Bulletin
August Bulletin
Wednesday 29th July 2009
Saturday 1 August
Summer Event
The day time activities will centre around Oakwell Hall, a splendid Elizabethan manor house and the Red House, the 17th century home of a prosperous cloth manufacturer and merchant. Both properties had connections to the Brontes in real life and also in fiction. The houses open at 12 noon - there is an admission charge of £2 to Oakwell Hall and free admission to the Red House.
Oakwell Hall is set in 100 acres of the original estate, now managed as a country park. The whole site includes a well stocked shop, a small cafe, toilet facilities, formal gardens, various nature trails and a separate countryside centre located at some distance from the Hall. The Red House site also includes a re-created 1830s garden and restored outbuildings housing two fascinating exhibitions.
We will meet at 11.30am at the Oakwell Hall car park (not the countryside centre), allowing time to use the visitor facilities before making a tour of the Hall. It is suggested that you bring a picnic lunch as the cafe has only a limited choice of hot and cold snacks. Depending on the weather you might also like to bring a change of footwear if we decide to explore parts of the nearby country park. Afterwards, we should have sufficient time to visit the Red House which is about a mile distant from Oakwell Hall. There is free parking at both sites
Directions (Oakwell Hall, WF17 9LG): Follow the A58 towards Leeds from Halifax (also M62, junction 26), then turn right onto A651. At the traffic lights turn left onto A652. Follow the tourist signs, turn left onto minor road to the car park at Oakwell Hall.
In the evening there is a meal at the Sands House Inn at Crosland Hill, at 7 for 7:30. This has been a popular venue with IVC members in the past, and there is an extensive menu. Please book your place for this as soon as possible so that we can get the required number of places.
Directions (the Sands House Inn, HD4 7AE): From Huddersfield Ring Road take A62 Manchester Road. After half a mile continue ahead through 2 sets of traffic lights. After quarter of a mile, at 3rd set of lights, turn left into Blackmoorfoot Road, Signed St Luke's Hospital. Continue ahead for approx. one and a half miles, past St Luke's Hospital on left, and up the hill. The Sands House Inn is on the left at the junction with Sands House Lane. It is the last building before you emerge into open countryside.
Sunday 2 August
Ice skating at Bradford ice rink 19 little Horton Lane Bradford. Meet outside venue 7.15 for 7.30 up to 10 pm on the ice. Cost approx. £6.80 including skate hire. Refreshments available at the ice rink.
Wednesday 5 August
Walk and Pub Night at Wills o'Nats (near Blackmoorfoot Reservoir)
Sunday 9 August
Afternoon Walk - Ogden Walter
Wednesday 12 August
Club Night - Hosted by Deborah. From 8.00pm onwards at the Old Golf House Hotel. The Film and Theatre Group no longer exists as a formal meeting. Anyone interested in this type of event is asked to bring appropriate - information leaflets, brochures etc - to this club night so that theatre/film trips etc can be organised between interested members.
Thursday 13th August
Bar Meal - Join Andrew and Christine for a £7 special meal (3 courses) or a bar meal off the menu. Meet at 7.00 pm at the Lower Royal George pub, Scammonden - real ales available!
Arnside Weekend and Morecambe Bay Walk
14-16 August
If you are one of the 14 booked on this weekend you should have received full details with last month's bulletin. There are very few beds left at the hostel for Saturday night, and the cross-bay walk must be pre-booked (limited numbers), so please contact me immediately if you want to make a last-minute booking. I also have details of B&Bs nearby.
Additional Information for those who have booked:
Please pre-order Friday night's meal from the menu provided. You may already have received this by e-mail. You can choose one course (as priced), 2 courses (£9.25) or 3 courses (£10). Please let me have your choices by Thursday 6 August as I shall be away from 8 August.
I have booked a meal for Saturday night at the Albion Hotel at 7:30. This is 5/10 minutes walk from the hostel. Margaret tells me there is a live band at a nearby pub for anyone who would like some late evening entertainment after!
Walkers - Please remember to bring your sponsorship form with you for validation. If you haven't got many sponsors we can sponsor one another on Friday evening!
I shall be at the Wills o' Nats pub night on 5 August to answer any last-minute queries and will bring info on nearby places of interest.
Sunday 16 August
Sunday Lunch
Wednesday 19 August Bulletin Deadline
Club Night - Hosted by Keith. From 8.00pm onwards at the Old Golf House Hotel.
Thursday 20 August
Ten Pin Bowling - Electric Bowl Halifax
From 8pm onwards.
Wednesday 26 August Bulletin Collection
Club Night - Hosted by Margaret. From 8.00pm onwards at the Old Golf House Hotel.
Saturday 29 August
Chinese meal: at the Great Wall, 44 Bradford Road, Brighouse, HD6 1RY.
Sunday 30 August
Ice skating at Bradford ice rink 19 little Horton Lane Bradford.
