bingley rural january 2013

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BINGLEYArea DirectoryJanuary 2013

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Well first of all, happy new year everyone! I hope that 2013 brings you and yours everything you’re hoping for this year.

This month, Bingley Rural has extended its delivery area to include businesses in Crossflatts – hello to our new readers there! The magazine can be picked up in local shops, pubs and takeaways there (as well as in Bingley and Shipley). If you are a Crossflatts reader, we would love to have your input into the magazine – just email [email protected] with your submissions.

Of course we welcome submissions from all our readers, and we would like to have more and more local people, charities and community groups sending in their news each month. If you would like to contribute, just email me before the 19th of the month preceding the issue you would like to appear in, or drop submissions into Wilsden Post Office in an envelope marked Bingley Rural. You can also post these to me at home: 4 St Ives Grove, Harden, BD16 1BA. If you wish to submit hard copy photos, please include a return address.

Also this month we have introduced a handy new section, the First Call directory. Whatever your emergency, from a broken boiler to a poorly pet, these are the numbers to keep handy. We hope to expand this section in future: if you offer an emergency service, please see p29 for listing prices.

I thought I’d end on a song this month – well, a poem anyway! I hope you enjoy the following ditty.

Ode to ResolutionsJanuary, time to start anewBin the fry-ups, caffeine tooLose the booze and chuck the chocs -Go on then, I’ll just finish this boxMust be healthy, must be tonedOh yes, and must lose half a stone!Take up jogging, learn to ZumbaBokwa, salsa and the RhumbaLearn to play the clarinetSpeak a language, pay off debtTake up woodwork, learn to knitDitch trashy telly and get fitAnd if I make it past JulyYou just might see a piggy fly!

Lisa Firth, editor January 2013

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to our contributors:Mrs K AdamsCarol BarrettTony CauntJudy CauntHayley CollisJim DowzallEric FirthAstrid HansenClive HarrisonAdele HirstMargaret KrupaPhil LowdeCarol Phillips

Cover photo: Snow above Wilsden recreation ground, © Judy Caunt.............................................

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P A S T T I M E S


BY Astrid HAnsen

It is hard to know whether the early formation of a temperance society indicates the high moral tone of a place or, on the contrary, that drunkenness

was so rife that such a society was urgently needed. Whatever the reason, our big neighbour Bradford formed the first temperance society in England in 1830, with Wilsden not far behind in 1832.

By the time Wilsden hosted the great Temperance Festival of 1835 the movement had grown considerably and the event, on Easter Monday and Tuesday of that year, was attended by the temperance societies of Keighley, Bingley, Thornton, Allerton, Baildon, Cullingworth, Shipley, Manningham, Frizinghall, Cottingley, Harden, Denholme, Clayton, Morton and even Hallas Bridge, which had its own society, distinct from Wilsden’s. The event was based in St Matthew’s Church in Lane Side. Although the church could hold about 1400, many more had to be content with clustering outside to at least see the arrival of a series of distinguished speakers at the various sessions. These included JS Buckingham MP, who was involved with a parliamentary report on drunkenness, the Revd. George Stringer Bull, active in the factory reform movement, and Mr Swindlehurst from Preston, a reformed drinker now a passionate advocate of the temperance cause.

The meetings were chaired by the vicar of Wilsden, Revd. John Barber, and between sessions suitable refreshments were served in a large tent in a field close by. A contemporary report states that 1400 cups and saucers were set out for the first sitting, after which a further 1100 people were served, and finally the 200 helpers. How did they even boil enough water for all those cups of tea? There is a description of the tent which makes one wish colour photography had been invented.

It was “45 yards long and 18 yards wide, supported

by three rows of pillars, eight in a row, adorned with branches, evergreens, natural and artificial flowers, so tastefully arranged as to cheat the beholder into a belief that they were real trees. At the upper end of the booth an elevated table was placed at which sat the Reverend Chairman, the Speaker and other invited guests. The chair was covered in pink and overhung by a profusion of artificial flowers, shrubs and trees to form an alcove, having all the appearance of a natural bower, which was indeed

much assisted by the artifice of placing a number of stuffed birds among

the branches. Extending across the guest table was a superb

orange-coloured canopy hanging in careless folds; and the whole interior of the roof was hung with festoons and curtain work of a variety of colours. The interior of the sides was hung with blue and crimson decorated with

garlands of artificial flowers, among which were hung a great

number of white and coloured papers bearing appropriate mottoes

and inscriptions.”

It is generally held that many poor people in the 19th century drank to escape the drabness and misery of their lives, but it is hard to think that any alcohol-fuelled fantasy could compete with the interior of the Wilsden temperance tent!

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9th Bradford North Scout GroupAutumn evenings have been packed with activities here at the 9th.

Beavers have been:

• Finding out about “Home Safety”.• Making Christmas decorations.• Writing to Santa.• Making puppy keyring holders – looked easier than it

actually was!

Cubs have been:

• Working on their Collectors badge (right).

• Match attack cards.• Top Gear cards.• Cooking up some real treats as

part of their cook badge, including pancakes, chocolate brownies, crispy cupcakes, tuna cutlets, sausages and beans and pita pocket pizzas.

• Science experiments.

