Dear Reader We seem to be already We also need support accelerating through 2017 from advertisers to help us with our summer months publish this little magazine. fast approaching. If you’re a local business Since the winter edition, please consider placing an the team at Greenmoor advert with us and we’ll help Big Local have been busy get your business noticed in working with a number of your community. ON THE COVER: projects in our community. In this issue we have a “Anand Milan Centre” Community lunch at the centre based You can find out more in farewell message from the at St Wilfrid’s Community Hall. Read their centre page article. Reverend Paul Bilton who about them on page 19. People still ask me retires from his role as Photo by Neil Bird the question ‘what is Parish Vicar at St Wilfrid’s Greenmoor Community News is dedicated Greenmoor?’ so the quick after 26 dedicated years. to the sharing of local community news His commitment to the and businesses for Lidget Green and answer is that it is the Scholemoor residents. areas of Lidget Green and work of the Lidget Green We are only able to produce this Scholemoor which combine Community Partnership and publication with the support of local the Board of Trustees for businesses who advertise with us. Please to give us our chosen name mention the Greenmoor when responding ‘Greenmoor’. The aim for the Greenmoor Big Local to adverts. deserves our sincere thanks. If you would like to advertise with us, the Greenmoor Community please go to pg30 for our advertising rates. News is to keep you posted Congratulations Paul on your on all that is happening in well-deserved retirement. Editor: Mazhar Ellahi Tel: 01274 297877 your community. For the rest of us, its Email: [email protected] Every issue we welcome business as usual. This issue Web: www.greenmoor.org.uk your feedback, comments is crammed full of updates and general questions. Write from your local area. in or email me. To help build Until next time, grab a cuppa our publication we need and enjoy a good read. Your Greenmoor Community Magazine is proudly printed using vegetable based writers and contributors to inks on paper sourced from sustainable send in community updates certified sources. We are eco-friendly, you can be too, from your clubs and groups. don’t just throw me in the bin, pass me on to a friend. Designed & Printed by Neil Bird of the Contents Thornton & Queensbury Directories. Tel: 01274 447 315 From Our Inbox www.thorntondirectory.co.uk 4 Local News All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole 6 or in parts without permission is strictly In Your Community 9 prohibited. All information is correct at time of Local History 22 going to print. The views and opinions by What’s On contributors in this publication may not 25 represent the views of the publishers. Sport Desk All advertising is subject to the editor’s 28 discretion, nor does any advertisement constitute a recommendation. The Greenmoor Community News also takes no responsibility for claims made by any advertisements in the publication. ©2017 Greenmoor Community News 3 facebook.com/GreenmoorNews/ twitter.com/GreenmoorNews 01274 447 315 Dear Editor, Hello Mazhar, Your news article in the recent issue of your Just wanted to say what a great magazine you’re publication puzzled me for a moment and producing. It looks fantastic and has loads of seemed a little harsh on parents who were community news in it. Well done and keep up dropping their children off at school. Until one the good work. day this week when I saw it for myself. Vihaan, Lidget Green Editor: Thanks Vihaan. While we are only on our fourth issue, we are a year old already. It’s gone by so quick, it’s been a blur. Last year’s cover during spring time with the blossom trees taken outside the Khidmat Centre seems so long ago. Dear Maz, If it is congested around the school gates there I wanted to ask the following question to is still no excuse for parking on zig-zags. This is local councillors, why are councillors turning clearly wrong. If this person didn’t get a ticket, everything political. I remember the days when they were lucky. councillors just got on with the job. But now the level of political nonsense is turning them into M. Patel, Lidget Green mini MPs. I’m just a little tired of it. I’d like to hear Editor: I initially thought the article seemed a their views on what the public think about the little harsh. Unlike the T&A, I wanted to put political nature of their activities. a positive message to the article by offering Robert, Scholemoor suggestions that could help avoid the congestion. Editor: We’d welcome any of our councillors To recap on these, you can visit our website and to respond with comments on the points you download our winter issue and read page 6. raise. 