The annual jolly jazzy seasonal singalong takes place again on Sunday, at The Crescent Hotel, Ilkley, from 2pm. Santa’s little helpers (well the Dave Challis Trio) are working hard getting all the song sheets ready for Uncle Gerry to lead the massed
Harewood Village Hall has seen many events over the years but this year organisers have scored a winner. To raise funds for this locally much-loved hall Chaplins Pantos, based in Essex, are putting on an extravaganza to raise the spirits between
An aborted scheme to allow a private firm to take care of Ilkley landmarks has cost taxpayers almost £1 million. Bradford Council has paid out £825,000 to building services company Carillion in a legal settlement over the abandoned asset management project
After their successful production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at St Oswald’s Church, Guiseley, their eighth Shakespeare production since 2001, the Hope Theatre Group are now planning to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their founding with a
Heavy snowfall overnight has done little to disrupt travel and public services in the Ilkley area. Although many roads and paths were covered as snow fell last night and this morning, no roads in the area were closed. Bradford Council gritting
1884 To those who have followed the course of the Ilkley Vocal Society during the ten years of its history, the opening concert of the present season, given in the Congregational Schoolroom, on Tuesday evening, must have been exceedingly
Ilkley Grammar School has spelled out the thinking behind its planned move to Ben Rhydding, in the wake of calls to redevelop on its current site. Concerned members of the community have written letters to the Ilkley Gazette in recent weeks
Children have been giving up their play time to make operating theatre gowns in support of an appeal providing medical help to children living in poverty. Groups of pupils of Burley and Woodhead Primary School have gone without their lunch break play
On a stormy December night 60 years ago, Ilkley Choral Society gave their inaugural performance of Handel’s Messiah at Ilkley Parish Church, under the baton of founder-conductor Charles W Bainbridge. There could scarcely have been any other choice of
Big things are on the horizon for The Dunwell Brothers Band who launch their double A-sided single on Tuesday. The band is made up not just of the terrifically talented Dunwell brothers Dave and Joe but also Yeadon drummer/vocalist Jonny Lamb, Dave Hanson
Otley Courthouse will be staging two great family events to get you into the Christmas spirit. A Family Christmas Hullabaloo will be held tonight from 7.30pm. This is an action-packed family variety show full of wild stunts, silly songs, magic moments
Young Einsteins from Ghyll Royd School proved their genius when they took part in a maths challenge recently. The youngsters pitched their num-erical skills against 20 other Primary Schools at the Primary Maths Competition held at Leeds Grammar School
A proposed bus strike that would have hit pre-Christmas passengers in Aireborough, Horsforth and Wharfedale tomorrow has been called off. The industrial action - sparked over a pay freeze - by drivers for travel company First has been suspended after
A 55-year-old man who admitted indecently exposing himself to schoolgirls in Ilkley had his case postponed yesterday after it was revealed police could charge him with perverting the course of justice. Paul Burke, of St Mary’s Walk, Harrogate, pleaded
A trial run planning application for the rebuilding of Ilkley Grammar School on farmland off Wheatley Lane will be scrutinised by Ilkley Parish Council. The local council’s plans committee, a statutory consultee in planning process, is expecting to debate
