​Saturday 5th September, Holywell Green & Stainland United Reformed Church

A wonderful afternoon was had by green fingered members of the community, and some who came from as far away as 'Brighouse'.  

There was a fine selection of fruit, vegetables, preserves and new for this year Eggs.

The Fruit and Vegetable classes this year were won by Ian Nicholson, which also meant that he collected the 'Best in Show' title.  The preserves class ws won jointly by Colin Lister and Phillipa Atkin.  The winner of the inaugural Egg class was Philip Noble.  The children's 'Garden on a Plate' competition was won by Kitty Kingsnorth for her amazing Wizard of Oz garden.

Throughout the afternoon, there was a steady stream of visitors coming through to view the produce and as always eat cake and drink tea!

It was nice to hear from one elderly lady that she had had a super 'unplanned' afternoon out with her daughter and was looking forward to the next event.  Comments like this brings home just why we are working so hard on this campaign.

Thanks must go out firstly to our judges Paul Hirst, from Wyevale - Birchencliffe for his expertise in judging the Fruit, Veg and Preserve categories and Anne Smith for judging the new Egg class.

Also thanks go to all those who provided plant for the plant sale: Wyevale - Coley, Coley Garden Centre (Denholme), Kershaws Garden Centre (Brighouse), Wyevale - Birchencliffe, Calderdale MBC, Newbank Garden Centre (West Vale), Morrisons and Colne Valley Garden Centre.

Thank you also for our raffle prize donations from Hoults Wine Merchants, Carol Lloyd, Shannon Kirkham, Da Sandros Restaurant, Willow Tree Cafe, Cinamon @ The Mill, Cafe Thai, Catch and Fat Cat.

After having to cancel the INN-Ovation music festival at The Brooksbank School, we are sure we had many people doubting our abilities to arrange a major event...how wrong could they have been.

With only 3 weeks to go before the curtain went up, we assembled a host of international stars, local heroes and stars of the future to set Elland Golf Club on fire with 3 evenings of sensational music.

Not only did the artists come from far and wide, but we had members of the audience from Canada, Brighton, Cheshire, Bracknell and Holland.

The whole event couldn't have gone any better, with all three nights buzzing with a well attended audience and amazing music throughout.

Thanks must go to our sound engineer Paul Smith for the use of his PA system and the excellent sound he produced, Dave and Viv Boardman - Dave for his wizardry on stage as our compare and Viv for her artist liaison, Bev, Emma for handling the tickets on the door and Heather, Laura and Shannon for their fantastic efforts with the raffles and to Tracey and her staff for the wonderful food and Harry and all the other Bar staff.

We must also thank all those who provided raffle prizes, Black Sheep Brewery, Elland Brewery, James Clay, Shrewdd Marketing, Guitar Zone, Watt Exercise, Yorkshire Advanced Aesthetics, Halifax Drum School, Bradford Sub-Aqua Club and all the artists for donating their CD's.

Easter Egg Hunt
28th March 2015, 10:30am - Shaw Park, Holywell Green

Unfortunately, the Easter Eggstravaganza had to be cancelled today as a result of the atrocious weather conditions.  We hope there were not too many disappointed Egg Hunters out there, but we have to think about the welfare of the younger end of our community.

We are very sorry, but hopefully the sun will shine on us next year!

Holywell Green for the second year running welcomed TV's Tim Hogarth to Holywell Green & Stainland United reformed church for an extremely well attended Antiques Valuation Day.

All kinds of valuable and not so valuable items were looked at by Tim, and some people even walked away with cash for their collectibles.

The church hall was busy all afternoon, with attendees patiently waiting for Tim to give them the low down on their possessions, while enjoying a cuppa and a slice of cake.

A further £500 was raised towards the Holywell Community Pub Campaign, but there is much further to go.  Thank you to all of you who supported the Antiques Valuation Day, it is very much appreciated.

If you would like to find out more about the campaign, why not join us at the Duke of York in Stainland for one of our bi-weekly open meetings.  Check the events calendar for details of the next one.

Well, another successful Holywell Community Pub community event took place at the weekend with plenty of green fingered locals turning up to present the fruits of their labour (pardon the pun) at the second  Holywell Green Garden produce Show.  The show was very well attended with over 60 competition entries, with the group raising over £300 towards the Holywell funds.

A vast array of produce was on show, with Alison Cowton of Holywell Green winning the coveted Garden Produce Show shield.  2nd Prize was won by Philip Noble with R Scott picking up 3rd prize.

A complete list of section results can be found in the attached document.

Thanks must go to our sponsors Armitages Home and Garden Centre, Birchencliffe for supplying the overall prizes and to our judge Andrew Tyres, Centre Manager at Armitages Home and Garden Centre. Thanks must also go to:

Morrisons (Elland), Asda (Halifax), Tesco (Halifax & Brighouse)), Sainsbury's (Halifax), Wilko's (Halifax), Kershaws Garden Centre (Brighoulse), Coley Garden Centre (Coley), Colne Valley Garden Centre (Holmfirth), B&Q (Huddersfield) for providing raffle prizes and plants for sale on the day.

On a wet  Sunday in Peoples Park, Halifax, the team attended Calderdale Neighbours Day, with a mission of defending their title of 'Best Dressed Stand'.

The mountain bike trailer was set up and looked great, but unfortunately, we were unable to retain our title.

We did have some consolation in the fact that we raised anothe £179 towards the cause.

Thank you to all those that helped on the day and to Steve Blackman from North Bank Forum for all his organising the event. 

There was not a soggy bottom in sight on Saturday 10th May at the Holywell Green Bake-off.

There were some fabulous entries in all categories and plenty on sale to sample for those not entering the competition.

1st prize in the Junior section was won by Holly with a fantastic Black Forrest Gateaux, 2nd prize was won by Joshua (Holly's brother) with his stunning Banoffee Pie and 3rd prize was won by Olivia Lane with her wonderful Star shaped chocolate cake, and Emma Smith won 4th prize with her Mars Bar cake.

In the Savoury section the winner of 1st and 2nd prizes was Philippa  Atkin with her Scotch Eggs and Hamhock Terrine.  3rd prize, with his Quiche, was John Walsh.

In the Sweet section, the winner was Margaret Ramsbottom with a wonderful Date & Walnut cake, 2nd prize went to Gillian Barker with a fantastic selection of cup cakes, and 3rd prize was won by Eileen McAlonan with her 'Fifteens'.  Spot prizes were given to Mrs Bintcliffe and Mark Stead.

Finally, the winner of the 'Name the Toy' competition was Ife Barnott. (who happened to be Morrison's Community Liaison).

We must extend our thanks to all of our judges on the day,  Richard Conway (Morrison's Bakery), Philippa Atkin (Dottie Buscuits), Julie Richards and Elaine (Tasty Bits, West Vale) and Sean and Deb Fletcher (Holywell Green Fish & Chip Shop).

The event was another success for the Holywell Community Pub, and raised over £240 towards the campaign.