Performing arts classes for children start in September

Noodle Performance Arts Ltd will be launching a performing arts class in Crosspool on Saturdays from September at St Colomba’s Church Hall:

  • 9-10am Performing Arts for 3-5 year olds
  • 10-11am Performing Arts for 6-10 year olds

The classes, which are normally £5 per session, are full of singing, dancing and drama. Contact Noodle Performance Arts Ltd to book a free taster session on 5 September.

Noodle Performance Arts timetable

 

Gallery: scarecrows of Crosspool award winners accounced

Over 20 households in the neighbourhood displayed a scarecrow in their front garden as part of a scarecrow competition at this year’s Crosspool Festival.

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who made one, they were all fantastic! We raised a fantastic £66 for the two Lydgate schools and we know how much fun the families who entered had making them and the spotters too.

If you did not make a scarecrow this year, don’t worry we will be running the competition next year. We hope you will join in then.

The winners

The judge has announced the winning scarecrows.

First prize: family pass to Magna, Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane:

Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane
Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane

Second prize: box of treats from Lounge@Crosspool: Foxy Fower by the Fowler family of Den Bank Drive:

Foxy Fower by the Fowler family of Den Bank Drive
Foxy Fowler by the Fowler family of Den Bank Drive

Third prize: family craft set: Bug hunting Bob by the Mather family of Sandygate Road:

Bug hunting Bob by the Mather family of Sandygate Road
Bug hunting Bob by the Mather family of Sandygate Road

And a judge’s special award goes to The Cows of Crosspool on Den Bank Crescent:

The Cows of Crosspool on Den Bank Crescent
The Cows of Crosspool on Den Bank Crescent

Gallery of 2015 Crosspool scarecrows

List of all scarecrows

The full list of roads which featured scarecrows is below.

Street

Scarecrow names/themes

Cairns Road Minions
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Coldwell Lane What we are
Den Bank Crescent The cows of Crosspool, featuring Moody Cow!
The return of the Crosspool cows, featuring skinny cow!
Den Bank Drive Foxy Fowler, our favourite things
Den Bank Road Happy camper
Dransfield Road Harry Potter
Sandy
The great outdoors
Forres Avenue Space
Hagg Lane
Manchester Road Cowboy
My family and other animals
Joy and happiness
Ringstead Crescent Olaf
Ryegate Road Animals
Sandygate Road Bug hunting Bob
 Sandygate Park Road Cuddles
Stephen Hill Jerry
Stephen Drive Bella the ballerina
Stephen Hill Road Shrek
Watt Lane Cricket

Tonight is Abba night!

Unwind at the end of festival week and get into the seventies groove this evening at St. Columba’s from 8—11pm.

It’s an evening of good-time music, karaoke, dancing and all round fun with the highly-regarded Shep’s Disco. Big hair and platform shoes are optional but not essential!

Tickets are £3.50 in advance from Crosspool Pet Supplies or on the door subject to availability. BYO – glasses available.

Sheffield Folk Chorale and Ciara Noon to perform at Crosspool folk concert

Sheffield Folk Chorale and local young harpist Ciara Noon are the performers at this year’s Crosspool Festival Gala Concert.

It takes place on Thursday 2 July at Stephen Hill Church, Manchester Road, 7.30pm start.

Tickets, £7, include interval coffee/tea and biscuits are available from Roger Kite (0114 230 6194), Bob Hodges (0114 230 3207) or Crosspool Pet Supplies.

Your guide to the scarecrows of Crosspool

Over 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

Cairns Road Minions
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Coldwell Lane What we are
Den Bank Crescent The cows of Crosspool, featuring Moody Cow!
The return of the Crosspool cows, featuring skinny cow!
Den Bank Drive Foxy Fowler, our favourite things
Den Bank Road Happy camper
Dransfield Road Harry Potter
Sandy
The great outdoors
Forres Avenue Space
Hagg Lane
Manchester Road Cowboy
My family and other animals
Joy and happiness
Ringstead Crescent Olaf
Ryegate Road Animals
Sandygate Road Bug hunting Bob
 Sandygate Park Road Cuddles
Stephen Hill Jerry
Stephen Drive Bella the ballerina
Stephen Hill Road Shrek
Watt Lane Cricket

 

Books, DVDs, CDs and tombola prizes wanted for Crosspool Summer Fayre

Books wanted for Crosspool Summer Fayre
Donations wanted for Crosspool Summer Fayre

Books, DVDs and CDs

Can you spare any unwanted books DVDs and CDs for Crosspool Summer Fayre stalls?

If you can donate any then please call Mark on 0114 230 9469 for delivery arrangement.

Tombola prizes

If any unwanted prizes or new gifts that might be suitable for the Crosspool Forum Summer Fayre Tombola stall, please get in touch using g.m.drinkwater@btinternet.com. We can collect if necessary, or they can be dropped off locally.

The annual Summer Fayre will take place on Saturday 4 July. It’s part of the 2015 Crosspool Festival, which this year runs Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.

Professional rock climber Steve McClure to host Crosspool Festival event

Steve McClure event at Crosspool Festival
Steve McClure event at Crosspool Festival

One of the best rock climbers in the world will be sharing his experiences at a Crosspool Festival event.

Having climbed the hardest sport route in the UK, Steve McClure knew from early childhood encounters with the sandstone outcrops of the North York Moors that he was destined to be a rock climber.

Now Sheffield based, his new book, Beyond Limits, tells the story of a climber and his obsessive exploration of the sport, of finding a true passion, taking it to the limits, and then the careful balancing of this passion against other areas of life to give the greatest rewards.

Steve will be giving his illustrated talk A Life through Rock Climbing on Wednesday 1 July 7.30pm (bar open from 7pm) at Hallam FC clubhouse on Sandygate Road in Crosspool.

Admission is free, but there will be a retiring collection for festival charities. Signed copies of Steve’s book will be on sale.