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  River Calder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is also part of the Aire and Calder Navigation, and to the east of Castleford, it merges into the River Aire, going on to join the River Humber and the North Sea.
Until the 19th century, the Calder was home to large numbers of salmon, but pollution from the textile and chemical industries along its banks led to the death of the salmon population by the mid 19th century.
A variety of flood defences are in operation along the Calder Valley to prevent the recurrence of floods which devastated communities in the early part of this century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Calder   (923 words)

  
 Colne Valley - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Colne Valley, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, bordered by Calder Valley, Huddersfield, Wakefield, and High Peak...
Valley, depression in the land surface often occupied by a river.
In geology, the chief agency in the formation of a valley is erosion carried on by...
au.encarta.msn.com /Colne_Valley.html   (101 words)

  
 \__/ Calder Valley Skip Hire \__/
Cutomers shall re-imburse Calder Valley Skip Hire Ltd in respect of any loss or damage to the containers whilst on hireto themfrom whatsoever cause the same may arise (fair ware and tear excepted).
In the event of the HIghway Authority or the Police exercsing their powers to, or to cause us to light move or remove the container during the period of hire the customer acknowledges that he / she is responsible for the costs thereby incurred.
Calder Valley Skip Hire Ltd shall not be liable for any damage caused by customer's land, including his or her driveway, in either of the following circumstances.
www.caldervalleyskiphire.co.uk /terms.htm   (699 words)

  
 The Mytholmroyd Net news: UPPER CALDER VALLEY RENAISSANCE
The vision for the Calder Valley this time is an electronic shuttle - connecting the valley at 11 points weaving it all together using electronic whizadry (Internet/Broadband connectivity) flying information up and down the valley.
Process: We will establish a connected, creative and sustainable valley by re-defining the role of the market town through a people-based process of physical, symbolic and virtual change that builds upon the talents of the people and the quality of the built and natural environment.
Valley setting:...We will ensure that the wooded landscape is extended and managed and that the river and canal corridor is accessible but protected from inappropriate development.
www.mytholmroyd.net /news/6.html   (863 words)

  
 Calder Valley Fell Runners
Calder Valley Fell Runners Juniors Section now has a website devoted to all things relating to them.
At Settle Hills Inter Counties race on 1st July Jo Waites of Calder Valley (No 74 in the photo) won the womens race to take gold medal and also led the Yorkshire Womens team to 1st team place supported by Sue Becconsall (Bingley Harriers) and Lisa Lacon (Holmfirth Harriers).
Calder Valley Girls have made a good start to the English Championships in Shropshire.
www.cvfr.co.uk   (613 words)

  
 Calder Valley Election Forum 2001
Calder Valley needs an MP who will stand up and fight for our area and, very importantly, speak out when government policy is against our interests.
All the evidence on the doorsteps is that many many people throughout Calder Valley have similar misgivings and many of them are turning to the Liberal Democrats as the real alternative in Calder Valley.
There is little evidence of the Tories doing well in Calder Valley and nationally they are in total disarray, just waiting for the elction to be over so they can indulge in internal party bloodletting and a leadership contest.
www.hebdenbridge.co.uk /election   (6866 words)

  
 The Motorway Archive. M65. Calder Valley Motorway
Proposals for a new route along the Calder Valley did not feature in the Road Plan for Lancashire 1949.
In 1967, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government commissioned a study to assess the effect of the proposed Central Lancashire New Town upon the towns of the Calder Valley, extending as far as Colne.
Between Burnley and Colne, the A56 passing through Brierfield and Nelson was the existing main traffic route along that part of the Calder Valley and, as a Principal Road, it was the responsibility of the two local highway authorities, the Lancashire County Council and the Burnley County Borough Council.
www.iht.org /motorway/m65master.htm   (508 words)

  
 hackwriters.com - Tower of Spite - Wainhouse Tower - Deep in the Calder Valley - Alex Clarke walks there.
Deep in the Calder valley on the fringe of the Yorkshire/ Lancashire border is Sowerby Bridge.
Sowerby station is deep in the bottom of the valley basin, and stepping from the train, I had an over- whelming notion that I'd not merely stepped from the train into a different town, but also stepped into another time zone.
However, turn your person 360 degrees and you are faced with a polluted main road, a charmless and anonymous chain store and an equally un- welcoming pub, complete with a grizzled bar tender wiping suds from a glass with his shirt.
www.hackwriters.com /spite.htm   (1614 words)

  
 VInews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Calder VI runs, in conjunction with ACL (Adult and Community Learning), an extensive Enrichment programme for both sixth formers and the local community.
Visiting speaker, Brian Walker gave a talk at Calder VI based on the findings of a number of experts on conflict and peace and presented his findings in this valuable presentation and debate which was of particular interest to History, RE and General Studies students.
Creative Valley Workshop at Calder VI Creative people from across the Upper Calder Valley attended a workshop on Tuesday 1 November to find out how to photograph, scan, and resize images of their artwork and how to add image, audio or video files to the Creative Valley website.
www.calderhigh.org.uk /VInews.htm   (1768 words)

