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A concert of reflective choral music from Pinsuti choir
PINSUTI Chamber Choir whose members come from across Skipton and Wharfedale will present a programme of reflective choral music for its November concert. The programme includes Maurice Duruflé's 'Requiem' and Hubert Parry's 'Songs of Farewell'.
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Ilkley Vintage Fair returns to Ilkley Playhouse
ILKLEY Playhouse will host some of the north’s premier retro traders when Ilkley Vintage Fair returns on Saturday, October 26th. With vintage clothing for women and men, homeware, vinyl, kitchenware, furniture, toys and many more classic items
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Frank Renton’s farewell in Yeadon with Hepworth Brass Band
IDLE born Frank Renton, former host of BBC Radio 2’s ‘Listen to the Band’, first conducted a brass band concert for Aireborough Rotary Club in the year 2000. The band in question that year was Sellers International Band but since 2010 Frank's band
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Printmakers Circle launch debut book with exhibition at historic manor house
PRINTMAKERS Circle launches its new book and exhibition, Impressed, at Ilkley Manor House on Saturday, November 2, to celebrate 10 years of collaboration and exhibiting together. The group consists of professional artists who specialise in printmaking
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Series of afternoon concerts by students from the Royal Northern College of Music
THIS will be the fourth year that Ilkley Concert Club has presented afternoon concerts featuring young musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. Initiated to give performance experience to promising students on the verge of a professional
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Ilkley Musical Theatre Society set to present West Side Story
ILKLEY Musical Theatre Society is presenting West Side Story at the King’s Hall, Ilkley from November 13 - 16, 2024. A spokesperson for the society said: "The troupe of 30 or so, is comprised entirely of teenagers (aged between 12 and 19), they
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Otley Choral Society embrace new repertoire
OTLEY Choral Society is excitedly preparing for their next concert on Saturday, November 16 at Otley Parish Church at 6pm with their sister choir, Ilkley Choral Society. All the pieces are new to the choirs, including the premier of a piece written
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New elective care hub now open at Wharfedale Hospital in Otley
A NEW £12million unit at Wharfedale Hospital which includes operating theatres and wards is now open, reducing the time patients wait for surgery and providing protected space for planned operations to take place. The Elective Care Hub at the hospital
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Wharfedale Naturalists' Society unveils its winter programme
WHAT do the following have in common? Rock pools, Wakefield’s Peregrines, 300 million years of climate change in Wharfedale, meandering rivers, Woodland Trusts Snaizeholme reserve, and the close association between butterflies and flowers?
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Nature Notes
Out walking on a glorious sunny autumn day, I stop to consult the map and am immediately aware of the musical hum of insects. Putting down my map and rucksack, I go and investigate…. There is an old stone wall completely covered in Ivy, where all
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Councillors vote on no confidence motion as sparks fly over Bradford's regeneration
BRADFORD Council’s leadership team survived a vote of no confidence at a heated Council meeting where opposition parties argued they were “embarrassing” Bradford. Leader of the Conservatives on the Council Rebecca Poulsen said “enough was enough