. “We’re fans of music, we still get starstruck. Even when we’ve done the festivals and we’ve met people like Tim Burgess out of The Charlatans – him and Pete are big pals, he takes it all in his stride – we’re all like… That’s what I like doing festivals for, hopefully we get to meet a few of ‘em [celebrities/rockstars/idols].”

The Pete that Shaun is referring to is, of course, well-known Sheffield artist Pete McKee, who is credited with starting the band after buying a ukulele on holiday. After being asked to perform alongside an exhibition he was doing in the Botanical Gardens he quickly had to put a band together and after recruiting his son Charlie, Richard ‘Bails’ Bailey and ‘Ginger’ Dave Williamson, he got in touch with Shaun to supply the vocals. BBC Radio Sheffield’s Toby Foster was the next to pledge his services along with Klive Humberstone.

The plan was to just do the Art in the Gardens shows but Toby had other ideas, as Shaun >>>

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38 explains: “Toby, being Toby, had seen something. He had a little glint in his eye and he went ‘we should do this once a month.

Why don’t we do the Memorial Hall? Let’s book it out and see how it goes’.”

The following year proved to be the real turning point for the band and especially for Shaun, who openly admits that at the time he was feeling a little low.

But, little did he know, happiness was just around the corner, or more specifically on Sharrowvale Road. It was while performing at the opening of Pete’s gallery, A Month of Sundays, that he met his wife, Janine.

“Up until then, whilst I was enjoying being in t’band, I were still quite low,” he explains. “I’d been married before and that had broken down. One of the things about being able to be funny is that you teeter on that line between mania and depression, it’s the dark side of being funny. Not that I’m particularly bigging myself up as a funny man but we seem to make people laugh. That was the turning point and everything since then has just got better and better and better.”

But while the gigs got bigger and their popularity soared, Shaun is keen to point out that they’re as approachable now as when they first started, something he attributes to a particular Sheffield charateristic. “I grew up round that end of town [Beighton] and that’s where a lot of the humour comes from, it’s that sort of Sheffield, working class, steelworks, coal mines, everyday humour. It’s that ‘don’t get too big for your boots’ humour. You can be clever, you can be talented, you can be funny, but don’t ever forget where you come from because people will soon bring you back down to earth. I think that’s a good thing.

“I don’t think there’s any sort of celebrity from Sheffield who’s ever become arrogant, no matter how big they are. Alex Turner still comes home and gets told off by his mum.”

But surely a group of blokes, spending a lot of time together, is going to lead to a fall-out, a strop or two? Shaun, although reluctant at first, admits that if there’s a wobbly to be thrown, he can throw them with the best of them.

“When the lads get together, and we’re gigging, the lads can get a bit diva-ish. I’m probably the worst, if I’m not in the right mood I can get a bit mardy, get the face on.

“I had one bad gig in Saltaire. I was not on form at all, I didn’t feel right. We had loads of sounds problems, the gig didn’t go that well and I proper threw a big strop, a proper hissy fit. I took a right mardy and didn’t speak to anyone on the way back on the bus. When I got home Janine gave me such a bollocking and said

I don’t think there’s any sort of celebrity from Sheffield who’s ever become arrogant, no matter how big they are. Alex Turner still comes home and gets told off by his mum. ‘don’t you ever do that again, they’re you’re friends. You’ve embarrassed me.’ I learnt from that not to be a mardy bum.

“It’s easy to let it go to your head but then you think, ‘it’s some idiots with ukuleles and some big daft bugger from Beighton singing. We’re not the Rolling Stones’.”

Seven years on and despite a few line-up changes – Toby Foster left and ex-Pulp drummer Nick Banks and Johnny Wood have joined – the band are working towards their biggest gig to date.

After that, there’s festivals in Kendal and Portmeirion before the now traditional Christmas date at the O2, although that’s yet to be confirmed (the band are 90 per cent sure it’ll happen admits Shaun). Their star just continues to rise and long may it continue.

“As I keep saying to people, if you keep coming we’ll keep doing it,” says Shaun. “It’s jokes, it’s daft songs, it’s a bunch o’ lads doing what they enjoy doing for fun. If it ever becomes like work, I think we’d stop doing it. When you start playing too much it stops being fun, it starts being a job and we’ve all got jobs [Shaun’s a funeral director].

