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PRAISE BE! Bulldogs stalwart Jim is singing at Wembley HE’S never been short of a tune to belt out when a party’s in full swing, but Jim McVeigh never imagined he’d be performing in front of 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium. A full concert room at Batley Irish Nash maybe, during one of his charity concerts to raise money for Macmillan or the Little Sisters of the Poor – but not the Challenge Cup final between Hull FC and Warrington on August 27. Batley Bulldogs life member Jim, a sprightly 84 years young, will be striding out as a member of the 32-strong Rugby League Fans’ Choir to lead the singing of Abide With Me. And the week before that, BBC’s Songs of Praise will be featuring some of the tireless volunteer’s many and varied activities. “It was my lads who got me into all this,” explained
(with an appearance on BBC Songs of Praise too) Jim, who lives in Chaster Street, Carlinghow. His sons Andrew and John – there’s James and Helen too – spotted the appeal for RL fans to make up the special choir, and applied in the name of their dad. Jim certainly ticked all the requisite boxes – he’s been going to watch his beloved Batley since the tender age of two and still supervises the car parks for home games at Mount Pleasant, along with family members and volunteers. But apart from livening up impromptu knees ups at the drop of a hat, Jim was also a singer on the club circuit as well as putting on charity concerts. He’s a familiar face around the district, having
been the inaugural president of the thriving Howden Clough Football Club, a committee member who ran junior teams at Birstall Cricket Club and active in the 17th Batley St Patrick’s Cubs and Scouts. And it must be said Jim can’t turn a corner without finding another good cause to help. After a spell in Dewsbury District Hospital with pneumonia he was invited to a singing ‘rehab’ session for people with respiratory problems like asthma and emphysema. “I was so impressed and it did me so much good that I decided to get involved,” said Jim. “I donated my music and lyrics and help run it along with a nurse.” The BBC cameras have been trying to keep up with
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Jim for footage for their show due to be aired on Sunday August 21. Bulldogs chairman Kevin Nicholas said: “I always look on Jim as the head of the McVeigh dynasty. His family have been at the heart of this club for decades as fans, volunteers and sponsors, while his brother Peter played at Batley and was on the board for a while. “For us to be represented at Wembley by Jim says everything that’s good about the sport and our club. It’s an honour for us to be represented by a man of his calibre, because he really is such a nice bloke.”
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ALLPRESS Jeffrey On 28th July at his home in Earlsheaton, aged 77, Jeff,
husband of Jackie. Funeral will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday 9th August at 11.15am.
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Nellie (Nee Senior) On 22 July, at Lydgate Care Home, Batley, aged 100.
BINNS Marjorie
late Bob. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 11 August at 10.30am.
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On 21 July, aged 95, of Birkenshaw. Wife of the late Eric. Service at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw, Thursday 11 August at 1pm, followed by interment at Dewsbury Crematorium.
On 26 July, aged 61, of Gomersal. Husband of Sandra. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 9 August at 2.45pm.
BOULD Ian Geoffrey
On 25 July, aged 82. Husband of Glenis. Service at Rawdon Crematorium, Wednesday 10 August at 1pm.
On 21 July, in Peterborough, formerly of Scholes, Cleckheaton. Brother to Graham and the late Maralyn, Christine and Kathryn.
BROOK Gordon On 28 July, in his 80th year. Husband to Audrey. Service at St John's Church, Dewsbury Moor, Friday 12 August at 10.30am.
BURROWS Ann On 31 July, formerly of Thornhill, aged 68. Wife of the
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GREY Christopher John On 22 July, aged 75. Husband of Sheila. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 9 August at 1.15pm.
HEATON Alison Mary On 29 July, aged 87, of Liversedge. Wife of the late John. Service at St James Parish Church, Heckmondwike, Tuesday 9 August at 2.30pm, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium .
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LAWSON Lynn On 30 July, aged 64, of Cleckheaton. Wife of Steven. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 11 August at 2.45pm.
LAWTON Harry On 27 July, formerly of Staincliffe, aged 75. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 16 August at 10am.
LIGHTOWLER Marion (Nee Priestley) On 1 August , aged 80, of Cleckheaton. Wife of the late Les. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 23 August at 12.30pm.
NAYLOR Elizabeth (Betty) On 19 July, aged 86, of Birstall. Service at St Peter's Church, Birstall, Thursday 11 August at 12.45pm.
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Gomersal. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 12 August at 10.30am.
ROBINSON Irene On 22nd July, in hospital and of Staincliffe, aged 82, Irene, wife of the late Alan. Funeral will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Friday 12th August 2016 at 12:30pm.
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YOUNGSTERS have been making new friends in Thornhill Lees thanks to summer holiday sports activities. The Lees Moor Tenants’ and R e s i d e n t s ’ Association (TRA) are helping run weekly events at Lees Holme Park off Brewery Lane. Children aged eight to 12 attend for hockey, cricket, football, rounders, various workshops and a barbeque. They come from schools including Thornhill Lees Junior and Infants, Overthorpe Junior, Headfield Junior and Thornhill Academy. More than 50 are attending and are of white, black, Asian and Eastern European backgrounds. And being at different schools they would not necessarily have met until arriving at the park playing fields. The TRA joined forces with Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing’s community engagement team and Ultimate Sports for the project. Sessions, backed by Coun Masood Ahmed and MP Paula Sherriff, were promoted through schools and mosques. Coun Ahmed (Lab, Dewsbury South) sits on Kirklees Council’s Dewsbury and Mirfield district committee. He said: “The Dewsbury South ward is diverse in terms of its make-up and it’s good to bring different communities together. “The success of this project means we can look at rolling it out to other parts of Dewsbury and to Mirfield.” HECKMONDWIKE: A suspect who fled the scene of a crash involving a stolen car was arrested. Police were called to an incident at Brunswick Place off Thomas Street around 11.50am last Sunday. Three occupants of a BMW left in the road following a collision fled but one, a 26year-old man, was arrested after a police search and is now on bail. The BMW was found to have been stolen.
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College ‘no cure-all’ for town says trader More variety is needed – and Pioneers were on right track By David Miller A TRADER fears Dewsbury town centre will not get a boost from the new Kirklees College campus without an influx of new shops. Last week regeneration board chairman Coun Eric Firth called on shopkeepers who might be struggling to hang on until the college arrives in 2017/18. But a business owner on Westgate, who did not want to be named, thinks the project must go alongside retail reinvention. He said: “What you’ll find with the college people is they’ll get off the bus or train, go straight through to college, come out and then go straight home. “They’ll do their shopping on a weekend when they go to Leeds or somewhere else.” He added: “We need to change the class of retail in this town – and that’s not to be snobby, far from it. “But when you come into Dewsbury you see it’s predominently betting shops, pound shops and corner shops selling pots and pans all over the pavement. “Without any half-decent retailers coming back into town there’s no way of increasing trade.” He said community group Dewsbury Pioneers were right to encourage craft
New college site plans KIRKLEES College is proposing a single split-level building for the old Safeway site in Dewsbury. A full planning application was submitted to the council this week for land between Bradford and Halifax Roads next to Lidl. They show a double height ground floor section for contruction and motor vehicle students. This will allow cars and other large materials to be brought in and worked on via a dedicated entrance. At one end there will be a three storey element for business, art and design, social care and foundation students. The foundation students will be mainly those with learning or physical disabilities. As such they will have classrooms on the ground floor part looking out onto a protected courtyard. Classrooms for the other subjects would be on the
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Warning of M62 delays KIRKLEES: Drivers are being affected by a triple dose of motorway works. From last Monday until 6am tomorrow (Sat) there are narrow lanes and a 30mph limit at junction 26 of the M62 (Chain Bar). On Sunday from 8pm to 6am the next morning the M62 will be shut from junction 26 to 27 for cable works.
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two floors above in what is officially called the Dewsbury Learning Quarter. The building will be situated to the rear of the site near Halifax Road to allow for car parking at the front. Leeds-based KPP Architects promise in a design statement that it will be a high-quality building. Their report said: “Too often fashionable and flimsy designs
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makers to take empty shops at The Arcade. The aim was to find a niche, something that gives Dewsbury a reputation like that of Brighouse or Hebden Bridge. Some traders who left those premises recently are believed to be looking for other units. The businessman said bigger places, such as Wakefield and Huddersfield, have become ‘identikit’ with the same High Street names. “The cure for the town centre is enouraging enough individual shops to come and make people think Dewsbury is a place they’d like to visit,” he said. “Haworth is a nightmare of a place on a steep hill, but look at the amount of people who go because of the individual little shops, it’s something differFOR ORDERS ent. PAID BY 30/09/16 “That’s how we could’ve pulled ourselves out of this – and the right move was The Arcade when the craft places moved in. “They were giving it a go, it was something individual, something new and great for the town to have a few more units up there.”
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News In Brief Costs blow for KMC KIRKLEES: The council faces a huge shortfall in assessing treatment for people who cannot give consent. The number of applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard orders rose to 1,752 in 2015/16 from 383 the previous year. Each one costs Kirklees an average of £1,300 to process and up to £4,000 if it goes to court. In 2014/15 the council received £198,387 from the Government towards the costs. A Supreme Court ruling means many more patients are now eligible – with the forecast for 2016/17 being in excess of 2,000 claims. Cabinet member for housing Naheed Mather (Lab) said: “We need to lobby the Local Government Association and Government to get the Government to beef up this extra payment.”
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Nabila turns her life round with help of DDH By David Miller INSPIRATIONAL health care worker Nabila Mushtaq has built a career from nothing in the face of prejudice against women. Nabila, 37, works on Ward 8 at Dewsbury District Hospital caring for patients with respiratory problems. Twelve years ago Nabila, a Muslim, was a divorced single mother who claimed she was accused by distant relations of bringing shame on the family. She said of those people from the Kashmir region of Pakistan: “They were set in older ways.
