IN recent times, the village of Burley-in-Wharfedale has grown out of all recognition. Yet its facilities have largely remained the same and, as a consequence problems have arisen which, in some cases, have exasperated long-time residents. The thorniest
The play-off standings already look assured as far as the Bulls and Rhinos are concerned but it's unlikely to be enough to take the sting out of tomorrow night's big West Yorkshire derby. If the Saints and Wigan win this weekend as expected the Bulls
Brian McDermott is quite happy for the Bulls to be ruled out of the Grand Final equation by some of the pundits. But he still can't believe it! Defeats by Wigan and Leeds and a couple of tense struggles with Halifax seem to have turned the Bulls from
Hooker Jimmy Lowes has hit back at Mike Stephenson after the Sky TV pundit heavily criticised the decision to make him the Bulls acting skipper. Lowes has been in charge for the last four games in the injury absence of Robbie Paul but Stephenson described
TOP LEFT: All set to give their performances are some of the 120 youngsters who took part in an open air concert in Hall Park, Horsforth, on Saturday. The 13 to 20-year-olds strutted their stuff live on stage in front of hundreds of their peers in the
A COMPANY whose buses have left passengers fuming at bus stops across Wharfedale because of continual lateness has had an official warning. And much-criticised Yorkshire Rider Ltd, which operates the problem-hit X84 Leeds to Ilkley service as First Leeds
OLDER people with lively minds are being urged to join a social group. The Ilkley and District Third Age Group (U3A) has been going for just four years but boasts more than 150 members from Ilkley, Otley, Bramhope, Aireborough, Baildon and Cookridge.
Bramhope Show 2000 Cup Winners Silver Cup - for fruit and vegetables, Mrs R Sanderson; Greystone Trophy - for art, Mrs G Baxter; Rose Bowl - for preserve, bread and confectionery, Mrs Tina Boulton; Dudley Richardson Trophy - for crafts under 11s, Becky
PLANS for a prestigious office development close to Leeds Bradford International Airport feature in the latest stage of the area's planning blueprint. Highways improvements, landscaping and a high quality design will all be required as part of the development
RESIDENTS of the largest village in the country celebrated the millennium in style when a giant seven-tonne obelisk was unveiled in the heart of its community. Leeds Lord Mayor Councillor Bernard Atha officially unveiled the obelisk at The Green, Horsforth
OPENING days at Otley Jobcentre are being slashed by more than half following a drop in demand. The Charles Street centre will be open for just two days a week from next month because few people are unemployed. And the centre staff will be shifted to
A COACH firm has answered villagers' calls for new buses following the withdrawal of a popular service. Residents of Menston feared elderly villagers and non-drivers would find it difficult to get to banks and other facilities since the First Bradford
An inquest jury has returned a suicide verdict on a 76-year-old Ilkley man who knelt down in front of a moving train at Burley-in-Wharfedale station. Edward Sunderland, of Parish Ghyll Drive, was struck by a mid-morning train as it was about to pull into
A GIANT table football tournament with live players had to be called off because not enough teams came forward. Aireborough Nunroyd Sports Association, based at Yeadon's Nunroyd Park, had to abandon their 'Euro 2000 Tournament' last Sunday. The tournament
RESIDENTS in a Wharfedale village are to be given their say on the future of sports and leisure provision in their community. A public meeting will be arranged for the end of the month to give villagers in Pool-in-Wharfedale their chance to put forward
MOTORISTS taking a short cut to avoid a busy crossroads and taxi drivers carrying passengers to Leeds-Bradford Airport are being blamed for an upsurge of traffic through a village. Now residents of Bramhope are worried that the number of motorists using
The mother of a 12-year-old girl ordered off a bus and forced to walk home in the rain has every right to be angry and upset about the incident. It's not surprising that Jennifer Mladenovic was distressed when her daughter Jodie and 11-year-old brother