• Leading readings at the village carol service.

• The Beavers and Cubs had a joint Christmas party with games, pizza, buns and chocolate brownies.

In the new year we have:

• Beavers working on espionage programme.• A challenge walk for all the group is planned for mid-

February.• Beaver quiz with all the groups across the district.

• A weekend camp either at the end of March beginning of April.

The 9th Bradford North Scout Group is based in Sandy Lane at the Methodist

Church.

We need support with leaders in all sections. At present we have no Scout section as we need someone, or a small team, to take on running

one. Please contact Phil Lowde – 07973 339 007 – if you would like to

volunteer to support our worthwhile youth movement.

1st Wilsden Brownies1st Wilsden

Brownies were busy working on the Seasons badge last term. They enjoyed doing an activity for each season: for spring they made bird feeders; for summer they made scrapbooks with pictures and information on their dream destination; for autumn they made a collage with fallen natural objects they had collected, and for winter they learnt about winter festivals from two different faiths or cultures.

They also took part in the Winter Fayre at Wilsden Village Hall, and finished off the term with a roller skating party.

2nd Wilsden Brownies2nd Wilsden Brownies went back to basics last term to learn more about the Promise they make when they join Brownies: to love their God, serve their queen and country and to help other people. They also started a Brownie magazine all about the group, and enjoyed working towards their Stargazer and Historical Heroes badges.

We also designed and made robots using tinfoil, kitchen items and of course Brownies, and ended the term with a “Fairies and Elves” Christmas party.

Are you a Guider or Scouter? We’d love to publish your group’s news! Email Lisa on [email protected]


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I recently read the The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by American writer Bill Bryson. Now Bill is a decent sort and I know

he likes England, having lived here many years. He’s even heard of Bradford, which says a lot for an American.

The book is about his 1950s-60s “gee shucks fellas” all-American childhood in Iowa, and after reading and enjoying it I thought, “That’s not much of a childhood compared to us Yorkshire and other English kids who grew up in the 1930s and 40s.”

Born into the Great Depression of the 1930s, the last generation of LS Lowry’s “Matchstick Kids”, we weren’t thin, we weren’t even skinny. We were bony. Not that we needed a depression to make us bony: it’s the way we were, a result of poverty, unhealthy living and shocking working conditions in smoky woollen towns and overcrowded two-up-two-down back-to-back houses containing over-large, under-fed families.

I was born in January 1933: they would have been really tough times, but not for us newborns.

We all had two devoted parents who’d see us through the greatest

depression no matter what the cost. I certainly do remember, though, sitting on the

floor next to our large Bush radio – taller than me – with my mother and older brother and hearing a man with a very posh

voice say, “We are at war with Germany”. Only a short

time earlier, an even younger me heard something about a

man not wanting to be a king. I can still see the worried look on Mam’s face as I asked, “Is there going to be a war?” Her reply: “It looks like it”.

From depression straight into World War II, no danger of us fattening up there. We should be so lucky. Schoolkids of the 40s would wake up, get a quick swill from the ice-cold tap at the top of the ice-cold cellar steps, grab a jam sandwich and try to sneak off to school, our mothers shouting, “ No you don’t, not without your gas mask, get back ‘ere” – they didn’t miss much, 1940s mams.

We hadn’t forgotten the gas masks, we just hated them. They hung around our necks nearly strangling us, and when wearing them in school for gas mask practice we could hardly breathe. It was even worse when playing football. We usually, kindly, gave the youngest kid the honour of keeping an eye on them for us, promising him a kick of the ball before we finished.

Leaving the house, we’d head up the dark gloomy passages onto the cobbled stone streets. Here we’d read strange new messages on walls, like “Dig for victory”, “Is your journey really necessary?”, “Careless talk costs lives”, and shop windows with notices declaring, in the brightest of whitewash, “Closed for the duration”. “Wot’s duration mean, Eric?” “Dunno, Jimmy.” Then one day a nice lady told us it meant till the war is over.

We hadn’t got round to graffiti yet, but soon GI Joes would be informing us that “Killroy was here”. “Who’s Killroy, Eric?” “Dunno, Jimmy”.

thanks to eric. continued next month.

The amazing lives and times of Yorkshire’s matchstick kidseric Firth writes about growing up in Bradford during the 1930s and 40s. part 1 (continued next month).


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Time of your LifeNostalgia Quiz

how much do you know about the last 80 years?

1. Which film, released in 1933, contains the famous line “It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast”?

2. Name the book, published in 1963, the title of which has come to mean a problem rendered inescapable due to contradictory rules.

3. Which comedy actor and wit, who died in August 1977, once said, “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

4. Which crooner turned down the role of Lieutenant Columbo (subsequently made famous by Peter Falk) in 1968, as he was worried it would interfere with his golf?

5. Which former member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet went on to publish a bestselling diet book in the 1990s?

6. Which child star played the role of Mikey in the 1985 film The Goonies, before going on

to play hobbit Samwise Gamgee as an adult in The Lord of the Rings?

7. Who had a Christmas no. 1 single in 1955 with “Christmas Alphabet”?

8. Which masked vigilante has been played by Robert Lowrey in the 40s, Adam West in the 60s, Michael Keaton in the 80s and Christian Bale in the

noughties?

