Soccer school for girls starts 16 April
Care in Crosspool AGM on 15 April 2015
Care in Crosspool will be holding their annual general meeting at the Beacon Church at Stephen Hill church on Wednesday 15 April 2015 at 2.30 pm.
Guest speaker at the meeting will be a member of the Edale Mountain Rescue Service. There will be a retiring collection for the work of this valuable voluntary service and reshments will be available after the meeting.
All are welcome.
Open up your garden and raise money for charity at Crosspool Open Gardens
Open Gardens is on the look out again for people in Crosspool who would like to be community spirited and open their garden to raise some money for their chosen charity.
Anyone can have a go! This event is to encourage people to get outside, walk round the neighbourhood, meet new people and enjoy their gardens.
No previous experience required, no perfect gardens needed, just a warm welcome, a patch of interest in the garden be it plants, vegetables, chickens, bees or an activity you’d like to share with others.
Oh and maybe a cuppa with a nice piece of cake!
Interested in getting involved? Get in touch with Lindsey before 1 April on 0114 230 1041 or lindseybeagles@gmail.com.
Crosspool Festival update: get involved!
The dates for the 2015 Crosspool Festival are Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.
Here’s the latest from the Crosspool Festival Committee:
We hope to repeat many of the well-loved elements of festivals from previous years, plus a few new things! We will begin as usual with the blessing of the Magna Carta-themed well dressing on Friday evening, and Open Gardens on Saturday 27 June.
Plans for the street market on Sunday 28 June are well in hand. We are delighted to welcome the Sheffield Folk Chorale for a concert on Thursday 2 July.
Illustrated talks/book signing events have always proved popular and we have plans for a talk on a climbing/mountaineering theme as well as something on the Sheffield Blitz.
New for this year will be a family film show with crafts, and a photography competition for 11-18s. Rumours are afoot of a possible Abba evening , and other ideas are still being tossed around…and of course the Summer Fayre on the Coldwell Lane field will be the usual fixture on Saturday 4 July.
We’re grateful to the uniformed groups, local pubs and businesses and everyone else who have indicated their support – what makes the Crosspool Festival special is its genuinely local feel.
- If you would like to help create the well dressing, please contact Pat Lintott on 0114 268 1161.
- If you would like a stall at the street market contact Chris Bachelor on 0114 266 7842.
- If you’d like to help with/book a stall at the Summer Fayre contact Steve Reynolds on 266 3473 or Ian Hague on 0114 230 7265.
- For other enquiries or offers of help contact me, Revd Frances Eccleston on 0114 267 0006.
Rubbish causes Crosspool armed response call out
An armed response unit was called out to Crosspool and District Youth Sports Trust (CDYST) on Coldwell Lane today.
CDYST trustees explain:
Much to the annoyance of its trustees and most people using the CDYST playing field on Coldwell Lane, the anti-social behaviour of a few has led to it being treated as a rubbish tip.
Car wheels, broken sledges, parts of bikes, dozens of empty bottles & drinks cans, used barbecues and takeaway cartons and, in particular and most disgusting, bagged and unbagged dog waste have all been dumped there recently.
This reached a peak today when the CDYST cleaner found a suspicious item under the bushes by the car park while litter-picking.
Since it appeared to be some sort of grenade with its pin missing, he contacted the police and, sensibly, kept those using the sports hall and local households away from the object and indoors out of any danger.
On arrival the police decided that they needed to call in the local armed response unit. They then inspected the device, decided that it was a spent smoke grenade, and removed it for safe disposal.
The whole incident was highly disruptive, and will be a further drain on our council tax.
The trustees again appeal to everyone using CDYST premises to please take their rubbish home.
Tapton Hill Congregational Church Spring Fair, 21 March 2015
Tapton Hill Congregational Church is holding its Spring Fair on Saturday, 21 March.
It starts at 2pm and features stalls and refreshments. The church can be found on the corner of Manchester Road and Tapton Hill Road.
Tapton Hill Congregational Church
Spring 2015 Crosspool Clarion out now
The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. If you can’t wait, then download and read a PDF of it below.
Current issue: Spring 2015, volume 12, issue 1
Download Crosspool Clarion Spring 2015, volume 12, issue 1 (PDF, 2.7MB)
The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool 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.
Watt Lane/Cairns Road roadworks due to finish by Thursday 19 February
The ongoing work by Yorkshire Water to repair a burst water main on Watt Lane is scheduled to finish by tomorrow, Thursday 19 February.
Three-way temporary traffic lights are in place.
Bullet points from Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, 12 February 2015
Download a summary of bullet points from last Thursday’s meeting:
Agenda for Thursday 12 February 2015 Open Meeting
Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Thursday 12 February at St Columba’s will start at 7pm.
This meeting is the rearranged meeting from 29 January, which was cancelled due to snow.
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)
- Local business: Aligarh restaurant
Agenda for Open Meeting on Thursday 12 February – rearranged from Thursday 29 January (PDF, 703KB)