“The secret to it [success] has been that we’re not, like, popstars.

You can look at Everly Pregnant Brothers on stage and think ‘they could be your mates’. That’s what I like, we can make people laugh, forget about their worries, forget about their troubles and just have a giggle, have a good old belly laugh and have a few pints and just chill out. Life’s way too short not to enjoy yourself.”

I couldn’t have said it any better myself.

The Everly Pregnant Brothers play at Magna on Saturday 28 May. Tickets are £20 and are available through eventbrite.co.uk or sivonline.com. Check out their videos on YouTube.

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39 IN a time when female pop stars are wearing less and churning out more and more sexually submissive lyrics, it’s reassuring to know that there are women like Meghan Trainor fighting our corner.

Beyond the bubble-gum pop riffs and catchy choruses is a smart and sassy Grammy award-winning songwriter with something to say.

When All About That Bass exploded on our radios and music channels in 2014, it quickly became the anthem for bodyconscious women all over the world.

Now the superstar is back with feisty new single NO off her forthcoming album Thank You due for release this month.

Musically, the single takes inspiration from nineties and noughties pop and is a change in direction from the old school doo-wop sounds of All About That Bass and Lips Are Movin’.

Those who still enjoy a good singalong to NSYNC or Destiny’s Child will love this, but why the sudden change?

“I had four albums done which were doo-wop, but were slightly improved from the last album and [the record company] said ‘you are doing exactly what everyone expects you to do.’

Meghan was told to come back with something new, showing what a talented and varied writer she could be and so she rose to the challenge.

“I was told that day that I didn’t have any singles. I was angry, so I met with my producer and said ‘make a beat that Meghan Trainor wouldn’t do’. So he started making that beat and then together we produced it and were writing it at the same time.”

NO is certainly a change in sound, but her outspoken approach to writing lyrics remains the same.

“For a minute I thought ‘is there something wrong with me?

Why am I not getting hit on?’ and nowadays I realise that’s

ridiculous and I don’t ever want to think like that again,” she explains.

“So NO was my anthem to myself too, so I can go out tonight and not wonder and dress myself up too much and hope someone hits on me. That’s not what I want. I want to go out and have a good time and I want my little cousin to grow up and think that too.”

She is currently working with FullBeauty brand on their #OwnYourCurves campaign to change our perceptions of what ‘plus size’ means.

“It just sounds like heavier set, y’know? And it just has an ugly cloud over it. Like I went shopping at this one place for winter clothes and I was an extra large and I barely fit in that and I went up to counter and was like ‘sir, your sizes are bulls**t, I am not an XL in this store and I’m insulted. You can’t be doing this to kids, it’ll mess them up.’”

She recently discussed a collaboration with Will.i.am after her performance on The Voice and has written songs for the

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She’s all about the bass and much more besides. CityMag meets Meghan Trainor. likes of Fifth Harmony and Jennifer Lopez.

And with a 2016 Grammy for Best New Artist under her belt, there are plenty more artists knocking on her door, but there is still one she would love to collaborate with: “Bruno Mars where are you?! Every interview I have, I say his name very loud! I love him, I just want to meet him and write with him.”

However, it’s clear that

Meghan doesn’t take any of her past success for granted. Whilst All About That Bass continues to be her biggest and most wellknown hit, she isn’t worried about it defining her career: “Oh, I don’t mind that. I think it’s cool if people don’t know my new songs; that at least they’ll know me as ‘that bass girl’ and at first I was like ‘ugh, I don’t want to be the bass girl for the rest of my life.’

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“And my bro was like ‘some artists don’t have a song like that ever, in their careers!’ So what it did was very magical and I didn’t know at the time, even after the first Grammy. It’s just hitting me…and it’s crazy.

It’s a once in a lifetime thing.

So I’m down.”

Meghan Trainor’s new album Thank You will be released on 13 May.

