PEOPLE keen to see Haworth Fire Station re-open as a community safety facility have been urged to buy a newly-produced 2016 calendar.

The calendar was completed last week and features old and new photographs of different locations in the Worth Valley.

Each calendar costs £2.99 and it is planned to make them available in as many outlets as possible. All proceeds will go towards the fire station project.

Steve Thorpe, chairman of Friends of Haworth and Worth Valley Fire Station, which is responsible for bringing out the calendar, said: "We now need people to get behind us and buy the calendar.

"We want people to show us just how much they want this building saved for the community.

"Our long-term aim is still to get a fire engine back there, but this won't happen soon because West Yorkshire Fire Service is having to make dramatic cuts.

"If we have the building saved then there is always a chance of this happening in years to come. But if the building is sold off then it's gone forever, and we've got no chance."

The images in the calendar have been supplied by local historian Steve Wood and photographer Ian Palmer.

Mr Thorpe praised their contribution, and also thanked Gareth Moore, of Keighley company AGM Colour, who offered a reduced cost for printing the calendar.

Mr Thorpe said: "We had all the printing costs paid for through businesses who advertised in the calendar. So 100 per cent of the proceeds can go towards running the fire station building.

"We've got 1,000 calendars to sell off to start with. We hope to sell them in local schools, and from the Haworth Police and Community Contact Point, the Haworth Spar and Worth Valley Co-op stores.

"Anyone who wants to buy calendars from me, or take a few calendars and sell them for us, can call me on 01535 647496 or e-mail gardening@steve-thorpe.co.uk"

They will also be on sale from outside Haworth Fire Station this Saturday and on Saturday, November 21, from 1pm to 3pm.

Parents and carers who turn up at this location between these times can also introduce their children to "Worthy" the Haworth Fire Station mascot for a photo opportunity.

Mr Thorpe, of Prince Street, Haworth, said the intention is to re-open the mothballed property and use it as a base for community safety volunteers, Police Community Support Officers and a medical first responder.

He said senior fire service bosses have still to agree to the proposals.

Haworth Fire Station was shut at the end of last year as part of a major cost-cutting programme.