YOUR PARISH COUNCILOR CONTACTING YOUR PARISH COUNCILLORS

Worth Valley Contact Point

28 Changegate, Haworth.

Tel: 01535 644001

wvcontactpoint@yahoo.co.uk

Trish Thorne 01535 211762 Barrythorne13@hotmail.com

Gary Swallow 01535 647066 gazjam@talktalk.net Angel Kershaw 07765 555104 angel.kershaw711@ btintenet.com

Trudy Mahon 01535 648067 mahon141@btinternet.com

Stanbury Ward John Suckling 0787 200 1955 johnstanbury@hotmail.co.uk

Cross Roads Ward Alan Woodward 07531 988390 a.m.woodward@hotmail.co.uk Ashna Yates 07720 751752 ulfhednarvike@gmail.com Clerk to the Council Lisa Balderstone c/o WV Contact Point, 28 Changegate, Haworth BD22 8DY 07432 092728 clerk@haworthparishcouncil .gov.uk

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Bradford Councillor

Contact Details

Cllr Glen Miller

01535 600344

Cllr Rebecca Poulsen

01535 647756

Cllr Russell Brown

01535 646074

John Huxley (Chairman) 01535 642264 cllrjohnhuxley@gmail.com

Peter Hill (Vice Chair) 01535 646999 cllr.peterhill@blueyonder .co.uk

Barry Thorne 01535 211762 barrythorne13@hotmail.com

Nikki Carroll 01535 643800 firthsboutique@live.co.uk

Alan Watts 01535 645168 wattsa@yahoomail.co.uk

HAWORTH NEWS

Sponsored by: Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council

Feb—March 2014

NEW WAR MEMORIAL WALL IN BRADFORD

Thirty servicemen and women who have given their lives

post-Second World War were remembered and honoured

during a service to unveil a new Memorial Wall. Almost

200 people gathered to pay their respects and give thanks

for the sacrifices the 30, including former Worth Valley

police community support officer Martin Bell, had made.

Yesterday's ceremony was held to dedicate Bradford’s

new Memorial Wall near the Alhambra Theatre.

Private Bell, who joined the army after working as a PCSO,

died while serving as a paratrooper in Afghanistan. The 24-year-old was killed in an

explosion after going back to rescue a badly injured colleague. Yesterday’s

ceremony took place three years to the day since his death. He was awarded a

posthumous George Medal for his bravery.

A plaque in his memory was unveiled at the Worth Valley Police and Community

Contact Point in Haworth in January, 2012.

Plaque outside the Contact Point

Unless you’ve been on the moon for the last year, you will know

that the Grand Depart of the Tour de France comes to Yorkshire,

and Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury in particular, on Sunday 6th

July 2014. This will cause major disruption to travel plans that

weekend and a massive influx of tourists and spectators. Roads

will be closed for up to eight hours on the day.

Bradford Council will be holding a public meeting at West Lane Baptist

Church on Wednesday 12th February at 7pm to answer any questions.

20% off all Crime Prevention items at the Contact Point until the end of

February. Purse chains, door alarms, personal alarms, sash jammers. 20%

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CHAIRMAN’S PIECE

These are difficult times for our Parish. Proposals by Bradford Council that the role of Treetops Children's Centre on Rawdon Road, Haworth should be changed to an 'out-reach' centre and that the public toilets in Haworth's Central Park should be closed because financial cuts, have been followed by the news that Haworth could lose the last of its Post Offices. Your Parish Council has made its voice heard on all three of these issues. Together with our District Councillor colleagues we, in the person of Cllr Trudy Mahon, organised a public meeting at West Lane Baptist Chapel to discuss the Treetops situation and after hearing what the 40 plus parents and supporters had to say we submitted a detailed objection before the deadline on January 17th. Cllrs Gary Swallow and Nikki Carroll appeared before the full meeting of Bradford Council on January 21st and both presented a petition against the toilet closure proposal while at the same time delivering a presentation of the case. We have already spoken with the Post Office about the possible options open to us regarding the future of Post Office services in the village. And, without being too optimistic, we were given a good hearing and I have reason to hope there might well be a way of keeping their services in the village. Time will tell on this one. There was also a major meeting concerning the future of Haworth Fire Station on Friday, January 17th. It was called by the Parish Council and their partners in this project, Keighley Town Council and Oxenhope Parish Council. It was attended by delegates from West Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, Calderdale Hill Rescue, Bradford Council, the Fire Brigades Union and the Haworth fire fighters. We were trying to find out, now that we are in the second year of the Fire Station's stay of execution from closure, whether other services would be interested in the project so that we could develop a plan for a 'hub' for emergency and community services in the Worth Valley. We're still analysing the results but we felt that it was a worthwhile exercise that could - with a fair wind - eventually yield dividends as the scheme unfolds. At the Parish Council meeting on Monday, January 20th we confirmed our budget for the 2014-15 civic year. We managed to come up with a budget that does not need any increase following the rise in last year's Precept.

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Answers to our quiz

Food anagrams:

1. Apple Pie, 2. Chicken and Chips

3. Beans on Toast, 4. Fillet Steak

5. Mashed Potato, 6. Fish Fingers

7. Cornish Pasty.

Hobbies:

1. Chess , 2. Keep Fit,

3. Badminton, 4. Train Spotting

General Knowledge:

8. North Pole 9. 1940

10. a. Mississippi b. Liffy

c. .Siene d. Tiber

11. Wales

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Haworth In Bloom

There was a positive feel to the meeting and the first item to be discussed was how many planters, troughs and mangers were in place around the village and where they all were. Colour schemes were discussed and the main theme decided on is for various shades of yellow to be predominant interspersed with green foliage to emphasize the Tour de France le Grand Depart due to come through Haworth along Mill Hey, up Bridgehouse and Main Street, and leave the village via West Lane. The colour scheme is not to be regimented and other floral displays are to be encouraged. Watering the planters etc. was discussed and is a major challenge for the group. Ideally there will be teams of people in place to care for each area and not to leave it to one person as it is recognized as a major and unfair strain on volunteers. This will be discussed more fully at a later date when more volunteers are encouraged to come forward and help. ‘Green Fingers’ are not a requirement to join the group. A love of flowers and help with clearing clutter and litter is what is necessary. However, ‘Green Fingers’ are welcome! Because of the crowds expected during the T de F weekend (July 5th & 6th) and probable resultant damage to plants etc. it has been decided to ask the ‘In Bloom’ judges to come before that weekend. Suppliers are to be tasked with bringing seedlings/plants up to bloom in time.

I believe that the budget we have voted through represents real value for money. It gives us money to invest in such projects as the Neighbourhood Development Plan and the Community Development Plan while at the same time giving us sufficient funds to support such projects as Haworth in Bloom, various other environmental projects and support us as we fight to retain key local services threatened by closure. We have taken great care to be what one recent Prime Minister called 'prudent'. We believe that we have succeeded in that ambition.

John Huxley, Chairman

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Haworth – Disqualified Driver Caught Behind The Wheel

On Sunday 12th January a 43 year old man from Otley was stopped in Haworth by officers after he was observed using a mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle. Officers discovered the man was also disqualified from driving. He was subsequently arrested and charged with driving whilst disqualified, having no insurance and using a mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle. He will appear at Bradford Magistrates Court later this month.

DID YOU KNOW Victim satisfaction has continued to improve in West Yorkshire - the latest result of 87.4% is the highest ever achieved by the Force. West Yorkshire Police receives more that 1.3 million telephone calls into its customer contact centre each year. One every two minutes.

Reporting Crime Online

You can now report crime online at http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/

reportcrime. Over the last year this service has been used to report over 7000

crimes in the last year freeing up Officer’s time which would be spent taking

details on the phone. IF A CRIME IS IN PROGRESS ALWAYS RING 999.

Have you signed up to Email alerts?

This simple scheme has proved very successful recently in

an incident where a woman had gone missing. Within an

hour of the alert being emailed around she was found.

Just give your email address to your local NPT by ringing

01274 475331 or the Contact Point on 01535 644001 or

emailing: hanpt3@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk

You won’t be bombarded with emails but you will

received up to date bulletins for your area and crime

prevention advice throughout the year.

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ANAGRAM ALLEY

Food 1. pale pipe 2. pinch nicked cash

3. no snobs at tea 4. tell its fake

5. hot steamed soap 6. sheriffs gin

7. sort any chips

Hobbies 1. sechs 2. fepekit

3. madtinbon 4. stttopraining

General Knowledge

8.Which pole was reached first? 9. In which year was the Battle of Britain?

10. Which river runs through……

a. New Orleans, b. Dublin, c. Paris, d. Rome.

11. Where are the Brecon Beacons?

Answers on page 14

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Bradford Council have introduced the Green Dog Walkers® scheme aimed at

reducing the number of incidents of dog fouling across the Wards.

The aim is to recruit volunteers who will approach other dog walkers whilst out

with their own dogs and make sure they have bags with them. If not, the

volunteers can provide the bags along with a leaflet asking them to sign up to the

scheme.

Once signed up, the dog walkers will wear a green arm band demonstrating to the

public that they have signed up to support the scheme.

See ‘Your Community’ pages on www.bradford.gov.uk or email

greendogwalkers@bradford.gov.uk

What’s the green armband for? If you see someone wearing the Green Dog

Walkers® armband, it means they have “Taken the Pledge”

to always clean up after their dog

to carry extra doggie bags

gladly give you a bag for your dog - just ask!

A friendly reminder… Green Dog Walkers® is a non-confrontational, friendly

way to change attitudes about dog fouling in the Bradford area.

The Facts...

52% of UK households have a pet

there are 7 million UK dog owners!

Did you know that primary school children and footballers are most at risk

from diseases from dog fouling? After it has lain on the ground for two

weeks, worms develop and these diseases and others can cause: toxacara

canis, roundworm, salmonella, E-coli, resulting in pneumonia, asthma and

blindness. However, it IS SAFE to clean it up on the spot!

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The Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley have been running their Contact the Elderly afternoon teas for the past 12 months. We now have seven guests attending on a regular basis and they all enjoy their monthly outing very much. This is an excellent project to be involved with but to enable the event to continue we desperately need some extra volunteers who would be willing to pick up and drive our guests. The teas are organised once a month on a Sunday afternoon. The volunteers would be required to drive 3 or 4 times per year and most journeys are in the Haworth area.

For further details please ring Hilary Wharton on

01535 647531 Our annual International day will be held on Saturday 5th April in Haworth Parish church from 11am until 4pm. Rotary club members will showcase many of the International projects they are involved in such as TradeAid, Mary's Meals and Shelterbox. To raise funds refreshments will be available all day and there will also be a sale table.

Friends of Haworth Park

The Bandstand

At last your wait is nearly over. The new Bandstand is due to be erected and in place by the end of March, weather permitting.

The Bandstand working group is busy putting together a programme of celebration in June. The precise date to follow. If you want to be considered for a spot in the programme, we are pulling together a variety of entertainment for your enjoyment. Besides a Brass Band we want to include dance, drama and other kinds of music to demonstrate the versatility that the new performance space can offer. Other local performers are also welcome to apply to showcase their abilities.

For further information contact: Gillian Hill Tel: 01535 646999

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UPPER WORTH VALLEY HISTORY

GROUP WALKS 2014

‘WALKING TO HAWORTH’

Steven Wood and Ian Palmer again

invite you (entirely at your own risk!)

to join them for another series of

free historical walks in the Haworth

area. They are all on Wednesdays in

March and April. Be prepared for

cold and wet weather and wear

walking boots - several of the walks

have some rough moorland walking

in them. Take a packed lunch and hot

drink. All of this year’s routes are

walks to Haworth from various points

of the compass.

Cars should be left at Haworth or

Keighley - we will not be returning

to our starting point.

March 12th

From KEIGHLEY 6 miles

Bus: 663 from Haworth at 09.40

Start from Cliffe Castle Museum

entrance at 10.15.

March 19th

From BINGLEY 7 miles

Buses: 663 from Haworth at 09.40

then 662 from Keighley at 10.10

Start from Bingley Parish Church at

10.30

March 26th

From THORNTON 7 miles

Bus: 697 bus from Cross Roads at

09.58 Start from Thornton church

at 1020

April 2nd NO WALK

April 9th

From PECKETT WELL 7½ miles or 10

miles (depending on weather)

Bus: 500 from Haworth at 09.23

Start from Peckett Well (junction of

road to Old Town) at 09.45

April 16th

From LANESHAW BRIDGE 8 miles

Buses: 663 from Haworth at 09.40

then 25 bus from Keighley at 10.15

Start from Laneshaw Bridge (road

junction) at 10.50

April 23rd

From COWLING 7½ miles

Buses: 663 from Haworth at 09.40

then 25 bus from Keighley at 10.15

Start from Cowling Methodist Burial

Ground (near junction of Gill Lane

and Keighley Road) at 10.45

For further information ring Steven

Wood on 01535 645735

Tuesdays - Long Lee Methodist Church in Long Lee Wednesdays - at Holden Hall in Oakworth Thursdays - at West Lane Baptist Church in Haworth

All groups have two sessions, 5pm and 7pm

New and rejoining members most welcome.

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Learn how to manage:

Stress ~ Anxiety ~ Anger

Sadness ~ Relationships ~ Parenthood

Contact:

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Counselling/Psychotherapy

BSc Psch. PG Dip Psychotherapy. MBACP

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07775 616696 01535 642815

ROOMS

AVAILABLE

Do you need to

hold a meeting,

put on a regular class or concert?