9. Which song gave Cliff Richard his first no. 1 in 1959?

10. Which teams competed in the 1948 FA Cup final?

11. Which 90s pop hit contains the lyrics, “Got a picture of you beside me, got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup”?

12. How many pennies were in a British pound before decimalisation in 1971?

13. A 1937 song by ukelele-playing entertainer George Formby, banned by the BBC for its suggestive content, featured his little stick of what?

14. Who came second in the sixth series of The X-Factor, in a final broadcast on 13th December 2009?

15. What year did Sinitta have a no. 2 hit with “So Macho”?

16. Which Quincy, ME actor, who sadly passed away on Christmas Eve 2012 aged 90, was the last surviving juror from the classic film Twelve Angry Men?

17. Which comedian and her real-life husband, famous for their roles in 50s sitcom I Love Lucy, founded the production company which gave us Star Trek?

18. Which former Coronation Street actress played Queen Cleopatra in Carry on Cleo in 1964?

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It is believed that the first pantomime ever performed was staged at Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre in 1714, and was called Harlequin Sorcerer. It was produced by actor John Rich, who is credited with giving pantomime its name.

The Cinderella story we know today was written by Charles Perrault in 1697, based on a traditional folk tale. Although one well-known element of the tale is the glass slipper the heroine leaves behind her at the ball, it is likely that the slipper was actually made of squirrel fur! Perrault's probable mistake arose

because of the similar sound of the French words for glass, verre, and luxurious white squirrel fur, vair.

It is traditional in pantomime for villains to enter from stage left and heroes from stage right. This dates back to medieval mystery plays, where the left of the stage represented hell and the right, heaven.

Pantomime dames – men playing female characters and dressed in outrageous clothing – began to appear in panto in the early 19th century, with the renowned clown Joseph Grimaldi playing the baron's wife in an 1820 performance of Cinderella.

Panto Factsthe season of saucy dames and thigh-slapping high jinks is upon us once more! have a read of our scintillating pantomime titbits, and if that puts you in the mood for some “it’s Behind you”-ing, there are some great local productions listed in the what’s on guide.


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Marian Krupa: the escape continuesmarian Jan Krupa (1922-2009) came to live in cottingley with his second wife, who had lived in the village most of her life, and their two-year-old son. he was born in Krakow, poland, and his experiences after leaving there in 1939 until his arrival in england in 1943 were traumatic. here we continue his story.

BY MArGAret KrUPA

I passed the time in the boat memorising my new particulars. It would be fatal to hesitate if challenged; I had to know

them perfectly. I had to forget my own identity and believe in my new one. My life and freedom could depend on it. As it became light in the morning I had to bring the boat to the bank and hide it in the reeds. My daylight hours would have to be spent hiding in the forest that bordered the river. As I only had a small piece of bread and the bag of oats which the Polish woman had given me, I scoured the forest to find berries and mushrooms. I was so desperate that I ate leaves as well. When I felt sufficiently distant from any civilisation, I found a reasonably well-covered spot and lay down. I fell into a fitful sleep, keeping one ear open to listen for the dogs. I didn’t actually hear any, but I could never be sure that barking had not been the cause of my waking. I would listen for quite some time before fading away once more into oblivion. When darkness came I returned to the river and my boat, which mercifully had not been discovered, and launched into midstream once more.

I continued to rehearse my new particulars. Wladislaw Kizim from Lvov. Born 1910. 32 years old. They had to come out naturally if I was challenged. Wladislaw Kizim from Lvov. Wladislaw Kizim born 1910. Wladislaw Kizim age 32. It became almost a chant accompanied by the water lapping against the boat. Wladislaw Kizim from Lvov.

It eventually became obvious that I was nearing Syktyvkar. There was quite a lot of water traffic and I deemed it more prudent to finish the journey on foot. It was also beginning to get light. I paddled the boat towards the bank and jumped out. A drifting boat would cause less suspicion than one in the reeds so I pushed it out into the middle of the river to continue its journey downstream. I decided that if I developed a heavy limp I would be less likely to be suspected of being a fugitive. I copied Stefan’s limp, which was very pronounced and very distinctive (I can still imitate it almost 50 years later). I had plenty of time to practise it on my approaches to the town. The timber yards and sawmills on the outskirts became my first

objective. Rather than skirt them I went through. People were going about their own business

and took no notice of me and I was beginning to enjoy and feel confident about my charade.

Fate has a habit of shattering my complacency. Just as I cleared one of

the timber yards a police officer appeared unexpectedly from behind a building, taking me

by surprise. I couldn’t turn back, that would have been stupid. I had to brazen it out. He challenged me.

He asked me my name and my particulars and inspected my documents.

“Wladislaw Kizim from Lvov.”

So far, so good.

“Where are you going?”

“I am going to the Polish embassy. I am sick and tired of them. They don’t look after us. They are churlish and unsympathetic. Look.”

I pointed to the meagre bag of oats I was carrying.

“Just look at what the Polish aid distributors call food. It wouldn’t fill a mouse. I am totally disgusted with them and I’m going to have it out with them. I’m not standing for this.”

“Where do you work?”

I hadn’t bargained for this question.

“I work in this timber yard.”