“If you were a girl you were supposed to get married and have kids and that was your lot – and if you got divorced you’d brought shame on the family.” Nabila, of Dewsbury Moor, backed by dad Mohammed Mushtaq and mum Akhtar Bi, vowed not to accept that. Finding herself with no qualifications she began by volunteering at junior schools and care homes in 2006. Within five years Nabila was a qualified care support worker and staff mentor at the Hollybank Trust in Mirfield. Earlier this year she
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joined Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust as a healthcare assistant. Nabila passed a 15-module Care Certificate course in eight-and-a-half weeks, a record for the trust. She helps with patient personal care, blood pressure and heart rate checks and wound dressing. Nabila is now studying for a more advanced certificate that will allow her to draw blood and perform other minor procedures. Her potential was spotted by Unison officials, who also encouraged her to train as a shop steward. Last week she was
doing just that at the Northern College in Barnsley as her son Luth, 17, was preparing to take his A-Levels. He left Castle Hall Academy in Mirfield with 11 GCSEs at grades A and B and is currently at Bradford College. Nabila summarised her life up to 2004 as “married at 18, son at 19 and divorced at 24.” Having been born in Liversedge and raised in Heckmondwike, marriage saw her move to Middlesbrough. It was an arranged marriage, which she consented to, but when it broke down her parents provided crucial support when
she came home. She said: “If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have achieved this and I don’t think my son would have done as well. “I started with nothing, but my message to others is if I can do it anyone can do it.” Pictured left to right are: Anita Mason, clinical skills Tutor at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Nabila Mushtaq with her certificate, Sister Nicola Lawford and Judith Mayman (who is currently working towards her own care certificate), both from ward 8 at DDH
...professional praise for Nabila NABILA Mushtaq was one of 118 hospital healthcare assistants studying for their Care Certificate. So far 30 of them, including Nabila, have completed their courses and are now working across the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The training was brought in nationally in April last year as part of a review into care standards. Nabila, who works on
ward 8 at Dewsbury District Hospital, said: “Completing the Care Certificate has given me a real sense of achievement. “The training has given me the knowledge I needed to work in a hospital as I’d worked in the community before.” Anita Mason, clinical skills tutor at the trust, said: “My main goal is to ensure all new healthcare assitants are equipped with the correct
knowledge and skills to ensure our patients continue to receive the best care possible. “I believe the care certificate induction programme and certificate is a great way of achieving this.” Sister Nicola Lawford, who is Nabila’s line manager on Ward 8 at Dewsbury District Hospital, added: “This is a fantastic achievement for Nabila and she is a great asset to the ward.”
Three years jail for sex acts in bus station toilets A MAN has been jailed for three years for sexual encounters with a boy in the public toilets at Dewsbury Bus Station. John Forsyth, 46, of Walkley Lane, Heckmondwike, was found guilty by a jury at Leeds Crown Court in May on three counts of sexual activity with a child. Forsyth, who was also found guilty on three charges of causing a child to engage in sexual activity, appeared for sentencing at court on Tuesday. Philip Standfast, prosecuting, told the trial the offences happened on two days in 2014. The initial offence happened on February 11 and contact was repeated on March 4 that year. Forsyth said he had asked
the boy his age and had been told that he was 16, although he was actually 15. Nick Worsley, for Forsyth at the sentencing hearing, said the youth had been actively looking for sexual encounters and had experience of them. He was not corrupted or groomed by Forsyth and what took place was with his consent. But Mr Worsley said: “He took what was said at face value when he should have been more cautious and should have gone nowhere near this young man.” He added that Forsyth had relationship problems at the time and was “seeking comfort in the arms of another” despite the age discrepancy. Judge Mushtaq Khokhar told Forsyth: “...that the vic-
tim was active in seeking encounters of the type which occurred between yourself and him, does not excuse in any way what you did with him in those public toilets. “People of that age need protection from themselves.” BATLEY: An elderly woman was injured in a car crash on Bradford Road last Wednesday. In last week’s paper we incorrectly stated the VW Lupo driver, 78, and of Birstall, was unhurt. She in fact suffered severe whiplash and bruising. The woman, who did not want to be named, was treated at Pinderfields Hospital. She was cut free by firefighters around 11.10am after her car was in collision with a silver Toyota Corolla on Bradford Road.
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Sign of the times as kids take on motorists By David Miller CHILDREN in Gomersal made posters warning drivers speeding through their estate to slow down. They acted last Saturday after motorists began using the Shirley Estate as a rat run to avoid the road closure at Gomersal Hill Top. A burst water main has seen a huge crater open up at the junction of Spen Lane and Church Lane. Kirklees Council enforced a road closure until this coming Monday August 8 which involves diversions. But some motorists, including a lorry which got stuck on the Shirley Estate roundabout last Thursday, are looking for shortcuts. Colourful posters on Shirley Road also warn fellow youngsters to be careful when playing out. Six-year-old Connan Brooke got the idea after mum Emma Honour stopped him going outside with his friends. Emma, 32, said: “When he asked I had to express my feelings about that and because he’s very inquisitive he started asking a lot of questions. “So I took him out onto the street to show him the traffic and explain that it’s dangerous.” Connan, a pupil at St Mary’s Primary, wondered if his friends knew and if drivers were aware
Back row from left are Kirsty Doyle holding daughter Willow Doyle, Coby Doyle and Emma Brooke. Middle, l-r, Masie Doyle, Connan Brooke, Abbie Stephenson and Jasmin Stephenson. At front is Myles Brooke.
News in Brief No birthday treat for man on curfew DEWSBURY MOOR: Magistrates refused to vary a curfew to allow a man to eat out for his four-year-old daughter’s birthday. Reman Hassan, 22, of Heckmondwike Road, was given a community order on June 2 for driving while disqualifed and without insurance. The sentence included a 16-week curfew from 8pm to 7am daily – which Hassan wanted to start later last Sunday. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard his grandmother was coming from Latvia and they were going for a meal in Ravensthorpe for his daughter’s birthday. The Huddersfield bench refused the application, pointing out they could eat at home instead.
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estate and on Oxford Road. Emma, a hairstylist at Heads and Tales, said of Connan: “It was all on his own initiative and I’m so proud of him. “There are a lot of drivers coming through the estate who don’t know the area.” She added problems are worst at morning rush hour around 7am and from 4pm to 8pm on
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Library ‘addict’ took £430 A DRUG addict stole more than £400 in cash from a wallet at Dewsbury Library. Bartosz Gortat, 32, of Market Street, Heckmondwike, admitted a charge of theft at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court. The hearing was told victim Ian McBurnie was in the library on March 7. He was using a computer with a wobbly keyboard which he stabilised with his wallet, which he then left behind. Bill Astin, prosecuting, said the wallet was missing when Mr McBurnie came back to retrieve it. A check of CCTV showed
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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood
Ee bah gum, we’re alreyt tha nos WAS in the office on Monday August 1st, watching the predictable summer rain coming down like stair rods, so I couldn’t be present for the readings of the Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity at the four Bars of York (that’s ‘bar’ as in ‘entrance or gate’, as opposed to bar as in ‘mine’s a pint’). I’d left my ceremonial flat cap and whippet at home, but I did pick up some mucky fat, pies and belly pork from Cross’s, to celebrate a proper Yorkshire Day tea when I got home. Ee bah gum. Regional and national identity has been all the vogue lately – or as sum folk might say, reyt trendy tha nos. The Welsh have their assembly, where they endlessy debate why they are a bunch of stunted little Celts whose only achievements of the past 50 years were pro-
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Sir Geoff? President Boycott in the Republic of Yorkshire! ducing Gareth Edwards and JPR Williams in the 70s, plus a wazzock like Neil Kinnock. (Don’t try giving me the Wales footy team at this summer’s Euros by the way – they were nearly all English!) As for the Scots – well, don’t they remind us about their self-importance often
enough. I do find it ironic that if an Englishman publicly despised and derided anyone with half the hatred that Nicola Krankie and her cronies vent upon us, we’d have Plod charging us with hate crimes in a flash. I have no problem with the national pride of Sweaties (sweaty socks – Jocks). My son could sing their anthem Oh Flower of Scotland when he was a toddler. It’s a good tune even if it does proclaim a blood-lusting defeat of the wicked English (they wish). I just wish we could adopt Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory for our anthem. All of which said, with a bigger population than Scotland (much bigger than Wales) and a faster growing economy than either, now would be the perfect time to appeal for Yorkshire’s independence.
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You won’t hear it from me however. Heaven forfend. Who would we have as President – John Prescott or Michael Parkinson, with Dicky Bird as Chancellor? Arthur Scargill as Minister of Public Works? And you could guarantee that within 12 months Geoffrey Boycott would stage an uprising. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of my vowels that broadcaster Stuart Hall once mocked live on Radio 4 as being flatter than Twiggy’s chest when she was 12 (he didn’t actually say that, but given what he subsequently got banged up for, it had probably been on his mind). But can you imagine a state visit to Leeds by US President Hillary Clinton – and she embarrassingly needs an interpreter for all the “sithee lass” “nah-then” and “eyups”? No, let’s have our quaint little Yorkshire Day, wash a pork growler down with a pint of Tetley’s, and get on with being proud English men and women. ACK to the Sweaties and I’m probably not allowed to say that Krankie and Co are brainless kilted morons, so I won’t. But you have to wonder if they got their five A-Cs in whatever passes for a tartan GCSE, when they so detest armslength association with us, but want to submit themselves to total rule by Brussels and the EU. How on earth does that sit with an independent Scotland? Jean Claude Juncker will have Krankie putting her hand up and asking for permission every time she needs the loo, at the rate they’re driving smaller states into federal submission. Despite their pro-Remain vote, I suspect more Scots would rather keep the Union than abandon themselves to Brussels, even in the unlikely event the EU would accept a skint nation of miserable alcoholics as members. Where do the Sweaties think all those EU hand-outs come from – Latvia? Once we stopping writing cheques a lot of begging bowls will be sent back empty, which brings us back neatly to those committed Europeans, my ancestors the Irish. Two thirds of Eire is agricultural land, farming is its biggest domestic industry and on average in 2014 each farm received almost 19,000 euros in EU subsidies, equating to 70% of every farm’s income. Don’t expect calls for a referendum any time soon (one Cork farmer received EU subsidies of 444,000 euros!)
