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ISSUE SIX

SEP/OCT 2016

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Contents ISSUE SIX |SEP/OCT 2016

5_NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 8_jeffrey long 14_saltaire festival 20_bingley canal festival 24_brilliant Bingley biathlon 28_the keighley show 32_bits & bolts 36_picks of the month 40_weekly events

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Jeffrey Long By Mike Farren

Reaching the middle of your ninth decade is an achievement in itself - a time to take things easy, slow down and rest on your laurels. Unless you’re Jeffrey Long, MBE. Bingley’s indefatigable fundraiser and longdistance walker will be 85 in October, a landmark he’ll be celebrating with a gala dinner at Bradford’s Midland Hotel, but his idea of winding down is to do a winter long-distance walk on the flat. “We’ve the Norfolk Three Peaks to climb,” he tells me, “The biggest challenge is finding them. We’ll probably take a bucket and spade.” Jeffrey has one relatively flat walk under his belt, but at 127 miles walking the length of the Leeds Liverpool Canal was still quite an achievement. However the challenges he sets himself often have a mountainous element. He kicked off his long-distance walking with a 39-day, 629-mile solo walk from London to Switzerland and followed this up with a 90-mile Three Peaks trek that included three cathedrals and three military

establishments for good measure. Last year he celebrated his 84th year by walking the undulating 84 miles of Hadrian’s Wall. The point of these and many other activities has been to raise funds, particularly for the British Legion. “If you include everything,” he tells me, “I’ve been responsible for around £160,000.” For someone who has raised so much money for military charities his own military career was relatively brief, as he’ll admit. “I spent two years in the Far East with the RAOC, a specialised air maintenance platoon. We were based in Setapak, just outside Kuala Lumpur, in 1950-2. It was a bit primitive. “After two years I came home and joined the paras. I did about five years but then I got injured on a parachute drop. We only jumped with one parachute – no reserves – at that time. The rigging lines went over the top, so I dropped 500 feet and I injured my back. “I was a cross-country and boxing champion

so all I wanted to do was to get fit, but finally I had to give in. I was in real trouble. Even now, I get the same problem sometimes. I’m sitting down and I can’t get up.” The fact that Jeffrey carries this injury makes his achievements – and perhaps his affection for the services – all the more remarkable. Injury could not keep him down in civilian life though. “I worked for Yorkshire Fine Wool Spinners, then I took over the handknitting side of the business. I did that until I got fed up,” he says, glossing over the fact that this took him into his fifties. He returned to full-time study for several years, a mixture of maths, management studies, accountancy and computing, alongside a number of practical topics arising from earlier side-projects. Subsequently he worked for Bradford Council on a project, refurbishing housing in Holme Wood. “We employed local people who hadn’t got a job. We got 65% of those people into permanent jobs.” Setting up the project, he notes, “The recruitment people said it’d take us six months. I had to do it all in a month. We started work and negotiated contracts, took delivery of equipment and set the whole thing up. We got machinery, we got vehicles, we got safety clothing, but we started on time and we did it.” He concludes characteristically, “A lot of the things I’ve done in life, people have said were impossible, but I’ve made them work.” He also did just that with the Police. “I worked with British Transport Police, as PA for the commander with responsibility for one third of England. I did divisional inspections of police stations. I worked with them on the restructuring of the force as well. I didn’t

realise I’d restructured myself out of a job!” Typically though, his retirement saw him as busy as ever, with more time to devote to charity and voluntary work. Beside involvement with the British Legion, he became the national president for the Federation of Swiss Societies, having had a Swiss grandfather. Switzerland was also the target of his first major long-distance walk. “Around the year 2000,” he explains, “there was a lot of bad publicity about Nazi gold in Switzerland. I was the Federation’s President in the United Kingdom, and I’m also a member of the British Legion. I thought we could have a cycle ride from London to Switzerland - it would be good PR and make some money for the Legion.” Arranging such a major logistical undertaking involved Jeffrey in negotiations between the Legion and sources in Switzerland to secure funding, a process complicated by the postponement of the cycle ride due to the Gulf War. He also considered riding himself. “I went to the gym and got on the spinning bikes and injured my leg. When I started again I couldn’t do it, so I said I’d walk it instead.” Aged 76 and with his long-standing injury he was apprehensive about the trip, but went ahead regardless, experiencing just one day of difficulty, though there were other troubles. “I had 35 kilos on my back, a military pack with everything in, and a tent on top. In Dover with my big pack on, some lads said, ‘Hey, mister, are you going to Glastonbury?’ It was hard on the hips. “Some days it belted down and I got soaked. I got rid of my waterproofs in Dover to reduce