Fortunately for me he didn’t check this out. Fortunately he didn’t detect my shaking knees. He returned my papers and sent me on my way.

I was very pleased with myself. This incident had gone very well. Maybe I was a more convincing liar than I had thought. I had really got into character. I chuckled to myself as I walked along the track towards the town. I would have to watch it though. There was a danger that I might have overdone it a bit.

thanks again to margaret. marian’s story will continue next month.


Now I’ve passed my 80th birthday, I look back to childhood days,

And I think of how our village life has changed, in many ways.

We lived then in a back-to-back, complete with outside loo,

No central heating then, coal fires, coal from the cellar too.

In winter, icy lino, upon the bedroom floor,

And Jack Frost patterned windows, till spring came round once more.

Hot water bottles in our beds tried to warm the chilly sheets,

And provisions filled the cellar, for when snowdrifts filled the streets.

In the village, half a dozen mills, a dye and soap works too,

A printers, and two garages gave work to more than just a few.

The early morning hooters sounded loud across the streets,

And soon the village echoed, with the sound of rushing feet.

As the workers hurried to the mills, quite early in the morn,

For weavers, woolsorters, carders, spinners, all started before dawn.

The streets were lit with gas lamps, with the lighter calling daily,

Friday night was bath night, a zinc tub on the hearth for many.

In the centre of the village, stood the tall and mighty Co-op,

With a butchers, drapers, cobblers, as well as the grocery shop.

Butter and cheese cut from giant blocks, flour and sugar sold from sacks,

And we kids spent our Saturday pennies, on aniseed balls, liquorice and pear drops.

We didn’t need to leave the village, to buy our shoes and frocks,

For the shops sold almost everything, from suits to fish and chips and clogs!

Motor cars were still quite rare, horse-drawn carts the norm,

And milk was brought in big milk churns, and ladled out each morn.

We children played out in the streets, at games like “Tin Can Squat”,

And didn’t cause much bother, the local bobby saw to that!

We all went to the village school, came home to lunch each day,

And daily there at playtime, played the games all children play,

Whip and top, marbles, skipping, conkers, each had a season it its turn,

We did sums and compositions, there was such a lot to learn!

Around the village, fields and woods and farms, some lovely country ways,

Where we picnicked, blackberried, swam in streams, on our long holidays,

We walked through lovely Goitstock woods, played by the waterfall,

Picked bluebells by the handful, there were plenty there for all.

Came home through fields of gentle cows, there are few there now, today,

And houses now fill up the fields, where the March hares used to

play.

In winter we went moonlight sledging, all the pitches now

are gone,

And the children growing up here today, will never know such fun.

On Sundays to church or chapel, and Sunday School we hied,

And on our Anniversary Days,

sang anthems there with pride.

Lads joined the Scouts, girls GLB, men played bowls and cricket,

The ladies watched, and made the teas, while their chaps were at the wicket.

Saturday night whist drives and dances held in the old Mechanics Hall,

To Ernest Mitchell and his Sylvians, we always had a ball!

No time back then for being bored, so many things to do,

Like socials, concerts, beetle drives, keeping allotments too.

The wartime days brought many changes, when the men went off to fight,

With rationing, and the blackout, shouts of “Please put out that light!”

The flower beds grew veggies, and we tried to make do and mend,

Dried eggs and Snoek, tins of Spam – bananas and oranges at an end.

But even in those dark, unhappy days, we still made our own fun,

Till after almost six long years, the Second World War was won.

But things had changed forever, one by one the mills closed down,

Instead of working in the village, we had to travel into town.

Lots of people had to journey miles, some went to live far away,

Little did I know back then, I’d fly round the world one day!

Now we live in a modern semi, complete with inside loo,

Have a car, and bikes, and all mod cons – a lovely garden too.

Fly to foreign countries, see snow-capped mountains, and the Med,

Laze on sunbaked beaches, but when all is done and said,

In spite of central heating, washers, fitted carpets, freezers and microwaves,

Are we really any happier, than in those pre-war days?

Wilsden village memoriesmrs K adams reflects in verse on a lifetime spent in wilsden.

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British Legion officers electedIn his report to the Annual General Meeting of the Bingley branch of the Royal British Legion, the chairman, Mr Jim Dowzall, referred to the successful Remembrance Parade and Service held in Bingley and wished to thank all those who had been involved. Headed by the band of the Spen Valley Scouts and Guides, the Parade included the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford, representatives of local organisations, Army Cadets, Scouts, Guides, Brownies and members of the general public: a total in the region of some 600 people.

He also wished to thank the local

people for their

generosity in the Poppy Appeal where, despite the financial difficulties being experienced, nearly £11,500 had been donated.

The following were elected:

• President: Mr David Dickerson

• Chairman: Mr James Dowzall

• Vice-Chairman: Mrs Karen Pritchard

• Secretary: Mrs Judith Hill• Treasurer: Mr Chris Drake• Membership Secretary: Mrs

Judith Hill• Welfare Secretary: Mrs

Mary Davies• Standard Bearer: Mr

Michael Reay

Following the AGM there was a light-hearted games event and then light

refreshments as a thank-you to all members,

and particularly the volunteers, who had helped in making this a successful year.

