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6 Jul, 20116 Jul, 2011

Big turnout for Crosspool street market – photos

People from all over Sheffield flocked to buy local food, drink, gifts and crafts at Sunday’s Crosspool street market on Selborne Road.

The beautiful weather meant that visitors could make an afternoon of it and also enjoy music and dance performances from Lydgate school pupils. Many of the local shops also got behind the event and opened up for the day.

Photos are below in both gallery and slideshow form.

There are plenty more events at Crosspool Festival this week, including the big Summer Fayre on Saturday and Community Picnic on Sunday.

Crosspool Festival street market

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2 Jul, 20112 Jul, 2011

La Dolce Vita restaurant opening party – photos

La Dolce Vita restaurant opening event — La Dolce Vita restaurant: now open

Crosspudlains flocked to a party last night to celebrate the launch of a new local Italian restaurant.

The owners of La Dolce Vita laid on free tasters of pizza, focaccia, bruschetta and a selection of pastries, all washed down with Italian wine.

La Dolce Vita is based in the old A’Villa Caruso unit on Sandygate Road. The restaurant has been completely redecorated with clean white walls and a small drinks bar in the back corner.

It is a family-run affair, with Luciana and Gianpaolo preparing the food and Nirvana managing the restaurant with her husband Matthew.

The pizzeria is now open for bookings on 0114 266 9811.

La Dolce Vita restaurant - locals at the opening event

29 Jun, 201129 Jun, 2011

New restaurant opening in Crosspool this weekend

Italian restaurant La Dolce Vita is opening in the old A'Villa Caruso premisis — Italian restaurant La Dolce Vita is opening in the old A'Villa Caruso premises on Sandygate Road

Crosspool’s new Italian restaurant is celebrating its arrival on Friday night (1 July) with a free food buffet.

La Dolce Vita is opening in the old A’Villa Caruso unit on Sandygate Road.

Friday’s event runs from 5-9pm and includes tasters of their Tuscan-style recipes and a glass of Italian wine.

The restaurant opens properly on Saturday 2 July. Bookings are being taken on 0114 266 9811.

18 Jun, 201118 Jun, 2011

Crosspool Tavern charity car wash with free food

Posters have gone up in the Crosspool Tavern advertising their upcoming charity car wash in aid of Weston Park Hospital.

Pay £5 to get your car washed and get a free breakfast before 11am or free carvery 11am-12pm. It takes place on Saturday 2 July, from 9am-12pm.

5 Jun, 20111 Dec, 2013

Download the Summer 2011 Crosspool Clarion now

The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion is going to press and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.

Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2011 (PDF, 1.5MB)

The latest issue includes:

HGV Sat Navs
New local Councillor
Tapton Academy
Pupil wins award
Lydgate Lane closure
Centenary Walk
Spring Clean
Hallam FC anniversary match
Mobile Library Service Cut
Royal Wedding Street Parties in Crosspool
Computer Course
Neighbourhood Watch
Open Meeting Minutes

Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2011 (PDF, 1.5MB)

Some back issues of past editions of the Crosspool Clarion are also available to download.

The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,500 copies delivered to local households.

If you are a local business then you may wish to consider advertising in the Clarion. It is a great way to reach over local households. Contact Clarion editor Ian Hague for more information.

To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

21 May, 201112 Jun, 2011

Crosspool Tavern breakfast deal

As well as the ever-popular carvery, Crosspool Tavern is now offering a breakfast deal.

For £2.99, you get a sausage, two rashers of bacon and then can help yourself to hash browns, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans plus fried and scrambled eggs. There is also a vegetarian option with Quorn sausages. Tea, coffee and toast is extra.

Breakfast is available from 8-11am Monday to Saturday and 9-11am on Sundays.

Crosspool Tavern breakfast menu (PDF, 1.3MB)

10 May, 2011

Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales this weekend

Bring and Buy plant sale at Hagg Lane allotments

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society are hosting Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales this weekend.

The events are scheduled for Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May, 9.30am-2.30pm.

Organised by local volunteers, the sales take place at Back Lane allotments. The non-profit making group hopes to raise funds towards a new trading hut for the benefit of the allotmenting and wider local community Refreshments will be available.

Below are some of our planned surplus fruit, vegetable and flowering plants they hope to have on offer. Hanging baskets will also be on sale.

Vegetables:

Tomatoes (10+ Varieties) Tomatoes-Tumbling Tom Cucumber Lettuce (inc cut and come again) Aubergine Beetroot Broad Beans Broccoli Butternut Squashes Cabbage x4 Cauliflower Chard Chilli Peppers Collard Courgette Fennel French Bean Heritage Cabbage Jerusalem Artichoke Kale Leeks Pak Choi Parsnip Peas Peppers Pumpkins
Rhubarb Runner Beans Spinach Sprouts (3 Varieties) Sprouts (Club Root Resistant) Swede Sweet Corn

Flowers:

Begonia Chrysanthemums Cosmos Dahlia Echinacea Foxgloves Geranium Lavender Lobelia Marigold (4 Varieties) Pansy Petunia Rudbeckia Streptocarpus Sunflowers Sweet Peas Fruit Blackcurrants Blueberries Melons Gooseberries- Red Gooseberries- White Strawberry Plants

Plus various herbs.

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society

1 May, 2011

Swarm of bees captured on Watt Lane

There was drama on Watt Lane this morning as beekeeper John Young and his assistants captured a swarm of bees from a cherry tree.

Chris Batchelor recorded the events on camera and supplied us with the photos below.

27 Apr, 201127 Apr, 2011

Book a stall at Crosspool Festival Farmers Market

One of the highlights of Crosspool Festival 2010 was the Farmers Market on Selbourne Road.

The Farmers Market will be running again this year as part of Crosspool Festival. It is pencilled in for Sunday 3 July, once again on Selbourne Road. If you’d like to book a stall then email e.kehoe@hotmail.co.uk.

Meanwhile, early details of some more festival events have been added to the Crosspool Festival 2011 page, including An Evening with the BBC’s Richard Taylor Crosspool’s Got Talent, a family barn dance and Picnic in the Park.

Crosspool Festival 2011

Crosspool Farmer's Market on Selbourne Road, July 2010

22 Apr, 201122 Apr, 2011

Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society are hosting several Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales over two upcoming weekends.

The events are scheduled for Saturday 30 April and 1 May, and then again on Saturday 14 May and Sunday 15 May, 9.30am-2.30pm.

Below are some of our planned surplus fruit, vegetable and flowering plants they hope to have on offer.

Vegetables:

Flowers:

Plus various herbs.

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society