Brighouse Echo (Brighouse, England) back issues from February 2007:
Bargain show as David whistles while he works.
Feb 02, 2007 ... BRASS band enthusiasts are being encouraged to switch off the TV and enjoy a night of music in Brighouse at a bargain price. Brighouse-based Yorkshire Co-op Brass Band is holding a concert at Brighouse Civic Hall on Saturday, February 10 and tickets are available for just ...
Putting town on map in a roundabout way!
Feb 02, 2007 ... AN OVERGROWN roundabout on one of the main entrances into Brighouse is to take on a new look with a musical theme. And when work is completed on the roundabout outside Tesco supermarket motorists will immediately know they are coming into Brighouse. In recognition of ...
Brad opens new-look office.
Feb 02, 2007 ... HUDDERSFIELD Giants player Brad Drew helped to cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Ladbrokes betting office in Brighouse. More than [pounds sterling]265,000 was spent on providing bang-up to-date facilities at the new premises in Huddersfield Road. They include ...
Club pays tribute to a long-serving member.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A MEMBER of Thornhill Briggs Working Men's Club, Brighouse, since the 1950s, Mr Brian Tunaley, has been thanked for his service to the club's committee. His work and commitment to the club was acknowledged at a ceremony when he was presented with cheques and gifts. ...
Peter's dream comes true!
Feb 02, 2007 ... CHAMPION rabbit breeder Mr Peter Handley has achieved his life-long ambition after winning the top prize at the Bradford Championship Show. Mr Handley, a retired Brighouse builder, has been breeding cavies and rabbits for over 30 years. He was delighted last year when his pride ...
Family fly out to dream wedding Down Under.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A SUNSET cruise around Sydney Harbour followed the wedding of Mr John Andrew Sampson and Miss Michelle Louise Parker. The couple, who have spent the last two years in Australia, were married at Jonah's Hotel, above Whale Beach in north Sydney. Guests included the ...
Bike seized.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A MOTORCYCLIST riding an off-road bike in Oaklands, Rastrick, illegally on Tuesday, was stopped by police and his bike seized. Coun Paul Rogan (Eng/Dem Rastrick), who has worked with community groups to prevent motorcyclists using land in the Lillands area, said it was likely ...
Man quizzed over thefts.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with a series of bogus charity collections. He was arrested in Brighouse and released on police bail after investigations into reports of a man posing as a charity collector. Police said they had received 11 reports of ...
'He didn't want people to know he had been ill'.(Obituary)
Feb 02, 2007 ... TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Brighouse builder and former sportsman who has died aged 43. Karl Stott, whose aim was to live life to the full, was described by his fiancee Tarnya Ramsden as a 'kind hearted loving and warm man who always treated people with the utmost ...
[pounds sterling]10,000 for victims of neglect.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A TIRELESS worker for an animal sanctuary in Egypt, Jean Heley has raised an amazing [pounds sterling]10,000 for the victims of neglect which are often mistreated and overworked in the shadows of the Nile. The former owner of The Cream Dress Agency at Hipperholme has become the ...
Pub shut after fire hits cellar.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A RASTRICK pub remained shut this week after flames tore through the cellar. An ice machine caught fire on Monday at 7.30am at the White Horse, Rastrick Common, Rastrick. Damage left the pub without mains services for much of the week and landlady Mrs Wendy Wainhouse ...
Rangers can do it again - coach.
Feb 02, 2007 ... FOLLOWING their scintillating win in the second round of the GMB Union National Cup last Saturday, Brighouse Rangers travel with new found confidence to Bradford on Saturday to make their debut in the Carnegie RL Challenge Cup. The draw was not kind to Gary Barnett's boys ...
Cup upset sets up derby clash.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Brighouse Rangers 16 Wigan St Jude's 4 A TREMENDOUS victory over Wigan St Jude's who play in National Conference League Division One was one of the major upsets of the second round. Brighouse got off to the best possible start when the ball was passed along the line ...
Musical journey back to the '60s.
Feb 09, 2007 ... FANS of Sixties music will be rocking in the aisles at two shows heading for the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, next month. 'The Solid Silver '60s Show' on March 2 will feature the sounds of Wayne Fontana, the Searchers, the Merseybeats, John Walker and the Dakotas. Now in its 22nd ...
Lots of fun in aid of new village hall.
Feb 09, 2007 ... COUNCILLORS will become auctioneers for the evening when a fund-raising evening is held at Brighouse Sports Club. Councillors Graham Hall and David Kirton will be joined by the landlord of the Old Pond at Hove Edge when Bailiff Bridge Community Associa-tion holds the event on ...
Former 'Echo' man retires.
