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32 people from Dransfield Road aged from 9 months to 91 years joined together on Friday morning to ring all the bells to mark the start of the Olympic games. £23 was raised for the RNLI and tea and toast was enjoyed by everyone afterwards.
Residents of Dransfield Road are invited to join in with three minutes of bell ringing to mark the start of the Olympics on Friday morning.
People all over the country will be taking part in artist and musician Martin Creed’s ‘Work No.1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes’, a simultaneous, nationwide bell-ringing to celebrate the first day of London 2012.
So if you live on Dransfield then you’re invited to meet outside number 83 at 8am to start ringing at 12 minutes past. The organiser has some bells, however if you have any then bring them along.
Tea and toast will be served after if the weather is nice.
You’re invited to Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Thursday 26 July at St Columba’s Church. It starts at 7pm.
A provisional agenda is below. Come along to give your concerns on Crosspool issues to local councillors, the police and council officials.
Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Thursday 26 July 2012 (PDF, 66KB)
Date of next meeting Thursday October 25th.
Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Thursday 26 July 2012 (PDF, 66KB)
Local police are appealing for witnesses of an accident on Sunday afternoon:
On Sunday, 15 July, at approximately 3.05pm, a yellow BMW S1000 motorcycle driven by a 39-year-old man from Doncaster was travelling towards Sheffield City Centre along Manchester Road, Rivelin.
On approach to the waterworks, police believe that the driver of the motorcycle was in the process of overtaking several stationery vehicles when it collided with a blue Honda Jazz driven by a 64-year-old woman from Stannington that was completing a right turn manouvre into the entrance of the waterworks.
The rider of the motorcycle received serious injuries including the amputation of his left thumb.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any information, is asked to contact the police on 101, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111, quoting incident number 749 of 15/07/2012.
Appeal for information regarding Road Traffic Collision on Manchester Road, Sheffield
Thankfully the sun shone for yesterday’s Summer Fayre at the sports field on Coldwell Lane. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.
At 2pm today, the annual Crosspool Summer Fayre takes place at Coldwell Lane sports field. There’s loads going on for all the family:
Police officers will be offering advice and answering questions on Wednesday 25 July outside Spar.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will be in Crosspool from 2–3pm. It’s your opportunity to meet some of the team and to get community safety advice, discuss any issues that are relevant to you or to get crime reduction information.
Meanwhile, the latest SNT newsletter reports that a male was stopped in a white transit van who was collecting scrap in the Crosspool area. After checks, the male was reported on summons for no insurance and having no waste carriers licence.
There are a couple of days left to submit your views on the changes to Sheffield’s bus network.
As part of the proposals, the 51 bus could go via West Street instead of Broad Lane to improve its reliability.
Changes to ticketing arrangements are also on the table including a single ticket to let you to travel anywhere across the city, even if you have to change buses. The cost of a day ticket would also come down by 70p to £4.30.
The Sheffield Bus Partnership is consulting on the proposals and the public have until 14 July to give their feedback. Any changes would come in at the end of October 2012.
Crosspool Festival got off to a great start this weekend with events including the well dressing dedication, Crosspool Open Gardens and the street market on Selborne Road.
The festival runs until Sunday 15 July and as you’ll see below, there are activitiess for all ages. Unfortunately, Crosspool’s Got Talent tonight has had to be cancelled.
This year’s programme includes:
You can download a PDF of the full programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.
There’s less than a week to the 2012 Crosspool Festival. Have you planned which events you’re going to? Make sure you get any tickets soon to make sure you don’t miss out!
The festival runs 7–15 July and as you’ll see below, there are events for all ages. This year’s programme includes:
You can download a PDF of the full programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.
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