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Active8 Sheffield is hosting its annual Charity Fun Day in aid of Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity on Sunday 12 July at the King Edwards Community Sports Centre in Crosspool.
The day will have various activities going on with bouncy castles, live music, football, sports, fairground rides, a car boot sale, raffles, a BBQ and more.
If you are interested in booking a car boot pitch, please contact Amy on 0114 240 2308 – Option 2 or 07795 222579.
On Tuesday 7 July Hallam FC will take on Sheffield FC at Sandygate, in a rematch of the world’s oldest derby.
The game kicks off at 7.45pm and entry is £5 for adults and £2 for under 16s.
Match details on Hallam FC website
Crosspool’s annual summer fayre takes place this afternoon from 1pm at CDYST fields on Coldwell Lane.
The overnight rain and fog is due to clear and it looks set to be a warm afternoon with some sunshine!
Crosspool Forum would like to say a big thank you to all at FirstBus for providing a first class coach for our trip to Chester Zoo.
FirstBus’s attention to keeping us well informed and the timekeeping of our driver Jed, who was very caring and patient, helped make the journey to and from the zoo a very memorable experience and an enjoyable occasion for the younger members of the Crosspool community.
Although being excited on the outward journey, the children were very well behaved, attentive and markedly, answering the animal quiz questions correctly.
Far from being tired on the journey home, after such an exciting and memorable day and despite being delayed for over an hour at Mottram, the children sang, played games and having had an exhausting but wonderful day, remained cheerful right up to our arrival back into Crosspool at just after 9pm.
The feedback from the twenty seven children and twenty six parents was extremely positive. All in all a very educational and worthwhile day out!
Here’s an account of the day from Lyla Dolini, age 7:
We met really early and I was so excited to go on a coach. The coach was really fun and I sat next to Erin and we watched programmes on my iPad.
Everyone who went to Chester Zoo was very surprised to see how big the zoo was. My favourite animals were elephants, monkeys, giraffes, bears, snakes, penguins and zebras. The giraffes were called Lillia, Dasher, Amelia (who was a baby) and Petal. Amelia was cute, but still very tall compared to me!
When at 4 o’clock we were finished at the zoo, we went to a hotel for dinner. The dinner was yummy and when everyone was finished we all went out into the field in the grounds of the hotel to play tig!
On the way home my little sister Anna fell asleep and we got stuck in a traffic jam, but it was ok as I was sitting next to Erin again.
The whole day was brilliant, thanks to the Crosspool Forum and FirstBus!
Richard Jackson will answer your gardening questions as well as doing a brief talk on protecting and supporting your plants throughout the seasons at this special Gardeners’ Question Time event on Wednesday 1 July.
Join in from 2pm at Valleyside Garden Centre Cafe, Manchester Road.
Gardeners’ Question Time is part of the 2015 Crosspool Festival.
Sheffield Folk Chorale and local young harpist Ciara Noon are the performers at this year’s Crosspool Festival Gala Concert.
It takes place on Thursday 2 July at Stephen Hill Church, Manchester Road, 7.30pm start.
Tickets, £7, include interval coffee/tea and biscuits are available from Roger Kite (0114 230 6194), Bob Hodges (0114 230 3207) or Crosspool Pet Supplies.
This Saturday, 27 June, the people of Crosspool will be opening up their gardens for their neighbours to enjoy as part of Crosspool Open Gardens.
This year there are lots of new gardens to visit and plenty of lovely homemade cakes and lunches to enjoy.
Tickets available from the pet shop or from a garden near you: look out for the posters outside open gardens.
Children get in free and all proceeds go to charity.
The 2015 Crosspool Festival starts on Friday. 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 26 June-5 July and as you’ll see below, there are events for all ages. This year’s programme includes:
View the full Crosspool Festival 2015 programme
Over 20 households in the neighbourhood will be displaying a scarecrow in their front garden as part of a scarecrow competition at this year’s Crosspool Festival.
The list of roads where we are expecting to see scarecrows is below. Happy hunting!
Street |
Scarecrow names/themes |
| Cairns Road | Minions Oh I do like to be beside the seaside |
| Coldwell Lane | What we are |
| Den Bank Crescent | The cows of Crosspool, featuring Moody Cow! The return of the Crosspool cows, featuring skinny cow! |
| Den Bank Drive | Foxy Fowler, our favourite things |
| Den Bank Road | Happy camper |
| Dransfield Road | Harry Potter Sandy The great outdoors |
| Forres Avenue | Space |
| Hagg Lane | |
| Manchester Road | Cowboy My family and other animals Joy and happiness |
| Ringstead Crescent | Olaf |
| Ryegate Road | Animals |
| Sandygate Road | Bug hunting Bob |
| Sandygate Park Road | Cuddles |
| Stephen Hill | Jerry |
| Stephen Drive | Bella the ballerina |
| Stephen Hill Road | Shrek |
| Watt Lane | Cricket |
Can you spare any unwanted books DVDs and CDs for Crosspool Summer Fayre stalls?
If you can donate any then please call Mark on 0114 230 9469 for delivery arrangement.
If any unwanted prizes or new gifts that might be suitable for the Crosspool Forum Summer Fayre Tombola stall, please get in touch using g.m.drinkwater@btinternet.com. We can collect if necessary, or they can be dropped off locally.
The annual Summer Fayre will take place on Saturday 4 July. It’s part of the 2015 Crosspool Festival, which this year runs Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.
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