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On Thursday 22 March a two-year-old ginger cat called Lola went missing from her home on Stephen Hill Road. Have you seen her?
She is quite timid and usually only ventures around a couple of local gardens. She can be a bit nosey though so could be in a shed or garage.
The owners are asking whether local residents could check garages, basements, greenhouses and sheds in case Lola is trapped inside.
If you think you might have seen Lola, please ring the owner on 07812 650396.
Next time you’re filling up at Crosspool’s Jet petrol station, pass on your congratulations to Val Taylor.
Val has been awarded Sales Assistant of the Year in recognition of her efforts of going the extra mile when helping customers.
The manager of the petrol station, Stella Lucas, commented: “Val is an absolute pleasure to work with; she has the patience of a saint and nothing is too much trouble when it comes to helping our customers. She contacts the local garage if customers have car problems and offers helpful directions if anyone is lost. Val takes the greatest pride in her work by arriving early and keeping the forecourt clean, plus she is always dressed immaculately.”
The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion has been printed and will be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households from this weekend.
You can download a PDF (1.4MB) here. This edition is written by Ashleigh Fletcher from Sheffield High School. It includes:
Download Crosspool Clarion Spring 2012, Volume 9 Issue 1 (PDF, 1.4MB)
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.
New ticket machines and tickets have arrived on the 51 bus serving Crosspool.
The new machines issue new-style of paper ticket and are also expected to be part of First’s plans to offer contactless payment for passengers.
This means that you’ll be able to wave a pre-pay card, or debit/credit card in front of the machine to pay your fare. The new system will also have the capability to accept payment via mobile phone.
It doesn’t look like the new contactless payment systems aren’t yet active on the 51 route, so in the meantime you’ll still receive a paper ticket when paying by cash.
FirstGroup announces £27m investment in groundbreaking bus ticket technology
On Saturday afternoon police attended the ATM machine located outside Spar in Crosspool precinct.
Once again someone had reported that they had had a problem with the machine and that money had been removed from their account. The police rang the owners, Bank Machines, to report the problem. Bank Machines told the police that they are not able to send an engineer until midweek.
An ‘out of order’ sign has been placed on the machine.
Problems were previously reported with the machine back in October and again in December.
First South Yorkshire has announced most of the timetable for the 51 bus route over Christmas and new year.
Full details are on the First South Yorkshire website:
Christmas and new year First bus services (2011/12) in South Yorkshire
Crosspool card and gift shop Charisma will be open Sundays in December from 9:30am to 1.00pm to give customers more time to browse and stock up for Christmas.
They also have an online shop, at www.giftsonlineuk.net, and you can follow them on Twitter at @charisma_gifts.
Crosspool residents are being urged to check their bank statements following further reports of unauthorised withdrawals from bank accounts after using the cash machine in Crosspool.
One person on Twitter said: “Just to let you know, the cash machine outside the spar in Crosspool has been tampered with again. (information from spar staff) please check your bank accounts!”.
Another post on Crosspool Forum’s Facebook wall commented: “Acc to the manager at crosspool tavern the cash machine at the spar has been tampered with again plz RT check your accounts”.
At the end of October we reported similar problems for people who had used the Crosspool cash machine. Some banks identified the unusual activity and stopped funds leaving customers’ accounts.
If you have used the ATM outside Spar recently then we recommend that you double-check the transactions on your account and contact your bank if you see anything unusual.
If you’ve been a victim of this you can report your incident to the police by calling 0114 220 2020. If you want to speak to Bank Machines, the company that runs the machine, they can be contacted on 0800 028 6923.
We’ll keep you updated if we hear any other news.
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:
Crosspool Clarion vol 8 issue 4 winter 2011 (PDF, 1.3MB)
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.
This weekend Crosspool Forum will be putting up 20 Christmas trees above shops in the precinct. It will be the seventh year that our local shops have been decorated with them.
The plan is to put them up in the precinct this Sunday, 27 November. If you an hour spare and would like to help with placing the Christmas lights on the trees, pop along to the area outside Direct Travel at 9.30am. We’d love to see you there!
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