From both sides of the river

Grandad Hill was a miner at Aldwarke Colliery and Grandad Ogden was a miner at Silverwood colliery. My father worked at both before working at Parkgate Iron and Steel Co and where I worked for seven years after leaving school (1960) As a young

Pledge from minister ahead of steel summit

Anna Soubry will visit the Advanced Manufacturing Park on Friday to discuss national issues including job losses at Tata in Aldwarke. In a Commons debate yesterday, Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith said: “The UK steel industry faces

Trailer fire at steelworks plant

A TRAILER caught fire at a steelwork plant, sparking a battle to extinguish the blaze. Firefighters from Rotherham and Dearne fire stations were called to the incident at around 4am this morning at the Corus steel plant on Aldwarke Lane. The c