125 Years Ago – 1889 Considerable interest was occasioned in the village of Addingham on Tuesday morning by the marriage, which took place at St Peter’s Church, of Miss Amy Tillotson, second daughter of Mr Abraham Tillotson, of the Craven Heifer
People power has won the day with regards to the threatened Manor House Museum and Art Gallery... but while the battle is won, the war goes on. A 12-month stay of execution for the threatened museum is a great victory, however, and congratulations
Children at Ghyll Royd School in Burley-in-Wharfedale have been learning about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Children in years three and four have been visited by Bradford Bulls who have run two workshops on the importance
An Iron Age-style roundhouse is planned at Ilkley’s Nell Bank outdoor education centre, giving visiting children the chance to learn about life in ancient times. Youngsters visiting the Denton Road centre will be able to use the roundhouse as their
Market traders at Skipton Farmers’ Market are all set for Shrove Tuesday. Malcolm Hughes from Red Tractor Foods, based in Ilkley, will be serving up sweet and savoury pancakes at his stall this Sunday – only two days before Shrove Tuesday.
A squad of dancers from Ilkley’s Joze School of Performing Arts have enjoyed amazing success at a dance competition, which took place at the Barbican in York on Sunday. Fourteen dance schools from across Yorkshire and one from Manchester took part
An Ilkley ward councillor is campaigning for double yellow lines to be introduced on a town centre road where he says there is dangerous parking. Councillor Martin Smith (Con, Ilkley) is calling for the measure on Grove Road and has written to
The final countdown is on to the annual Ilkley Rotary Pancake Races, which take place along The Grove on Shrove Tuesday. As in previous years more than 200 schoolchildren are expected to be competing, followed by the adult races for businesses
The Manor House Museum and Art Gallery has been granted a 12-month stay of execution after Bradford Council accepted a deal put forward by Ilkley people to temporarily keep it in local authority hands. The Council has agreed to keep funding staff
The following planning applications have been received by Bradford Council: BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE: Non -Material Amendments to approval 10/05381/FUL (Demolition of existing single two storey house and construction of a pair of semi-detached houses
Addingham Parish Council held a public meeting on Monday night to raise awareness that residents can now comment on Bradford’s Core Strategy. More than 70 people attended the event at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club and following a brief overview of the
Menston residents attended a traffic management consultation event on Tuesday to view a proposed scheme for the village. Highways officers from Bradford Council attended the event at Kirklands Community Centre to answer queries from residents about
Children at Ilkley’s Westville House School will be broadcasting to the 32nd Royal Artillery Regiment in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, during the school’s open day on Saturday. As part of the school’s First World War commemoration activities, the
Hundreds of pounds which was going to be used to provide extra sports coaching to youngsters has had to be diverted to pay for emergency repairs after vandals wrecked vital equipment. Vandals targeted a meter which controls the floodlighting at
Ilkley’s rugby players received stinging criticism from their coach Rhys Morgan despite recording one of their biggest wins of the season last Saturday. Morgan felt they were sloppy and didn’t stick to their defensive patterns or game plan despite
Pontefract 5 Ilkley 54 As Pontefract’s match-programme pointed out at some length, Moor Lane has not been a happy hunting ground for Ilkley, the Dalesmen never having won there in league rugby – at least until Saturday. This unhappy record
Keighley Town 1 Ilkley Dynamo 4 Dynamo produced a quality performance to inflict a heavy defeat on the Premier Division leaders. Dynamo played with intensity and spirit throughout and their imaginative movement and passing made them difficult
Ilkley Town 5 Aberford Albion 0 On a bright and blustery day, Ilkley welcomed fifth-placed Aberford to Ben Rhydding, who had won their previous four West Yorkshire League Division One games. From the off, two contrasting styles of play were
Ben Rhydding Ladies 0 Brooklands Poynton 5 Ben Rhydding Ladies had high hopes for their match against steely top of the Investec Conference North side Brooklands Poynton after only suffering a narrow loss against them in their previous encounter
Ben Rhydding 1 Preston 5 Ben Rhydding experienced mixed fortunes in their double-header weekend with a defeat on Saturday being followed by the win that guarantees their place in the Men's North Premier League for next season. The home side
Addingham’s talented young rider Edward Earle was in good form at Silsden at the weekend. He took the Youth Class C honours in Saturday’s Autowbars Championship trial on Saturday and repeated the feat in Sunday’s club trial, both promoted by the
