honley flyer no 91 september 2013
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Newsletter of Honley Village Community TrustTRANSCRIPT
This Flyer has been sponsored by the Gallery Cafe, Honley
Issue 91 September 2013
www.honleyvillagetrust.org.uk A voluntary organisation working for Honley village
A team of volunteers turns out
monthly to do the work which
keeps Trust land in good order
and a pleasant place to visit.
There has been a lot of work done by the volunteers over the
last two months. Most of this work has been down on the River
Mag on Magdale Fields. Work on the gabions to strengthen the
river bank is now done. This was quite a big job, filling big steel
wire baskets with stones from the river and then facing them on
the outside with big stones donated by Kirklees. They were then
covered with soil taken from the ‘Canary Island’* which the gabi-
ons are protecting. (see map ‘C.I.’).
Over time the gabions will become overgrown by wild plants
and their construction lends itself very well to making homes for
fauna like insects and small mammals, such as shrews and field
mice. Lower down the gabion at water level there will be homes
for river-dwelling invertebrates like river shrimps and small fish
such as sticklebacks. Gaps have also been left in the facing
stones to provide homes for birds. Why not walk along one after-
noon and have a look at the work the volunteers have done?
Other work done by volunteers over the last 3 months was to
clear the same stretch of river bank of the extremely invasive Hi-
malayan Balsam. This has been cleared all the way from the Mag
bridge down to the white foot-bridge by the waterfall (see map)
The Balsam is now seeding so it’s too late to clear any more this
year.
If you hear chain saws down on Magdale we can assure you
that we are working to strict TPO (Tree Preservation Order)
Rules. The Trust has got permission from Kirklees to cut down,
prune, or clear those trees that are taking light or are dead. New
ones will be planted.
. * Can any of our readers remember why this stretch of land
is known as the Canary Island? (It’s not a holiday destination) If
so please email the editor at [email protected]
If you’d like to join us for a bit of exercise on a Sunday
give the volunteers’ coordinator Neil Littlewood a ring on
0776 674 2140, or just turn up at the old cemetery chapel at
10 am on the 2nd Sunday of the month.
Gabions galore!
HVCT VOLUNTEERS
report by Neil Littlewood
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING A VERY LOCAL CHARITY.
Thank you to everyone who has joined the Trust or paid their
annual subs and / or given a donation this year. If you also
signed the gift aid declaration every £1 you put in the envelope
becomes £1.25 when we claim back the tax on your donation.
The Trust has over 1,200 members who subscribe annually
and nearly 150 who are life members. Many thanks to Brenda
and Duncan at Honley Post Office, Tony Washington and staff
at Taylor’s Foodstore and the staff at the Honley branch of the
Yorkshire Building Society for collecting the envelopes.
If you misplaced your envelope it’s not too late to join for this
year, just ask at one of the above for another!
Honley Village Community Trust – Working for Honley
SCOUT HEADQUARTERS EXTENSION
6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church) Scout Group refurbishes its Honley Headquarters
The official opening ceremony for the new extension to the
refurbished Honley Scout
HQ took place on the
afternoon of Saturday, 13th
July 2013, coinciding with
the Honley Extravaganza.
The 'ribbon' was cut by
Cllr Charles Greaves
following short speeches
by Paul Roberts
(Chairman), Sandra
Whiteley (Group Scout
Leader) and Rev Tim
Moore (Trinity Church).
Entertainment was
provided during the
afternoon outside the HQ
including an attempt on the
tallest milk crate tower
(The record was 22 crates)
The two new meeting /activity rooms and storeroom will be
fully operational by the beginning of September when Sections
return for their weekly meetings following the summer break.
Thanks go from the Group to the many people and
organisations that contributed towards this project.
Funding was received from: Holme Valley Area
Committee (Kirklees), Holme Valley Parish Council, Holmfirth
Rotary Club, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, Huddersfield
Common Good Trust, Integrated Youth Support Service
(Kirklees), Bernard Sunley Charitable foundation, Freemasons
(Province of Yorkshire, West Riding), Co-operative Membership
Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Honley Village
Community Trust, Honley Civic Society, Yorkshire Building
Society (Honley branch).
These grants plus donations and proceeds from the 'Buy a
Brick' scheme raised the outstanding amount of £46,000 which
more or less covered the full cost of this work. Paul Roberts
Gabions
Fishin
g dam
C.I.
Balsam cleared
path
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By the time you get this Flyer the very first Honley 10k will (we hope) have just been completed on August 24th.
This ten kilometre foot race (or trail) starts out from the Village Hall and goes via Oldfield and Honley Wood. It is or-
ganised by Rob Kelly in association with the Vil-
lage Trust and www.Addicted2Running.co.uk. and
some of the runners will have come from quite a
distance A BBQ outside the village hall was in aid
of the RJS (Roundway, Jaggar and Stoney Lanes) Family Homes
Tenants and Residents Association and there were various out-
door entertainments in the afternoon. Several local businesses
had given help and goods. Rob hopes he can repeat this event
next year and really put Honley on the running map.
But you don’t have to run it- It also can make for a very pleasant
2 or 3 hour ramble with good views over our village.
HONLEY VILLAGE HALL Report by Marcia Murray
The village hall is
looking very good at the
moment; the hanging
baskets are in full bloom and the
little triangular bed at the side of the boules pitch adds a splash of
bright colour. This is mainly thanks to Wendy Mullany who we are
pleased to welcome to the Friends of Honley Village Hall. Wendy
has volunteered to look after the flower beds and already has made a
huge difference.
The raised bed at the front of the hall was planted and is
maintained by the users of the Kirklees Day Care Service who meet
at the hall during the week. This bed is mainly planted with herbs,
including sage, mint, thyme and rosemary and gives off a lovely
aroma as you brush past it.
As part of the Honley Business Association’s Summer
Extravaganza in July the Village Trust organised a Barbeque at the
back of the hall which raised nearly £200 in aid of Help for Heroes.
On the same day The Saturday Petanque group ran a Boules for
Beginners day and introduced lots of people to this sociable easy
pastime.
On the subject of Boules, Didier Chassot, the French
champion Petanque player who was again visiting
friends in Honley, came the following week and
gave us an impromptu lesson in how boules should
really be played! The boules pitch is free for
everyone to use and boules can be borrowed
from the hall weekdays between 9.30am and
3pm or from the Foresters Arms after 3pm
and at weekends.
Regular Village Hall activities ZUMBA ! Tuesday 7 – 8pm. dance yourself to fitness. Call Sue
Naldrett on 07943831281 or just turn up on the night.
RAINBOWS – for girls aged 5 - 7½ restarts 11th September and
every Tuesday during term time at 5.30 – 6.30pm To register
your child or for more information Contact
www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested
YOUTH ACTIVITY - Honley Junior
Club is held every Wednesday during
school term time at 4 - 6pm for boys & girls aged 8- 12
PILATES CLASSPILATES CLASSPILATES CLASSPILATES CLASS - Wednesdays from 6.30 to 7-30pm. If you
are interested in joining it please ring the organiser, qualified
physiotherapist Chris Liversidge CSP on 07843673012 first.
WEIGHTWATCHERS meets at the Village Hall every Thursday
at 6.30pm just turn up or contact Katie on 07967 211 118 for
more info
ELIM CHURCH –Is a lively community holding two meetings at
the VH on Sundays. 11am and evening at 6pm – all welcome
THE VILLAGE TRUST WEB SITE www.honleyvillagetrust.org.uk - Check out the Business Directory link. All those listed are based in Honley. For your
business or organisation listing for free call 662635 or email
Support your local traders and shop in the village!
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The Village Hall is an ideal place for parties; only £15 per hour
(minimum 3 hours). Charities can hire it for fundraising events
for only £9 per hour, commercial users £25 per hour
Day Opportunities in Honley Members of South Kirklees Day Opportunities, which uses the village hall on weekdays, have been busy. They recently held a coffee
morning which raised £95 for Streetbikes – a local organisation which helps disabled people to ride adapted bicycles.. The group also
demonstrated craft and mosaic works at Honley Show– some of which have been sold at Dixon and Franks on Westgate. In the autumn
they will be out selling poppies for the British Legion. Some members work with the Holme Valley Gardening Network at Wooldale.
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Quiz every Tuesday night / AND We’re on Facebook!
For further information on forthcoming events or simply
to book for our lunch or evening menu, Tel 660313
The Gallery in Westgate still
has art on display. Mark
Ambrick, who runs the Gal-
lery Café with his wife Kirsty
and mother-in-law May, says
“We wanted to keep the gallery
theme going. We have on dis-
play photography by Gary Ste-
venson and watercolours by Jeff
Beaumont, all local people”
The Ambricks all have cater-
ing backgrounds. Mark used to
work for his father; “My dad
was a baker in Meltham, and I
also have my City & Guilds in
baking. Kirsty and I met when
she was working in a café and her Mum, May, who has come out
of retirement to pursue our dream, was Business Placement Offi-
cer at Huddersfield University, but has also previously worked in
catering. So between us we have plenty of experience. We’re all
partners and it’s a real local family business.”
