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Crosspool Tavern introduces pay and display parking
As of today, you will need to pay to park in Crosspool Taven car park.
It costs £1 for a maximum stay of two hours. You’ll receive a £1 refund when you place your first order in the pub.
A sign explains: “For the security and convenience of our customers, it is intended to operate this car park on a pay and display basis. This change is to improve the availability of car park spaces for customers.”
Crookes ward local election candidates confirmed
The six Crookes ward candidates standing in the 22 May election have been revealed:
- John Clapham – UKIP
- Nick Hall – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
- John Hesketh – Independent
- Shaffaq Mohammed – Liberal Democrat
- Anne Murphy – Labour
- Jonathan Peters – Green Party
European Elections will also be taking place on the same day. For these, you vote for a political party to represent your views in the European Parliament, not an individual candidate.
So on the day you will be able to vote for one ward candidate and one European political party.
If you haven’t registered to vote then you still have time to do so before 6 May.
Voter registration – Sheffield City Council
Full list of Sheffield local election May 2014 candidates (docx, 82KB) (Crookes ward details are on page 8 of the document)
The Star: More on each candidate
Permission sought to extend former coffee shop house
Plans have been submitted for an extension to the former Crosspool Coffee Shop house located between Manchester Road and Lydgate Lane.
Previously a public toilet, the building closed as a coffee shop in January 2011 and is currently a two-bedroom residential house.
The new plans involve extending the house to to the kerb edge next to the phone box in order to accommodate additional reception rooms and bedrooms. A driveway entrance would be located on the Manchester Road side and the site plan indicates that trees would need to be removed to make room for the larger building.
You can comment on the application on the Sheffield City Council website. The standard consultation is due to end on Tuesday 20 May 2014, with a decision potentially being made on Tuesday 3 June 2014.
14/01290/FUL planning application for 315 Lydgate Lane, Sheffield S10 5FR
Lydgate Green needs your unwanted plants
The Friends of Lydgate Green are asking if anyone has any plants they could donate to help improve the green space.
Secretary Roger Burkinshaw explains: “We replanted Lydgate Green last summer but the beds are looking a bit sparse after losses from the very wet winter and more annoyingly from the theft of half a dozen rose bushes.
“Do you have any plants you could donate? For example, if you are tidying your garden and have any plants that have grown too large or you are splitting clumps of perennials etc, we would love to have them.”
If you can spare any plants then please let Roger know by emailing woodster.rog@gmail.com. The Friends of Lydgate Green will then plant them up for everyone to enjoy.
Burst water main on Sandygate Road causes loss of supply and minor delays
A burst water main on Sandygate Road caused interrupted water supplies for some local buildings and minor delays in the precinct yesterday.
Temporary lights were installed in order for repairs to take place, resulting in only a single lane of traffic being able to pass outside the former Artisan restaurant building.
Water supplies were restored to 32-54 Sandygate Road at around 2pm on Wednesday. The roadworks and traffic lights are still in place this morning.
Next Open Meeting on Friday 25 April
Crosspool Forum’s next Open Meeting will take place on Friday 25 April at St Columba’s church.
Light refreshments will be served from 6.30pm, with the main meeting starting at 7pm.
As well as a guest speaker, local councillors and the police will be on hand to listen to your concerns.
There will be an update on local Neighbourhood Watch schemes and Pam Walton from Pedal Ready will be encouraging us to get on our bikes.
A locksmith will also attend to give demonstrations and advice on keeping you and your property safe with secure locks.
Update 25 April, 6.30pm: Deputy prime minister and Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg is confirmed as the guest speaker.
More items wanted for Crosspool Summer Fayre
Do you have any unwanted 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 on g.m.drinkwater@btinternet.com. We can collect if necessary, or they can be dropped off locally.
St Columba’s to host Carver Fields bonfire for Easter 2014
St. Columba’s church will be celebrating Easter morning, Sunday 20 April, with a bonfire and service held on Carver Fields at 9am.
The short service will be followed by breakfast, Easter egg hunt and celebration service in church.
To join St Columba’s for the bonfire, take the footpath off Hagg Lane opposite the junction with Den Bank Drive and walk across the field.
1850s Crosspool revealed on historic maps
Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
Crosspool as it was 160 years ago has been revealed on a set historic maps.
The Sheffield maps were drawn at various dates since 1850 and are available for viewing on the National Library of Scotland website.
The 1850 Crosspool map (PNG, 3.3MB) shows just a handful of dwellings around the Lydgate junction and Stephen Hill. You can also see landmark buildings that have since been knocked down including Lydgate Hall and The Kings Head pub.
View the full map on the National Library of Scotland website
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