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1 commentArts centre hosts weekend events
Holme Street Arts Centre is hosting a handmade arts and craft fair on Saturday, May 18.
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.
Don’t ‘myth’ your chance to join parade fun
Here’s your chance to let your imagination run riot by creating carnival costumes and making music for one of Hebden Bridge’s most colourful spectacles.
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival video
Beauty and allure smothered Hebden Bridge in a three-day Burlesque Festival weekend.
A feast for the eyes and ears!
From the moment the orphan boys opened the show with ‘Food Glorious Food’, the preview night audience for Mytholmroyd St Michael’s Amateurs’ production of ‘Oliver!’ was treated to a procession of hit songs from this ever popular Lionel Bart musical.
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.
Trades Club thanks ‘genuinely nice bloke’
Dave Gee has stepped down after a record-breaking 18 years on Hebden Bridge Trades Club committee and was rewarded with lifetime free entry to gigs.
My life as a royal nanny
Heather Slater gave Hebden Bridge Ladies Club a fascinating insight into her life in Saudia Arabia as nanny to Prince Alweed’s son Khalid for eight years.
Can you hear the sounds of the sea?
Word of Mouth, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge, is giving families chance to make a “seaside critter” at a workshop on Saturday.
Consider yourself invited
The musical tale of the orphan boy who asked for more will be staged by St Michael’s Amateur Dramatic Society, Mytholmroyd, next week.
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.
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival - video video
Beauty and allure smothered Hebden Bridge in a three-day Burlesque Festival at the weekend.
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Martha offers a race cake break
Teenager Martha Eccles is planning a cake stall to give runners an energy boost and raise funds for her World Challenge trip.
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.
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YOUR COMMENTS: Feel good Monday
This is not your average Monday - dragging yourself out of bed; wondering where the weekend went; despising your very existence...
4 commentsComedy returns to The Old Gate
The next date for your diary for comedy at The Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, is Sunday, May 12.
From rags to riches?
Secondary school students and over 18s with a talent for creativity are invited to get their thinking caps on for a summer WI special.
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.
Cotton on to sew many good things
Jinny Woodington and her mum Jude Hall held a vintage and retro sale at Word of Mouth, Hebden Bridge.
Extraordinary objects of desire - and they are all made from wood!
Craftsman John Prescott returned to Hebden Bridge after last year’s floods put paid to his exhibition.
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 Hebden Bridge Times property section.
‘Witchcraft and dark deeds’ walk
After the success of Pace Egg, Heptonstall will on Sunday explore the shadier side of its local history.
Food, glorious food from across the globe
Sizzling sausages and spicy sauces were just some of the ingredients that made Hebden Bridge Food and Drink Festival a mouth-watering success.
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.
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.
Kloot star confirms arts festival show
I Am Kloot frontman John Bramwell plays an exclusive acoustic show as part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
Here’s your free drink!
The 906 summer bus to Hardcastle Crags and Widdop resumes this weekend, with services leaving Hebden Bridge railway station on Saturday and Sunday. The 24-page 906 route guide contains a timetable and directions and maps for six walks (£1.50 from TICs and on the bus). Show your bus ticket to qualify for a free drink at the Weavers Shed Cafe.
Celebrating a special day
Birthday Club members celebrating their special day this week include the following.
Three bands for the price of one
Three West Yorkshire bands will be taking to the stage of the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, on Friday, May 17.
Legends of Calderdale
Speaker John Billingsley, who grew up in London and moved to Calderdale as a young man, fascinated Cragg Vale branch of the Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association with folklore tales about the area.
Your old knickers could be funky festival bunting!
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival is working with schools and community groups to recycle old undies into fun and funky “Wonderwear”.
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.
Shortlisted for prestigious award
A novel published by Bluemoose, based in Hebden Bridge, has been shortlisted for Britain’s most prestigious sci-fi book award.
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.
Have your say on village’s future
People are being invited to shape the future of one of Calderdale’s most attractive villages.
‘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.
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Monday 20 May 2013
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