We 3 were at the Horbury Break Through Project’s awards lunch. This wonderful event showcases the work of the young people from Horbury, South Ossett, Middletown and Netherton.

We 3 along with our Union UNITE continued our support of Wakefield Street Kitchen. A donation of £250 was delivered earlier today, to support their amazing work. Over the next weeks we will be supporting other local groups with funding just in time for Christmas.

A massive thank you to Wakefield Council’s Park Rangers for creating our new ‘Pine Bed’ in Carr Lodge Park. This amazing selection of trees were donated by a local Horbury resident.

Prosper - based in Horbury Junction, held a networking event to celebrate their 75th Birthday! Operating across the Wakefield District, supporting - voluntary, community & charities, with help & funding. Friends of Horbury’s Parks are proud to have received a grant of £5,000 for their projects

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Graham, Roger, Sandra & Darren have had a very productive afternoon in the old changing rooms in Carr Lodge Park. One step closer to starting our great new project. Watch this space for more information coming soon!

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 - 𝐖𝐞 𝟑 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 £𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟒 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭. The donation is to buy Spring Bulbs Friends of Green Park, Horbury, Friends of Horbury's Parks, Friends of Illingworth Park, Ossett and Pride in Horbury Bridge

Horbury, Horbury Bridge & Ossett come together to commemorate those who gave the ultimate sacrifice! 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭.

Our newly installed Veteran’s Bench, in pride and place in Horbury Memorial Park. You can see the new bench at the Remembrance Service in the park at 11:45am on Sunday morning.

𝖸𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋, 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗆 𝖱𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗒, 𝖣𝖺𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝖡𝗒𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖽 - 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖶𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅’𝗌 𝖦𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖥𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝗎𝗆. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 15 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠!

We have been made aware of a burst water pipe on Northfield Lane. It appears that Yorkshire Water are aware, as they have been out and marked the area. We are assuming that they (YW) will attend site and make a repair as soon as possible.

Community spirit of the residents across our Ward is amazing. The Pride in Horbury Bridge group take a real interest in making their part of the world just that little bit more special Their displays for Remembrance is brilliant Thank you for taking the time & making the effort, truly appreciated

🎃This morning we helped judge the Pumpkin Competition at Horbury Library. This is a joint venture between Darren, Deb & Gwen, Friends of Horbury Library & our wonderful library staff A massive congratulations to everyone to took part & gave the judges a difficult task in judging this year’s entries

Look who flew into Horbury Library earlier today! Casper, the owl entertainment the crowd, young and old as he hunted around the bookcases.

Darren, Deb & Gwen joined the Broadroyd Community Centre gang for their monthly fish n chip lunch. A cracking Fish Friday lunch from a local chippy🍟

Remembrance Sunday timings Horbury - see picture Ossett - 10:30 for 11am at the War Memorial

Thank you to those who feel that Northgate car park is a public tip! This rubbish has been reported for collection by the Council, even though it could have been disposed of for free at the Denby Dale Road, recycling centre - less than 3 miles or a 15 minute drive away!

If you’re visiting Horbury Co-op please pay a visit to the Horbury, Sitlington & Ossett Royal British Legion Poppy stall. We 3 will be joining many other volunteers on the stall raising vital funds for their amazing work!

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𝘼 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 to 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧’𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡. Horbury, Sitlington & Ossett Royal British Legion were at Ossett Market, wrapped up warm & doing a roaring trade! As someone once said ‘𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓹𝓼!’ Thank you in advance for your continued support.

𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲’𝐬 – 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧ed 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 & 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 I𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐈𝐘 or not 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.”

At Cluntergate Centre with 200 pupils from local schools to see the final performance of Silly History Boys Show with Rubbish Shakespeare Co production. Brilliant afternoon of fun, theatre, facts & education. Thanks to Cluntergate for their hard work to bring this Theatre for Schools to Horbury.

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Out’n about in Horbury Junction this morning we noticed a couple of issues that need dealing with. The road name sign and blocked drain have now been reported to Wakefield Council and the fence to Network Rail for their attention.

Thank you to Northern Powergrid’s contractors for cutting back the overgrown hedge close to the junction of North Ave & Parker Road. We’ll ask for the path to be swept now it’s clear. The dropped gutter drain has also been reported to the Council for resetting and levelling.

