Parkwood Primary School in Keighley is gearing up for the Tour de France. Pupils are working with Sustrans Bike It officer Emily Groves on a project raising awareness of the Tour, cycling in general and sustainable transport. Activities – held
School choirs and real reindeer will be among the attractions as a garden centre stages a charity festive fundraiser. A host of seasonal activities will take place at New Coley Nurseries in Trough Lane, Denholme, on December 7 and 8. Proceeds will
Keighley’s Oxfam shop is urging townspeople to help the charity save lives in the Philippines following the devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan. The Low Street outlet is appealing for cash donations to support those who have lost everything and
Keighley residents can now open bank accounts and apply for cut-price loans through a credit union branch at Ingrow Primary School. They can visit during school time to either to put money into their accounts or pay off loans. The branch, launched
Keighley Cougars players auctioned their services during a charity night at the Roebuck pub in Utley. Saturday’s event at the Skipton Road hostelry raised more than £750 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Four Cougars players offered to walk a customer
A total of £10,425 has been donated to 15 different good causes at a presentation evening in Keighley. The organisations have all benefited from this year’s popular Oxenhope Straw Race. They officially received their donations during an event
Elderly people with failing eyesight can now be treated closer to home thanks to better services and a refurbishment project at Airedale Hospital. Those patients with age-related macular degeneration, which sometimes causes blindness, can now be
Improvements to the pavilion and meeting room at Steeton Cricket Club are complete... oh, yes they are! The results will be unveiled during the club’s Christmas pantomime tomorrow and on Saturday at 7pm at the Summerhill Lane premises. Improvements
Keighley councillors have received an update on progress with Airedale Master-plan projects. Several major regeneration projects in the town were outlined in a report last Thursday to Keighley Area Committee. The committee, part of Bradford
Street lighting columns at Bracken Bank are to be replaced with £45,000 of Bradford Council cash. Keighley Area Committee last week approved the spending of the remaining money from this year’s street lighting improvements budget. The council
Young volunteers from all parts of Keighley leant a helping hand during a major clean-up day in Lawkholme and Eastwood last week. Councillors have praised the efforts of visiting teenagers from Bracken Bank and the Joint Activities and Motor Education
A pub landlord has vowed to give Keighley West ward a stronger voice in Bradford City Hall if he’s successful in next year’s local elections. Former television soap actor Mickey Thompson, who runs the Great Northern pub at Ingrow, has been selected
Two disabled athletes have showed their Special Olympics medals to Keighley councillors. Aidan Knights and David Brooke were guests of Keighley Area Committee during last Thursday’s meeting. Aidan, from Cross Roads, and David, from Braithwaite
Keighley groups have each received thousands of pounds as part of a Bradford healthcare organisation’s charity share out. Sovereign Health Care divided £140,000 between 14 causes in its Good All Round Awards to mark its 140th anniversary. The
If you thought Camra was just about real ale and pubs, you’d be wrong. Camra also promotes cider and perry, and this year is celebrating 25 years of cider and perry campaigning. Real cider is a long-established traditional drink, which is produced
By Janet Mawson Members of Airedale Writers’ Circle were treated to a very enjoyable and entertaining evening this month with the guest speaker, Ilkley writer Mandy Sutter. She spoke about her writing and especially about her debut novel, Stretching
Airedale Enterprise Services (AES) in Keighley has won a top national accolade. It has received the Highly Commended Local Enterprise Agency of the Year award, in recognition of its work with new and existing businesses and entrepreneurs in the
When Keighley Art Club member Rita Butterfield joined 30 years ago, we met in Keighley College. Over 80 now, she rarely misses a meeting, so she must enjoy herself. We don’t want clones of one person’s thinking, and love to see everyone putting