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40 ROUNDABOUT SLEEP OUT START OF A NEW ERA REDISCOVER ATKINSONS

Do you have an eye for a bargain? Atkinsons always aim for their sales to be the talk of the town, so that’s why, for the final few days of their spring sale, they’ve actually cut the sale price of hundreds of items in HAL… Yes, that’s half the sale price in the Atkinsons Original Blue Pencil Event. But hurry, this special event only last for six days from 9am Tuesday 10 May to 4pm Sunday 15 May. “You should certainly see some exciting changes as we want offer our customers a shopping experience that is up to date in every way,” says David Cartwright, sales and operations manager. “However, one thing that will stay true as it has always been is to bring the people of Sheffield top quality merchandise at competitive prices. With a clean safe and competitively-priced car park directly above the store, along with four newly refurbished eateries, there’s no better time to rediscover Atkinsons.”

New Era Square - a 20-storey mixed leisure, commercial and residential development – is bringing new life in the area between London Road and Bramall Lane.

New Era Development (UK) Ltd, the Sheffield-based company behind the plans, say it is creating “a cosmopolitan, international, multi-cultural focal point,” but are at pains to avoid it being labelled “Chinatown.”

Work is well underway to complete the foundations for the development, which is to include retail units, food and drink outlets on the ground floor, leading out to an open-air square for events.

The existing KH oriental supermarket, established 40 years ago, will be redesigned and upgraded to the new large supermarket premises and will offer new range of products from all over the world.

This summer, Sheffield Theatres is casting its net far and wide to inspire the next generation of West End stars.

In an extension to their popular Summer School programme, a new course specialising in Musical Theatre will run from Monday 8 to Saturday 13 August. It’s a fantastic opportunity for talented youngsters, aged 14-20, to learn tips and tricks of the trade from West End performers, who will lead masterclasses in dance, drama and singing. Participants will also learn about choreography, staging, audition techniques and much more. The Summer School will conclude with a showcase at the end of the week on the Crucible Stage.

Full details can be found at www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/getinvolved/summer-school

It looks like we had our finger firmly on the pulse a couple of month ago when we championed Sheffield as a top beer and ale destination. Now, a recent report by the University of Sheffield claims the city is the world’s real ale capital with 57 breweries – equivalent to one brewery for every 23,991 people, nearly five times as many as London. We’ll raise a glass to that!

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When it started in 2015, La Biblioteka met a simple need – to create a space to find, talk about and purchase international independent magazines and books and other paper goods, in Sheffield. Now they’ve found a new home – 70 Pinstone Street.

Go and check them out.

Roundabout’s fourth Sleep Out event will be held at CADS Works, the Creative Arts and Development Space in Smithfield, close to the city centre, on Friday 20 May. “Our Sleep Out in November raised an incredible £15,000 for our charity,” said Roundabout’s Fundraising and Communications Manager, Ruth Gage.“This time round, we’re hoping to do even better! We already have lots of people signed up and we’re encouraging teams from local businesses that support Roundabout to get involved too!”

Roundabout is the local organisation that supports 150 young people in the city every day and runs the only emergency hostel in Sheffield for young homeless people aged 16 to 21.

To find out more information about the Sleep Out or to register, visit www.roundaboutsleepout.co.uk

FAMILY FUN DAY

A massive family fun day is heading to Hillsborough Park on Sunday 12 June 2016 with live entertainment, kennel club approved dog show, stalls, rides and games for all the family.

The event has been organised by Michael Whiting from Chapeltown who is the organiser behind the successful Ecclesfield Gala which has raised over £135,000 for Macmillan over the last 30 years.

For people wishing to book a stall at the Gala contact Michael Whiting on 0114 240 0046 or email m.whiting@talktalk.net.

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Two-wheel appeal Whether you’re an experienced rider or a complete novice, Via Moto is on hand to help you make the right choice.

FROM the iconic, rough and ready image of Marlon Brando in The Wild Ones, to the stylish and suited Daniel Craig in the opening chase scene of Skyfall, the idea of riding a motorbike is just as exciting and appealing today as it was over 60 years ago.

Robert M Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, said it best when he said: “In a car you’re always in a compartment […] You’re a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.

“On a cycle the frame is gone. You’re completely in contact with it all. You’re in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.”

