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17 Sep, 2012

Crosspool Festival raises over £1,400 for Ryegate Children’s Centre

Frances Eccleston, the Priest in Charge at St. Columba's and Eileen Kehoe present the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate — Frances Eccleston, the Priest in Charge at St. Columba’s and Eileen Kehoe present the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate

Members of the Crosspool Festival Committee have handed over a cheque for £1413.50 to Ryegate Children’s Centre.

The money was raised during this year’s festival and will be used to transform the parents’ room at the centre from a drab and unattractive space into somewhere that is warm, bright and child-friendly.

Frances Eccleston, Priest in Charge at St. Columba’s, and Eileen Kehoe presented the cheque to Dave Threlfall, Head of Therapies at Ryegate last week.

A big thankyou to everyone in Crosspool who supported the festival and helped fundraise this impressive sum.

12 Sep, 2012

Monthly bike ride from Crosspool for women’s cycling group

A local cycling group are currently running a monthly cycle ride that departs from Crosspool.

The Sheffield Women’s Cycling group leave at 9am from Crosspool Tavern for a women-only ride in the peaks on the last Sunday of each month. The next two rides are on 30 September and 28 October.

All abilities are welcome and you can contact them via their website or Facebook page for more information.

7 Sep, 201222 Jun, 2014

Tricycle and pram damaged by vandals on Carver Fields

Tricycle and pram damaged by vandals on Calver Fields

Toys belonging to two young girls were ruined by vandals yesterday afternoon in an incident on Carver Fields.

Crosspool mum Lucy Whittle Watkins was out with her three year-old and 20 month-old daughters. They temporarily left a tricycle and toy pram just inside one of the entrances to the fields while they went to sit on a bench.

They returned to find the tricycle ruined, with the saddle smashed, the guide pole snapped off and basket broken, leaving Lucy angry and her daughters very upset.

Lucy said: “I shouldn’t have left it unattended, although I’ve left things there before with no problem. I’ve a learned a sad lesson today.”

She is planning on reporting it to our local police Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT). If you saw or know anything about this incident then please get in touch with Crookes SNT by dialling 0114 296 4803 or 101.

3 Sep, 2012

Crosspool optometrist celebrates one year anniversary

Alex Gage Optometrist: now open in Crosspool — Alex Gage Optometrist: celebrating one year in Crosspool

Our local optometrist is celebrating the first anniversary of his move to Crosspool with a celebration on Tuesday 4 September.

Alex Gage relocated his family optometrist practice from Broomhill to Sandygate Road last September and is providing tea and cakes to say thank you to his new and existing clients.

Alex said: “Since we moved here, we’ve welcomed over 400 new patients and helped almost 1,000 people with their vision needs. It’s been a fantastic year and I have Cathy, Jo and Sarah to thank for our success.”

Alex and his wife, fellow optometrist Sarah Gage, started practicing at Sandygate Road in September 2011 following a refurbishment.

Alex explained: “The move to Crosspool was prompted by a desire for more space so that we could increase the number of frames that we stock and gives us the capacity to offer sports vision testing and behavioural optometry services.”

Sarah is also delighted with the move and said: “Crosspool is a thriving, family focused community and we want to celebrate our first year and say thank you to the clients who have chosen us.”

31 Aug, 2012

Autumn 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 Autumn 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.3MB)

Articles this month include:

Crosspool well dressing
Letters
Precinct Bench
Local house up for design award
Jubilant neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood watch
Crosspool WI
Fearless Philip James
New refuse collection service
Crosspool Summer Fayre
Crosspool Festival 2012
Roadworks on the up
Undertaking further investigation
Open Meeting minutes
Libraries under threat

Download Autumn 2012 Crosspool Clarion (PDF, 1.3MB)

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

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.

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

30 Aug, 201231 Aug, 2012

Precinct bench to be refurbished

The missing bench in the precinct is being refurbished

You may have noticed that the precinct bench, situated close to the outward bound bus shelter, has disappeared.

After three years wear and tear it has been necessary for it to go for refurbishment. It should be reinstalled soon.

26 Aug, 2012

Photo: Rain causes flooding in Crosspool

Heavy downpours caused flooding in Crosspool on Saturday with the drainage system unable to cope with the volume of rain that fell.

Over a period of just a few minutes, water collected in the area at the bottom of Benty Lane where it joins Sandygate Road.

It doesn’t seem that the flood caused any lasting damage, with most of the water appeared to have drained away by today.

Did the downpour cause flooding problems on your road in Crosspool yesterday?

23 Aug, 2012

Computer courses start again in September

Four new National Open College Network (NOCN) computer courses are starting next month in Crosspool. The topics for this term’s courses are:

Desk top publishing
Computers For Beginners
Internet and Emailing
Computers For Everyday Life – Absolute Beginners

More details are on the poster below, including the start and expected finish dates for each course.

Perhaps you have a friend or relative who would be interested in building their confidence on a computer? Anyone wishing to join any of these courses should contact Ian, Crosspool Forum, on 0114 335 1674 or email crosspoolforum@fsmail.net.

Computer courses start again in September

22 Aug, 2012

Local reservoir sites earmarked for new housing: update

Earlier this year local people had real concerns about proposals to allocate green field sites in the Crookes area for new housing. Two of the sites mentioned were Hadfield Reservoir (behind School Road) and Lydgate Reservoir (off Evelyn Road).

The council has now dropped plans to use the Hadfield site for new houses but the Lydgate site has not been ruled out and remains under consideration. Yorkshire Water has confirmed that they are “undertaking further investigations” at the Lydgate site.

However the council has said in a statement that “to provide advice on the archaeological value and ecological value of the site, an ecological assessment and a desk based archaeological assessment is being carried out.”

Although the council hasn’t made up its mind yet, ostensibly the usually purpose of investigations like these are to see whether a site is suitable for development.

Local residents are concerned at the prospect of losing yet another green and open space and worried about the possible knock-on effect new housing will have on traffic, road safety and local schools.

If you have anxieties regarding this or any other matters, please don’t hesitate to contact your local councillors Sylvia Anginotti, Geoff Smith and Rob Frost.

Contact details for Crookes ward councillors

20 Aug, 201220 Aug, 2012

Library services: Crosspool residents asked to give their views

Crosspool mobile library: the service is to be cut — Local library services could be cut further

Sheffield residents are being asked to give their opinion on local library services ahead of the council’s plan to make savings in this area.

Interim Director of Community Services Jan Fitzgerald has indicated that some services could change due to the amount of money that needs to be saved.

She said: “Some of the savings will have to come from our library services. Whilst trying to protect frontline services, we cannot guarantee that they will be untouched given the scale of the savings which will be required.”

You can give your views at www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraryreview or via a paper form which can be picked up at at any library or First Point. The consultation runs until 8 October.

Crosspool is currently served by two mobile library services and the nearest local lending library is in Broomhill.