Music Cricketers Arms, Coney Lane, Keighley 01535 669912 cricketersarmskeighley.co.uk Motor City Blues (tomorrow); rock covers bands Last Orders (December 6) and Reload (December 7); punk-rock covers band Tigerbay (December 13) Exchange Arts Centre
Northern Ballet is again presenting a festive production at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. The company will follow its hit productions of Beauty and the Beast and The Nutcracker with the world premiere of Cinderella. The show tells the timeless
Uncanny Theatre will present Instructions For A Better Life next month at Bradford Theatre in the Mill. The show is billed as part thriller, part comedic romp through human psychology. Uncanny Theatre will stretch logic to breaking point in a show
‘Tis the season to be busy for Ilkley youth theatre Upstagers as it prepares for three productions. Coming up in the next four months are a classic Christmas story, a traditional pantomime and the hit musical Les Miserables. The Upstagers’
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat returns to Bradford Alhambra next week to bring some pre-Christmas cheer. The ever-popular musical comes to West Yorkshire at least once a year, and regularly achieves standing ovations at packed theatres
Rock ‘n’ roll has a seasonal twist in a show coming to St George’s Hall in Bradford. The Twist Christmas Show Special is set in an American diner and features a host of Yuletide classics. Compere ‘Big’ Tony Trem-endo promises lots of authentic
Lisa Riley has been announced as the host of next year’s Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour. And the former Emmerdale actress is relishing a return to the glitterball dance floor from January 17 to February 9. She was among the contestants during
Singer Antonello Rondi will perform at a dinner-concert in Keighley on December 7. The Italian will appear at the University Academy Keighley in Greenhead Road from 7pm. The concert is being organised by the Italian Language and Cultural Centre
Soul fans in Keighley are being catered for throughout the festive season. Keighley Okeh Club is laying on three special events for lovers of classic soul music. First up is the club’s Christmas party on December 7 followed by its annual Okeh
A stage version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic spy thriller The 39 Steps will see 135 roles played by just four actors! Bingley Little Theatre will stage the production at Bingley Arts Centre from Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm. Hero of the
Stereotypical redneck humour is promised in this year’s seasonal production from Keighley Playhouse. Christmas Belles thrives on dysfunctional families, promiscuity, bad body odour and jilted romances. The play is set in Texas, and centres
There’s a seasonal twist to the creature feature currently on display at the Bronte Parsonage Museum. Museum staff have woven Christmas events around the exhibition by surrealist photographer Charlotte Cory. Charlotte’s images (above) portray
Notorious comedian Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown is performing at the Octagon in Sandbeds early next year. The stand-up comedian, renowned for his blue humour, can be seen at the Bradford Road club on February 13. Octagon owner, John Pennington, said
A new book co-written by leading poet Simon Armitage tells the story of the Stanza Stones scattered across the Pennine Moors. The half-a-dozen Stanza Stones feature Simon’s poems, chiselled into rocks or specially-placed stone slabs. Set in
Cross Roads singer-songwriter David Senior’s debut album is a labour of several loves. For the 60-year-old guitarist has written songs about the various romances throughout his life. The Journey, which is launched next week, is the culmination
An Airedale Hospital worker narrowly missed out on the next stage of a prestigious leadership award scheme. Bev Beaumont, who helps run the hospital’s labour ward, was nominated in the mentor or coach category of the Yorkshire & Humberside NHS
Haworth’s picturesque streets got a retro sci-fi twist last weekend as it hosted its first Steampunk weekend. The increasingly popular movement sees followers dress in elaborate costumes that combine futuristic devices with Victorian styles.