May has always wanted to own her own coffee shop, and
Mark and Kirsty have always thought a coffee shop in Honley
would be an ideal family venture since they moved to Honley in
2001, so when the Gallery came onto the market the three of
them fell in love with the building and decided to go for it!
Mark has three sisters, two of whom live in the village, and
four children. The eldest, Laura, has just graduated from Leeds
University and is training to be a teacher, but helps out in the
café on Saturday mornings, Katie is a trainee chef, Holly will be
starting Honley High school in September and the youngest is
Jack who attends Honley Junior School.
Mark comments, “We are here from 7 in the morning until
6.30 at night, so it’s a long day, but in my spare time I enjoy
training the Honley Junior under 10’s football team and spending
time as a family.” The partners plan to extend the business in the
not too distant future- “but it will always be a family friendly
café.” Fancy a cuppa?
Treasure in HonleyTreasure in HonleyTreasure in Honley Honley Extravaganza Treasure Hunt winners were Henry
Taylor age 5, Chloe Sykes age 4 and Jack Craven age 6. The an-
swer to the puzzle was "Honley Village Extravaganza Rocks!"
Chris Glen, the Regional Chairman of Federation of Small
Businesses West Yorkshire said, “It is heartening to see small
businesses coming together to form the Honley Business associa-
tion .like this. Small places like this village are attractive be-
cause they consist of independent retailers and have a unique
high street.”
This year the Christmas lights in the unique high street will be
the best yet and on November 29 they will be turned on by Kirk-
less mayor Martyn Bolt, assisted by our MP Jason McCartney.
Plus the usual band parade, food stall, and the disco wagon.
We also have TWO new village websites, apart from the Trust’s!
HonleyVillage.com is a website with special offers from
shops in the village. You can save time and fuel by shopping
locally, so why drive to Huddersfield when many things are the
same price (or less) in Honley! Check out the week’s ‘TOP 3’
offers from each shop, reserve online and collect when convenient.
The other website, www.honley.info has some good pictures
of Honley by Vince Cunningham and information about the vil-
lage. It is well known that Honley is the centre of the Universe-
now it can be seen world-wide!
Contact the Elderly A little time - a lot of fun - a big difference
There are some elderly people, usually over 75 years of age,
who miss the social life they once had as they are now unable to
go out without a helping hand. Sundays can be lonely for those
living on their own, but this can change with our help.
We are ‘Contact the Elderly’ a national charity with 23
groups in Yorkshire.
We offer a Sunday afternoon tea in a family home with
friends, good conversation, friendship and laughter.
Once a month three or four car drivers collect the same
seven or so elderly members, and meet in a different host's
home, helping as necessary, and taking them safely home again.
It is life enhancing for all concerned.
There are at present two vacancies in this area.
Do you know of anyone in the Honley/Holme Valley area
who lives with little or no social support and who might
benefit? If so please contact Audrey Robinson, Area Organ-
iser, on 304329 or Daphne Smith on 662331.
Christmas is coming (Oh yes it is) and following the
Honley lights switch-on on November 29th Honley’s Advent
celebrations will really get going on Saturday December 7th.
St. Mary’s Christmas Street Market –There are still a few
vacant stalls available to hire. Contact Cliff Green on 664277
or [email protected] for further details.
Craft Fair in the village hall.. Contact
Debbie Flanagan on 078 1414 1485 or
[email protected] to book a stall
Letter to the EditorLetter to the EditorLetter to the EditorLetter to the Editor
I’d like to thank the Trust for tidying up the area around Mag
Bridge and renovating the footpath. It is a marvellous transfor-
mation and it’s a pleasure to walk there. Ann Jenkin, Honley.
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Sunday 9am-1pm. Tel 662278
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Telephone 01484 662635 or email [email protected]
Honley Library Tel 222340
Regular Events
Story time for the under 5s- 2.30 pm Friday after-
noons in term time. Stories and craft activity. Come on in!
BITS – introduction to using a computer
Getting started with IT – Wednesday sessions stating at 10 am
every 2 weeks from Sept 11th . Please book in advance.
Honley library book group– Every 2nd Wednesday of the
month at 10.30. Pick up the choice of the month in advance.
Family history- help and advice with an expert. Plus free use
of www.ancestry.co.uk to card holders every 2nd Tuesday of
the month 2 – 4pm Very popular!
Knit and natter. Every Monday 5.30– 7.00 Bring your knit-
ting / sewing/ craft work and have a chat and free refreshments.
Friends of Honley Library’ group. For information please
contact Suzanne Dufton. Tel 661214
Honley Civic Society– Walks & Talks. All welcome.
