Come along to Lydgate Infant School on Saturday 5th Dec from 12 – 2pm for our annual Christmas Fair.
See Frozen’s Elsa, Ana & the wonderful Lydgate school choir perform… don’t forget to wear your best Christmas outfit or dress ❄️❄️❄️
Meet Father Christmas & his helpers.
There will be a Christmas trail, tombola, hampers, children’s Christmas crafts, tattoos, face painting, balloons, games, refreshments, food, cakes lots more…
Sunshine Pizza Oven & Pizza making for kids.
Fabulous raffle prizes will be up for grabs in our Christmas Raffle & hamper prize draw, see below for prizes, tickets available on the day.
Winter 2015 Crosspool Clarion out soon
The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. Download and read a PDF of it below.
Current issue: Winter 2015, volume 12, issue 4
Download Crosspool Clarion Winter 2015, volume 12, issue 4 (PDF, 3.2MB)
The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crosspool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,700 copies delivered to local households.
Some back issues of past editions of the Clarion are also available to download.
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Tesco Express store to open on Crosspool petrol station site
The site of the former Crosspool petrol station is to be redeveloped as a Tesco Express convenience store.
Residents living nearby have recieved a letter inviting them to respond to the intention of Tesco Stores Ltd to carry out works on the Manchester Road site.
Rivelin Valley Road trees could be chopped down
Thirty one trees along Rivelin Valley Road could be removed as part of the Streets Ahead road improvement project.
According to the Sheffield Telegraph, contractor Amey says three trees are either dead, decayed, have structural integrity problems or are causing surface damage.
Residents are campaigning against the proposals.
A Streets Ahead roadshow is due to visit Stephen Hill church on Tuesday 24 November, 4-7pm.
Sheffield Telegraph: New branch of tree felling row as 31 trees set for axe on Sheffield road
Sheffield City Council Streets Ahead Rivelin area
Application submitted to extend former Motor World store
A planning application has been submitted to add a two-storey side extension and alter the roof design of Crosspool’s Pop Up Shop.
The changes would create three flats and extended retail space on the ground floor of the Lydgate Lane building.
Application 15/04122/FUL is open for comments until Monday 7 December 2015.
View application 15/04122/FUL on the SheffieldCity Council website
Temporary Sunday changes to 51 bus service
The 51 bus route will be changed slightly due to resurfacing works for the next three Sundays.
On Sundays 22 and 29 November and 6 December from 6am to 5pm the Crosspool-bound 51 bus will travel as normal to to Western Bank then go left down Clarkson Street, right onto Glossop Road, left to Fulwood Road then continue as normal to Lodge Moor.
City-bound journeys are unaffected.
January places available at St Columba’s playgroup
Spaces are available from January at the St Columba’s church playgroup in Crosspool.
The group takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30am-11:25am. It costs £6 a session and is suitable for children from two years to school age.
For more details contact Elaine on 0114 230 5296.
Roadshow planned for upcoming Manchester Road works
Work as part of Streets Ahead to upgrade Manchester Road will start towards the end of November.
The streetlights will be replaced as part of the first phase of the project, with the installation process taking up to six weeks. The Manchester Road trees will also be assessed and possibly replaced.
You can find out more about the planned work at an upcoming roadshow which will be visiting Stephen Hill church on Tuesday 24 November, 4-7pm.
More information can also be found on the www.sheffield.gov.uk/manchesterroadworks website.
Cabinet in the Community meeting, 11 November 2015
Book sale at Broomhill Community Library
Broomhill Community Library on Taptonville Road will host a grand book sale on Saturday 5 December from 10.30am to 3pm.
On sale will be a selection of hardback and paperback, fiction and non-fiction, adults and childrens’ pre-read books.
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