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A new coffee shop opens in Crosspool at 8am on Monday morning.
Nest is located in the old Lounge @ Crosspool shop, next door to the Crosspool Pets and near the Sheffield-bound bus stop.
The owners are promising a new format, including fresh coffee and homemade cakes. The premises has been refurbished over the last few weeks.
To begin with, Nest opening times are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm; Saturday 9am-2pm.
Lounge @ Crosspool closed in June.
The off-centre markings on Sandygate Road will be reviewed by Sheffield city council’s road safety auditors early next year.
The lines were positioned on the newly-resurfaced road with the intention of improving the safety of cyclists being overtaken going up the hill and to slow traffic coming down the hill.
Residents raised concerns over the markings online and at the Crosspool Forum Open a Meeting in October.
Since then Crookes Councillor Geoff Smith has been following it up. He explains: “Transport Planning in the council suggested the marking change as part of Cycle PFI Opportunities and Transport Planning provided the brief for Amey designers. Amey then designed the changes and Amey Road Safety auditors audited the design changes before they were implemented.
“After the Open Meeting I raised this again with the council’s traffic engineers. They informed me that after zone works are complete a zone audit is carried out by Amey’s road safety audit team. They are qualified road safety auditors. The audits comply with national guidance and are specified in the contract between Sheffield city council and Amey.
“This particular zone may not be fully completed until May of next year. So I have requested that, given the public concern, an audit of the Sandygate Road marking change is carried out on its own as quickly as possible, and that the outcome is made public.
“In this instance, as Amey have carried out the first audit, then there is an element of them doing the same thing twice, so this audit will be carried out instead by the council’s road safety auditors who have not had any involvement in the process. This provides more independence.”
A planning application has been submitted to add a two-storey side extension and alter the roof design of Crosspool’s Pop Up Shop.
The changes would create three flats and extended retail space on the ground floor of the Lydgate Lane building.
Application 15/04122/FUL is open for comments until Monday 7 December 2015.
View application 15/04122/FUL on the SheffieldCity Council website
Spaces are available from January at the St Columba’s church playgroup in Crosspool.
The group takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30am-11:25am. It costs £6 a session and is suitable for children from two years to school age.
For more details contact Elaine on 0114 230 5296.
The Salvation Army Brass Band will lead a traditional Christmas concert of carols and Christmas music at Stephen Hill Methodist Church at 7.45pm on Wednesday 16 December.
There is no admission charge but a minimum donation of £5 is suggested. All the money raised goes to support the work of the Salvation Army among the destitute and lonely.
Crosspool Slimming World group will meet in Wesley Hall, Crookes, from Wednesday 4 November.
The group used to meet at St Columba’s but due to its success it has outgrown the Crosspool venue.
The new meeting arrangements for Wesley Hall, Crookes are:
For more information call Emma on 0114 233 5205, 07941 062363 or email em2656@yahoo.co.uk.
Update 23 September: it looks like this work and disruption will now continue until Wednesday 30 September.
Resurfacing work on Sandygate Road will have an impact on the 51 bus service this weekend.
The bus route will split into two at Broomhill, with buses going alternately between Crosspool and Lodge Moore every 20 minutes.
Full details are on the First South Yorkshire website:
A guided history walk of Crosspool will depart at 6.45pm from St Columba’s church on Wednesday 2 September.
The walk is led by Jan Millward and will take in historical places of interest in the Crosspool area with interesting stories about the people who lived and worked in the area. It’ll take about an hour and a half, finishing near The Plough pub on Sandygate Road.
If you’re interested in Crosspool History then there are still a few copies of the Crosspool Chronicles walking guide available from local outlets while stocks last.
The walks cover Crosspool, Sandygate, Lydgate, Bell Hagg and Tapton Hill right back to 1695, looking at who lived here and where and what they did. There are lots of old photos and stories to enjoy.
Hatha Yoga classes for beginners and mixed ability start in September.
Melissa Wright will host the sessions at Stephen Hill Methodist Church on five consecutive Sunday’s, 12-1.30pm on:
The cost is £27.50 for all five classes or £6.50 per class.
To book, call 07824 548949 or contact Melissa via her Facebook page.
Qualified physiotherapist and pilates instructor Emer Coffey will be running weekly pilates classes at Stephen Hill Methodist Church from Tuesday 8 September.
The sessions will run from 1-2pm and 6.30-7.30pm. There will also be classes in Ranmoor and Lodge Moor.
You can contact Emer by phone 07792 422909, by email: ecoffey@physiofocus.co.uk or via the website www.coffeypilates.co.uk.
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