Whether you are already an experienced rider familiar with this feeling, or a complete novice who can’t wait to hit the road, Via Moto has a helpful and professional team ready to assist you in making the right choice for you.

The Italian motorbike and moped specialists was established in Sheffield in 2012 and has recently opened its third

showroom in Shalesmoor in response to growing demand from customers across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

The news comes just weeks after the company – which has also announced that its turnover exceeded £2.8million in the year ending December 2015, up from £760k in 2014 – received international recognition within the industry when it was named Dealer of the Year by acclaimed bike manufacturer Piaggio at the Piaggio Retailer Conference earlier this year.

Along with an existing Honda dealership in Chesterfield, the latest acquisition sees Via Moto further boost the business’ North Derbyshire offering, with the team also working on the renovation of the former Clay Cross-based Kawasaki store.

Founder and owner Matthew

Gilder said the financial boost and geographic expansion was also the catalyst behind the brands diversifying product range, with Via Moto’s Sheffield branch now exclusively stocking the innovative Piaggio Wi-Bikes – a brand new electric bike complete with 250W motor, three riding modes, GPS tracker and a satellite anti-theft system.

“2015 was a very exciting year for Via Moto with the opening of our first Chesterfield branch, the continued growth and expansion of our Sheffield store and service centre, and a significant boost to our turnover,” says Matthew.

“We were delighted to receive recognition of all of our hard work when Piaggio named us Dealer of the Year at

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their annual conference in February and we are now really excited to have been chosen to launch the innovative Wi-Bikes in the region on an exclusive basis.

“Our latest showroom acquisition is a reflection of our plans for continued growth in the year ahead, and we’re really looking forward to continuing to help make the purchase and use of a motorcycle or scooter as simple and as practical as possible.”

Whether you are looking for a new or used motorbike/ scooter, Matthew and his team have the experience and knowhow to help you hit the road this summer.

Via Moto 284 Shalesmoor, Sheffield, S3 8UL Tel: 0114 303 3000 www.via-moto.co.uk

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43 Looking for somewhere to live in Sheffield? A new monthly column should help you find the right property for you.

WITH more and more property developments rising up across Sheffield, there is no better time for CityMag to launch a property column. The team at Sheffield City Living, a sales, letting and management agency based in the Devonshire Quarter, are on hand to offer you advice. This month, Paul Robertson, Director at Sheffield City Living, offers his top tips for tenants looking for property in Sheffield:

Creating a culture of creativity and innovation.

ACEG is a Sheffield based company that provides music tuition services to schools around the country. Founded by husband and wife Lewis and Melissa Quaye, they believe that music education can play a vital role in ensuring children retain their innate creativity into young adulthood. It’s this belief, which has lead to them working with over 100 schools in the UK. Austerity measures have imposed greater pressure on schools around the country. Resources are limited and teachers are stretched. As a result, schools are finding it harder and harder to offer their pupils the individual attention they need.

Attainment has been harder to achieve, and teachers and students have felt the pressure.

Will it change? We started our company ACEG because we believe it will. In fact, we feel it already has. The internet has changed everything. We no longer need to be the custodians of knowledge. Meaning that, if we want too, we can focus our energies on the application of knowledge.

Allowing us to impart new-found wisdom. If used the right way, teachers have a limitless supply of free resources that can revolutionise the classroom. Actually, it can go beyond the classroom. These resources can engage whole communities of families creating a new-found collaboration of engaged parents.

“Easier said than done” I hear you say. Well maybe, but it’s surprising what can be achieved with a supportive culture. A culture of creativity and innovation. A culture that gives teachers the self-confidence to become better educators and mentors and pupils the opportunity to receive validation of their individual progress.

Here at ACEG, we are focused on contributing to that culture. We believe that creative subjects like music have a valuable part to play. Because, if done in the right way, it fosters creativity and innovation and gives pupils the chance to be individuals. But we as educators need to move forward and develop. We need to use the resources we have and encourage parents to join us in supporting the personal progress of our future adults.

• The rental market moves fast in Sheffield. Demand is highest in the summer months and the best properties get snapped up very quickly so start your search early.

• Sign up to property alerts and get notification of new properties as soon as they come to the market. This is easy to do both on the major property portals and most agents’ websites.

• Be realistic about your budget; don’t forget to factor in bills!

• Get organised. Any good letting agency will carry out checks before agreeing to let you a property. This includes credit checks, previous landlord references, three months’ payslips and, under new legislation, they should also be verifying that you have the right to rent in the UK so they will want to see your passport and often a visa.

• If you like what you see, book it, if you don’t someone else will.

It might be available today but it will probably be gone tomorrow.

• Your agent of choice is important as the rent isn’t all you will pay. As a minimum there will be an application fee but quite often there will be additional charges for tenancy documents, renewal of the tenancy or for making minor amendments to the tenancy. These costs can vary enormously but by law agents should advise you of all costs that you may incur before you choose a property. If in doubt, ask them!

• Finally, does the agent provide a full photographic inventory, protect your deposit with an approved scheme and help with all the little things like utilities and repairs?

Sheffield City Living offer free, impartial advice on all aspects of city living. If you would like to find out how we can help you, please call: 0114 241 8050. Alternatively pop in – the office is situated on Westfield Terrace which links West Street and Division Street and is open Monday – Friday 9.30am-6pm with pre-arranged appointments and viewings available at weekends and evenings.

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46 Make the outside your new inside with a state-of-the-art garden room, courtesy of Dore Garden Offices.

HAVING too little space in your home can be frustrating on a daily basis. Although there are hundreds of nifty storage options available, sometimes it’s just not enough – like when you require a whole new room, for example.

Whether it’s office space, a workshop, or a home cinema, instead of dealing with the hassle and cost of a house extension, why not build a room in your garden instead?

Dore Garden Offices are Sheffield’s only garden building specialists.

The company was established in 2011 by Adam Reynolds, who decided after 15 years as a sculptor, to swap metal for wood and use his skills to create beautiful spaces within gardens. “It all started from one photo; I built my own garden office and from that I got one job and then another three after that – then the business was formed.”

Adam has recently formed a new team, which includes Ben CALL TO PRE BOOK OR BOOK ONLINE Grafton, a former artist, who is now project managing on site, ably assisted by Ian Holbrook, a former teacher and George White, also a trained sculptor – both of whom are talented woodworkers.

Together they offer a comprehensive landscaping package and a bespoke tailor-made garden room building service – whatever you have in mind, they can create it.

And if reading this conjures up images of draughty, leaking sheds, then stop right there, because everything – from the insulation and roof, to the doors, window and internal finish – is completed to make the outdoor build feel just like another room in your home.

For those looking for ultimate luxury, there are timber options such as Cedar and Larch. And for the interior, choose from an impressive selection, including LED down lights, under floor heating, internet/phone/television cable, double entrances, electricity and UPVC doors and windows.

Although they still do build many garden offices, since they began four years ago the company has also constructed garden musical workshops, many children’s hobbit holes and art workspaces. The possibilities are endless.

Dore Garden Offices serve any area within 30 miles of Dore and each project typically takes around three weeks to complete.

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Tel: 0114 236 2509 / Mobile: 07876 201695 Email: info@doregardenoffices.co.uk www.doregardenoffices.co.uk TESTIMONIAL: “Adam and his team provided an excellent service from design to build, and worked incredibly hard to get our room finished on time. We are delighted with the finished result.”

Katherine Bull, Sheffield.

YOUR LOCAL GARDEN ROOM SPECIALIST We provide low cost alternative to extending by building a garden office or outdoor living zones. We have also built outdoor painting studios, storage spaces and split use spaces (office/store) but the uses for our buildings are endless.

• Our garden spaces are left ready to move in to and are fully plastered. We can also design and build interiors.

• Our buildings are high specification and have lots of options for making them even more special such as underfloor heating, wood burners, LED lighting.

• They are insulated and can be used all year round.

• We can also source recycled doors and windows – this improves the carbon footprint but also gives savings over new UPVC or wood doors and windows.

• All our roofs use EPDM rubber with a 20 year lifespan and are enviro-ready enabling fabulous grass or sedum green coverings.

