Getting together for some carols - and cake for Mayor!
Suzanne Oulton took this overhead picture of Todmorden Schools’ packed Advent service at St Mary’s Church in the run up to Christmas. The children were representing their Primary Schools and singing a...
View ArticleProperty of the week: A charming cottage
This stunning semi-detached cottage began life as two separate cottages, but has been renovated to provide spacious family accomodation. Tucked away off the beaten track in the conservation village of...
View ArticleMajor town centre route is still facing some closure times until after Easter
Development work at Old Gate in Hebden Bridge is due to continue until the end of April 2015.Road closures have been in place since the work started, and will continue until it is completed. However,...
View ArticleCooking up a healthy new you in 2015
The New Year is a time for resolutions and new starts and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering families in Halifax free healthy cooking classes to make 2015 a healthier...
View ArticleMen jailed for burglaries in the upper Calder Valley
Two men have been jailed for a combined total of nearly two years after carrying out burglaries in the upper Calder Valley.Arron James Rookes was jailed for eight months for carrying out a burglary in...
View ArticleShe was at the centre of Calder Valley life in many different - and key - roles
Mrs Sheila Hirst, who has died at the age of 79, served the people of the Calder Valley in several roles, including as a disctrict nurse and as a Magistrate.Sheila was born on December 22, 1934, in...
View ArticleDoctor devoted much of his working life to Todmorden
A doctor who dedicated more than three decades of hisd life to serving the people of Todmorden, John Michael Silvey Grieve died at the age of 86.Dr Grieve, known as Michael to his family and friends,...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their special day before our next issue include the following:January 4: Dominic Walker (5), 86 Lower Manor Lane, Burnley.And belated birthday greetings to the...
View ArticleImprovements to Centre Vale in full motion
Work is well underway to boost facilities at Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park.Todmorden Development Board, which includes Calderdale Council Cabinet Members, Todmorden Town Councillors and local ward...
View ArticleCommemorative events that caught the imagination
One subject which drew people’s interest in the Calder Valley during 2014 was the marking of the centenary of the outbreak of the FirstWorld War.It caught the imagination, as people researched...
View ArticleFirst exhibition of his art for promising Bradley, 10
Young artist Bradley Dyer is delighted to be holding his first exhibition at Platform One Gallery at Todmorden Railway Station.Bradley, who is just 10, has autism and wants to raise awareness of the...
View ArticleOpen events start year
Todmorden Angling Society’s trophy matches will start next year on Sunday, February 8.The teams of three open matches get under way before then, on January 11, when two sections on Croft and one on the...
View ArticleMoney raised from wreath making workshop goes to pathways group
Cornholme residents Anna Butler and Shirley Harris organised a third very successful Christmas wreath-making workshop for the local community on Saturday, December 20, at Vale Baptist Chapel, Burnley...
View ArticleThe Old Grumpies: Looking forward to a grumble, a laugh and the odd gripe. Or...
At our recent meeting we discussed the problems we had at Christmas, reviewed 2014 and outlined our hopes for next year. The usual situation arose at Christmas when most of us were bought yet more...
View ArticleLooking back at 2014: Entertaining the world’s biggest cycle race
A long time in the planning - and long-awaited - this was the year that the Tour De France came to Yorkshire, and to the Calder Valley.Reputedly the world’s biggest free-to-air sport other than the...
View Article£4,000 raised for specialist teenager cancer unit
A Hebden Bridge family made it a great Christmas for a cancer charity when they presented £4,000 to help its specialist work.The Mayor of Hebden Royd, Coun Jonathan Timbers, presented a cheque to the...
View ArticleAppeal to trace replica wild west pistol
Police are appealing for information to trace an imitation wild west pistol stolen in a burglary in Thornhill, Dewsbury.The replica Colt .45, which cannot be converted to fire ammunition, was taken...
View ArticleAll-rounder Shannon leaves Booth for arch rivals Jer Lane
Booth’s league side all-rounder Chris Shannon has agreed to join Foster’s Halifax League champions Jer Lane.It is a major blow to the Calder Valley club’s hopes of bridging the 24 point gap between...
View ArticleHelp needed to find missing Dewsbury woman
Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Carly Smith, of Dewsbury. Carly, who is 33, was last seen in Beckett Street, Leeds, at about 7.21pm on Wednesday, December 31.Police are...
View ArticleInjured man on island rescued by Brighouse firefighters
An injured man stranded on an island in a Bradford lake had to be saved by specialist water rescue teams from Brighouse.Emergency services were called to Peel Park in Peel Park View on Friday January 2...
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