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Dear Neil, Hi Neil, Please can I ask your readers to I read with great interest your article on Sue look out in October’s issue for more and John Drake in the July issue having been a details of the Remembrance Services to be held customer for 51 years now. Initially I travelled in Thornton & Allerton. from Leeds to work at Whitakers This year sees the Centenary of the end and commenced having my hair cut at Johns of WW1, and Remembrance Sunday is on premises in 1967. After 8 years I left Whitakers November 11th, itself known as Armistice Day. but continued visiting John wherever I worked. Mike Herbert | RBL Thornton Branch My travels took me to work in Nassau Bahamas for four years in Construction and the first Editor: Each year we support the Poppy Appeal place I visited during my regular home visits was and receive Mike’s articles for the October and Johns barber shop in Thornton. November issues. As this is the remembrance of 100yrs, please help the Thornton Branch Sitting in Johns chair is like visiting your local raise record breaking much needed funds for doctor or Vicar as the subjects range over all the charitable work of the Royal British Legion matters including politics, personal and all local and honouring our heroes. If anyone is doing events and topics, so its not just a haircut but a anything to mark this years remembrance do social event, which I am sure could write a book let us know. on. John and Sue are true Yorkshire folk with Thornton dear to their hearts and I compliment Hi Neil John and Sue on their services and charitable I would like to thank everyone who took part contributions to the local community. They are in the Thornton 5K walk. We managed to raise real true ambassadors for Thornton and I shall £348, which will go to Martin House children’s continue to travel from Leeds to visit Johns hospice. I’m hoping to organise a charity walk Barbers. next year. I will be in touch with more details, Les Helliwell | A Leeds customer for people to get involved, nearer the time. Thanks, Joe Kemp | Local Fundraiser Editor: I know John & Sue will be so pleased to read this. Thank you for taking time to write in.

4 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 5 Thornton Directory and features, and thank you to all our loyal readers. Being in the top 100 is a real reflection in UK Top 100 List of how fantastic you all are. We’re extremely excited to be able to Follow all the action of the 100 day countdown announce that Thornton Directory has been to Small Business Saturday and the special offer selected as one of the top 100 small businesses we have for local businesses by following us on making a big difference in the UK this year. It is facebook, twitter and searching #SmallBiz100. an absolute honour to be featured in the 2018 SmallBiz100 list out of thousands of entries. Now in its sixth year, Small Business Saturday showcases one of these businesses a day for the hundred days in the run up to its national day in December. The countdown celebrates the significant contribution of small businesses in their local community. Our special day in the run up to Small Business Saturday is the 16th September, when Thornton Directory will be the focus in their national media campaign. The campaign encourages people to use their fantastic local small businesses, particularly in the busy run up to Christmas for their shopping, advertising, services and products. Communities and the economy both benefit from small businesses being supported. As a community magazine, we are proud that Thornton Directory is a great example of how local people, organisations and businesses can work together. We champion other local businesses and our fantastic local community every day and now we are one of the SmallBiz100 we get a unique opportunity to do it nationally. “We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE working with small businesses and we believe that this year’s #smallbiz100 are amazing! Selected from 1000’s of applications from across the UK we simply can not wait to show them off.” say Small Business Saturday Thank you to all the local businesses who choose us for their advertising each month, to the contributors who send in their news, events

6 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 7 Sun Shines on Street Market Sandwiched in the middle of a week of strong wind, crazy hail stones and never ending rain, Thornton Street Market was a beautiful day of summer sunshine. It was a great start to August’s bank holiday weekend and the second ever street market was even bigger and better then the first with more stalls, new stall structures and new venues for events. Market Street was awash with colour and aroma, Pictured: Left: Bows, Bows with stalls including crafts, gardening, children’s Bows and Smoothie Bike. Above: Sapgate Gardens, books, food, baking, antiques, fun activities, art Manzils, Magic By Neil Bird and even magic. The street was bustling as the & Handcrafted Gifts by Kathy village came out to support what has quickly become a favourite community event and there There’s a lot of work goes on behind the were plenty of new visitors too. scenes, especially when it involves closing a road and coordinating so many people. So the volunteers who helped to make this such a fantastically positive community event should feel very proud.