In 1533, Queen Elizabeth of England was born. In 1822, Brazil proclaimed its independence. In 1918, Spectators at a cricket match in Keighley were struck by lightning From the Telegraph & Argus of September 7, 1975... Higher fares and fewer buses
EACH year sees the festival growing and improving. All the concerts are indoors (well it is September) and the organisers guarantee there is something for everyone. There are numerous sessions held in nearly every town centre public house with some, the
ONE of the highlights of this year's Otley Black Sheep Folk Festival will be the appearance of Show of Hands guitarist Steve Knightley in a solo gig on Saturday. Knightley is one of the finest exponents of traditional West Country folk and the chances
In the latest of his fascinating monthly columns, beekeeper Geoff Halsall reveals how, in August, the weather got things buzzing. HEATHER looks like rescuing what has so far been a below average year for honey. Bees from my garden hives started gathering
AN offering of 1,000 lots at the Andrew Hartley salerooms in Ilkley last month met by a buoyant market more or less across the board. This was in the face of a much more muted reception two months previously when the trade seemed worried and insecure
WORKERS at Albert Hartley's textiles factory in Barnoldswick are facing an uncertain future with the news that the business is up for sale and could be closed down unless a buyer is found. Albert Hartley's employs 101 people in manufacturing household
BENTHAM has a blank sheet of paper to come up with projects to help the town and its surrounding area thanks to funding from Yorkshire Forward and the Countryside Agency. Representatives from the two agencies, plus Craven District Council, were at Bentham
THE fight to replace disgraced councillor Robert Heseltine as Skipton East representative on North Yorkshire County Council will take place next week. The position became vacant following the resignation of Coun Heseltine who was charged and eventually
POWER cuts to villages in Upper Wharfedale could remain a fact of life despite the perfect opportunity to solve the ongoing problem according to one local councillor. Ian Cuthbert said that for years residents in the area had faced frequent power cuts
GLUSBURN is the home of one of Britain's national collections of an evergreen shrub. Nigel Hutchinson of Mount Pleasant, Glusburn is one of four "guardians" of the hebe (dwarf) species, and his collection numbers approximately 100 types. Mr Hutchinson
CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN'S 130-year old mill has been sold to a housing development company. Yorkshire-based Novo Homes has purchased the site, which has been on sale since March. Gaskell Carpets, the last company to operate the mill, announced its closure
Less development and more conservation is the message Ilkley people are sending to council planners this week on the future of the town. The first recommendations from the Ilkley Design Statement have been passed to Bradford Council showing residents
ILKLEY townsfolk have double cause to celebrate with huge investment planned for two buildings in the town, writes Vivienne Francis. Champagne corks were popping as the news was confirmed that both Ilkley Swimming Pool and the Winter Gardens Complex are
ALMOST a quarter of the work force has been axed at world-famous pram manufacturers Silver Cross - just two weeks after new owners took over. In a huge blow to the future of the factory at its current site off Otley Road, Guiseley, new owner The Design
THE start of the new term should go off without a hitch in Ilkley and Addingham despite a £171 million shake up of the education system. Fears that pupils could be kept off school if temporary classrooms and building work were not co-ordinated in time
Football fanatic Paul Smith, right, has spent the last 15 years building up his sacred collection of match programmes. But his mum accidentally managed to get rid of the lot in a split second - for just £5. Now the 22-year-old is relying on the goodwill
A YOUNG Addingham woman is set to take centre stage in a West End musical - after years of waiting in the wings. Rebecca Jackson, of Moor Park Drive, is ready to bask in the limelight as she joins the cast of one of the longest running musicals, Cats.