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Computer classes at Wilsden Village HallThe hall now runs classes in using computers, the Internet and email. The classes are suitable for complete novices so no previous experience is necessary! Two classes are held on Wednesday afternoons from 1pm, and two on Friday afternoons from 1pm. Contact Julie for details: 01535 272786.

Care Scheme & Holiday Clubat Wilsden Village HallTownfieldBD15 0HT

Contact Claire 07717 250433

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Workshops on alternative therapy/healing practices

Every Thursday evening 7.30-9.30pm at Crystal Space, Aire View, Silsden, BD20 0AN. £1 including refreshments. See website www.crystalspace.co.uk (events section), phone Ally on 07546 109072 or email [email protected] for more details. All welcome.

Airedale Wine CircleEnjoy making or drinking wine? Want to

meet new people? Come to Airedale’s

wine and beer enthusiasts club!

A very friendly group with dems,

monthly competitions and social events.

We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at Cardigan House, Bingley, from 8pm. Please call Paul Swinden on 01274 487607.


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Cullingworth Amateur Dramatics SocietyCullingworth Amateur Dramatics Society meet regularly throughout the year and produce an annual pantomime in February, as well as plays and musical shows. New members are always welcome for a variety of roles, not only treading the boards but scenery painting, backstage, props, costumes, front of house and serving refreshments. Anyone interested should contact Tony or Sharon Ackroyd on 01274 510559 or email [email protected].

Cottingley Village History Society’s World War 1 ProjectCottingley village has two memorials relating to the First World War. One of these takes the form of a calvary and now stands just outside the Church of St Michael and All Angels; the other is a plaque inside the Town Hall Chapel. The memorial at St Michael’s contains the names of 29 servicemen who lost their lives during the war and the other memorial lists all the Cottingley men who served in the war, a total of almost 150 names.

The village history society is attempting to discover some of the history of these men as a project to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the war. It has become apparent that not all the men may actually have lived in the parish of Cottingley, but they probably were connected with local organisations or attended either St Michael’s or the Town Hall church. The finding of information is not made any easier by the fact that many of the names consist of an initial and a surname!We have discovered that some people had emigrated to Australia shortly before the outbreak of war and that they had enlisted in the Australian Forces, serving at first in the Dardanelles and Egypt and then later in France. One of them returned to the UK early in 1918 in order to get married to a girl from Bingley, but unfortunately he was mortally wounded shortly after he rejoined his unit.

Four sons of the curator of the Town Hall survived after serving for most of the war, but there were at least two pairs of brothers who were both killed.

The Keighley News contained some unusual and eccentric stories, such as that of the farmer in Cottingley who received a parcel from his nephew which contained a German helmet and a promise of another present of parts of a German bomb. We have not been able to find out if the second parcel ever arrived.

We have been able to accumulate quite a lot of information but there are still many people who so far we have been unable to trace. We would be pleased to hear from anyone who thinks they have a relative whose name may be on the memorials, a list of the names is on the Cottingley website (history.cottingleyconnect.org.uk) or members of the society can be contacted as below. We would greatly appreciate any photographs or documents and, if permitted, we would copy and return these without delay.Anyone is welcome to attend one of the meetings of the group at the Town Hall in Cottingley: there is no membership fee, just a small charge for admission which includes refreshments. The details of the meetings are on the website or can be obtained from the secretary. contact ann harkiss (secretary) on 01274 820235 or clive harrison on 01274 561329.

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Groups for under-fivessponge tree under-5s colour workshops. We encourage everybody to be creative by connecting with the natural world through earth-friendly activities. Group meets Mondays 10-11.30am at Wilsden Village Hall. Contact Paula for details: 07914 495626.

wiLtots mother, Baby & toddler group meets 9.30am to 11.30am every Tuesday morning (except during school holidays) in the Wilsden Methodist & URC building. This is open to parents, grandparents and carers with babies and toddlers. We provide toys, craft, activities, snacks and an opportunity to enjoy the company of other adults and children. Do come along.

Local groups9th Bradford North Scout Group: Beavers meet Tue 6-7.15pm. Cubs meet Wed 6.30-7.45pm. Meetings take place at Sandy Lane Methodist Church. Contact Phil: 07973 339007.

Bingley Camera Club: new members are always welcome to weekly meetings on Monday evenings in Church House, Old Main Street, Bingley at 7.30pm.

Cullingworth Art Group: meet three times a week in St John’s Church Hall, Cullingworth, Monday and Thursday evenings 7-9pm and Monday mornings 10.15am-12.15pm. Call 01535 272170 for details.

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Pet of the month: Maorimaori was found wandering the streets with a badly deformed front leg when he was just four months old.

This is Maori, who was found wandering the streets with a badly

deformed front leg when he was about four months old. Our veterinary clinic took X-rays, but unfortunately these showed his limb had suffered irreparable damage from an old injury.

There was no option but to amputate the leg. Like most cats, Maori has adapted very well to being three-

legged. He is now a happy, lively and loving little chap.

Maori is now looking for his forever home, where he can get the love he deserves. He will need to be an indoor cat, but seems to get on well with other cats and would be fine to live with children.

Anyone who would like more information, please contact us on 01274 723063. You can find out more at www.rspca-bradford.org.uk, or look for Bradford RSPCA on Facebook and Twitter.

