Wednesday 29th June 2022
Exhibitions St Columba’s Church
Photos – Cakes – Cup Cake
Displays & Judging 10 am – 4 PM
Sportsman (ember Inn) Benty Lane Crosspool
Pub Quiz 9pm – 11pm
Crosspool Festival Sixth Day
Crosspool Festival Fifth Day
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Bumps, Bairns & Babies singalong
St Columba’s Church, Crosspool 10.30am -11.30am
Join their lovely welcoming weekly toddler group, where you can meet in an informal way and enjoy making new friendships in the community.
Film show
Tapton Hill Church 7pm – 9pm
Buster Keaton vintage film shorts. Donation £2+
The Rock Project.
Drop into Stephen Hill Church 7.15pm – 7.45pm
to see Young people playing music.
Crosspool Festival Fourth Day
Monday 27th June 2022
36th Sheffield (Ranmoor) Scout Group
BEAVERS TREASURE HUNT 6pm – 7pm
Scout HQ, Benty Lane, Crosspool
£3 per family (£2 if the child is in uniform).
Refreshments.
259 Stephen Hill Scouts
CUBS COFFEE EVENING 6.30pm
Stephen Hill Church, Crosspool
Crosspool Festival Third Day
Sunday 26th June 2022
A couple of fantastic events with in close proximity of each other on the third day of the CROSSPOOL FESTIVAL,
Holly Hagg Community Farm – Long Lane Crosspool
10th Anniversary Open Day – 10 am to 5:30 pm –
Street Market, Selborne Road – 12noon – 4pm
Almost 40 stalls selling a variety of food, plants, and craft products
Refreshments will be served in the garden at no. 55 in aid of research into Type1 diabetes.
Crosspool Festival
Saturday 25th June, the second day of the Crosspool Festival
OPEN GARDENS
Don’t miss the opportunity to visit 11 Open Gardens…10am -4pm
where there will be Refreshments and items for sale.
Tickets £4 from the Nest Cafe or any participating Garden.
Whilst out and about, take the opportunity to have a stroll through Lydgate Green.
Linger for a while to appreciate all the hard work “The Friends of Lydgate Green” & “Crosspool Forum” have done over the past year, and continue to do, to make the green a pleasant experience for residents and visitors to enjoy.
LYDFEST
Enjoy a leisurely afternoon at the pupils’ Craft & Food Market, 1pm – 4pm
..Lydgate Infants School, Lydgate Lane
Scarecrow Competition
Scarecrow competition continues throughout the Festival week
Winners will be announced at the Crosspool Summer Fayre, (CDYST) Coldwell Lane, Saturday 2nd July.
Where you can find the Scarecrows
Crosspool Festival Week
Not long to go before the start of the Crosspool Festival Week
The festival kicks off Friday 24th June at 6.15pm, with the Stephen Hill Church, Beavers & Cubs Flag parade along Benty Lane.
The parade will arrive at 6.30pm for the Well Dressing dedication service on the grass verge at the junction of Selborne Road and Watt Lane.
Supporting the RNLI Filey Lifeboat & Sheffield Young Carers, the Sheffield Folk Chorale will be in concert at 7.30pm in Stephen Hill Church.
To be sure of a ticket, please contact Bob Tele: 230 3207 or Roger Tele: 230 6194, suggested minimum Donation £6.
Crosspool Festival Competition Reminder
Art, Craft & Photography exhibitors, this is the last week for handing in your entries for the Crosspool Festival exhibition/competition.
There are two categories for each: – under 16yrs & over 16yrs.
Enter up to two creations in one or more of the Art, Craft & Photography sections.
You have until this Friday 24th June to drop off your entries at Cocker & Carr Estate Agents.
Cake Baking and Cup Cake Decorating, entries can be handed in at St Columba’s Church on Tuesday 28th June from 6pm to 7 pm or on Wednesday 29th June from 9am to 10am.
Cake Baking has two categories: – under 16yrs & over 16yrs.
Cup Cake decorating has two categories:- Under-fives & Five to eleven yrs.
Full details on Crosspool News (Events – Crosspool Festival 2022) and for any queries, contact: crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com
Crosspool Festival Film Show
As part of their contribution to the Crosspool Festival, the Tapton Hill Congregational Church will be showing two short Buster Keaton films, on Tuesday, June 28th at 7pm
Jonny Best, a lively piano player who regularly plays for the Yorkshire Silent Film Festival, will accompany these very funny and popular silent films.
Remember the days when we used to talk and laugh with our best friends? Pop along to the Tapton Church for a good night out with new & old friends. Popcorn will be available.
All donations will benefit the Festival charities.
Well Dressers Required
Preparations are now well under way for the 2022 Crosspool Well Dressing.
A dedicated group of local residents will be gathering this Monday morning @ 10.00am to design and build the Crosspool Well Dressing panels. If you would like to join in to have a go at petaling, no experience needed. Anyone wanting to help out will be made very welcome.
If you happen to have any BLUE HYDRANGEA in bloom and would like to donate the flower/petals, this would be very much appreciated.
To mark the start of this year’s Crosspool Festival celebrations, the decorated Well Dressing panels, generously sponsored by “Layers Flooring”, will be erected on the grass verge at the corner of Watt Lane and Sandgate Road on 24th June, this will be followed by a flag parade along Benty Lane 6.15pm and a service of dedication at 6.30pm.
For details, please email- crosspoolforum@gmail.com or any member of the festival team.
Crosspool Scarecrow Competition
Yippee! preparations for the Crosspool Scarecrow competition are in full swing. Don’t leave it too late to collect, and complete, an entry form from either the Nest Café or Hudson’s Kitchen. The £4 entry fee will go to the “Friends of Lydgate Association” at Lydgate School
This year, to give plenty of scope for entrants to let their imaginations run wild, the popular annual Crosspool Scarecrow festival has a Royal theme with designs based on historical moments and occasions from the past 70yrs of the Queen’s reign.
We hope local residents will get creative and have some fun with the theme and create some amusing scarecrows.
Three Prizes
1st Prize: – voucher to spend at the Crosspool Chemist
2nd Prize: – voucher to spend at the Crosspool Fish Bar
3rd Prize: – voucher to spend at the Nest Café
Judging for the best scarecrows will take place during the Crosspool festival week and the winners will be announced at the Crosspool Summer Fayre, Saturday 2nd July. (Volunteers are also required to help at the Crosspool Summer Fayre, so if you can spare a few hours to help or supervise a stall, please don't hesitate to get in touch with one of the committee members or leave a message at crosspoolforum@gmail.com )
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