Local covers band The Burnt Stones will play their annual Christmas show at The Plough on Sandygate Road this Saturday.
Expect covers, including Christmas songs!
Live music at The Plough on Saturday
Tickets on sale for The Little Mermaid, the 2016 Stephen Hill panto
The 48th youth pantomime will take place at The Beacon Stephen Hill church during half term in February 2016.
Performances of The Little Mermaid take place Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 at 7.30pm each evening and there will be a matinee performance on the Saturday afternoon.
Tickets remain at last years prices: £5 adults and £4 for children of primary school or below. They can be purchased from:
- Bob Hodges on 0114 230 3207
- at the church on Monday mornings from 10am
- from members of the cast
Have a cuppa and a chat at Hagg Lane allotments on Sunday
Crosspool residents are invited to visit the new allotment society hut, on Back Lane, on the morning of Sunday 13 December.
Coffee and tea will be available between 9.30am and 12.30pm, along with festive home-baking!
A warm welcome is extended to anyone who fancies a cuppa and a chat, and to look around this new community facility.
Your donations wanted for local food bank
Lydgate Junior School is inviting Crosspool residents to donate chocolates and selection boxes to Crookes food bank in the run-up to Christmas.
You can leave contributions at Cocker & Carr estate agent on Sandygate Road from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 December.
A previous food bank collection by parents and friends of the school collected 662kg of food on one week, enough to make 1,576 meals and feed 137 people.
Church services for Christmas 2015 in Crosspool
The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season.
St Columba’s Church of England
- Sunday 13 December 4pm Christingle Family Service
- Sunday 20 December 4pm Angel Festival Carol Service with The Beacon at Stephen Hill
- Thursday 24 December 4pm Crib Service
- Friday 25 December 10.30am Christmas Day Family Communion
St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
- Thursday 24 December 4pm Crib Service (not Mass); 8pm Vigil Mass of Christmas;
- Friday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass
Tapton Hill Congregational Church
- Sunday 20 December 2.45pm Carols by Candlelight
- Friday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Service
The Beacon at Stephen Hill Methodist
- Sunday 13 December 6pm Carol Service
- Sunday 20 December 4pm Angel Festival Carol Service at St Columba’s
- Thursday 24 December 4pm Christingle Service; 11.30pm Midnight Communion
- Friday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Service
Sandygate Road markings to be audited in January
The off-centre markings on Sandygate Road will be reviewed by Sheffield city council’s road safety auditors early next year.
The lines were positioned on the newly-resurfaced road with the intention of improving the safety of cyclists being overtaken going up the hill and to slow traffic coming down the hill.
Residents raised concerns over the markings online and at the Crosspool Forum Open a Meeting in October.
Since then Crookes Councillor Geoff Smith has been following it up. He explains: “Transport Planning in the council suggested the marking change as part of Cycle PFI Opportunities and Transport Planning provided the brief for Amey designers. Amey then designed the changes and Amey Road Safety auditors audited the design changes before they were implemented.
“After the Open Meeting I raised this again with the council’s traffic engineers. They informed me that after zone works are complete a zone audit is carried out by Amey’s road safety audit team. They are qualified road safety auditors. The audits comply with national guidance and are specified in the contract between Sheffield city council and Amey.
“This particular zone may not be fully completed until May of next year. So I have requested that, given the public concern, an audit of the Sandygate Road marking change is carried out on its own as quickly as possible, and that the outcome is made public.
“In this instance, as Amey have carried out the first audit, then there is an element of them doing the same thing twice, so this audit will be carried out instead by the council’s road safety auditors who have not had any involvement in the process. This provides more independence.”
Van thieves operating in Crosspool
Residents have been in touch to ask us to pass on to van owners that there are thieves operating in the Crosspool area.
One van had its side door prized off on Den Bank Crescent on Tuesday night this week.
Another van was targeted the same night on Hagg Lane. The side door was again prized open and the front window smashed.
And on Thursday night a van was targeted on Den Bank Drive.
Get involved in Crosspool Women’s Institute
Fancy being part of the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the country? This year the Women’s Institute celebrated its centenary and is going from strength to strength.
Crosspool WI has just welcomed in a new president, Dawn Boulter, so it’s a very exciting time to join.
As we move in to 2016 we have a fantastic programme of events, which will soon be available to pick up from Stephen Hill church.
For more information check out www.crosspoolwi.moonfruit.com; or email us on crosspoolwi@live.co.uk; or call the secretary Faye Brownon 07732 308768.
Crookes Christmas market at The Punchbowl, Saturday 19 December 2015
Litter bin emptying to increase
The litter bins in Crosspool precinct will now be emptied twice a day rather than once.
This is a result of feedback to Crosspool Forum and action from Councillor Geoff Smith who contacted the Street Cleaning Manager to request the change.
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