Trades Club makes national final again: For the second year running the Trades Club has made the shortlist for the NME Small Venue of the Year award. More info (21 May)

HEBDEN BRIDGE IN 2020.

HB Partnership proposals include: rebuilding the iconic Buttress Brink; removal of traffic lights from the centre, the market's removal to Lees Yard, lifts at the railway station, new pedestrian bridge from Holme Street to Fairfield, bandstand in the park and much more. More info (16 May)

Lee Mill Road: limited access for two weeks from Monday, 20th May due to resurfacing.

Small ads: Received Sat 18th - "I've had an overwhelming response and the property is now let"

West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester firefighters battled moor fires above Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale. See BBC news item (8 May)

Blues Festival update: nominated again for British Blues Awards! Read more.

"Unbelievable result Hebweb. So many enquiries in response to the small ad on your site and now have lovely new tenants. What a success - Thank you Hebweb." Message received 6 May.

Fox and Goose Share Deal latest: Attempts to create a community pub co-op moved a stage further at Saturday's metting: there will be a share offer to raise £130,000. Read more Read more. (1 May)

Hebden Bridge traders complain that food festival stalls had a negative effect on their sales, - takings were significantly down. See Forum

Calderdale Coalition breaks down over welfare cuts. Calderdale Council's coalition of Labour and Liberal Democrats lasted three years. It has now ended. The HebWeb was first to break this story on the afternoon of 24 April. Read more

Myths, Mysteries and Mayhem is the theme of the 2013 Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade. Pigs might fly, sea monsters could be spotted and trolls may appear from under the bridge in this year’s Parade. Read more.

Bedroom Tax: Labour asks Calderdale to condemn Government’s Bedroom Tax

Where to stay: Over a dozen bed and breakfast and self catering listings have been added or renewed in the past month.

Calderdale, including Hebden Bridge, was on Countryfile, Sunday 21st April

On-street charity collectors in Calderdale will have stricter guidelines to follow. In St George’s Square, a maximum of four charity fundraisers are allowed, on two days a week.

Record Store Day on Saturday (20th April) and a queue of vinyl junkies patiently waited outside Muse Records. Read more

Abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board: Hebden Royd has written to Craig Whittaker, MP outlining its dismay at his decision to support the scrapping of the Board. More info (21 May)

National Theatre Live: at The Picture House. Starting with The Audience, broadcast live on 13 June from the Gielgud Theatre, London. See What's On

Calder Holmes Park Action Day: on Thursday 23rd. See What's On for more info.

Upper Valley Neighbourhood News - with items on the Bridge Gate Bollard, dealing with dog fouling in Fairfield, Mytholmroyd Young People's Centre and more.

Handmade Parade Workshops: try something new this year at the Skill Classes at the Victoria Road Parade Workshop. Read more (15 May)

It’s national Bee Cause Day this Saturday; sign this petition and sign the Friends of the Earth postcards to David Cameron in Spirals, 39 Market St. First 10 get a free Pollinator Beebom (nectar-rich wildflower seeds to plant).

Vodafone mobile coverage disruption ends after a week's outage; one HebWeb reader offered 5p in compensation - See Forum thread

Tourism network to help put Hebden Bridge businesses on the map, and a workshop is being held at Hebden Bridge Town Hall on Monday, 20 May. Read more

Blackshawhead Plant Sale and Spring Fair. It has been cold and it has been wet, and there was a covering of snow on the tops over Easter, but the Blackshawhead Plant Sale and Spring Fair goes ahead this Saturday. Read more (13 May 2013)

Burlesque Festival: see galleries of photos from local photographer Craig Shaw or read the lively discussion on the HebWeb Forum

Hole in the Wall sold to a tap water pressure group. See Forum

Order your Hanging Baskets! Each year over 300 baskets and planters are put up across Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. With a drop of sunshine, by summer the baskets are overflowing with colour. Read more (7 May 2013)

Domestic violence in Calderdale: Domestic abuse is a serious social problem, and Councillors in Calderdale are to ask questions of those involved in tackling it. Read more.

WI Rag Market, summer art competition and Pedlar's Day. Hebden Bridge WI do the rag market on an annual basis and the event has been growing over the past few years. Read more.

Arts Festival needs your undies: Hebden Bridge Arts Festival are working with schools and community groups to recycle old undies into fun and funky wonderwear. Read more. (29 April)

Click photo to enlarge. Cycling from Lands’ End to John O’Groats, and passing through Hebden Bridge this lunchtime, in aid of Cycle for Work: A Community Foundation project to raise money for youth apprenticeships in Calderdale. Background and more photos.

Commemorative Memorial to those harmed by exposure to Asbestos. This morning, 13 April a commemorative memorial plaque, to remember those who have died or been harmed by asbestos exposure, was unveiled with a ceremony in Pecket Well. Read more

Blenheim Street: the Planning Inspectorate has rejected the developers’ appeal. See Planning Watch

The Book Case, re-opened 9 April following a refit made necessary by last summer's floods.