Apart from the absence of traffic, the left-hand side of North Street looking towards the Cross seems little changed to the present day, but beyond the top of Low Street the Keighley Parish Church is obscured by the former imposing premises of the
Manorlands fundraisers have gone on air. A radio programme promoting the hospice and its fundraising activities has been produced. The show, which includes music, will be played in Sue Ryder shops in the run-up to Christmas and can be heard
A tiny deli-cafe in Wilsden is a word-of-mouth hit – beating more than 400 other restaurants in the district to be named number one by a consumer reviews website. Dozens of five-star ratings have propelled the Krave deli – with only three small
Possibly one of the oldest surviving photographs of Keighley, this view along North Street predates the later Victorian widening of the thoroughfare and rebuilding of both sides on a grander scale. Still identifiable are the Lord Rodney Inn and
The local art group meets in the Village Hall on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 1.30-3.30pm. There are places for beginners or people with experience. For details, contact Barbara on (01535) 669914. On alternate Tuesdays the mobile library
There will be carols in Sutton Park on December 7, from 6pm, featuring pupils from Glusburn and Sutton schools. The Christmas lights will also be switched on. On Saturday Sutton Ramblers are walking a Horton circular, meeting at 9am in Church Road
St Stephen’s Church 200 Club winning numbers for November: 187, 184 and 249. St Stephen’s Sunday School will be on December 1 at 10am. Toddler praise is on Thursday, December 5 at 9.30am. The St Stephen’s Church Fair was very well attended
There will be Toddler Praise at St Mary’s Church from 10.15-11.15am. Babies, toddlers, pre-school and families all welcome on the three Saturday of each month. Today: Yoga, 2-3pm, Community Centre, contact Julie Thompson at 07938 68664. Worth
Aire View Infant School is holding a Christmas shopping event to be held at the football club in Silsden tonight from 7pm. Come along and have a cheeky Christmas drink and enjoy some Christmas shopping in your own village and for your own school. There
There will be Toddler Praise at St Mary’s Church from 10.15-11.15am. Babies, toddlers, pre-school and families all welcome on the three Saturday of each month. Today: Yoga, 2-3pm, Community Centre, contact Julie Thompson at 07938 68664. Worth
Thursday: Oakworth Police and Community Contact Point is open from 1.30-3.30pm in Holden Hall. Ring 647574 or e-mail contactoakworth @yahoo.co.uk. Oakworth old people’s welfare group, Holden Hall from 1.45-3.30pm. New members are always made welcome
Sunday: Advent and baptisms service at Keighley New Church, Braithwaite at 10.30am, led by the Rev Christine Bank, with tea and coffee after the service in the church hall. There is also home-made produce on sale after the service. To hire the church
St John’s Church, Ingrow, holds a single service of all-age praise on Sunday at 11am with refreshments after the service. Holy communion, using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, is celebrated at 10am on Wednesdays. For baptisms and other enquiries, please
It’s ‘Scroggling the Holly’ weekend in Haworth on Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday afternoon, there will be the Fairy Parade up the hill, starting from the Christmas tree at the bottom of Main Street. On Sunday afternoon there will be the Scroggling
Sunday: 10.30am, Trinity family worship will be led by the Rev Fred Rich and will include holy communion. Monday: 2pm, Meeting Point, Christmas medley, plus a visit from Nessfield School children. Wednesday: 10-11.30am, Trinity Toddlers.
On Sunday there will be a service of holy communion at St Andrew’s Church at 8.15am and a family communion with baptism at 10am. At 6pm there will be an Advent carol service by candlelight. St Andrew’s Church will hold its Christmas Fair this Saturday
Sunday: Exley Head Methodist Church service at 10.30am, with Sunday Gang for the children. Monday: An Ofsted-inspected pre-school playgroup operates every day, Monday to Friday, in the room below the Exley Head Methodist Church, from 9am-noon and
A quiz and pie and pea supper will be held tonight at the Mechanics Institute at 7pm for 7.30pm. Cost is £5 for adults and £2.50 for accompanied under-16s. Tickets from Denholme Post Office, or call (01274) 833086 or 833521. If you want a drink, please
Keighley MP Kris Hopkins has backed a new package of government measures to improve patient safety in the NHS. The procedures have been announced in the wake of the Staffordshire Hospital scandal and following the final report of the Francis Inquiry
Cullingworth Village Council will hold its annual Community Awards evening on Friday at 6.30pm in the village hall when children from the primary school and Parkside students will provide entertainment prior to the award ceremony. These will include
The Friends of Lees Primary School hold their Christmas Fayre on Saturday from 10am-1pm. Stalls including Santa’s Grotto, crafts and refreshments. St James’ Church, Cross Roads, will be hosting Bingley Handbell Ringers on Sunday, December 8 at
A concert by Cobbydale Singers and James Blamires at St Peter’s Church raised £387 for Manorlands Hospice. Thanks to all who supported the event.
