Haworth and Stanbury

Jens Hislop

Tel 01535 644444

jensandrea@blueyonder.co.uk

Friday: Haworth Cinema is showing The Fault In Our Stars (12A) at West Lane Baptist Church at 7.30pm. Tickets are £4 for adults, £2 for students.

Ladies badminton, Haworth Community Centre, 1.30pm to 4pm. It costs £1 for the afternoon session. No racket needed initially. Contact Barbara Clayton on 01535 644330 or Anne Park on 01535 606040.

Live band The Electric Lizards with guests Jamie and David Longcake, Black Bull, Main Street.

Saturday: Christmas Fair, Haworth Parish Church, 10am to 4pm. All proceeds to the church restoration fund.

Christmas fair, Haworth Riding for the Disabled, Vale Mill Lane stables, 1pm to 3pm. Call 01535 649448.

Homemade craft and gift fair, Old School Room, Haworth Parish Church Hall, 10am to 4pm. Visit haworthcraftfairs.co.uk for details.

Book Point, a Christian book shop, Hall Green Church, 1pm to 4pm. Call 01535 649154.

Fairy Day parade by Haworth Village Association, 2pm. Costume judging straight after the parade.

Live band Aftermath, Black Bull.

Sunday: Stanbury Church, family worship, 9.30am; Haworth Parish Church, family worship, 10.45am; West Lane Baptist Church, 10.30am; West Lane Methodist Church, no service, but they join with Haworth and Cross Roads Churches Together in a joint advent carol service at the Parish Church at 3pm; Hall Green Baptist Chapel, 10.30am and 6pm; Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Mass, 10am; FERN Christian Fellowship, Methodist Church Hall, 6.30pm; Scar Top Chapel, 2.45pm.

Scroggling the Holly parade by Haworth Village Association, 2pm.

Homemade craft and gift fair, Old School Room, 10am to 4pm. Visit haworthcraftfairs.co.uk for details.

Monday: Children’s karate class, Parkside Social Club, 6pm to 7.30pm. Contact Stuart on 01535 210249 or 07749 075305.

Haworth Brass Band practice, Keighley Civic Centre, 7.45pm.

Tuesday: FERN Christian Fellowship, Methodist Church Hall, 6.30pm.

Wednesday: Sequence dancing with bar, Parkside Social Club, 8pm to 10.30pm. Admission free for first trial visit, then £2.50 (£2 for club members). Contact Geoff on 01535 647675 or Catherine on 01535 645375.

Choristers are needed for the annual Carols By Candlelight service at Haworth Parish Church on December 14 at 5pm. Rehearsals in Church will be on the next two Wednesdays, December 3 and 10. A final run-through will be at 3.30pm on the day of the performance. Contact choirmaster and organist David Root on 01274 814103.

Haworth West Lane Baptist Amateur Operatic Society had a successful week in their 50th anniversary by performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore and Trial By Jury to several sell-out audiences. The nightly raffles raised £750 for Dementia UK. The group will perform Pirates Of Penzance next year.

Haworth Senior Citizens members had an enjoyable trip to Wetherby Whaler at Guiseley for lunch then on to Stephen Smith’s garden centre to see the Christmas decorations. This week members will make Christmas cards with the help of speaker Dr Ann Pratt. The group meets at West Lane Methodist Church on Wednesdays at 2pm. Contact Doreen Robinson on 01535 648928.

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway’s Santa Special trains are still open for bookings, but some days are already full. All tickets must be pre-booked. They run Saturday and Sunday and weekends in December. A daily service will run during the school holidays. Visit kwvr.co.uk/events or call 01535 645214.

Haworth ghost and graveyard walks take place every Saturday until December 13. Tour the historic graveyard at Haworth Parish Church. Visit haworthghosttours.co.uk or call 07906 242819.

The Community Contact Point at 28 Changegate, Haworth, is normally open from noon until 4pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is asking for volunteers to help distribute the bi-monthly parish council newsletter. Copies are free and are available from the Contact Point or the haworth-village.org.uk website. The Contact Point has a range of personal alarms, safe cans, and a range of free road safety information, activity books, comics and stickers, and free low-energy light bulbs. The Contact Point collects used computer printer ink cartridges, old mobile phones and low-energy light bulbs, which can be recycled for the benefit of Manorlands Hospice. Contact co-ordinator Margaret Smith on 01535 644001 or email wvcontactpoint@yahoo.co.uk.

Hall Green Baptist Chapel Sunday worship at 10. 30am and 6pm. Midweek home groups for local fellowship. Visit hallgreenchapel.org.uk to get in touch.

Haworth Riding For the Disabled is asking for voluntary help for a couple of hours each week on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings, from 10am to noon, or on Saturdays from 9.15am to 1.25pm. Full training, insurance and unlimited tea and coffee will be given. Call 01535 649448.

Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary Club meets at Newsholme Manor for a meal on Tuesdays at 7.30pm for 8pm. They have moved from the Old Silent at Stanbury. They usually have a guest speaker. The Rotarians have recently been running a ‘contact the elderly’ project. This is to invite the elderly to afternoon teas once a month on a Sunday afternoon. The organiser, Hilary Wharton, is seeking some volunteer drivers to help. Call 01535 647531. They would only be required three or four times a year to drive, mainly in the Haworth area. Visit haworthrotary.org or contact Duncan and Pat Clark on 01535 643792.

CarelinK befriending scheme can provide support and companionship to older people, who live alone and do not have many visitors. CarelinK can arrange for one of its volunteer befrienders to visit each week for a cuppa and a chat, or perhaps to take a short walk together. Volunteers are police checked and vetted. To use this free service, or to become a volunteer befriender to older people in this area, contact co-ordinator Maureen Basierak at CarelinK at the volunteer centre on 01535 609506.

Parkside Social Club hosts the chess club on Thursdays, beginners to advanced. The club is looking for people to join teams for snooker, dominoes (3s and 5s) and pool, including a new ladies team. Supper is provided for players. Pool for beginners and improvers, 5pm onwards. Entry free. Call 01535 643470.