The birds of St Ivesin the first of an occasional series of articles, carol Barrett describes a birdwatching walk undertaken by the local rspB group in the Bingley area.

A crisp, sunny day saw 14 of us gathering at the St Ives Estate in Bingley. This is a popular place for families and

dog walkers, but it also provides a variety of habitats with the potential for viewing a wide range of birds.

We set off from the mansion, heading south into Cuckoo Nest Wood. Large numbers of nuthatches and long-tailed tits were immediately seen, which was a promising start to the walk. Following the well-defined path, we reached the boggy area that had formally been a water garden and pond but has been allowed to overgrow since the 1950s. A goldcrest, treecreeper and early-arriving redwings were the highlights of this section of the walk.

With so much bird activity, it was over an hour before we climbed back up the hill and visited the Coppice Pond. The highlight here was a group of five goosanders. We suspect that they were the same group that had been spotted two weeks earlier in Hirst Wood – it’s good to see that our programme of events is being read!

The hide provided an opportunity to sit and rest. It was also the last time we saw anything “new” – the dunnock being the final bird spotted.

Heading north from the pond, we climbed past Lady Blantyre’s Rock up to the Fairfax Entrenchments (where

General Fairfax was ambushed by Royalists during the Civil

War). We hoped that this area of heathland would provide us with further sightings. Unfortunately it did not. In fact the walk all the way

up to Druid’s Alter at the summit proved to be somewhat bereft of birds – a robin and

a great tit were the only sightings. In some ways this is not surprising, as the area is extremely

popular with dog walkers.

Completing the circuit, the group partook of a well-earned coffee and cakes at Lady B’s Cafe in the old tenanted farm buildings.

Surprising absentees were finches, collared doves, starlings and sparrows.

Full species list (23): nuthatch, jay, redwing, great tit, blue tit, long-tailed tit, blackbird, crow, jackdaw, robin, goldcrest, song thrush, black-headed gull, tree creeper, coal tit, mallard, moorhen, coot, Canada goose, goosander, magpie, wood pigeon and dunnock.

The advice to those wishing to visit St Ives and see the birds is to download the leaflet (http://bit.ly/RBDqvs) and stay south of Coppice Pond!

st iVes estate, BingLey – october 2012


BY CLive HArrison

www.ancestry.co.uk is a subscription website (but is free at most local public libraries) and provides countless records which are useful to family historians. Last year (2012) they added millions of records from West Yorkshire parish registers to the site and it is, therefore, possible to trace ancestors right back to the 16th century. You will, of course, need a bit of luck as well, especially if your ancestors had a common surname. Probably the most difficult surname to research, in England anyway, must be Smith. However, don’t be discouraged if you have a Smith in your family tree.

A practical example of the problems created by the Smiths is David Smith, who was born about 1845 in Idle. David’s parents were John and Jane and, as you can probably imagine, there were several John Smiths who married a Jane in the Bradford area. Which Jane did David’s father marry? David’s birth certificate should have shown Jane’s maiden name, but it appears that David’s birth was not registered. However, luck played its part as John and Jane had two other children – Raistrick and Hannah. There were quite a few Hannah Smiths registered around the time of her birth but there was only one Raistrick Smith. His birth certificate showed his parents as John Smith and Jane, formerly Slingsby. Problem solved. If one direct line of enquiry proves fruitless, think laterally and try an alternative approach.

Whilst subscription websites are very extensive, there are also plenty of free websites which are invaluable

to family historians. One of the best of local interest is www.calverley.info, which has been produced by some dedicated volunteers. Although its main focus is on the Calverley parish, which includes Idle, Pudsey, Farsley, Stanningley and Windhill, it has also spread its boundaries to include such distant places as Low Moor, Buttershaw, Guiseley and even Nidderdale. It contains a fully searchable database, which saves many hours of wading through parish registers.

Using this website, it is interesting to view the burial records for Pudsey between 1775 and 1800 which, as well as giving dates and names, provide ages in many cases and, frequently, causes of death. This is quite unusual but does make for excellent reading and gives a valuable view of life at that time. It is plain to see the extent of the smallpox epidemics and how a “sore throat” was a common cause of death in 1779. There was a butcher’s son who died from “worm fever”, a one-year-old child who died from “teething” and “run

over by a wagon” shows that traffic accidents were not unusual even then. In 1783 a

man, whose occupation was “lunatic”, was “found with his throat cut”.

Then, in 1787, there was a man of 35 years of age who was described just as “evil”

and was followed by his daughter, aged nine, just four months later who was also

described as “evil”.

Even if you don’t think your family can have had any

connection with the Calverley area, this website is well worth

a visit. You may be surprised to find ancestors there and, if not, I’m sure you will certainly find it educational.

How to get started with family history researchresearching your ancestors can be both fascinating and rewarding, and it can be educational at the same time. there is so much information now available online and we in the north of england are particularly well catered for compared to some other areas of the uK.

