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1 WELCOME to CROSSPOOL,
- 1.1 THE CROSSPOOL FORUM, run entirely by volunteers for the good of the community
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3 Clarion
4 Picture Gallery

[edit] WELCOME to CROSSPOOL,

A Suburb of the City of Sheffield, England.

Thank you for visiting the Crosspool Forum's official website.

You can browse for local information via the menus on the left and above, or 'search' to find exactly what you need straight away.

We hope that you find this site both interesting and informative.

Our aim is to expand the site to provide noteworthy information for the local community of Crosspool. This can only be achieved with your help. For that reason we would welcome your views and ideas on how to develop the website further.

We would especially welcome information of local community activities, local web sites, or anything you judge to be of interest to the community, and worthy of inclusion.

As an internet site it allows us to provide frequent information, updates on local events and community news.

Crosspudlians this is your website, so why not drop us a line. "Contact Ian"

[edit] THE CROSSPOOL FORUM, run entirely by volunteers for the good of the community

“Highly Commended” for a 2008 “Environmental Community Award”,

The idea for the Crosspool Forum came in late 2002, under the auspices of Dave Aspinall (then South West Area Co-ordinator), and was launched in June 2003. Monthly committee meetings (with sub-committees) to tackle local issues, along with quarterly open meetings for all local residents, are held in St Columba’s Church Hall. Reports of open meeting minutes, together with items of local interest, letters, and adverts are published in the ‘Crosspool Clarion’, which is than delivered to over 2500 households in the area.

The Forum tackles issues such as litter, grass verge parking, local bus services/shelters, planning applications, tree replacement and the like. It had a large input into the 2007 traffic management scheme through the Crosspool shopping precinct alterations, and has secured the Hagg Copse (Coldwell Lane/ Manchester Road junction) as a community ‘Green Area’.

Through its excellent interaction with the Area Panel, council officers, local councillors, schools and Police, the Forum is committed to preserving and improving Crosspool’s first-rate access to the countryside, village atmosphere, good neighbourliness and general character of the area!

For the past four years we’ve held a Summer Fayre in July at the CDYST’s premises on Coldwell Lane, and car boot sales in June and September at the Crosspool Tavern. The Première thinking behind these events was to promote a community spirit, with all the proceeds going towards helping to provide summer hanging baskets, planters and other such things that develop and enhance the area. On Mayday 08 the installation of a bench, (made possible by generous donations), made a welcome addition to the precinct.

Fresh input such as articles for the ‘Clarion’, help at the Summer Fayre, and committee membership is always welcome; please contact the Chairman Ian Hague at crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or telephone 0114 3351674.

[edit] Links

[edit] Clarion

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[edit] Picture Gallery

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[edit] Precinct Alterations 2006-2007

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The "GreenCross Bench", Installed Mayday 2008.

[edit] Summer Blooms 2008

Crosspool Precinct before the 2006 alterations

[edit] 2008 Summary Fayre

Face Painting

Barney Balony

[edit] Crosspool Forum CarBoot Sale

September 13th 2008

After weeks of inclement weather, the sunshine and the chance to snap up a bargain came as a welcome relief.

8.00am; setup and waiting for the onslaught.

[edit] Hagg Copse

Saturday 24th November 2007 10am Media coverage of a hedge planting day by the local Beavers, Cubs & Scouts

With the help of the Sheffield Council Park Rangers a rustic bench has now been installed at Hagg Copse. Why not take a stroll out to Hagg Copse, enjoy a sit-down amongst the flora & fauna. Observe the birds busy in the undergrowth looking for nest building materials. See if your can spot the plant life, first planted in the autumn, coming into flower. We will be helping out those busy birds later on this year by putting up some bird boxes, along with a few bat boxes. If anybody observes any unusual birds or wildlife within the Copse, it would be useful to let the Crosspool Forum management committee know. This information can be useful in protecting a site from future developments. So, take time out of your busy schedule and enjoy our little wildlife haven.