Update 29 January, 11.30am: Tonight’s Open Meeting has been cancelled due to concerns over snow, ice and the safety of people attending. The date for the rearranged meeting is Thursday 12 February at St Columba’s church, 7pm start.
Open Meeting at St Columba’s – click for provisional agenda (PDF, 703KB)
Crosspool Forum’s next Open Meeting will take place on Thursday 29 January at St Columba’s church. It starts at 7pm.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and officials.
Guest speakers this time include:
Nick Hetherington, network manager for AMEY Streets Ahead road resurfacing programme
First Group’s commercial and business manager Andy Metcalfe
Kathrine Harboard: Broomhill Library (National library day is 7 February)
This year’s Stephen Hill Youth pantomime is Snow White. It runs from Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 February. Tickets are available online or from Bob Hodges on 0114 230 3207. More information is below.
Snow White, the 2015 Stephen Hill panto
It was back in 1968 when members of Stephen Hill Youth Club in Crosspool decided to stage a pantomime. A small group of young people met together over a period of months to write Puss in Boots which was staged the following year. It proved to be a great success and a new show has been performed every February Half term ever since. All the shows have been written and produced in-house.
This year the group of 40 or so 8 to 18yr olds is offering Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The show was written by Ian Delaney together with brother and sister Lucy and Paul Nelson. The producer is Helen Gill. All these young adults commenced their involvement some years ago as members of the chorus and have graduated through starring roles into a fine production team.
Producer Helen [30] has been involved with the show since 1996 and feels that the standard of the shows on offer has increased year on year. ‘ We have been lucky enough to hold on to a significant number of young people who return each year to help with all the backstage tasks and we have a smashing team of wardrobe ladies who make the show look dazzling,’ she enthuses.
This year the Part of the Dame is played by Ian Delaney, coming back to the stage after several years on the production side. The part of Snow White is played by Rachel Lister who says that she was thrilled to be offered the title role and is enjoying the opportunities which it presents.
Katie Craig is on her fourth year, starting as a chorus member and having had main parts in following years. She is finding her part this year very interesting. ‘Working out how to project my personality onto the part of the magic mirror is quite a challenge’, she reflects.
The show is a spectacle of colour, humour, music, dance and drama with an appeal to people of all ages. Tickets are available online this year for the first time but can be purchased directly from Bob Hodges, who was at that first meeting back in 1968. ‘I have been busy selling tickets since Christmas, ‘ says Bob. ‘Lots of folk bring their children but it is wonderful that some people who are in their nineties are still amongst the first to request tickets each year, having seen every show.’
The show runs in half term week from Wednesday February 18th to Saturday 21st. There is a matinee on Saturday afternoon which always sells out very quickly.
The Bishop of Sheffield, Right Reverend Steven Croft, will be preaching at St. Columba’s this Sunday, 4 January at the 10.30.a.m. service. Everyone is welcome.
The popular Magnificent Meals for Men cookery course will be running again starting on 30 January 2105 for six Friday sessions, with a break for half term.
The course is held at St. Columba’s Church Hall on Friday mornings from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Enjoy learning to cook healthy, nutritious meals using fresh ingredients, in a sociable group. Tuition is from a qualified and experienced tutor.
The cost is £50 for six sessions (£25 in case of financial difficulty), payable by cheque in advance.
Places are limited. To secure your place please contact Kate Hill, 0114 267 0006 or email st.columbas@hotmail.co.uk. Cheques should be made out to ‘St Columba’s PCC’.
Update: sorry, this event has now sold out. Unfortunately we won’t be able to let you in unless you have a ticket.
Crosspool Forum is hosting a Childrens’ Christmas Disco on Sunday 7 December, 2014.
The event for children between 3-11 years will run from 1.30-3.30pm in St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child and complementary refreshments and nibbles will be served for everyone.
You can get your ticket from Crosspool Pet Shop. They cost £5 per child and the accompanying parent or guardian is free. You can also contact the Forum on crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or 07713 687 955 for tickets and more information.
Revd Frances Eccleston, pictured at the last Open Meeting
Last Thursday evening over 80 people attended a special service at St Columba’s Church for the licencing of the priest-in-charge.
This now means that Reverend Frances Eccleston is now officially licenced as vicar of Crosspool.
Bishop of Doncaster Peter Burrows and many other church dignitaries attended the service together with many of the local congregation.
At the same time Frances was licenced to the post of bishop’s adviser in pastoral care and reconciliation, a role which she will carry out alongside her duties in the parish.
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