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The Crosspool community website run by Crosspool Forum
You are invited to come and leave your household waste in the Crosspool Community Skip this week on Thursday, 27 October 2011. It will be on Selborne Road from 8am and will be picked up promptly at 12:30pm.
Please note, the skip is for household waste only. The following items will not be accepted:
The skip will be supervised at all times.
A Crosspool house was featured on a BBC TV programme yesterday.
The distinctive new-build home near the top of Darwin Lane appeared on To Build or Not To Build, which was broadcast yesterday morning. You can watch the show again on iPlayer for the next seven days.
To Build or Not To Build featuring Darwin Lane house
Our local councillor Geoff Smith has published details of his monthly surgeries.
His Crosspool surgery takes place between 12.30pm and 2pm on the third Wednesday of the month (except December) in St Columba Church on Manchester Road.
The Labour councillor also runs a Crookes surgery between 6.30pm and 7.30pm, on the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December) in the Gilbert Room, St Thomas Church (opposite Crookes post office), Crookes.
He is also happy to see constituents at other times – contact him on 0114 273 5588, 07581 214783 and
geoff.smith2@sheffield.gov.uk. You can also follow him on Twitter at @geoffforcrookes.
The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion has been printed and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.
The latest issue includes:
Download Crosspool Clarion Autumn 2011 (PDF, 659KB)
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.
You may have noticed an increased police presence in the area this week, including a helicopter circling overhead.
We’ve looked into this and it turns out that the helicopter was deployed to complement a ground force operation to apprehend those responsible for break-ins and attempted break-ins to the huts at Hallamshire Golf Club. They also investigated a number of reported barbeques on the rocks adjacent to Sandygate Grove.
Around the same time, an accident occurred at the Blackbrook Road junction with Redmires Road.
A reminder that the 51 bus switches to its summer timetable today, which means a temporarily reduced service for the next few weeks.
The regular timetable for Crosspool’s main bus service will recommence in September 2011.
The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion is going to press and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.
The latest issue includes:
Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2011 (PDF, 1.5MB)
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.
If you are a local business then you may wish to consider advertising in the Clarion. It is a great way to reach over local households. Contact Clarion editor Ian Hague for more information.
To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bus operator First has confirmed that current discount fares will ‘continue indefinitely’ on the 51 bus running from Lodge Moor to Charnock via town.
The promotional fares, which were launched last June, mean that a single journey from Crosspool to town costs £1.60, compared to the previous price of £1.95. The original announcement indicated that the discount fares might only run until March 2011.
Meanwhile, a new timetable (PDF, 623KB) will be in operation on route 51 from 8 May.
Route 51 on Travel South Yorkshire
New route 51 timetable from 8 May 2011 (PDF, 623KB)
Over the last couple of weeks, it seems that Spring has sprung in Crosspool. These photos, taken over the last few days, show some of the daffodils and blossom on view as you walk around the neighbourhood.
You can view them using the slideshow or gallery below.
A new fitness campaign has been launched to accompany a new season of Slimming World classes in Crosspool.
Details are below. The local group meets at St. Columba’s church on Wednesday nights. For more information call Emma on 0114 233 5205 or 07941 062363.
A campaign launches this week to get the people of Sheffield working together to tackle obesity in the Sheffield after a national survey revealed that people who are overweight often suffer humiliation and embarrassment and have low confidence and low self-esteem, all of which seriously affect their everyday lives.
Experts acknowledge that waist measurement, as well as weight, is an indicator of an individual’s health. With an ‘at risk’ waist measurement of more than 88cm (35in) for women and 102cm (40in) for men, results of the survey show that 45% per cent of people in South Yorkshire and the surrounding area are in danger of developing severe health problems.
The Let’s Beat Obesity Together in Sheffield campaign, run by Slimming World, aims to bring the whole community together to encourage and support each other to lose weight and make Sheffield, and principally Crosspool, a happier and healthier place to live.
Anyone who joins their local Slimming World group between 28 February and 12 March and purchases a 12-week Countdown to take part in the Let’s Beat Obesity Together challenge will get FREE membership and two weeks free attendance in a Pay for 10 get 2 weeks free offer – representing a total saving of £19.90.
As part of the campaign, being run especially to benefit the Crosspool community, members will also have the opportunity to be sponsored to lose their weight, and all the proceeds will go to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
For more information about Let’s Beat Obesity Together or the sponsored Slimathon call Emma on 0114 233 5205 or visit www.slimmingworld.com.
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