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A man with an interest in carpentry has received support to become self-employed through a Rossendale based employment programme

A FORMER Victorian school in Silsden is set to be transformed into a medieval castle experience.

TWO brothers have set out ambitious plans to transform a former school into a medieval castle experience.

They are the sword-fighting brothers who have carved out their own niche business creating historical, movie and television collectibles. And now…

IT was December 30, 1936, and thousands of Yorkshire men, women and children braved the bitter cold on the steps of Bradford Town Hall to witness the arrival of their own superhero, ‘the one armed rider’ Walter Greaves. Bradford born Walter, who was to make his home in Bradley, was finally arriving home having cycled 45,383 miles in a year to capture the ‘World Year Cycle Endurance Record.’ The final mile was carried out in Hyde Park, London, with Greaves- a staunch vegetarian, dr...