Vote Trades Club: Music lovers along the valley are being asked to rally behind the Trades Club to help them get nominated as NME small venue of the year for the second year running. Read more (8 April)

Handmade Parade 2013 launches in style: Organisers were bowled over with the quality and quantity of ideas from visitors of all ages. Vegetable hats (see above) were just one of the creations at the Spark Day on Sunday, 14th. Read more (16 April)

Giant ten foot map of the South Pennines, with Hebden Bridge at its centre. Internationally-acclaimed artist Angela Smyth has created a spectacular new artwork to encourage visitors to seek out the hidden treasures of the South Pennines. Read more and see photos (8 April)

Bridge Mill: History on our doorstep. Justine Wyatt, with the support of the mill’s current owner David Fletcher, has uncovered more of the story of the building, and gave a fascinating talk to the Hebden Bridge Local History Society. Read more (3 April)

The Story of the Hebden Bridge Calendar: The University of the Third Age heard from speaker Geoff Boswell about photography and he came to produce his first calendar in 1992. Read more (6 April)

More photos of the 2013 Pace Egg play as performed by the Heptonstall Players. Background news.

Good progress made at Riverside: Following an HMI visit this month, Riverside School has been judged as making good progress in areas identified by Ofsted in January 2012 as needing improvement. Read more (26 March)

Spring Snow in cool Hebden Bridge: Photos On Friday 22nd March and Saturday 23rd March, snow fell constantly and heavily. Most roads on the tops were blocked by drifts caused by a strong easterly wind. Bus and train services were disrupted. Here are a few photos.

Hebden Bridge: the coolest place to live in Britain, according to the Times. Read about what The Times said.

Calder High Student Walkout - ten years ago. As Britain was about to invade Iraq, Calder High students led local protests. Headteacher David Scott was forced to close the school on the day of the invasion and subsequently suspended 13 students. Calder High students demonstrated all day in Hebden Bridge. Read the HebWeb news reports from March 2003.

SWIMMING POOL!
After decades of campaigns, it looks like a swimming pool may finally be built in our area, possibly by Christmas. View plans on 27 March.

Calder High Ofsted Report Feb 2013. Now available on the HebWeb. Download. And see Forum.

Ofsted remove Calder High from special category - The possibility of Calder High being forced into becoming an Academy was very real; it all hinged on last week's Ofsted visit. Read more (18 Feb)

Cllrs Nader Fekri, Simon Young and
Dave Young welcome the Calder High news

Floods aftermath: Spring drop-in sessions in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, and a letter from Calderdale. Read more (14 Feb)

Harvesting the wind: Blackshaw Head community turbine starts making money. More details.

Horsemeat: Todmorden slaughterhouse raided and closed by food standard officials. See Guardian report

See more snow photos in the Facebook group: Hebden Bridge in the Snow

Ian Coates rides back into Hebden Bridge on his Honda, after leaving to travel round the world in 1999. The HebWeb has been following his travels for the past 12 years and the coverage on the HebWeb helped to make his incredible trip famous worldwide. See our feature. Photos above: Howard Holmes

Thousands turn out for the Easter Monday Duck Race - all 7000 yellow ducks sold.

Boost for flood-hit communities: Calderdale Council is to receive Government funding to work with local communities to be better prepared for flooding. Read more (25 March)

Guardian Northerner: Hebden Bridge the UK's coolest place? The Yorkshire Paradise has won its fourth accolade in a decade. Born, brought up and living here, Rachel Pickering is loyal, but has one or two cautionary thoughts. (25 March)

Guardian Northerner: Jill Robinson's last column reflects on how, arriving in Hebden Bridge 30 years ago, she felt immediately at home, even though the "Tories were gunning for single parents."(20 March)

Working from home in 1825; Working from home is not a new concept, Malcolm Heywood told members of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society. William Greenwood's described his several different occupations. Read more (20 March)

Friends of the Station are looking for a few more volunteers to join them on the odd Saturday for an hour or two. Read more (13 March)

HebWeb archive: quickly view HebWeb home pages of the past few years.

Guardian Northener: A Dark Water - remembering Sylvia Plath in Hebden Bridge and how she and Ted Hughes might have fared better in the Hebden Bridge of today. (1 Feb)

Maxine Peake at the Trades Club, Saturday evening, 19th January. Photo: Bev Manders

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2012: Many thanks and Happy New Year to all those who read and support the HebWeb, especially those who have sent their news items, event details and photos, shared their views on the Forum and submitted their Small Ads.

The Trades Club thanks the HebWeb: "The Trades has had a great year with more than 30 sell-out gigs and a huge part of that is the regular updates we get on Hebweb" Read more.

Small ads: "We've successfully rented our house. Thanks for an excellent service - I'll heartily recommend Hebweb, as our house was previously listed through an estate agent who didn't manage to get us a tenant in 3 months - through Hebweb we had 4 prospective tenants within a week." (4 Jan)

Hebden Bridge and its Co-op featured in this Radio Four programme - about 11 minutes in

Small Ads - "I am very pleased to say the response was terrific and both properties are now let." (Less than a week)

Small Ads - "We placed a job ad on the Hebweb recently, intending to keep it there for 2 weeks, but we had to take it down after 3 days due to the huge response generated"

Five hundred words on Hebden Bridge - "Everything in the house was heated by the fire, all the old terraced houses used coal for heat and cooking back then, the valley had a serious smog problem." Read more from Dave Bridges' 500 words.

Jason Elliott's 500 Faces of Hebden Bridge

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