Asidelines

IT'S still August but is this the first sighting of Santa in Sheffield?

Staff from the Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Hotel have been delivering mince pies and brochures to persuade clients to book early for Christmas.

Here's sales director Mark Vater giving it a bit of ho-ho-ho.

Black marks

WHAT are those strange black pillars appearing in the pavements on Sharrowvale Road, Sheffield?

They are the bottom half of the parking meters for when city council traffic supremo Trevor 'Fat Controller' Fox's new Hunter's Bar parking scheme comes into effect.

At least one is slap bang in the middle of the pavement and an obvious hazard to the blind.

Funny, isn't it, how the council is so quick to take down advertising A-boards for this very reason?

Looks like it's one law for the shopkeeper and another for the council.

Dame shame

WITH a different pantomime company at the Lyceum this Christmas it won't be three in a row for actor-director Andrew Ray who has been such a hit as the dame these last two seasons.

But should you be Down South this winter he's in Sleeping Beauty at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth.