Scout Post team all set to handle your Christmas cards
Todmorden residents can once again take advantage of the Scout Post to deliver Christmas cards to family and friends around town this year.For over 30 years the 8th/26th Calder Valley Scouts have been...
View ArticleShop at centre of the Whoniverse!
The RSPCAshop in Burnley Road, Todmorden, which raises money for the Rochdale Animal Centre, became a centre of the Whoniverse last week.To mark the BBC television show Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary,...
View ArticleTod fashion team head over border
Two Todmorden business entrepreneurs are heading over the border to promote a Winter Party and Fashion Show to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.Royle Event Management and Promotion and Halo...
View ArticleFood, music and ‘crafty’ bargains!
If you are looking for a “crafty” bargain this Christmas - with a bit of fun thrown in - then the St Mary’s Church, Todmorden, Christmas Market might just fit the bill on Saturday.It runs from 11am in...
View ArticleGospel choir’s valley dates
The Three Valleys Gospel Choir led by Ailsa Nicholson will sing at Morrisons, Todmorden at 12pm on Sunday (December 1). On Saturday, December 14, the choir can be heard at Todmorden Market (1pm) and...
View ArticleIt’s time to man Les Mis barricades!
The Hippodrome Theatre in Halifax Road, Todmorden, is a hive of activity as the finishing touches are being put in place ready for the global phenomenon Les Miserables hitting the stage next...
View ArticleBorough chase a hat-trick of wins
Todmorden Borough will be without skipper Danny Welsh as they bid to complete a rare hat-trick of victories in the West Lancashire League on Saturday.Welsh serves a one-match ban for accumulated...
View ArticleLois is making a splash
Todmorden swimmer Lois Shackleton is determined not to be out-done by her older sister Megan, the Great Britain wheelchair table tennis player.Eleven-year-old Lois was in sparkling form at the City of...
View ArticleHobbs defies cramp to lead the Harriers home
Twelve hardy Todmorden Harriers made their way to Barley for the 30th Tour of Pendle, the last race in the 2013 Fell and Grand Prix Championships. There was much anticipation among the 430 starters...
View ArticleLet there be light!
Around 2,000 people crammed into Todmorden town centre to see the night sky lit up by the Lamplighter Festival and Parade.And visitors had been pouring into town all day last Saturday, as the parade...
View ArticleSimple shoeboxes mean so much
Christmas shoeboxes filled with gifts for our disadvantaged are being collected by Rotary in Calderdale from participating outlets.Slowly, shoeboxes are being returned; filled with toys, food,...
View ArticleWonder machine changed printing
At Todmorden Antiquarian Society’s meeting on November 19, printer David Evans presented his second lecture to the Society by showing a film - Linotype: The Eighth Wonder of the World.This was a...
View ArticleCalder Valley clubs to be questioned on game’s future
The Calder Valley’s contingent of Halifax League clubs - Mytholmroyd, Booth, Old Town, Bridgeholme and Luddenden Foot - look likely to be invited to take part in a survey next year.Local league chiefs...
View ArticleSportsTalk: Sacking season at Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday, and Hull...
A busy weekend for Yorkshire football saw two managers sacked and a major Premier League scalp taken. Download this Yorkshire Post podcast here or via iTunes.•...
View ArticleBee group to give talk to gardeners
Mytholmroyd Bee Group will give a talk at Calder Valley Organic Gardeners’ monthly meeting at the Good Shepherd Centre, Mytholmroyd, on Thursday, December 5, at 7.30pm.Entry £2 for non-members.
View ArticleA story of a hundred chapels - and one of thousands of lives
Once it seemed like one stood on every street corner or towered above every hillside.But although many of them are still used, often as private homes, the Calder Valley’s non-conformist chapels are not...
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Marie Sutcliffe and Karen Greeves, members of staff at Gordon Rigg Garden Centre in Walsden, raised £2,500 by having their heads shaved.The money will be split between Children in Need and Macmillan...
View ArticleStart to build up backing
The Tour De Tod steering group would welcome more sponsorship from businesses or individuals as they look to maximise the benefit to Todmorden of the proximity of next year’s Tour De France...
View ArticleProperty of the week: Semi-rural tranquility to set the pulse racing
Handy for town and all its facilities, yet nestled in a semi-rural location with woodland and a tumbling stream - that’s just part of the package to delight would-be home buyers.A wooded glade provides...
View ArticleCricketTalk: The Ashes panel of Anthony McGrath and Chris Waters preview the...
Former Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath joins the CricketTalk panel to preview the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Download this Yorkshire Post podcast via iTunes or listen here.•...
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