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Action needed, not words ’M NOT sure that if my retail business was having it tough in Dewsbury town centre, that I’d take much comfort from the words of regeneration board chairman Coun Eric Firth last week. Eric wants shopkeepers to hang on for grim life until Kirklees College relocates into town. In the meantime £3.7m – a tidy sum – is being spent literally papering over the cracks of Northgate. The college move is a bold and welcome plan, no doubt, but it’s difficult to picture what kind of a cultural or retail revolution it will bring, given that the students are currently only a few hundred yards up Halifax Road anyway. Still, we live in hope. Eric wasn’t quite waving a magic wand when he gave his words of encouragement, and our page 1 photo last week doesn’t show if he had his fingers crossed behind his back, but if Kirklees’s track record for regenerating anything north of Cooper Bridge is anything to go by, our town centre traders could be lining up to throw themselves off the top of the Pioneer building by the time the new college opens. We got some stick on our Facebook page last week for talking the town down. I wasn’t quite sure how that view was arrived at, but the wider point is surely this – it’s one thing politicians and well-paid regeneration staff talking the town up, it’s quite something else getting meaningful stuff done. There’s been a parade of councillors trotting out the same pie-in-the-sky platitudes since 1974. Eric promises a new dawn “come what may”. A big promise, that. But whatever Dewsbury is today is at least partly a consequence of councillors’ inability to deliver anything except candy floss speeches – because it’s about a lot more than beseeching new retailers to open up. How about clearing the ASBO types off the streets, get-
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Coun Eric Firth ting tough on absentee landlords, on dangerous, derelict buildings – oh and how about stopping persecuting shoppers with the council’s parking Gestapo? That would make a huge difference, for starters. And where have these campaigning councillors been every time another pint of the district’s lifeblood has been siphoned off to sustain Huddersfield? A purpose-built courts complex was sacrificed to preserve a far less suitable facility in Huddersfield, with all the predictable consequences Eric Firth highlighted last week. Why didn’t the combined Labour, Tory and Lib Dem members of north Kirklees unite to fight that battle? I’ll tell you why – because too many would rather play petty party politics than be grown up and fight for the common cause. I’ll go further. Some would even rather see Huddersfield prosper than Dewsbury. Right now there’s a handful still battling for the future of Dewsbury & District Hospital but most just go with the flow, sigh and shrug their shoulders, before emerging from public hibernation every few years when it’s their turn to stand for re-election. Good luck to everyone who tries to make a go of trading in Dewsbury town centre. Really, because you can’t bank a Kirklees promise.
Time to bin ‘honours’ THINK it is fair to compare the rewards bestowed upon his network of cronies, sycophants and already well remunerated hangers-on by ex-Prime Minister David Cameron, with the case of Jim McVeigh, the subject of our page 1 story. Jim made himself a success in his chosen field of civil engineering. His family have all done well. They, like him, give back to their community. In Jim’s case, foot-
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ball, rugby and cricket clubs, young people’s groups, charities ... never a needy cause that’s too much trouble. No thanks or honours required. We already have a dishonourable and dishonoured political elite. They’ve been sussed and Cameron’s rush to enrich his coterie of friends ought to be the last act of it. No more honours – unless rubber stamped by a panel of men and women like Jim McVeigh!
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By Staff Reporters LIVES in Heckmondwike could be at risk because the new district fire station is now too far away, a devastated fish and chip shop owner claimed. Tony Goodhead spoke out after his Dale Lane Fisheries on Fairfield Parade went up in flames on July 16. The premises, which were gutted, have been shut since and may not reopen for another six weeks due to the damage caused. Tony, 55, said it took nineand-a-half minutes for fire crews to get there from the newly opened Carlton Road station in Batley Carr. He believes the damage might have been less had they travelled from the old fire station near the top of Carlinghow Lane. Tony’s concern is for others and he said: “If it was children trapped in a fire they’d have had no chance. “But it’s not the fault of the firefighters – and I’d like to say thank you to them because I was totally pleased with what they did.” He said the problem was how long it took for crews to reach the scene from Batley Carr, coming via the busy
The new fire station in Batley Carr – too far away? Halifax Road. The new fire station resulted from a merger between Batley and Dewsbury due to budget cuts. “From Carlinghow Lane it would’ve taken two to three minutes and if they’d come from there, there might only be a quarter of the damage,” Tony said. He faces a repair bill of about £15,000 even after taking into account an insurance payout. A chip vat caught fire and sent flames into an extractor fan, which caused the blaze to spread quickly. “The place was gutted and in terms of repairs it’ll need taking right back to the brickwork,” he said. “I managed to get out and attempted to go back in with
a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket. But I was taking in long gulps of smoke and thought if I took one more I wouldn’t get back out again.” Tony praised a passing policewoman who stopped to help and the actions of firefighters. He added: “I was recently in London and saw fire engines coming out in threes and fours – and a quarter of mile down the road there’d be another fire station. “It’s the same old story, they make sure they’re alright down there, while the rest of us have to put up with cuts. And I’m not getting a rebate on my council tax because of the reduced fire cover either.”
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Thanks for tributes to MP Jo Dear Sir, We are writing to express our heartfelt thanks for the support and kindness that has been shown to us during recent weeks, in the aftermath of Jo’s murder. The outpouring of love and good wishes has been truly overwhelming, and has provided us with great comfort at such a difficult time. We are gradually working our way through the thousands of cards and letters we have received from all over the constituency, country, and indeed the world, and it would be impossible to thank people individually, hence our letter. Quite simply, Jo loved her job as the Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen, and she loved the people of Batley and
Questions over Clayborn plan From: AR and JE Gilpin, Liversedge Dear Sir, Re: New road from Hightown Road to Liversedge Football Club, Clayborn Playing Fields I was surprised to read about
Letter of the Week: Family of the late Jo Cox MP Spen. As such, we would like to thank you all for the love and support you showed to her during her life, and also the love and support you have shown to us as a family since her death. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to everybody who helped us to organise Jo’s funeral, including the police, local authority, funeral director, venue and florist. Despite the circumstances, we were
the access road proposals to Liversedge FC’s Clayborn ground (“Homes Plan could save Clayborn”, Press 22 July). The current outline Kirklees Council Draft Local Plan for a development of over 300 homes near Laverhills contains no mention of a road linking that development and the Quaker Lane area. Proposals similar to the current one now suggested in the
article have already been rejected by Kirklees Council as far back as 2010, and nothing has happened since then to change that. We fully support the development of improved sporting facilities for this area which reach a broader range of users. But the picture emerging from the club itself is that the Clayborn site has extensive problems, and that it is in a
able to have a positive and uplifting day celebrating Jo’s amazing life and wonderful achievements. We would now ask, if we may, that as a community we consolidate Jo’s work and keep her memory alive by continuing to make Batley and Spen a cohesive, integrated and vibrant place to live and work, in peace and harmony, and to strive for a better future together. With much love and gratitude. wholly inappropriate location for a modern and inclusive sports facility. Could the club rethink its proposals and try to build greater local community involvement so that a viable long term solution to their difficulties might be found?
Parking fine was so petty From: Name & address supplied, Mirfield Dear Sir, Having read the article in a recent Press newspaper about parking ticket warnings, I thought I would like to say I know how Mr Dacre feels about being fined for parking marginally outside a parking bay. Myself, along with my husband, have spent many hours shopping in the past at Brighouse. We have had lots of good trips to the shops and cafes, and usually parked in the same car park near the church. One day I got back to the car to find a parking ticket on the windscreen; the reason given that one of my tyres was touching the inner line of the crisscross yellow round edge of the parking bay! My husband and I both have a blue badge; we are careful where we leave our car, in fact many cars we see are parked on corners or double parked
and so on, and that’s on the roads, not car parks, and no fines on windows! I was, and still am, annoyed; £50 fine, or if paid within 14 days £25. I paid up, I had to get it off my mind. We have not shopped in Brighouse since, so our regular visits, and the money spent in the shops there has ended. Since that day, which is now two or three years back, I have spoken to quite a lot of people who have stopped their visits and gone elsewhere.
Cameron and cronies stink From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, So Mr Austerity, better known as former Prime Minister David Cameron, has given out knighthoods and honours to his mates and £283,000 golden goodbyes to each of his 20 special advisers. A petition to honour the man who put his life on the line in assisting Jo Cox on the day she was brutally murdered was rejected on the grounds that we mere mortals can’t make nominations. Meanwhile workers in Britain have seen their wages fall 10.4% between 2007 and 2015. Cameron and his former sidekick George Osborne said
‘we are all in it together’ when clearly we aren’t. Public libraries are closing or having their hours reduced and Leeds City Council, like other local authorities, is facing up to 2000 job losses. If Prime Minister Theresa May is offering anything different she would reject Cameron’s cronyism and the austerity that has been the Tory Party’s economic policy for the past 6 years.
New MP has a tough job on From: Pat Crisp, Batley Dear Sir, I read with interest your article on the people who wish to be our new MP. Firstly they didn’t light my candle, but it’s going to be very hard to follow Jo Cox, who we all loved. I hope before the election they will be going out to work with the community groups so we can see what they are about, like Jo did. If not they need to forget about standing now, because our community will not be interested. We do need a local person, male or female, who knows what we need and will work with everybody. I know our community all stands together on this.
