Crosspool News – crosspool.info
The Crosspool community website run by Crosspool Forum
As of today, you will need to pay to park in Crosspool Taven car park.
It costs £1 for a maximum stay of two hours. You’ll receive a £1 refund when you place your first order in the pub.
A sign explains: “For the security and convenience of our customers, it is intended to operate this car park on a pay and display basis. This change is to improve the availability of car park spaces for customers.”
The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season.
Highlights include St Columba’s Community Angel Festival on 21-22 December, where local community groups are putting their best creative heads together to decorate large willow angel sculptures to be displayed in the church over the weekend. There’s still a few left if your community group would like to decorate one – contact Diane Ryan at st.columbas@hotmail.co.uk. You can see the angels at St Columba’s on Saturday 21 between 10am and noon, or on Sunday 22 between 2pm and 4pm.
In addition to the church services there will be carols, mince pies and mulled wine at Hallam FC’s Sandygate Road stadium on Thursday 19 December in the 1860 Suite. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Full details of Crosspool church services:
Sunday 22 December 10am Family Communion; 4pm Angel Festival Carol Service
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Candlelight Storytelling Nativity
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Festive Holy Communion
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Christingle Service; 11.30pm Midnight Communion
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Morning Service
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Children’s Navivity Service; 8pm Christmas Night Mass
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass
Sunday 22 December 2.45pm Carol Service
Wednesday 25 December 10.15am Christmas Day Service
Did you ever used to visit The King’s Head pub in Crosspool before it was demolished?
On Saturday 2 November, a get together is being organised for anyone who used to be a regular at the pub in the 70s, 80s or 90s.
Go along to the Crosspool Tavern from 8pm to join in the reunion and meet old friends, share memories and have a laugh.
The band Twice Around are playing music for all ages Crosspool Tavern on Friday night.
The music starts around 9pm. A fundraising raffle will also be drawn at 10pm in aid of Hallam FM Cash for Kids.
Carveries will be available until 9:30pm and the bar is open until midnight.
The former Bell Hagg Inn, which has overlooked the Rivelin Valley from the Manchester Road approach in to Crosspool for well over 100 years, is being converted into a seven-bedroom family home.
For a period the public house was also known as The John Thomas before it finally closed in 2005.
It’s commonly believed that the original building was erected in 1832 as a five-storey house for Dr Hodgeson, who had built it as a folly to antagonise the Vicar of Stannington after he turned down a generous donation because he had made much of his fortune from gambling.
Before becoming a pub at the beginning of the last century, the building was used as a tea room by workers from the quarry across the road (now occupied by the Valleyside Garden Centre) and travellers stopping off between Sheffield and Manchester, and on occasion to secure prisoners destined for the assizes.
The present owner, who bought this vandalised property from the receivers, has started to extensively renovate the main five-storey stone built tower that hides the sheer drop at the back.
Some of the tower’s small rooms that can be seen from the road are being knocked together and a covered link is being proposed to the already converted four-storey barn at the back. This link is to facilitate the future maintenance of the pub tower and will have a large glazed area and a sedum roof designed to blend into the surrounding green belt landscape.
In securing planning permission for the changes to this historic building, the new owner has had to get a bat licence to ensure bats are not disturbed. This will limit the times at which work can be carried out.
The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season.
In addition to the church services, Loxley Silver Band will be playing local carols and Christmas tunes from 8.30pm at The Sportsman pub on Sunday 9 December, and there are also carols at Sandygate on Thursday 20 December.
16 December 10am Family Communion; 4pm Carol Service (with Stephen Hill Methodist Church)
23 December 10am Morning Worship
24 December 4pm Candlelight Nativity Service
25 December 10am Christmas Family Communion
24 December 4pm Children’s Nativity Service; 8pm Christmas Night Mass
25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass
23 December 2.45pm Candlelight Service
25 December 10.15am Christmas Day Service
24 December 4pm Children’s Service with Christingles; 11.30pm Midnight Communion
25 December 10am Worship for all the family
Did you ever used to visit The King’s Head pub in Crosspool before it was demolished?
On Saturday 3 November, Sarah Goodhead and Dave Robinson are hosting a get together for anyone who used to be a regular at the Manchester Road pub.
Go along to the Crosspool Tavern on Saturday 3 November from 8pm to join in the reunion and meet old friends, share memories and have a laugh. There will also be live music from MLC.
Crosspool pub The Plough on Sandygate Road gets a mention in the May edition of Beer Matters magazine. Thanks to Sheffield CAMRA for letting us publish it here:
It is just over a year since Andy and Cheryl Clay came to The Plough on Sandygate Road and they have just overseen the refurbishment.
There is a main bar area and two raised levels, the surrounding woodwork has all been varnished and the bar has been polished and has a new set of hand pumps.
There is a pleasant mix of decor in the different areas and with a new lighting system mood and ambiance can be crated for different occasions.
Monday night is vintage TV with Julie, Thursday is quiz night with jackpot and there is also a quiz on Sunday night, both with free buffet. A pool table is tucked away to the rear of the pub.
Where possible all ingredients for the home made dishes are locally sourced, these include speciality dishes and deserts. Up to five beers are available, Tetley Bitter, Farmers Blonde and guest beers mainly from local breweries.
The magazine is available to pick up for free from Sheffield pubs.
New plans for development of the former Hallamshire Hotel site on Lydgate Lane have been submitted to the council.
The new application on the council website shows plans for five residential units, including a detached three-bedroomed house.
The original plans proposed that the former pub be demolished to make way for four dwelling houses, two apartments and detached garage block.
You can view and comment on the new application and its associated documents online, reference 12/00800/FUL.
Two new planters will be installed at the former entrance to Crosspool Tavern on Manchester Road.
The location will allow for continued pedestrian access to the pelican crossing, the pub entrance and the pavement in front of the pub.
The tubs will be delivered with soil and planting already prepared and Crosspool Forum will take on their future maintenance. An exact date for their arrival has not yet been confirmed.
This former entrance to the Tavern’s car park was earmarked for landscaping as part of the S10 corridor scheme in 2005, although this has not yet happened. The two new floral tubs are expected to make access to the pelican crossing safer.
In 2010 and 2011 Crosspool received Sheffield in Bloom awards for the quality of our floral displays in the precinct.
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