  
 Calder - Alexander Calder art gallery
Calder Race Course, since it opened in 1971, has drawn more people than any other sports franchise in Florida for this period of time.
Calder in his studio at 14 rue de la Colonie.
Calder's "Tribute To Mexico Models." Braniff hired Calder to paint a third Like other Braniff models, Calder used many colors on his "Tribute To Mexico.
bestscape.com /bssa/calder.htm   (183 words)

  
 Calder Valley Marine
Calder Valley Marine has evolved from a traditional engineering, boat-building and servicing background and now offers a complete waterways facility at its sites.
Calder Valley Marine is becoming the byword for service provision with the inclusion of ‘Hot Spot’ internet access at its sites as well as the high standard marina services boaters come to expect.
Calder Valley Marine also offer Sailaways representing excellent value, either with lined out interior, or with simply floor, windows and ballast for you to complete at your leisure.
www.cvmarine.co.uk   (227 words)

  
 Calder Valley 2005 Election Info: Liz Ingleton, Liberal Democrat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Having listened to the people of the Calder Valley for several years, Liz Ingleton is particularly committed to finding ways to provide more affordable housing and to cut congestion.
Liz Ingleton is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Calder Valley.
Liz has lived in the Calder Valley since 1982 and is married to Patrick Phillips, a fellow councillor.
www.hebdenbridge.co.uk /election/2005/li.html   (298 words)

  
 Calder Valley - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Calder Valley - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Calder Valley, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, located to the east of the constituency of Burnley in Lancashire, and...
Monasticism had flourished in Yorkshire; the Cistercian foundations at Jervaulx, Fountains Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, and Byland grew rich from...
au.encarta.msn.com /Calder_Valley.html   (95 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Calder Valley
The Calder Valley constituency is a huge, rambling stretch of land that covers large areas of moor land on the eastern side of the Pennines.
The constituency follows the river Calder and its tributaries, as it winds south of Halifax, from the topmost town of Todmorden near the moors, down as far as Brighouse.
Nonetheless, Ms McCafferty, a former local councillor and social worker, beat the Tory incumbent Donald Thompson with a 9.5% swing to Labour and a winning margin in excess of 6,000 votes.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/114.stm   (200 words)

  
 Paul Palmer - Green Party Candidate for Calder Valley - Local Elections May 4th 2006
Local Green Party candidate Paul Palmer has come forward to stand in the forthcoming 2006 Local Elections on 4th May. Calder Valley and Hebden Bridge resident Paul was chosen to stand an is determined that the electorate should have the chance to vote for a Green candidate.
Mr Palmer has been involved in local community campaigns over the last 18 months in and around the Calder Valley and has lived and worked in West Yorkshire on and off for the last 8 years.
We always knew it would not be easy to beat Nader Fekri (Lib-Dem) to the post but the feedback we were getting throughout the campaign was extremely positive, in the end it was simply a battle for second place and we were within a 100 votes of doing just that.
www.caldergreens.org.uk   (589 words)

  
 Traditional Drama Forum - 10 - Review: The Pace-Egg Plays of the Calder Valley
The first chapter covers the period prior the revival of the Midgley play in the 1930s and identifies some thirteen locations in the Calder Valley where the play was performed.
I will admit to some initial disappointment that the author did not provide more information about these plays but realise now that he has concentrated instead, on the plays that not only have the longest history of performance, but are still being performed today.
Although Gledhill left the school a few years later, the play has continued to be performed by the pupils of Calder High and the remainder of this chapter discusses the changes and various influences that have affected the play from then to the present-day.
www.folkplay.info /Forum/TD_Forum_10_Reviews.htm   (567 words)

  
 The Calder Valley Greenway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is a mainly off–highway route to provide a continuous path for cyclists and walkers, and where suitable, horse–riders, between the Calderdale/Kirklees boundary near Bradley and Dewsbury ring road via Colne Bridge, Battyeford, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe and Scout Hill.
The Calder Valley Greenway builds on the success of the Spen Valley Greenway and will provide a continuous multi–user path suitable for both commuting and leisure use.
As the scheme progresses, there will be ongoing consultation with local communities, landowners and user groups, including the Calder Valley Greenway Forum, on the detail of the proposal and Sustrans will secure the necessary landowner agreements to allow the path to be constructed.
www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk /transport/caldergreenway/caldergreenway.asp   (403 words)

  
 'Today' show sets mom up with lifetime cruise supply
HAPPY VALLEY -- Louise Calder, foster mother to more than 400 medically fragile children over the past 25 years, will take a free cruise ship vacation every year for life.
Calder, who was featured Tuesday in The Oregonian, was selected by viewers of NBC's "Today" show for the top honor in a contest among everyday people "who demonstrated exceptional courage, determination, inspiration and dedication."
Calder said she learned of her selection before sunrise Tuesday, when a television crew "showed up at my door.
www.oregonlive.com /news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/114057872013400.xml&coll=7   (264 words)

  
 honesty soaps bars and liquid also calder valley soaps not animal tested cruelty free vegan soap biodegradable natural ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Calder Valley Soaps are hand-made, blended from finest quality coconut and palm oils.
The low tempreature method of manufacture involves a saponification method which is energy efficient and waste free.
Birch is a timber resistant to mould and unsightly discolouration.
www.honestycosmetics.co.uk /soaps_calder_valley_glycerine.shtml   (310 words)