weight. The distance varied from 20-odd miles down to 8 miles. I got blisters. I thought my socks were prickly. I didn’t realise I’d got blisters until I came to take them off and they stuck.” On his own for most of the time, his friend Alan Wanbon joined him at the start and end of the walk. “The plan was to get to Switzerland on 1 August – Yorkshire Day and also Swiss National Day. Because my feet were so bad I thought I’ll do what I can each day, so I actually walked 13 days without a rest. Then I got a message saying that I’d have to do it by 26 July because there was a big reception at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. “Alan joined me just before we came over the mountains into Switzerland, and we were five miles away from the Olympic Museum the night before. We had a leisurely walk down to the Lake, a leisurely breakfast, a leisurely

lunch, found out where we needed to be and we hid away until 10 to 5, when the reception was. I put my pack on and ran up the steps.” Of his most recent walk, undertaken with three companions, he says, “Hadrian’s Wall was tough. I’m older, of course. 84 miles in my 84th year. 20 kilos on my back, and it was dangerous because it was not only windy, but wet, with steep declines and inclines. Still, we planned it in six days, and we did it in six days.” Along with the challenge, fun and companionship, there’s a serious side to the fund-raising. “I came to this,” Jeffrey explains, “because I was so put off by the government not looking after the Forces and ex-Forces. Not the right equipment to go into war, going into the wrong wars, which weren’t necessary… I was so disgusted with them. It was to show them that I cared.”

Such caring has been acknowledged at the highest level, with an MBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours list. “The MBE was for Legion work, but not just for the walking. Meeting the Queen was great. It was arranged I should give her two poppy brollies – one for him and one for her. I expected the Police to ask what was in the box. They never asked, they just checked my ID and that was that. The box actually fits an assault rifle perfectly!” Fund-raising continues with the dinner on 22 October, Jeffrey’s 85th birthday. “I’ve always raised money for the British Legion, but this time I’m doing it for the Parachute Regiment, and for the Gurkha Welfare Trust, which is for old Gurkhas who don’t get a service pension. We provide a small pension to them, and also welfare and medical care. “The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress are

coming, and Ben Parkinson MBE, the most badly wounded soldier. It’s the third dinner I’ve done. The Bishop of Bradford has also sent a message of support. I can assure you that if you come, you’ll have a good time. People go home very happy.” Before leaving I ask Jeffrey if he has any ambitions for future challenges. “My ambition,” he tells me, “is to have some time off. I need some time for me, now.” Judging by the boundless energy he continues to exhibit, I’ll believe that when I see it! Jeffrey’s dinner takes place at the Midland Hotel, Bradford, on Saturday 22 October, 2016. Tickets are £30 and are available from jeffreymbe@hotmail. co.uk or by calling 01274 560780.

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Saltaire Festival Saltaire Festival returns this September with a two week programme of arts and culture that will attract over 30,000 visitors to the World Heritage site. We have split our preview up into four simple sections to give our readers a taste of what the festival has to offer: Food, Art, Music and Theatre/ Comedy. By Maya Jones

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A visit to Saltaire Festival would not be complete without the artwork of one of the most famous, locally-born artists Hockney. The Arrival of Spring is a fortynine-piece collection of iPad drawings that documents the changing landscape of East Yorkshire over the seasons. You can find this innovative collection on the third floor of Salts Mill, also home to the 1853 Gallery.

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Saltaire Festival is best characterised by the continental market taking over Exhibition Road on the final weekend of celebrations. A mainstay since the Festival began, the market brings an array of diverse and global flavours, with stalls selling local meat produce, curries and cheeses. In line with the Festival, Saltaire Brewery is holding its annual beer festival at the brewery in Dockfield Road. The event promises a showcase of their best brews along with a range of beers and ciders from across the UK. Tickets are ÂŁ5 and include a free pint, glass and programme.

The top floor of Salts Mill will show an original exhibition looking at the Saltaire floods. The Power Of Water will feature photography, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork and information on the two hundredth anniversary of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. As well as the many food vans popping up over the course of the Festival, all local cafes The Open Gardens And Sculpture Trail allows and businesses will be open to show you the visitors an insight into the houses that make best Saltaire has to offer. up the village. With historical information and professional sculptures, the trail is the perfect combination of art and history. A trail leaflet will be available to download before the festival.

refreshing energy to old folk music and bluegrass duets. Using a mixture of vocals and traditional instruments, Cahalen and Eli are arriving from across the pond with Music from the USA. Head down to the Caroline Social Club for the perfect venue to listen to the duo perform their new album Our Lady of the Tall Trees. Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm boys are another group who have travelled far. Arriving from Prince Edward Island in Canada and drawing from a range of acoustic styles, the accomplished fiddler promises a show full of dancing and excitement as they showcase their new album Laugh, Dance & Sing.

Music

Yorkshire-born Clare Teal brings her trio to the third floor of Salts Mill, promising a fine evening of the best jazz and swing. With a mix of classics and originals, the event will showcase Clare as one of the UK’s most talented singers. Besides her weekly live radio show on BBC Radio 2, Clare has released fourteen acclaimed albums including this year’s Twelve O’clock Tales’ with the Hallé orchestra. She is a Ronnie Scott’s regular and has won both British Jazz Singer of the Year and BBC Jazz Singer of the Year.

For a more classical evening, traditional French harpist Nikolaz Cadoret is performing in the UK for the first time. He plays both Celtic Harp and Pedal Harp and is the winner of several acclaimed international competitions. He held the solo harp position at the Komische Oper Berlin and has collaborated with Berliner Philharmoniker, Toronto Symphony Orcchester and Opernhaus Zurich

Local acts form an important part of Saltaire Festival and so Twelve Bars from Mars will kick off the free music finale on the last Saturday. They promise a mix of Latin and American classics from the 20s to the 50s with a number of favourites thrown in to keep the crowd happy. They enjoy playing at a Police Dog Hogan is another band full number of interesting venues including a hair of musical talent and famous faces. They salon and the narrow end of a canal barge! describe their music as veering from ‘the wistful and poetic to flat-out, foot-stomping For more free, outdoors events head to tales of doomed barbecues, French mustard Caroline Social Club and the bandstand in and falling in love on a Tennessee highway’. Roberts Park. Here, the festival will welcome a Performing a fusion of country, pop and folk, group of child singers all the way from Kenya this eight-piece band is a group of friends and a variety of local bands. The festival will who know how to have a good time on stage. also offer a number of original performances, including a whistle-stop tour of Haworth that Cahalen Morrison and Eli West bring a includes songs inspired by the Bronte siblings.

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10 Voices offers visitors and locals an insight into Saltaire’s rich history. The two-act play follows the lives of ten diversely different people who have lived in the village over the past one hundred and fifty years and promises to provide an evening that is both funny and emotional.

for two voices, reviews describe this production as ‘a riveting, intelligent piece of work’.

Caroline Social Club’s regular comedy night are delighted to welcome Rob Rouse to this year’s festival. Rob is the winner of the So You Think You’re Funny competition at the Fringe If interested in the recent history of Saltaire, and is a regular television and radio performer. head to Roberts Park for a take on the The event will also feature Dan Nightingale, flooding that left the park underwater last a national entertainer and comedian. Christmas. Too Much of Water brings black comedy to the stories of those who were A Day of Dance will also be taking place across affected and tries to create a silver lining the village as part of the Saltaire Festival. Several in the worst flooding in living memory. folk dancing groups will perform including 400 Roses, an innovative dance group who combine Sign up online for a free thirty-minute tour guide folk with belly dancing. Their costumes are a like no other. Miss Inform will give you the run- mixture of red and white silk roses reflecting down of the local history with a twist of urban their Yorkshire and Lancashire origins. myths and ‘truth’ telling. The tour is performed by Jenny Wilson and encourages the audience to discover the truth about Saltaire themselves. Tony Earnshaw’s The Door is a play that deals with war, class and human passivity. Written only

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Canal Mania By Colin Thunhurst

