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Meet your local police in Crosspool on Wednesday 16 January

Local police officers will be offering advice and answering questions on Wednesday 16 January 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.

Meanwhile, congratulations to local bobby Louise Atha who has won Community PC of the Year for 2012.

Crookes Safer Neighbourhood Team

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Free disposal of your Christmas tree this weekend

Christmas tree
The Christmas trees in the precinct are due to come down on Sunday

Crosspool residents can have their Christmas tree shredded free this Sunday morning, 6 January.

You can bring your Christmas tree to precinct between 10am and 12 noon where a tree surgeon will be on hand to shred it.

Valleyside Garden Centre is also offering to collect and recycle your Christmas tree over the weekend of 15 and 16 January for £3. Contact them on 0114 230 1925 for more information.

The Christmas trees and lights above the Crosspool shops are due to come down on Sunday.

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Computer courses enrolment day on 7 January 2013

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 7 January 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
  • Tuesdays 10am-12pm
  • Fridays 10am-12pm

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 0114 335 1674 or Maxine on 0114 250 0613. You can also email crosspoolforum@fsmail.net.

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Friends of Bole Hills group: get involved

Bole hills/Stannington photo by By Paolo Margari. Used under the Creative Commons license
Bole hills/Stannington photo by By Paolo Margari. Used under the Creative Commons license

The Friends of Bole Hills are looking for anyone with an interest in the Crookes park to get involved with their group.

Contact Liz on friendsofthebolehills@yahoo.co.uk or 07734 801082 for more information.

Their provisional 2013 meeting dates are:

  • 16 January
  • 26 February
  • 10 April
  • 22 May
  • 10 July
  • 21 August
  • 2 October
  • 13 November

The usual meeting venue is the Bowling Pavillion in the Bole Hills Park, starting at 7pm.

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Joint carol service for Crosspool churches

St. Columba's church, Crosspool
Joint carol service at St. Columba’s church on Sunday 16 December

Stephen Hill Methodist Church and St. Columba’s Church invite you to join them for a joint carol service on Sunday 16 December at 4pm at St. Columba’s Church.

You can hear the Christmas story through readings, poetry, plus traditional and local carols, with warming refreshments afterwards.

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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

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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.