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Charity urges people to leave gift of a legacy
A cancer charity is stressing the importance of legacies in helping it to continue its vital work. Macmillan Cancer Support hosted a reception at Harewood House in Leeds as part of a UK wide programme of events to highlight the importance of legacy
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Chance for charities to apply for grants
Charities making a lasting difference to communities in the Bradford district are being urged to apply for grants of up to £10,000 from the charitable arm of the Ilkley Gazette and the Wharfedale Observer. The Gannett Foundation, which is operated
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Cream of the crop of Yorkshire produce shortlist announced
Deliciouslyorkshire has drawn up the much-anticipated list of product finalists in its 2013 Deliciouslyorkshire Awards – with everything from goat’s milk ice-cream, Yorkshire green garlic and edible flowers on the shortlist. The crack team of eight
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Ramble that takes in views of Pen-y-Ghent
Of all the many excellent walks from Settle my favourite not only takes in the superb limestone scenery so characteristic of the area but also two perfect Dales villages, an ancient lime kiln, a stunning waterfall and a pretty church. I prefer
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Ilkley brewery creates beer to help charity trek
Ilkley Brewery has created a beer to support a pub chain boss’s charitable trek to Everest Basecamp this autumn. Market Town Taverns’ managing director, Simon Midgley, will do his trek in October, in aid of Saint Michael’s Hospice, in Harrogate
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Food celebration back at Devonshire Arms
The annual Devonshire Food Festival is back for 2013, with a whole range of dinners and demonstrations taking place from November 18-24. Taking place at The Devonshire Arms on The Bolton Abbey estate, it promises to be a real foodie feast.
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Former Slace man fronts 80s popster
One of the primary live bands of the 70s and 80s Sad Café will play at St George’s Hall in Bradford for one night only on Friday, September 6 – the only Yorkshire date of their tour. Now led by long-time members Ian Wilson, Dave Irving, Ashley
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Stepping back in time is Strictly good fun
MIDNIGHT TANGO LEEDS GRAND THEATRE Brought from Buenos Aires to Paris in 1912 by rich young Argentinians and immortalised by the seductive charm of Valentino in the 20s, the fire of the tango has been re-kindled by Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent
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Show is Good for all
Stagecoach Leeds Menston students followed the yellow brick road to a fantastic performance of their own devised show called Changed For Good. On Saturday, July 13 students from the main school (aged six to 18) performed with high energy to a packed
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Bradford band is flying high
Bradford four-piece Man Can’t Fly have defied their name and soared since forming in October last year. The band, who describe themselves as an alternative/acoustic rock outfit, made their mark on the local music scene with the release of debut
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Back to the 80s for stage show
Theatre company BrassNeck are on the lookout for any ’80s wannabes who would like to audition to take part in their up and coming production of the musical The Wedding Singer which will be performed at Yeadon Town Hall from May 13-17, 2014. Based
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Star in Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood runs the risk of being eaten by the wicked wolf unless steps are taken to find local actors to take him on in Burley Theatre Group's forthcoming panto Little Red Riding Hood. If you have a dream of becoming an actor, the Burley
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Young actors show talent in Les Miserables
Thirty two children from across the Wharfedale area, aged from seven years to 15 years, performed a mini-version of Les Miserables at Hollygarth Social Club last Friday. They had been working hard all week in sweltering temperatures at Joze School
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Big family event to bring people together through music and arts
More than 50 acts are joining forces in Bradford for the Shuttle Shuffle Festival, a celebration of music and arts. The family-friendly festival, running on August 17 and 18, is in aid of the Piece Project, a charitable organisation aimed at creating
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Aliens are set to land in Bradford
Aliens Love Underpants – and they’re about to land in Bradford. Young theatre-goers are invited to laugh their pants off with this bestselling children’s story, brought to life on stage for the first time. Aliens Love Underpants is the story
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Folk tales to be recited
Folk stories of the kind the Bronte youngsters may have been told while growing up in their Haworth home are to be recited at an event at the Parsonage Museum. The Northern folk tales will be told in the Bronte Parsonage kitchen by storyteller Christine
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Wharfedale's historica buildings open for Heritage Day
Historic buildings across Wharfedale, Aireborough and Horsforth will again be on the map in the national Heritage Open Days event next month. The four-day celebration of England’s architecture and culture will again open the doors to some of the
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Upstagers return with an extra date for songs from the shows
After last year's sellout performance, Ilkley’s Upstagers are to present another showcase of great songs from the shows. Last year's show at the Winter Garden was such a huge success, the group has decided to add an extra performance this year.
