Friends set date for Overgate coffee morning
Friends of Overgate Todmorden - some of the committee members are pictured receiving a Citizenship Award made by Todmorden Town Council last May - host a coffee morning at Todmorden Town Hall on...
View ArticleA new season of chamber recitals
A series of informal concerts returns with the first recital of the new year.Antony Brannick and his musical friends are starting 2014 with a new season of informal chamber music concerts involving...
View ArticleSend us your pictures
Matthew Fisher took this picture of low clouds above the Calder Valley from Mount Skip Golf Course, Hebden Bridge.Email us your photos as jpeg attachments to todmordennews.co.uk or...
View ArticleImages reveal more of what Todmorden used to look like
Todmorden Town Hall Court Room overflowed for our first meeting of 2014, when members and visitors flocked for our ever-popular vice-chairman Robert Priestley’s slide-show.These pictures of Todmorden’s...
View ArticleRoad closure causing bus disruption
Bus passengers in the upper Calder Valley are facing disruption this morning (Thursday) due to an emergency road closure. Metro is advising passengers that the 591 and E services between Halifax and...
View ArticleSpice fans can’t wait to get their PAWS on this!
You might swap your neeps and tatties for rice if you try a special fundraising dish cooked by for Burns Night!The Curried Away stall on Todmorden outdoor market, run by Scot Jeff Thomson, is going...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who celebrate their special day this week include the following.Thursday: Mason Edward Michael Neil (11), 23 Parkside Road, Todmorden; Erin Jane Burridge (10), 51 Keats Avenue,...
View ArticleBurn off calories at zumbathon
Overgate Hospice is inviting people to burn off the Christmas calories by taking part in its first zumbathon on Sunday at 2pm. The two hours of zumba, run by local instructors, will be held at...
View ArticleTwo men in court on fraud charges plead ‘not guilty’
Two men from Lancashire have pleaded not guilty to fraud charges relating to claims that work needed to be done at two homes in Todmorden.The pair, who are both in custody, will now face trial on the...
View ArticleHistoric pics of the upper valley are all set to go online
A new website containing hundreds of historic photographs from across the Calder Valley is being launched in Hebden Bridge this weekend.The new Pennine Horizons website - at www.pennineheritage.org.uk...
View ArticleInsight into offenders
Todmorden Ladies Probus Club were given a talk on ‘Alternatives to Custody for Women Offenders’ by retired probation officer May Chatham. It was a fascinating insight into her work in the 1960s and...
View ArticleTributes to Victor, Border bookseller
Tributes have been paid to bookseller and comic and magazine specialist Victor Collinge, who has passed away at the age of 69.Victor’s Border Bookshop, which he opened at Halifax Road, Todmorden, in...
View ArticleRail repair work begins
Drivers are likely to face delays while strengthening work on a rail bridge is carried out.Network Rail are carrying out the work to strengthen the Burnley Road Railway Arch Bridge, Cornholme, from...
View Articledazzling borough win again
Todmorden Borough get a chance to catch their breath this weekend after maintaining their superb start to 2014.John Gilford’s side were 4-2 winners at Ladybridge last weekend, following up their 2-1...
View ArticleThrashed Woodhouse ‘fell apart’, according to manager Gibson
Woodhouse United boss Rhys Gibson was dismayed by his side’s second half collapse in a 7-0 home defeat by Old Cock in the Rochdale Sunday League.United trailed by a single goal at the interval but...
View ArticleCouncil focus on key sites, as Asda plan goes in
Calderdale Council has responded to criticism over so-called “lack of action” on derelict town centre sites by saying it is working with the land owners to secure appropriate redevelopment.Liberal...
View ArticleClarets Corner by John Greenwood: Carve out the chances, goals will come
You could see, in the late flurry of saves he made in the final minutes of the game, why Chris Kirkland’s dad once placed a bet on his young lad one day playing for England.On another day Danny Ings...
View ArticleYou will be most welcome
Todmorden Christian Fellowship is inviting everyone to join us at our regular meetings in 2014.It’s January again, the time for new beginings and new starts.January, named after the two headed god...
View ArticleSharpen up those scripts, playwrights!
Budding playwrights are now invited to submit their plays for the fourth season of the Hebden Bridge Shorts.The 15 minute shorts are staged as part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival and last year half of...
View ArticleSchofield and Priestley aiming for the top in pool and darts
Rising stars Matt Schofield and Joshua Priestley have received a helping hand in their efforts to reach the top in their chosen sports.Pool player Schofield and darts ace Priestley, both 21 and from...
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