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A Woodseats mum has set up social media accounts documenting Sheffield’s ‘gennels’ and wants to champion one from every Sheffield postcode.

Gennel, pronounced ‘jennel’, is the Sheffield term for a ginnel, or alleyway, if you are so inclined – and now a Sheffield mum has set up accounts documenting the best, and worst, of them that the city has to offer.

Katie Brear, a mature student at the University of Sheffield, set up the Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages to explore the ‘adventure’ of gennels in Sheffield as a ‘silly thing’, but has quickly become popular for reasons only Sheffielders will understand.

New social media page putting spotlight on 'adventure' of Sheffield's gennels is on pathway to success