JUST Happy to be Here Theatre Company return to Highroyds Social Club, in Menston, this time with Alan Ayckbourn’s black comedy Snake in the Grass. Miriam has cared for her father, with help from a creepily polite nurse, Alice. After his death
STUDENTS from Ilkley Grammar School won prizes when they took part in Skipton Music Festival on March 19. Ella Shuttleworth, 12, and Niamh Maroney, 14, both sang in the festival at Skipton Girls’ School. Ella entered the under 13 category,
A NEW book takes walkers on historic routes across Ilkley Moor in sight of Silsden. Historical Walks Through Lancashire And Yorkshire includes routes taking in Addingham, Ilkley, Draughton and Skipton. Tom Schofield’s book features a 130-mile
SITTING Room Comedy is launching stand-up comedy events in Leeds, following on from successful regular shows in Harrogate and York. Sitting Room’s opening show in Leeds will be at the Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen on Thursday April 9. Topping
AN EXHIBITION of mosaics that use materials from around the world will go on show in Otley next weekend. Sue Kershaw’s artworks feature everything from shells collected in Sicily to pots from the River Ganges. Her mosaics are part of the Fragments
OTLEY Brass Band and Steeton Male Voice Choir joined forced to perform in a charity concert at Selby Abbey. The band and the choir performed at the Chairman’s Charity Concert, organised by Selby District Council chairman, John Cattanach, helping
THE Two Rivers Swing Band will be holding their Spring Dance on Saturday, April 18 at the Winter Gardens, Ilkley. Their dances at the Winter Gardens have already attracted a loyal following, but this time there will be something extra. Al Wood
The Lime Tree, Moorlands Nurseries, Harrogate, reviewed by Angela Cunningham “DID you hear that?” says the Dizzy Goddaughter (DG) as we take our seats. “That lady over there just remarked, it’s worth coming here if only for the scrummy coleslaw. We
AIR Cadets celebrated an annual dinner and presentation afternoon, 74 years and a day since their squadron’s first ever parade. The 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron held the event at the King’s Hall, in Ilkley, on Sunday, March 15, in the company of
CUSTOMERS in Guiseley and Yeadon can enjoy the best breakfast in Britain – at Morrisons stores in Otley Road and High Street. The supermarket chain has been voted as having the nation’s best high street breakfast by foodservice industry awards
A FORMER pupil will take charge of an Apperley Bridge school next year. Woodhouse Grove has announced that James Lockwood, who started studying at the school in 1986 when he was 13, will become the next headteacher from January, 2016. A former
AN OTLEY school has been congratulated by the government for being one of the country’s highest achievers. Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Farnley Lane, has been named as one of the top 100 non-selective, state-funded schools in England. The
A PIRATE-THEMED fundraising ball in memory of Harry Buckley takes place next month. Harry’s Pirate Ball will take place at The Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, from 7pm on Saturday, April 25. The black-tie event will feature a three course meal and live
A NEWLY-QUALIFIED primary school teacher has spoken of his incredible experiences of teaching in Kenya, following his return from a school in Nairobi. Richard Atkins, of Addingham, who teaches at Crossflatts Primary School, spent eight days in
COUNCILLORS in Yeadon are trying to save a local green field site from the threat of development. They are calling on Leeds City Council to remove the site from housing proposals and replace it with a disused mill site. The Council is currently
THOUSANDS looked to the sky to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse on Friday morning, and although clouds meant few in Wharfedale got a perfect view, the event still proved a spectacular sight. The partial eclipse, in which around 90 per cent
THIS photo was taken in May 1991 when Ilkley won the Entente Florale in the Britain in Bloom contest in the category of ‘Town’. The horticultural competition was established to recognise municipalities and villages for excellence in horticultural displays
Looking Back with the Ilkley Gazette and the Wharfedale Observer 125 Years Ago - 1890 On Monday, the men employed in digging the drain connected with the new building near the railway bridge in Brook Street came across a small cinery urn of dark
BLUEHOOP Digital, an Ilkley-based digital marketing business, has been shortlisted as finalists in the Best Digital & Creative business of the year category in the City of Leeds Business Awards 2015. The awards are judged on a combination of
FIVE members of staff from St Mary’s, Menston, will embark on a gruelling 24-hour fitness challenge in aid of Martin House Children’s Hospice, one of the school’s chosen charities. From Wednesday, April 1, to Thursday, April 2, Tom Hamill, Harry
