crosspool festival 2012

17 Sep, 2012

Crosspool Festival raises over £1,400 for Ryegate Children’s Centre

Frances Eccleston, the Priest in Charge at St. Columba's and Eileen Kehoe present the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate — Frances Eccleston, the Priest in Charge at St. Columba’s and Eileen Kehoe present the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate

Members of the Crosspool Festival Committee have handed over a cheque for £1413.50 to Ryegate Children’s Centre.

The money was raised during this year’s festival and will be used to transform the parents’ room at the centre from a drab and unattractive space into somewhere that is warm, bright and child-friendly.

Frances Eccleston, Priest in Charge at St. Columba’s, and Eileen Kehoe presented the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate last week.

A big thankyou to everyone in Crosspool who supported the festival and helped fundraise this impressive sum.

15 Jul, 2012

Photos from Crosspool Summer Fayre 2012

Thankfully the sun shone for yesterday’s Summer Fayre at the sports field on Coldwell Lane. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

Crosspool Summer Fayre 2012

Crosspool Summer Fayre

14 Jul, 2012

Crosspool Summer Fayre is today!

At 2pm today, the annual Crosspool Summer Fayre takes place at Coldwell Lane sports field. There’s loads going on for all the family:

Marching musical ensemble
Irish dancing display
Lydgate Junior School band
Fire and police demonstrations
Lucky dip
Face painting
Bouncy castle/slide
Coconut shy
Wellie wanging
Tombola
Wet sponge throwing
Pirate and the proncess
Refreshments
Craft and cake stalls
Books
Plants
Bric-a-Brac

Summer Fayre - Crosspool Festival 2012 — Summer Fayre – Crosspool Festival 2012

9 Jul, 2012

Crosspool Festival continues this week

Crosspool Festival got off to a great start this weekend with events including the well dressing dedication, Crosspool Open Gardens and the street market on Selborne Road.

The festival runs until Sunday 15 July and as you’ll see below, there are activitiess for all ages. Unfortunately, Crosspool’s Got Talent tonight has had to be cancelled.

This year’s programme includes:

A treasure hunt
A film screening of old views of the Rivelin Valley
A coffee evening
A fun run
A book night
Table games
A tea dance and a barn dance
Hillside Harvest Open Day
The annual Crosspool Summer Fayre
Picnic in the park hosted by the Crosspool churches

You can download a PDF of the full programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.

2 Jul, 20126 Jul, 2012

Crosspool Festival starts on Friday

Summer Fayre, Crosspool Festival 2011 — 2011 Summer Fayre

There’s less than a week to the 2012 Crosspool Festival. Have you planned which events you’re going to? Make sure you get any tickets soon to make sure you don’t miss out!

The festival runs 7–15 July and as you’ll see below, there are events for all ages. This year’s programme includes:

A well dressing outside Crosspool Tavern – dedication will take place on Friday at 7pm
The return of Crosspool Open Gardens and Gardeners’ Question Time
Several music events, including a gospel concert, organ recital, songs from the shows, pre-school singalong, Guys and Dolls at Tapton School, a folk concert,
A street market on Selborne Road
An open day at Hallam Cricket Club
Quizzes at Crosspool Tavern and Stephen Hill church
A treasure hunt
A film screening of old views of the Rivelin Valley
A coffee evening
A fun run
A book night
Table games
A tea dance and a barn dance
Hillside Harvest Open Day
The annual Crosspool Summer Fayre
Picnic in the park hosted by the Crosspool churches

You can download a PDF of the full programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.

31 May, 2012

Crosspool Festival 2012 programme

We’re excited to confirm the programme for this year’s Crosspool Festival, which runs 7–15 July.

The Festival Committee – Frances, Sally, Chris, Pat, Eileen, and Roger – say:

We have events old and new in this years programme — so please join in, try something new, and come together with neighbours and friends to celebrate and have fun. Whatever your age we hope there will something here for you to enjoy.

You can download a PDF of the programme (676KB) or view it on the Crosspool Festival 2012 web page.

The prize-winning cover designs are by Amelia Cocken, Lydgate Infant School [front] and Ines Reynolds, Lydgate Junior School [back].

28 May, 201228 May, 2012

Flags go up in precinct to mark jubilee and olympic summer

If you passed through the precinct this weekend then you’ll see that flags have gone up above many of the shops.

They have been installed to mark the upcoming diamond jubilee and 2012 olympic games and will stay up until the end of the summer.

The flags were funded with a grant from the South West Community Assembly and were bought and put up with the help of Crosspool Forum.

The precinct

Roses, Bamforths and Artisan

Archers and Guidos

GT News and Philip James

Co-op Travel and More Posh than Dosh 3

Shops in the precinct

Spar and Crosspool Pet Supplies

Inspiration Hair and Lounge

Direct Travel

Alex Gage Optician

18 Apr, 2012

Crosspool Open Gardens is looking for new gardens

Crosspool Open Gardens 2011 — Why not open up your garden as part of this year's Crosspool Open Gardens?

Crosspool Open Gardens sees proud local residents open up their private gardens to the public to raise money for charities.

This year’s event is on Saturday 7 July and marks the start of Crosspool Festival 2012. As well as a chance to look round many of the old favourites, the organisers are looking for new gardens to take part.

Participating gardens are featured in a Open Gardens paper programme. Profits from the sale of the programme are shared between charities nominated by participating gardeners, who can also raise funds themselves by selling plants and refreshments.

If you’re interested in putting your garden forward for consideration, contact Roger on 230 6194 and rogerkite40@tiscali.co.uk.

4 Apr, 20125 Apr, 2012

First details of this year’s Crosspool Festival: get involved!

Why not take your mind off the current unseasonal weather with a sneak preview of what is in store for the 2012 Crosspool Festival?

This year’s festival runs 7-15 July. The programme will kick off with Crosspool Open Gardens on Saturday 7 July and it is hoped to repeat the street market and Crosspool’s Got Talent evening.

Plans are also underway for the creation of a well dressing and for Olympics-themed and musical events and there will be a summer fayre on Coldwell Lane on Saturday 14 July.

The local churches will be joining together for a closing services on Lydgate Green on Sunday 15 July, complete with brass band.

This is your chance to get involved with Crosspool’s major annual community event: if you can offer an hour or two to help, please get in touch with St Columba’s church parish office on st.columbas@hotmail.co.uk or 0114 267 0006.

Memories of Crosspool Festival 2011