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Photography competition: the winning pictures

The results are in for this year’s Crosspool Festival photography competition.

People were invited to submit a photo on the theme action.

The judges shortlisted photos in two categories and the public votes on this website to choose which best tells a story to the viewer and that really captures the theme.

Category 1 winner: photos by secondary school age students

2. Too much. Too empty. Set me free
2. Too much. Too empty. Set me free

Category 2 winner: photos by adults

1. Bob the dog, running on the beach. This is Bob, our Irish Setter who sadly died last year. He was such a character, full of love and full of life. We miss him a lot.
1. Bob the dog, running on the beach. This is Bob, our Irish Setter who sadly died last year. He was such a character, full of love and full of life. We miss him a lot.

Thanks for all your entries and for voting, and well done to rhe winners!

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Your guide to the 2016 scarecrows of Crosspool

Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane
Last year’s winner: Wish you were here by the Thompson family of Coldwell Lane
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
Benty Lane Carnival
Beavers around the world join the carnival
Barholm Road Ellie Faulkner
Jessica 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
Marsh Lane Olympics, let’s dive in
Rygate Road Football
Sandygate Road Olympic Gold-winning symnastics Gloria

 

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2016 Crosspool Festival photography competition: vote now!

Update: voting has now closed!

It’s time to vote in this year’s Crosspool Festival photography competition!

People were invited to submit a photo on the theme action.

The judges have shortlisted photos in two categories and would like you to choose which best tells a story to the viewer and that really captures the theme.

Vote using the two polls below.

Category 1: photos by secondary school age students

Choose one photo from three. Make your choice using the poll under all three photos.

1. Jumping into Summer
1. Jumping into Summer
2. Too much. Too empty. Set me free
2. Too much. Too empty. Set me free
3. Lots of action in the early morning sky as Crosspool comes to life
3. Lots of action in the early morning sky as Crosspool comes to life

Category 2: photos by adults

Choose one photo from three. Make your choice using the poll under all three photos.

1. Bob the dog, running on the beach. This is Bob, our Irish Setter who sadly died last year. He was such a character, full of love and full of life. We miss him a lot.
1. Bob the dog, running on the beach. This is Bob, our Irish Setter who sadly died last year. He was such a character, full of love and full of life. We miss him a lot.
2. Alex Latham, 13 year old Junior racer from Crosspool, competing in the Super Moto 140 race
2. Alex Latham, 13 year old Junior racer from Crosspool, competing in the Super Moto 140 race
3. Prayer flags fluttering in the wind over the Gokyo Valley in the Himalayas
3. Prayer flags fluttering in the wind over the Gokyo Valley in the Himalayas
 

For further information about the competition please email crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com

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 Wednesday 29 June at 4pm. Tea and coffee will be provided by St Columba’s.

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Summer 2016 Crosspool Clarion out soon

Crosspool Clarion, Summer 2016, Volume 13, Issue 2
Download Crosspool Clarion, Summer 2016, Volume 13, Issue 2 PDF (4.2MB)

The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. Download and read a PDF of it below.

Download Crosspool Clarion Volume 13 Issue 2 Summer 2016 PDF (4.2MB)

The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crosspool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,700 copies delivered to local households.

Some back issues of past editions of the Clarion are also available to download.

To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Changes to citybound 51 and 52 bus routes

Changes to 51 and 52 bus routes
Changes to 51 and 52 bus routes

The 51 and 52 buses heading towards town will take a different route near the university and Weston Park from Monday 13 June.

Routes 51, 52 and 52a will now turn right onto Clarkson Street at the Children’s Hospital. They will then turn left onto Durham Road, where there will be a new bus stop, before joining Glossop Road then West Street.

The outbound service is unchanged.

Services 51, 52a and 95 – changes to routes & stops in Sheffield city centre

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Crosspool Festival 2016 programme now online

The 2016 festival runs Friday 24 June-3 July, with the Summer Fayre scheduled for Saturday 2 July.

This year’s festival theme is Carnival, a summer party with great activities happening on the streets to coincide with this year’s Olympics in Brazil, the queen’s 90th celebrations and more besides.

The organisers are hoping it’ll be a colourful and exciting week for the community to get out and about, meet the neighbours, make new friends and try new activities.

You may have already picked up a copy of the programme from one of our local shops. If not you can browse it online now!

Crosspool Festival 2016 programme