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A recent spate of opportunist break-ins to parked vehicles have occurred recently around Tapton Hill Road and the surrounding streets.
Residents are reminded to lock their vehicles and be vigilant at all times. Please report any suspicious activity straight away to either 999 for emergency or 101 for non-emergencies.
Could you lend at hand at a Crosspool-organised soup run that helps Sheffield’s homeless people?
For several years, volunteers from the community and local churches of Crosspool have been helping homeless people by making and distributing sandwiches, hot drinks and soup in designated city centre locations.
They do this every other Monday evening between September and May, arriving at 8pm and finishing before 9pm.
Organisers are looking for some more volunteers who would be willing to come down and help distribute the food and drinks. You can choose whether to help out one every four weeks, or every two weeks – most do a monthly rota.
If you are interested and would like to know more, then please email the organiser for Crosspool, Eddie.sherwood@btinternet.com.
The consultation deadline to comment on proposals for changes to The Plough pub has been extended to Friday 9 September.
After the pub closed in April, Sainsbury’s announced plans to turn it into a convenience store.
The Save the Plough group has been coordinating the campaign to keep the building as a pub and save the sporting heritage of Sandygate. The group has raised several specific concerns over the proposals and is encouraging residents to give their views.
Some residents are also in support of the the idea of a convenience store opening in place of the pub.
If you have views either way then consider making them known to Sainsbury’s, Sheffield Planning Committee by commenting on the website, our local MP and councillors:
Last year The Plough was listed as an asset of community value.
Following last week’s Open Meeting, a local resident has launched an online petition to improve road safety in Crosspool.
View/sign the petition – Sheffield City Council website
The petition reads:
We the undersigned petition the council to:
- Implement a reduction in the speed limit to 20mph for the shopping precinct area at Crosspool and the parts of the service roads of Selbourne Road, Watt Lane, Benty Lane, and Sandygate Road nearest to the precinct
- Help to enforce this new limit with traffic calming measures including the ‘humping’ of the four existing Zebra Crossings.
Crosspool shopping precinct is a busy area used by large numbers of unaccompanied schoolchildren and with a high number of elderly residents. Recently an elderly resident was killed in a traffic accident on one of the crossings. Vehicles travel at high speed through the shopping precinct and it is inevitable that further accidents resulting in serious injury or death will occur unless preventative, safety measures are taken.
The second evening of acoustic pop in one of Crosspool’s cosiest venues will take place on Sunday 28 August.
Come along to Nest cafe on Sandygate Road to hear performers play live and unplugged, including Lofter, jazz/soul duo Kate and James and acoustic singer-songwriter Sophie Anna.
The inaugural acoustic night at Crosspool Festival was a big success – check out the videos below.
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at this event? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
Download a summary of bullet points from last Thursday’s meeting:
Bullet points from Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, 28 July 2016 (PDF, 67KB)
Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Thursday 28 July at St Columba’s will start at 7pm.
Come along for updates local issues including:
You’ll also get chance to give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and First Bus.
Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, 28 July 2016 (PDF, 530KB)
Minutes from previous Open Meetings
An update from Amey, which came via our councillors, on flash flooding in Crosspool:
Further to concerns over Cardoness Road, Barholm Road and Dransfield Road from recent flash flooding we would like to confirm that our design engineers have been working hard to investigate and find a remedy for this issue.
Unfortunately this isnt a quick fix and we need to ensure that the correct resolution is found for this issue to avoid any recurrence in the future.
We are meeting with our contractor this week to discuss further and will keep you updated with our intentions moving forward.
Residents on Sandygate Park say they have been let down by a private hospital assurances to end disruptive parking by staff near their homes.
They are angry that roads near their homes are used as a car park by staff from the nearby Claremont Hospital.
Now people living nearby say they have had enough and want action by the police and the city council to end the long-running row, which is blighting their lives.
“A minority of staff at the hospital are behaving irresponsibly and inconsiderately,” said John Parsons who added that access to his home on Sandygate Park is often obstructed.
“The roads on Sandygate Park are very narrow and there is also a safety issue with people parking on Carsick Hill and Ivy Park Road – often partly on the pavement.”
Councillors Anne Murphy and Craig Gamble Pugh are supporting the residents and say they will back renewed calls for action.
Staff are not allowed to use the car parks at the hospital, on Sandygate Road. It seemed the problem had been solved when last year, in response to residents’ protests backed by councillors, the hospital arranged extra off-road parking for staff in the area.
Residents say those parking places are left empty with some staff refusing to walk even a few hundred yards and continuing to park on narrow residential roads in defiance of pleas from the hospital management.
Councillors Anne Murphy and Craig Gamble Pugh are determined to see action taken. It is hoped to arrange a meeting between residents and the community police officer. They also want a meeting to explain the residents’ concerns to the city council officials responsible for parking and roads.
“We were promised by the director of Claremont Hospital that staff would be encouraged to use the alternative car parking spaces but unfortunately there is a group of staff who have deliberately ignored those requests,” said Councillor Murphy.
“The residents are often elderly and in some cases disabled and access to their homes is important. This should not be happening, it’s unnecessary and we will work for a solution.”
Some residents have tried to talk to the drivers and explain the problems but say they are met with abuse and threats.
“If you challenge the (hospital) staff you are abused and residents have been threatened with being reported to the police for being ‘aggressive’,” said John Parsons.
“People have been accused of vandalising cars with no evidence or cause. In one appalling incident a pensioner in his mid-70s found two policemen at his door saying he had ‘behaved aggressively’ to two female members of (hospital) staff after he challenged their obstruction of his drive.”
He added: “With the help of our local councillors’ we did feel the problem had been resolved but it’s not the case. I can’t be optimistic after three years of trying, and five meetings with the director of the hospital that something will be done by the hospital.”
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