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BY tonY CAUnt

The members were very active in the run up to Christmas,

working for and with the local community and

some charities. Seven male members grew moustaches during Movember and raised £960 for Prostate Cancer UK (see photo, top). Children from the primary schools of Keelham, Harden, Wilsden and Greenfield, Pudsey, collected much-needed toys, gloves, scarves, socks, cosmetics, toiletries, stationery and household items for the Rotary Shoebox Scheme. These amounted to 191 shoeboxes, which will go to children and families in Eastern Europe who are not as fortunate as we are (see photo, top middle).

The Christmas carol concert at Clayton Parish Church, with Clayton CofE Primary school choir and the ladies of Free Spirit entertaining, drew an audience of some 70, with £217 raised for the church and Rotary charities. Once again, children from Russell Hall and Queensbury primary schools collected a mountain of toys (with much help from parents!), which were loaded into Rotarians’ cars and taken to the Blenheim Project, Gateway Sure Start Children’s Centre and Bradford Women’s Aid for disadvantaged children (see photo, bottom middle).

The club had its traditional Christmas lunch at Sandal Farm restaurant, with excellent seasonal food and entertainment by Bradford Grammar Junior School choir (see photo, bottom). The club also played host to Contact the Elderly, when seven folk who don’t get out much were taken to

Cullingworth Church Hall for a Christmas party.

If you would like to put something back into your community, you could not do much better than join the Rotary Club of Bradford West, where you can enjoy the company of like-minded men and women who go that extra mile to help others. The programme for January is as follows: on the 3rd, Hayley Cooke, the local fundraiser and organiser for Macmillan Nurses. On the 10th, the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr. Dale Smith, and Mrs Margaret Smith will come to tell us all about his year in office. On the 17th, our own member Reg Stichbury, retired headteacher from St Matthew’s Catholic school, will tell us about his life, and then on the 24th the club holds its business meeting. At present the speaker for the 31st has not been confirmed.

The members meet every Thursday lunchtime, 12 for 12.30 at Sandal Farm. For more information call John Ellis on 01535 274340, or visit our

website: www.bradfordwestrotary.org

Best wishes and a happy new year from all our members.

The Rotary Club of Bradford West


Your local charity, Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale, has just the thing to fulfil your

resolutions!

Log on to www.bradfordcancersupport.org.uk and click on fundraising and challenge events to find out more about the exciting events you can take part in.

From sky dives to the Great North Run (we have guaranteed places!), you could help make a difference to your health and wellbeing as well as a local cancer patient.

If you would like to have a chat to find out more ways you can help, contact 01274 77 66 88.

Claire Anderson, 36, from Shipley, ran the Great North Run for the first time last year. After hearing about the charity and its work from a friend, Claire began training

and completed the run, raising an amazing £500 in the process.

“I’ve always wanted to do it and when I realised Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale could secure me a place it felt like the perfect time to do it, particularly as it is a charity that is based in the area in which I

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New year – new challengeas the new year begins, some of us will have made new year’s resolutions – getting fitter, an improved lifestyle or setting yourself a personal challenge.

BY JUdY CAUnt, President

Wilsden Women’s Institute was formed on 11th February 1963 in the Day School (now Wilsden Primary School), with 38 members

attending. This followed the successful launch of Harden WI in January. Since those early days we have grown and now have over 62 members.

We meet on the first Monday in the month at 7.30pm in Wilsden Primary School and have a lively programme of speakers and events. Our Walking Club meet on a monthly basis and we have a bi-monthly Culture Club visiting many places of interest, such as a trip to Chester, a recent visit to Longley Hall, Huddersfield, by candlelight and Renshaw Hall, Doncaster. We have a thriving Theatre Club and regularly attend Keighley Playhouse, and we often arrange cinema visits.

We have been pleased to undertake various community projects over

the last few years. We made a donation to purchase new crockery for the Luncheon Club and planted a rowan tree at Wilsden Health Centre to mark our 45th anniversary. We have also donated a Union Flag to Wilsden Scouts to be paraded on St George’s Day and other special services, and gave a Union Flag and flagpole to the village to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We have also helped with catering for the village gala for many years, and for the Jubilee celebrations in the village hall. To celebrate our 50th anniversary (1963-2013), we have planted a silver birch tree in Wilsden park in November 2012, and a plaque has been erected to

mark this occasion.

A celebration evening for our 50th anniversary is planned on Wednesday 17th April 2013 at 7pm in Wilsden Village Hall, when the Lord Mayor of Bradford will honour us with his presence. If any former members are interested in joining us, please contact Judy Caunt on 01535 273709 before mid-February.

Celebrating 50 years of Wilsden WI

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Sunday 13th January 10amRSPB free guided walk (all welcome): Oxenhope Leeming Reservoir and Millennium Green. This walk will last approximately two hours and will take in the reservoir at Leeming in the hope of sighting overwintering waterfowl. This will be followed by a brief visit to Millennium Green for woodland birds and, if we’re lucky, a dipper.See www.rspb.org.uk/groups/airedaleandbradford/events for more details.

Sunday 14th-Saturday 19th January 7.30pmBingley Little Theatre present Dangerous Corner. Robert and Freda Caplan are entertaining their colleagues and friends at their country retreat. A chance remark by one of the guests

ignites a series of devastating revelations, revealing a hitherto undiscovered tangle of clandestine relationships and dangerous dark secrets.Tickets available from Bingley Arts Centre, open 11am-3.30pm Monday to Friday, or phone 01274 567983. Front stalls: £8 full, £7 concessions (60+, Mon-Thur only). Rear stalls: £7 full, £6 concessions. £2 under-18s (Mon only).

