The Crosspool community website run by Crosspool Forum
Over recent days one or two cars have been broken into and houses burgled in the neighbourhood.
The police are reminding us all not to leave items on show in our car and to keep car keys out of sight. They advise to keep your home and gardens as secure as possible and if you have outside lighting or alarms be sure to use them.
If you see anything suspicious, don’t hesitate to contact the police by ringing 101.
On Wednesday 3 April a business networking event is taking place at Sandygate from 7.30am:
Rivelin Valley-based Hillside Harvest have sent the following report and photos from their second open day of 2013:
Just recently, we held our second Open Day of 2013. This time our training session was on ‘plot planning’ aimed both at the beginner and the experienced gardener led by an expert from ‘Grow Sheffield’. Once again, a good crowd of new people turned up on a cold, but dry day! Even a few from the previous Open Day returned. There were also tours of the site, which was showing signs of life, despite the weather conditions.
As usual, lunch was a shared affair, centred on a vegetable stew. People are very generous, so there was more than enough to share.
We have a Growing Committee who draws up a plan of when certain activities have to be done and what time of year. But, because of the variable weather, it is still a bit of hit and miss as to whether the timing is right! Yet, we still see quite a bit of produce showing itself at the right times.
On the day a bridge and steps were built to make access easier to help everyone get from the Rivelin Valley Road car park to the lower plots in our block – so hopefully helping all the plot holders in the area.
We received help from a couple of students, who spent quite a few back-breaking hours getting them just right! Also tackled, were the putting up of supports for the fruit plants.
So, you can gather, even though hard work is involved, there is much fun and laughter and a sense of community. If anyone is interested in joining us, using their skills, even if they are not in the gardening area, there is always plenty to do, as well as making new friends, please contact Hillside Harvest via nick.rousseau@hillsideharvest.org.uk.
The Tapton Hill Congregational Church fayre, which was due to take place last Saturday 23 March, will now take place this Saturday, 30 March from 2pm.
The fayre was postponed due to the snow last weekend.
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.
————————————————
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.
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.
A Community Assemblies meeting takes place at Wesley Hall Methodist Church in Crookes on Thursday 21 March 2013, starting at 7pm.
The Sheffield Folk Chorale will be performing in Crosspool on 16 March in aid of Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospital.
The event takes place at Stephen Hill Methodist church on Manchester Road and starts at 7.30pm. For tickets (£5) telephone 0114 233 8574 or 0114 286 3637.
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:
Getting involved is rewarding and can make a real difference to our community, so please give it some thought.
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.
Crosspool News - crosspool.info 