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Nest cafe is hosting a gin and tonic night, featuring 10 premium gins and Fever Tree mixers.
Tickets for the event on Wednesday 11 April are limited and available from nest at £10 each. The price of the ticket includes any two gin and tonics.
Does anyone have any dumbells or weights they could loan to be used at Crosspool Festival?
The festival organisers need them for holding down gazebos and stalls at the street market and summer fayre.
Please get in touch using crosspoolforum@gmail.com or 07713 687 955 if you can help.
On Saturday 31 March at 10.30am Tapton Hill Congregational Church is hosting a Easter-themed Lego event.
Children and their parents/carers can come and take part in a Lego egg challenge. Every child will have a book and a chocolate egg to take home. Donations are welcome.
Harry, Amy and Paul from Look North are taking a sofa on tour. They’re visiting 50 locations around Yorkshire over eight days to raise money for Sport Relief.
On Tuesday 20 March they’re passing through Crosspool. Spectators are most welcome to cheer them along the way! They’re expected at Sandygate around 10.30am.
Do you have any unwanted books, prizes, gifts or bric-a-brac that might be suitable for the Crosspool Forum Summer Fayre tombola or one of the stalls?
If so, please get in touch with Gillian on g.m.drinkwater@btinternet.com or 0114 229 5670. We can collect if necessary, or they can be dropped off locally.
Care in Crosspool will be holding their annual general meeting at the Beacon Church at Stephen Hill church on Wednesday 21 March 2018 at 2.30 pm.
Guest speaker at the meeting will be the Chair of The Talbot Trust. Reshments will be available after the meeting.
All are welcome.
Cycists will take on the steep inclines of Hagg Hill and Stephen Hill on Sunday 11 March as part of the Magnificent Seven challenge.
In 2017, competitors were greeted by local residents and a rainbow as they rode up Hagg Hill.
The 2018 route, which is just over 26 miles long, presents each rider with over 4,200ft of climbing, with inclines ranging from 9 to 23 per cent. Spectators are welcome.
Some roads are expected to be temporarily closed for the event.
