Categories: Computers, Fixtures and Fittings, Industrial, Pubs and Eateries, Recording Studios and Performers, Newspapers and Media, other businesses. To be included here, put a quick note in the guestbook (which I can delete) and it won't cost so much as a bean.
Eskia Computers
Eskia provide a wide range of support services from personal PCs to corporate networks. These chaps are up to date with the latest developments and have loads of experience and knowhow.
www.eskia.co.uk Tel. 01226 370713
'Get Started With I.T.'
Computer training and digital print workshops at the Community Centre. Also some home tuition. Covers Microsoft Office, internet and email but possibly not web design. The Digital Print course is on editing skills (probably Photoshop) and printing digital images on to mugs, T-shirts, etc. This link bypasses the shockwave intro page, as the official entry point is unsuitable for a slow connection. (* For some free/open source software download ideas, see my computer page)
www.getstartedwithit.co.uk/index2.html Tel: 07738 078024
Info XS Website Design
An impressive website from Nick Hillman of Don Street, who is is also an architectural photographer. Nick uses the royal 'we' and designs loads of websites, such as Spring Vale School's. He keeps very busy, like an imp.
www.infoxs.co.uk Tel: 07799 06855
Bryella Interiors
This well-established local business (30+ years) moved from Spring Vale (next door to council depot) to Lee Lane near Millhouse Green, close to Nigel Tyas's Bullhouse Mill metalworking place (see below).
The area is also called Myrefield. The company name derives from the names of Bryan Marsh and his missus Elaine. We all know Bryan from his abilities as a quizmaster in the British Legion. Bryella designs, manufactures, supplies & installs furnishings for homes and businesses, such as fine quality handmade curtains, blinds, loose covers and soft furnishings. New website for 2007.
www.bryella.co.uk Tel: 01226 767124
GD Walters Ltd.
Kitchens, bedrooms and appliances (not the jock-strap variety). Bang opposite the Post Office.
www.gdwalters.co.uk Tel 01226 765456
Nigel Tyas - 'Handmade in Yorkshire'
Nigel is a high-quality craftsman who makes wondrous ironwork doo-dahs, such as: wrought iron, gazebos, candlesticks, mechanical doorbells, wall sconces, holdbacks, brackets, rings, portieres (wall or door mounted), menorah, gates, railings and even obelisks. Located at Bullhouse Mill, Lee Lane, Millhouse Green and close to Bryella's place (see above). That area is called Myrefield.
www.nigeltyas.co.uk Tel. 01226 766618
Clayton's
Clayton & Co (Penistone) Limited are mechanical and electrical project engineers. Company established in 1888. Their area of work appears to cover a wide scope, including control systems, detonators, electro-mechanical installation/servicing, control panels, valves, filters, etc.
www.clayton-penistone.co.uk Tel. 01226 763130
Lavender International
Company started life in non-destructive testing but now specialises in training courses. Next to Penistone railway station in a big boxy building and behind lots of other lavender-coloured doors in the old station building. Snazzy website. Steve Lavender also sponsors local events and provides internet support for the Leader + website.
www.lavender-ndt.com Tel. 01226 765769
Maw's Skip Hire
Based in Unit 1, Laurence Works Industrial Estate, Spring Vale. Just about every skip in the area has 'Maw' on the side. Appropriate name really.
www.mawskips.co.uk Freephone: 0800 781 1074
Penistone Reinforcements Ltd.
All these years and I never noticed a wiremill on Talbot Road. They say that they have been doing this for over forty years but I still can't find it. Close to the White Heart.
www.penistonereinforcements.com Tel: 01226 762158
Whitby & Chandler
Manufacturing rubber mouldings, seals, packings & gaskets and other wobbly rubber wotsits. Established 1923. Whitby & Chandler Ltd. is a major UK supplier of gasket and sheet materials. I bet not many people know that (© Harry Palmer).
www.whitby-chandler.co.uk/index.html Tel: 01226 37038
Bangkok City
Not in Penistone but our near neighbour town of Stocksbridge. They have some really nice food in this licenced Thai restaurant, buffet and takeaway. If you go right, you are in the restaurant area. If you go left, you are in the buffet area. Anyone who has eaten at a branch of 'Jumbos' will get the idea of the buffet. You pay a fixed price, which depends on the time of day, and fill your plate as often as you like from the wide range of choices. Homer Simson would bankrupt them.
www.bangkok-city.co.uk Tel: 0114 288 4534
Cinnamon Spice
Curry restaurant and takeaway. The newest noshery in Penistone. I have tried out the food and it is good. Better than what lies below the exterior piantwork, which looks good but some of it has landed awkwardly on the ground. There is a URL on the menu but the website has not been registered yet (Feb 2008). Easy phone number to remember - think 'Penistone 6006'.
www.cinnamonspicepenistone.co.uk Tel. 01226 766006
The Huntsman
Lively pub in Thurlstone on the main Manchester Road. It is well-regarded in the area for having a variety of fine traditional beers and Sunday dinner (as in the meal that you eat at dinner time). Quiz night Wednesdays.
http://www.pub-explorer.com/syorks/pub/huntsmanthurlstone.htm Tel. 01226 764892
(Ye Olde) Mustard Pot
Eating place at Midhopestones village, just over the hill from Penistone. In fact, there's not much else in the village. It used to be the 'Club Inn' pub in the old days and was always full of farmers.
