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| LORD MAYORS PRESENTION DAY |
| AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE EVENT ATTENDED BY THE LORD MAYOR OF SHEFFIELD JACKIE DRAYTON. AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE RECENTLY RAN A ONLINE COMPETITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BIG D CARD OF SHEFFIELD. THE RULES WERE SIMPLE. TO ENTER ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS BE A CURRENT BIG D CARD HOLDER, ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION ON OUR COMPETITION PAGE AND SUBMIT YOUR DETAILS FOR ENTRY. THE WINNER OPPOSITE JOSEPH BERTRAND A FRENCH STUDENT STUDYING HERE IN SHEFFIELD WAS SELECTED RANDOMLY OUT OF AROUND 100 ENTRIES. THE LORD MAYOR OF SHEFFIELD JACKIE DRAYTON PRESENTED JOSEPH WITH THE WINNING ITEM, A SIGNED DAVID BOWIE 10" X 8" PHOTO FRAMED IN FRENCH WOOD. THE PRESENTATION WAS HELD AT THE WORKSTATION WHICH HOUSES SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FINEST CREATIVE,DIGITAL AND MEDIA COMPANIES AND IS SITUATED WITHIN SHEFFIELD'S CULTURAL INDUSTRIES QUARTER. ALL SO ON HAND THAT DAY WAS TONY AGANA EX BLADES STRIKER 1988-1991. WHO POPPED IN TO SAY A FEW KIND WORDS. |






| SHEFFIELD FC TEAM UP WITH AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE |
| THE OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD HAVE LINKED UP WITH AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE. AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE AN OFFICIAL SPONSOR TO THE OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD AS RECOGNISED BY THE F.A. IN THIS THEIR 150TH YEAR. Off the field huge progress has been made in securing the future of the world’s oldest club. When Richard Tims became Chairman, he set the target of making the club financially self-sufficient. Not only are the club now on a sounder financial footing than ever, but they also now have their own ground for the first time in their history. Now there’s two senior teams, nine junior teams, one women’s team and one disability team plying their trade at the club’s Bright Finance Stadium in Dronfield on the outskirts of Sheffield. And with a global membership scheme and website recently launched, it seems that at last, the club with the illustrious past has a future to match. THE CLUBS MANY MEMBERS INCLUDE SEPP BLATTER, MICHAEL VAUGHAN, SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON AND DEF LEPPARD TO NAME BUT A FEW. VISIT SHEFFIELD FC AT WWW.SHEFFIELD FC.COM |



| THE BIG DISCOUNT CARD LINK WITH AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE |
| SHEFFIELD'S LEADING DISCOUNT CARD COMPANY TEAM UP WITH AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE. AUTOGRAPH EMPIRE ONLINE RETAIL SPECIALIST'S HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH THE BIG D CARD TO BRING GREAT SAVING AND FREE COMPETITION ENTRY TO THEIR GROWING NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS NATIONWIDE. THE BIG D CARD OFFERS GREAT SAVINGS THROUGHOUT MANY SECTORS. Discounts range from big house hold names through to smaller independant businesses. Venues include Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs, Hairdressers, Cafe, Shops, Recreational Activities, Beauty & Therapy and Food Outlets. TO SIGN UPTO THE BIG D CARD VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.THEBIGDCARD.COM |


| PHOENIX PLAYERS |

| 13 - 18 October 2008 A Murder is Announced 19 - 24 January 2009 Don't Dress for Dinner 20 - 25 April 2009 When We Are Married All Tickets £6.00 – Concessions £5.00 Tickets available from Mrs. G. Edlington Tel: (01709) 556669 Until 10 days before the production. Thereafter at the CIVIC THEATRE BOX OFFICE Tel: (01709) 823640 / 823621 Phoenix players are one of south yorkshires leading amateur drama groups. Having been formed way back in 1948, Phoenix produce 3 plays each season at the Rotherham civic theatre, which range from comedies,thrillers to out and out farse's. Audiences have over the years enjoyed such plays as Hound of the Baskervilles, Agatha Christie's-And then there were none and Emlyn Williams's-A murder has been arranged. They have also been rolling in the aisles to such fantastic BBC comedies like Dads Army, Fawlty Towers, Are you being served and Allo Allo. |