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Cantores Olicanae, St Margaret's Church, Ilkley
Last month we featured a review of a concert by Leeds Symphony Orchestra and Cantores Olicanae which took place at St Margaret’s Church in Ilkley. We mistakenly used an image from another concert. Here is a picture from the actual concert.
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City aiming to aid creativity in young
City Varieties Music Hall hosted its first ever Summer School for young people last week. The Music Hall has a rich history of performance and Rewind/Remix fused that colourful past with the present, ending in a showcase performance on the world-famous
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Film scores from Tim Burton's movies brought o life on stage
Following the world premiere of the event at the Royal Albert Hall this autumn, Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton will be coming to the first direct arena in Leeds this October. The show, which has already sold out at the Royal
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Queen of swing Clare Teal at Ilkley Summer Festival
Yorkshire’s Queen of Swing Clare Teal celebrates the music of her heroines, the leading lights of the jazz and big band world Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Doris Day and many of their illustrious contemporaries. The multi-award winning
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Yeadon Rufford Park Primary given funds for 105 extra pupils
A Yeadon primary school has secured funding for 105 extra places. Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland has welcomed the announcement that Rufford Park Primary has been deemed good enough by Ofsted to benefit from a scheme set up by the Coalition
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Yeadon
Airport sees three million passengers Leeds-Bradford Airport has reached a major milestone by breaking the three million passenger barrier. The announcement that it has broken its three million rolling year passenger figure, is based on latest
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Wharfedale
BRIDGE CLUB: On Friday, August 2, seven and a half tables played 28 boards, N/S: 1st Mr & Mrs Kennedy, 2nd Mrs Tetley & Mrs Melville; E/W: 1st Mrs Hammond & Mrs Monkman, 2nd Mr & Mrs Hartley.
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Rawdon
MERCURY MOVIE MAKERS: On Wednesday evening we had a ‘brains trust’-type meeting where three experienced film-makers faced the audience and did their best to answer technical questions. Quite a bit was learned from this exercise and several members
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Otley
BRIDGE CLUB: On Monday, July 29, five and a half tables played 22 boards. Winners: 1st Mr & Mrs Waite, 2nd Mr Kilburn & Mrs Savage, 3rd Mrs Biss & Mr Spencer.
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Menston
METHODIST CHURCH: The service at 10.30am on Sunday will be taken by Neil Moffoot. There will be a circuit service at 2.30pm at Norwood. Cornerstone cafe, adjoining the church and operated by volunteers, will be open for light refreshments and lunches
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Ilkley
U3A: The next monthly meeting of the Ilkley and District U3A will be on Saturday, August 17, at 10am at the Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley, when a presentation will be made by two of our members, Julia and Alan Kay, who will share with us their photos
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Guiseley
METHODIST CHURCH: Last Sunday our morning service was conducted by Brian Armitage and in the afternoon the women’s fellowship organised a short act of worship in Primrose Court for the residents. The circuit evening service was led by the Rev Rick
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Burley-in-Wharfedale
BRIDGE CLUB: On Monday, July 29, six tables played a Howell Movement. Results: 1st Sheila Richardson & Julie White 62%, 2nd Mavis Pratt & Sheila Richardson 60%, 3rd Wendy Johnson & Duncan Ault 59%, 4th Kathleen Dixon & Mary Carter 59%
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Bolton Abbey
Flagstones dropped on Barden Fell for footpath Walkers heading for Simon’s Seat in Wharfedale will find they are on firmer ground after more than 30 tonnes of stone was airlifted to the beauty spot. Reclaimed mill floor flags from Lancashire
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Aireborough
ROTARY CLUB: As the weekly meeting of the club held on Tuesday evening was the last in the month, members’ wives, members of Inner Wheel and guests attended. They were entertained by speaker, former president Brian Whitham, who gave a most interesting
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Discover more about Aireborough with interesting walks
A series of walks which was set up 20 years ago will hold three events this month and next as part of the 2013 series. The Friday evening walks were launched two decades ago by Albert Shutt, who was then chairman of Aireborough Civic Society.
