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Gas networks: collaborating to get customers back on supply
18/04/2018 at 8:25am Mark Horsley, chief executive, Northern Gas Networks At around 9am on Good Friday the North of England’s gas network, Northern Gas Networks (NGN) started to receive an influx of calls from customers in the area. Reports were coming in that the gas supply of around 8,000 customers had suddenly stopped. NGN chief […]
Keys handed over for Silsden Town Hall
A ceremony has been held to mark the handover of keys for Silsden Town Hall. Management of the Kirkgate building has been taken over, on behalf of the community, by seven trustees. The final lease is still to be signed, but Bradford Council has passed the administration of the premises to the Friends of Silsden […]
Silsden in the snow – Tues 27 February 2018
This is a panoramic view taken from the footpath across from Swartha on Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Rail Passenger Usage from Local Stations since 2010
Asked by John Grogan (Keighley) Asked on: 04 September 2017 Department for Transport Railway Stations: West Yorkshire 7863 To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail passengers used (a) Ilkley, (b) Keighley, (c) Ben Rhydding and (d) Steeton and Silsden stations in each year since 2010. A Answered by: Paul Maynard Answered on: 12 September […]
Aireville Mount – a new waterfall?
During the winter months, the farmland to the east of Silsden gets very wet. For most of the time, the water is absorbed by the land and is released slowly into the watercourse, but things change. With the pressure to build more on the green fields services are installed, and not always for the best.
Community Public Access Defibrillators – in Silsden
These are situated, on the Bowls Club in the Park, by the door to the St James Church Hall, at the Football club on Keighley Rd, and on the wall of the Gloucester Ave Community Hall on Windsor Ave. To access the Defibrillator inside the box, first ring the Ambulance service on 999 and if […]
The New Junior School for Silsden – 270 deg panorama
This is a panoramic view taken from the eastern boundary of the proposed site for the new Silsden School. Both of the green fields to the west (towards the houses) will be built on. At least 50% of the land will be concreted over.