News from Haworth, Stanbury

Tomorrow: Zumba at West Lane Methodist Church from 9am. Contact 07962 341938. Scar Top Chapel revival prayer meeting from 7.30pm.

aturday: Hall Green Church Book Point is open from 1pm to 4 pm. Zumba class is today at 10am at West Lane Methodist Church’s Grimshaw Centre.

Sunday: Church Services: Stanbury Church, (Anglican.) Morning prayer at 9.30 am. Haworth Parish Church, (Anglican) – Family Worship at 10.45 am. West Lane Baptist Church, Holy Communion at 10.30am and evening service at 6pm, both with Rev. Chris Upton. West Lane Methodist Church, Holy Communion at 10.30am with Rev. Nigel Ogley. Hall Green Baptist Church, Morning Family Service at 10.30am. and evening meeting at 6pm. (the 10.30am includes a creche for under threes and a Sunday Club for those of pre-school and primary school age). Our Lady of Lourdes, Ebor Lane (R.C.) Holy Mass at 10am. Scar Top Chapel Service at 2.45pm, Local Preacher Jonathan Riley. FERN Christian Fellowship meet in the Methodist Church Hall at 6.30pm.

Monday. West Lane Baptist Church, drop - in for Coffee, lunch and Christian Fellowship from 10 am. onwards. Haworth Parish Church Bell ringing practice at 7.30pm. Haworth Brass Band rehearsal at 7.45 pm. K9 Capers dog training at West Lane Methodist Church Hall at 7pm. for puppies and 7.30pm for older dogs, contact Kathryn Smith on (01535) 635290. Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish council – full council meeting at 7.30pm at West Lane Baptist Church. Toddler and baby Yoga is every Monday at Thornfield, Station Road at 1pm to 2 pm for babies and 2pm to 3pm for toddlers. Contact Nicola Resell on 07775 535006. Fit Friends running club, every Monday at 7pm. from the Medical Centre car park. Call 07985 19529. The mobile library visits Haworth, Cross Roads and Oxenhope today. The schedule is Cross Roads Inn, 10.15am 10.45am. Upwood Park, 10.55am to 11.25am. West Drive, Oxenhope, 11.45am to 12.15pm. Gledhow Drive, 1.40pm to 2.10pm. Marsh, 2.15pm to 2.45pm. Sun Street, 3pm to 3.30pm. Heathcliffe, 3.40pm to 4.10pm. Main Street, Stanbury, 4.20pm to 4.50pm. Mytholmes, 5.30pm to 6pm. Victoria Road, 6.10pm to 6.40pm. and Station Road, Haworth, 6.45pm to 7.15pm.

Tuesday: FERN Christian Fellowship meet at 7.45pm at the Methodist Church Hall. Weight Watchers meets at 6.15pm at West Lane Baptist Church. Call Joanne Cutts on 07939 564773. Karate is from 6.30pm to 8pm. at West Lane Methodist Church Hall. Contact Mo Ilyas on (01535) 600407. Bridleways Group meets at 8pm. Cross Roads and Lees Church and Chapel Ladies Group, talk by Pat Osbourne on the life story of Norman Wisdom at 7.30pm.

Wednesday: Haworth Senior Citizens meet at 2pm to 3.30pm at West Lane Methodist Church Hall. Call Doreen Robinson (01535) 648928. Weight Watchers is at 9.30 am at West Lane Baptist Church. Contact, Joanne 07939 564773. Hall Green Church, prayer and bible study meeting at 8pm. At the Community Centre, Little Ladybirds baby and toddler group is from 10am to 11.30 am. Every Wednesday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm there is a craft evening at the Wuthering Heights Inn in Stanbury. Call (01535) 643332. West Lane Baptist Amateur Operatic Society – rehearsal at 7.30pm. Guided walk – Millennium Way, 5.5-miles. Meet Stewart Elliot at 10.30am at the Church Steps at the top of Main Street. This walk follows the Worth Valley Railway and then a climb to the surrounding moors. West Lane Baptist Church monthly choir practice is at 7.30 pm.

