The rain stayed away long enough for the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons) to exercise their rights as Freemen of the Borough of Calderdale by holding a Freedom Parade in Halifax this weekend. The Mayor of Calderdale, Councillor Conrad Winterburn, gave them permission to parade and gave a short speech. Then the [...]
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I attended Peter Brook’s Public Collections exhibition at the Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse this weekend. Peter taught me at Sowerby Bridge Grammar School, rather a long time ago….I had a chance to chat with Peter about the exhibition, it was great to catch up with him after so long and we shared a laugh together. [...]
Press Release from Councillor Diane Park, Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Halifax
No Choice but Change for Britain’s defence policy
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Last week two more of our soldiers in Afghanistan were killed whilst on patrol in a Land Rover that was destroyed by a rocket-propelled grenade. The vehicles are an outdated, cheap alternative to the more modern [...]
As president of the Rotary Club of Elland I was invited to the 57th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Hebden Bridge by their president Rotarian John Richardson. The Charter was held at The White House, Blackstone Edge, where a fabulous meal was served followed by a full programme. This included the Object of Rotary, Reading [...]
Attended the opening of the Halifax Art Society annual exhibition at Bankfield Museum. The Mayor of Calderdale opened the event which continues until 2nd November 2008. The best picture award was presented to Carol Pope for a charming watercolour.
The sun shone, the band played and the parade marched through Elland for the Mayor of Calderdale, Councillor Conrad Winterburn and the Mayoress of Calderdale Hilary Winterburn on Sunday. The service was held at Southgate Methodist Church, where the choir sang and we all enjoyed a very interesting service. Afterwards afternoon tea was served at [...]
I was lucky to be able to take some time away from the office on this day to attend the District 4 Inner Wheel overseas rally. The speaker was Andrew Radford from UNICEF, who had travelled from London to talk, show slides and a short film about the work that UNICEF are engaged in to stop [...]
I attended a fundraising event held at Berties Banqueting Suite, good food and Andrew Griswood’s floral show. This event was to raise funds for the Calderdale Music Service Youth Ensemble who are hoping to go on a once in a lifetime tour of Australia. Over £1,000 was raised on the night, which was a great [...]
At the Calderdale Communities conference the other key note speaker was Stephen Parry who won a bronze medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic games for 200m butterfly. He reported that taking part in the Olympic final was ‘fascinating, terrifying, I closed my eyes gritted my teeth and got in there!’ Through his business, Total Swimming, [...]
Today I attended the Calderdale ‘communities do it for themselves’ conference at Holdsworth House, Halifax. One of the keynote speakers was Colin Parry JP OBE. Colin spoke about his son Tim Parry who was killed in Warrington by the IRA in 1993. Tim’s death inspired Colin to begin the Foundation for Peace Centre as a [...]
Calderdale Lib Dem Events
- Durham Door Knocking (Sunday, November 23, 2008)
- North Kingston Action Day with Susan Kramer (Sunday, November 23, 2008)
- Million Door Challenge - Bradford East (Saturday, December 6, 2008)
- Million Door Challenge - Bradford East (Saturday, November 29, 2008)
- Million Door Challenge - Bradford East (Saturday, November 22, 2008)