September and October will this year see the return of canal mania to Bingley, echoing the excitement which infected the area when the Leeds And Liverpool Canal was first built. As we recorded in an earlier edition of the Bingley Review (Jan/Feb 2016) this year marks the two hundredth anniversary of the opening of the full length of the Leeds And Liverpool Canal, with the first full passage taking place in October 1816. Bingley will be at the centre of commemorative celebrations with the first ever Bingley Canal Festival on Sunday 16 October 2016. This date has been chosen as it’s the day on which the Leeds And Liverpool Canal Society’s restored heritage boat Kennet will pass through Bingley as it re-enacts that first full passage. Organised in collaboration with the Canal And River Trust, Kennet will leave Leeds on 15 October and arrive in Liverpool on October 23. Accompanied by a flotilla of other canal boats suitably bedecked in commemorative regalia, Kennet will arrive at the Bingley Three Rise Locks at approximately 1.15pm and depart the top of the Five Rise Locks at approximately 3pm. Celebrations in Bingley will start earlier that day, with Festival activities in the Market Square from 10am, with market stalls, children’s entertainment, food and a full programme of events. As Kennet approaches Bingley the celebrations will migrate to the Locks where the boat will be greeted by Sir Gary Verity, who is set to officially open the Canal Festival earlier that day. The arrival of Kennet will be heralded by a simultaneous

clap of church bells to simulate the cannon used to mark the very first full passage two hundred years ago. Activities will continue throughout the day at the canal side. As Kennet will be making the commemorative passage non-stop, there will be no opportunity on the day for members of the public to go on board and to examine the very diverse and interesting ‘cargo of heritage’ in the hold of this floating museum. To provide an alternative opportunity Kennet will make a stop at the top of the Five Rise Locks as it makes its way down to Leeds for the start of the commemorative re-enactment and will be open to the public on Sunday 18 September from 11am to 4pm. Anyone wishing to learn more about the canal and the history of its conception, creation and working can attend a talk being given by celebrated canal historian Mike Clarke. This will take place at the Bingley 5-Rise Café from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday 17 September. Due to restricted capacity, entry will be by ticket only. These are £7.50, including light refreshments provided by the Café, and can be bought at the café itself or from the Canal Society (friendsofkennet@ gmail.com or colinthunhurst@outlook.com). Mike’s classic History Of The Leeds And Liverpool Canal has recently been republished with much additional material and Mike’s contribution to the Canal has been marked by the Canal And River Trust with the naming of a lock after him on the Bank Newton flight of locks.

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Brilliant Bingley Biathlon By Maya Jones

As the sun shone over Myrtle Park on Sunday 10 July more than 150 people from seven to 75 arrived to take part in the first Brilliant Bingley Biathlon. Along with the 500 supporters attending the community event they managed to raise an estimated £1,200 for three local sports organisations. The event involved swimming and running a set distance, according to the competitor’s age. Bingley Harriers marshalled the course run, an 800m lap for all those under 12 and 1,600m for everyone else, and the event was run as a modern biathlon under Pentathlon GB rules. Isaac Stabler and Ella Stabler came in first place with Lucas Stabler coming in close second. This made it a very successful day for the Stabler family, who left with three trophies sponsored by Crabtree Care Homes. Whilst the competitors broke a sweat supporters were treated to food stalls, including the WI cake stall, burgers and grills, and a speciality Senegalese kitchen that proved very popular. The Biathlon was organised by the Friends of Bingley Pool (FOBP) in partnership with Bingley Harriers and Athletics Club and Bingley Amateur Swimming Club. The Friends of Bingley Pool is a charitable incorporated organisation set up last year following Bradford Council’s decision to shut the pool. It is likely that the Pool will not close for at least six years and so the FOBP are working to raise funds and facilitate community involvement. Anna

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The Keighley Show By Carol Siddle

Preparations are underway for the Keighley and District Agricultural Show, which promises to be even bigger and better than last year’s event. Visitors will be assured of a varied and exciting day with something for everyone, including an array of stalls and classes showcasing arts and crafts, home produce, vegetables and flowers. Held on Saturday 3 September at the King George V Playing Fields, the show promises a variety of attractions that will make the event a memorable one. Livestock, handicraft and produce, and equestrian events will be included, together with trade stands, crafts and local foods and children’s entertainments making up one of the area’s largest one-day shows. The day can also promise thrills and excitement with the main ring attraction, Dangerous Steve, a thrilling outdoor, gala and street theatre entertainment. Dangerous Steve is one of the most experienced outdoor attractions on the circuit. It’s a thrill-a-minute show, with heart-stopping stunts such as fire and chainsaw juggling, ladder balancing and blindfolded motorcycle riding in a hilarious and dynamic act. NRGym will be in attendance to hold a day of strongman events open to teams and members of the public alike. The event will showcase traditional strongman competitions designed to test participants’ strength and brawn. The challenges will include tyre flipping, farmers carry, tug-of-war, bale races, and truck pulling. The famous Sheep Roadshow will also be on display this year. Set in its own special unit, you’ll see four different breeds on the

