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Work to improve the roads, pavements and streetlights of Sheffield is due to start in Crosspool soon as part of the Streets Ahead project.
You can expect to see resurfaced roads and pavements plus the new, brighter streetlights installed in the Tapton Hill area over the next five months.
This online map allows you to search by postcode to find an approximate date for when the work is scheduled to take place on your street.
The Friends of Lydgate Green are organising a planting and tidy-up day from 9.30am on Saturday 27 April.
They would really appreciate your support and help to replant the beds and assist with some general maintenance.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to make a difference to this local green space and to meet other local residents. Bring a pair of gloves, something to dig with and some enthusiasm.
What’s more, the kind folk at Crosspool’s Michelin Guide-featured restaurant Artisan will be providing free refreshments!
Friends of Lydgate Green is a small group of local residents who are responsible for the upkeep of the green at the corner of Lydgate Lane.
Do you know anyone in Crosspool who is learning to use computers or who has not used one before?
Crosspool Forum is organising more computer courses to help people build their IT skills. Enrolment is on Monday 8 April 2013 between 10am and 12pm at the Scout Hall on Benty Lane.
Following this, different courses for beginners and the more advanced are expected to take place on Mondays 10am-12pm and 1-3pm.
A laptop is provided and a projector is used to display lessons on to a large screen.
To reserve a place in a class or find our more information, contact Ian Hague on 07713 687 955 or Maxine on 0114 250 0613. You can also email crosspoolforum@fsmail.net.
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.
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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.
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.
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