Skipton Ladies Choir presented a programme of words and music at Skipton Baptist Church on Saturday, which closely tied into the wonderful weather we have been enjoying. Its choice of traditional English airs, familiar and lyrical, woven between
Something is seriously wrong in Pantoland. The bad guys are winning and the Good Fairy has lost her magic! Can four pupils save the day by finding three magical objects and prevent the panto stories becoming muddled up and ending incorrectly, or
Settle’s Victoria Hall will be 160 years old in October, but seldom – if ever – will it have heard such exquisite singing as on Friday. Those lucky enough to have acquired tickets for the sell-out concert were treated to music by choral scholars
An exhibition of pictures of present-day Skipton will be staged at the town’s Holy Trinity Church. Hidden and Not So Hidden Skipton will open on Saturday and will run until Sunday, August 18.
An extra show has been shoe-horned into the busy schedule at Skipton Little Theatre. From Tuesday to Saturday, the clip-clop of Hercules the nag will be heard in Clifford Street from 7.30pm each night. This will herald the arrival of Harold
Harrogate Theatre: Tom Wrigglesworth, Sol Bernstein and Martin Mor headline at the Hyena Comedy Club (July 26); Upstage Academy presents the musical Peter Pan (July 27). Contact 01423 502116. Williamson Park, Lancaster: Robin Hood (to August 10
SKIPTON: More than 1,000 people are expected at Skipton’s Fake Festival on Saturday. It will take place in Aireville Park from 1.15pm and the main tribute acts are The Fillers (playing homage to The Killers), Jilted Generation (The Prodigy) and
100 years ago Gargrave held its 16th annual flower show in the cricket ground. The weather record for July revealed that the highest temperature had been 72 degrees and the lowest 40 degrees, the average being 63 degrees. Rain fell on 13 days
A larger entry of 46 cull cows again met with ready trade among ten buyers at the ringside in the prime cattle classes at CCM Skipton on Monday. Decent beef cows sold at 140-170p/kg to average 144.2p/kg overall, and better black and whites made
The 2,215 prime lambs among the near 3,000 head of sheep turned out for CCM Skipton’s weekly sale, on Monday, took an anticipated dip in price following the downward trend of the previous week. The market levelled at £66.95 per head, or a shade
Farmers and growers must ensure they are up-to-date on employment rules for agricultural and horticultural workers following the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board, says the NFU. Members need to be aware the Agricultural Wages Order continues
Eighty seven cattle were put forward for the midsummer Cogent Pedigree Dairy Cattle Sale at Gisburn Auction Marts on Thursday. Andrew and James Singleton, of Goosnargh, once again claimed the champion rosette and achieved the highest sale price
CCM Skipton’s monthly Saturday collective sales are now becoming well established and the latest fixture at the weekend saw a good turnout of 107 stirks, which sold to 24 separate purchasers. Highlights included a consignment from Stephen Ryder
The prolific Wharfedale-based Newbirks pedigree Holstein herd of husband and wife David and Claire Lawson and their 21-year-old son Matthew, was again in sparkling form at the main July Craven Dairy Auction at CCM Skipton on Monday. The Lawsons
In a bid to claim the £100 main prize of the C3 Challenge, set by the County Commissioner of Scouting, Ingleton Scouts took over the village gala’s main ring with a flash mob. This year’s gala queen Isobel Morphet and members of her entourage were
James Brown was caught on CCTV stealing a £17.50 bottle of whisky from Tesco in Skipton on April 19 and when arrested later poured it into a Coke bottle, magistrates at Skipton were told. He was cautioned and promised to pay back the money to Tesco
Mezzanines have long been popular in church and chapel conversions, but don’t discount them if you have an ordinary home with high ceilings – they can still work, says Julia Gray Really high ceilings are a fantastic architectural feature
With fine Victorian features, and five bedrooms, this impressive home is sure to appeal to many. The generous interior includes a large entrance hall, sitting room, lounge, cloakroom, kitchen, conservatory, a rear hallway, three cellars and a coal
