Apprentices to learn from audio console specialists
Three young people from the upper Calder Valley hope to become a big noise in business after taking up roles with broadcast audio mixing console manufacturer Calrec.The Hebden Bridge-based company...
View ArticleFieldens plan their get-together in park
The Fielden Society in Todmorden is holding a get-together next Sunday, August 11.Called a Fielden Family Fun Day, it takes place in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, formerly the home of John Fielden MP,...
View ArticleLandlord’s thanks after CAMRA award
It’s official - Todmorden has the best pub in Calderdale. The Masons Arms, on Bacup Road, has been named Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA’s Pub of the Year 2013. Landlord Wayne Warburton, who only pulled...
View ArticleRibbon rainbow coming to town
Overgate Hospice is preparing to bring its “Rainbow of Ribbons” event to Todmorden for the first time. Ribbons will be tied around the trees and shrubs in St Mary’s Church gardens, giving people the...
View ArticleGreen Flag raised in Centre Vale Park
Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park has won the Green Flag Award again and been named one of the best in the country. The flag was raised during a ceremony in the park on Friday. Heather Wilson, of the...
View ArticleChanges planned to valley bus services
Bus users in outlying parts of the upper Calder Valley face upheaval next year with plans to cut the direct service into Halifax from Heptonstall and Old Town. Metro and First are reviewing bus...
View ArticleBlackshaw Head seals its fete ...
Saturday, August 31, sees the annual Blackshaw Head village fete, or country fair, take place again on the fields next to the chapel (1.30pm, with the fell race staring at 2pm).Produce competition...
View ArticleWidgykeff back after four years
Indie punk band Widgykeff will play Hebden Bridge Town Hall on Friday.After a four-year hiatus, Widgykeff have reunited and put together a phenomenal comeback set to play alongside local favourites The...
View ArticleCharity bringing its Rainbow event to valley for first time
A church garden will be full of colour when a charity brings its annual fundraising event to the upper Calder Valley this weekend. Overgate Hospice is holding its Rainbow of Ribbons event at St Mary’s...
View ArticleA huge job - but we did it!
Calderdale Countryside Service volunteers shifted 74 tons of gravel to create a new path at Gorpley Clough, on the Bacup Road. Their efforts , the equivalent of nearly 10,000 buckets of gravel, have...
View ArticleMake the pledge to try vegan diet
People will be encouraged to try a vegan diet and lifestyle when a new project is launched in the upper Calder Valley this weekend. Calderdale Vegan Approach is a two-day course which will provide...
View ArticleBeauty in the bank as salon is ready for grand opening
You’ll be in safe hands at this newly expanded beauty salon, as the treatment rooms are in the vault of a former bank.The old NatWest building, on Rochdale Road, Todmorden, has been transformed into...
View ArticleStall to support flood victims
A charity stall will be held on Todmorden Market on Sunday to raise funds for people affected by last week’s flash flood. Organisers are appealing for items to be donated for the stall, which will run...
View Article‘Listen to traders on asset transfer’
Todmorden outdoor market trader Jeff Thomson is calling on Calderdale Council to postpone a meeting about a possible asset transfer of the market to community ownership.He says the council should allow...
View ArticlePub offer is down to last £11,000 worth of shares
It’s “time gentlemen (and women) please” as The Fox and Goose co-operative pub campaign enters its last weekend – with only a limited number of shares available before the offer closes at midnight on...
View ArticleNew date set for Wilding hearing
Sentencing of Jeanne Wilding, who had an anti-social behaviour order imposed while she was living in Walsden and has been found guilty of breaching it in Leeds, will take place on August 23. The...
View ArticleMore frequent service between Tod and Halifax proposed as part of bus review
Bus users in Todmorden could soon see a more frequent service to and from Halifax as part of a review being carried out by Metro and First. First is proposing to amend the 591 and 593 services at the...
View ArticleWorking together - store and rescue volunteers team up
Staff at a village supermarket have, with the help of the public, been contributing some funding for Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team.Each Sainsbury’s store can choose a charity for two years and...
View ArticlePCC to use logo designed by Zoe
A student has won a competition to design a logo for the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Zoe Glover, a sixth form student at Calder High School, sent in a design and it has been...
View ArticleJanet raises waste centre at cabinet
Calder ward councillor Janet Battye has asked Calderdale Council to consider alternative measures while Eastwood Waste Recycling Centre is closed for refurbishment. She raised the matter at cabinet.
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