It was also a day to celebrate the relaunch of Thornton Community Centre as it transitions to community management. The freshly decorated building had a real buzz as people enjoyed cakes, a piece of history, tombola, crafts, sweet treats and the opportunity to make their own smoothie by riding a bike. Thornton Street Market day is also a chance to celebrate the village and this was reflected in activities and entertainment from neighbouring businesses, pubs, library, South Square and Church getting involved too. To encourage people to adventure around the village, Thornton Rocks arranged a Big Rock Drop, so you may have seen people oddly looking in flowerpots, on the floor and in walls, all hiding and finding beautifully decorated rocks as you travelled.

8 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 9 Rotary Club of Bradford West As we move into Autumn and Winter, are the organisations you belong to looking for speakers for this new season? Rotary Members Dr. Anne Raine and Tony Caunt are trained volunteers for the British Heart Foundation and are able to come along and give a talk about them. Your heart is part of a bigger system that sustains your whole body, your heart pumps blood to all your vital organs and also acts as a filter to remove impurities and re-oxygenate the blood. Have you seen their current TV and magazine advert which shows humans, men, women and children, with the heart and it’s arteries working within the body making the point that anyone can suffer heart and circulatory disease from a box to be sent to Eastern Europe, where babies through to adulthood. BHF supports there is much poverty. The school where your and funds research into 99 projects and much children attend may be one where shoe box is being done in Yorkshire, York, Leeds and collections by the Rotary Club will be organised Sheffield Universities, with £200 million being in September and October. Nearer home we spent in Leeds University alone. You may also supply the Storehouse in Bradford with much like to organise a collection or do something needed items such as toiletries and essential to raise money as the BHF is totally funded personal items for homeless people in the . by people like your good selves, getting no We also collect for the Bradford Food Bank on government funding, so relying on donations a by-weekly basis from our own members. and bequests. As representatives of BHF we can For more information please visit our website: arrange the collection of your fundraising and www.bradfordwestrotary.org.uk pass it on for you. or call Brian on: 01274 602159 Anne has a kit for demonstrating CPR ( Cardio or Robert Morphet on: 07970 815204 Pulmonary Resuscitation) or rather Call – Our programme for September is: Push – Rescue as we term it. Anne and I have demonstrated to nearly 200 people so far this 6th | Rodney Hallam “Laughter from Lancashire” year and your group could be included, just ring 13th | Allan Mirfield will talk about SARK 07768 372 749 Dr. Anne on: or Tony Caunt on: 20th | Business meeting 01535 273709. 27th | No meeting - as our members will be Rotary Club is also involved with international attending a group meeting at the Bradford projects. The Shoe Box Scheme is one where Club on the 26th September. children and their parents contribute to fill

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Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 13 the NHS was celebrating a big birthday they just had to do something. They managed to borrow from the Faculty of Heath at Bradford University, a nurses kit from the 1950’s which Happy Birthday consisted of various tubes, jug, kidney bowl, clippers, instruments etc, With various other to our fabulous NHS! items, they put them all on display along with Cowgill Surgery at Clayton used to be a a ‘Time Line’. farmhouse in 1799. It was still a farmhouse The group asked people in the waiting room if in 1978 and part of it was used as a doctors they would kindly write on red hearts, a large surgery, the doctor then, was Dr. Shackleton. one for adults and a smaller one for children, Now in 2018, Cowgill Surgery is no longer a what they loved about the NHS, the hearts farmhouse but a purpose built GP surgery were then stuck on to an easel and onto and has been for quite a while. It’s purpose is the display boards. People wrote the most to genuinely care for the health of all its 4500 wonderful things. registered patients and their carers. Every GP surgery has a contract with the NHS and in that contract it states they should have a Patient Participation Group (PPG). The PPG at Cowgill Surgery consists of 3 members, Joyce Thackwray (Chairman) Ray Baxter (Vice Chairman) and Marjorie Petty (Member). The PPG, now known as Cowgill Support Group exists to be the advocates for all of the registered patients and their carers, to improve From Left to right: Pauline ( receptionist) Joyce (Chairman the services offered, to promote Self Care, of Cowgill Support Group) Mr Skelly (on loan from Lynfield Mount Library) Carol (Cleaner) Ray (Vice Chairman Cowgill carry out surveys so we know what we are Support Group) Chris (Carer of the year and is a member of doing right but also what we are doing wrong, Ashcroft PPG) Karen (Admin). to genuinely try and make a visit to the Surgery Cowgill Support Group also had the a good experience. honour of Mr Chris McDermott, the T&A’s Although they are a very small group, they Carer of the Year calling in to see them. are very proactive in organising Self Care Of course, no 70th Birthday Celebration would Information Events. Their first event on May be complete without a cake and Cowgill Support 15th was very successful. Group did that too! Cake was handed out to all Their next is Tuesday 13th November at the patients who were at the surgery on that day. Clayton Village Hall from 1pm to 4pm, please After a busy week, the surgery was back to come along and see them, there will be lots of normal but Cowgill Support Group are still information for you to take away. at it, they will put the Time Line into a folder They also invite outside agencies to the and place it in the waiting room for all the surgery, such as Age U.K., Alzheimer’s patients to see and read. The red hearts will Society, Prostate Cancer UK, Alcoholics be on display for a little longer, then they too Anonymous, Carers Resource and others, all will be kept for all to see and they are planning, providing awareness of the various illnesses planning, planning! A Twitter account was opened so they can Cowgill Support Group would like to thank all now let everyone know about their events and the doctors, nurses and staff in allowing them awareness sessions that way too. to take over the waiting room, all in all, it was a When Cowgill Support Group realised that good day at Cowgill Surgery!

