Summer 2020 The Official Newsletter of the Crosspool Forum Volume 17 Issue 2 Having a voice . Making a difference ™ CROSSPOOL NEWS - crosspool.info 3000 copies delivered quarterly Editor: Ian Hague With people ordered to social distance and remain in their homes, as much as possible, the UK was in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday 26 March 2020, to hon- our and pay tribute to all key workers: NHS staff, supermarket workers, teachers, Healthcare workers, emergency services, armed ser- vices, delivery drivers, shop workers, teachers, waste collectors, manufacturers, postal workers, cleaners, vets, engineers and all those who are out there mak- ing an unbelievable difference to our lives during the coronavirus emergency, “Clap For Our Carers,” ask that as many people as possible get involved every Thursday by applauding either outdoors or through open windows at the designated time 8pm. As a symbol of hope and to make sure the NHS, its staff and key workers know we appreci- ate them continuing to With the schools, nurseries and colleges closed for an indefinite work every day to ensure period, and no school patrolled crossings to supervise children’s we are safe, fed and cared safety, it is inevitable that more youths will be around and young for during this time, loads children out playing on the pavements. Help make our communi- of you have been making ty safe during this uncertain period by being more rainbows to put in your aware of your speed whilst driving and taking ex- windows and outside to tra care entering and exiting drives. show your continued sup- Reducing speed, particularly now the schools are port and to help our com- closed, reducer’s collisions and casualties. munity keep smiling.… It’s difficult to see someone who is wearing darker clothing at congratulations, you are night, and when the weather is wet and grey. It’s important to incredible. make yourself more visible to other road users, stay safe, take care and help prevent the future of Crosspool being injured on Due to the current legislation, our roads and pavements. regrettably the April Open Meeting had to be cancelled In This Issue OPEN MEETING Community Quilt Crosspool info Thursday 30th July 2020 at 7:00pm Schools Making Scrubs St Columba’s Church, Manchester Road, Crosspool Glimpses of Past Epidemics Local councillors, the police, council representatives and guest speakers, Local Businesses Adapt are generally on hand to listen to your concerns on local issues. Flood Protection Programme Keep your eye on the ‘Spar noticeboard’ and ‘Crosspool News’ Families in Lockdown Email:- [email protected] and Tele:- 07713687955 Page 2 Crosspool Clarion Sheffield Manchester Road "Your Dream Holiday Specialists" Crosspool Sheffield S10 5PN 1 Ringstead Crescent Crosspool Sheffield S10 5SG M.O.T. Centre Free Air Tele: 01142 687 500 Free Anti freeze Check Email: [email protected] Air Conditioning Service Established over 20years Australia & New Zealand Servicing, Repairs, Welding Indian Ocean- Far East - USA Collection/Delivery Service Cruises and lots, lots more Courtesy Car Available We are proudly Independent Tel/Fax: 01142 662 408 Help Create a Community Quilt During the current lockdown, local resident Amy Chambers has encour- aged everyone to stitch, draw, embroider, paint or stamp on a square of cotton or lightweight material, (15x15cms with a 1 cm border), to make anything that shows how you are feeling at this strange and unusual time. The squares are now gradually being sewn together to make a Community Quilt; 64 squares so far! 1mx1.3m, it's looking great! After its completion, when things return to normal, this piece of memorable history will be on public display in the community. Thank you so much to everyone that has taken the time to join in! And for all the notes with the squares, love hearing your in- spiration! Despite restrictions being lifted slightly I'm happy to keep this going! xx Please share the idea with neighbours who may not be on social media, (obviously maintaining safe social distancing!!) I’ve got a feeling we can all make something beautiful between us! Once you have done your square/s, please contact: [email protected] for us to pass on to Amy. Volume 17 Issue 2 Page 3 Ladies & Gents Hairdresser Colouring Specialiy 2 Sandygate Road Quality Natural And Raw Food Crosspool Sheffield S10 5NA Tel: 0114 2665950 Tapton School Academy Trust Following the UK Governments coronavirus announcement for lockdown measures to be implemented from the 23th March, schools were closed to all but key workers and vulnerable children. Since then Design and Technology teachers, volunteers and a small number of pupils at Tapton School Academy Trust, have been busy making PPE for Key Care Workers. As well as making a request to suppliers to donate polypropylene sheets, clear