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Crosspool Festival – ten days of Activities & Events – Friday 24 June – Sunday 3 July 2022
The Crosspool Festival Programme is distributed with the summer issue of the Crosspool Clarion and is also available on the Crosspool News to download.
Charities that will benefit from this year’s Crosspool Festival -“Baby Basics” (give support to new mothers and families) and the “SAMARITANS”
Hallam Chase Fell Race is the oldest continuously run Fell Race in the world.
This annually run race over a 3¼ mile-long course with 800 feet of climb, organised by Hallamshire Harriers and hosted by Hallam Cricket Club, takes place this Tuesday, 31st May.
Runners set off from Hallam Football/Cricket Club’s Sandygate ground at 8pm, go down Coldwell Lane, Den Bank through the Rivelin Valley, and up Tofts Lane to Stannington Church gates, before returning by the same route.
This heritage-related event goes back as far as 1862.
The current record time of 19 minutes 42 seconds was set in 1968 by Trevor Wright.
Find out more on the Hallam Chase and Hallamshire Harriers website.
Please make a note of these up-and-coming dates for helping to keep our community litter-free!
Women’s Empowerment Day
St Columba’s Church Crosspool
Saturday 10am – 4PM Sati=urday 11th June 2022
Refreshments are served from 9.30am
The £20 Empowerment Day Tickets include refreshments & Buffet Lunch
Stalls from Cornerstone Christian Bookshop & Compassion and more.
If you have accessibility or dietary requirements please email: tara.osborne @stcolumbacrosspool.org.uk
bursary available if cost is prohibitive … Contact Tara Osborne
Art Sale – Sunday 12th June – Hallam Community Hall
This sale is an opportunity for the artist to have a second chance to show work and for customers to have an opportunity to enjoy another look and maybe grab a bargain.
All work has been created by members of the Hallam art group which meets weekly at the Hallam community hall and exhibits annually in October in the same hall and also in May at the botanical gardens classroom sale.
Service of Thanksgiving and celebration in St Columba’s Church for those who died during the pandemic restrictions
St Columba’s Church is holding a service at 2.30pm this Sunday 15th May to celebrate and give thanks for those who died during the pandemic, and in particular for those who felt the restrictions meant they could not properly mark the death of a loved one.
We anticipate this will be the first of a few occasions when we do this, so there will be other opportunities for those who cannot make this particular time, but all are welcome. If you wish to attend specifically to pay tribute to your relative, please let us know the relevant name so they can be mentioned and prayed for. The invitation is to all members of the church and the wider community.
St Columba’s Church 503 Manchester Road S210 5PL
Tel: 0114 2670006. Email: admin@stcolumbacrosspool.org.uk
In this, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year don’t miss the chance to showcase your creativity. Enter the Crosspool Festival Art, Craft, Photography, Cake Baking, and Cup Cake Decorating Competitions.
Anyone who lives works, or goes to school in the Crosspool area can enter, All exhibited creations will have the chance of winning a prize, sponsored by the Crosspool Estate Agent Cocker & Carr.
There is no theme to follow, just show us what you can create. You can enter as many of the categories as you want, but no more than two entries per category.
All competition entries will be displayed and judged at St Columba’s Church on Wednesday 29th June, after which some of the entries in the art, craft, and photography categories will go to be displayed in Cocker & Carr’s window.
How to enter:
Cup Cake Decorating
Under-fives & five to eleven years can enter a maximum of two cupcakes. They don’t have to make the cupcakes, just decorate them using their imagination.
Cake baking
Under 16s & everyone over 16 years; you can submit up to two cakes that you have made.
Hand both cupcakes & cakes in with a card that gives details of Name, Age, an email address, and phone number (that of parents or guardians for children) at St Columba’s Church on Tuesday 28th June, 6 -7 pm or Wednesday 29th June, 9-10 am
Art and Craft Creations
Under 16s & everyone over 16 years. you can submit up to two creations that you have made.
Photography
Under 16s & everyone over 16 years: you can submit a maximum of two images in either A5 or A4. On the back print, a caption so the judges can clearly understand your description of what is happening in the photo, Name; Age; Category, and your contact email and phone number.
Drop off your entries at the Crosspool Estate Agents Cocker & Carr, from Wednesday, June 1st. The closing date is midday on Friday 24th June.
For further information on all the categories, contact crosspoolfestivalphotos@alexanderhaguepersonal
SCARECROW THEME for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year: “Historical Moments from the Past 70 Years”.
Entry forms are available from either the “Nest Café” or “Hudson’s Kitchen”, Crosspool Precinct Sandygate Road.
Entry £4 – all proceeds go to Friends of Lydgate Association (FOLA)
Any resident can enter a homemade Scarecrow to display in a front garden or other location which is open to public view, but not in a public space
Making a scarecrow is relatively easy and affordable. It is something that families can take part in safely. The appearance of scarecrows in your front garden should create an element of surprise and a talking point for everyone to enjoy during their daily exercise.
When making your scarecrow please be sure not to put anything in or on it that could fall off and become harmful to animals and wildlife habitats.
Scarecrows to be displayed for judging during the Crosspool Festival Week, Friday 24th June and Saturday 2nd July.
Thanks to the generosity of local businesses there are worthwhile Prizes up for grabs. The winner and two runners-up will be announced on Saturday afternoon July 2nd at the Crosspool Summer Fayre, Crosspool & District Youth Sports Trust, Hall/Field; Coldwell Lane, Crosspool.
Good luck!
Polling Stations are open from 7 am to 10 pm this Thursday, May 5th, 2022.
You don’t need your poll card to vote.
You must vote at your assigned polling station.
If you are registered to vote but don’t have your poll card, you can go to the polling station and give them your name and address.
You don’t need any form of ID to vote in the Crookes & Crosspool ward
Where Do I Vote?
Local councillors and the police are generally on hand to listen to your concerns on local issues.
Guest Speakers:-
• Representatives from the Youth Parliament Cabinet Team
• Care in Crosspool
To protect ourselves and others in enclosed spaces, consider sanitizing and wearing a face-covering.