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Bits & Bolts By Rachel Shaw

Bingley-based artist Andy Shaw remembers the moment he decided to apply his creative ideas to a pile of old bolts and scrap metal as a turning point for his attitude to waste. “I was just amazed that people would throw out things that had once been an integral part of a machine – especially car parts. I could visualise them in a new structure where they were recognisable but doing a different job altogether.” Andy qualified with a modern apprenticeship in engineering with Yorkshire-based Spooner Industries, where he cut his teeth in the servicing and assembly department. Although he didn’t study art he’d been interested in it from an early age, applying his skills mostly to sketching. “When I started working with tools and machinery, I found that 3D artwork was really interesting to me. I could employ the skills I was developing in metalwork to re-use the discarded components from projects I was working on in my spare time.” The first sculpture was a commission for a local biker group in Idle, where one of the members was looking for a gift of a miniature model of his bike. After that there was a constant trickle of orders coming in from bikers and trike riders who wanted to commemorate their machines. It helped of course that Andy was interested in bikes himself, an interest which led to building his own trike from scratch and travelling around Cornwall and Wales in 2009. It was clear there were other sculptures to be made from the bits and bolts he was collecting. Often the inspiration for

a sculpture came from a single piece of scrap. One of the first non-bike sculptures was a lamp with a head made from an old headlight - this led to making a coffee table, and then more decorative sculptures such as a dragon and a boxer in fighting pose. A change in career direction led Andy to mount-making and technical work at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, where inspiration came in the form of larger work. “I was involved in technically planning how priceless objects could be displayed with the minimal visual interference from the mount itself, so was really thinking about display and art differently. This started me thinking about much larger pieces of artwork and in 2009 I built a large sculpture of the sci-fi character Predator to display outside a bar in West Yorkshire.” The build for the eight-foot Predator took over three months and incorporated some boughtin scrap, due to the sheer volume of the project. When it was finished it took four men to deliver it to the client. Once in position the Predator towered over everything around it. Andy was also keen to pass on his skills to young people, to get them thinking about reusing materials. This led to workshops with The Piece Hall in Halifax and Immanuel College in Bradford, where everyday household items were transformed into sculptures. “I really enjoyed working with young people who had a different take on the materials and were amazed they weren’t just scrap. I couldn’t show them how to weld and braze due to the health and safety requirements, but I was able to guide them through simpler techniques.”

with Aliens, Star Wars and Terminator all playing their inspirational part. There was a functional element to many of the pieces so that, as well as decorative, they became useful. “I had been making log burners from old gas bottles for a while. These were very popular and I was then commissioned to build a Death Star fire pit as a Christmas gift for a client’s husband.” The St Ives Estate in Bingley provided the backdrop for the most recent pictures of Andy’s work, a series of sculptures that will be showcased as part of the Staithes Festival Of Arts And Heritage on the Yorkshire Coast. “I have lived in Bradford all my life, moving to the Bingley area around two years ago and discovering a wonderful corner of the district to work and play in.” In 2010 Andy took a 10 month break with his partner to travel the world, and the first stop was India where his interest in recycling and reusing took on a whole new spin. “There were some seriously ingenious sculptures and structures in India - nothing got wasted at all and that culture really resonated with me.” Fresh back from the trip, Andy was itching to get into his workshop. “The trip also inspired a sculpture of the globe for my father-inlaw, complete with each of the 80 countries we had visited welded onto the frame. I then started to seriously look into exhibiting my pieces and started working with Wayne Malton at Rapture Gallery in Harrogate to get some of my sculptures into his gallery.” Working with Rapture saw Andy start to focus on the sci-fi element to his sculptures,

So how does he feel to be approaching 20 years of Bits And Bolts artwork then? “I’m still as passionate about reusing materials as I always was, and I feel my ability to create sculptures has moved into a realm where I’m not only inspired by the raw materials in a pile on my workshop floor, but also by the vision my clients have and what’s going on in my life. I have a three-year-old son who loves dinosaurs, so a few prehistoric characters have appeared in my workshop recently - he brings me his plastic dinosaurs to tell me which one I should recreate next.” Andy will be exhibiting at the Staithes Festival Of Arts And Heritage between 9 and 11 September. You can find more details at www.bitsandboltsart. co.uk or on Facebook at andybitsandboltsart.

