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Richard Jackson will answer your gardening questions as well as doing a brief talk on protecting and supporting your plants throughout the seasons at this special Gardeners’ Question Time event on Wednesday 1 July.
Join in from 2pm at Valleyside Garden Centre Cafe, Manchester Road.
Gardeners’ Question Time is part of the 2015 Crosspool Festival.
Local residents gathered this evening in the midsummer wind and sun to celebrate the unveiling of Crosspool’s new well dressing.
Festival chair and St. Columba’s priest-in-charge Frances Eccleston led the short dedication outside Crosspool Tavern.
This year’s well dressing celebrates the centenary of the bus service through Crosspool. 1913 saw the introduction of the first omnibus to carry passengers in Sheffield. It linked the tram terminus at Broomhill to Lodge Moor and the countryside.
The old fashioned term ‘omnibus’ is derived from Latin and literally means for all, to everywhere. This was presumably because for the first time a public service vehicle could travel on any road and was not restricted by tram lines.
Crosspool well dressing has been created by local volunteers and the materials provided by fund raising events and donations.
The dedication of the well dressing will be followed by a week of events in Crosspool celebrating the life of our community.
Thanks go to Valleyside Garden Centre and Ronaldo’s Hairdressing for their support in creating the well and Rivelin Valley Conservation Group Task Team for erecting the board.
As you enter Crosspool via Manchester Road, keep an eye out for the new flower box under the Welcome to Crosspool sign.
The £20 box was prepared by Valleyside garden centre and paid for by Crosspool Forum.
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