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AS part of our new look Todmorden News this week - out on Thursday, January 24, 2013 - we are making a great new subscription offer available, offering 40 per cent off your weekly purchase price.If you...
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Helicopter crash pilot was from Notts
THE man who died in a helicopter crash in London last Wednesday is a former pilot of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Service.Fifty-year-old Pete Barnes died when his aircraft collided...
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Hopes to build on best year yet
A group for adults with learning disabilities has lots of plans for the year ahead as it hopes to build on a successful 2012. Independent Living Todmorden (ILT), which meets twice a week in The Crypt...
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Fearless Midgley face rivals for Premier title
After last weekend’s total wipeout in the Haslem-Sheppard Halifax AFL, Calder Valley clubs will be hoping for a miraculous thaw over the next 48 hours to stop them falling further behind with their...
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Variety marks theatre’s 20th anniversary
HEBDEN Bridge Little Theatre members are celebrating the 20th anniversary of its opening by unveiling of the programme for the 2013 season.President Michael Peel said: “It’s a special year and our play...
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Service veteran Jack Heywood
At 17, Jack Heywood, of Todmorden, who has died at the age of 91, joined the Territorial Army in spring 1939 and did not return to his Cornholme home for another six years.His ship was redirected to...
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£300,000 fencing project
Pennine Housing is set to create new work opportunities thanks to a £300,000 fencing project in Todmorden.The 12-month project to install fencing made from 100 per cent recycled materials will be...
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Celebrating their special day
BIRTHDAY Club members who are celebrating their special day this week include the following.Friday: Lennie Benjamin Halstead (5), 10 Caldicott Close, Todmorden; Max Michael Fyles (8), 66 Cambridge...
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Home conversion for mast site
Mr Andrew Greenwood is seeking permission to demolish a mast and convert existing buildings to one dwelling with a first floor extension and link at the VHF transmitter, Windy Harbour Lane, which is on...
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TRIG members hope for lots of sightings at Big Bird Watch
Todmorden Riverside Improvement Group (TRIG) will be taking part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch on Saturday. Last year TRIG members recorded 18 different bird species on Tipside over the Big...
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Application for barn conversion
Plans to convert a barn to a dwelling at Warland Farm, Warland, Walsden, have been submitted to Calderdale Council.The application is to replace an extant listed building consent in order to extend the...
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Help fight against future flooding
The newly formed Flood Action Groups in Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Todmorden are seeking new members.The monthly meetings are for anyone in the valley concerned with flooding.For more info, contact...
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Defence work will run into millions
HERE are some of the £3 million flood prevention projects that will be carried out in the upper Calder Valley.TODMORDEN: Rochdale Road, Walsden – collapsed retaining wall (£80,000); Walsden Water –...
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Active methodist and rotarian dies, aged 78
Michael Crabtree, a prominent Hebden Bridge Rotarian, member of the Methodist Church and ambassador for the Society of Dyers and Colourist has died of heart failure, aged 78.Michael was born in Hebden...
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Seeking approval for a fence
Retrospective planning permission is being sought for a roadside boundary fence, south of 281 Rochdale Road, Todmorden.It has been submitted to Calderdale Council. Any representations must be made by...
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Watchdog members meet with staff and doctors at practice
A health watchdog has met with staff and doctors to try and ensure a better link-up between the groups. Members of Todmorden Patients’ Participation Group (PPG) had a meeting at the health centre with...
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Join the Bale Frenzy in 2013
An eco building firm is looking for people to join the Bale Frenzy 2013. Straw Works Ltd - headed by Barbara Jones, formerly of Amazonails - is running a programme of straw bale building courses...
View ArticleOscar nominated Watts stars in epic survival story
She has been nominated for an Oscar for her performance, and valley films can see Naomi Watts in The Impossible at the Picture House this week.The film tells the story of Maria and Henry and their...
View ArticleGround-breaking folk award winner prepares valley gig
Ground-breaking two-time BBC Folk Musician of the Year Andy Cutting arrives at Hebden Bridge Trades Club on Wednesday night.Andy, who won the award in 2008 and 2011, combines his grounding in English...
View ArticlePiano festival ready for its ticket launch
Tickets go on sale on Friday for the inaugural Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, which will be the first major music event held at the town hall.Although the town already plays host to several successful...
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