SIR, - I always understood that signs such as the notorious 'Welcome to Leeds' signs were intended to be informative. Any traveller from North Yorkshire heading for Leeds who, not knowing the area, finds himself on Farnley Lane is completely misled by
SIR, - I have to agree with Barbara Cowling (Letters, August 24) that the planning committee appears to pass the most inappropriate plans without due care for our beautiful area. How the huge three-storey buildings squashed into a small portion of the
Bus chiefs have started an investigation after a 12-year-old girl was ordered off a bus and forced to walk two miles home in the rain because the driver refused to believe her age. Bradford mother Jennifer Mladenovic is furious that her daughter Jodie
KIRKSTALL Ediucational are champions of the newly inaugurated Division C following their transfer from the Leeds Lague. Pool and Woodhouse will now battle it out for the remaining promotion spot. Pool re-instated their promotion bid with a six wickets
HALF-CENTURIES from opener David Lester and number three James Robinson helped Menston to a crucial five wickets win over title challengers Collingham on Saturday. Vistors Collingham batted first making 176-9 aftrer openers David Holmes (40) and Tim Kilby
Reis Bheinn Nibheis, the Ben Nevis Fell Race is unique. No other event runs from sea level to the highest mountain in Britain and back down and that is why the entry limit of 500 competitors is achieved every year. Race T-shirts are 'ten a penny' but
DAVID Bell's knock of 86 gav e Rawdon five points from a draw with Calverley which was enough to land them the title. Rawdon 179-5 (D Bell 86, M Hings 30 no, M Giles 27); *Calverley 126-8 (C West 23, S Tinsley 27 no, M Hings 3-44, R Griggs 3-19). Draw
Greensome at Rawdon GC THE 1974 Trophy, an 18-hole greensome competition open to both ladies and gentlemen, with a draw for partners, was played at Rawdon Golf Club. The winners were E Day and J Dundas with nett 63; runners-up were K Carbett and S Smith
TOCKWITH........2 TROJANS..........3 An Iain Gibbons goal two minutes into added time gave Burley Trojans all three points in a ding dong affair at Tockwith. Gibbons' late show was even more galling for the home side as they had equalised only seconds
POOL'S league season has got off to a stuttering start after last season's buzz. The first team opened with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the resurgent Pateley Bridge, goals from Shaun Joyce and Dave Jackson not being quite enough. They then came out with
AFTER holding successful referee's courses over the past 15 years, the Wharfedale FA hope to hold another course if there are sufficient candidates, commencing on Tuesday, September 12, 7.15pm until 9.15pm each week. The course will run for seven weeks
Ovenden............5 Otley Town......1 OTLEY Town were given a sharp lesson of life in the Premier Division by a very good Ovenden side in Halifax on Saturday. This win gave the Halifax side their fifth win out of five league games so confidence in their
Sick attackers shot a cow with a crossbow and beat it with stones before hacking off a rear leg. The killers even tried to slit the throat of the Aberdeen Angus heifer with a blunt knife before slicing it up. Police wildlife officer PC Keith Woodthorpe
A major pub chain is expected to move into the planned Glydegate leisure centre to open a £2 million drinking house. London-based Regent Inns plans to take over two units in the £5.5 million development in the city's West End. The company would open an
A football fanatic lost his entire collection of match programmes - when his mother sold them for £5. Paul Smith had spent the last 15 years building up the sacred collection started by his grandfather. But his mum mistakenly took them to a car boot sale
Troubled communications giant Yorkshire Cable has suffered a further setback to its plans to bring its digital TV service to Bradford. The company has admitted that "technical difficulties" have prevented it screening ITN's much-touted 24-hour news channel
Parents across Bradford have reacted with anger after some schools unexpectedly announced opening delays. Pupils at Denholme Primary were meant to return today but parents only found out yesterday that over-running building work meant they cannot return
Life has never been the same since Sarah Aynesworth earned the chance to take part in a record-breaking round-the-world voyage. Sarah, whose previous sailing experience had been limited to family boating holidays on Loch Ness, battled through a series
Northallerton......5 Ilkley FC...................0 A reversal of fortune for an under-strength Ilkley team against a Northallerton team containing several players with Northern League experience. A disappointing team performance after two wins but many
