Farm produce to take taste test
Food lovers can sample some of Todmorden’s home-grown produce during a taste test day at The Bear on Saturday. A team from the Incredible Farm in Walsden will be offering people the chance to try some...
View ArticleSkipper Dewhirst targets a follow-up title success
It is all systems go for Walsden, who will look to put a troubled last couple of months behind them when they start their Central Lancashire League title defence on Sunday.Chris Dewhirst’s side travel...
View ArticleGodsmans among the medals and Harriers take team prizes
Veterans from Calder Valley Fell Runners and Todmorden Harriers got among the honours at Saturday’s Pendle Fell Race.Valley’s Shaun and Sharon Godsman won over 40s medals in a race awarded Lancashire...
View ArticleCask ales and a crunch match? Owzat for a great weekend!
The best in real ales, ciders and perries from throughout the British Isles will be available to those attending Walsden Cricket and Bowling Club’s fifth annual beer festival next weekend.And with some...
View ArticlePowerful drama for spring
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre are staging Arthur Miller’s powerful drama All My Sons for their Spring production.The play opens with the ominous discovery that an “ill wind” has blown down the apple...
View ArticleCleaners dash to help Lucky pooch in peril
There have been canine cheers for Calderdale Council after it came to the rescue when Todmorden’s popular pooch was in peril.The Lucky Dog in Centre Vale Park was left feeling a bit rough last week...
View ArticleThree appointed to new board
Three town councillors have been appointed onto the Todmorden Development Board. Couns Andrew Hartley (Conservative), David O’Neill (Independent) and Mo Brown (Labour) will be the town council’s...
View ArticleDucks with a spring in their step...
You can always tell when spring’s really arriving in Todmorden.You’ll see Todmorden Lions members out and about selling the distinctive yellow plastic ducks for their annual race on the River Calder...
View ArticleChildren flock together to see what life is like on the wing
Children from Shade School visited Ramsden Farm at Walsden before Easter to look at how the farm tries to support birds and attract them to the area.Royal Society for the Protection of Birds twite...
View ArticleBy-election winner’s focus on transport and health
Todmorden’s newly elected town councillor has vowed to push for a railway station in Cornholme after winning last week’s by-election. Labour candidate David Tattersall topped the polls in the Cornholme...
View ArticleTickling the ivories at new festival
The coolest place in Britain is about to show music is key to its appeal as internationally renowned performers arrive for its first Piano Festival.After months of planning, the Hebden Bridge Piano...
View ArticleJoining forces at spring concert
Todmorden Choral Society and Orchestra will join forces for a concert at Todmorden Town Hall on Sunday at 7.30pm. The concert will feature Schubert’s “Mass in A flat major” and Mozart’s “Requiem”....
View ArticleIf you hear gunshots, this shooting’s only for celluloid
If you hear gunshots echoing from the moorland above Todmorden on Friday night (April 19), then don’t be alarmed is the message from a film production company.Tiber Films, who are filming a chase movie...
View ArticleRichard resigns over policy issues
Todmorden town councillor Richard White has left the Liberal Democrats due to concerns over the party’s stance on Trident nuclear weapons and the new justice and security bill. Coun White, who has...
View ArticleACV travel south with Geordie jazz
Not many bands travel south to play at HX7 Jazz, but that will be the case when ACV bring the best of Geordie jazz to the Trades Club next week. Bassist Andy Champion formed the quintet in 2009 to play...
View ArticleTeam cycles for apprenticeships
Seven cyclists will be pedalling along the upper Calder Valley on Tuesday afternoon as part of their quest to raise £100,000 to fund apprenticeships in Calderdale.The team are cycling about 100 miles a...
View ArticlePassenger’s thanks to two who stayed with him until the ambulance arrived
A Todmorden senior citizen who fell ill on a bus has thanked a passenger and the driver who stayed with him while an ambulance arrived.Todmorden man Mr A. Neil fell ill while travelling on April 10 and...
View ArticleJack’s House quit the league
Jack’s House AFC have withdrawn from the Rochdale Online Alliance due to a shortage of players.A club which had two teams last season, found itself unable to raise one side to play at Rochdale Sacred...
View ArticlePAIR MAKE promising start
Walsden and Todmorden got their seasons up and running in encouraging fashion with a victory each last weekend.Walsden started their Central Lancashire League title defence with a 37-run win at Clifton...
View ArticleWalsden are ‘in clear’ after taxman’s probe
Walsden Cricket Club will not have an extra tax bill to meet after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.The Scott Street club cancelled plans to bring Sri Lanka Ranil Dhammika, a key member of...
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