Clarets Corner with John Greenwood: A niggly summer in many ways - can...
There has been a curiously bitter air around this summer.Club online chat forums are full of complaints, some with a point, others exercises in unreality, when you would think all fans would be looking...
View ArticleVan Schalkwyk comes in for Church test
Todmorden will have South African Shadley Van Schalkwyk as substitute professional at home to Church in the Lancashire League on Sunday.The right arm medium quick bowler and left handed batsmen was pro...
View ArticleWI hosting a coffee morning
Todmorden Women’s Institute are hosting a coffee morning on Saturday, August 16.It will run at Central Methodist Church from 10am to noon, and entry is £1.As well as the refreshments, there will be a...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their special day this week include the following.Tuesday: Emily Bdeth Lansdell (5), 4 Making Place Cottages, Soyland Town Road, Soyland, Ripponden.Wednesday:...
View ArticleWorld record Le Tour bunting to be sold off
The world-record breaking which lined the route of this year’s Grand Depart in Cragg Vale bunting will be sold off this weekend.The 12,115.84m array of coloured bunting, made up of 52,939 flags, beat...
View ArticleOSCA winner Keith steals show with unbeaten century
Keith Hudson celebrated winning a Yorkshire Cricket Board award last Thursday by playing arguably the best innings of his long career.The man who has been described as “Mr Bridgeholme CC” took the...
View ArticleInnovative and always fresh, Martin Carthy hits the stage
Either side of a dance music night, there is a reflective air, not to say an innovational one, about two other weekend gigs at Hebden Bridge Trades Club.On Friday, August 15, U.S. singer-songwriter...
View ArticleClairvoyant date, festival arts appeal
Clairvoyant Steve Holbrook is ready for his Todmorden date, when he appears at the Town Hall, Todmorden town centre, on Tuesday, August 19 (7pm for a 7.30pm start).Tickets are £17 in advance -...
View ArticleCommunity centre car boot sale
The next car boot sale to raise funds for Mytholmroyd Community Centre is on Sunday, August 17, from 7.30am onwards.It costs £10 per car to “take a space” and you can pay in the day.Refreshments are...
View ArticleRobert wheels in with new exhibition
Robert P. Clarke is exhibiting recent art work from his life cycling project and figurative line drawings and prints at Platform One Gallery, Todmorden Railway Station, Todmorden, until August 24. The...
View ArticleRail reccomendations from upper valley transport group - in full
The Upper Calder Valley Renaissance Sustainable Transport Group’s key recommendations for the Calder Valley line in full are as follows:l Customers require later evening trains from Leeds, Manchester...
View ArticleBright day with scattered showers forecast for Calderdale
It is expected to be a bright and sunny day with scattered blustery showers developing during the the morning.Showers may be heavy and thundery in the afternoon and will continue into the evening, but...
View ArticleFormer Mayoress and at heart of her community, Sheila Brown
Tributes have been paid to former Mayoress of Todmorden, Sheila Brown, who passed away on July 24.Along with her husband Clarence, who died in 2006, she was one of the town’s two leading citizens as...
View ArticleThe rubbish pile that kept on growing...
Angry residents protested to the council to tackle a growing ‘pile of rubbish’ on a Todmorden street, as fly-tippers continued to dump thereThe rubbish pile on Barker Street was there for more than a...
View ArticleIt’s home first, later a London stage debut
Two years after his debut opera was enthusiastically received, composer Tim Benjamin is spreading his wings with a tour for his second production, starting this month.But like Emily, which told the...
View ArticleWhat valley’s rail passengers want to see
Residents of Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmrioyd and surrounding areas want later trains back from Manchester and Leeds, earlier and more trains on Sundays, a direct service to Huddersfield and new...
View ArticleHow Lynne learned how vital it was to keep the air ambulances flying
Lynne Copley was a teacher in Huddersfield when someone rushed into the staff room one day to say a young student had been badly hurt..Rushing out, she found that a 14-year-old pupil had somehow dashed...
View ArticleGraham hits the stage at Summer Jam
Calderdale musician Graham Thompson hits the festival stage this August alongside big name artists including mod icon Bruce Foxton – former bass player with The Jam.Graham, 23, who hails from Hebden...
View ArticleCouncil pay out £370,000 in consultants’ fees
Taxpayers forked out £369,878 during the last financial year in outside consultants fees paid by Calderdale Council.The council paid £70,000 to Sue Ross Consulting Ltd to act as Interim Head of...
View ArticleCan we get to grips with this world problem?
A gorgeously sunny afternoon in Todmorden (now how often can you say that?) didn’t deter U3A members from providing a full house at Roomfield Baptist Church for Laurence Cockcroft’s talk to the World...
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