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Rawdon Park Mills held garden party for employees
Fancy hats and parasols were the order of the day at this workers’ garden party back in 1954. The event was held for employees of Park Mills in Rawdon, along with their children and friends. Park Mill dated back to 1805, and was one of three mills
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Otley vicar gives his view of the new reconception of moral values
125 Years Ago – 1888 The second annual exhibition of plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables, promoted by the Ilkley Floral and Horticultural Society, was held under very unfavourable auspices, on Saturday last. The committee, stimulated by the
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Crews are called to emergency landing for Jet2
Fire crews were called from across Leeds and Bradford last Friday after a Jet2 plane had to make an emergency landing at Leeds Bradford Airport. A flight to Amsterdam that had taken off shortly before 7.30am had to turn around and land again just
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Wharfedale and Aireborough police warning to lock windows and doors
Criminals are making hay while the sun shines by taking advantage of unlocked doors and windows. Police in Aireborough and Wharfedale say opportunist thieves have been making the most of the sunny weather by letting themselves in to unlocked homes
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Team games are a winner at Yeadon Queensway school
Key stage two children at Queensway Primary School recently enjoyed their sports day at the Yeadon school. Rather than compete as individuals the school’s four houses competed as teams, with a mix of seven-to-11-year-olds in each team. They did
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‘Innovative’ lessons at Guiseley's Tranmere Park school are a big success
Children at Tranmere Park Primary School in Guiseley enjoyed a fabulous arts week, learning dances from around the world and dancing through the decades. The week of events contributed towards the school’s bid for an Artsmark Gold award. Younger
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Hawksworth pupils are all over their new frame
Pupils at Hawksworth CofE Primary School have been enjoying a new addition to their playground – a magnificent climbing frame. The Friends of Hawksworth School, a body made up of parents, organised a variety of fundraising activities throughout
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'Confusing' Yeadon signs will now be removed
Signs advertising a Yeadon housing estate will have to be removed, after Leeds Council refused a retrospective advertising application because it was too “confusing.” Charles Church Homes had applied for permission for a sign they had already erected
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World-renowned opera singer to perform in Ilkley
International soprano Una Barry (pictured) will perform a sung mass at St Margaret’s Church in Ilkley on Sunday. She will perform works by Jean Langlais, Missa in Simplicitate and Motet: Ave Maris Stella, and give the first performance of Christopher
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Taking a walk on the wild side on Ilkley Moor
Families joined the Friends of Ilkley Moor’s (FOIM) project officer in a walk exploring wildlife on the moor. The latest in this year’s series of special events and walks on Ilkley Moor, children learned how to take readings on temperature, wind
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Extra police patrols in Horsforth
Police have been targeting large groups of youths in Horsforth after complaints from the public. Patrols have been conducted around the St James’s estate after complaints about youths smoking, drinking and causing a nuisance. Youth services
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Rawdon soldier who lost both legs in war to tackle extreme race
A soldier who lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan has been described as an inspiration by the organisers of an extreme challenge dubbed “the obstacle race from hell”. Lance Bombardier James Simpson, 27, of Rawdon, is set to be the
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Socks subscription for naughty Willow from Ilkley
A naughty dog with a taste for chewing up her owner’s clothing has been given her own subscription to a socks supplier. After having had numerous pairs of socks chewed by cocker spaniel Willow, Ilkley businessman Jonathan Ratcliffe decided to put
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First step in bid to improve transport in West Yorkshire
Proposals for a new body to manage investment worth £1.5bn in West Yorkshire’s transport and economic infrastructure have been sent to Government for final approval after all five councils and the Integrated Transport Authority agreed the plans.
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‘Devastating’ verdict after horrendous karting injuries at Guiseley car park
A young woman catastrophically injured when her scarf got tangled around the axle of go-kart has had her hopes of a multi-million-pound damages payout dashed by a High Court judge. Sophie Poole was 21 when on Easter Monday 2009, she and five young
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Bradford Council U-turn brings hope of campsite for Le Tour
Local authority support for the Ilkley leg of next year’s Tour de France is getting up to speed with Bradford Council doing a U-turn on discussions about opening a campsite. Land at East Holmes Field owned by the Council is now likely to be run
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Calls for Aireborough homes bid to be rejected over ‘ghetto’ fears
A council is being urged to abandon plans for more than 2,000 new homes in Aireborough – amid fears it could be turned into a suburban ghetto of Leeds. The City Council is being told the area is full and cannot cope with any more housing. It
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Accident highlights fears for safety over new homes in Rawdon
Safety measures are being called for at a Rawdon junction after a tanker accident which residents say could have been devastating. No-one was injured in the crash between the aviation fuel tanker and a car on Green Lane in June. But local people
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Aireborough MP steps in to help defend green belt land
The MP for Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough is also defending green belt land around Leeds – urging the city council to build on brown field sites instead. Stuart Andrew (pictured) has written to Leeds City Council to say that their consideration
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Bid to turn shop into flats is rejected to protect village
Plans to turn a shop in Rawdon into two flats has been refused because it would “affect the vitality” of the village . It is the second time this year that Grovehall Estates have applied to Leeds City Council to convert the former Mobarak Boutique
