The next evening of acoustic pop in one of Crosspool’s most intimate venues will take place on Sunday 30 October.
Come along to Nest cafe on Sandygate Road to hear performers play live and unplugged, including Sheffield indie favouritesThe Theories, indiepop trio Robberie, who are part-based in Crosspool and singer-songwriter Duncan Parsons.
Acoustic night 3 at nest: The Theories, Robberie and Duncan Parsons
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at this event? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
The second evening of acoustic pop in one of Crosspool’s cosiest venues will take place on Sunday 28 August.
Come along to Nest cafe on Sandygate Road to hear performers play live and unplugged, including Lofter, jazz/soul duo Kate and James and acoustic singer-songwriter Sophie Anna.
The inaugural acoustic night at Crosspool Festival was a big success – check out the videos below.
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at this event? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
Last year’s winner: Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell LaneOver 20 households in the neighbourhood will be displaying a scarecrow in their front garden as part of a scarecrow competition at this year’s Crosspool Festival.
The list of roads where we are expecting to see scarecrows is below. Happy hunting!
Street
Scarecrow names/themes
Benty Lane
CarnivalBeavers around the world join the carnival
Barholm Road
Ellie FaulknerJessica Ennis
Barnfield Drive
Carnival
Cardoness Road
Rio the carnival bird
Den Bank Crescent
Doriteia de Den Bank
Domingo de Den Bank
Dransfield Road
Rio the carnival queen
Take a Daly dive
Forres Road
Olympic cheer girl
Hagg Lane
Action!
Lydgate Lane
Rio Olympics
Manchester Road
Bob the Olympic scooter champion
Rosie Arch
Arthur the Archer
Goalkeeper Graham
Golfing Bob
Horse riding hero
The fat golfer
Jazzy javelin
Last year’s winning scarecrow by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane
From Rachel Suddrick, Sally Parkinson, Debbie Boyd and Beckie Howe:
We would like to invite you to join in with the Crosspool Festival scarecrow competition. The theme for the festival is Carnival and the Olympics so we would like you as a family to make a scarecrow that represents either. This might be a sportsman, Brazilian carnival queen or a carnival animal, go wild and use your imagination!
If you have not made a scarecrow before, it is easier than you might think and there is lots of information and advice online.
All scarecrows need to be displayed on or in the front of your home, visible from the road. This might be in a window, a front garden or even on your door! You can make them as big or as small as you like!
They should be in place by 10 am on Saturday 25 June and should remain in place throughout the festival. Each entry will be judged by local sculpture Noel Lockley at some point during the festival. Winners will be announced on Saturday 3 July at the Festival Fayre. This year we are also adding a local children’s group category, so if you are involved in any group that works with children in Crosspool, then please ask them if they would like to enter a crow.
Monday 13 June is the closing date for the scarecrow competition.
The prizes this year are
1st 2 season tickets for 2016/17 at HALLAM FC
2nd a family pass for CANNON HALL FARM
3rd £25 voucher for uncle Sams donated by AFP VAN AND MORORHOME HIRE
Children’s groups can also enter, the prize for this section is a £25 voucher for an outlet of your choice sponsored by PLANCON
All enteries will receive a prize sponsored by SHERWOOD BUILDING SERVICES
You can enter via Nest cafe or by emailing beckiegreenuk@yahoo.co.uk. Please supply the following information:
Family name or group name:
Scarecrow name/theme:
Address the scarecrow will be displayed at:
Contact number:
You’ll also need to supply a £3 entry fee.
All profits will be split between LISA and FOLA. Entry forms can also be collected and returned to Nest in Crosspool. If you go to school in Crosspool but don’t live in Crosspool and would still like to join in, please contact us and we will arrange for your scarecrow to be displayed.
We hope you have great fun making your scarecrows together as a family and will enjoy spotting scarecrows around Crosspool during the festival week. A list of roads on which we expect scarecrows to be displayed will be available to collect from NEST from Friday 17 June and on this website.
Join us on the afternoons of Sunday 5 and Sunday 12 June at 2pm-5pm to learn how to make a beautiful willow lantern.
Materials included in £5 ticket. We will be making simple stars, globes and cone lanterns… but if you feel like being more adventurous we will be on hand to help you make your creation.
The winning photo in last year’s photo competition
To enter the competition, take a great photo that shows ACTION and email it to us. It doesn’t need to capture movement in the photo as that is technically quite challenging but just something that suggests some action is about to happen or that there is a sense of movement.
Remember, the photo should make an impact, tell a story and follow the theme of ACTION.
Categories are open to anyone living/working/ studying in the area and are as follows:
A caption for your photo so the judges clearly understand by your description what is happening in the photo.
There will be prizes for all the category winners.
The adult winner’s photo will also be included in this year’s Crosspool Calendar. The best three in each category will be put on the Crosspool Forum website www.crosspool.info and voting for the winners will start from Monday 20 June. The exhibition at St Columba’s will display all the entries on Wednesday 29 June from 1.30pm-4.30pm. You can also meet photographers from Sheffield Photographic Society, see their photos on display and ask them your photo questions. Maybe we can start a local photography group? The winners will be announced at St Columba’s on Wednesday29 June at 4pm. Tea and coffee will be provided by St Columba’s.
Do you know any Crosspool-based acoustic artists – bands of 2-3 people, singers or performers – who might be interested in performing completely unplugged at an upcoming local event?
A Crosspool resident has written a book inspired by the children she fosters.
Martha, Ginger and the Mischievous Magpies is based on stories Anne Murphy has told to children in her care over the years.
“We keep chickens which the children love. I started telling the children stories and the ones about the chickens Martha and Ginger went so well I decided to write them down,” said Anne.
“The children were my inspiration and they are also my biggest critics – they liked the stories so that’s good enough for me.”
In the story the two chickens change places with a pair of mischievous magpies and unexpected adventures follow with other animals including a fox and a squirrel.
The book has colour illustrations by Anne’s partner Gavin Holliday and has been published privately.
Anne and Gavin have been respite foster carers for several years and care for children from birth to 18 years
“Becoming respite foster carers was a big decision but it was something we wanted to do. You want to create a home for the children and telling the stories about Martha and Ginger has become part of that,” added Anne.
Martha, Ginger and the Mischievous Magpies is for sale, price £5. If you are interested in a copy contact Anne Murphy at anne.murphy@sheffield.gov.uk.
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