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‘We’re backing This Weekend Only! Dewsbury’ say MATTRESSES Polish couple NEW entrepreneurs are backing Dewsbury to turn the corner after investing thousands in a new cafe. Joanna Dolecka and Eric Gawronski plan to open Polish cafe Sweet and Salted by October. It is in a building on Corporation Street that’s getting a £150,000 external makeover thanks to council and lottery cash. They are committing thousands more of their own money to turning the inside into a bright, modern eatery. The duo, of Dewsbury Moor, run Polish shop Polski Specjaly opposite the new site and a similar one in Batley. For a time there were other stores in Ravensthorpe and Cleckheaton while Joanna also has the hair salon Cinnamon on Grange Road in Batley. They arrived here from Poland 11 years ago and Joanna said:
Taste of Italian at Charlotte’s A POPULAR ice cream parlour now boasts a taste of Italy thanks to a new play area. Geoffrey and Audrey Wraithmell of Charlotte’s Ice Cream Parlour at Whitley made a business trip to Longarone in the north-east province of Belluno. While there they visited a coffee shop which boasted a climbing frame-cummini adventure playground. The piece is shaped like a tree, but unlike most climbing frames it has steps, a walkway and tunnels to crawl through. They were so taken with it they found the company that makes them and had some imported. Audrey said: “We had a bit of difficulty as the instructions for building it were in Italian, but we managed!”
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“We hope Dewsbury will be growing. “When we first came Dewsbury was beautiful and a really busy town. It’s quieter now, but it’s not worrying, because we’re still doing well. And I believe it will go in the right way. I can see some changes and think it will go back to how it was before.” She added: “We see so much potential in Dewsbury. There’s a
big Polish commmunity and it’s continued to grow since we came to the UK. “We also have many English customers and I think they will come to our new cafe.” Sweet and Salted will offer traditional Polish food, such as stews, on a menu which will change daily. External decoration at the building, which includes
Simply Mobile next door, including stained glass, stonework and gutters will be repaired or replaced. Eric said: “When we decided to take the premises we didn’t even know about the refurbishment.” Landlords in the town centre conservation area around Northgate can contact the council for cash help. A pot of £3.7m is available until 2019 for new shop fronts, roof repairs and other renovations. Eric added: “Maybe Dewsbury could do with some sort of stimulus, such as a reduction in business rates, because the rates are quite high. “But we’re very excited about the cafe. It should be really good for us because it’s right opposite one of our other businesses.”
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OSTALGIA, as the saying goes, is never what it used to be. For local people wanting to let their hair down – those that have some of course – no truer a word could be uttered. We used to have late night watering holes aplenty, although admittedly none went past 2am, unlike these days when it seems kids aren’t even going out until midnight – what’s all that about? Back in our day, 2am was fine and dandy. But then again we used to have to get up for work (warning: old sod on high horse). I’ll get my excuses and apologies in early. When you misspent as many of your single nights in the various establishments of Dewsbury and Batley (not forgetting Mirfield’s Pentagon/ Panache) as I did, memory can play tricks on you. Any contradictions can be gladly emailed to our letters page. I didn’t attend The Final Frontier, sadly. Way past my bed time when working on a Sunday. And I don’t do crowds (or 30 minute queues at the bar) very well any more. But in one way, in hindsight – I wish I had. Gene Pitney, at the Variety Club, around 1975 was my inauguration to the glamorous, glitzy world of grown ups. Life would never be the same.
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T WAS like the good old days on Saturday night, as crowds of people queued along Bradford Road in Batley for what was termed ‘the Final Frontier’. Just 12 months short of its 50th birthday, the venue that started life as the world famous Batley Variety Club closed its doors for the very last time. Fittingly, revellers from across the generations packed out the club into the early hours, some to enjoy a buzzing Saturday night out, others to bid a nostalgic farewell to a club that had played a big part in their own lives. The closure of The Frontier marked the end of an era for nightclubs in Dewsbury and Batley. To mark its farewell, Press publisher Danny Lockwood muses about the heyday of a local nightlife as busy and buzzing as in any town in the north...
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Even when the Variety Club became the Frontier – after a brief identity crisis as Crumpets if you recall – it was always the district’s big boy on the block. But then there were always plenty of customers to go round, and plenty of venues for them. The Ben Riley in Union Street – just off Daisy Hill – which became the Bin Lid, was before my time, although the stories were passed down. And boy were there always stories, going back
t o t h e days w h e n Dewsbury had an abundance of cinemas and dance halls. The good old days. I was delighted to see that Alan Kent got the last night at the Frontier underway, because Alan – like the late Howard Burnett – was always a familiar face on the local club scene. For Howard, cabaret performer, entertainer, magician,
entrepreneur, deejay and all around character, the golden years were at that three-club, four-storey place of legend on Wellington Road – Four Faces and P a u l A n t h o n y ’s accessed from the front of the building, and ‘downstairs’ The Entertainer. It’s more than 10 years now since we lost Howard aged just 56. Too soon. But if Howard Burnett was the main impresario at the top of town – alongwith his swish neighbours at the fabulous
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– AND END OF AN ERA... Zhivago’s in Wellington House – then the legend that ran the bottom of the hill was the one and only Billy Mann. Billy, of Briestfield, along with his glamorous wife Dawn – usually on the till! – began their club activities in Dewsbury with Caesar’s Tavern in South Street, across from the bus station. Caesar’s would in turn become La Pache (motto – A taste of the good life!) under the guiding hand of Rodney and Janet Watson, while upstairs was Ma Peel’s (later to become American Express, although I doubt the customers ever owned an Amex card between them). Billy and Dawn’s final fling in the club world would be reopening downstairs as the eponymous Manners, where popular local landlord, steward and ex-Bradford Northern player Dennis Trotter was the manager for a while, with a mullet-haired imposter called Lockwood on deejay duties for a time. Half a dozen clubs then, accessed simply by rolling from the top of the ring road to the bus station – but even in Dewsbury there was more. For a while Ted and Sue Rushforth of the John F Kennedy operated a nightclub in their adjoining building, complete with basement dancefloor. Along Bradford Road,
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...and the great survivor, the club that is still rolling along after many years – The Squash Club
Left – it went through a number of name changes, both upstairs and downstairs, though the last one was never as ‘mucky’ as the nickname some people gave it. Above ... no evidence that it was ever a Doctor’s surgery Above right ... there’s a clue in the architecture! Pickwicks blazed briefly – before blazing literally – and is now the home of Box’s Funeral Directors. I am still mentally scarred by what I witnessed during one Monday night ‘strip cabaret’ event at Pickwicks. And that takes some doing. More recently, a fortune was spent renovating a club in one of the fine buildings
up Bond Street, but it was a short-lived affair. A sign that once said Jimmy’s still hangs on the wall outside. One nightclub however has endured down the years, billing itself as West Yorkshire’s longest-running ‘alternative club’ based in the old Second Class swimming baths in Old Westgate, The Squash Club.
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lights, across the road from where Mick Ingram’s brother Chris ran The Bank, and before that the Auction Rooms, both now gone the way of so many. We wish the new venture well. But times, they are a’changing. And one thing’s for sure, we won’t see anything as iconic as the Frontier/Variety Club again.
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‘Funny’ drunk’s angling stunt A DRUNK yob pushed two anglers into a Birstall fishing pond for a so-called laugh, a court heard. Ashley Smith, 22, struck twice in an hour at Longbottoms Dam on Kirkgate on the early morning of June 5. Kirklees Magistrate’ Court heard the victims, in their 40s and 50s, were fishing at the time. Jill Seddon, prosecuting, said, the first man was on his own at around 6am when Smith approached. She said: “The defendant walked past in drink and tried to engage in conversation with him about the cost of his equipment. “He then leaned over him
and pushed him in, the victim’s fishing equipment also falling into the lake.” The second incident happened between 45 minutes and an hour later when another man on his own was also pushed into the water by Smith. Both suffered damage to their fishing equipment while a mobile phone in the pocket of one victim was also ruined. The men were left shaken to the extent that one has not been back to the dam and the other only once. Sentencing on Smith, who appeared from custody, was adjourned by magistrates for a probation report to be compiled.
Benefit charge A CHICKENLEY woman is alleged to have committed a £4,500 benefit fraud by not telling the authorities her health had improved. Elaine Emmett, 58, of Syke Lane, denies a charge of dishonestly failing to disclose a change of circumstances affecting her entitlement to benefit. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard Emmett was on the disability living allowance due to arthritis and pain medication. Magistrates were told there is DVD footage of the 58-yearold walking unaided. Emmett’s trial was set for Friday October 28.
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Author not such an idiot at all... A MAN from Dewsbury who dropped out of school before his teens has won a six-book publishing deal. Paul Aitken 30, formerly of Nook Green, left the then Thornhill High School at the age of just 12 due to depression. Now of Northumberland and writing under the name David Jester, his life was blighted by regular bouts of the condition into his mid-20s. But he took his GCSEs and studied for a degree in English Literature with the Open University. David always wanted to become a novelist but feared his dream would never amount to anything. He continued writing as a form of catharsis and four years ago self-published debut novel An Idiot in Love topped Amazon’s charts in the UK and US. Described as Bridget Jones meets American Pie, it was downloaded more than 6,000 times on its first day. It went on to sell more than
David Jester – formerly of Thornhill 10,000 copies in its first month of release and remained on Amazon’s bestseller list for a year. David has now agreed a six-book deal with Skyhorse Publishing, the US firm which is home to Nobel Prize winners Samuel Beckett and Octavio Paz. The first book is an updated version of An Idiot in
Love, which hit the shelves recently. David said of his book deal: “This has been a long time in the making and I can’t wait to see where this leads. “Skyhorse Publishing have worked with some of the best writers of my generation and it is an honour to be listed alongside them.” UK publishers rejected An Idiot in Love as “too niche” but found favour with San Francisco-based literary agent Peter Breen. David admitted: “It’s a very unusual book and doesn’t really fit into any genre, so getting a publisher to pay attention has not been an easy task. Thankfully, Peter loved my book and has been incredibly supportive.” Mr Breen said: “I was stunned by the lack of interest because his work is so wickedly funny and engaging. To have achieved what he has through self-publishing is a fantastic achievement and his passion for writing is unquestioned.”
News in Brief LIVERSEDGE: We have been asked to clarify a point about the future of Liversedge Football Club. A 60-year covenant on Clayborn guarantees the pitch cannot be used for a purpose other than football. It is only their position in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division that could be in danger if they are unable to improve their facilities.