4 Please mention the Greenmoor Community News when responding to adverts Please mention the Greenmoor Community News when responding to adverts 5 Spencer Fields MUGA Lidget Green Memorial Garden Greenmoor Big local has awarded the Spencer Lidget Green’s Memorial Garden project was Fields Resident Association £110,000 to build a initiated by Cllr Joanne Dodds as a place to Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA). remember those who have been involved in Spencer Fields, is located next to the Khidmat or affected by past and current global conflicts Centre. Last year Greenmoor Big Local helped from the Great Horton Ward. to fund lighting to a walking track that runs the perimeter of the field. The walking track is used by a large number of local residents, particularly the elderly and women, as a way of getting exercise. The lighting was installed to help users feel safer. The garden project idea on the corner of Lidget Terrace and Clayton Road, gained momentum with support from the local community, Lidget Green Community Partnership, Bradford Council, Parks Department and Neighbourhoods and Customer Services. Thanks to this support and around £30,000 funding from Greenmoor Big Local, the idea could become a reality. In April 2016 a ceremony was held where the A MUGA is an aesthetically pleasing fenced-in Lord Mayor of Bradford planted the first tree of all-weather surface sports facility, with pitches the garden, a sweet chestnut tree. Together they for a number of sports. It’s an ideal facility for also unveiled a dedication plaque on the site. children to use for sports and games. Lidget Green Memorial Garden Project has The Greenmoor Big Local Board recently been designed to consist of high quality hard and approved the development of a Multi-Use soft elements that minimise future maintenance Games Area on the field after the need for requirements. Fields in Trust ‘Centenary Field’ this particular games area was identified by the status was secured for the site. Spencer Fields Resident Associaton and the A special Lidget Green Memorial Garden launch local schools. It is a partnership project, with event is to be held on Thursday 27th April 2017 Greenmoor Big Local providing the full funding from 10am. Cllr Joanne Dodds will conduct the and agreement from the schools to maintain it official opening, where you will be able to enjoy for the next 10 years. the garden, view World War 1 & 2 exhibitions The project is currently waiting for approval by and hear more about how you can get involved the Local Trust. in the future. 6 To advertise in the Greenmoor Community News call Neil on: 01274 447315 Please mention the Greenmoor Community News when responding to adverts 7 Le Tour comes to Scholemoor Beacon As part of the build up to the big race day, we are working with Margaret Carey Foundation to encourage more children and young people to get active and learn new skills. A structured programme of bicycle maintenance tuition from qualified cycle mechanics leads to a young person being able to cycle away on a bike that they have learned how to fix. This is very popular and if you are interested contact Matt on: 01274 522231 for an application form as there is a waiting list. The whole Bike to the Future project was developed by a local resident and volunteer and it was Tony’s tenacity along with the support of the Big Lottery and Greenmoor Big Local that has led to the recent launch of the Bike to the Future Project. The race day itself comes to Bradford on Sunday 30th April. The decisive stage of this year’s race is nicknamed The Yorkshire Terrier as this is the toughest stage in the history of the race. Starting from Bradford’s City Park at 12:10pm and concluding in Sheffield approximately 5pm. There are six sprint points, 2 Sprints in each stage. In Stage 3, the nearest sprint point will be on Clifton Common just as they leave Brighouse on their way to Cleakheaton. Last year around 2 million spectators lined the roads over the three days. Similar, or larger numbers are expected this year. Have you got a local story, picture or video you would like to send us? Heard something significant or unusual where you live. Get In touch and get your story published. Email us with your news or call Mazhar on: 01274 297877 News story deadline for our summer issue: 30th June 2017. 8 To advertise in the Greenmoor Community News call Neil on: 01274 447315 All change at St Wilfrid’s The Big Swing! We have recently completed the recent April is a month of great change at St Wilfrid’s.