Wednesday 6th-Saturday 9th February 7.15pm Saturday 9th February 2pm matineeDrama Unlimited presents Jack and the Beanstalk, in aid of Bradford Deaf Association, at the Bingley Arts Centre. Tickets from £7.50. Signed performances Friday evening and Saturday Matinee.Tickets from Bingley Arts Centre. See www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk for more.

Thursday 7th-Saturday 9th February; and Thursday 14th-Saturday 16th February

Matinee and evening performancesHarden Players pantomime: This year’s pantomime is Robin Hood. Tickets are available to buy online at www.hardenplayers.co.uk or at the Harden Post office nearer the time of the performances.

Sunday 10th February 10amRSPB free guided walk (all welcome): Denso Marston Nature Reserve. An excellent opportunity to visit this local nature reserve where we will be guided by the warden, Steve Warrillow.See www.rspb.org.uk/groups/airedaleandbradford/events for more details.

Wednesday 20th-Friday 22nd February 7.15pm Saturday 23rd February 6pmThe Cullingworth Amateur Dramatics Society presents the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at Cullingworth Village Hall, Station Road, Cullingworth. Tickets are priced at £6 for adults and £5 for children and concessions. A family ticket for two adults and two children or concessions is available for £20.Tickets available from The Gift Tag, Main Street, Cullingworth from 28th January 2013, or can be reserved on the door by emailing [email protected].

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did you know?January is named for the Roman god Ianus, who had two faces – one looking back to the old year, the other looking forward to the new.

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BY tonY CAUnt

After the festive season – when I hope you have taken many photographs and perhaps received a new camera from

Santa – you may like to show your work or get to know how to use that new toy, particularly if it’s a bit complicated. Why not come along to a meeting of the Bradford Camera Club, where people just like you are eager to share their knowledge with you?

The club meets every Thursday evening from 7.30pm at Carlton House, 46 Little Horton Lane, BD5 0BA. Ring Alan Ogilvy on 01274 884187, or visit the website: sites.google.com/site/bradfordcameraclub

The programme for January is as follows: on

the 10th we will show prints from the Yorkshire Photographic Union’s annual exhibition (clubs from all over Yorkshire contribute). On the 17th our secretary Debbie Alstead will present her work. The club has its annual dinner and presentation of awards at the Bradford Club on Thursday 24th, with guest speaker Willy Clark. The 31st will see the first round of the Mitchell and Metcalfe competitions, which is a

competition for members’ own prints and images (images left show some of the work).

Best wishes and a happy new year from all the members.

pictures – top left: Beckie; top right: goit stock waterfall; bottom left: fountain pattern, sheffield; bottom right: Bell tower, thornton graveyard.

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The dawn of a new year; who knows what it could bring?BY roGAn AsHton, WiLsons soLiCitors

2012 has been some year in the field of sport and many of us have just witnessed our

Olympic and Paralympic medallists receive further garlands at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Despite the incredible feats witnessed at London, from Jessica Ennis’s majesty in the Heptathlon to Ellie Simmonds MBE powering her way through the water, the odds were very short on the man who picked up the trophy, Bradley Wiggins.

Yet if we compare Bradley’s 2011 Tour De France with that of 2012, it shows us how easily things can change and how, to an extent, our own lives can be derailed by fate and unforeseen circumstance.

In 2012 Bradley became the first ever British winner of the Tour De France, a feat which some of us thought would never occur. In 2011 however, the Tour de France finished with a dejected Wiggins having had to abandon the race in the initial weeks due to a broken collarbone following an accident.

Indeed, Bradley’s appearance at the awards ceremony last year itself illustrated the fickle hand of fate. You may recall that only weeks earlier he had been knocked off his bike whilst training. His appearance at the ceremony (and in the photographs dotted about in the next morning’s tabloids) suggested he had not only made a good recovery from the accident but had even been able to celebrate with some gusto. Of course, having collided with a car, the results for Bradley could have been so much worse; it appears that in 2012, the stars were aligned for him.

Let us hope that 2013 proves to be a great one for us all and we avoid the mishaps, such as accidents, that can blight our lives (as well as those of our sporting superstars).

If you don’t, and find yourselves with your world having been turned upside down by injury, Wilsons may be able to help lessen the impact by assisting you to obtain compensation.

Please phone to discuss any injury matter, without obligation and free of charge.

Profile on Rogan AshtonRogan is experienced in a wide range of litigation matters, including personal injury, employment and general disputes. Rogan has been with Wilsons Solicitors for over ten years and has over 15 years’ experience. He has specialised in dealing with accidents and personal injury building up considerable expertise.

Whilst having experience of the Defendant’s approach to personal injury cases, knowledge which has proved invaluable, he is committed to acting for the man in the street, the injured party. He seeks to pursue those responsible for causing injury with determination and vigour, ensuring appropriate and deserved compensation is achieved. He is a long-term member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Rogan Ashton, like Wilsons itself, is committed to providing the general public with accessible legal services coupled with skilled and effective representation.

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