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Care in Crosspool will be holding their annual general meeting at the Beacon Church at Stephen Hill church on Wednesday 15 April 2015 at 2.30 pm.
Guest speaker at the meeting will be a member of the Edale Mountain Rescue Service. There will be a retiring collection for the work of this valuable voluntary service and reshments will be available after the meeting.
All are welcome.
Open Gardens is on the look out again for people in Crosspool who would like to be community spirited and open their garden to raise some money for their chosen charity.
Anyone can have a go! This event is to encourage people to get outside, walk round the neighbourhood, meet new people and enjoy their gardens.
No previous experience required, no perfect gardens needed, just a warm welcome, a patch of interest in the garden be it plants, vegetables, chickens, bees or an activity you’d like to share with others.
Oh and maybe a cuppa with a nice piece of cake!
Interested in getting involved? Get in touch with Lindsey before 1 April on 0114 230 1041 or lindseybeagles@gmail.com.
The dates for the 2015 Crosspool Festival are Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.
Here’s the latest from the Crosspool Festival Committee:
We hope to repeat many of the well-loved elements of festivals from previous years, plus a few new things! We will begin as usual with the blessing of the Magna Carta-themed well dressing on Friday evening, and Open Gardens on Saturday 27 June.
Plans for the street market on Sunday 28 June are well in hand. We are delighted to welcome the Sheffield Folk Chorale for a concert on Thursday 2 July.
Illustrated talks/book signing events have always proved popular and we have plans for a talk on a climbing/mountaineering theme as well as something on the Sheffield Blitz.
New for this year will be a family film show with crafts, and a photography competition for 11-18s. Rumours are afoot of a possible Abba evening , and other ideas are still being tossed around…and of course the Summer Fayre on the Coldwell Lane field will be the usual fixture on Saturday 4 July.
We’re grateful to the uniformed groups, local pubs and businesses and everyone else who have indicated their support – what makes the Crosspool Festival special is its genuinely local feel.
Tapton Hill Congregational Church is holding its Spring Fair on Saturday, 21 March.
It starts at 2pm and features stalls and refreshments. The church can be found on the corner of Manchester Road and Tapton Hill Road.
Tapton Hill Congregational Church
Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Thursday 12 February at St Columba’s will start at 7pm.
This meeting is the rearranged meeting from 29 January, which was cancelled due to snow.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and officials.
Guest speakers this time include:
Agenda for Open Meeting on Thursday 12 February – rearranged from Thursday 29 January (PDF, 703KB)
The Lent discussion group at St Columba’s and Stephen Hill Methodist church this year is based on the film The King’s Speech.
The Finding a Voice group will consider themes of confidence and anxiety.
Watch the film at St Columba’s at 6pm on Sunday 15 February and choose from evening sessions (7.30pm) on Wednesdays from 25 February at St Columba’s, or daytime sessions (10.30am) on Thursdays from 26th February. All are welcome.
Broomhill Community Library will be celebrating National Library Day on Saturday 7 February 2015 with a series of events based around ‘The Story of our Local Community between 1850 and 1950’.
Come along between 10.30am and 4pm to join in celebrations. At 11am local resident Adela Pankhurst (yes, that family!) will give an illustrated talk and at 2pm there’s a virtual tour of Broomhill in the past.
The Victorian Visitors will be around dressed in costume – so children are invited to come along dressed in their favourite book characters (there will be prizes!) For children too, local author and illustrator Lydia Monks will be reading and drawing at 2pm and there will be brass coin rubbing, plate doilie making and possibly a treasure hunt.
You can also expect to see displays of life from Victorian times to the 1950s with items to handle and buy – coins, donated books and baked items – from Victorian to Elizabethan recipes. All proceeds will help keep Broomhill Community Library open.
Tonight’s Open Meeting has been cancelled due to concerns over snow, ice and the safety of people attending.
The new date for the meeting will be Thursday 12 February 2015 at St Columba’s church.
On Sunday 8 February Aligarh restaurant chefs will be demonstrating how to cook Chicken Balti, Chana Masala and Pilau Rice at the Crosspool restaurant.
The session takes place 2-4pm and all guests will receive a three course meal, and a complimentary recipe card.
Tickets are £15 each – call the restaurant on 0114 266 6096 to book.
Meanwhile, St Columba’s popular Magnificent Meals for Men cookery course will be returning from Friday 30 January.
The cost for this is £50 for six sessions (£25 in case of financial difficulty), payable by cheque in advance.
Update 29 January, 11.30am: Tonight’s Open Meeting has been cancelled due to concerns over snow, ice and the safety of people attending. The date for the rearranged meeting is Thursday 12 February at St Columba’s church, 7pm start.
Crosspool Forum’s next Open Meeting will take place on Thursday 29 January at St Columba’s church. It starts at 7pm.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and officials.
Guest speakers this time include:
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