Cafe’s open day will be sew good
Cheeky Sew and Sew is holding an open day on Saturday. The sewing workshop, on Rochdale Road, Todmorden, is inviting people to come and have a look around, find out what courses are available and ask...
View ArticleWalsden back on top ahead of crunch home test against Heywood
Walsden host Heywood in the Central Lancashire League on Saturday hoping to hang on to top spot in what is building up into a thrilling title race.The top four clubs are separated by only four points...
View Article247-run weekend for alwis
Todmorden skipper Andrew Sutcliffe has hailed Geeth Alwis’s contribution with the bat last weekend as “sensational.”The Sri Lankan hit an unbeaten 149 at Colne on Saturday - the highest in the...
View ArticleFoot in good heart for derby after tie drama
It’s derby day in Division Two of the Foster’s Halifax League on Saturday with Luddenden Foot looking to push their promotion claims at the expense of visitors Old Town.Foot will go into the game on...
View ArticleCaptain takes honours by narrowest of margins
Todmorden Golf Club’s annual match play team contest between sides representing the Captain and the President wassurprisingly poorly attended, especially given that it was such a beautiful day. The...
View ArticleVideo: Weir Minerals celebrates winning Queen’s Award for second time
Weir Minerals Europe Ltd celebrated winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and the opening of its new £5m foundry extension. See footage from the celebration event as managing director Tony Locke...
View ArticleTAODS hand out gongs before project begins
A theatre group held an awards evening to celebrate the achievements of its members over the last 12 months. Todmorden Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (TAODS) staged the event at its Hippodrome...
View ArticlePutting up the bunting for shop’s anniversary
The balloons and bunting were out as a charity shop celebrated its seventh anniversary in Todmorden. Volunteers and staff at the Overgate Hospice shop, on Halifax Road, decorated the inside and outside...
View ArticleSimon says: know where to get help
Calderdale Council’s ‘Think Contraception’ campaign is being backed by Luddenden Foot Labour councillor Simon Young.Coun Young, the council’s Assistant Cabinet Member for Health Inequalities, said:...
View ArticleWrench leads Harriers home in Pike contest
The fine weather has enticed many Todmorden Harriers out racing in the last week, starting with the club’s Stoodley Pike Fell Race.The 5km route climbed up from the Top Brink Inn, along the skyline to...
View ArticleFolk band’s twist on the banjo sound
Hebden Bridge Folk Club will welcome Edinburgh-based five-piece band Blueflint when it stages its next event at the Trades Club on Thursday, July 25. In 2009 the band’s highly acclaimed debut album...
View ArticleFly the flag on Yorkshire Day
Todmordians are being encouraged to get involved with celebrations to mark Yorkshire Day next month. The Yorkshire Ridings Society has launched the “A Ring of Roses” project, which invites residents...
View ArticleSecure site means family memories remain private
Mum-of-three Kelly Marsden has set up a secure on-line “photo album” which keeps friends and family up to date without outsiders having access to their children’s images.And business experts say the...
View ArticleWe can rebuild him - and at special assembly we did!
Children in 5/6H at Castle Hill Primary School enjoyed studying works by the Mytholmroyd-born poet and author, Ted Hughes.The text we focused on during our project was The Iron Man. One of the ways we...
View ArticleIt’s logical. Or is it? At times, we don’t know...
At our recent meeting a member became quite angry at one particular topic and shouted “I don’t know why we sit here and stand for it.”Realising he was not talking about the National Anthem some one...
View ArticlePolice appeal to find 14-year-old girl from Todmorden
Police in Todmorden are appealing for help to trace a missing 14-year-old girl.Sophie Lawrence, who is also known as Sophie Holmes, has been missing since 5pm on Saturday from the Todmorden area....
View ArticlePolice appeal over nightclub assault
Police are appealing for information after an assault at a Todmorden nightclub. The assault happened on the dancefloor at the Venue nightclub, Bridge Street, on Sunday June 9 at 2.30am. Anybody with...
View Article15 per cent driving faster than 38mph
Police speed checks carried out on Burnley Road, Todmorden, last month indicated that 15 per cent of vehicles are travelling faster than 38mph. The average speed of vehicles measured on June 8 between...
View ArticleAdrian’s new role as ethical auditor
Local businessman Adrian Ashton has been certified as an approved auditor for a national quality standard that allows companies to highlight their impact, commitment, and support to their local...
View ArticlePhotographer celebrates the shopkeepers of the Calder Valley
A photographer is celebrating the independents of the Calder Valley in his new exhibition.Twenty-One Shopkeepers in Hebden Bridge, by Gerard Liston, looks to reveal the “personalities behind the shop...
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