Sunday guided walks start from Trinity Church at 2.15 pm. 15 Sept— Circular walk to Brockholes. (Alan Fawcett)
22 Oct– Folly Dolly Falls, Meltham. (Bert Neary)
17 Nov– Circular walk to Deanhouse. (Alan Fawcett)
12 Sept- ‘Memories of Bomber Command’
10 Oct– ‘The Honley Riots of 1862’
14 Nov– ‘A Flood coming to you soon!’
Yorkshire Traction Honley Band The Band meets Monday and Thursday eve-
nings 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Band Room. For
further information contact the Band Secretary,
Liz Illidge on 304754 Or see our website:
www.yorkshiretractionhonleyband.btck.co.uk Band performances. Come and hear the band!
Sunday 8 Sept- Beaumont Park March Contest 2pm
Sunday 22 Sept- Songs of Praise, Trinity Church, 3.30pm
Friday 29 Nov- Honley Christmas Lights Switch-on (evening)
Honley Players ADS Southgate Theatre
7 Sept at 7.30– Murder in Dubai—A Murder
Mystery Play. One night only.
Tickets £10 including Spaghetti Bolognese supper.
It works like this: Honley Players read play part 1,
when someone gets murdered / Have the supper and whilst
eating and drinking try to solve the mystery from the given
clues / Players continue with part 2– in which the real mur-
derer is unmasked. / Finally prize given for best solution.
2—5 Oct at 7.30- ‘An Inspector Calls’ an old favourite by J
B Priestley. Directed by Veronica Moran. Tickets £7.
Tickets from Holme Valley News Westgate
Honley Male Voice ChoirHonley Male Voice ChoirHonley Male Voice Choir
The Choir’s next Huddersfield Town Hall concert is on
Saturday, September 21st when their guests will be the Barnsley
Youth Choir. The concert starts at 7 pm and tickets at £8 are
available from the visitor information centre at Huddersfield Li-
brary or from the Tourist Information centre in Holmfirth.
The choir has recently launched a recruitment campaign to in-
crease its numbers from the present 60 up to 80 and their next
recruitment evening is on Tuesday 22nd October at the Honley
infants and nursery school, starting at 7.30 pm.
If you are interested in becoming a member – no previous experi-
ence necessary – then come along to the school on that night or
on any Tuesday evening. You will be assured of a warm York-
shire welcome. In our picture above the lady at the front is our
accompanist Michelle Sutcliffe and the person on her left front is
Steven Roberts our MD since January. It’s a great bunch of guys
to hang out with!
1-2 Lupton Square,
Honley 8.30am to 5.00pm
Sat 8.30am to 2.00pm
Tel 01484 666144
Gav goes to Ghana Amy Gathercole, (‘Gav’) aged 19, a second year Student
Nurse studying children’s nursing, has lived in Honley all her
life. But now she is planning to go to Ghana to take part in the
International Placement Programme ‘Work the World’ as a
child nurse.
She has to raise £4000 for flights, accommodation and ex-
penses, and is currently working to do so. She says “I have
always been enthusiastic about working with children and
young people and have come to realise that supporting third
world countries is where my passion lies. This opportunity will
enable me to contribute to a third world country where I
will use, develop and share my skills.”
Amy is planning a series of fundraising events which all
take place between August and November and includes a Win-
ter Ball, a Beetle Drive, a Table-top sale and a music event.
21 Sept Beetle Drive- 6:30 to 10:30pm at Honley Village Hall
12 Oct- Table Top sale 12 to 4 pm at Parish Rooms Church St
Fund-raising Concert at St Mary’s Church
Saturday 19th October at 7.00 pm CHORAL TREASURES
Performed by CANTORELLI Cantorelli is a small group of singers who have been perform-
ing in West Yorkshire for several years. They enjoy presenting
both secular and sacred music spanning more than 500 years.
Admission £8.00 (concessions £5.00 Students £1.00)
Further information and advance bookings: tel 01484 660651
Talks: 7.30
in Parish
Rooms
Honley Ladies Choir
September 14th at 7.30. Honley Ladies Choir has once again
been asked to perform at Holmfirth Civic Hall– for Holme Val-
ley Hospital- celebrating the 60th Coronation anniversary. The
audience will be seated at tables, so you bring your own picnic
and drink, relax and be entertained by the choir.
Tickets £8 from Tourist Information or on the door.
The Ladies’ Choir rehearses at 7.30 pm every Thursday eve-
ning at St. Paul’s Church, Armitage Bridge. We welcome new
members.– have a look at the web site www.honleyladies.co.uk.