MUSIC fans still have a chance to get cheap ‘early bird’ tickets for this year’s Otley Fake Festival. The 2015 extravaganza takes place on Saturday, May 30 and will be headlined by acclaimed tribute acts Really Hot Chili Peppers, Musest and Jilted
TRAVEL writer and author William Atkins will be reading from his book The Moor at the Bronte Parsonage in Haworth this week. The Moor: Lives, Landscape, Literature follows a journey on foot through Britain’s moorlands from the south west tip in
OTLEY Choral Society along with sister choir from Ilkley will perform an extravaganza of music by JS Bach next week – their final concert under the leadership of their conductor Alan Horsey. The choir will be joined at Otley Parish Church on Saturday
ILKLEY singer Rupert Stroud is releasing a new EP featuring four tracks of gritty, Northern passion. The EP, is said to feature “the kind of big-sky choruses that Richard Ashcroft or Elbow would be proud of”. It is being released on the Ilkley
THE Flying Duck brew pub on Church Street in Ilkley, is set to host its first charity beer festival of the year next week to help raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The event, which starts on Wednesday, April 22, and runs until Sunday night
In BrassNeck Theatre’s next production in May a dysfunctional cast of adults will take on the roles of even quirkier adolescents. Each contestant in one of America’s favourite pastimes, a spelling bee, is determined to spell their way to the trophy
In BrassNeck Theatre’s next production in May a dysfunctional cast of adults will take on the roles of even quirkier adolescents. Each contestant in one of America’s favourite pastimes, a spelling bee, is determined to spell their way to the trophy
A FASHION show and lunch organised by Ilkley Candlelighters has raised £1,600. The money adds to the £1 million raised by the Ilkley Candlelighters over the last 30 years. The local charity is part of the Leeds-based Candlelighters Charity which
COLLABORATION between two companies has led to them sharing an top innovation award. Children’s furniture supplier Scandinavian House and Horsforth-based logistics company Proximity scooped the innovation technology prize in the SHD logistics award
AN ILKLEY man who grew up alongside a sister who suffered from anorexia nervosa will be walking the 84-mile Dales Way this summer to raise money for the eating disorder charity Beat. Nick Smith, 22, will be joined by his friend Matt Phillips, also
PHYSICISTS from Cern demonstrated the inner workings of the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator for the benefit of young people in Leeds. Sam Gregson, Dr Ben Still and Dr Aidan Randle-Conde, all physicists involved in research
YEADON Dam (Tarn) was packed when this photograph was taken on a sunny day in the 1930s. The picture, from the archives of the Aireborough Historical Society, looks across to Dam Lane. The shelter, which can be seen towards the left, was one of several
Looking Back with the Ilkley Gazette and the Wharfedale Observer 125 Years Ago – 1890 Pool – On Monday last, a very amusing entertainment was given in the school room by Professor Lenton, of London, consisting of ventriloquism and conjuring
AIREBOROUGH Gilbert and Sullivan Society will be in concert with Otley Brass Band in Horsforth in May. The concert by the society will take place at St Margaret’s Church on Friday, May 8.
THIS month’s Otley Designer Craft Fair will be held on Sunday, April 26. The craft fair event runs from 9.30am to 1pm at Otley Courthouse and features items, ranging from jewellery to artwork, that have all been produced by the stallholders.
THE Friends of Bolton Priory will hold their Spring Lecture at Bolton Abbey Village Hall on Thursday April 23. The Lecture, given by the Bishop, the Rt Rev Nick Baines, and starting at 7.30pm, is entitled Shaping the Future – Getting there from here
HORSFORTH'S Jon Moss has spoken of his pride after being appointed to referee this year's FA Cup Final at Wembley.The 44-year-old, who has been a professional referee since 2011, will take charge of the match between Arsenal and Aston Villa on May 30.
THE annual running of the Ilkley Jubilee Historic Rally and Run sponsored by KT Green of Bramhope took place on Sunday in mixed weather conditions. The 150 mile route devised by Henry Carr started and finished at The Millstones, near Harrogate, with Pool
