Happy Days Café Sowerby Bridge – Relaunch party this weekend!

Happy Days UK are a  charity and social enterprise based in Sowerby Bridge, helping to support homeless and vulnerable people across Calderdale. We also run a not for profit cafe and bike shop, with all profit going directly back into the charity. They are holding a relaunch party this Saturday, 29th September, at the cafe … Continue reading Happy Days Café Sowerby Bridge – Relaunch party this weekend!

Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge Presents ‘The Last Memory’

Following on from the successful launch of the Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge group with the Rock’n’Roll night on Saturday 15 September, the group is presenting a short play about a father with dementia and his daughter “The Last Memory”. The play by Alan Stockdill will be on Friday 5 October, 7:30pm at Sowerby Bridge Working Men’s Club, … Continue reading Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge Presents ‘The Last Memory’

Rock and Roll with the New Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge Group

Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge is a newly-formed organisation which aims to make the town a dementia-friendly community. This can make an impact on the lives of people living with dementia in the area and it will be looking at all aspects of local life to see what can be done to make it more dementia-friendly. … Continue reading Rock and Roll with the New Dementia Friendly Sowerby Bridge Group

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival 2018

It's back! The weekend of Saturday 1 September and Sunday 2 September 2018, 10:00am-6:30pm (or later). The Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival is one of only a few instances of this particular English tradition still being celebrated annually. Rushbearing itself dates back several centuries to the time when church floors consisted of little more than stone flags or beaten earth and rushes were … Continue reading Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival 2018