Todmorden News - Lifestyle Feed

Golden girl Hannah Cockroft picks up MBE from the Queen

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:26:06 GMT

Double gold-medal winning paralympian Hannah Cockroft is pictured today with her MBE outside Buckingham Palace.

Pepperjam prepare for launch party at Trades Club

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:44:45 GMT

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.

Gang are on the road to fun

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:05:24 GMT

Join the Gang on the yellow brick road at this year’s Todmorden Gang Show and you won’t be disappointed.

Life’s just a Beech at glorious home

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:29:54 GMT

A picture-perfect home inside and out, set in glorious gardens and within easy reach of Hebden Bridge town centre.

Tha Gallipoli Oak: ‘Oh, the shells did fairly scream and bang’

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:20:48 GMT

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.

Trip’s a cruise for Let’s Go group

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:14:26 GMT

Fifty three members of Todmorden U3A’s Let’s Go group are pictured enjoying a sunny trip to the Ellesmere Port Canal museum.

Celebrating a special day

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:11:50 GMT

Birthday Club members who are celebrating their birthday this week include the following.

A brief history of time in Todmorden

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:45:22 GMT

A heritage walk on Sunday, May 19 will focus on Todmorden buildings and families who influenced the town.

The sun is the shining...the weather is sweet

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:29:22 GMT

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.

See Robbie Williams at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:28:45 GMT

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.

Comedy returns to The Old Gate

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:33:57 GMT

The next date for your diary for comedy at The Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, is Sunday, May 12.

Tennis club offering juniors’ coaching

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:32:21 GMT

Todmorden Tennis Club is running a series of coaching sessions for juniors.

Mother’s Ruin on tap in Todmorden

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:30:55 GMT

Mother’s Ruin play at The Polished Knob, Todmorden on Saturday night with a repertoire that includes ZZ Top.

Kloot star confirms arts festival show

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:29:50 GMT

I Am Kloot frontman John Bramwell plays an exclusive acoustic show as part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.

Property pick: The best of views across the valley

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:27:19 GMT

Home buyers are often told: “You can’t buy a view”, meaning that developments around the property may impair their outlook in the future.

Can you paint freedom? Fiona shows how

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:04:36 GMT

Hebden Bridge artist - and self-described “escaped accountant” - Fiona Armer holds her first exhibition at Hebden Bridge Town Hall from May 4 to 12.

More on the floating nightclub...

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:51:23 GMT

A reader contacted us with more information about the “floating nightclub”, a photograph of which we ran some weeks ago.

The generation game...Robert told us his tale of two families

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:48:21 GMT

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

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:47:14 GMT

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.

Palace gets BAFTA nominee premiere

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:43:52 GMT

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.