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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 14 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.
The next evening of acoustic pop at Nest cafe on Sandygate Road will take place on Sunday 20 November.
The event was previously scheduled for last month, but had to be rearranged due to a licensing issue.
This time you can hear live and unplugged Sheffield indie favourites The Theories, indiepop trio Robberie, who are part-based in Crosspool and singer-songwriter Duncan Parsons.
Acoustic night 3 at nest: The Theories, Robberie and Duncan Parsons
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at a future acoustic night? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
Sunday’s acoustic night at Nest cafe in Crosspool has had to be cancelled due to a council licensing issue.
The organisers hope to rearrange the event soon, so look out for a new date.
The next evening of acoustic pop in one of Crosspool’s most intimate venues will take place on Sunday 30 October.
Come along to Nest cafe on Sandygate Road to hear performers play live and unplugged, including Sheffield indie favourites The Theories, indiepop trio Robberie, who are part-based in Crosspool and singer-songwriter Duncan Parsons.
Acoustic night 3 at nest: The Theories, Robberie and Duncan Parsons
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at this event? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
Could you lend at hand at a Crosspool-organised soup run that helps Sheffield’s homeless people?
For several years, volunteers from the community and local churches of Crosspool have been helping homeless people by making and distributing sandwiches, hot drinks and soup in designated city centre locations.
They do this every other Monday evening between September and May, arriving at 8pm and finishing before 9pm.
Organisers are looking for some more volunteers who would be willing to come down and help distribute the food and drinks. You can choose whether to help out one every four weeks, or every two weeks – most do a monthly rota.
If you are interested and would like to know more, then please email the organiser for Crosspool, Eddie.sherwood@btinternet.com.
Following last week’s Open Meeting, a local resident has launched an online petition to improve road safety in Crosspool.
View/sign the petition – Sheffield City Council website
The petition reads:
We the undersigned petition the council to:
- Implement a reduction in the speed limit to 20mph for the shopping precinct area at Crosspool and the parts of the service roads of Selbourne Road, Watt Lane, Benty Lane, and Sandygate Road nearest to the precinct
- Help to enforce this new limit with traffic calming measures including the ‘humping’ of the four existing Zebra Crossings.
Crosspool shopping precinct is a busy area used by large numbers of unaccompanied schoolchildren and with a high number of elderly residents. Recently an elderly resident was killed in a traffic accident on one of the crossings. Vehicles travel at high speed through the shopping precinct and it is inevitable that further accidents resulting in serious injury or death will occur unless preventative, safety measures are taken.
The second evening of acoustic pop in one of Crosspool’s cosiest venues will take place on Sunday 28 August.
Come along to Nest cafe on Sandygate Road to hear performers play live and unplugged, including Lofter, jazz/soul duo Kate and James and acoustic singer-songwriter Sophie Anna.
The inaugural acoustic night at Crosspool Festival was a big success – check out the videos below.
Do you play in a band or perform acoustically and would like to play at this event? Please email crosspoolnews@gmail.com or comment below with a link to your website or music.
A new Tesco Express store opened this morning on Manchester Road on the former petrol station site.
The planning application for the new convenience store was approved in March 2015.
Did you lose a sum of money in Crosspool on Friday?
If so, please email us on crosspoolnews@gmail.com, letting us know how much you think you lost.
The 2016 festival runs Friday 24 June-3 July, with the Summer Fayre scheduled for Saturday 2 July.
This year’s festival theme is Carnival, a summer party with great activities happening on the streets to coincide with this year’s Olympics in Brazil, the queen’s 90th celebrations and more besides.
The organisers are hoping it’ll be a colourful and exciting week for the community to get out and about, meet the neighbours, make new friends and try new activities.
You may have already picked up a copy of the programme from one of our local shops. If not you can browse it online now!
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