14 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 15 Cinema Returns to Community Centre Thornton Community Centre has been a hive be shown has had amazing reviews throughout of activity over recent weeks. Volunteers have 2018. ‘The Greatest Showman’ will be a popular been cleaning, decorating and gardening to choice with many and there’s sure to be some breathe new life into the building as part of its singing along to the fantastic soundtrack. transition into community management. Doors will open at 5pm, with the film They have done an amazing job and their hard beginning at 5.30pm. Community cinemas are work is already resulting in new community a really affordable way to enjoy films, with activities being attracted to using their facilities. tickets being just £3 and £1 for under 16s. One exciting new development is the launch There will also be refreshments in the hall. of the Thornton Community Centre ‘Sunday October’s film will be Disney’s ‘Hocus Pocus’ Cinema’. on Sunday the 7th, followed by family favourite These monthly screenings, will bring the use of ‘Paddington 2’ on Sunday 4th November. the site full circle, as many of our readers will Clayton Community Cinema is increasingly have happy memories of when it was once the growing popular and we hope that Thornton’s home of the mechanic institute with its cinema will be just as successful. Clayton and Thornton in their youth. film screenings can be found in our What’s On Starting Sunday 2nd September, the first film to section.

16 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Standing up to cancer in memory of Meghan

Thornton Antiquarian Society All are welcome to attend our weekly meetings which are at 2pm in the Community Centre on Market Street. Our Archive room in South Square is open on Wednesday mornings from 10am to midday or Coffee, cakes, scones and biscuits helped the by appointment. Please do call in and have a family of a local girl raise £900 in her memory. browse, you will be pleasantly surprised at the Meghan Chelsea Carr sadly lost her fight diversity of interests in our collections. against cancer last Christmas at the young age If you have any questions please email: of 18. You may recognise Meghan’s name from [email protected] following some of her story in a previous issue. Our programme for September is as follows: A coffee morning fundraiser was held at 5th Sept | David Sibbald ”Dubbing in Hollywood Thornton Conservative Club in her memory Musicals’ on 25th August. The fantastic amount raised 12th Sept | Half Day Autumn Trip will go to Cancer Research UK and Stand Up 19th Sept | Michael Kirke ’My Eclectic Clientele’. To Cancer. Well done to everyone who helped 26th Sept | Christine Leveridge ’Paupers and make a positive difference in Meghan’s memory. Lunatics’

17 Stopping smoking is one of the best things you’ll ever do for your health. No matter how long you’ve smoked for quitting pharmacy and on prescription to help you can help improve your health straightaway. beat your addiction and reduce withdrawal Changes begin within 48 hours as your lungs symptoms. clear out and your senses of taste and smell The best treatment for you will depend on your improve. Your risk of heart disease can halve personal preference, your age, whether you’re within a year of quitting. You’ll have much more cash in your pocket. pregnant or breastfeeding and any medical If you smoke a packet a day, you could save conditions you have. Speak to your GP or an around £250 each month! NHS stop smoking adviser for advice. Quitting helps protect your loved ones from Research has shown that all these methods harmful secondhand smoke – reducing their can be effective. Importantly, evidence shows risk of developing asthma, meningitis and some that they are most effective if used alongside cancers. support from an NHS stop smoking service. If you want to stop smoking, several different Next month is ‘Stoptober.’ treatments are available from your local How will you quit?

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22 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Newspaper Extracts of Thornton Leeds Mercury (1817-1829) Thornton Antiquarian Society

These extracts from local newspapers in the former place to Fairweather Green, and the 19th Century give us a taste of living conditions whole line as far as Kipping is expected to be and lifestyle of Thornton residents, of two ready for travelling upon in the course of five hundred years ago. They are taken from the or six weeks. book ‘Who’d ‘ave thought it?’, published by Leeds Mercury | 21st February 1829 Thornton Antiquarian Society in 2009. DISINTERESTED BENEVOLENCE Leeds Mercury | 18th October 1817 On Friday last, Mr Wilson of Bradford, a Died on Thursday 28th August, in Thornton benevolent gentleman belonging to the Society Workhouse near Bradford, aged 69, John Drake. of Friends, visited Thornton and Allerton and The following awful situation ensued: Cornelius, diffused joy and gratitude amongst the poor of his brother, having given directions for the grave those places, by distributing to them his usual and funeral, prayed that he might die, and be gifts of coverlets, blankets, cotton, serge, harding* interred at the same time. His prayer was heard; and other useful and necessary articles, suited for he expired on the Saturday, aged 68. These to the wants of the destitute at this time of year. two old bachelors had always lived together. * If anyone has any idea what sort of material Leeds Mercury | 28th July 1827 ‘harding’ was, it would be interesting to know. The new turnpike road from Bradford to Thornton will be opened this day, from the

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Sapgate Gardens Association We were been pleasantly surprised at how well the gardens are held up in all the dry summer weather. Lots of plants are thriving and the courgettes just keep on coming. Local residents can help themselves to courgettes and beans when visiting the garden. You may have noticed the tree guards which are still on the hedging plants. They were there As part of a project for South Square Centre in initially to protect the young trees from being Thornton artist Andy Abbott is asking residents eaten or stepped on. They also meant that we about what makes Thornton special and unique. could easily see where the hedge is, so that Andy is especially interested in connecting with when we have been strimming or clearing we ‘makers’. That could include: don’t take out the plants by mistake. The guards - a maker of art, craft, furniture expand slightly as the tree grows. They have - a group that make great songs or poems created a micro climate, meaning that the trees have in effect kept themselves watered. - a business that makes excellent food and drink - an individual, club or association that makes people fitter, happier or healthier - a charity of organisation that makes Thornton a better place to be! The information gathered will feature in an The plan is to create living hedges, weaving the exhibition at South Square Gallery in December trees into one another. This will create a great 2018. habitat for birds and other wildlife and enhance what is already available in the gardens. The hedging plants came as a donation from the Woodland Trust and the collection includes rowan, hazel, beech, blackthorn. We are keen to keep a good balance of cultivated areas where people (you) can grow things and more wild areas, so the brambles If you’re a Thornton maker of any sort, or know can still thrive. We know people like to collect someone that is, then please contribute by filling blackberries from those bushes. There are still in the online form at: plenty and they are all starting to ripen. http://bit.ly/whatmakesthornton There are generally people there on Wednesday or you can contact Alice by email: a.withers@ mornings and last Saturday of each month southsquarecentre.co.uk if you’d like to be 10.30am - 2pm to dig and plant. Our planning involved. meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm. You can answer as yourself, on behalf of a group Nancy Plowes your part of, or for someone or something else entirely!

24 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Bradford incident rather spoiled our fantastic day as all the pictures to remember were on the stolen Camera Club camera. This month I would like to tell you a story about The following day we went to buy a new camera a camera. for Judy and chose a Panasonic Lumix as we My wife and I celebrated our Golden Wedding were due to go to Southampton to board the recently starting with a stay in London for 4 Queen Mary II to go to New York, then onto nights at the St James Court Hotel, Buckingham Washington, Boston and Niagara Falls before Gate SW1. We used Judy’s Cannon Sureshot to returning home via Toronto. record the moment. When we got home after the amazing holiday, I then took Mrs Caunt to St. Paul’s Cathedral there were over 700 emails to sort through and for a blessing and to reaffirm our vows, once amongst them was an email from Transport for again recorded with her camera. All this had London to say that Mrs Caunt’s camera had been arranged secretly by me months before, been handed in. They posted it back to us to plus I had arranged for her brother and his wife find, when we received it, that it was in perfect to meet us in St. Paul’s. condition with the memory card still inside. We are, of course, delighted to get our Golden Wedding pictures back. The camera club will reconvene after our summer break on: 6th Sept | Members mini presentations. 13th Sept | Print Selection By Brian Hemsworth. 20th Sept | Summer Photo Competition Judging for Thornton & Queensbury Directories. 27th Sept | We have a studio session. 11th Oct | Guest lecture “Wildlife” by Jo McIntyre. Jo will be showing amazing pictures We then took a taxi to go to The Savoy Hotel of Bears, Osprey’s, and other birds and animals. in The Strand for afternoon tea and we were Entry £3 at Cottingley Community Centre dully photographed with Judy’s camera. As you 7.30pm. can imagine I got quite a few ‘brownie points’ We meet every Thursday and all are welcome. for my surprises. For more info about your local camera club visit We then went back to our hotel to change as our website: bradfordcameraclub.org.uk we were to go to The Globe theatre on the Embankment to see Shakespeare’s ‘A Winters Tale’ and took to the tube from St. James station to Southall. The tube at around 6.30pm was packed solid and when we got out Judy realised her bag had been broken into and yes you guessed it, the camera had been stolen. We immediately reported it to the station staff who contacted the police and Transport for London lost property for us. They said “You would be amazed what gets handed in.” This

Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 25 Sherwin Stephenson (Part Three) The Clayton Poet (1881-1954) Stuart Downey | Clayton History Group

MY ADVENTURES THE FIREWOOD MERCHANT The Co-op cat had been missing for some time. I He collected old wood found it dead under the cellar steps, said nothing for fire wood. It was his to anybody, put it on the fire in the heating only income. apparatus, went on with my sweeping. King of comedians and What a smell! Pulled the damper out, smell knew it not. Folks were getting worse! Dressmakers coughing, cobblers using bad words to describe the stink, grocers forced to laugh when wondering what was up. Soon a patter of feet they saw him. What a down the cellar steps. nose, natural of course, his face must have been “What,s up?” hard work to hold it. “Nowt” “What a d.....d stink” And his mouth, what a size, it contained uneven, The boss came to see me alone. black and broken teeth in which he held a a “Now Sherry tell me what that horrid smell was” stumpy, black clay pipe. Rumour has it, he kept his “The cat I put it on the fire” pipe in his mouth while he washed his face. Muck The others did not get to know for a long time. was fashionable in those days. Years after, a crematorium was built at His voice was heard at it’s best (or worst) when Scholemoor Cemetery. he sang. Only ever heard him sing one song, he Was I a Pioneer? would sing the same song with different words THE THIEF (1903 ) to suit all occasions, he made it up as he went along. It was called “With the servant girls on Pray think ye of the little mouse, Manningham Lane.” Tune and words by himself. That make it home within your house, And eats the crumbs from off the floor, Nobody could make”ass (ash) or couks (cokes) So stealthily, and longs for more. of it. We screamed with laughter, he finished Though not a welcome guest like me up with a clumsy step dance. Many a worse It has to live e,en though it be, comedian made fifty pounds a show and he a little thief by nature willed, needed no make up. The lads of the village played It’s hungry belly must be filled. pranks on him, both harsh and cruel, but he kept on smiling. Me (1947) Ah know Ah’m nooan sa pretty, He had a cat and a kitten. He was tired of opening Ah’m wrinkled nah, an’ gray, the cellar door, so he made a hole for the cat to Still some fowks say Ah’m witty, go through. When he had finished he sat down. An’ others say Ah’m gay. After a while he saw the kitten and said “be gow But speikin’nobbud for missen, I’ve never made and oil for’t kittling” so he made Nooa better I ner other men, a hole for the kitten! Ah nobbud try to ewsful be, He died in the workhouse. An’ gie life moar ner life gies me. Poor George.

26 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 27 Some thoughts about Instructions on the Nordic technique are to be Walking Sticks found on YouTube, there are also day courses to be had. Whenever walking alone in the countryside I A serviceable, good quality, adjustable walking inevitably take a walking stick along with me, stick can be had for £15/20. however, not so often when walking with a It is important to buy an adjustable stick. companion or in a group. Generally speaking the handle of a walking When solo I find the stick to be “good company”. stick should be just above the waist with the In addition with stick-in-hand I am focused on tip of the stick on the ground. When held by my route whilst unconsciously measuring out the handle the elbow should be at an angle of the distance covered with every jaunty swing 90 degrees. Adjust the stick to a shorter length of the stick. Thus occupied I am less likely to saunter or dawdle, as would be my solo, default when walking uphill, and longer when walking walking mode. downhill. There are pros & cons regards employing a walking stick, but, alas, these are not necessarily clear and distinct. For example; whilst negotiating rough and uneven terrain a stick may provide stability and aid sure footedness. But on the other hand, and over the same terrain, the stick, (as has been my experience), may become a tripping hazard of itself, and as a consequence a source of acute embarrassment. It is often suggested that if you are coping with I find the walking stick most effective when arthritis or similar mobility issues then a stick descending steep inclines, when stress on may be a useful aid to the distribution of the the knee can be considerable and there is an stresses of walking from the hip or knee to the increased likelihood of skidding on skree or arms and shoulders via the walking stick. This loose earth. indeed may be fine for some folk, for others however it may result in other joints or limbs Purchasing a rucksack with hoops to stow the compensating, taking up the stress and as a stick when not in use is a good idea. I have lost result initiate a new set aches and pains. many a stick having left it behind in shops, A more even distribution of the stress of café’s, Oh! And pubs, (surprisingly). walking may be achieved by the Nordic Pole Finally, and speaking as a man, I would suggest Walking method. This is a technique whereby that the most important task a walking stick two stick are employed thus maintaining balance maybe put to is to, point at things in a confident, throughout the body. knowledgeable and authoritative manner. 28 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 29 ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE

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30 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 31 32 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 FILM: THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Thornton Community Centre Sun 2nd September | 5.30pm Sunday cinema launches in Thornton this month with a film which has had sensational reviews. Experience cinema at an affordable price, on your doorstep. Doors open 5pm. Tickets £3 for adults, £1 for under 16s, pay on the door. Refreshments available. Coming Soon: THORNTON METHODIST Sun 7th October | HOCUS POCUS CHURCH Sun 4th November | PADDINGTON 2 Sat 22nd Sept | 10am – 1pm.

It is the Art Exhibition and Coffee Morning. LIVE MUSIC AT THE MILL Come along and view the works of art and Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue there will be stalls and refreshments available. Thur 6th September | 7.30pm - 10pm Admission free. Michelle Lewis The Tuesday Fellowship at 2pm on 4th & 18th Michelle writes joyful songs that make you Sept. Admission £2 includes afternoon tea. cry, and sad songs that leave you smiling. Art group every Tuesday evening at 7pm. Her music is rich with melody, her lyrics Everyone welcome to all events. find beauty in sadness. As a storyteller, she writes intensely visual songs that explore the Services each Sunday at 10.30am defining moments in burgeoning and breaking We will celebrate Harvest Festival on the 30th. relationships. Tickets are £10 advance and £12 Everyone will be made very welcome. on the door. Sat 29th September | 7.30pm - 10pm THORNTON WELLBEING CAFÉ Chastity Brown Elderly people support group. Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Every 3rd Friday | 1.30pm - 3.30pm Tennessee, Chastity grew up surrounded At The Community Centre, Market Street, by country and soul music. In the full BD13 3HW. £2 per person. gospel church of her childhood, she played For more information please call: 01274 816748 saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Tickets £12 on the door. THORNTON LIBRARY The library is situated in the Thornton Community Centre. Opening hours: Tuesday | 2pm to 5pm Wednesday | 10am to 2pm Friday | 1.30pm to 5pm Saturday | 9.30am to 12 noon. Closed on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. Story / Rhymetime Session Wednesdays | 11.00am (NOTE DAY CHANGE) Story / Rhymetime Session, for the under 5s. Come along and have some fun! (Free of charge). All welcome.

Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 33 34 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 SOUTH PENNINES KITE FESTIVAL Hunter Hill Sat 29th September | 11am - 5pm Bring your own water bottle, kites and teddy for a parachute drop. There will also be opportunities to make kites at the event. Hunter Hill is between Wainstalls and Mixenden, Halifax, HX2 8.

VACANCY: THORNTON SINGERS SOUTH SQUARE SPEAKS A mixed voice choir of 30 members are EXHIBITION looking for a new Musical Director to start in South Square Centre January 2019 Fri 7th - 30th September . The choir was formed in 1970, rehearse every Wednesday at Road South Square Centre is starting a new oral Methodist Church in Heaton from 7.30pm - history project and we need your memories 9.30pm. The choir performs in concert four to and stories. What does South Square mean to five times a year and the successful candidate you? What memories do you have of South will be required to lead and conduct the Square? choir supported by its regular accompanist. Draw And Walk in Thornton, South Square Remuneration is negotiable. Sat 8th September | 10am-1pm For more information please call Jonny on: South Square is thrilled to welcome artist Jake 07463 488783 or email: Attree to lead two drawing workshops, as [email protected] part of our Heritage Weekend programme. Closing date for applications is: 19th October. Jake is an internationally acclaimed artist based in Bradford with a passion for sharing his love of drawing. Jake will lead the groups on a relaxed hour sketching out and about in Thornton Village. You will need to bring your own sketching materials and a fold up chair, if required. Cost is £ 6.00 per person. To book a place on the workshop, please email: [email protected]

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Thur 6th - Sun 16th September Some of the district’s most historic and interesting buildings will throw open their doors during the annual Heritage Open Days. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore. A fine array of buildings will be among the properties on show, including Bradford Central mosque, ’s Model Farm, Calderdale Industrial Museum and . Visit: www. heritageopendays.co.uk for details of local events and buildings to visit.

Please mention the Thornton Directory when responding to adverts 35 The Bradford ‘Big Dipper’ Sportive The worst Sunday in the summer for wet support come from the Bradford district, so weather was the date in July of Bradford’s we felt it was only right we brought our new inaugural Big Dipper Sportive to raise funds event here. Following the success of the Tour and raise awareness for Martin House de Yorkshire, and with Bradford’s own claim as Hospice. Pictured are 5 of the team of 7 from a capital of cycling, there was clearly an appetite V.C. Bradford Cycling Club, who set off from for a large-scale cycling event in the city. We had Enterprise College and returned three unique routes that have never been done to a hot dish of pasta provided by Cass Mia before, which presented new challenges for Restaurant. those that took part.” Paul Corcoran, Mark Archibald, James V.C. Bradford is affiliated to all the major cycling Cunningham, Kevin Melia and Richard Spensley bodies including British Cycling and run weekly were the only cyclists to complete the 67 miles club rides on Wednesday evenings. riding over Widdop, Cragg Vale, Rishworth For more information please contact our club Moor to name a few of the tough climbs. Victor secretary Paul Corcoran at: Blackman of and Tom Blackman of [email protected] Denholme also took part. Chris Buckley also completed the full circuit the previous week. Would you like new members? or would you like to celebrate and achievement? Send in your sport club news and we’ll help spread the word for you. Get in touch by 15th September.

Team members pictured with fundraisers from Martin House. Chris Verney, Bradford fundraiser at Martin House, said: “Nearly a third of the families we

36 To advertise in the Thornton Directory or for flyer distribution call Neil on: 01274 447315 Bantams Business Member For the new football season here at Thornton Directory we are showing our commitment and support for Bradford City Football Club by joining up as a Bantams Business Member. To further show our support for the club, over the coming months we will take a look at the community and charitable work they get up to behind the scenes. Bradford City Football Club offers a wide range of activities for children both out-of-school and If you are a season ticket holder, something in-school through their successful Community you may or may not be aware of is you can Foundation Scheme, run by former player Ian get valuable discounts from the many Bantam Ormondroyd and his staff. Business Members, including ourseleves, check We will also bring you news from Thornton’s out the club website to find out more. There own supporter group, “Thornton Bantams” are too many members to list here. with updates of their fundraising efforts and For more club information, visit their website: match dates. www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk

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