CRAFT FAIR: The 30th Annual Art Crafts and Plants Exhibition at St Mary's Church starts today from 2pm to 8pm and continues tomorrow from 10am to 6pm. There will be displays and demonstrations and a cake stall. Live guitar music will be played too and refreshments will be available in the parish hall. Adults £1.

BRASS: Gawthorpe Brass Band will present their spring concert tomorrow at Ossett Town Hall at 7.15pm. Tickets are £3.50 and £2.50 for concessions and can be purchased from 'Little Monsters' in Ossett or you can pay at the door on the night.

SOCIAL: Horbury Social Club is meeting next Wednesday afternoon at 2pm in the library. John Clay will talk about 'The Story of the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band'. Subs are 50p per meeting which includes refreshments and £2 membership per year.

PRODUCTION: Horbury Pageant Players are staging a musical version of Peter Pan at the new High School in June. Performances run from Wednesday, June 11 to Saturday 14 and tickets are £5, and £4.50 with concessions (not Saturday). Tickets are available from Star Travel, Horbury or call Audrey on 01924 265088.

WALK: Horbury Churches Together has organised a walk and history talk around the chapels of Sitlington, starting at Netherton Trinity Chapel at 2.30pm on Sunday and ending back at the chapel in time for tea at 5pm. The tea is to raise funds for Christian Aid and tickets for this are £5. For tea tickets, or more information, ring Marjorie on 01924 272947. For more information regarding the walk, ring Christine on 01924 266111.

FRIENDS: The next meeting of the Friends of Carr Lodge Park is next Wednesday evening at 7pm in the library.

SCHOOL EVENT: Fiona Castle OBE, wife of the late Roy Castle, will be a guest at Horbury High School with head teacher Deborah Duncan and school band Purple Jazz on Saturday, May 17 at 7pm. This will be the first event in the new school hall and tickets are £4 (£10 for a family ticket) and are available from Margaret on 01924 277173 or Carole on 01924 275414.

VOX: The next meeting of the Ossett and Horbury Neighbourhood Network is on Monday, May 12 at 7pm in Ossett Town Hall. For further information, contact Wajid
Khan on 01977 691924 or e-mail wajid@voxnet.org.uk

IT'S CRIMINAL: I don't suppose that the thief who stole the sweeties from us last weekend realised that they had been donated to the Friends of Carr Lodge Park for use at local events. It is sad that some people can't overcome their greed and quite worrying that they are prowling around your property, looking for opportunities to take what doesn't belong to them.

GUILD: Join the Horbury Townswomen's Guild on Monday afternoon at 2.15pm in the community centre. They are having a social afternoon with refreshments. All welcome.