  
 Creative Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Creative people from across the Upper Calder Valley are invited to a workshop to find out how to photograph, scan, and resize images of their artwork and how to add image, audio or video files to the Creative Valley website.
If you have already joined Creative Valley and have your work represented on the CD you can learn how to add further files straight onto the website, and how to amend what is already there.
If you are new to Creative Valley you can learn how to create your own portfolio and add examples of work that will help promote you and your creative work.
www.creativevalley.org.uk /index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=11   (215 words)

  
 The Global Valley - a social enterprise in the making - Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire
In 2004, Mark Harrison and Anne Handley received a level 2 award from Unltd to develop and expand our existing ideas for an IT network (the Engine Room).
We are now seeking to create a community-based network for the Upper Calder Valley that will allow both online and physical networking - not just among IT professionals or conventional businesses, but among individuals in the creative industries (Creative Valley), and ultimately among other specialised business and community networks.
In particular, we wish to engage the large number of homeworkers that are growing in number as the nature of work changes towards more knowledge-based industries.
homepages.3-c.coop /creative_valley/gv/about_global_valley.html   (174 words)

  
 Calder Clarion History
Calder Clarion and have been known as that since 1959
Calder's most famous member is Barry Hoban who had an illustrious
See Calders TT Past for TT seasons past.
www.calder-clarion.co.uk /history.htm   (179 words)

  
 HISTORY
He had left his home at Gorple cottages, above the Hardcastle Crags valley, to check water gauges on the reservoir gathering grounds, and failed to return.
The Calder Valley Moorland Rescue Team came into being at the Youth House, Hebden Bridge, when twenty-six people from the area between Todmorden and Halifax attended.
Through the hard work of the membership, sponsors, companies large and small, individuals, clubs, groups and others and not least the building contractors Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team now has a Rescue Headquarters to be proud of.
www.customsecuritysystems.co.uk /team/HISTORY.html   (787 words)

  
 M65 (Calder Valley motorway)
There was long speculation that the road might be extended eastwards through the centre of Colne to link in with the Airedale Valley Route (A650) and ultimately, a continuous motorway standard link from the M6 direct to Bradford/Leeds to relieve the increasingly busy M62.
This was officially shelved only 2 years ago, although I'd like to think it hasn't been totally ruled out for good.
Then, after a nice fairly modern bit (J13-14), less than a mile in length, we get dumped onto a little roundabout at Colne, and onto the notorious A6068 North Valley Road towards Skipton and Keighley.
euclid.colorado.edu /~rmg/roads/m65.html   (550 words)

  
 Calderdale Sustainability Forum, Calderdale Forward, Halifax
Calder Future goes from strength to strength, expertly organised by coordinator Jane Williams.
The ATC 'Power in the Landscape' project is auditing all the historic water powered mills in the Upper Calder valley, and the lives of the people around them.
Looking forward, SUSchool - which exists to help schools teach and implement sustainable development, is enjoying unprecedented activity with the recent publicity by the DfES and Jonathan Porrit - "it is the ideal tool for implementing ESD", he says.
www.sustainablecalderdale.org.uk /index.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Calder Valley and District Branch Cats Protection feral cats page
A true feral cat has never been domesticated and will never be able to be re-homed.
We can assist with the cost of neutering, but a donation towards the cost would be much appreciated.
If you would like further details about feral cats please phone us on 01706 810489, or write to Calder Valley and District Cats Protection, PO Box 63, Todmorden, OL14 8WQ.
ebasic.easily.co.uk /053007/03C002/feral.htm   (227 words)

  
 Upper Calderdale Valley Rennaisance - UCVR - Action Groups, Housing
The Calder Valley is a wonderful place to live and over the years has developed a strong and unique approach to life which is both pioneering and values diversity.
In housing terms, it is an area of contrast between the apparent affluence of Hebden Bridge and the poor housing and such as at Harley Bank in Todmorden.
To create a number of exemplar housing projects that demonstrate the aims and objectives of the Upper Calder Valley Renaissance and to raise the quality of house building throughout the Valley.
homepages.3-c.coop /ucvr/actiongroups_housing.html   (555 words)

  
 Cycling in Calderdale: Routes and Facilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The route extends over 20 kilometres between Sowerby Bridge and the Rochdale border at Warland on newly constructed paths, quiet roads and some sections of the canal-towing path.
A collection of public art, varying from wooden seats to sculptures, is situated along the cycleway.
Work on developing the Hebble Trail route to provide an alternative way of accessing Halifax town centre and the railway station, through an area already noted for its scenic beauty and industrial heritage, is now complete.
www.calderdale.gov.uk /roads-transport/cycling/routes.html   (675 words)

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