Picnic with the alpacas in Crosspool
Abba Night at 2015 Crosspool Festival
Your photos wanted for the 2016 Crosspool Calendar
Another Crosspool Calendar is planned for 2016 – and your photos could be part of it.
All 300 copies of the 2015 edition sold in a few weeks. The calendar featured Crosspool scenes from over the years. Many of the photos in the calendar were taken by local residents, plus there were some archive shots showing familiar locations looking very different in times gone by.
How you can help us compile the 2016 calendar
If you own any of your own photos – old or new – that you’d like to be considered for inclusion in the 2016 calender, please email them to crosspoolforum@fsmail.net, with the subject line ‘2016 calendar photos’ remembering to include your name, address and telephone number.
The deadline to submit your pictures is Wednesday 30 September.
We’re after a variety of views, eras and seasons and it doesn’t matter if your photo is taken on a cheap camera or phone.
Remember, you must own the copyright for any photo that you submit. And by sending us the photo you agree that we can use it on the Crosspool Calendar, Crosspool News website, social media and for any other promotional means.
Money raised will help Crosspool Forum funds for local events and improvements to our neighbourhood.
Try tennis for free at Hallam Grange Tennis Club on Sunday 14 June
Summer 2015 Crosspool Clarion out now
The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. Download and read a PDF of it below.
Current issue: Summer 2015, volume 12, issue 2
Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2015, volume 12, issue 2 (PDF, 3.2MB)
The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,700 copies delivered to local households.
Some back issues of past editions of the Clarion are also available to download.
To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Volunteers wanted for National Trust community allotment
The National Trust would like help looking after their new community allotment plot at Hagg Lane allotments in Crosspool.
They hold a regular workday 1:30pm-3pm each Tuesday and ad-hoc events take place on other days.
Members of the public are more than welcome to come along and join in. They particularly need someone who lives locally to nip in to water the plants in the polytunnel.
The allotment is at the very top of the site and is accessed via Stephen Hill.
For further information please contact:
- Rachel Mora-Bannon@Nationaltrust.org.uk by email or on 07766 511423
- Martin on 07925 387963
- Visit the National Trust website
2015 Summer Fayre is on Saturday 4 July
Don’t miss the Crosspool Summer Fayre on Saturday 4 July, one of the many events taking place as part of this year’s Crosspool Festival.
Cows escape onto Crosspool streets
A herd of cattle took temporary residence on the streets of Crosspool earlier today.
At around 6am this morning around a dozen cows were spotted outside Aligarh restaurant in the precinct. Some animals were seen using the pedestrian crossing to cross the road.
By 6.30am the herd, which included some calves, had set off towards Watt Lane.
Reports filtered through that the cows had been seen on Worcester Close, Sandygate Park Road and Hagg Lane, peacefully exploring front gardens, back gardens and grass verges.
By mid-morning the cows were being herded away from Hagg Lane.
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Do you know where the cows escaped from? Please let us know. And it would be great to know that they all got back home safely!
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Last chance to enter Crosspool Festival photography competition
This weekend is the last chance for under 18s to enter this year’s Crosspool Festival photography competition.
The title for the photo is: Things that give me joy! We are looking for a winning photo that tells a story to the viewer and that really captures the essence of joy.
The first prize is £25, a memento of your win and a framed copy of your winning photo. Runners up will each receive a framed copy of their photo.
All entries will be displayed during the festival. You can vote for your favourite on this website during Festival week, 26-5 July.
- The closing date for entries is 31 May 2015.
- Entries need to be emailed as a jpg to crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com
- One entry per person
- You need to include your name and surname, contact home phone number, age and school/group with your entry
For any further info, please email Lindsey Beagles: crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com
Crosspool Festival 2015 programme announced
In it you’ll find many of the well-loved elements of festivals from previous years plus a few new things including:
- the blessing of the Magna Carta-themed well dressing on Friday evening
- Open Gardens on Saturday 27 June
- the street market on Sunday 28 June
- a picnic with Crosspool alpacas
- Sheffield Folk Chorale for a concert on Thursday 2 July
- a pub quiz
- a talk on a climbing/mountaineering theme
- Crosspool chocolate factory family film show with crafts
- Crosspool history walk
- a photography competition for 11-18s
- an Abba evening
- a scarecrow competition
- the Summer Fayre on the Coldwell Lane field on Saturday 4 July
The festival takes place Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.
Tickets for this year’s events are on sale from Crosspool Pet Shop on Sandygate Road.
The prize winning programme cover designs are by Lily Holt, Lydgate Infant School [front] and Polly Hill, Lydgate Junior School [back]. These and other entries can be seen in Cocker & Carr Estate Agents, Sandygate Road. We’d like to thank all the talented artists from both schools who entered.
Get involved
Full details of each event are in the programme. As well as attending events, there are plenty of ways you can get involved:
- If you would like to help create the well dressing, please contact Pat Lintott on 0114 268 1161.
- If you would like a stall at the street market contact Chris Bachelor on 0114 266 7842.
- If you’d like to help with/book a stall at the Summer Fayre contact Steve Reynolds on 266 3473 or Ian Hague on 0114 230 7265.
- For other enquiries or offers of help contact me, Revd Frances Eccleston on 0114 267 0006.
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