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Lydgate Green planting and tidy-up day

Lydgate Green
Lydgate Green: join in the clear up

The Friends of Lydgate Green are organising a planting and tidy-up day from 9.30am on Saturday 27 April.

They would really appreciate your support and help to replant the beds and assist with some general maintenance.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to make a difference to this local green space and to meet other local residents. Bring a pair of gloves, something to dig with and some enthusiasm.

What’s more, the kind folk at Crosspool’s Michelin Guide-featured restaurant Artisan will be providing free refreshments!

Friends of Lydgate Green is a small group of local residents who are responsible for the upkeep of the green at the corner of Lydgate Lane.

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Computer courses enrolment day on 8 April 2013

Do you know anyone in Crosspool who is learning to use computers or who has not used one before?

Crosspool Forum is organising more computer courses to help people build their IT skills. Enrolment is on Monday 8 April 2013 between 10am and 12pm at the Scout Hall on Benty Lane.

Following this, different courses for beginners and the more advanced are expected to take place on Mondays 10am-12pm and 1-3pm.

A laptop is provided and a projector is used to display lessons on to a large screen.

To reserve a place in a class or find our more information, contact Ian Hague on 07713 687 955 or Maxine on 0114 250 0613. You can also email crosspoolforum@fsmail.net.

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Hillside Harvest volunteers build a bridge and steps

Rivelin Valley-based Hillside Harvest have sent the following report and photos from their second open day of 2013:

Hillside Harvest open day: building a bridge
Hillside Harvest open day: building a bridge

Just recently, we held our second Open Day of 2013. This time our training session was on ‘plot planning’ aimed both at the beginner and the experienced gardener led by an expert from ‘Grow Sheffield’. Once again, a good crowd of new people turned up on a cold, but dry day! Even a few from the previous Open Day returned. There were also tours of the site, which was showing signs of life, despite the weather conditions.

As usual, lunch was a shared affair, centred on a vegetable stew. People are very generous, so there was more than enough to share.

We have a Growing Committee who draws up a plan of when certain activities have to be done and what time of year. But, because of the variable weather, it is still a bit of hit and miss as to whether the timing is right! Yet, we still see quite a bit of produce showing itself at the right times.

On the day a bridge and steps were built to make access easier to help everyone get from the Rivelin Valley Road car park to the lower plots in our block – so hopefully helping all the plot holders in the area.

We received help from a couple of students, who spent quite a few back-breaking hours getting them just right! Also tackled, were the putting up of supports for the fruit plants.

So, you can gather, even though hard work is involved, there is much fun and laughter and a sense of community. If anyone is interested in joining us, using their skills, even if they are not in the gardening area, there is always plenty to do, as well as making new friends, please contact Hillside Harvest via nick.rousseau@hillsideharvest.org.uk.

Hillside Harvest open day volunteers
Hillside Harvest open day volunteers

 

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Easter 2013 at St Columba’s

St. Columba's church, Crosspool
St. Columba’s church, Crosspool

Update 27 March: The Easter morning bonfire in Carver Fields is cancelled due to the snow.  Other activities on Easter morning will go ahead as planned.

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St. Columba’s church will be celebrating Easter morning, Sunday 31 March, with a bonfire and service held on Carver Fields at 8.30am.

There’s a celebration breakfast in the church hall at 9am with an Easter egg hunt, and at 10am there is a festive and family-friendly service of holy communion in the church.

To join St Columba’s for the bonfire, take the footpath off Hagg Lane opposite the junction with Den Bank Drive.

You’re welcome to join them at whichever time/event suits you. Remember to put your clocks forward the day before.

St Columba’s, Crosspool

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Spring snow causes disruption in Crosspool

Friday: welcome to Crosspool
Welcome to Crosspool

Snow falling in Crosspool over the last 36 hours has caused problems on local roads and disruption to public transport and events.

The snowfall in Crosspool seems to be around 15cm, although the wind has caused drifts in some places of up to 50cm.

The 51 bus has been disrupted, with a Saturday morning update on the Travel South Yorkshire website stating the service was terminating at Brook hill and Gleadless.

The snow is still falling, with main roads and side roads not clear at 11am today. Some forecasts are indicating that the snow may ease off this afternoon.

Do check up on your neighbours who may feel isolated and vulnerable during the cold spell.

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Your community needs you! Can you help?

Crosspool Forum is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and is looking for more people to get involved – could that be you?

You can read more about Crosspool Forum’s history here. It was set up in 2003 to help make our community a great place to live. This is done through organising events, working to improve our neighbourood and tackling issues raised by residents. It also publishes a quarterly magazine and of course this website.

Steered by Chairman Ian Hague, Crosspool Forum is run entirely by volunteers through its 15 elected committee members. The continued success and expansion of the Forum has meant that in recent months its work has been spread between just a few people and it’d be great to build on this success with you on board.

Can you help? If you can spare a modest amount of time to take on a small administrative roll or one of the two vacant management committee positions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with chairman Ian Hague using crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or by telephone on 0114 335 1674/07713 687 955.

In particular, we’re looking for people:

  • with bookkeeping experience
  • who would be interested in helping publish the Crosspool Clarion magazine
  • with the enthusiasm to take on various other organising/administrative duties.

Getting involved is rewarding and can make a real difference to our community, so please give it some thought.