The Haworth Exhibition Trust makes small grants to assist students in further education who live in and attended schools in the Worth Valley. Application forms are available at the Haworth Medical Practice. The form explains eligibility and the destination of the applications. Closing date is the September 27.

Concert by the Military Wives Choir will be at Haworth Parish Church on Saturday, September 21. Tickets available from Nikky Carroll at Firth’s of Haworth, Top of Main Street, tel. (01535) 643800. Ticket sales are going fast and at this rate it looks as though they will sold out well before the concert. Proceeds are for Help for Heroes.

The Haworth & Oxenhope District Bridleways Group’s final Dressage Competition is on Sunday, September 8, at Lilyhall Livery Stables, Haworth (when the tests will be Intro A, P12, P18 and N28) and an organised ride on Sunday, September 29. Meetings are held at the Old White Lion, Haworth at 8pm, preceded by a Junior meeting at 6.45 pm. The group exists to safeguard bridleways and holds events to highlight these and help to raise funds for their protection and extension. The programme of speakers, rides and competitions for 2013 can be found on the website at: www.hodbg.org for further details please contact Gill Burgess (01535) 644347.

The Worth Valley Horticultural Society set up in 2012 to organise a late flower and vegetable show was a great success, attracting exhibitors from a wide area. The show this year focusing on Chrysanthemums. Dahlias, Pot Plants, Fruit and vegetables, will be held at Haworth Community Centre, Butt Lane on Sunday, September 29th from 2 - 4.15pm. Entries will be taken until 11 am on the show day. There will be raffle tickets on sale and an auction after the show. Schedules are available from Mike Cunningham on (01535) 215141.

The Worth Valley Young Farmers meet on Tuesday evenings. This week they met at Holden park in Oakworth as part of their volunteer meetings. The club have previously assisted the friends of Holden Park in renovating an old pathway, and they returned this week to continue the project. If anyone is interested in joining Worth valley or finding out more about young farmers, then please contact our chairwoman Rachael Moore on 07887 530187 or alternatively see the website www.worthvalley.org.

Tai Chi and Chi Kung classes are being held in Haworth by Doran Waclawiak on Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. This is about exercise, general health, clearness of mind and body and nutrition. Call (01535) 646049.

Haworth Community Centre has been closed through out August, but has re-opened. The next bingo is on Saturday, September 7.

Haworth Parkside Social Club chess club is on Thursdays. They are looking for people to join teams for snooker, dominoes (3s and 5s) and pool, including a new ladies team. Supper is provided for players. Wednesdays: Sequence dancing social at 8.30pm. Call (01535) 643470; Thursday: Pool for beginners and improvers 5 pm. onwards. Call (01535) 643470. E-mail secretary@keighleyradio.co.uk.

Also on Thursdays, NOTHY (Not Over The Hill Yet) is an over-50s ‘youth club’. They meet from noon to 4pm. Drop in, share lunch, chat, play games. Sundays: Sunday Social, Sequence dancing and bingo 8.30pm, Call (01535) 647675.

Worth Valley First Responders are volunteers trained by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, who respond to local emergency calls. Their aim is to assist and treat people who need assistance from the ambulance service until their care can be handed over to an ambulance crew. More responders are needed now. Please contact Tracy Laycock on 07908 212455 for more details of how you could help.

The Step by Step Dance School at Haworth Community Centre is taught by Estonian dance teacher and choreographer, Jevenia Pihel, who teaches the group fitness and dance for all ages and invites new members to come along. Mondays: Ballet (children) - 4pm to 5pm. Fitness and Dance (Adults) - 5pm to 6pm. Ballet Adults (beginners) - 6.15pm to 7.15 pm. Thursdays: Ballet and Dance (children) - 4pm to 5pm. Fitness and Dance (Adults) - 5pm to 6pm. Ballet classes for children are from 4pm to 4.45pm. Call 07882 104893.

Haworth Riding For the Disabled are asking for voluntary help for a couple of hours each week on Tuesday, Wednesdays or Thursdays from 10 am to noon or on Saturdays from 9.15am to 1.25pm. Call (01535) 649448.

Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary Club meet at the Old Silent Inn Stanbury for a meal every Tuesday at 7.30 for 8 pm. (but not Tuesdays following a Bank Holiday). Usually they have a guest speaker. For information see the web site www.haworthrotary.org or phone (01535) 643792.

The Community Contact Point at 28 Changegate, Haworth, BD22 8DY, is normally open from noon to 4pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with no Saturday, Sunday or Monday openings. Their answering machine will give contact details for the Police. The contact point are asking for volunteers to help distribute the bi-monthly Parish Council Newsletter – copies are free and are available from the Contact Point or online at www.haworth-village.org.uk. The Contact Point has a range of personal alarms, safe cans, and a range of free road safety information activity books, comics and stickers. Why not call in to see what they’ve got? Free low energy light bulbs are still available at the Contact Point. The Contact Point collect used computer printer ink cartridges, old mobile phones, and (this is a new one!) dead low energy light bulbs, which can all be recycled for the benefit of Manorlands Hospice. The light bulbs apparently contain valuable mercury, - but not ordinary light bulbs. Please drop them off at 28 Changegate, Haworth - opening times are listed above. Contact Margaret Smith, the co-ordinator, on (01535) 644001.

Yoga & Free Meditation Classes are on Tuesdays in Haworth, at West Lane Baptist Church. Yoga classes are 11.15am to 12.15pm for a fee and meditation classes are free at 12.30pm for 40 minutes. They are introductory or taster sessions serving to introduce people to meditation with the intention that they might be become interested in learning more, in which case they will be instructed in Primordial Sound Meditation. Contact Sheila Murray on (01535) 648761 or 07799 437174 or website www.sheilamurray.co.uk.

Nicola’s weigh in and workout class has moved to Parkside Social Club, Butt Lane, on Thursdays. 6.45pm to 8pm. Exercise to fun music for beginners & intermediate levels of all ages. The first class is £3. Call Nicola Szczur on 07914 418703 or visit www.nicolaworkout.piczo.com.

Fitness classes at Haworth Primary School, with Damien Bisby on 07919 350305 – legs, bums, tums and aerobics from 7pm to 8pm on Mondays, and circuit training 7pm to 8 pm on Wednesdays. The cost is £3.50 per class. People of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Haworth Parish Church, Morning prayer is held in St. James’s, Cross Roads Cum Lees at 9.30am on Mondays, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at St Michael, Haworth, at 9.30am. Mid week Holy Communion is held in St. James’s, on Wednesdays at 9.30am. Baptism Enquiries for the Cross Roads Cum Lees and Haworth Parishes are held on the 1st Saturday of each month at 9.30am at St James’s. Wedding enquiries for the Cross Roads cum Lees and Haworth Parishes are held on the second Monday of each month at St. Michael & All Angels at 7pm. A DVD on the History of St. Michael & All Angels is on sale at £2.99 in aid of Church funds. For baptisms, wedding enquiries contact the Priest in Charge, Rev. Peter Mayo-Smith, on (01535) 648464. For prayer requests and transport to Church Diane Wilson on (01535) 674972. For use of the Old School Rooms: Catherine Prince on (01535) 645045. or other matters the Churchwardens: Diane Wilson or Mrs. Marilyn Prince on (01535) 645045. For church archive enquiries: Jens Hislop on (01535) 644444. The Priest in Charge, the Reverend. Peter Mayo-Smith, has responsibility for the Upper Worth Valley Church of England parishes; which comprises Cross Roads Cum Lees and Haworth, which includes St. Gabriel’s at Stanbury.

CarelinK befriending scheme can provide support and companionship to older people who live alone and do not have many visitors. CarelinK can arrange for one of its volunteer befrienders to visit each week for a cuppa and a chat, or perhaps to take a short walk together. Volunteers are police checked and vetted. To use this free service or to become a volunteer befriender to older people in this area contact coordinator Maureen Basierak at CarelinK on 609506 at the volunteer centre.