#2 Neepsend Social Club and Canteen / Oaklea Crafts / Councillor Brian Holmshaw

October 2024 brings you episode two of Sheffield’s hyper-local podcast for Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe and Neepsend, with Tom Miller from Neepsend Social Club and Canteen talking about where the idea for his quirky business came from, and telling me about the difficulties Neepsend businesses are facing since the double yellows / parking changes in the area.

Then I speak to Beki Gibb from Oaklea Crafts about terrazzo, wreath and lino printing workshops, including what happens if you go, whether you have to already know how to do it, and what if you want to go but you’re nervous.

And finally, a conversation with Brian Holmshaw, the Green Party Councillor for Broomhill and Sharrow Vale Ward who’s also chair of the Central Local Area Committee. They have an upcoming event, all about green social prescribing, that he tells us about.

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Timings

00:00 Intro

01:55 Tom Miller from Neepsend Social Club and Canteen

27:52 Beki Gibb from Oaklea Crafts

40:50 Councillor Brian Holmshaw

Transcript

Philippa Willitts

Welcome to the October episode of NUN Local, the hyperlocal podcast in Sheffield for Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe, and Neepsend.

In today's episode, I talk to Tom Miller from Neepsend Social Club and Canteen about his business, about what you can expect from his Sunday roast, and about the challenges businesses in Neepsend are currently facing.

I also speak to Beki Gibb, who is the owner of Oaklea Crafts. She has some workshops coming up where you can go and learn different crafting techniques, and so she tells us all about that.

And then I speak to Brian Holmshaw, who is the Green Party Councillor for Broomhill and Sharrow Vale Ward, but he's also the chair of the Central Local Area Committee.

They have an event coming up, and he's here to tell us all about it.

Just before we jump into this interview with Tom Miller from Neepsend Social Club and Canteen, couple of points.

One is that we recorded on the 18th September. So that helps you position when the meeting was that Tom was talking about.

And secondly, NUN Local approached councillor Ben Miskell and Sheffield City Council to give them a chance to respond to the points that Tom made about the traffic and parking changes, but Ben Miskell and the council did not get back to us.

Now enjoy the interview with Tom, then Beki, then Brian.

Neepsend Social Club and Canteen is on Burton Road in Neepsend with events, pub games, craft beer, and good food.

Tom Miller from Neepsend Social Club and Canteen is here.

First of all, you call Neepsend Social Club and Canteen a modern reimagining of a classic social club.

What made you want to recreate that kind of nostalgic vibe?

Tom Miller

That's a very good question.

It's my business partner, Ben, who just happens to be my twin brother, but we have been in business for 8 years now doing various ventures. And this is the biggest and the latest.

It's just something that we have spoken about in the in the past, when we were kids, growing up in Chesterfield in the early years.

There's a rich heritage in this country and locally of social clubs, working men's clubs, that we just felt was something to really be proud of.

We came across the idea, stumbled into the idea vicariously through going to Denmark. We went to Copenhagen on holiday, just a little holiday, weekend away.

And as we do when we go to fun cities that are food led and things like that, hospitality led, go to all these different places and have a great time.

And then the idea starts whirring in your head and you think, oh, this thing's great. That thing's great. Why can't we… let's take this home. Let's do our own version of these kinds of