Fusion of old and new
Set in an outstanding location and presented to a very high standard, our featured property of the week is a delightful character residence which effortlessly combines original features and stylish...
View ArticleTaking the right steps
Millions of people across the UK have physically demanding or repetitive jobs. If you’re one of them, you can improve your health while doing your active or manual work and reduce your risk of...
View ArticleCool heads, on the pitch, please
Whatever the baggage carried by Burnley supporters into Sunday’s dinner-time derby with Blackburn, I’m sure Sean Dyche will not encumber his players with it.They’ll be hit by the verbal sparring as the...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their special day this week include the following.Friday: Cameron-Drew Hudson-Whippey (9), 6 Maitland Street, Walsden.Saturday: Sophie-Jane Savage (10), 37...
View ArticleGreat Rock is big supporter of food bank
The Great Rock Co-op at Blackshaw Head has donated £100 to the Todmorden Food Drop-in.Debbie McCall, of the Great Rock Co-op, said: “As a not-for-profit enterprise, we wanted to share some of the...
View ArticleTodmorden Borough broaden player search
Todmorden Borough’s days as a team made up just of local players looks numbered after a humiliating 9-0 home defeat by Askam United.Borough had been in excellent form when they last tasted action in...
View ArticleSelf Build looking for new members
Hebden Bridge and Todmorden Community Self Build Housing is looking for new members.The community interest company will hold a meeting at Todmorden Community Resource Centre on Sunday at 2pm. Call...
View ArticleExcitement builds for first Lego adventure
Morgan Freeman and Channing Tatum take on a whole new look as they lend their voices to characters in the first ever Lego movie. The first full-length theatrical Lego adventure follows Emmet, an...
View ArticleAlex and Max are third and fourth at Ilkley
Calder Valley’s Alex Whittem came third and there was a bold showing from the Wharton family in Sunday’s Ilkley Moor Fell Race.Whittem clocked 39 minutes 51 seconds in chasing home useful pair Tom...
View ArticleHat-tricks for Danny and Joe as Walsden go goal crazy against Lion at Firgrove
Walsden C & FC are putting in a big finish to their first season in the Rochdale Online Alliance.They followed up a 2-1 home win over Oldham Borough with an 8-2 hammering of White Lion at Firgrove...
View ArticleHelp us make it fit for a Prince...
Lets make the towpath fit for a prince - you never know when one might drop by!Todmorden Rotary Club in conjunction with Incredible Edible Todmorden are going to carry out a canal side clean up on...
View ArticleHow we lived between the wars
Ian Dewhirst presents Life Between The Wars at Hebden Bridge Local History Society’s meeting on Wednesday, March 12 (7.30pm).The meeting is held at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church, Market Street.
View ArticleValley’s railways are next topic
Todmorden Antiquarian Society next meets on Tuesday, March 11, in Todmorden Town Hall Court Room (7.30pm) when David Taylor presents Railways in the Calder Valley. Visitors welcome.
View ArticleWoodhouse boss asks ‘larking’ duo to exit pitch
Woodhouse United boss Rhys Gibson will appeal for his players to give their all for the rest of the season after bizarrely asking two of his own team to leave the field on Sunday.United were at home to...
View ArticleScratch ace Birkett gives Tod’s trophy hopes another boost
Todmorden Golf Club has announced the arrival of a second top player in the space of a fortnight.Scratch player Mark Birkett is joining from Halifax GC as the Rive Rocks club builds a formidable team...
View ArticleCreative writing date
Writers and would-be writers are invited to book a place on a Worker’s Educational Association “Creative Writing: a Weekend of Writing Practice” course at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, on...
View ArticleSportsTalk: Cheltenham Festival and celebrating a momentous day for Yorkshire...
Sheffield United and Hull City are on an FA Cup collision course at Wembley, and who should we bet on this week at Cheltenham? Download this Yorkshire Post podcast here or via iTunes.•...
View ArticleFootball as I’d like to see it played!
To the Old Grumpies, FAO Willie Eckerslike, re your match report from 1935, in last week’s paper.love to think it really happened. This is football as I’d like to see it played.And, growing up in...
View ArticleCount down days to significant step
delighted to read that Calderdale’s Labour Council has decided to spend significant amounts of money to provide better facilities at the School.This at a time when Calderdale, like other councils all...
View ArticleLook at track record of public sector buildings
My first reaction on hearing the plans to demolish Ferney Lee was one of disappointment and dismay.As a former pupil both of Roomfield J&I School – which moved to the premises in the 80s I think -...
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