The next parish council meeting will be held on Monday at 7pm in the Bancroft Room at St Andrew’s Methodist Church. From 11am-noon on the same day there will be a drop-in session, where residents can meet with one or two councillors, to put forward
Hundreds of people packed into Keighley’s Church Green for the town’s 2013 Christmas lights switch-on. The switch was flicked for illuminations to light up the night sky at 4.30pm on Sunday by a team including X Factor finalist Amelia Lily.
Activities ranging from massage to zumba will be on offer at a health day in Keighley. The event at Central Hall in Alice Street on December 6, from 10am to 2pm, is being staged by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust’s community specialist nurses.
Staff and residents at Anchor’s Townend Close care home in Cross Hills got together to help Samaritan’s Purse with its Christmas shoebox gift appeal. They have wrapped their shoeboxes in colourful Christmas paper and filled them with small toys
Young film-makers from Bradford University have picked Keighley Bus Museum as the subject for a promotional film as part of their degrees. A team of media and film students have spent the past three Fridays capturing the magic of historic buses
A shop has been opened inside Keighley Campus Leeds City College to help prepare students for the world of work. Worth Valley ward councillor Russell Brown officially launched the outlet, which is in the atrium of the Bradford Road building.
Manorlands is to share in the proceeds of a calendar. The Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice – and Keighley Sea Cadets – will each receive part of the cash from sales. The calendar has been created by the ‘You Know You’ve Lived In Keighley When’ team
The ringleader of a burglary gang that smashed its way into schools and colleges to steal valuable computer equipment has been jailed for four years and five months. Judge Robert Bartfield told Stuart Walton, 32: “You should be utterly ashamed,
Three disability groups in Keighley have got it in the bag when it comes to helping homeless people. Members are filling rucksacks with essential clothing and food to help fellow townspeople who live on the streets. The members, who all have
A man was arrested this morning following a road accident on the moors above Oxenhope last night. Two men were taken to hospital after a Land Rover Discovery left the road on Hill House Edge Lane at around 2.30am. The passenger, who lives in
An abandoned kitten is now thriving after using up two of its nine lives. Cross Roads-based Yorkshire Cat Rescue intervened to help Casper, who was dumped at the roadside in a box with his mother and five siblings. Luckily, a passer-by heard
Demolition work on Airedale Hospital’s old accident and emergency department is due to start next month. A hospital spokesman said demolition will not be immediate, taking place over several days or weeks. Builders have been stripping out the
An annual fundraising dinner has dished up £59,000 for Manorlands. More than 260 guests attended the beef and beer dinner, organised by the Manorlands Challenge Committee. Cask ales were donated by Keighley brewery Timothy Taylor, and prime
An estate agent that sold a property within hours of it going on the market says the transaction shows confidence is returning to the housing sector. The two-bedroom terrace house in Victoria Street, Sutton, went up for sale early one morning and
A Keighley solar technology firm has been chosen to take part in a ‘clean energy’ mission to the United States. Fullsun Photovoltaics Ltd – based at Dalton Mills – is one of just 16 UK companies selected for the trip to Colorado. The week-long
Five sites across the Worth Valley have so far been earmarked for camping during next year’s Tour de France as part of a Sue Ryder fundraising initiative. Farmers are opening up their land to help cater for the thousands of visitors who will descend
Manorlands will celebrate its 40th anniversary by staging its first bespoke overseas trek. The Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice has just finalised plans for the fundraising challenge-of-a-lifetime. Now Manorlands bosses are seeking intrepid adventurers
At least one man was taken to hospital after a car came off the road above Oxenhope last night. Two people are believed to have been in the vehicle, which was travelling along Hill House Edge Lane at around 2.30am. Police, paramedics and firefighters
Former Long Lee Methodist Chapel organist Brenda Wilkinson has died at the age of 75. Mrs Wilkinson, who was most recently living at Steeton Court Nursing Home, continued playing at the church until illness forced her to retire. Mrs Wilkinson
A highly-acclaimed riding for the disabled group is anxiously waiting to hear if essential lottery funding will be renewed. Haworth RDA has received £380,000 during the past five years to cover staffing and some running costs. But the Big Lottery
People who want to get even closer to the action when the Tour de France races through Keighley district have been invited to take advantage of an ideal opportunity. Organisers of the world famous cycle race are looking for people to help provide