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A Special Press Advertorial Feature IRSTALL is thriving and gaining a reputation for itself as a place with quirky independent businesses. It started with the arrival of a telescope shop and firms like a Mod-themed barbers around the Nelson Street area. The former Princess Ballroom, which was originally a cinema built in 1919, is in full swing. Now called The Venue, it hosts ballroom dancing and also soul and Motown nights which attract crowds from all over. An upcoming Magic of Motown night is on Saturday August 27 for up to 400 revellers. Developments such as the Soul Spa, which offers beauty treatments with a spiritual twist, have added to Birstall’s appeal. The Wellbeing Centre, one of the first alternative businesses to open in the Nelson Street area, is now home to Angelic Wings
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A heartfelt thanks to super Kirkwood A BEAUTY therapist from Earlsheaton is organising a charity ball for Kirkwood Hospice as a thank you for their support. Leon Breheney, who runs the Envious Hair, Beauty and Tanning Salon, has hired the Heath Cottage Hotel for a bash on Saturday September 3. Kirkwood Hospice was a source of strength for Leon’s family in 2011 when cancer struck. The mother of Leon’s partner Ben, Sarah Lindsay, died in June that year just five weeks after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Sarah, 52, only began to show obvious symptoms the previous Christmas which were being investigated. She had been dieting, so weight loss over the previous year was thought to be normal and Leon said: “Because she’d been dieting nobody put it together.” Further tests saw
Leon (back), with Sarah, Phoenix and Ben an initial diagnosis of colon cancer change to terminal pancreatic cancer. Sarah passed away at Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield just five weeks later, leaving her family stunned. In between staff arranged for Sarah’s sister Joanna, who
lives in Cumbria, to stay on site. They also helped prepare the family through counselling and arranging art classes for her then seven-year-old grandson Phoenix. Leon said: “Kirkwood were amazing and we can’t thank them enough
for what they did. “I got on really well with Sarah, and so I was grieving for her, but I was also grieving for the person I love most in the world because he was hurt badly.” Some of the money she left the couple allowed Leon to open his business on Town Street three years ago. The charity ball is open to the public and the dress is smart with a black and white theme. Tickets cost £50 per couple, which includes a twocourse meal and goodie bag, and are from the shop on 01924 451800. There will also be a DJ and bingo with prizes including a fabulous week’s holiday at a villa in Lanzarote. Leon added: “Sometimes, because it’s in Huddersfield, people think Kirkwood’s not for our area, but they are and when we were devastated they really supported us.”
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Ramblers’ corner • FORTHCOMING walks with the North Kirklees Group of the Ramblers – non-members are always welcome. Please call the walk leader for more details SAT 6 AUGUST 2016 10:30 7 miles/11.3 km - Moderate DENBY & CUMBERWORTH Starts at 10:30: Denby Dale railway station (HD8 8QE, SE224085) field & woodland paths in Dearne Valley Contact: Geoff, 01422 379921
RED DEVILS ON TARGET FOR MIRFIELD SHOW THE SKY’S the limit at Mirfield Show this year, as the Red Devils parachute display team are due to swoop into the showground on Sunday August 21. The headline attraction, who are serving soldiers with the Parachute Regiment, will wow the crowd with their amazing aerobatic displays – and they’ll happily meet and chat with spectators after the display. Other attractions
include the UK’s first and only llama agility display team. Coming all the way from the outskirts of the Snowdonia National Park, the Blackrock Llama Centre are bringing their magnificent creatures to Mirfield Show for the first time. And to embrace the organisers’ carnival theme a team of stilt walkers will be wandering around the showground, along with some creative and colourful dance rou-
tines in the main ring from the Katie Phillpott School of Dance and Sutton School of Performing Arts. On the Mirf’fest music stage a host of local bands and solo artists will entertain the crowds throughout the day. Due to popular demand, closing the main ring events will be the heavily contested tug-of-war. Show chairman Karen Bullivant said: “We are very excited about 2016 and have lots of exciting
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Oakwell drama BIRSTALL: One of the most celebrated Yorkshire literary works has been turned into an outdoor stage play. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit will be performed at Oakwell Hall on Tuesday August 16. The audience should bring their own seating but no tables please. Oakwell’s gardens will open at 6pm for viewing and picnics. The performance starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £14 for adult, £12 for seniors £10 for children and students. Family tickets are £42. More details on www.seetickets.com.
new attractions, as well as firm favourites including the bonny baby show and the horse and pony show. We hope to attract a record-breaking number of visitors at this year’s show to embrace the carnival spirit.” Advance tickets cost £3.50 per adult (£5 on the day) and under 16s are free. Tickets can be bought online or in selected Mirfield shops shortly. Visit www.mirfieldshow.co.uk for details.
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Bronte-theme craft events at Red House HEAD down to Red House Museum in Gomersal for a special craft weekend inspired by the Bronte family This Saturday, August 6, you can learn how to make two styles of notebooks inspired by the minibooks made by the Bronte children and Charlotte Bronte’s own diary. The ‘Make Your Own Minibook’ session runs from 1pm to 4pm and costs £10 per person. Following that on Sunday, August 7, the C a l d e r d a l e Calligraphers will teach people the basics of this fascinating hobby. They will use words and phrases from Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel Shirley which featured Red House and the Taylor family who lived there. ‘Have a go at Calligraphy’ runs from 1.30pm to 4pm and costs £5 per person. ‘Shirley’ is set dur-
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ing the Industrial Revolution. It is about a mill owner called Robert Gerard Moore. Robert introduces a labour saving device into his mill which doesn’t go down very well with the workers who rebel and threaten the mill and Robert’s life – the story is about what happens next and how the uprising affects his life, as well as his love life. The house where the Yorke Family live in the book is called Briarmains, and it is closely based around Red House and the family who then lived there, the Taylors. Mary Taylor was a lifelong friend of Charlotte who visited the house in the 1830s. Prices for both sessions include all materials and entry into Red House. Sunday’s session is half price for those attending Saturday’s session, providing
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Doodle a-Dahl NORTH KIRKLEES: The BFG is set to be one of summer’s hit films – and there are art competitions called Doodle A Dahl this month where youngsters can create drawings themed around characters made famous by the author. The last Doodle A Dahl is at Cleckheaton library on Thursday August 11. Call 01484 414868.
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Joe’s going back to the future – and he never gets ‘Browned’ off.... FANS OF the legendary rocker Joe Brown who enjoyed hits with ‘A Picture Of You’, ‘It Only Took A Minute’ and ‘That’s What Love Will Do’ will be thrilled to know he is back on tour this autumn. And if you love rock & roll films from the past Joe tells me his big hit Three Hats for Lisa will be released on DVD this month co-starring Carry On star Sydney James. Joe reveals: “It’s funny looking back at yourself all young and sprightly but I am still in good nick and will put on a fantastic show for everyone.” Book now. FORMER Coronation Street actress Alison King has teased that fans may not have seen the last of Carla King, as she would never rule out reprising the role. The actress’s popular character bowed out of Weatherfield in May. She said: “I am glad she has the opportunity to return, but as yet I have no plans, that said of course if no work offers come my way I may just be glad to be back in the street.” TOP GEAR host Matt LeBlanc won’t be having a new co-host after Chris Evans simply because the BBC don’t have enough money. They are already behind with episodes having only made six out of the 12 so far, but they are sure with Matt now on board they will have finally a hit driving show. EMMERDALE actress Gemma Atkinson who plays Carly Hope in the soap laughs when she tells me of her latest romance in the show. “It’s obvious when the writers look around to think who have they not paired you up with yet, and so eventually you’re bound to have some connection if you’re in the soap long enough,” she laughed. BBC1’s lavish 2016 adaptation of Tolstoy’s great Russian novel swept us away with its grandeur and lavish costumes. At the heart of it was gorgeous James Norton from Grantchester, who tells me: “I think I have made it fashionable along with Prince Harry, to be red haired again. I get lots of compliments about it now, which never happened before.” CORONATION St producer Kate Oates, denies it’s her soap axe as the reason why Les Dennis is now leaving after two years. A friend tells me: “She says not, but many here believe it won’t be the first, after all a new producer always wants to put their
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Ann, with the legendary Joe Brown own stamp on things and it’s started already.” GORDON Ramsay may be heading back to UK screens. Gordon seems yet to realize that his brand of bullying TV is out of favour right now on screens, but he is hopeful a channel may just offer him something. He is in a twoyear deal with Fox in the US, which he signed back in summer 2015. LITTLE House on the Prairie actress Charlotte Stewart who played much loved schoolteacher Miss Beadle in the ‘70s western drama, tells me she is glad the show is well loved today, as “it’s like so many things, when you make it you have no idea if it will be popular in years to come, but we always hoped for that.” IDRIS ELBA may be a big star now in Hollywood with movies and his hit drama Luther but he tells me, “I owe it all to Family Affairs, the Channel 5 soap from years back”. He says: “It was the breakthrough for everything really, so don’t underestimate the power of the soap opera, it can lead to great things.” ACTOR Paul Henry played handyman Benny Hawkins in Crossroads from 1975 to 1988, and released his 1977 single Benny’s Theme with the Mayson Glen Orchestra which sadly failed to bother the charts. It now appears that a new dance remix is gaining a whole new audience – and Paul could be looking at kick starting his ‘Benny’ career all over again. Someone tell Miss Diane! SID OWEN, best known for his role as Ricky Butcher in EastEnders, admits he left the show to try his hand in Hollywood. Sadly, he is now back and after appearing on Celebrity Masterchef he tells