Airedale Hospital audiology manager Andy Smethurst has got on his bike to raise money for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. He joined four friends to tackle a coast-to-coast ride. The group set off from Blackpool on Monday and hoped to complete
A 70-year-old woman with severe dementia died from accidental suffocation while staying at a care home in Ingleton, an inquest heard. Maureen Taylor, was at the Ingleborough Nursing Home in December last year while her husband, Peter, was abroad
Settle College has bid farewell to William Bancroft, its principal for the past seven years. He saw the school move from Ofsted judgements of barely satisfactory in 2007 to good with many outstanding features in 2010. “The last seven years
A unexpected offer of haymaking work led a 23-year-old to be banned from driving for a year by Skipton magistrates. Scott Chapman had been out drinking with friends in Skipton on June 29 when he had received a call offering him some work haymaking
A drink-fuelled row between a couple on a narrow boat at Skipton led to a police officer using his taser, magistrates were told. The officer, responding to reports of a woman being punched on a canal boat, feared he was going to be pushed into
A motorcyclist caught doing 90mph on the B6479 at Horton-in-Ribblesdale has been ordered to pay £393 in fines and costs by Skipton magistrates. Nigel Paul Turner, 36, admitted speeding at court on Friday, but added he had been very surprised at
The owner of a Jack Russell cross that got into a fight with another dog has been ordered to keep it under control by Skipton magistrates. Paddy Murphy, owned by Patrick Muldoon, of Whinny Gill Road, was out on his own and off his lead when he
Detectives are appealing for information after a pedestrian was assaulted by a cyclist in Barnoldswick. The incident happened at the junction of Manchester Road and Walmsgate at 11.40pm on Friday, July 12. The 44-year-old victim was attempting
Community centre: Sunday’s charity event in aid of Jack’s Journey raised more than £500. Well done to organisers Ella Caton and Lily Whittle, who are pupils at Rathmell School. The 100 Club winners for June and July were D Knepps and B Newhouse. Mr
Cheese and wine: The social committee for St Oswald’s Church, Arncliffe, is holding a cheese and wine evening next Friday, August 2. Church sheep: The grass in the extended churchyard at St Michael’s, Hubberholme, is being kept down by grazing
Hall dance: Raffle winners at the recent community hall dance were J Gore, M Harrison, R Middleton, K Morphet, M Glover, D Dinsdale, S Richardson, B Dugdale and H Garth. The next dance will be on Friday, August 16, at 8pm and will feature the Roe Valley
Coffee morning: On Saturday, there will be a coffee morning from 10am in the community centre. This will include cakes, bring and buy stalls and a raffle. The proceeds will go towards St Thomas’s Church. Ramblers: Sutton Ramblers meet on Saturday
Car boot sales: The Friends of Airedale Hospital run car boot sales in the west car park on the first and third Sundays of every month until September. Turn up on the day to buy and sell.
Friendship Club: Richard Chapman will talk about “Luck” – the personal story of a blind person – at the Friendship Club meeting on Tuesday at 2pm at Broughton Road Community Centre. For more details, visit skiptonfriendshipgroup.org.uk Women’s
Poor covenant: Our Lady of Mount Carmel is holding its annual Covenant with the poor. The prize bingo, which had to be postponed, will now take place at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday) in Carmel House next to the Church. Gala day: Silsden Gala takes place
Tot Lord Trail: The next Tot Lord Settle Town Trail takes place today (Thursday) from 6.30pm to 8.15pm. Meet outside Settle Tourist Information Centre. The cost is £4, with all proceeds to Oxfam. For more information, contact Richard Whinray on 015242
Tarntastic: Malham Tarn Field Centre invites you to come along to Tarntastic this weekend. The event marks the 70th anniversary of the Field Studies Council and will include a garden party with music, arts and crafts, food stalls, presentations and
Women’s Institute: The WI is holding a grand jumble sale on Saturday, from 1pm to 3pm in the village hall. Admission is 50p which includes tea and biscuits. Articles can be left in the village hall from 9.30am.
