Dear readers — "I don't want anyone shouting that I'm doomed and will go to hell," said Sheffield councillor Laura Moynahan last year. She was talking about the increasingly loud street preachers on The Moor, whose proselytising has become a bone of contention for many city centre users in recent years. Now, new draft guidance for preachers and buskers has been issued by the council. But will it work? That’s today’s big story.
As well as that, we have the latest on the Sheffield council hokey-cokey, table-top Shakespeare at The Crucible, and a unique home in Chapeltown.
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For our weekend read, our regular contributor Daniel Dylan Wray spoke to photographer John Darwell about the photos he took of a Sheffield in the late 1980s. Darwell was one of a group of young photographers (which also included Bill Stephenson and Beris Conolly, who we have also covered in The Tribune previously) tasked with documenting the city at what was “probably the most transformative stage in its history since the Industrial Revolution”.
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The big picture: Fire starters 🔥
Meersbrook Park has long been one of the best places in Sheffield to watch Bonfire Night fireworks from, and on Thursday visitors were treated to an extra special show from a team of fire dancers. This brilliant shot was captured by top Sheffield photographer Emma Bothamley.
The big story: Is the end nigh for Sheffield’s ‘manic street preachers?’
Top line: Sheffield council is asking for people’s opinions on a set of new proposed draft guidelines for religious street preachers and buskers and street performers. Proselytisers and performers have become a hot topic in recent years, as the volume has increased — in both senses of the word. Can we find a happy medium between freedom of speech and assault by amplification?
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