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Cows escape onto Crosspool streets

A herd of cattle took temporary residence on the streets of Crosspool earlier today.

At around 6am this morning around a dozen cows were spotted outside Aligarh restaurant in the precinct. Some animals were seen using the pedestrian crossing to cross the road.

Cows in Crosspool precinct (photo: Liz Forrest)
Cows in Crosspool precinct (photo: Liz Forrest)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By 6.30am the herd, which included some calves, had set off towards Watt Lane.

Reports filtered through that the cows had been seen on Worcester Close, Sandygate Park Road and Hagg Lane, peacefully exploring front gardens, back gardens and grass verges.

Cows on Hagg Lane (photo: Andy Forrest)
Cows on Hagg Lane (photo: Andy Forrest)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By mid-morning the cows were being herded away from Hagg Lane.

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Do you know where the cows escaped from? Please let us know. And it would be great to know that they all got back home safely!

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Last chance to enter Crosspool Festival photography competition

This weekend is the last chance for under 18s to enter this year’s Crosspool Festival photography competition.

The title for the photo is: Things that give me joy! We are looking for a winning photo that tells a story to the viewer and that really captures the essence of joy.

The first prize is £25, a memento of your win and a framed copy of your winning photo. Runners up will each receive a framed copy of their photo.

All entries will be displayed during the festival. You can vote for your favourite on this website during Festival week, 26-5 July.

  • The closing date for entries is 31 May 2015.
  • Entries need to be emailed as a jpg to crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com
  • One entry per person
  • You need to include your name and surname, contact home phone number, age and school/group with your entry

For any further info, please email Lindsey Beagles: crosspoolfestivalphotos@gmail.com

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Crosspool Festival 2015 programme announced

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Crosspool Festival 2015 programme cover
Download the Crosspool Festival 2015 programme (PDF, 6.5MB)
The programme for the 2015 Crosspool Festival (PDF, 6.5MB) is now online.

In it you’ll find many of the well-loved elements of festivals from previous years plus a few new things including:

The festival takes place Friday 26 June to Sunday 5 July.

Tickets for this year’s events are on sale from Crosspool Pet Shop on Sandygate Road.

The prize winning programme cover designs are by Lily Holt, Lydgate Infant School [front] and Polly Hill, Lydgate Junior School [back]. These and other entries can be seen in Cocker & Carr Estate Agents, Sandygate Road. We’d like to thank all the talented artists from both schools who entered.

Get involved

Full details of each event are in the programme. As well as attending events, there are plenty of ways you can get involved:

  • If you would like to help create the well dressing, please contact Pat Lintott on 0114 268 1161.
  • If you would like a stall at the street market contact Chris Bachelor on 0114 266 7842.
  • If you’d like to help with/book a stall at the Summer Fayre contact Steve Reynolds on 266 3473 or Ian Hague on 0114 230 7265.
  • For other enquiries or offers of help contact me, Revd Frances Eccleston on 0114 267 0006.

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Scarecrow competition at Crosspool Festival

A message from Rachel Suddrick, Sally Parkinson, Beckie Howe and Paula Stacy:

Dear families,

We would like to invite you to join in with the Crosspool Festival scarecrow competition.

The theme for the festival is ‘joy and happiness’ so we would like you as a family to make a scarecrow that represents something that makes your family happy and brings you joy. This might be a book or film character or a scarecrow playing a sport or taking part in a hobby.

All scarecrows need to be displayed on or in the front of your home, visible from the road. This might be in a window, a front garden or even on your door! You can make them as big or as small as you like!

They should be in place by 10am on Saturday 27 June and should remain in place throughout the festival. Each entry will be judged by local sculpture Noel Lockley at some point during the festival. Winners will be announced on Saturday 4 July at the festival Fayre.

If you would like to enter, please collect an entry form from Lounge@Crosspool and return it along with £3 by 12 June. All profits will be going to the two Lydgate Schools.