Each week we publish a Weekly Blog of what we have been doing across the Ward. You can read a copy by following this link to our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/share/p/1HNL...

We are receiving comments that residents are being sent text messages/emails supposedly from the DWP asking for bank details so they can pay the Winter Fuel Allowance. 🔴𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗠 - 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 - 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗽!🔴 DWP already knows how to contact you & would never ask for your Bank details.

Had a walk in Carr Lodge Park earlier and the flower beds are looking good. They need an odd spot or two of rain, let’s hope it rains before the weekend!

This video being shared widely on Facebook has been reported to the Police and Council. Please take extra care in the Lagoon area as there are now fewer life saving aids due to sheer wonton vandalism!

The decorative light problem on Horbury High Street is being attended to by contractors. The lights will be made safe and the removed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Guerrilla Gardeners have been out this evening, litter picking, weeding and generally tidying up. Over 15 bags of detritus removed from our streets!

The Community Orchard in Carr Lodge Park seems to be enjoying the hot weather and the recent rain. The apple & pear trees are heavy with fruit as is the nearby mulberry bush. Another project delivered by Friends of Horbury's Parks working together with the community and your local Councillors.

One of my last duties was to accept a cheque from Home Instead for £200. This donation was presented by Lee Masterman Our fundraising total is now over £24000 This. will be presented to our chosen charity - Memory Action Group This money will make a massive impact to MAG Thank you again.

My last but one Mayoral event, was at Featherstone Town Council’s Mayor Making meeting last night Their chains pass from Cllr Dwain Longley to the new town Mayor Cllr Trish McIntosh In the photo below we have (LtoR) the Consort of Normanton, the Mayor of Normanton, the Mayor of Featherstone & me😊

Congratulations to my colleague Cllr Maureen Tennant-King as she takes on the role of Mayor of the Wakefield District. Cllr Lynn Masterman became our Deputy Mayor - both great ambassadors for our great district.

Sunday afternoon with Horbury and Ossett Phoenix Rotary at Horbury Working Members Club for their Spring Grant Awards afternoon. The Club awarded nearly £7,000 to local community groups across Horbury & Ossett.

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨.

What better way to spend an afternoon than at Memory Action Group’s Big Sing at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. FYI - there was lots of dancing as well as singing!

What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than at Memory Action Group’s Big Sing at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. FYI - there was lots of dancing as well as singing!

Lunchtime on Saturday at the National Coal Mining Museum for England at the book launch for Brian Elliott’s new book Miners and the Great War.

At National Coal Mining Museum for England and the lighting of the VE-80 beacon. A great honour, with the Mayor of Kirklees to light the beacon - note to self, don’t stand too close next time! Commemorating the brave men & women who fought in the war and the Bevin Boys who worked underground.

An early evening visit to Wakefield District Soroptimist’s at St Paul’s Church in Walton. Peter & I were honoured guest speakers at their VE-Day celebration event.

Tremendous crowds at Wakefield War Memorial this morning for our commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of VE-Day.

🎉🎉𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 & 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰 & 𝟭𝟱 𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐲! 9 years ago today, I was elected for the first time as one of the Councillors to represent Horbury & South Ossett. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 & 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

Thanks to all who joined us at Wakefield Town Hall & supported our Mayoral year. We’ve raised £22.5k for Memory Action Group—still time to donate! Message us to help. – Darren & Peter

Thursday at the WY Police Operational Support Awards at Wakefield Trinity We heard about the work carried out by Officers & Staff on a daily basis keeping the public of WY safe & sound. We were joined by Deputy Lord Lieutenant John Hammond Booth, Ch Insp Katie Madden & around 300 invited guests.

On Thursday morning I called to see Wakefield Street Kitchen. I wanted to personally deliver a Mayor Says Thanks certificate to Mark Knapper. Mark works at Warburton’s Bakery and he and the team arrange a regular delivery of bread to the Street Kitchen to support their amazing work.

Final job of the day was to track down a hardworking person who is a great supporter of Horbury, its history and community. This was to present Helen Bickerdike with a ‘Mayor Says Thanks’ certificate for her work especially on the Peoples Musuem in Horbury Library and across the rest of the town.

A cracking morning at the Crafted Makers Market at The Art House Wakefield. We met some very talented people - both locally and from across the world.