Young Farmers: Young farmers met at Hellifield Playing Field for district rounders and football. They finished second in the senior football and third in the rounders. The district sheep dog trails took place last Tuesday and judges were Willie Bell
Sunday teas: This Sunday, the institute teas are being sold to raise funds for the institute itself. They will be available from 2pm to 4.30pm. The teas last Sunday raised £243. Institute gift: The institute has new cutlery and crockery, which
Holiday club: Razzmatazz Robots – a free holiday club – will run at Ingleton Methodist Church from Tuesday to Friday, August 2. The club is open to all children aged from five to 11 years and runs each morning from 10am to noon. There will be lots
Gun club: Members of Penyghent Gun Club had three back-to-back shoots. Their first event was held at Cragg Hill Farm. K Humphrey was the field marshal and also the winner of the shoot with 77 points. S Bamber was second with 74 points and R Bold was
Age Concern: Tomorrow’s (Friday’s) meeting of Age Concern will include music and exercise with Colin Etherington. It will take place at Hellifield House from 10am. Gala practice: The last practice for those taking part in Hellifield’s Got Talent
Art exhibition: Rawdon artist J Michael Curran will hold an exhibition in the ladies room of the town hall from Saturday to Sunday, August 11. It will be open daily from 11am to 5pm. Once again his daughter Jenny is hoping to display some of her studies
Primary school: Thanks go to everyone who visited the open morning. Well done to all year five pupils who took part in the cluster schools’ get-together at Long Preston Primary School. Pupils in class three enjoyed a visit to Ribblehead and Colt Park
Sequence dance: After their victory three weeks ago with a waltz and a saunter, John and Ann Rainy have won the classical sequence section of the International Dance Teachers Association Inventive Dance Competition at the Floral Hall in Southport with
St Andrew’s Church: On Sunday there will be services of Holy Communion at 8.15am and 10am. From 2.30pm to 4.30pm, tea and scones will be served in the parish rooms. Village calendar: The deadline to enter a maximum of three photographs for the
Embsay churches: On Sunday, St Mary’s Church will hold a parish communion at 9.30am while at the Methodist Chapel, the 10.30am service will be led by Mrs J Jolly. On Tuesdays, St Mary’s also holds a Holy Communion service at 10.30am and the church
New clinic. A new service has begun at Earby surgery for any patients registered there. Doctor Huxley and nurse Julie Parker will run a blood pressure check clinic every Friday between 5pm and 6pm. No appointment is necessary, just call in. Ring 731370
Council vacancy: Cononley Parish Council is looking for a new councillor following the resignation of Mark Allum. The new councillor will hopefully be co-opted in September to serve until the end of May 2014. Anyone interested can get further information
Time has moved on at St Wilfrid’s Church, Burnsall. The church – which can trace its origins back to 700AD – has embraced the electronic age. It has just updated its clock so it can be wound electronically. Here, church member John Clark looks back
Naturalists: Members of Cross Hills Naturalists Society had their final ramble recently to Burton Leonard Nature Reserve, where there were spectacular displays of Greater Burnet-saxifrage and Greater Knapweed, as well as three different species of
Young farmers: Last Tuesday, Coniston Cold Young Farmers hosted the annual Settle district sheepdog trials, rounders and five a side football competition. The sheep dog trials were held at Green Farm, Halton West, by kind permission of the Beresford
Women’s Institute: Clapham WI welcomed Melanie Greenhalgh, who gave a demonstration of garden flowers in different containers. Members had a go themselves and enjoyed making a variety of arrangements. Kath Hewitt gave a vote of thanks. The next meeting
Group rally: The Ingleborough Group WI Rally was hosted by Burton-in-Lonsdale, when members from six institutes joined guests for a buffet supper. President Jean Thornber introduced the speaker, Dulcie Lewis, an author and social historian who gave
Coffee morning: Dot and Martin Scriven invite you to a parish coffee morning at Holes Beck Farm, Hartlington, on Saturday from 10am to noon. It will include a raffle and cake stall. Tickets are £5 on the door and proceeds will go to the fabric fund
Show day: Volunteers are still needed for Family Show Day on Sunday, September 1. If you can help, there are forms in the village shop where you can sign up for various activities, such as putting up bunting, collecting the entrance fee and manning
Primary school: High Bentham Primary School staged its end of term play, the Rocky Monster Show. It was an ambitious production, which was brilliantly executed. The show was produced by teachers Libby Wheildon and Sue Marshall, who are both leaving
Field walk: A group of members from the Field and Local History Society enjoyed a walk around Settle, led by Richard Whinray. The walk provided much interesting historical detail and the opportunity to view Settle through the eyes of one of its most