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Picks of the month Spirit of Smokie with Teri Sullivan Fronted by Dean Barton (son of the late great Alan Barton) the band are performing the greatest hits of the original Smokie line up to great acclaim. The band has been playing to sell out crowds for the last nine years in Europe and Asia and are now heading to Bingley with all the big hits including Living Next Door To Alice, If You Think You Know How To Love Me, Needles & Pins, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Meet You At Midnight and Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Play Your Rock n Roll To Me. Whether you first fell in love with Smokie in the 1970s, 80s, 90s or 00s, this show is for you. For tickets visit www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Bingley Music Live 2016

Bingley Canal Festival

Known for great music, friendly people, plus a wonderful camaraderie BML returns to Myrtle Park on 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 September for our very special 10th anniversary.

To celebrate its bicentenary the Canal and River Trust have put on a series of events along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and Bingley is getting in on the act.

Starting from humble beginnings in 2007 BML now plays host to some of the biggest names in the industry offering superb value, showcasing top quality acts for a price that makes the weekend allencompassing.

On 16 October, heritage boat, Kennet will arrive in Bingley for the Bingley Canal Festival, where it will be met by a brass band, church bells and the firing of a cannon. A multitude of stalls are organised for the Arts Centre, market-square and on canal towpaths, where local businesses will be selling refreshments.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup includes Travis, All Saints, Tinie Tempah, Sigma, Echo and The Bunnymen, Lightning Seeeds, Sigma, Black Grape, We Are Scientists and Sigala. For tickets and info visit www.bingleymusiclive. com.

On 22 October, Kennet will re-enact the first trans-Pennine crossing that took place two centuries ago. Starting in Leeds, the boat will make its way to Liverpool over a period of eight days whilst a flotilla of decorated boats will follow.

Bingley Arts Centre Home of Bingley Little Theatre

Bingley Little Theatre Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson Monday 12th – Saturday 17th September, 7:30pm This play dramatizes the making of the film ‘Gone with the Wind’.

Mikron Theatre present ‘Pure’ in the Arts Centre Lounge Friday 23rd September, 7:30pm Tickets: £12 and Concessions £10

Spirit of Smokie Saturday 24th September , 7:30pm Tickets on the door: £17 In Advance £15.00 The band that has been playing to sell out crowds for the last 9 years in Europe and Asia are now heading to a venue near you!

Bradford Accordion Band & Pennine Chimes Saturday 1st October, 7:30pm Tickets: All Seats: £10.00 Bradford Accordion Band is a unique and diverse musical group whose mission is to make great music whilst having fun!

Rave On - A Tribute to Buddy Holly 80th Anniversary Special Starring from London’s West End - Marc Robinson as Buddy Holly Thursday 6th October, 7:30pm Front stalls: £17.00

Bingley Arts Centre, Main Street, Bingley, BD16 2LZ Boxoffice 01274 567983 Mon to Friday 11:00am to 3:30pm

www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Weekly Events & Classes

Mondays

Tuesdays

CobraFIT 9.30am, Bingley Fitness Studio

Bingley Mother & Toddler Group 9.15am, The Scout Hut, Bingley

Interval training with a weighted bag.

Babycinos Group 9:30am, Myrtle Perk Mum/dad/carer and baby group at Myrtle Perk. Drink lattes, have brunch and chat in the upstairs room.

Zumba 10.30am, Bingley Fitness Studio Fun dance fitness.

Wilsden Art Group 2pm, Wilsden Village Hall The class is suitable for beginners or those who wish to improve. Most people paint in watercolour but it’s possible to have tuition in other mediums.

Harden Chatterbox 9.30am, St Saviour’s, Harden A carers’ and toddlers’ group renowned for its friendly atmosphere.

First Steps Toddler Group 9.30am, All Saints Bingley Craft activities, free play and singing.

Well Woman Yoga 10am, Bingley Fitness Studio Nurturing yoga for women of all ages.

Story Time in Bingley Library 10.30am, Bingley Library

CobraCore 5.45pm, Bingley Fitness Studio

Storytelling and craft activities.

Interval training with a weighted bag.

Weeny Boppers 1.30pm, Church House, Bingley

Wilsden Beavers 6pm, Wilsden Village Hall

Music and Movement - baby, toddler and preschool activity classes.

Games, crafts, singing, visits, good turns and plenty of outdoor activities for 6-8 year olds.

Weight Watchers 6pm, Cottingley Cornerstones Friendly weight loss group.

Metafit 6.30pm, Bingley Fitness Studio Bodyweight intervals to boost your metabolism.

Fitness Yoga 7.15pm, Bingley Fitness Studio Yoga moves for strength, flexibility and balance.