acetate, polycarbonate and PVC, the Trust has also made an appeal for crowdfunding donations via the virgin money giving website; with over £6500 kindly donated so far. In addition to the Academy’s Design and Technology teams making and delivering in excess of 1000 face shields to one of our local hospitals, Tapton has produced over 30 sets of scrubs with hand drawn Thank You notes, made by key worker’s children, thanking frontline staff for all they are doing in the fight against the coronavirus. A recent posting on the school news website from Trust CEO David Dennis said:- “I think this is a brilliant initiative from our teams and use of the expertise and resource of our schools. Thank you to all staff involved and all our communities who are supporting in contributing to the effort to support front line staff". Thank you to the staff, pupils and volunteers at Tapton who have contributed, they have been amazing. School Term Cut Short As the Coronavirus took the country into unparalleled times, and the closure of schools brought the school term to an abrupt end for the majority of children, a loud groan was heard from the children at King Edwards lower school as they were told the news by Assistant Head Cath Jackson at her final assembly. After the dismay of students having their lives turned upside down overnight. The Students worry now, is that after months studying and coursework and all GCSE, “A” and “AS” level examinations being cancelled, how it would affect their future prospects, college and university assessments . Students who were due to sit GCSE, “A” and “AS” level exams this summer will receive a calculated grade. The calculated grade process will take into account a range of evidence including; non-exam assessment and mock examination results. To ensure that grades are fair between schools and colleges, exam boards will put all central assess- ment grades through a process of standardisation, using a model developed with Ofqual, the inde- pendent qualifications regulator, whose overriding aim is to make sure arrangements are as fair as possible for all students. To enable students to progression to higher and further education in the normal way, results will be published as originally planned; “A” and “AS” levels on 13th August and GCSE results on 20th August. This will also allow students time to decide whether they wish to sit exams in the autumn, and to pre- pare for those exams if necessary. Good luck to all children at our local school. Page 4 Crosspool Clarion Glimpses of past epidemics 1666 - Mineral spring-water of “great repute” was obtained “from Fullwood Spaw in the tyme that the sickness was att Eam [Eyam]” - but after the Plague years the site was all but forgotten as a clean water source - even when Sheffield was ravaged by waterborne diseases like cholera. 1737 - Dr Thomas Short of Sheffield reported: September full of great Changes; hence that sudden and general Catarrh in October; succeeded in the latter End of the Month, and all November, by a fatal Diarrhoea among the Poor. This visitation of cholera continued until December 5th, when he spied an auspicious meteor which "restored general health, till the next epidemic." 1832 - the first stone of a new Cutler’s Hall was laid by John Blake of Upperthorpe - only for a new chol- era outbreak to cut short his run as Master Cutler. The first victim was interred in haste at St. George’s Church, late at night: We lament to state that a fatal case of Cholera...has occurred in this town. The patient was a tailor, named Foster, who had recently left Thorne. (Sheffield Courant) Clothing was thought to spread the contagion, and just as folk histories of the Plague at Eyam blamed George Viccars, tailor, for handling contaminated clothes in 1665, it was no surprise that the entry of chol- era to Sheffield was imputed to a tailor. A Public Dispensary opened on Tudor Place, where Dr Charles Fox Favell tried mercury, mustard, potash and poultices, bleeding, brandy and “blisters to the spine” to no avail. He even applied Galvanic current to two patients, who were, in his words, “discharged cured”. 1837 - John Acton, Union Street druggist, noted in his diary: I have not had such a brisk physic trade for years. Nearly every house in Sheffield is visited with Influenza....Every newspaper I look into has a remedy in it. 1842 - Mary Hutton, working-class poet of Cotton Mill Row, saw the unequal impact of epidemics ('when pestilential vengeance sternly swept its thousands to the grave') and the higher death-toll among the poor. When a bereaved mother applied to the Parish Overseer for the burial costs of her child - and was told to sell the body to the surgeons - Mary imagined a better world: No baneful workhouses were there; The rich were not alone protected; Nor yet the poor sold and dissected..