We visited Crosspool to find out about the Sheffield neighbourhood with two secondary schools, and close to football history
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00:00Tucked away between Sheffield's city centre and the Peak District
00:05lies a Sheffield neighbourhood which boasts two of the city's best-known secondary schools.
00:10It's also just a short walk from Sheffield's oldest football ground, Hallam FC.
00:15We've been to Crosspool to find out what it's like as a place to live.
00:18And the general feeling that I've had from speaking to people locally
00:23is that it's a nice place with friendly people, plenty of shops, plenty of restaurants
00:28and plenty of pubs as well.
00:30This is what the local people told us.
00:34Morgan Sparks is landlord of one of Crosspool's pubs, The Sportsman
00:39at the junction of Manchester Road and Benty Lane.
00:50What do you like about Crosspool?
00:58Yes, we've got lovely customers coming here.
01:04We've got quite a few who want to drink this moonshine and love it.
01:07Oh yes, I agree with that.
01:09I thought you would somehow.
01:13Are the facilities good locally?
01:16You've got quite a few shops down the road here.
01:18You've got Tesco Express as well and a spa.
01:21You've got quite a few shops down here, local shops.
01:26And you've got Batewell just down the road, haven't you?
01:30Yes, it's a very beautiful countryside around this area.
01:36I would highly recommend it, it's not far from Lodgemore,
01:39not far from Hillsborough if you go that way.
01:43I think this week Longshore will come last week.
01:46Yes, you've got everything round here.
01:48Easy accessible, it's only about 10 minutes into town.
01:53It's good bus service.
01:56It is lovely, yes.
01:59Could you tell me what you think about Crosspool as a place to live and go?
02:04Well, good shops, local shops.
02:08Not a big supermarket, but pretty much everything else you want.
02:12Very good doctors.
02:14Walking distance from the Hallamshire Bridge for me is a big plus.
02:19Not too much crime, though there is the odds,
02:23but it doesn't really affect us as old age pensioners.
02:29Very good restaurants, actually.
02:32Pappachichio's particularly, which we go to regularly.
02:38I think that's probably about it.
02:41I mean, it's a fairly clean place, as you can see.
02:45We don't have too many problems.
02:50It's quite a good community.
02:53It's very close to the countryside,
02:56but we've got all the facilities.
02:58We've got good shops, we've got a nursery,
03:01we've got a scout headquarters for youngsters,
03:05and generally the shops are very good.
03:08I could even get my hair cut at a reasonable price as well.
03:12Is it good for schools and things as well?
03:15Yes, there's a local school.
03:18Well, there's two locally, really,
03:21and they've both got pretty good reputations.
03:25We're in the stage of life where we've got grandchildren,
03:29so they've had the opportunity of going to the nursery,
03:33going to the guides, again, a local facility,
03:37and generally enjoying life.
03:41I like Crosspool because it's a friendly area.
03:44It's got quite good facilities, not as many as it used to have,
03:48and it's fairly diverse, a mix of people.
03:55We have a festival for the last week of June,
03:58beginning of July every year,
04:01which starts with...
04:03It has a well-dressing, street market,
04:06activities all through the week,
04:08and finishing with a joint church's service picnic,
04:12something like that.
04:14And all the organisations get involved with doing things,
04:17open gardens, scarecrow competition.
04:20Is it popular?
04:22I think so. Some things are more popular than others.
04:27Yes, the street market is very popular,
04:30open gardens is very popular,
04:33fashion show, that's always very popular.
04:36So what do you like most about Crosspool?
04:39That it's friendly, people help each other, I think.
04:44There's quite a lot going on.