Feb 09, 2007 ... A FORMER 'Brighouse Echo' journalist has retired after clocking up more than 50 years' service in the profession. Winston Halstead started his career in journalism as a reporter with the 'Echo' in 1953. He was taken on as a junior reporter under former editor, the ...
Meet the Echo's lucky [pounds sterling]50 winner.
Feb 09, 2007 ... NADINE Fawthrop, of Brighouse, (right) is the Echo's first [pounds sterling]50 High Street Vouchers competition winner. Mrs Fawthrop, who called into the 'Echo' office to collect her prize this week, said she was looking forward to spending them on make-up and toiletries. ...
Charity day to say thank-you.
Feb 09, 2007 ... A COUPLE united by a shared heartache are planning a family fun day in aid of a special care baby unit. Landlord and landlady, Paul and Diana Watt, of The Bramble, Rastrick, are asking the community to support them on Saturday March 31, from noon, in aid of the special care baby ...
Chance to have your say on town's future.
Feb 09, 2007 ... MEMBERS of the public are invited to put forward their ideas for a future vision for Brighouse at a meeting next week. Brighouse Forward, a voluntary and community strategic partnership, is holding its annual forum meeting at Brighouse Assembly Room at 7pm on Tuesday. ...
Stars to help Laura's Trust.
Feb 09, 2007 ... A SECOND star-studded charity night has been arranged in memory of a former Brighouse High School student. Following last year's successful 'Star Bar' night Leon Rushworth, of Bailiff Bridge, has organised another glittering night in aid of the Laura Crane Trust on Sunday, ...
Fly flags for charity and break a record.
Feb 09, 2007 ... THE flags will be flying for children and young people in Calderdale as they get set to become record-breakers. Schools and children's clubs throughout the district hope to raise money for charity by creating the world's longest string of bunting, made from more than 5,000 ...
Would-be chefs prove they need the dough!
Feb 09, 2007 ... APPLICANTS hoping for a job in a new pizza takeaway had their dough-making skills put to the test. Kevin Jones, manager of Dominos Pizza, Brighouse, asked prospective employees to prove how good they were at making pizza. CVs were thrown aside as about 40 candidates were tested ...
Thieves steal games console.
Feb 09, 2007 ... POLICE are investigating after a games console yet to be released in the UK was stolen from a Brighouse shop - but the thieves will be unable to use it. The PlayStation 3, which will not be released until next month was stolen from Ninja Games on Commercial Street last Thursday ....
Fears for advice services.
Feb 09, 2007 ... VITAL services provided by Brighouse Citizens' Advice Bureau could be under threat if plans to make cuts go ahead. A reduction in funding from Calderdale Council could lead to the service making drastic changes throughout Calderdale including Brighouse being left with just one ...
Brothers line up for derby clash.
Feb 09, 2007 ... WEATHER permitting, the place to be on Saturday afternoon for local rugby union lovers will be Heath's West Vale ground to see the Yorkshire Shield third round derby clash with Old Brodleians (2.15pm). Although Heath are a division below the Brods they are on something of a roll ...
Brods' league plight worsens as visitors steal the points.
Feb 09, 2007 ... Old Brodleians 17 Scarborough 29 A FIFTH home league defeat of the season on Saturday has left Brods walking a relegation tightrope in Yorkshire One. But unlike in some of their previous performances at Woodhead this season, the Hipperholme men gave a ...
Brighouse? Or Fantasy Island?
Feb 15, 2007 ... PICTURE the scene - a town without cars, green and open spaces, waterways to transport people and underground tunnels for deliveries. Imagine a retractable dome over Brighouse, a speedway track, modern shopping arcades, sports and community facilities and luxurious riverside ...
Are you an Echo comp winner?
Feb 15, 2007 ... COMPETITION entries have been flooding into the 'Echo' office over the last few weeks and today we can announce our lucky winners. The 'Echo' teamed up with award-winning salon Renny Taylors, in Park Street, Brighouse, to offer readers the chance of winning the new ghd hair ...
Chips off the old block.
Feb 15, 2007 ... THREE-YEAR-OLDS Olivia and Ethan Daley know what is top on the list of their favourite foods. For grandad Gary Blakeley runs the popular Blakeley Fish and Chip restaurant and takeaway in Brighouse. And with this week being National Chip Week, Brighouse people are ...
Protests hold up children's hospice.
Feb 15, 2007 ... RESIDENTS protesting about the loss of trees are holding up plans to create a children's hospice near Brighouse. Plans to build an eight-bed hospice and respite centre at Brackenhall, which were to have been discussed by Kirklees councillors today, suffered a setback when ...
Lyons' troops battle for cup-tie place.
