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Easter 2013 at St Columba’s

St. Columba's church, Crosspool
St. Columba’s church, Crosspool

Update 27 March: The Easter morning bonfire in Carver Fields is cancelled due to the snow.  Other activities on Easter morning will go ahead as planned.

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St. Columba’s church will be celebrating Easter morning, Sunday 31 March, with a bonfire and service held on Carver Fields at 8.30am.

There’s a celebration breakfast in the church hall at 9am with an Easter egg hunt, and at 10am there is a festive and family-friendly service of holy communion in the church.

To join St Columba’s for the bonfire, take the footpath off Hagg Lane opposite the junction with Den Bank Drive.

You’re welcome to join them at whichever time/event suits you. Remember to put your clocks forward the day before.

St Columba’s, Crosspool

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Spring snow causes disruption in Crosspool

Friday: welcome to Crosspool
Welcome to Crosspool

Snow falling in Crosspool over the last 36 hours has caused problems on local roads and disruption to public transport and events.

The snowfall in Crosspool seems to be around 15cm, although the wind has caused drifts in some places of up to 50cm.

The 51 bus has been disrupted, with a Saturday morning update on the Travel South Yorkshire website stating the service was terminating at Brook hill and Gleadless.

The snow is still falling, with main roads and side roads not clear at 11am today. Some forecasts are indicating that the snow may ease off this afternoon.

Do check up on your neighbours who may feel isolated and vulnerable during the cold spell.

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Your community needs you! Can you help?

Crosspool Forum is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and is looking for more people to get involved – could that be you?

You can read more about Crosspool Forum’s history here. It was set up in 2003 to help make our community a great place to live. This is done through organising events, working to improve our neighbourood and tackling issues raised by residents. It also publishes a quarterly magazine and of course this website.

Steered by Chairman Ian Hague, Crosspool Forum is run entirely by volunteers through its 15 elected committee members. The continued success and expansion of the Forum has meant that in recent months its work has been spread between just a few people and it’d be great to build on this success with you on board.

Can you help? If you can spare a modest amount of time to take on a small administrative roll or one of the two vacant management committee positions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with chairman Ian Hague using crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or by telephone on 0114 335 1674/07713 687 955.

In particular, we’re looking for people:

  • with bookkeeping experience
  • who would be interested in helping publish the Crosspool Clarion magazine
  • with the enthusiasm to take on various other organising/administrative duties.

Getting involved is rewarding and can make a real difference to our community, so please give it some thought.

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Meet your local police in Crosspool on Wednesday 20 March

Local police officers will be offering advice and answering questions on Wednesday 20 March outside Crosspool shops.

The Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will be in Crosspool from 2–3pm. It’s your opportunity to meet some of the team, get community safety advice and discuss any issues that are relevant to you.

If you can’t get to the shops on Wednesday then you can also contact the South West SNT by telephoning 101.

There is also a Fulwood and area Neighbourhood Watch meeting taking place on Tuesday 16 April at Stephen Hill Methodist Church in Crosspool. A speaker will be discussing safety in the use of the internet covering such areas as chatting, buying and using email. Refreshments will be available from 6.45pm, with the meeting starting at 7.15pm.

Crookes Safer Neighbourhood Team

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Broomhill roadworks to last until 4 March

The temporary traffic lights in Broomhill are not due to be removed until Monday 4 March.

Work is currently underway to excavate up to 15 meters of footway to locate high voltage cables that have caused loss of power.

The multi-way temporary traffic lights are causing delays to traffic travelling through Broomhill. During the morning rush hour tailbacks are stretching up Manchester Road all the way to Crosspool, causing delays to commuters.

Update 28 February: the wors appear to have been completed unexpectedly early, so the temporary traffic lights have now been removed.

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Spring 2013 Crosspool Clarion out soon

The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion will soon be landing on your doormat. If you can’t wait, then download and read a PDF of it below.

Download current issue: Spring 2013, volume 10, issue 1 (PDF, 946KB)

Download current issue: Spring 2013, volume 10, issue 1Download current issue: Spring 2013, volume 10, issue 1
Download current issue: Spring 2013, volume 10, issue 1 (PDF, 946KB)
  • 100 years of motorbuses in Sheffield
  • Letters
  • The Big Issue in Crosspool
  • Grow your own – now is the time to start
  • Crosspool WI
  • Alarms and more
  • New Yoga class
  • Crosspool speed skater takes silver
  • Tapton school rated as outstanding
  • Crosspool luncheon club
  • Ash tree health status
  • Wool appeal
  • Summary from Open Meeting
  • Congratulations to our two local bobbies
  • Neighbourhood watch
  • Reservior rethink
  • Christmas tree recycling

Download current issue: Spring 2013, volume 10, issue 1 (PDF, 946KB)

The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,500 copies delivered to local households.

Some back issues of past editions of the Crosspool Clarion are also available to download.

To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Volunteers dig in at Hillside Harvest open day

Rivelin Valley-based Hillside Harvest have sent the following report and photos from last weekend’s open day. Their next open day is all about plot planning and is taking place on Saturday March 16 from 11am.

Hillside Harvest February open dayHillside Harvest February open day
Hillside Harvest February open day

On a sunny, dry Saturday in February, we came together for our first Open Day in 2013.

Apart from our members, we had a very eager group of students from the University of Sheffield, and a good number of other visitors. The students made quite a difference to the various areas of the site, including bringing back to life a number of plots.

The visitors were treated to an in-depth training session, by a local expert, on composting, learning such things as the importance of getting the balance between the right amounts of nitrogen and carbon-based products!

In the middle of the day, we all gathered for a shared lunch of a vegetable stew and a number of cakes (though not together!). It was also a time of getting to know each other and to share our joys and failures in composting and other gardening activities.

Hillside Harvest February open day
Hillside Harvest February open day
Hillside Harvest February open day
Hillside Harvest February open day
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Crosspool buses painted in traditional colours to mark centenary

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Two 51 buses have been painted in traditional livery to celebrate 100 years of motor buses in Sheffield.

Look out for the repainted 51s on the Crosspool route
Look out for the repainted 51s on the Crosspool route

The first motorbus began operation between Broomhill and Lodge Moor via Crosspool on 15 February 1913. As part of the centenary celebrations, two modern buses painted in 1913 and 1960 colours will be used on the 51 route.

And on Sunday 12 May a bus rally will take place at First’s Olive Grove depot where you can see a selection of old and new buses and take part in fun activities.

Giles Fearnley, Managing Director of First UK Bus said: “It is very exciting that people and organisations in Sheffield are coming together to celebrate 100 years of motorbuses in Sheffield.

“Sheffield has grown tremendously in the past century and buses have been at the forefront of this development.

“It is only right and proper that we organise a series of events to commemorate this anniversary and the public should look out for these spectacular buses that represent the history of this great city.”

History of the 51, the least changed bus route in Sheffield