Visitors to Todmorden Town Hall will be able to discover how mills shaped the iconic building, as the new season of free guided tours gets underway. On Sunday 5 February at 2pm, Calderdale Council kicks off 2017’s packed programme of monthly taster tours of the Town Hall with a focus on the mills of Todmorden. … read more … about Discover the mills of Todmorden>>
Calderdale community organisations could soon be making an even bigger difference to local people, thanks to proposals from Calderdale Council to step up its work to nurture them and help them grow by adopting a new ‘community anchor policy’, to be discussed by Cabinet on Monday 10 October 2016. Community organisations have a huge role… read more … about An anchor in our communities>>
Registering a death in Calderdale on a weekend or bank holiday is now easier after the introduction of a Community Registrars service. Previously an out of hours on call service was operated by the registration service between 10am and 12noon on Sundays and bank holidays, for people who needed a quick registration to enable a… read more … about Broadening our registration service>>
Visitors to Todmorden Town Hall can now see a key feature of the heritage of the building and town, which was previously hidden from view. Pictures of every single Mayor of Todmorden since 1896 – that’s 101 in total – have a new home within the Town Hall, to make it easier for people to… read more … about Picturing the past in Todmorden>>
More parks and green spaces than ever will be flying the Green Flag Award this year – over 1,600 across the UK, and seven in Calderdale alone. Bailiff Bridge Memorial Park, Clay House Park in West Vale, Wellholme Park in Brighouse, plus Manor Heath Park, People’s Park, Shibden Estate and Ogden Water Country Park all… read more … about Calderdale parks named as some of the best in Britain>>
Volunteers with the Calderdale Youth Offending Team have been thanked for their hard work at a celebration event held by Calderdale Council. The Volunteer Celebration Evening was held at Orangebox in Halifax and celebrated the hard work volunteers have undertaken supporting the young people involved with Calderdale Youth Offending Team. The event opened with a… read more … about Thanking volunteers for their work>>
The Clean for the Queen campaign was a great success in Calderdale with Council staff and volunteers getting stuck in to tidy up the borough. Clean for the Queen was a nationwide campaign to get the country looking its best ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday 21 April. The Council and partners took… read more … about 800 bags of litter, 17 tonnes of fly-tipping, one big Clean for the Queen>>
A historic painting by the famous Alfred Walter Bayes has been conserved and is one of many fascinating things to see on the new taster tours of Todmorden Town Hall. The painting of a cricket match at Centre Vale has been on display in the Grade I listed building since 1977. The picture was suffering… read more … about Painting links past, present and future at Todmorden Town Hall>>