IT has not taken long for the new owners of the famous Silver Cross pram factory in Guiseley to wield the axe. Only three weeks ago the Design Company took over the factory - and alarm bells started ringing amongst workers almost straight away. The new
100 years ago Satisfactory progress was being made in the continuation of a new railway line between Grassington and Skipton. Between 80 and 100 men were involved in building the line and it was expected to be complete by the autumn of 1901. Residents
THE story so far: Owd Tom has come across members of the Tattoo Tribe camping on his land by the beck. Much worse, they have interfered with his early morning fishing... NOW Tom, as my regular reader will know, is not a man to back down when push comes
Spen Victoria-reared fast bowler Tom Baker was pulled out of an Academy match at Hastings yesterday so he could join the Yorkshire squad for today's Champion-ship clash with Kent. Yorkshire director of coaching Martyn Moxon dashed to pick up 19-year-old
Bradford City striker Dean Saunders is having a knee operation today to clear up a problem that has kept him on the sidelines for more than a month. The 36-year-old Welsh international appeared to have recovered from his knee injury when he hurt his hamstring
PEACE campaigners who are accused of attacking the security fencing of a sensitive listening base with bolt croppers did it as a publicity stunt, a court heard on Monday. The three women, two from Otley, had a television crew, a photographer and a prepared
THE new term looming on the horizon has brought fresh calls for a car park reserved for students to be returned to general use. Residents and shoppers say they are fed up with having nowhere to park - while students enjoy their own car park. It is feared
MORE than 3,000 people turned out for Otley's vintage transport extravaganza on Sunday. The third annual event at Knotford Nook included more than 200 vintage and classic vehicles, traction engines and fairground organs. There was also a display by Bernese
VILLAGERS exhibited a variety of plants and handicrafts ranging from a giant cactus to a single rose for the 25th annual Menston Show. Keen gardeners in Menston turned up at Kirklands Community Centre, Main Street, last Saturday, for the event The show
HUNDREDS of people had a blooming good time at Horsforth Flower Show at the weekend. Organisers said that the first show of the millennium, held at St Margaret's Church Hall, was yet again a resounding success, despite a reduction in the number of exhibitors
AN Otley councillor has hit out at a reduction in opening hours at the town's police station. Last week the Wharfedale Observer revealed that the Bridge Street station would be open just during office hours and not at all at weekends. Police at Weetwood
RESIDENTS should be allowed the chance to speak at an 'information only' public meeting over a threatened green beauty spot, says a ward councillor. Councillor Graham Latty, (Cons, Aireborough) says Leeds City Council should use tomorrow's meeting at
VOLUNTEERS have begun the tedious task of restoring one of the oldest landmarks in Guiseley. Work has already started on the revamp of the historic Guiseley Wells - believed to be the site where the town was originally founded more than a thousand years
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for a bypass and housing to the west of Pool-in-Wharfedale are being opposed by the parish council. At Monday night's Pool Parish Council meeting, councillors said they could not support the area's planning blueprint, the Unitary
RESTAURANT owners are celebrating a partial victory in their battle to get recycling bins moved. Adrian and Elaine Atter, of The Cove, in Otley launched a petition in June to get the recycling skips behind the Bridge Street restaurant taken away. The
BUSINESSES in Aireborough are being urged to help prevent playground equipment being ripped down because it is unsafe. Councillor Graham Latty (Cons, Aireborough) is calling on businesses to sponsor pieces of play equipment or whole play areas after Leeds
A WOULD-BE proud Tyke has whipped up a storm with television chiefs over a non-Yorkshire friendly weather map. While major cities such as Norwich and Newcastle-upon-Tyne grace the BBC Weather map every night, city councillor Brian Cleasby (Lib Dem, Horsforth
ALMOST a quarter of the work force has been axed at world-famous pram manufacturers Silver Cross - just two weeks after new owners took over. In a huge blow to the future of the factory at its current site off Otley Road, Guiseley, new owner The Design
MEMBERS of Yorkshire's Great Houses, Castles and Gardens are inviting visitors to more than 70 events taking place during late summer. The consortium of more than 40 of the best stately homes, historical castles and gardens in the county was formed in
