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You’re invited to help with tidying on Hagg Copse Sunday 25 October at 10am.
Wear wellies and if you have gloves then please bring them!
Hagg Copse is a community green area on the corner of Coldwell Lane and Manchester Road, maintained by Crosspool Forum.
A series of marker posts have been installed along the Rivelin valley, giving visitors an even greater insight into the river’s industrial, natural and artistic heritage.
Walkers with smart phones can scan the QR code on each post to unlock photos, videos and information related to each location, including any connection to John Ruskin.
The posts were put in by Rivelin Valley Conservation Group volunteers. If you’re interested in sponsoring a post for £200 then contact the group directly.
A herd of cattle took temporary residence on the streets of Crosspool earlier today.
At around 6am this morning around a dozen cows were spotted outside Aligarh restaurant in the precinct. Some animals were seen using the pedestrian crossing to cross the road.
By 6.30am the herd, which included some calves, had set off towards Watt Lane.
Reports filtered through that the cows had been seen on Worcester Close, Sandygate Park Road and Hagg Lane, peacefully exploring front gardens, back gardens and grass verges.
By mid-morning the cows were being herded away from Hagg Lane.
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Do you know where the cows escaped from? Please let us know. And it would be great to know that they all got back home safely!
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The trustees of Crosspool & District Youth Sports Trust (CDYST) on Coldwell Lane are asking for your old inkjet and laserjet printer ink cartridges and mobile phones to help raise money and to be more environmentally friendly.
CDYST is working with partners AquAid, Perfect Printer Cartridges and BCMY recycling on the initiative.
You can help by donating your empty inkjet and laserjet printer cartridges (not toner cartridges) and old mobile phones: drop them off at 5 Dransfield Close. For further information, email g.m.drinkwater@btinternet.com.
You can also arrange for your old printer cartridges to be collected using the zerowasterecycling.co.uk website. If you click through via this website, CDYST will benefit from your contribution.
You can bring your Christmas tree along to the area outside Direct Travel on Sunday 11 January between 10am and 12 noon for recycling/disposal by Andrew Fisher from Complete Tree Solutions.
Crosspool Forum will be collecting contributions to support the work of the forum in our community and also reimburse Andrew for any expenses. If you would like to give then the suggested donation is £2.
Please don’t leave your tree there after 12pm. Firewood logs will also be on sale.
Crosspool Forum volunteers will be putting up Christmas trees in the precinct this weekend.
If you can lend a hand then please meet outside Direct Travel at 1.30pm.
We have ladders but please bring a pair of gloves.
A revised and updated edition of a book featuring a trail guide for the Rivelin valley has been released in time for Christmas.
Walking the Rivelin also includes maps, historical information about each watermill site and where to look for the wildlife. It’s illustrated in colour with old photographs and maps.
The book costs £6.95 and proceeds will go towards Rivelin Valley Conservation Group and their work preserving the valley for everyone to enjoy.
It’s available from:
Come along and help with planting and tidying on Hagg Copse Saturday, 15 November at 10am.
We’ll be planting small trees (provided by the Woodland Trust) and English bluebells. If you have gloves and spades then please bring them.
Hagg Copse is a community green area on the corner of Coldwell Lane and Manchester Road, maintained by Crosspool Forum.
A small herd of alpacas are settling in on a field near Hagg Lane allotments in Crosspool.
The three male animals have the run of Holly Hagg, a three-acre plot on the hill where Long Lane meets Back Lane/Bole Hill Road. They’ve been there about four weeks.
They’re very hardy animals, and a north-facing slope in Sheffield is nothing compared to where the species originated in the Andes. They don’t like getting wet so have a shelter at the bottom of the field.
Holly Hagg isn’t open access, but you can usually get a good view of the alpacas from Long Lane. If you see someone working in the field when you visit then have a word with them and you should be able to take a closer look.
The alpacas are neutered and were sold as ‘seconds’. They don’t hold much financial value but are microchipped, tagged and registered with the British Alpaca Society for easy identification.
The herd and Holly Hagg are a looked after by community group called Friends of Holly Hagg. Their aim is to make the land more fertile, biodiverse, beautiful and productive. As well as the alpacas, there’s already plenty going on with bee hives, a pond ready to be filled, a simple irrigation system and plots for vegetables.
If you want to find out more or get involved with Friends of Holly Hagg, get in touch with Claire via Facebook, on 07779 067718 or by emailing claire@gregorysheffield.plus.com.
Earlier today Crosspool Forum hosted a Special Open Meeting at St Columba’s to discuss recent vandalism to local allotments.
Fifty three allotment tenants from Marsh Lane, Hagg Lane, Rosco Bank and Rivelin attended with a view to discussing how to prevent such problems in the future.
The attendees came up with nine proposals – download the bullet point summary below.
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