An extra 18 spaces at station as £1m upgrade completed
A £1 million improvement scheme to two of Calderdale’s local railway stations’ car parks has now been completed.Work has been going on since last winter at Todmorden and Sowerby Bridge stations nad...
View ArticleStudents’ day out at cricket ground
Cricketers from Todmorden High School will have a day of coaching at Yorkshire’s Headlingley ground next month. The session, funded by Yorkshire cricket supporters message board The Corridor of...
View ArticleNew music exercise class
The Oak Todmorden for the over 50s community group is starting a new gentle exercise to music class. Sessions will be held at Roomfield House community rooms on Tuesday from 12.30pm until 1.30pm....
View ArticleJoin us at celebration of next stage of our journey
To celebrate their move to new premises, Todmorden Christian Fellowship is hosting a celebration for the town.On June 16 members moved from their worship venue at the Boat House, Stackhills Road, to...
View ArticleHoliday cottage extension appeal
An appeal has been made to the Secretary of State for planning permission for a two-storey extension to a holiday cottage. Finestreet Limited is seeking consent for the construction work at The Barn,...
View ArticleProperty of the week: Bird’s eye view of Pennine beauty
The glories of Hebden Bridge and its pretty homes perched on hillsides are on view from several approaches to the town.But just imagine if you could sit out on your terrace and take in that...
View ArticleTHe Old Grumpies: Mournful expressions keep us cheerful...
Grumbles this week soon had us considering our mortality.These began with the weather (bring on global warming), political correctness (someone reprimanded for calling his friend Richard by his more...
View ArticleGreat opportunities for women and girls
If ever there was an argument for refurbishing the tennis courts in Centre Vale Park then look no further than the success Todmorden Tennis Club has enjoyed this year in providing opportunities and...
View ArticleEntertaining talk on ‘funny’ police work
Members of the Todmorden Ladies Probus Club were entertained by Ben Richardson’s talk “Tha’s got to laugh” at their June meeting.Mr Richardson was a police constable and later a detective, working in...
View ArticleOpera world premiere will tell Emily’s story
The world premiere of an opera about one of the defining moments of women’s suffrage will debut next month in the composer’s home town.A major award-winner whose work has been broadcast and performed...
View ArticleHealth and beauty by Stone Hair Art: The best way to care for thinning hair
Trevor, operations director of Stone Hair Art, says the salon devotes a lot of time to digging deep, finding all about any history of colour, hair treatments, and reactions in the past such as scalp...
View ArticleHealth and beauty with Stone Hair Art: Haste is no substitute for a good...
Integrity is the quality of having high moral principles.When I first moved here, as is the case with all newcomers I suspect, the question was, who can I trust locally for the things I depend on to...
View ArticleIf it’s Tuesday, it must be Todmorden...
We may not quite live up to the whirlwind jet setting film from the 60s nor do we have Ian McShane as a tour guide, but we do have visitors from all over the world jetting in to see Tod, as well as...
View ArticleIt’s turning chilli down on the farm
May was a foodie month, with the farm attending the Love Your Market week celebration.A great event followed by Sunday at the Fantastic food show in Burnley. Michealea and Helena cooked up a feast of...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday club members celebrating their special day this week include: the following.Friday: Lilly Grace Ingham (5), 10 Banksfield, Mytholmroyd.Monday: Josh Graham Sutcliffe (11), 14 Ramsden Wood Road,...
View ArticleCraft Fair at St Peter’s, Walsden
On Saturday, June 29, following the Walsden Primary School Fair in the morning, there will be a Craft Fair at nearby St Peter’s Church, Walsden (10am to 4pm).Refreshments will be sold and there will be...
View ArticleSome storming shows to entertain everyone
Screening a film called ‘The Eye of the Storm’ might be tempting fate in Hebden Bridge in June but when it stars Charlotte Rampling and Geoffrey Rush, it’s got to be worth the risk.In the Sydney suburb...
View ArticleJoin service veterans at parade and social event
Townspeople are invited to show their respect for service veterans at this year’s Armed Forces Day parade in Todmorden on Sunday.Poignantly, members of Drummer Lee Rigby’s family are to attend the...
View ArticleCycle marathon is first push for Simon’s charity
A charity set up to encourage disabled people to cycle takes part in its first event this Sunday.EMpowered people has been founded by Todmorden man Simon Lord and aims to help people with a disability...
View ArticleTragic week on the roads: One dead and two hurt in crashes
Two major accidents on Todmorden’s roads in three days left one man dead and two women seriously injured.The 46-year-old man died as a result of his injuries when his Honda motorcycle struck a kerb and...
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