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Blanket box/ottoman on Shepherds castors, hinged lid, brass handles, wood effect 3ft long X 18” deep X 16” high £30 ono. Tel 01924 462494. (1976)
pushchair seat, rain cover. Converts to 3 wheeler, like new bargain £135. 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) Lindam child safety gate, new, still boxed £7. Tel 01484 656666. (1970) New child’s buggy, £10. Tel 01924 4708866 (1941)
Deluxe gazebo, only used once £30. Tel 01924 503630. (1977)
DIY Velux roof window 550 X1000ml, used, removal from house by roofer. Good condition, ready to refit. Can be viewed by arrangement, £85 ono. Tel 01924 462494. (1967)
Singer sewing machine in wooden carry case £35. Tel 01924 503630. (1977)
ELECTRICAL Pedestal fan £10. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971)
Lexmark Inkjet 3-1 printer copier, silver/black, wi-fi, with charger; Energy Star 3500/ 4500 model 4431 £7. Tel 01924 462494. (1978)
Cylinder vacuum cleaner, excellent condition £20. Tel 01274 870164 (Gom).(1971)
Double garment rail, still boxed as new, fully adjustable to 5ft 8” X 4ft X 20”, on castors, black/chrome, bargain £7. Tel 01924 462494. (1978) Kenwood Food processor/liquidizer with all accessories, hardly used £15. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirfield) (1979) Superfine wool worsted suit lengths (3), plus several smaller pieces of good quality cloth £20. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirfield) (1979) Thirteen decorative wall plates with wire hangers £10. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirfield) (1979) Four Hofmeister glass boots, (2 large, 2 smaller) pub memorabilia £30. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirfield) (1979)
Large CD/cassette player; surround sound, remote control £20. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) 5 sheet A4, strip cut shredder, as new £7. Tel 01484 656666. (1970) Samsung (BD-H8900M) Smart hub Blu-Ray 3D player + HD, HDD built in, dual recording, only 3 months old £90, cost £199.99. Tel 01924 495640. (1966) Bang and Olufsen record player/ radio/ recorder, plus 250 LPs. All excellent condition, £300. Tel 01924 471065. (1932) FABRIC/FASHION/ CLOTHING Mother of bride wedding outfit, mauve dress & jacket, Jacques Vert, size 16, also matching bag and shoes, size 7 £95. Tel 01924 496751. (1969)
Very rare early 1900’s Victory V tin (shop display), Fryer & Co, Nelson, collectable/antique £30. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirf) (1979)
Three gents’ leather jackets, size medium. All good condition, £30 for all three. Tel 01924 518904. (1957)
Small coffee table, solid marble with brass legs £10. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirf) (1979)
New Hotter shoes, size 4ee, mustard colour, with tube of cleaner. Cost £71, accept £20 ono. Tel 01924 478723. (1947)
Period lamp standard, polished mahogany, with floral shade £15. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirfield) (1979) Ladies coat size 16/18, fully reversible, coloured suede patches; brown reverse faux fur. Very smart, as new, absolute bargain £10. Tel 07876163070 (Mirf) (1979) WANTED: Two X 2 seater sofas wanted in black & grey, not leather or cord. Must be in good condition. Cash waiting. Tel 07952526527. CHILDREN’S GOODS/TOYS Eye Candy Apple pram, includes carry cot,
Mother of the bride outfit, Condici size 18, dress/coat in pink and navy with pink hat. Worn once, cost over £200, will accept £60. Tel 07806431728. (1925) FURNITURE Work/kitchen table 3ft x 2ft formica top, wood design, legs unscrew, with two strong chairs. Used but clean £16 ono. (Can deliver locally for small charge). Tel 01924 462494. (1946) Two dark wood ‘Stag’ wardrobes, two dark wood ‘Stag’ bedside drawer sets, very good condition, £150. Buyer dismantle and carry.
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Large mahogany wall unit/display cabinet. Modern design, 68” W x 77” H x 18” D. Four glass sections with lighting, two drawers, four cupboards and mirrored cocktail cabinet, plus also matching bow front corner unit 18” W. Good condition £75 for both. Buyer collects. Tel 07730 445466. (1972)
Valor Dream gas fire, coal effect, in black & chrome with side controls. Cost £450 Xmas 2015, will accept £150. Absolute bargain, must be seen. Tel 01274 875178/ 07977 679703. (1948)
Nest of 3 coffee tables in light wood. Excellent condition, bargain £10. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) Pine TV stand solid, with shelf and drawer, very good condition £20. Tel 01484 656666. (1970) X2 Alston recliner armchairs, with matching arm covers in a light beige/ cream material. Very good condition £60 each. Tel 01924 523389. (1968) G Plan suite, green gold pattern, in very good condition £300 ono. Tel 01924 498330. (1965) Four drawer pine chest, good condition £25 ono. Buyer collects. Tel 01924 451882. (1956) Corner TV stand, polished wood effect, glass doors, shelves, 42” long x 18” deep x 18” high. Very nice, clean condition bargain £25 ono. Could deliver locally. Tel 01924 462494. (1950) Pine double bed frame with memory foam mattress. Good condition £50. Tel 01924 506189/ 07590 610822. (1943) Pine 4ft 6” double bed, slatted base, head and foot boards. Good mattress, like new, used as guest bed, bargain £125. Tel 01924 442430. (1941)
KITCHEN Whirlpool fridge (white), 34 x 22 x 22 like new, less than 12 months old. Cost new £120, bargain £40. Tel 07825 549430. (1975) Slow cooker £10, Prestige pressure (high dome) cooker £10. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) Raclette grill, combination grilling for meat, vegetables and seafood etc. None stick dishes and wooden spatulas. Boxed £15. Tel 01484 656666. (1970) Wood effect, laminate breakfast bar top, 26” wide x 5ft long £50. Tel 07833 136856. (1945) Kitchen cupboard doors, glossy white, brushed steel handles; eight doors, three complete drawers. Perfect condition £50. Tel 01924 724680. (1939) LUGGAGE Two x two-wheeled suitcases, measurements 29” x 18” x 13” retractable handle, two external and two internal pockets, good clean condition, strong and durable, £10 each. Tel: 07939 599381. (1942) MISCELLANEOUS Dog stroller in excellent condition £25. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) Timber 2 metre lengths 4x1, 20 pieces, £20. Tel 01924 472043. (1964) Bath lift for sale £50. Tel 01924 264330. (1944)
Two-seater settee in grey & black cord, six months old £200. Tel 01924 423376. (1940)
Pair 6ft ramps (portable) £50. 01924 423376. (1940)
Double bed with black frame and two storage drawers, faux leather £100. Tel 01924 423376. (1940)
Pet cage – strong metal, measurements 26” x 41” x 28”, strong spring fastening door. Folds flat for storage, waterproof crate mat, £20. Tel: 07939 599381. (1942)
GARDEN Chapel pew-style garden bench, iron framework, wood seat. Ideal for renovation £30. Buyer to carry. Tel 01924 724627 (Shaw Cross). (1973) Three large cushions for garden swing, in excellent condition £15. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971) Green gazebo £15 ono. Tel 07806 431728. (1959) HEATING Delonghi oil heater, good
SPORTING Set of 5 wooden show jumps, painted and stored inside; complete with fittings £150 ono. Tel 07761 964556. (1965) Set of Wilson lady’s golf clubs, bag & trolley, all in excellent condition, some unused £150. Tel 01924 442430. (1941) WANTED Wanted: Hand push garden mower with roller. Tel 01274 876814. (1960)
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at Sandy Lane OSSETT TOWN continued their pre-season campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win away at Handsworth Parramore. Trialist Jason Yates fired the Reds in front inside 10 minutes from 20 yards out, but shortly afterwards the hosts were level thanks to a Colin Marrison header. The hosts’ Tom Dugdale hit the crossbar with a fine free kick which ricocheted to safety but Ossett remained a constant threat going forward. Yates once again proving his attacking worth netting his second from 30-yards out following a powerful run into the opposition half. In the second period the Ambers started with intent and caused Town problems in defence. A lack of composure in front of goal proved costly for the hosts when they were hit with a third town goal against the run of play, this time finished off by
Tyrone Gay from close range. Handsworth’s performance lifted when Simon Harrison and Conor Higginson were introduced to the action and shortly afterwards Connor Smythe went close to pulling one back for the home side. It wasn’t long before Higginson struck with Parramore’s second of the game but it was too little too late. The last action of the game came when Grant Black’s men rattled the woodwork. It was a big improvement on their back-to-back defeats against Harrogate Town (2-1) and Spennymoor Town (5-0) last Thursday (July 28) and Saturday (July 30) respectively. Town travel to play Shelley FC today (Friday Aug 5, 7pm) looking to end their pre-season campaign with another win. Elsewhere Town’s goalkeeping coach Chris Backhouse has left the Ingfield outfit to join Manchester United as one of their academy coaches. Backhouse, who also played in the United academy ranks behind the likes of Barcelona's Gerard Pique early on in his career, has been with Town for two years in both in a playing and coaching capacity.
Chris Backhouse has left Ossett Town to work for the Manchester United Academy
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In-form Albion relish start to new campaign JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE
night’s match (July 29) with an eight-point advantage over their closest rivals, Cleckheaton needed just one halved match to be crowned champions and Colbeck’s two points proved more than enough for Cleckheaton to start the celebrations. Shipley had to settle for a runners up spot while Bingley St Ives rounded off the top three.
Minto celebrates victory at Leeds Amateur Championship HANGING HEATON GC member Scott Minto has clinched the Leeds Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Minto won the 36-hole event, which was held at Leeds Golf Club, with rounds of 66 and 71 to shoot a score of one under par for the tournament. Minto was presented with the John Keightley Trophy after his final round along with a prize The victory also qualifies Minto for a place in this year’s Leeds Amateur Match Play Championship. Elsewhere Hanging Heaton are closing in on the Heavy Woollen League title for the second consecutive year with just two matches remaining.
LIVERSEDGE at Clayborn
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NORTHERN Counties East League Premier side Liversedge suffered a heavy 9-1 defeat at the hands of Clitheroe. A young and inexperienced Sedge side were still in the game at half-time trailing just 2-1 thanks to a goal from Cody Cromack, but a second half annihilation by the visitors quickly extinguished any hopes of a Sedge victory. It wasn’t the confidence boosting result that manager Jonathan Rimmington was looking for ahead of his side’s FA Cup First Round Qualifying match with Guisborough tomorrow at Clayborn (Sat Aug 4, 3pm). But Sedge chief Rimmington can take comfort from the fact he will have several first team players back off holiday in time to feature in what will be Liversedge’s first competitive game of the new 2016/17 campaign.
