Lifestyle, Leisure and Entertainment
Carnival needs you to make it a glittering success
Todmorden Carnival is set to go back to the future for the 60th anniversary of its reformation.
Musical treat on holiday weekend
Music lovers are in for a bank holiday weekend treat at Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Michael’s aiming to be picture perfect
Local artist Michael Peace is holding his next exhibition of paintings, entitled Down the Valley Sides, in Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Hebden Bridge all set for a weekend of blues
Hebden Bridge will be singing the blues this Bank Holiday Weekend when an award-winning festival returns.
Steel yourself as Iron Man’s mettle is tested
Fantasy, futuristic drama and a fight for survival are some of the key elements of films at Hebden Bridge Picture House this week.
Trades in running again for NME Small Venue award
For the second year running the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, has made the shortlist for the NME Small Venue of the Year award.
A hive of activity
Todmorden’s community beekeeping group – the Bee Friendly Collective – is offering another weekend introduction to the world of beekeeping.
Christine’s abstract art
Todmorden artist Christine Chapman is exhibiting her “abstract impressionist” paintings at Todmorden Information Centre, Burnley Road.
Sport just ain’t the same
Whatever the reason, we know that school sport in this area is not like it was in our day. We played for school teams at different age levels and different sports, willingly giving up our Saturday mornings.
Golden girl Hannah Cockroft picks up MBE from the Queen
Double gold-medal winning paralympian Hannah Cockroft is pictured today with her MBE outside Buckingham Palace.
Pepperjam prepare for launch party at Trades Club
Soulful dub band Pepperjam launch their second album at the New Beehive, Bradford on Saturday (May 18) with their main launch party at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge on Sunday, May 26.
Tha Gallipoli Oak: ‘Oh, the shells did fairly scream and bang’
There is an old saying that “cometh the hour, cometh the man”, and the Todmorden contingent of the East Lancashire Territorial Army was quick to be tested at Gallipoli in 1915.
More on the floating nightclub...
A reader contacted us with more information about the “floating nightclub”, a photograph of which we ran some weeks ago.
Gang are on the road to fun
Join the Gang on the yellow brick road at this year’s Todmorden Gang Show and you won’t be disappointed.
Trip’s a cruise for Let’s Go group
Fifty three members of Todmorden U3A’s Let’s Go group are pictured enjoying a sunny trip to the Ellesmere Port Canal museum.
Life’s just a Beech at glorious home
A picture-perfect home inside and out, set in glorious gardens and within easy reach of Hebden Bridge town centre.
Surreal tale of how a family can soon grow
It’s a tricky conversation which parents dread, but the explanation of how babies are made has never seemed so surreal.
Celebrate springtime at scenic spot
Nature and history lovers are being invited to celebrate springtime with a series of walks and wildlife events at Hardcastle Crags this weekend.
Celebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their birthday this week include the following.
Health and beauty with Imogen Thorpe: Your body can defy you at any time, as I know personally
Around four years ago, towards the end of my hairdressing training, I started to become severely sensitive towards the products and chemicals that I was using.
Health and Beauty with Imogen Thorp
Dermal fillers are used to correct scarring, wrinkles and other depressions in the skin.
Property pick: The best of views across the valley
Home buyers are often told: “You can’t buy a view”, meaning that developments around the property may impair their outlook in the future.
A brief history of time in Todmorden
A heritage walk on Sunday, May 19 will focus on Todmorden buildings and families who influenced the town.
Tennis club offering juniors’ coaching
Todmorden Tennis Club is running a series of coaching sessions for juniors.
The sun is the shining...the weather is sweet
The sun has got his hat on and he’s come out to play across Calderdale with forecast highs of 18 degrees, this bank holiday Monday.
1 commentComedy returns to The Old Gate
The next date for your diary for comedy at The Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, is Sunday, May 12.
