GLOWING tribute has been paid to a popular former teacher who spent four decades at South Craven School in Cross Hills. David Birks, who was hugely well known in the community, has died aged 71. He started work at the school in 1972, as a probationary
CRAIG Lingard has made a raft of changes to his Keighley Cougars squad for their trip to Newcastle Thunder on Sunday. Keighley return to League One action following their 1895 Cup defeat, which was also at Thunder. Harvey Hallas is back following
AFTER more than 40 years performing live there’s a lot more to singer Eddi Reader than her 1980s hit single Perfect. She will be at the Square Chapel in Halifax on June 13 to showcase songs from her entire career including those from this year’s
A LITTLE-known painting by the distinguished artist Hildred Harpin has been loaned to Silsden Campaign for the Countryside for its next fundraising event. Springtime in Swarth will be exhibited for the first time at Silsden Town Hall on Saturday
THE SUE Ryder team in Keighley is again organising a fashion show in aid of Manorlands. Staff and volunteers at the charity’s Cavendish Street shop will host the event on Friday May 31 at Keighley Rugby Union Club. Spokesman Hazel Abbott said
CROWDS flocked to have a gander at a water-powered cycling goose. And the contraption, set-up to welcome the Tour de Yorkshire to the Worth Valley earlier this month, raised £211 for Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice Manorlands. The Goose Eye attraction
ENTRIES are open for this year’s Oxenhope Straw Race on July 7. A spokesman said this year’s event was being dedicated to the memory of long-serving chairman Ian Barrett who died in January after a long illness. She said: “Ian was the chairman
KEIGHLEY-district groups have just until noon next Friday (May 24) to apply for cash help in the latest round of grants from the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Safer Communities Fund. Since the initiative began five years ago
STEETON and Eastburn residents are being invited to join the villages’ joint parish council. Two vacancies on Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council are open to anyone who lives, works or owns property within three miles of the villages. Parish
CROSSHILLS Social Club celebrated its 100th anniversary this month with a night of entertainment from the group Cooler King and singer Simon Whiteley. Members enjoyed drinks at the one-off price of £1 each, while Barry Reay was presented with a
A KEIGHLEY-based steam locomotive is returning home to the Peak District cement works where it spent its working life. Nunlow will spend its 71st birthday at the Hope Cement Works, Derbyshire, during an open day to celebrate the works’ 90th year
A KEIGHLEY business has honoured three of its employees who between them have clocked up more than 85 years of unbroken service. Powerrun Pipe-Mech Ltd, which serves the water and sewage industry, arranged the presentation in the company of managing
A KEIGHLEY man has spoken of how a routine blood pressure check “probably saved my life”. David Myers, 49, believed he was reasonably healthy. But when he volunteered to have his blood pressure checked at his workplace, the reading was exceptionally
A CLOSE encounter with a collection of creatures welcomed children back to Cullingworth Village Primary School. Youngsters in years one and two had a super start to their Amazing Animals topic thanks to a visit by the Into The Wild team. Class
A BUNCH of Amateurs promise a charm-filled slice of the Fifties in Bingley this month. Bingley Little Theatre will present Ealing Comedy-style play A Bunch of Amateurs at Bingley Arts Centre from May 27 to June 1. David Templeton’s imaginative
PASSENGERS are being warned of “a lot of upheaval” in the next two to three years as refurbishment work is carried out at Keighley Railway Station. The warning was issued at the annual general meeting of the Friends of Airedale Line. Rod Tickner
CLIFFE Castle Museum is hosting Ilkley Camera Club’s annual exhibition of photography. The display, which runs until July 14, features pictures by members of one of Yorkshire’s most successful photographic clubs. On show are 120 high-quality printed
THE BRONTES drop into Bingley this month for an evening of drama, poetry and prose. Round The Kitchen Table is a tribute to the Brontes celebrating the 200th anniversary of the siblings’ births. Round The Kitchen Table will be performed on May
A NEW production of Amanda Whittington’s Be My Baby has opened at Leeds Playhouse. The drama, running until Saturday, June 1, marks the end of the Pop-Up Season running while the former West Yorkshire Playhouse complex receives major refurbishments
LONG-ESTABLISHED groups from across the district will perform at a special event to reopen St George’s Hall in Bradford. The People’s Music Hall will mark the historic venue’s refurbishment on Sunday June 2 from 6pm. The aim of the event is to showcase
UNION J star Jaymi Hensley dons the world’s most colourful coat in his first ever major musical – coming to Leeds Grand. Bill Kenwright’s legendary touring production of the sparkling biblical musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
KEIGHLEY Soroptimists have celebrated the group’s 85th charter anniversary. A lunch at Keighley Golf Club was attended by fellow Soroptimists from across the region and the Yorkshire president. Guests also included representatives of Rotary and
A KEIGHLEY woman who creamed off more than £20,000 from her employer has been ordered to pay back just £10 of her ill-gotten gains. Joan Whitrick, who cooked the books at Just Desserts bakery in Station Road, Shipley, had been told by Judge Colin
JUNE marks the start of a season of blues-rock concerts at Keighley’s newest live venue Studio 5. Bingley music promoters BAC2Live have teamed up with the performance spot for a summer-autumn programme featuring internationally-known acts. John