GOLF CLECKHEATON Golf Club’s men’s scratch team have won the Bradford Scratch League Division One title for the second time in seven years. Cleckheaton’s first team squad consisting of Nigel Colbeck, Chris Green, Martin Gaffney, Jamie Lavin, Oliver Tasker, Thomas Vertigans, Simon Irving and Peter Fenton sealed the title fol-
Sedge youth annihilated ahead of FA Cup qualifier
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DEWSBURY MOOR’S annual gala will take place on Sunday August 14, getting underway at 10am. Boys and girls teams ranging from under-7s to under-16s will be in action in what is set to be a fantastic feast of junior rugby league. Throughout the day there will be a bar available for spectators along with a barbecue and a tombola. After the gala a disco will take place. For more information about the event contact Paul Hardy on 07745 458870. Moor are also preparing to host a Huddersfield Giants summer camp on Tuesday August 16 and Wednesday August 17. The camp will invite youngsters aged from five to 14 and will cost £15 for the day. To find out more you can contact Paul Brown at paulaneddie@virginmedia.com.
Albion manager Richard Tracey is eyeing a playoff spot in the upcoming 2016/17 campaign OSSETT ALBION overcame Athersley Recreation 3-1 away from home in their preseason outing on Monday night. The Unicorns scored through Adam Muller, who bagged himself a brace, with Connor Brunt adding the other. This followed last Saturday’s (July 30) 6-1 thrashing of a Chesterfield XI where Albion scored through Brunt (hat-trick), Adam Muller, Patrick Lindley and Djibril Bojang before Chesterfield netted a late consolation through Tom Gardiner from the penalty spot. Richard Tracey’s men also faced Shaw Lane Aquaforce last night (Thurs Aug 4) looking to make it five wins in a row as the Unicorns prepare for the start of the Evo-Stik First Division North Campaign.
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Hanging Heaton stay top after unlikely comeback By Mike Popplewell HANGING HEATON head to relegation threatened Pudsey Congs tomorrow fresh from an outstanding performance at home to titlerivals Pudsey St Lawrence. On the face of it, this game should bring some light relief after the tension of last week’s hugely important clash at home to reigning champions St Lawrence, but cricket chairman John Carruthers this week issued that age old mantra “Consistency not complacency!” He added: “Last week was an outstanding result for us. “Particularly in the way the lads showed the character to come back, after losing early wickets and post a challenging total for Pudsey to chase.” It was looking grim for the Bennett Lane men as skipper Gary Fellows went for eight before Nick Connelly and Joe Fraser fell in successive balls, to leave them on just 20-3 and the visitors firing on all cylinders. Richard Foster dug in for 28 off 75 balls, but it was some dogged backs to the wall stuff from the Dawood brothers who finally brought some stability to the innings with a 51-run stand for the fifth wicket. Older brother Ismail, who last
Imran Dawood hits a six and Ismail Dawood (inset) finds the boundary as the brothers steadied the ship for Hanging Heaton against Pudsey St Lawrence Mike Popplewell month celebrated his 40th birthday, has been round the block in cricket terms, playing for England Under 19s alongside Michael Vaughan, and bagging first class appearances with Northants, Glamorgan, Worcester and Yorkshire, before featuring in the Minor Counties with Cheshire.
Ismail needed to draw on all that experience against a Pudsey attack with their tails up. Imran joined him at the crease after Foster’s dismissal and, with his normally cavalier approach restrained, he helped his brother steady the ship with 21 runs off 35 balls - occasionally showing some
controlled aggression that produced two fours and one huge pull to leg for six. The partnership ended when he gave it the charge against Steve Watts, missed, and was stumped by Matthew Duce. Four runs later Ismail followed his brother to the pavilion with
the score of 118 for six not looking too healthy. However David Stiff, with 62 off 52 balls, and Muhammed Rameez, 45 not out off 29, laid claim to a joint man of the match award, had there been one, with a 99-run stand that ended when Stiff was out going for his seventh six of the innings. The final score was 230-7 off 50 overs, thanks to that partnership, and the duo then took 3-59 and 3-44 respectively to bowl out the visitors for 220 and secure maximum points and establish a 20-point lead at the top of the table. This week St Lawrence, arguably one of the best balanced sides in the league, will be expected to bounce back with a win at home to Lightcliffe. but a defeat for third placed Farsley at Cleckheaton last week leaves the title race looking more and more like a two-horse affair. Cleckheaton are at local rivals Woodlands tomorrow for a game that would probably have been a promotion battle any other season but is very much a mid-table affair with nothing but B rights at stake. Despite victories last week East Bierley and bottom-club Scholes meet at South View for a game that is very much a battle to avoid relegation and with the odds currently in Bierley’s favour.
Methley overcome Gomersal as they aim to close in on leaders Townville TOWNVILLE continue to dominate the Bradford League B Division hammering 391-5 in a 284-run win over Brighouse last time out to extend their lead at the top. Methley kept alive their faint hopes of catching their former CYL rivals with a comfortable six-wicket win at Gomersal. Jack Seddon (37) and Jon Boynton (19) offered the only real resistance after Gomersal slumped from 40-0 to 49-5 with paceman Sohail Raz taking the first five wickets. He finished with 5-32 as Gomersal were bowled out for 159 Tomorrow Gomersal, in danger of slipping into the bottom half of the table, go to bottom-club Hartshead Moor. Elsewhere, Spen Victoria and their opponents this weekend Hopton Mills are both occupying places in the bottom four and are looking over their shoulders as they try to climb to safety. Batley remain in top spot in the Bradford League’s Championship A Division. But they go into tomorrow’s clash with bottom-side Idle at Mount Pleasant with just four points between them and second-placed Yeadon. Yeadon closed the gap when they came away with a 42-run win from last week’s battle between the top two but have a blank week this week and can only watch and wait. This division has already suffered the
loss of Windhill, just before the start of the season, and with Saltaire due to leave at the end of the current campaign there is much to do for the League’s management as they continue to look at the structure for next season’s competition. There is talk of the Championship divisions splitting with the top half forming a second tier and the bottom half a third. But that will create a bit of an unfair bias to the section A clubs where only four teams are likely to drop down as opposed to six in section B. One alternative is the option to place five from each section in a new third tier with two Conference clubs making up the numbers. That would undoubtedly bring a hail of protest from Northowram or Buttershaw St Paul’s, in the Conference, who were anticipating challenging for a second tier place at the start of the season. Teams currently in the bottom half of Championship A are Birstall, at Keighley this week, and Liversedge, at home to Saltaire Meanwhile Ossett, at home to Hunslet Nelson this weekend, are looking to build on fifth spot with a winning run that could see them catch third-place side Undercliffe.
Methley’s Sohail Raz was in excellent form taking the first five Gomersal wickets Mike Popplewell
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Friday August 5, 2016
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Battered Trojans held to a draw NCL Division Two
SALFORD CITY ROOSTERS 18 THORNHILL TROJANS
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at Moat Hall Sports Centre THORNHILL TROJANS had to settle for an 18-18 draw in their latest National Conference League Division Two outing against Salford City Roosters. The Trojans were left to rue missed opportunities and careless errors for not taking maximum points away from Moat Hall. The visitors dominated for large periods in the first half but failed to turn the possession into points. Man-of-the-match Jake Ratcliffe impressed throughout and helped his side to their first try of the game, which came in the opening exchanges when Luke Haigh barged his way over. It wasn’t long before the away side added to their lead when Scott Dyson’s clever off-load in the tackle found Joss Ratcliffe who crossed the whitewash for his side’s second unconverted try. In a heated contest Thornhill’s Jake Wilson retaliated having been subject to a high tackle from Salford hooker
Lee Sailsbury, but once order had been restored a determined Wilson almost got his side’s third four pointer, only to spill the ball over the line. But on the half hour mark the tables turned in this match. Thornhill, who conceded numerous penalties in the latter stages of the first period, were punished when Bradley White broke free for a Roosters try which he converted to reduce his side’s deficit to just two points at the interval. In the second period the Trojans thought they had responded brilliant-
ly to the set back with another try of their own in the corner from Joss Ratcliffe but the effort was controversially ruled out. And while the visitors protested the Roosters bagged their second touchdown through Andrew Muscat. White added the extras. Thornhill’s afternoon soon got worse when Wilson’s match was cut short after he was subject to a second high challenge in a physical battle which also saw Thornhill’s Gareth Love and Andrew Bates leave the field through injury. Joss Ratcliffe went over out wide for an unconverted try to draw his side level but when White kicked two penalties late on for the hosts the game looked to be slipping beyond Thornhill. But the Trojans wouldn’t lie down and thought they had snatched a last gasp win courtesy of a Jake Ratcliffe try and Sam Ratcliffe conversion. A Salford penalty in the dying seconds of the contest, kicked by White, ensured the points were shared. The Trojans now sit seventh in Division Two but have a game in hand on five of the six teams above them. Thornhill host Wigan St Judes tomorrow (Sat Aug 6, 2.30pm).
Bottom-placed Stags find rare Premier win YML Premier Division
MIRFIELD STAGS
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HULL WYKE
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at Hillrich Park MIRFIELD STAGS cruised to a vital win in the Yorkshire Men’s League Premier Division after overcoming Hull Wyke 52-32 at Hillrich Park. Francis Maloney’s men got off to the best possible start when Lewis Martin dummied his way to the line. Ross Hayden then stepped up to add the extras for the hosts, who led 6-0. But it took just five minutes for the away side to hit back with an unconverted touchdown. But in-form Martin was on hand to extend Mirfield’s lead with his second try of the afternoon latching onto a clever Hayden pass, who also converted. Shortly afterwards the home side added to their lead with a try from Scott Bradley who barged his way over close to the sticks and Hayden was once again on target with the boot to give his side a commanding 18-4 lead. And within half an hour the Stags thought they had passed the 20 point mark, but Martin was held up agonisingly short of the line.
