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Thanks to the high standard of the photographs submitted by local residents, all 300 of the 2016 Crosspool Calendars have now been snapped up.
Crosspool Forum would like to give a big thank you to all the photographers and advertisers who entered into the community spirit to make the Crosspool calendar a must-have Christmas acquisition.
Money raised will go towards Crosspool Forum funds for local events and improvements to our neighbourhood.
A new coffee shop opens in Crosspool at 8am on Monday morning.
Nest is located in the old Lounge @ Crosspool shop, next door to the Crosspool Pets and near the Sheffield-bound bus stop.
The owners are promising a new format, including fresh coffee and homemade cakes. The premises has been refurbished over the last few weeks.
To begin with, Nest opening times are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm; Saturday 9am-2pm.
Lounge @ Crosspool closed in June.
Happy Christmas to all in Crosspool and here’s to a good 2016 for our community.
Here is a clip of a carols on Dransfield Road from last Christmas:
A series of incidents have recently been reported in the Tapton Hill district of Crosspool:
If you see anything suspicious please call 999 for emergencies immediately or 101 for non-emergencies.
The incidents follow reports of van thieves operating in the neighbournood in the last few weeks.
Meanwhile, the postbox and bus stop outside Spar have been vandalised over the last couple of days:
Lydgate Junior School is inviting Crosspool residents to donate chocolates and selection boxes to Crookes food bank in the run-up to Christmas.
You can leave contributions at Cocker & Carr estate agent on Sandygate Road from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 December.
A previous food bank collection by parents and friends of the school collected 662kg of food on one week, enough to make 1,576 meals and feed 137 people.
The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season.
The off-centre markings on Sandygate Road will be reviewed by Sheffield city council’s road safety auditors early next year.
The lines were positioned on the newly-resurfaced road with the intention of improving the safety of cyclists being overtaken going up the hill and to slow traffic coming down the hill.
Residents raised concerns over the markings online and at the Crosspool Forum Open a Meeting in October.
Since then Crookes Councillor Geoff Smith has been following it up. He explains: “Transport Planning in the council suggested the marking change as part of Cycle PFI Opportunities and Transport Planning provided the brief for Amey designers. Amey then designed the changes and Amey Road Safety auditors audited the design changes before they were implemented.
“After the Open Meeting I raised this again with the council’s traffic engineers. They informed me that after zone works are complete a zone audit is carried out by Amey’s road safety audit team. They are qualified road safety auditors. The audits comply with national guidance and are specified in the contract between Sheffield city council and Amey.
“This particular zone may not be fully completed until May of next year. So I have requested that, given the public concern, an audit of the Sandygate Road marking change is carried out on its own as quickly as possible, and that the outcome is made public.
“In this instance, as Amey have carried out the first audit, then there is an element of them doing the same thing twice, so this audit will be carried out instead by the council’s road safety auditors who have not had any involvement in the process. This provides more independence.”
Fancy being part of the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the country? This year the Women’s Institute celebrated its centenary and is going from strength to strength.
Crosspool WI has just welcomed in a new president, Dawn Boulter, so it’s a very exciting time to join.
As we move in to 2016 we have a fantastic programme of events, which will soon be available to pick up from Stephen Hill church.
For more information check out www.crosspoolwi.moonfruit.com; or email us on crosspoolwi@live.co.uk; or call the secretary Faye Brownon 07732 308768.
The litter bins in Crosspool precinct will now be emptied twice a day rather than once.
This is a result of feedback to Crosspool Forum and action from Councillor Geoff Smith who contacted the Street Cleaning Manager to request the change.
The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. Download and read a PDF of it below.
Current issue: Winter 2015, volume 12, issue 4
Download Crosspool Clarion Winter 2015, volume 12, issue 4 (PDF, 3.2MB)
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