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  • New "Friends" group for Ilkley Station

    THE PUBLIC are being invited to a meeting this week to find out about a new group to make Ilkley and Ben Rhydding stations more welcoming. The Friends of Ilkley & Ben Rhydding Stations meeting will take place on Thursday evening. Organisers say

  • Otley youngsters protect wildlife

    YOUNGSTERS at an Otley school have done their bit to protect wildlife by raising funds for a local group. Pupils at St Joseph's Primary created landscape and meadow art as well as sculptures to represent the town. They then created a gallery and

  • Organ recital at St Margaret's in Ilkley

    AN ORGAN recital in Ilkley next week will be a further step towards normality. Christopher Rathbone’s recital will take place at St Margaret's Church from12.30 to 1.15pm on Friday August 6. The director of music at St Margaret’s in Ilkley has

  • Social history website success

    AN ONLINE social history archive is going from strength to strength with thousands of followers and visitors from around the world. Carlo Harrison who launched the Back-Chat Collection website https://back-chat.org.uk/ a year ago says it has 6,140

  • Ilkley Rotary donation to Manorlands Hospice

    ALTHOUGH the pandemic has made it a difficult year for fundraising the Rotary Club of Ilkley Wharfedale has seized every opportunity to help good causes. The club’s six female members collected hundreds of pounds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice