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Distributed FREE to selected areas & homes in CrossHills, Glusburn, Sutton, Eastburn, Steeton, Silsden and www.airevalleymag.co.uk Let’s face it, it has been a tough year for many. Photography Tuition Like the sentiment expressed in Rebecca’s letter to Santa New camera for Christmas or wanting (left), there are some who would relish “checking out” and to take your photography further? sailing away to a remote island. Leaving behind mortgages, Gift vouchers available, the perfect mundane jobs, challenging relationships, public sector strikes, present for an aspiring photographer austerity measures, and the minutiae that make up our lives, in exchange for a seemingly stress free life on a private island, is understandably appealing. If you are feeling the pressure this season, retired psychotherapist Peter Wilkin’s article on page 4 might help you find the calm you desire. (It won’t help pay the mortgage but it will give you a coping strategy for a start). For a bit of light relief we have lots of fun puzzles and activities to amuse the family 2 week starter course 4 week introductory course inbetween Christmas dinner courses, see our Christmas Carol Picture Puzzle on Dec 4th and 11th Jan 8th to 29th page 8 and our Christmas Word Search on page 9, plus plenty more dotted about 4 week advanced course in the magazine. Feb 5th to 26th Have you purchased your Haworth Couldn’t Wear Less Calendars yet? Put a smile on friends and families faces by supporting this worthy cause...You will be taking part in the restoration of Haworth Parish Church and the Bronte School Rooms, two important community spaces in need of repair. Calendars can be purchased online at:www.haworthcalendar.co.uk or in the shops, pubs, or churches in the area; check the website for a location near you. Have a happy, safe holiday season and consider all those near and dear to you before you, like Rebecca, wish your life Call 07830 207123 for more details or away...”The middle of no where” sounds a lonely place! Count your blessings and enjoy each day. email [email protected] All the best from Liz, Janet, Jo and all at Aire Valley Mag. See you in 2012! Haworth Couldn’t Wear Less 2012 Calendars Fun On Sale Gift idea Now ! Only £6

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Finding CALM By Peter Wilkin

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat your Christmas card greetings. Make Please put a penny in the old man’s hat the recipients feel special and not just If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do someone who’s been ticked off the list. And perhaps make the cards yourself If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you! with the help of any available children. With the pressures of Christmas 4 If you drink, identify some alcohol- already upon us, the chances of us free days. Booze is incredibly expensive having any spare change to toss into and over-imbibing is possibly the main the old man’s hat as this old nursery cause of family arguments. rhyme suggests are highly unlikely. Of 5 Find some ‘you’ time. Make sure course, financial pressure isn’t the there are high spots in your calendar only stressor ushered in by the arrival for you to enjoy: a peaceful walk in the of the festive season. At this time of country, time with a close friend, a year family pressures abound relaxing massage or a soothing, as parents, siblings and other candlelit soak in the bath. close family members either 6 And perhaps most important battle to host the Christmas of all –Talk! Don’t let pressure build up day meal or desperately try to exploding point. As soon as you start to avoid it. Ironically, what is to feel stressed seek out someone you marketed as a joyous holiday can trust and talk things through with occasion may well turn out to them. be the most stressful part of If you feel the need for a more the whole year. structured approach to stress- Whatever form the stressors take, reduction, look into the practice of there are some simple, common-sense Mindfulness, a scientifically proven guidelines that really can take at least form of meditation that helps people some of the stress out of Christmas. focus on their thoughts and feelings without becoming overwhelmed by 1 Don’t just say ‘No!’ Explain your them. Check out this link for more financial restraints in some detail to information: those close to you and let them decide http://franticworld.com/what-is- their priorities within the limits of your mindfulness/ budget. Peter Wilkin is a retired psychotherapist. He is currently 2 Don’t try to please everyone – it’s writing his first novel. You can find him here: an impossible task! Again, explain any http://peterwilkin1.blogspot.com/ family decisions you make with your or follow him on Twitter: @peterwilkin1 reasons for making them. 3 If money is tight, compensate with Say you saw it in the Aire Valley Mag! To advertise call Karen or Liz on 01535 642227 Say you saw it in the Worth Valley Mag! 4 5 u PHOTOGRAPHY u DIGITAL RELATED u u CLEANING & IRONING u

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The only sound effects we had, Wallets, watches, socks and ties Every year children and young people up to from cap guns, not from ‘bleeping’! Are not their source of joys! the age of 25 are invited to entertain the audience at the Awards ceremony which Action Men fought raging wars Laptops, tablets, mobile phones. takes place between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. And ‘Knights of Old’ were valiant. A smartphone on their list? In previous years the audience has Our stories were elaborate. The internet’s their ‘lifeline’. enjoyed seeing singers, bands, Rap artists, Imaginations rampant. And ‘the cloud’s’ no longer mist! contemporary dancers, cheerleaders, choirs, tribute acts and magicians. Toys of the past seem obsolete Well, actually technology’s The awards ceremony is organised by to kids now. ‘Not inspiring’. more fun than you’ve been thinking. Bradford Council in partnership with Youth seems to need more sound effects Some console games are joy for all, Bradford’s Children’s Trust, Young Lives to help their minds’ enquiring. Especially after drinking! (just the one, dear!)** Bradford and the Telegraph and Argus. u u The acts for the 2012 awards ceremony Financial Planning Wills ‘No fun in that!’, the oldies weep. So whilst we fondly ruminate will be chosen by established members of We made the sounds ourselves* on toys from ‘days of yore’, the event planning group. Home Willwriting We had respect, showed gratitude remind yourself the ‘toys’ of now Only a Will provides peace of mind To all hardworking Elves! Are what’s for sale in store. Coun Ralph Berry, Bradford Council’s that your wishes will be carried out. Executive Member for Children and • Inheritance Tax Planning It’s good to know that Fibre Optic broadband has arrived already in some parts of the AireValley‡ just • Lasting Power of Attorney’s Toys of today too ‘bleepified’, Young People, said: “We are a district • Probate Services in time for Christmas, so if, like me, you frequently miss your favourites on TV, (because your senior that has produced some amazing stars • Protecting Against Nursing Home Fees and batteries essential. moments are coming thick and fast now and it’s going to get worse in that crazy time running up in the past and I’m sure there is still a lot For a Professional, Caring There’s so much dross in ‘Toys Galore’. to Christmas) it’s worth trying ‘TV on Demand’ services such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel4 on of undiscovered talent out there in the & Friendly Service No narrative potential. Demand etc. community. This is a fantastic opportunity Call 01756 701132 Streaming (playing your chosen programme or movie directly from the internet rather than [email protected] for young people to showcase their talent And what of the poor quality downloading it first to your computer) needs a broadband connection of consistently above 3+ mbps, but the faster the better. You’ll also need an internet ready TV, or a desktop or laptop computer and enjoy a great night celebrating what of playthings ‘Made in China’? The latest fad will pass next week that’s Windows XP SP3 or newer, with a processor of 1.6GHz or higher, and a minimum of 512MB they have to offer.” @LocalGlobalGirl RAM (1GB would be better). If you’ve got Windows Vista or 7, or Mac OSX then your processor and So that flaw’s really minor! RAM requirements will be different, so do check first. 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images reproduced by the permission of Sotheby’s There will be an air of anticipation at the public appeal for donations. It would be so sad if museum as you read this. An important ‘little the little book was lost to a private collector, and book’ written by Charlotte Bronte in 1830, we desperately hope to be able to bring it back when she was fourteen years old, is going to be to Haworth for the nation to enjoy. sold at auction at Sotheby’s on 15th December. Despite the last Bronte (Patrick) dying in 1861, The manuscript was previously untraced and newly discovered belongings and writings by unpublished, so it is one of the most exciting this remarkable family are still coming to light, literary finds in decades, and is one of six tiny often scattered across the globe. Just last little books that the Bronte siblings created for year, several items were donated back to the Branwell’s set of toy soldiers to read. This one museum from a family in Canada, and we also tells the story of a murderer who is driven to bought some Bronte-made lace on Ebay (we madness after being haunted by his victims, were able to verify that it was authentic!) which and describes how ‘an immense fire’ burning in just goes to show the many ways in which items his head causes his bed curtains to set alight, make their way into the Museum’s collection. which is very like the famous scene in Jane Next year our special exhibition will look at Eyre, when Rochester’s insane wife sets light to the history of the Bronte Society’s collection, his bed curtains. and will tell the story of murky book dealers, The manuscript is expected to reach missing manuscripts and the efforts to track £200,000 - £300,000 at auction, which is a down special items and bring them home to huge amount of money for us to find. Museum the Parsonage. It would be fantastic to display staff have been busy writing applications to this new manuscript, one of the most important funding bodies in the hope that we can secure Bronte finds in years, as the crown jewel of the a grant to help, but we have also launched a show. We are all keeping our fingers crossed. To advertise call Karen or Liz on 01535 642227 Find these hidden items in the pictureSay you above saw and it inthen the colour Worth the Valley page Mag! in for fun! 16 17 Sudoku Where in the Aire Valley? COMPETITION

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Keighley and seminars. inc.creative is part of the approaches to printmaking have joined shoppers have the satisfaction of knowing net315 project, of which Leeds City College forces for Central Hall’s Christmas they are supporting Yorkshire designer- is the lead partner, and is part financed by exhibition. makers as well as purchasing unique and the European Regional Development Fund. The work will be on display until Friday 6 January and admission is free. well made gifts. So if you love shopping and enjoy buying ‘I chose these three printmakers One such local designer is Emma Garry handmade and original gifts then call in at because they understand their mediums whose well made cushions and children’s inc.creative. so well,’ says Artists in Business sewing kits make the perfect Christmas inc.creative is open Monday to Saturday coordinator Jo Whitehead. ‘Their work presents and stocking fillers. 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