We hope you have great fun making your scarecrows together as a family and will enjoy spotting scarecrows around Crosspool during the festival week.

A list of roads on which we expect scarecrows to be displayed will be available to collect from Lounge@Crosspool from Saturday 27 July. If you have any further questions please call in at Lounge.

1st prize: Family pass to Magna
2nd prize: Tea and cake voucher for Lounge@Crosspool
3rd prize: Family craft tub

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Hallam Chase returns to Crosspool on Tuesday

Runners competing in the 2012 Hallam Chase
Runners competing in the 2012 Hallam Chase

Tuesday evening sees the historic Hallam Chase return to Crosspool, an annual fell race organised by Hallamshire Harriers and hosted by Hallam Cricket Club.

At 8pm on the Tuesday evening after the second bank holiday in May, runners set off from Hallam football/cricket club’s Sandygate ground, go down Den Bank through the Rivelin Valley and up to Stannington church, before returning by the same route. The run 3¼ miles long, with 800 feet of climb.

In 2014 Michael Twigg took first prize. The record time of 19 minutes 42 seconds was set in 1968 by Trevor Wright.

Find out more on the Hallam Chase and Hallamshire Harriers websites.

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Council to assess The Plough pub community asset bid

The Plough, Sandygate Road
Is The Plough on Sandygate Road under threat of closure?

A bid to get The Plough pub listed as a community asset is due to be heard by the council on Thursday 4 June.

If the pub were to be listed as an asset of community value it would mean that, in the event of it being put up for sale, the group lodging the application would be given time to come up with a bid to buy it. There is no guarantee that this bid would be accepted by the seller.

With the rumoured threat of the pub being sold and turned into a convenience store, a group of regulars have launched an online change.org petition and a paper petition in the pub that you’re invited to sign. There’s also a Save the Plough Facebook community group which they’ll use to keep everyone up to date.

The Plough is one of three remaining pubs in Crosspool and it is believed that a public house has stood on the site for around 400 years. The pub is famously located opposite Hallam FC’s Sandygate stadium, the oldest football ground in the world.

Save the Plough Facebook page

Save The Plough (Crosspool) petition

Community pub ownership – Campaign For Real Ale

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A57 Snake Pass to close for two weeks

The A57 Snake Pass will be closed from Monday 1 June until Sunday 14 June so that major repairs can be made to the retaining wall in four different places. There will be no through route from Glossop to Sheffield for any vehicle while the work is taking place.

The road will be closed from the junction of the A57 with the A6013 Ashopton Road to its junction with Hurst Road in Glossop.

A signed diversion route will be in place, which is A6013 − A6187 − B6049 − A623 − A6 − A615 − A624 − A57 (to point of closure) and vice versa.

A57 Snake Pass to close for two weeks

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Local and city charities to benefit from festival donations

The two charities that will receive a share of any money made from this year’s Crosspool Festival are Care in Crosspool and Roundabout.

Care in Crosspool provides a befriending service for the elderly, organising regular visits to someone living on their own.

Roundabout is a local Sheffield youth housing charity providing shelter, support and life skills to young people.

Last year, £500 was raised for Parents’ Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia and £500 was raised for community facility CDYST.

In 2013, £1,300 was shared between Weston Park Cancer Information and Support Centre and the 36th Sheffield Scout Group based on Benty Lane.

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Volunteers wanted to help water precinct hanging baskets

Hanging baskets in Crosspool precinct
Hanging baskets in Crosspool precinct

Could you spare an hour a week to help water the hanging baskets at Crosspool shops?

The flower displays have been a regular feature in the precinct for many years and since last summer Crosspool Forum volunteers have taken on the watering of the hanging baskets.

We’re looking for people who can possibly spare the time each week – between 30 minutes and an hour – to help with watering. This will be from June to early September, depending on how long the summer lasts.

Equipment and training will be provided. If you’re interested, please email the Forum directly using crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or telephone Steve on 0114 266 3473.