Shaw Cross hold their own Maroons suffer against aspirational Marlins eighth loss in National Conference League Div One
MILFORD MARLINS
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SHAW CROSS SHARKS
26
Division Three
Try-scorer Sam Ottewell
at Milford Sports Club SHAW CROSS Sharks lost ground against promotionchasers Milford Marlins despite proving a tough test for the National Conference League Division One outfit. The visitors went 6-0 up on seven minutes via a Sam Ottewell try and Ryan Chalkley goal. But Milford hit back with three tries in 11 minutes from John Elkington, Tom Barnes and Zak Snellgrove plus two Ryan Oxtoby goals. A Chalkley converted try brought the Sharks back into it before Dave Warren and Ottewell exchanged tries as Milford led 22-16. Barnes added a second two minutes after the restart, Oxtoby putting over the resultant conversion. But back came the Sharks thanks to a Brandon French effort and Will Gledhill goal before a Tom Wilson try and Oxtoby goal for the Marlins was followed by a late Sharks try from Ross Roebuck.
NCLTABLES DIVISION ONE That Heath Crusaders Skirlaugh Myton Warriors Featherstone Lions Underbank Rangers Milford Marlins Oulton Raiders Normanton Knights Hunslet Warriors East Leeds Shaw Cross Sharks Ince Rose Bridge Millom Elland
P 17 17 17 16 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 18 17 18
W 15 13 13 10 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 6 2 1
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
DIVISION TWO Huns Club Parkside Leigh East
P W 16 14 16 11
D 0 0
L 2 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 8 10 11 12 15 17
F 642 591 421 541 528 400 414 418 374 427 389 410 237 216
A 234 358 270 348 348 313 425 345 396 482 431 514 613 931
DIFF PTS 408 30 233 26 151 26 193 20 180 20 87 20 -11 20 73 18 -22 17 -55 13 -42 12 -104 12 -376 4 -715 2
L F A DIFF PTS 2 647 210 437 28 5 660 276 384 22
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Shaw Cross travel to Skirlaugh tomorrow (Sat Aug 6, 2.30pm) looking to build on their performance against Milford and improve on 11th place in Division One. Askam Saddleworth Rangers Bradford Dudley Hill Blackbrook Thornhill Trojans Wigan St Judes Dewsbury Celtic Salford City Roosters Stanningley Stanley Rangers
15 10 16 10 16 9 16 9 15 7 15 7 16 5 16 4 15 2 16 1
1 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 2
DIVISION THREE Crosfields Woolston Rovers Drighlington Eastmoor Dragons Rylands Sharks Dews Moor Maroons Oldham St Annes Waterhead Warriors Gateshead Storm Castleford Panthers
P 15 15 14 15 14 15 15 14 15 14
D L F A DIFF PTS 1 1 541 253 288 27 0 3 455 337 118 24 1 3 473 220 253 21 1 7 352 350 2 15 1 7 473 398 75 13 1 8 335 356 -21 13 1 8 364 453 -89 13 0 10 328 396 -68 8 0 11 316 479 -163 8 0 12 190 585 -395 4
W 13 12 10 7 6 6 6 4 4 2
4 5 7 7 5 8 10 10 13 13
422 445 354 378 365 454 250 237 242 182
250 352 398 440 312 368 480 352 524 674
172 93 -44 -62 53 86 -230 -115 -282 -492
21 21 18 18 17 14 11 10 4 4
Celtic on the up after discovering winning formula National Conference League Div Two
National Conference League Div Three
DEWSBURY MOOR MAROONS RYLANDS SHARKS
The visitors did manage to pull one try back as half-time approached but Mirfield remained in control and three minutes before the interval went over for another touchdown before Adam Illingworth crashed over on the whistle. Hayden goaled both tries to ensure his side had a comfortable 20-point lead at the break. In the second period the visitors showed more intent and went over early on to narrow their deficit. But just two minutes later Alex Dawson dived between the sticks for an instant reply. Hayden added the extras. Braden Hunter bagged himself a try and looked to have sealed the win for his side, who led 42-16 after Hayden’s conversion. But a late rally from the visitors gave Mirfield something to think about to the very end. Two quick-fire tries from the visitors meant Stags’ lead was cut to 16 points. But Martin soon completed his hattrick on the hour mark and Hunter rounded off the game’s scoring late on after Hull bagged themselves a late consolation. Mirfield remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier division but have plenty of time to prepare for their next match against Siddal (Sat Aug 13, 2.30pm).
DEWSBURY MOOR Maroons’ inconsistent season continues in National Conference League Division Three following a 44-24 home defeat to Rylands Sharks. Despite tries from Max Vernon, Bradley Samme, Jack Riding and James Eatherley, who also kicked four goals, Moor struggled to compete with their inform rivals. Trailing by 10 points at half-time Moor soon saw the game drift beyond them in the second period with a second half Nick Braide hat-trick sealing the win for Rylands. Jack Lewis was also key for the visitors in scoring two tries and landing six goals for a 20-point tally against a Moor side strengthened with the introduction of former professionals Danny Maun and James Delaney in recent weeks. The Maroons have slipped to sixth as a result of the defeat and have been leapfrogged by Rylands in the Division Three table. Next up for the Maroons is an away trip to fourth-placed Eastmoor Dragons (Saturday Aug 6, 2.30pm), who the Maroons trail by just two points in the standings.
DEWSBURY CELTIC
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STANLEY RANGERS
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at Crow Nest Park DEWSBURY CELTIC are reviving their National Conference League Division Two campaign having secured back-to-back wins with a 28-10 victory over Stanley Rangers. Celtic punished a struggling Rangers outfit who have now lost three in a row. The sides were tied at 6-6 at the break but Celtic took control early in the second half. The hosts took a seventh minute lead thanks to the first of two tries for Owen Smith, with Richard Tillotson adding the extras. Rangers replied midway through the first half with a touchdown for Liam Crawley and Danny Grice kicked the extras. But two tries in two minutes saw Celtic increase their lead to 18-6 after the interval as man-of-the-match Dom Senior went in for a try, as did Smith again with Tillotson landing both conversions. Jamie Bell grabbed a try back for Rangers before tries from Tillotson and Mike Foulstone, plus a Senior conversion, saw Celtic home. The green and whites jump to ninth in the Division Two standings while second-bottom Stanley’s relegation fears intensify. Celtic travel to face Bradford Dudley Hill tomorrow (Sat Aug 6, 2.30pm).
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Bulldogs prepared for ‘middle 8s’ test By Joe Link Sports Reporter joe@thepressnews.co.uk
BATLEY BULLDOGS boss John Kear insists his side are not in this year’s Super 8s Qualifiers just to make up the numbers. Kear’s men take on Hull KR on Sunday (3pm) in their opening ‘middle 8s’ clash as they continue their unlikely bid for promotion to Super League. “We’ve been written off all year and so far we’ve had great fun proving the critics wrong,” said Kear. “We weren’t even expected be in the Qualifiers mixing it with the Super League sides, yet here we are. “It would seem we suit being underdogs, which is fine, but we also know what we’re capable of. Teams and critics have wrote us off at their peril this season. I’m sure Hull KR are aware of that and will be taking us very seriously on Sunday.” It will be the first time Batley have taken on a full-time Super League side since losing 40-4 at home to Catalans Dragons in this year’s Challenge Cup Sixth Round. But Kear doesn’t believe that result will have any bearing on his side’s performances against Super League teams in the Qualifiers. “I admit we were second best against Catalans but that game was a long time ago,” added the Bulldogs chief. “Catalans were a team in great form and we didn’t turn up for whatever reason, which was disappointing.
“Against Hull KR we know we will have to prepare really well. Our preparation for games has been key all year to our success, so we need to make sure we keep that up. “We’ll keep approaching games exactly the same and just changing the odd thing depending on who we’re playing.” Batley cemented third spot in the Championship thanks to a dominant win away at Swinton in a performance which Kear admitted was the best he had seen from his side all season. It was also a win that demonstrated Batley’s part-time players can handle pressurised situations. Kear added: “We had a very productive training session and meeting on Tuesday night and spoke about how to deal with playing in bigger stadiums and in front of bigger crowds on a more regular basis. “The lads have dealt with everything that has been thrown their way this season so I’m confident they will cope fine. “They all seem really excited and are raring to get going, as am I, because you never know, something really special might happen.” Kear has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Batley’s match at Hull KR’s Lightstream Stadium and recent signing Sam Smeaton could be in line to make his Bulldogs debut after arriving from Halifax. Meanwhile Hull KR have welcomed back a host of players this week - including Shaun Lunt, Chris Clarkson, James Donaldson, Iain Thornley and Mitch Allgood, who all missed Hull KR’s recent defeat to Leeds Rhinos through injury.
John Kear is hoping his side can continue to prove their critics wrong in the Super 8s
The Qualifiers Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils Hull KR Huddersfield Giants Leigh Centurions London Broncos Batley Bulldogs Featherstone Rovers
P
W D L
Pts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rams target home improvement Forward Tony Tonks bagged a brace of tries in Dewsbury’s last win over Swinton
DEWSBURY RAMS kick off their Super 8s campaign against Swinton Lions at the Tetley’s Stadium on Sunday (3pm). Glenn Morrison’s men will be looking to make it three wins from three over fourth-bottom Swinton this year with the last victory coming in D e w s b u r y ’s penultimate game of the regular season. It was that win which helped clinch the Rams a top eight finish in the Championship and secured them four home games in the final third of the campaign. The Rams have already lost seven games at home this season and Morrison will have to improve his side’s win percentage at the Tetley’s Stadium if they are to have a realistic
chance of winning this year’s Championship Shield. The Dewsbury players will be in line for another physical battle against the Lions after the last game between the two sides threatened to boil over on numerous occasions. But the Owl lane side, who have had two weeks to forget about their annihilation at Leigh Sports Village, have the perfect opportunity to lay down a marker to the teams above them. Dewsbury went over for three early tries the last time they hosted Swinton thanks to Matt Groat, Dale Morton and Lucas Walshaw. Morrison will be hoping for a similar fast start on Sunday.
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