THE first Bentham Show of the new millennium was a huge success with entries well up and lots of people turning out on Saturday to enjoy the sunshine and the attractions on the show field. It was the 130th Bentham Show, making it one of Craven's longest
THE chance of a lifetime awaits Barnoldswick's rising track and cross-country star Lee McCash, about to embark on a sports scholarship at Bath University. The former schoolboy international and England Under-19s squad member has earned a coveted place
CELEBRATIONS were held on Saturday to mark the official opening of Eldroth's new village hall. Residents gathered at the newly-built hall to celebrate the completion of the community-led project. The village's first hall was built after the First World
THIS month every person in Craven will be urged to register as an organ donor. Craven District Council is sending the request along with the electoral register forms. You can register as an organ donor by filling in the form, and sending it back to the
GOVERNORS at Threshfield Primary School are hoping to build a pathway to allow pupils to walk to their school in safety. At the moment, the current route to school is dangerous with children having to negotiate a bottleneck and walk along narrow country
SKIPTON Rugby Club has reacted furiously to a decision by the Sport England Lottery Fund to reject its appeal for a grant towards the redevelopment of Sandylands. The letter from Sport England outlines four reasons why the application has been rejected
OFFICIAL Government figures confirm that Craven is one of the wealthier districts in the country. But while it has one of the lowest numbers of unemployed, it lags behind the "super rich" districts of the south of England. The figures have been compiled
A FARMER has warned others to keep a close check on their stock after he had sheep worth £12,000 stolen. Thieves are believed to have taken about 390 sheep with lambs from Alec Robinson's farm at Cow Side in the Winskill area of Malham Moor over a period
DEVELOPERS who lost the fight to demolish a house in Middleton Avenue, Ilkley, and replace it with a block of flats are to appeal to the Secretary of State for the Environment to overturn the decision. Crosby Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd wants to build a two-storey
THE PROPOSED demolition of Addingham's former police station has been labelled a sad indictment of modern crime-fighting. Last month police sold the station and adjacent police house. Now a planning application has been lodged by its new owners, Croft
AN ELDERLY hiking fanatic says a tricky stile could 'put the brakes' on her favourite walk. Hilda Nicholson - who at 83 still takes long-haul treks in her stride - says she is angry that the difficult stile could bar her path. Mrs Nicholson said: "If
The Ilkley Gazette has been heralded a "terrific paper" on TV by best-selling author Jilly Cooper. The novelist, who grew up in Ilkley, appeared on Yorkshire Television's Blooming Art show where she told artist Alan Hydes that the Gazette had inspired
ELDERLY residents say they are left with a gruelling trek as they are too afraid to use a town centre footbridge. Margaret Lee, 90, right, says she is too frightened to use the bridge, which connects Springs Lane and Railway Road, as there is no handrail
AS a prolific letter writer, Bob Wright gets almost as much material in these pages as me. The difference, I suppose, is that I do it for a living and Bob does it for free out of a strong, some might even say robust, sense of civic duty. There is, however
SIR - On the evening of Sunday August 28 I was one of a number of boaters taking part in an illuminated boat cruise from Skipton to Snaygill and returning to Skipton. On our return into Skipton we were subjected to a display of loutish behaviour by approximately
A family was so poor it was reduced to feeding its four dogs on peas and mash from its own plates, a court heard. Magistrates in Bingley heard there was no breadwinner at the home in Cornwall Road, Gilstead, and as a result the four pet dogs, Cristal,
FORMER Airedale and Wharfedale League cricketer Richard Sugden was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident leaving a widow and two young children. Two of his former clubs, Adel and Rawdon, have agreed to play a memorial match on Sunday, S ptember 17
A MAGNIFICENT batting display saw Guiseley give out notice that their title intentions are fully focussed. Facing a Follifoot score of 180-6, of which Neil Walker made a superb unbeaten 106, Guiseley blasted their way to victory in just 35.4 overs with
Leeds Triathlon Club members have recently enjoyed great success racing in England, Scotland and Wales at all distances and levels of experience. Mike Prince gained third place in the national championships at Ironman distance at Wolverhampton. Over the
