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The Salvation Army Brass Band will lead a traditional Christmas concert of carols and Christmas music at Stephen Hill Methodist Church at 7.45pm on Wednesday 16 December.
There is no admission charge but a minimum donation of £5 is suggested. All the money raised goes to support the work of the Salvation Army among the destitute and lonely.
Crosspool Slimming World group will meet in Wesley Hall, Crookes, from Wednesday 4 November.
The group used to meet at St Columba’s but due to its success it has outgrown the Crosspool venue.
The new meeting arrangements for Wesley Hall, Crookes are:
For more information call Emma on 0114 233 5205, 07941 062363 or email em2656@yahoo.co.uk.
Download a summary of bullet points from last Thursday’s meeting:
On Saturday 31 October Crosspool pub The Plough is hosting a Halloween party.
It’ll run 7pm to midnight, and children are welcome until 9pm.
There will be a disco and fancy dress prizes. All food is £2.50.
A new calendar featuring Crosspool scenes will go on sale in local shops this week.
Many of the photos in the calendar are once again taken by local residents and there are also some archive shots showing familiar locations looking very different from times gone by.
The 2016 Crosspool calendar is available from Wednesday for just £4 from the Crosspool Pets, Enhance, GT News and Charisma and at the Open Meeting on Thursday 29 October.
Last year’s calendar sold out after two reprints so get yours while you can!
Money raised will help Crosspool Forum funds for local events and improvements to our neighbourhood.
Crosspool Forum’s AGM/Open Meeting on Thursday 29 October at St Columba’s will start at 7pm.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police, officials from Streets Ahead contractor Amey and First Bus.
Provisional agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting/AGM, 29 October 2015 2015 (PDF, 549KB)
Minutes from previous Open Meetings
Twelve Sheffield University postgraduate architecture students are spending six weeks developing ideas and proposals for turning Oriel House (the Broomhill Community Library’s building) and its garden into a community hub.
The project is now nearing the end of its fourth week and on Friday 23 (3.30-5.30pm) and Saturday 24 October (10am-noon) the team will be putting on a display in the library of the work it has done so far. Everyone, of all ages, are welcome to come to see the display, to talk to the architects and to comment, criticise and offer further ideas.
At the end of the six week project, the architects will be presenting their work as part of the BBEST Development Meeting which will take place from 3-5.30pm at Broomhill Methodist Church on Saturday 7 November. All are welcome.
After lengthy discussions with conservation and community groups, plans have now been submitted for permission to construction the underground option to house the new tanks required for the first stage of the treatment process.
​This large project will enable Yorkshire Water to continue to supply water to large parts of Sheffield.
If you would like to know more about the project, a spokeperson from Yorkshire Water will be addressing the Crosspool Forum Open Meeting on Thursday, starting 7pm at St Columba’s.
200-year-old trees on Lydgate Lane are scheduled to be cut down as part of the Streets Ahead project.
Notices have been placed by Amey/Streets Ahead on three trees stating they have developed a structural fault and are to be felled within two weeks – possibly on Wednesday 28 October – as part of the city-wide programme to improve Sheffield’s roads.Â
Campaigners have organised an emergency meeting at 5pm Sunday 25 October in The Sportsman pub on Benty Lane – anyone with an interest in the fate of these trees is invited. Dave Dillner from Sheffield Tree Action Group will be attending. A petition to save the trees is also available for signing in Enhance Hair Salon.
Anyone wanting to express their views on the proposals to representatives from Amey and local councillors will also have the opportunity to do so at the next Crosspool Forum Open Meeting/AGM on 29 October at St Columba’s Church, 7pm start.
You can also contact Amey/Streets ahead directly.
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Concerned Crosspool residents are collecting signatures for a petition regarding the position of the painted white lines on Sandygate Road.
The road markings were repainted following resurfacing work and have divided the road into a wider uphill lane and a narrower downhill lane.
Resident Marie Biggs explained: “My main concern is that vehicles are travelling far too fast up the road and hogging the white lines. This doesn’t leave any space for vehicles and cyclists travelling downhill towards Crosspool, which have to cross the white lines to pass parked vehicles.
“Amey/Streets Ahead told me that the reason the lines are as they are is to allow for the safe overtaking of cyclists coming uphill – but what ablout the cyclists travelling downhill?
“And, if there was to be a collision, would drivers travelling down the road always be deemed to be at fault, purely because they are straddling the white lines?”
The petition can be signed in GT News and the Post Office.
What do you think of the position of the Sandygate Road markings?