www.mustardpot.co.uk Tel. 01226 761155
Waggon and Horses
This Oxspring pub/eatery started as a one room pub for navvies building the railway, more than 150 years ago. Rafters Lounge and Coffee Bar is a spacious room upstairs which is popular for functions.
www.thewaggonandhorses-oxspring.co.uk Tel. 01226 763259
AVLS Technical
Always useful to have a name starting with 'A'. These provide PA, sound mixing and lighting rigs for fashion shows, conferences, gigs, etc. Also studio or on-location recordings and portable staging with curtains and backdrops. Very strange, this is the fourth studio I have come across in our area. Penistone is fast becoming a centre for this kind of work.
www.avls.co.uk Tel/fax 01226 764435
HitVocal
Local recording studios. Studio mixer is a YAMAHA 01V96 with some nice Rode mikes, a Brauner VMA (can be switched to 'vintage' mode) and a very odd-looking Luna. Also the usual SM58s, etc. Monitor speakers look good. Software on PC and Mac (Pro-tools, Cubase, etc.). Useful links page for performers (have a look, Rick!). Music downloads demonstrate various effects and vocal types. Tidy website with better spelling than the flyer. The Old Corn Mill Studios, Manchester Road, Thurlstone.
www.hitvocal.com Tel. 01226 765470
Pure Records
These handle records and merchandising for Kate Rusby and John McCusker. PO Box 174, Sheffield, S36 8XB. (Some of Kate's lyrics)
www.purerecords.net Tel. 01226 767872
Rick DaCosta
Versatile and reliable guitar vocalist, DJ, karaoke, session musician, sound technician, also gives guitar tuition. Rick knows the guitar (I mean really knows the guitar). Rick also plays at weddings and parties. Go see him live if you can. No website yet.
Tel. 07717 105733. Email: rickdacosta11@aol.com
Barnsley Chronicle
This broadsheet newspaper for Barnsley area celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. Seven variants are printed each week to cover all areas, including a Silkstone edition which goes under the name of 'Penistone'. They also publish the mid-week freebie 'The Independent'. The 'Chron' does proper campaigning from time to time and has often been sympathetic to Penistone's woes.
www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk Messages and events to Joanne Wright 734263, editorial@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk Switchboard: 01226 734734.
Community Times
Website and sporadic leaflet. Nationally based (prize-winners in Ipswich, etc.) with often interesting local content. They are expected to cover the forthcoming Penistone Arts Festival in great detail.
www.ctpenistone.co.uk Tel. 07815 061379
Look Local
Freebie newspaper mostly aimed at the Stocksbridge side of the hill. Includes occasional articles of interest to our area.
www.looklocal.org.uk Tel. 0114 283 1100
Penistone Advertiser
A free internet classifieds service for Penistone and surrounding areas. No phone number.
www.penistone-advertiser.co.uk
Clark's Chemist
Officially called a pharmacy but everyone calls it 'Clark's Chemist'. You can order prints from digital photos online and download free 'desktop kiosk' software (about 23 MB) or just walk in with your memory card or CD, press a few buttons and they will do the rest. An A3-sized poster costs a very reasonable £8. I can recommend the 50 prints of 6x4 inch piccies for a fiver deal. These prints are cheaper than inkjet and, as they are on proper photographic paper, will last many years longer. All of Penistone's oldest phone numbers are in the 2000s and 3000s.
www.amclarkltd.co.uk Tel. 01226 763103.
K. Dyson - Funeral Director
Actually, Ken Dyson passed away in (I think) 1994 but the business was continued by his son Andrew. The chapel of rest is in a quiet corner of The Green, behind Hawley's corner.
www.dysonfuneralservice.co.uk Tel. 01226 762481
Hen's Teeth
Arty group in the Penistone/Silkstone area. Hens Teeth is the Penistone & District Visual Arts Group. grow a beard and join up.
http://hensteeth-visualarts.co.uk Contact vie webpage form.
Lex's Pushirons
This bike shop is one of Penistone's gems. Leon Fretwell has had this Spring Vale shop for at least a decade and keeps a wide range of bicycles, spares, bits and bobs, clothing and accessories - even skewers (must be something to keep you in the seat) (unless they go on the wheels, chariot-fashion).
www.lexs.co.uk Tel. 01226 763763
Light & Dark Photography
John Marshall's portrait gallery pictures are very good. As I am an amateur photographer, I enjoy his work and wanted him to put a more pics on the internet. Well he has - have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/basculetheteller
www.light-dark.com Tel. 01226 762788
Toastmaster
Ladees and Gennelmen, we have an announcement to make and would like a bit of hush! Penistone area has its very own toastmaster, to enhance official occasions, who may be contacted via his esteemed website (and a great URL). Peter Whitehead is based in Silkstone.
www.toast-master.org/home_page.htm Tel. 01226 791666
Zeanti
Zeanti is a ladies' clothes shop on Penistone High Street with a good range of creative clothing. The name comes from the sisters' names, Zoe and Toni ('zee' and tee). Hang on, that should have been Zedandti. Now, had it started with an 'A', it would have been nearer to the top. Anyway, here goes:
www.zeanti.co.uk Email: GlenOkehHewitt@aol.com Tel. 01226 767441