Feb 15, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE Town are raring to go for the re-arranged third round Albert Crabtree Halifax and District League Challenge Cup tie at home to Northowram on Saturday (2.00). Boss Tony Lyons told Echo Sport that there was a good turnout for training on Tuesday evening, indicating that ...
Express delivers the goods.
Feb 15, 2007 ... A BRIGHOUSE company has launched an advertising campaign on Sky Sports television to boost the sales of their titles. League Publications Ltd, of Wellington House, Briggate, have had adverts produced to run in conjunction with the live rugby union and live rugby league matches ...
Brods face relegation dogfight.
Feb 15, 2007 ... AFTER careful preparation for last week's postponed third round Yorkshire Shield third round local derby tie at Heath, the Old Brodleians have had to switch their thoughts back to the fight against the drop in Yorkshire One. They head to south Wakefield on Saturday for a real ...
Rangers raring to go.
Feb 15, 2007 ... AT the time for kick off last Saturday, for the Ovenden v Brighouse Rangers GMB third round National League Cup tie at Four Fields, there were over three inches of snow on a rock hard pitch. So this Saturday the two Conference sides try again (2.00) to play the match. Rangers ...
Rastrick go clear at top.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Brighouse Sunday League MARTINS Nest brought Brighouse Sports' seemingly unbreakable run of form to a crashing end on Sunday with an impressive show of finishing at Carr Green. Nest edged possession in an entertaining first half and deservedly took the lead through ...
League faces fixture backlog.
Feb 15, 2007 ... AT Monday's monthly meeting of the Brighouse Sunday Football League at Thornhill Briggs WMC the subject of the John Smith's Shield competition allied to the recent run of postponed league fixtures will figure high up on the evening's agenda. Fixture secretary and media officer ...
Rastrick net Aussie all-rounder.
Feb 15, 2007 ... RASTRICK Cricket Club have finally completed the contract to sign a Western Australian all-rounder with a good pedigree and coaching experience. The Huddersfield Cricket League Conference club have signed 21-year-old right arm quick bowler and middle order bastman Elliott ...
Hampson freezes out rivals.
Feb 15, 2007 ... CROW Nest 11-handicapper Carol Hampson landed the first major event of a year of centenary celebrations at Lightcliffe Golf Club beating a high quality field in the Ladies' Halifax/Huddersfield Winter Alliance. A record number of entries were received for the nine-hole stroke ...
Another Paige in Brighouse success story.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Bradford City FC U-14s Girls 0, Brighouse Juniors Girls 6 West Riding County FA Division One Girls BRIGHOUSE girls travelled to Bradford on a crisp, clear Saturday morning to face up to their latest challenge. Both teams started brightly as they tried to ...
PARKER . . . The Big Voice of Sport.
Feb 15, 2007 ... SEVEN days before the sudden turnaround in England's cricket fortunes in Australia I was saying "enough is enough" and we should return home, it's becoming a dragged out bore and destined to kill off interest in the sport for some time to come. Then we have a complete ...
Young Brods pack too much power.
Feb 15, 2007 ... Old Brodleians U-9s 9, Cleckheaton U-9s 0 Cleckheaton travelled to Hipper-holme looking for revenge after losing to the Hipperholme team in the first game of the season. But it was another devastating display by the Old Brods squad who won the game by a massive ...
Ambition drives a champion.
Feb 15, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE company Firth Steels is sponsoring a motor racing world champion. Peter Morton, a 46-year-old servicing manager with Clemo Ford, is the new holder of the Legends Racing World Championship competed for at Sears Pont, California. Peter, married to Jaquie with ...
Town progress in challenge cup.
Feb 18, 2007 ... WEST RIDING COUNTY AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE Brighouse Town beat Northowram by 3-0 in the third round of the Albert Crabtree Halifax and District Challenge Cup played at St Giles Ropad on Saturday. Results & scorers for Saturday February 17th 2007. Mumtaz ...
Town go through.
Feb 18, 2007 ... WEST RIDING COUNTY AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE BRIGHOUSE Town beat Northowram by 3-0 in the third round of the Albert Crabtree Halifax and District Challenge Cup at St Giles Road on Saturday. Results & scorers for Saturday February 17th 2007. Mumtaz Premier ...
Honour for Lions.
Feb 23, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE Lions have been honoured for their part in organising the successful Marching Band Contest which is held in the town every summer. The Lions organisation decided at its annual meeting in Doncaster recently to recognise the achievement of the Brighouse branch. This ...
Did building work start 44 years ago?
Feb 23, 2007 ... A BID is being made to prove building work started on houses in the green belt in Lightcliffe more than 40 years ago. Landowner Mr Derek Garside wants to prove that work on a planning application granted in 1963 was started that year. In doing so, he intends to show how planning ...