PREPARATIONS are almost complete for one of the region's biggest road races - the Horsforth 10k, which takes place on October 1 at 11.00am, from Horsforth School. Organised by Horsforth Harriers, this year's event will be the 16th running of the race,
ON Sunday Ilkley Harriers fielded two teams in the Leeds Country Way relay, circumnavigating Leeds in six stages. John Coen and Clive Smith kicked off for the men, finishing in about 12th position (out of about 40 teams) in 79.08, while a strong ladies
LAST weekend members of Otley Athletic Club competed in the Cafod Grisedale Horseshoe Fell Race in Patterdale on the Saturday and the Boroughbridge 10-mile Road Race on the following day. The ten mile fell race starts and finishes at Glenridding village
YEADON are set for a tense weekend with a double programme of matches as they hang on the brink of relegation. They need to pull out all the stops as they face Windhill and East Bierley in successive days. Yeadon made a good start to the campaign in Division
ILKLEY.............16 SALEM..............36 PLAYING conditions were perfect for rugby at Stacks Field on Saturday. Bradford Salem started well and caught Ilkley cold in the opening minutes scoring a try under the posts as there was a distinct lack of
Fylde A................7 Saracens.............48 OTLEY took the opportunity to give a number of their younger players an early run-out as well as fitness tests prior to the opening league game next Saturday. Surprisingly Saracens were given first use
HULLENSIANS.........5 OTLIENSIANS........19 FOR this opening league game of the season it was good to see player-coach Hugh Gumbs back in Otliensian colours. Following last season's defeat at home by Hullensians and a tight victory away in the penultimate
Excitement has been building around Otley this week. People have been talking about this for years. At last Neil Hargreaves has announced he is to be the next Messiah. He is going to organise the next senior tour. California was the venue been whispered
The teams in the Airedale and Wharfedale CGBA Pairs Merit 2000, to be played on Monday, September 11 (draw made at green - scratch time 6.30pm), are: Rufford - C Lodge/R Calvert, M Hemsley/partner, B Potts/B Haigh, I Jacques/D Metcalfe, J and T Preston
GUISELEY...............4 SKELMERSDALE....0 AFTER emerging from Skelmersdale with the chance to fight again in the FA Cup Guiseley took full advantage in the re-play at Nethermoor on Tuesday to move into the next round after a four goal blast. Guiseley
Developers have scrapped plans for a multi-million pound Asian cinema in a bid to get the go-ahead for a major shopping centre. Businessman Sharif Tariq, who owns Cannon Mills Shopping Village in Great Horton Road, is making a fresh bid for planning permission
The fight over a village quarry earmarked as a landfill is to be heard by a Government inspector in the New Year. Opponents of the scheme for Buck Park Quarry in Denholme have announced fundraising plans and say they are gathering evidence to oppose the
Hundreds of people living in the Bradford district have been chosen to take part in a massive police consultation. Members of the 1,600-strong citizens' panel will be sent up to four surveys a year asking for their opinions on a range of policing issues
External complaints investigators could be hired by Bradford Council to stop the risk of staff closing ranks when the public complains. The move will be considered in a full-scale review of the authority's complaints procedure. The council's corporate
A Bradford PE teacher is boxing her way to fighting fame by beating the Thais at their own game. Lisa Houghton, 27, of Horsforth, has just returned from Bangkok where she defeated Thai boxing champion Narart Lek in front of thousands of cheering fans
A shock report claims people are frightened to walk in Bradford city centre. It wasn't just in the hours of darkness that people quizzed felt threatened, but during daytime shopping hours, too. The report - A City Centre Management Strategy - is due to
Shocked charity bosses fear Bradford's homeless could go hungry after a gang stole their five-ton soup kitchen. The cabin - a former shipping container with cooking equipment, tables and food - was spirited away from its Bradford base. The Soup Run -
Skipton Bulldogs.........1 Ilkley Youth.................3 AFTER a series of games against a strong opposition the Guyson-sponsored Ilkley Youth began their league season with a comprehensive win over a robust Skipton Bulldogs side. On an uneven surface
SIR - The Unitary Development Plan was passed in Parliament by the previous Government, maybe with the best of intentions, to keep up production on the housing market to meet demand, but it opened the floodgates for mammoth housing development throughout