Haworth West Lane

Baptist Centre

has clean, attractive rooms for hire

with kitchen facilities and parking

Contact Rosie Broomhead

rosie.broomhead@gmail.com

or ring

01535 647839

NEW BADMINTON

GROUP

Are you interested in joining

a friendly ladies badminton

group?

We play on Friday afternoons

between 1.30 and 4pm at

Haworth Community Centre.

£1 per session.

No racquet needed initially

For more information ring

Margaret on

01535 681681

WHAT’S ON IN THE WORTH VALLEY

ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS Every Saturday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Hall Green Book Point Christian book shop Tel: 01535 649154 Every Monday 1.30 - 3pm Lees Methodist Church Craft & Chat Group £1 with refreshments. Knitting, tatting, crocheting, cross stitch embroidery. Just bring along whatever you are working on. Every Tuesday evening 6.15pm & Wednesday morning 9.30am West Lane Baptist Church Weight Watchers. For more information Contact Joanne on 07939 564773 1st Wednesday of the month Worth Reading Book Group 7.30 The Old White Lion. For more info: ring Judith on 07951 441585 New members always welcome. Every Thursday 10am - 12 noon Hall Green Baptist Church, Coffee Morning. For more info ring James on 07840 981761 Every Thursday, term time only St James Church Hall, Cross Roads Spanish & French conversation groups 7pm Spanish conversation 8.30pm Refreshments 8.50pm French conversation For more information: 01535 646368 Every Thursday 8pm Keighley Amateur Radio Society Parkside Social Club, Butt Lane, Haworth. Members new and old welcome. For more info: secretary@keighleyradio.co.uk

FEBRUARY

Saturday 1st February 7.30pm Groovy Happenings Parkside Social Club £3 entry. For Manorlands. The Loungers & Friends—John Bruce—Ben Blue Waters—Georgie Knappy. Tuesday 4th February 7.30pm Cross Roads & Lees Church & Chapel Ladies Group St James Church Hall, Cross Roads Entrance £1.00 Faith supper Beetle Drive (Louie Hart) For more info: 01535 644615 Thursday 6th Feb 1pm—3pm Upper Worth Valley History Group

Open Archive at 28 Changegate Please ring 01535 645735 if planning a visit. Monday 10th February 7.30pm Stanbury & District W.I. West Lane Baptist Church Crime Reduction - Police Volunteers Comp: A key ring Monday 10th February 7pm Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council. West Lane Baptist Church Planning Committee Meeting Wednesday 12th February 7pm West Lane Baptist Church Bradford Council Tour de France—Public Meeting Wednesday 19th February Guided Walk 6 miles circular Catstones End. Meet David Anderson at 10.30am at St. James Church, Cross Roads for a varied walk with ups and downs through fields, paths and woodland. Packed lunch required. Sorry no dogs

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S ON IN THE WORTH VALLEY MARCH

Saturday 1st March 7.30pm Groovy Happenings Parkside Social Club. Butt Lane. £3 entry For Manorlands Headliners to be confirmed Emily Sargeant - Caledonia Road Monday 3rd March 7pm Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council. West Lane Baptist Church Full Parish Council Meeting Tuesday 4th March 7.30pm Cross Roads & Lees Church & Chapel Ladies Group St James Church Hall, Cross Roads Entrance £1.00 Faith supper Fun Quiz (Maureen Murray) For more info: 01535 644615 Monday 10th March 7.30pm Stanbury & District W.I. West Lane Baptist Church From Fleece to Jumper—Tim Brook Comp: A sheep, any medium Wednesday 12th March WV History Group Walks, start at Cliffe Castle Museum walk to Haworth. See page 11 for details. Wednesday 19th March WV History Group Walks, start at Bingley Parish Church walk to Haworth. See page 11 for details. Monday 24th March 7pm Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council. West Lane Baptist Church Planning Committee Meeting Thursday 27th March 7.30pm Oxenhope Antique & Collectors Society Community Centre, Oxenhope AGM and Easter Party

Thursday 24th February 7.30pm Oxenhope Antique & Collectors Society

Community Centre, Oxenhope 18th & 19th century Ladies & Gents Jewellery. By Paul Bishop

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CRIME PREVENTION TALKS

Do you have a social group or circle

of friends who would like a talk on

crime prevention?

We give advice and the opportunity

to buy crime prevention items

including sash jammers, purse

chains and door alarms.

CONTACT MAGS SMITH

Worth Valley Contact Point

28 Changegate, Haworth

wvcontactpoint@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 01535 644001