Friday: Haworth Cinema is showing Saving Mr Banks (cert PG) at 7.30pm at West Lane Baptist Church, adults £4, children £2.

Saturday: The 17th Bronte Vintage Gathering will take place in Flappit Fields off the B6144 between Haworth and Cullingworth today and Sunday, in aid of Sue Ryder at Manorlands. £310,000 has been raised at this event since 1998. There are many attractions and events on both days. Sunday: Church Services: Stanbury Church, holy communion at 9.30am and Haworth Parish Church, holy communion at 10.45am. West Lane Baptist Church, 10.30am morning family and evening services with the Rev Chris Upton at 10.30am and at 6pm. The family service is followed by a church meeting.

West Lane Methodist Church, Reader’s service at 2.30pm led by Bernard Thompson.

Hall Green Baptist Church, morning family Service at 10.30am and at 6pm. The 10.30am includes a crèche for under-threes and a Sunday Club for those of pre-school and primary school age. Our Lady of Lourdes, Ebor Lane, mass at 10am. Scar Top Service at 2.45pm.

FERN Christian Fellowship meet in the Methodist Church Hall at 6.30pm. Haworth Craft Fair continues, 10am-4pm at Haworth Parish Church Hall.

Monday: Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council’s annual meeting at West Lane Baptist Church at 7pm including the election of chairman, vice-chairman and committee.

Wednesday: The Haworth West Lane Baptist Amateur Operatic Company present “On The Air” at the church at 7.30pm tonight. This is a light-hearted look at the way we were in the 1940s with music drama and a bit of humour. It will take the form of a radio broadcast presented by the local Amateur Operatic Society featuring songs, comedy sketches, monologues and poignant moments from the two world wars. The audience will be asked to sing along with the well known songs from those eras. Come along and enjoy the fun. Admission is £6 and £3 for children and on the Friday and Saturday tickets will cost it is £8 and £5. The seats are chapel pews and are not numbered. For more information, visit westlane baptistcentre.org.uk and go the the Gilbert and Sullivan section. For tickets, ring Vera Waddington on (01535) 643425. Two more performances will take place on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, which coincide with the the Haworth 1940s weekend.

The new bandstand in Haworth’s Central Park is completed and can be used by any sort of group. The official opening date will be on June 22. This is a multi-purpose performance venue, with disability access and has electric power and lighting. Anyone wanting to use the bandstand should contact Mel Smith, the Keighley area parks and landscape manager, at Cliffe Castle or his staff on (01535) 618068 or e-mail mel.smith@bradford.gov.uk.

Haworth Brass Band rehearse on Monday evenings at 7.45pm in the band room above the Fleece Inn in Main Street. It currently needs more brass and percussion players to make up a full complement of 27 players. It is about a dozen short, so there are vacancies for almost all positions in the band. The band has an illustrious 160-year history, a huge music library and many top of the range brass instruments that can to loaned to members or would be members of the band. It has a busy schedule of summer engagements. More information can be seen on its website the haworthband.co.uk. If interested, please ring Graham Richardson on (01535) 604215.

Worth Valley Young Farmer’s Club met this week at the local driving range, an annual trip that cost £3.50 but was well worth it, as everyone had a great time. If you would like any information about young farmers, please visit worthvalley.org.

Stanbury and District Women’s Institute meet on Monday at 7.30pm at West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth for an evening of Magic, Mirth and Mystery with Rex Scott. The competition is A Joke. Visitors will be welcomed from Wadsworth WI. Three members enjoyed a gentle three-mile ramble from East Morton on Saturday on a beautiful spring day. The WI at Morton Institute were hosting the centenary baton for the day, on its journey through Yorkshire. In the next two weeks Stanbury WI will visit the Temperance Hall Museum of Costume at Kirkby Stephen for the day, and have a meal out at the Wetherby Whaler at Guiseley. Names are being taken for a July evening visit to the garden at The Grange, Carleton in Craven. Members friends are welcome to join them for this.

The Friends of the Bronte Church is an organisation formed two years ago with the aim of raising funds for the upkeep and restoration of Haworth Parish Church. It arranges various social events and membership is open to all. For more information, please contact the Rev Peter Mayo-Smith on (01535) 648464, visit friendsofthe brontechurch.co.uk or follow the group on Twitter @friendsofbronte.

The Haworth 1940 weekend will happen on May 17 and 18, the biggest hive of nostalgic activity in the county. Fuller details in this paper nearer the time.

The speaker at the next meeting of the Haworth and Oxenhope District Bridleways Group on May 20 will be from the British Horse Society. Meetings are held monthly, at the Old White Lion Hotel, Haworth at 8pm, preceded by a junior meeting at 6.45pm. We are constantly updating our programme of activities for 2014. Full details of these plus pictures, adverts, etc. can be found on the website at hodbg.org. For further details, please contact Gill Burgess on (01535) 644347; 07799 614763; or e-mail gill.burgess4@virginmedia.com.

Oakworth Textiles will be running a beginners’ prodded rag rugs workshop in Lees Methodist Church Hall on Saturday from 10am-4pm, with an hour for lunch. Topics covered include preparing a base, transferring a design, fabric types, cutting, prodding, finishing off etc. Participants will each work on a small sampler and mark up another piece of hessian to enable further practice later. The church hall is wheelchair friendly with a ramp leading from the adjoining free car park. The fee of £35 includes tea/coffee, lesson materials, handouts, use of equipment and a peg prodder to keep. Places can be reserved by phone on (01535) 669605 to Amy Baldwin or e-mail to amy@oaktex.co.

uk. Please pay cash on the day.

Confirmation at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church will take place on Sunday, June 8 – the Feast of Pentecost at 10am. Could candidates please return the completed white card as soon as possible.

Churches Together in Haworth and Cross Roads are re-cycling unwanted goods. Clothes (not underwear) curtains, bedding, bric-a-brac, books and small furniture to sell for Christian Aid on Main Street from May 11 to 17. For further information, please ring Kathleen Milne on (01535) 645990.