Farewell to loving dad Neil (36).
Feb 23, 2007 ... THE funeral of a cricket-mad dad, who died aged 36, was held at Park Wood Cremator-ium, Elland. Neil Goldspink, of Oddfellows Street, Brighouse, suffered a heart attack while working for Hardcastle Brothers builders at Rastrick Common, Rastrick. His wife, Samantha, ...
Pizza chain boss praised.
Feb 23, 2007 ... A BUSINESSMAN has been praised by the Mayor of Calderdale, Coun Colin Stout, for choosing to invest in his home town. The Mayor officially opened Domino's Pizza in Commercial Street, Brighouse, earlier this week. Owner Kevin Jones said he had chosen his home town as ...
Time to target speedsters.
Feb 23, 2007 ... THE volume of traffic using Highmoor Lane at Clifton has risen by 3,000 vehicles a week in three years - and most motorists are guilty of speeding, according to safety campaigners. Highmoor Lane and Kiln Fold Residents' Association, which recently funded a traffic survey carried ...
Classmates prepare to meet up.
Feb 23, 2007 ... CLASSMATES from the former Brighouse Girls' Grammar School will turn back the clock next month. They will share memories at The Auctioneer Restaurant, Armytage Road, Brighouse, on March 8, at 7pm for 7.30pm. The reunion is always held on the Thursday closest to the original ...
Worker victim of attack.
Feb 23, 2007 ... A 42-year-old scrapyard worker suffered cuts and bruises after he was attacked by brick throwing yobs at work. The unprovoked attack happened at Cooper Bridge Spares, Wakefield Road, near Brighouse. The man was at work in the scrap yard when he was approached by two ...
A teenager today . . . the baby girl given little chance of life.
Feb 23, 2007 ... THIRTEEN years ago today mum Melanie Holdsworth scarcely dreamed her tiny baby daughter would live to see her teens. But as daughter Jade Holdsworth celebrates her 13th birthday she is living proof of how a special care baby unit in Halifax saved her life. Jade was ...
Tears as elderly forced to leave home.
Feb 23, 2007 ... RELATIVES of elderly residents forced out of a care home after it closed last night say they fear for the future of their loved ones. They have spoken out after The Haven Nursing Home, Rastrick, shut and were given just seven days to find somewhere else to live. They ...
Anger over pie-in-the-sky proposals.
Feb 23, 2007 ... CALLS for people representing the town to get realistic about its future have been made. A meeting is being arranged between ward councillors to discuss realistic ideas for Brighouse after mind-boggling possibilities were suggested at a recent Brighouse Forward meeting. ...
This is the reality.
Feb 23, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE Pool, which has been closed since last June, is being targeted by vandals who are stealing copper pipes and other fittings and children who are using it as a playground. The 100-year-old swimming baths were forced to close after glass panels and other debris fell from ...
PARKER: The Big Voice of Sport.
Feb 23, 2007 ... LEEDS United's decision to slash the prices for Tuesday's home game with QPR certainly paid dividends with over 29,000 turning up at Elland Road. Had they stuck with their much-maligned inflated prices then I am sure with their current position at the bottom of the Championship ...
Fixture pile-up forces changes.
Feb 23, 2007 ... FOLLOWING last week's report in Echo Sport that Brighouse Sunday League could be looking to streamline this season's John Smith's Shield owing to a run of postponements to the league programme, the move was rubber stamped at Monday's monthly meeting. Club representatives meeting ...
Town at strength for league return.
Feb 23, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE Town are finally back in Premier Division action this weekend when they travel to Huddersfield to play Storthes Hall (2.30) following a series of cup matches and postponements. Last week while Tony Lyon's men were beating Northowram to progress in the Halifax Cup, the ...
Ambitious Brighouse map future.
Feb 23, 2007 ... AMBITIOUS Brighouse Cricket Club are set to unveil their blueprint for the future - a comprehensive youth coaching scheme masterminded by former York-shire and Lancashire fast bowler Stuart Fletcher. John Dickinson, back at the helm as chairman of cricket at the Bradford Cricket ...
Brods face searching test.
Feb 23, 2007 ... OLD Brods prepare for the last push on Saturday at home to second-placed Pontefract (2.15) in a bid to save their Yorkshire One lives. Still hurting from their 38-0 mauling at Sandal last Saturday, when the home team apparently never put a foot wrong against a visiting side ...
Rangers aim to build on cup show.
Feb 23, 2007 ... BRIGHOUSE Rangers coach Gary Barnett, buoyed by his side's splendid performance away to Ovenden last week in the third round of the GMB National Cup, is hoping the momentum can be carried into the National Conference League Division Two away game at Stanningley on Saturday (2.30). ...