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Do the electronic speed signs on Manchester Road really work?

Manchester Road speed signs return
Manchester Road SIDs

Drivers on the bottom end of Manchester Road will have noticed the electronic speed indication displays (SIDs) return last month. We got in touch the council to find out what data about traffic speeds the SIDs have collected.

The speed limit for this stretch of road is 30mph. The idea is that the SIDs slow cars down by making drivers aware when they are driving at unsafe speeds.

The data below from previous periods when SIDs have been installed on Manchester Road shows a reduction in average speed when they are present:

Period Average vehicle speed into town Average vehicle speed away from town
No SIDs on site 34mph 31mph
February 2011 31mph 29mph
July 2010 31mph 27mph

The SIDs on Manchester Road will be there for an eight-week period before they are rotated to another site by the Central Community Assembly.

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Christmas Fayre, Christmas trees and Christmas disco this weekend in Crosspool

Up the ladder
Christmas trees are going up in the precinct on Sunday

Three events mark the start of Christmas festivities in Crosspool this weekend.

On Saturday 1 December from 10am-2pm Crosspool WI hosts a Christmas Fayre in Lounge@Crosspool cafe. Pop along for craft stalls, refreshments, homemade cakes and their great Crosspool bake-off!

On Sunday morning the Christmas trees will be going up in the precinct above our local shops. So look out for them when you pass through next week.

And on Sunday afternoon from 1.30-3.30pm there’s a Christmas disco for children between 3-11 years at St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child and refreshments and nibbles will be served.

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Church services and carols this Christmas in Crosspool

Tapton Hill Congregational Church, Crosspool
Tapton Hill Congregational Church, Crosspool

The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season.

In addition to the church services, Loxley Silver Band will be playing local carols and Christmas tunes from 8.30pm at The Sportsman pub on Sunday 9 December, and there are also carols at Sandygate on Thursday 20 December.

St Columba’s Church of England

16 December 10am Family Communion; 4pm Carol Service (with Stephen Hill Methodist Church)
23 December 10am Morning Worship
24 December 4pm Candlelight Nativity Service
25 December 10am Christmas Family Communion

St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church

24 December 4pm Children’s Nativity Service; 8pm Christmas Night Mass
25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass

Tapton Hill Congregational Church

23 December 2.45pm Candlelight Service
25 December 10.15am Christmas Day Service

The Beacon at Stephen Hill Methodist

24 December 4pm Children’s Service with Christingles; 11.30pm Midnight Communion
25 December 10am Worship for all the family

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Christmas carols at Sandygate on Thursday 20 December

Sandygate polling station
The 1860 suite at Sandygate

Hallam FC chaplain Reverend Peter Allan is to host an evening of Christmas carols, mulled wine and mince pies at Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world.

From 7pm on Thursday 20 December Peter will lead a choir and guests through some best-loved carols around the tree in the 1860 Suite.

All the family are welcome and the bar will stay open afterwards.

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Winter 2012 Crosspool Clarion out soon

The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion has been printed and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.

Download Winter 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.4MB)

Features this month include:

Crosspool Clarion Winter 2012, Volume 9, Issue 4
Download Winter 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.4MB)
  • Tapton Hill Congregational Church still going strong
  • Letters
  • Williamson’s on the move
  • Mistress Cutler’s compliment
  • Senior citizens drive safe
  • The Christmas survival guide for slimmers
  • Crosspool WI
  • Police and Crime Commissioner
  • Crosspool memories
  • Crosspool residents left in the dark
  • Classroom changes at local schools
  • Sheffield Local Television
  • Open Meeting/AGM minutes

Download Winter 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.4MB)

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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Electronic speed signs return to Manchester Road

Last week the speed indication displays returned to Manchester Road.

As well as showing drivers how fast they are going, the signs display a happy face for vehicles travelling under the speed limit and a sad face for those exceeding it.

The idea is that they slow cars down by making drivers aware when they are driving at unsafe speeds. The speed limit for this stretch of road is 30mph.

Speed indication displays were installed in a similar locations on Manchester Road in July 2010 and January 2011.

Background information about Manchester Road speed signs

Manchester Road speed signs return
The electronic speed signs on Manchester Road have returned
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Crosspool WI announces autumn/winter programme

Lounge hosts the Crosspool WI Xmas Craft Fayre and Bake Off on Saturday 1 December
Lounge hosts the Crosspool WI Xmas Craft Fayre and Bake Off on Saturday 1 December

Crosspool Women’s Institute has confirmed details of its November, December and January meetings, including a Christmas Fayre.

The group meets twice a month and new members are always welcome.

Diamonds R4 Ever
Helen Dimmick, MD of Green+Benz
Monday 19 November
7-9pm, St Columba’s church

The Gas Man cometh
Alan Gaunt tells the hilarious tales of his life as an anaesthetist
Monday 26 November
1-3pm, Stephen Hill church

Crosspool WI Xmas Craft Fayre and Bake Off
The one you have all been waiting for!
Saturday 1 December
10am-2pm, Lounge @ Crosspool, Sandygate Road

Celebration of Burns
Poetry, readings and Scottish treats.
Monday 21 January, 7-9pm at St Columba’s church

For more information:

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Crosspool residents vote in police and crime commissioner election

Stephen Hill church polling station in Crosspool
Stephen Hill church polling station in Crosspool

Crosspool residents are casting their votes today to choose a police and crime commissioner (PCC) for South Yorkshire.

The candidates are:

  • David Allen – English Democrats
  • Jonathan Arnott – UKIP
  • Nigel Bonson – Conservative
  • Robert Teal – Liberal Democrat
  • Shaun Wright – Labour

You can find out more about each of them on the Choose My PCC website and the BBC website.

Will you be voting in this election? If not, why not? At last month’s Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, opinion was divided on the idea of a publicly-elected police and crime commissioner.

One report this morning from a polling station in the area said that turnout so far seemed to be lower than for a general or local election.