The generation game...Robert told us his tale of two families
Dr Robert Stansfield presented “A Tale of Two Families: The Stansfields of Walsden and the Cudworths of Spotland” at Todmorden Antiquarian Society’s last speaker meeting of the season.
Switch in programme
Due to circumstances beyond their control Hebden Bridge Little Theatre’s listed production of Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus is being postponed until next year.
Want to explore our area’s moors? Let us show you around!
If you have read fell running stories and reports on our sports pages and want to know what it is all about, there is a chance coming up to find out.
Lancashire oak that marks where they fell
In March 1922 a 58-year-old local businessman called James Duckworth stepped from a cruise ship onto the shore of Gallipoli.
Can you paint freedom? Fiona shows how
Hebden Bridge artist - and self-described “escaped accountant” - Fiona Armer holds her first exhibition at Hebden Bridge Town Hall from May 4 to 12.
Make your move - dozens of homes for sale in our property emag
We’ve got dozens of homes for sale in the latest edition of the Todmorden News property section.
See Robbie Williams at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Robbie Williams hits the road this summer for a series of dates across the UK and Europe that mark his first solo stadium shows since the 2006 Close Encounters tour.
Artists have the ‘X’ factor
Three artists are joining together to present a selection of their work at a gallery this month.
Mother’s Ruin on tap in Todmorden
Mother’s Ruin play at The Polished Knob, Todmorden on Saturday night with a repertoire that includes ZZ Top.
Record store movie - will it be a smash hit?
With the success of Record Store Day 2013 still ringing in the ears of folk who visited Muse Music in Hebden Bridge on Saturday week, there’s another chance to put the needle in the groove this weekend.
Palace gets BAFTA nominee premiere
Todmorden’s Electric Palace Cinema has been granted a special licence to premiere the BAFTA-nominated film I Am Nasrine - even though it is not yet on general release.
You can join Weir walkers and more right up to start
There is still time to enter the 2013 Todmorden Boundary Walk, which takes this place this Sunday (May 5).
Kloot star confirms arts festival show
I Am Kloot frontman John Bramwell plays an exclusive acoustic show as part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
Celebrating a special day
Birthday Club members celebrating their special day this week include the following.
Artist is taking ‘Soundings’
An exhibition of work by one of the gallery’s owners forms the next monthly display at Water Street Gallery, Todmorden.
City show for artist Holly
Todmorden based artist Holly Rowan Hesson’s Only Forward exhibition at 4 Piccadilly Place in Manchester this week is her final show for her MA in contemporary fine art.
Healthy and Beauty by Physio & Therapies: Flexible friends can carry a cost to your health
Laptops have made us be able to work more flexibly and be more mobile, but they have been blamed for causing work-related back, neck and shoulder problems as well as headaches.
Health and beauty by Physio & Therapies: A word of introduction about the team
Welcome to the first of our new monthly health columns written by the team at Physio & Therapies in Todmorden.
Win full weekend tickets for town’s Blues Festival
A packed weekend of blues music will see big-name players visit the third annual Hebden Bridge Blues Festival next month.
‘Cats’ is the catalyst for young talent to emerge
A production of ‘Cats’ by Calder Valley Youth Theatre last November provided the purr-fect publicity for attracting new talent.
Quality performers are key to piano festival’s huge success
The sound of a plethora of piano pieces filled the upper Calder Valley last weekend for the inaugural Hebden Bridge Piano Festival.
There’s an art to Danny Boyle’s directorship...
Everything that director Danny Boyle touches seems to turn to gold and his latest cinematic offering, Trance (15), is no exception.
Celebrating a special day
Birthday Club members celebrating their special day this week include the following.
- Crews called to house fire in Calder Valley
- Cheers at the Top Brink as it is voted pub of the year
- Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was a “very nice lady” who paved the way for women, says councillor
- Cruel sting as lack of dock leaves leads to world championships being cancelled
- Running and walking both good for your heart
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Friday 24 May 2013
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