• Rooms start at £3750 for our 2.4m x 1.8m mini office.

Any size is possible but popular sizes include: 3m x 2.4m - £5000 and 4m x 3m - £7200

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“Eight inches of snow outside and I can happily spend all evening in my workshop with the heating hardly on at all. Smashing Job chaps”

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– J. Cockburn, Fulwood

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Say it with flowers... courtesy of Sheffield artist Grace Louise Taylor.

BOTANICAL illustrator Grace Louise Taylor graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2011 with a degree in Textile Design: Print before moving back to her hometown of Sheffield. Now living on Abbeydale Road, she works under the name Wildwood Paper.

Obsessed with anything floral, she creates bespoke paper products with explosions of foliage and flowers. The majority of her business comes from weddings – invitations, save the dates, place settings – and she has brides all around the UK who she works closely with to encapsulate the feel of their wedding day. She’s even been featured on the Rock My Wedding blog.

But brides aren’t her only forte. Grace will put her hand to any interesting projects: designing two front covers for up-and-coming Sheffield poet Jessica Popeski’s debut chapbooks, doing the branding for Sheffield wedding photographer Ellie Grace Photography, and working with Bradwell florist Mimosa Flowers, to name a few. She also has greetings cards stocked in Sheffield shops Cocoa Wonderland, Frankly My Dear and Hilary & Flo. All of her work is hand drawn in black and white before the colour is added and everything is put together on Photoshop in her studio ‘Light Space Collective’ – a collective of wedding suppliers in the centre of Sheffield.

“In Sheffield we’re so lucky to be surrounded by an incredible amount of nature and nice things to look at,” Grace says. “The glass houses in the Botanical Gardens or a walk in the Peaks are a couple of my favourite places to get inspiration.”

Check out www.gracelouisetaylor.co.uk and get inspired on Instagram ‘wildwoodpaper’.

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The glass houses in the Botanical Gardens or a walk in the Peaks are a couple of my favourite places to get inspiration.

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The League Table* Pos

Team

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W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1

Leicester City

35

22

10

3

63

33

30

76

2

Tottenham Hotspur

35

19

12

4

65

26

39

69

3

Manchester City

35

19

7

9

66

34

32

64

4

Arsenal

35

18

10

7

58

34

24

64

5

Manchester United

34

17

8

9

42

30

12

59

6

West Ham United

34

14

14

6

57

43

14

56

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There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to finding a property... which is where Sheffield City Living come in...

THE recent ‘news’ story that Jim Carrey was contemplating a move to Sheffield caused a big stir online. Would we really be seeing the Hollywood star sauntering down Division Street, splashing Hendersons Relish on his pie and chips? Perhaps, not surprisingly, it turned out to be a spoof, however, many other people are choosing to make their home in the city.

One company who knows how popular city living is Sheffield City Living, an established sales, lettings and property management company based in the Devonshire Quarter at the heart of the city.

The company, which was first set up in 2006, was the first agent in Sheffield to specialise purely in city centre living, recognising that it required a dedicated and different approach to traditional property management.

The Sheffield City Living team, who between them have been in the industry for over 70 years, have spent ten years exploring the steel city together. Whether you’re looking for a lively craft ale pub for Saturday night, or the perfect coffee shop round the corner, they can draw on their wealth of experience and local knowledge to find you a home that suits your budget and lifestyle.

An innovative and dynamic agency, Sheffield City Living doesn’t

offer a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Their independent status allows for a tailored, individual service. Whatever the reason you’re looking to move, they have a range of quality properties on offer, from studio flats to city lofts, in popular areas such as Ecclesall Road to areas of urban regeneration like Kelham Island. What’s more, many of the properties are fully managed by Sheffield City Living so you can be sure that if there’s a problem, you can report it 24/7 ensuring repairs are dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Sheffield City Living offer free, impartial advice on all aspects of city living. If you would like to find out how we can help you, please call: 0114 241 8050. Alternatively pop in – the office is situated on Westfield Terrace which links West Street and Division Street in the Devonshire Quarter and is open Monday – Friday 9.30am-6pm with pre-arranged appointments and viewings available at weekends and evenings.

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