Wharfedale Harriers young runner James Hall is making a big impact in the senior ranks. He captured his first win since moving up from the juniors when he stormed to victory in Sunday’s BOFRA Championship race at Cra- coe. Hall kept well in
Chaos ruled when 62 youngsters took to the “stage” at Catteral Pavilion in Giggleswick. Pupils of the village primary school performed their end-of-term show, Panto Pandemonium, last Wednesday evening. It was a comic dash through some of the
Skipton’s scratch team pulled off an amazing result to ensure their survival in the Bradford Union Division One. Playing at home to champions elect Bingley St Ives, Skipton won the match 6-2. To put the result into some context St Ives hadn
Another bumper crowd basked in sultry conditions to witness yet another enterprising day’s Ribblesdale League Senior Division cricket at the Marshfield on Saturday. Local cricket buffs are asking the question of where would Settle be now if they
Barnoldswick are not giving up their Senior Division title without a fight. They made that clear on Saturday when they emerged victorious from a low-scoring match against fourth-placed Oswaldtwistle Immanuel. Their prospects of a 12th win looked
Earby visited Ribblesdale League Senior Division newcomers Brooksbottom for the first time on Saturday and suffered a 37-run defeat. The home side won the toss and decided to bat first, but with only 14 on the board both their openers were back
Skipton and Upper Wharfedale are continuing to set the pace in the Division Three promotion race. Leaders Skipton maintained their two-point lead with a hard-earned three-wicket win over bottom-team Silsden. And Upper Wharfedale maintained
It is good to see Aireville School rapidly taking action and laying out a clear strategy to get out of special measures. The recent critical Ofsted report has clearly worried parents, so it is important they – and the wider community – are kept
Runaway Division One leaders Oakworth suffered a one-run defeat in a thrilling game against Barrow ford at Cure Hill. A fourth-wicket partnership of 85 by Nick Burton (62) and Andrew Smith (41) helped the visitors to a total of 219-9. Matt
Wharfedale have recruited three exciting young backs for the new National League One campaign. The talented North Ribblesdale pair of Robbie and Will Davidson will join their brother Tom at The Avenue and The Greens have also snapped up Otley’s
A man who stabbed his mother in the arm with a fork while eating from a jar of pickles has been given a community order by Skipton magistrates. Both David North, 42, and his mother, Eileen Bogg, were heavy drinkers, the court heard on Friday.
A construction company has been fined £10,000 by Skipton magistrates for depositing waste at Sandyforth Farm, Cowling. Blackburn-based Barnfield Construction Ltd admitted depositing at the farm between June and August, 2011 without a waste management
Aireville School, recently put into special measures, has put a plan of action together and is confident of rapid improvement. Headteacher Mark O’Neill responded to last month’s highly critical Ofsted report by putting measures in place designed
A 77-year-old man had to be rescued after slipping and falling into a gryke in the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove on Tuesday. He became firmly wedged and his wife and companions were unable to lift him out. Members of the Clapham-based
A faulty fridge is being blamed for a motorhome fire in Skipton’s town hall car park on Tuesday. The alarm was raised just before 1pm and both crews from the town’s fire station were mobilised as there were fears two gas cylinders on board could
Eight babies born at Airedale Hospital, Steeton, will share a birthday with the new royal arrival. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a 8lbs 6oz boy at 4.24pm on Monday. Among those making their arrival into the world at Airedale was little
Police have issued a CCTV picture of a man they urgently want to trace in connection with an incident at Corals Bookmakers in Skipton around 2pm on Saturday, June 1. Anyone who recognises him should contact PC David Ridler at Skipton Police Station
A new service aimed at helping residents find out more about where they live has opened in Skipton’s Craven Court. The Skipton Community Hub offers a range of information on events, services and the voluntary sector. It will be run by volunteers
The children’s play area at Gargrave Park is in a dangerously run-down state, according to an angry resident. The climbing frame and large slide have already been removed, the swings are rotting and the little play-house has been set on fire and
A comedy musical called School Daze was staged by Hellifield Primary School’s first ever year six pupils. The school decided to mark the leavers’ first year at the school with the musical, with year six Anna Ward and Callum Dean playing the lead
Malsis Independent School in Glusburn has revealed plans to build houses on its land in order to “safeguard” its future. It says sales of the 46 houses would be “crucial” to the next five years of Malsis which is suffering from the difficult economy
Malham Tarn is famed across the world. It is run by the Field Studies Council, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we look back on the history of the FSC and its Malham centre, which is staging two open days this weekend
