The Rt Reverend Stephen Cottrell will be holding a special memorial service to remember the victims of the Peckfield Pit tragedy in Micklefield.
Paying tribute to the 63 boys and men killed in the mining disaster of 30th April, 1986, the commemoration service will be held outside St Mary’s Church next to the victims' memorial at 7.30pm, Friday 30th April.
63 candles will be placed around the memorial and a choir of children from Micklefield Primary School will sing to honour the anniversary.
Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Eileen Taylor and Leeds City Council leader Coun James Lewis are expected to attend to pay their respects.
They will be joined by representatives from Micklefield Parish Council, the National Union of Mineworkers, and the wider mining community.
The Rt Reverend Stephen Cottrell
Elsewhere around Leeds, two more remembrance services will also be taking place.
At 7 am Friday, the first service will be held at the memorial to mark the time of the explosion - with the name of those who lost their lives in the tragedy read out in commemoration.
Those in attendance will also help to place 63 crosses - each bearing a victim's name - at the memorial border.
Then at 7.20am - the time of the second and most catastrophic explosion - the church bells at St Mary's, Micklefield will chime out 63 times.
Bells will also ring across the neighbouring parishes of Garforth, Kippax, Aberford and Sherburn-in-Elmet this weekend.
There will also be a service at St. Mary's on Sunday 2nd May for those who have lost their lives in the wider mining community.
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Turnstile to play their only UK headline show this year at Halifax Piece Hall
Turnstile will headline the Halifax Piece Hall this summer, their only UK headline show.
The Grammy-winning hardcore group have just announced a very special show at historic venue the Halifax Piece Hall.
As part of the venue's huge summer season, Turnstile will take to the stage on Wednesday 26 August marking a whopping 41 shows at the Piece Hall's calendar so far.
The group pulled huge crowds at Glastonbury festival last year and scooped up two Grammy Awards earlier this month, using their platform to thank fans who "swung in the dark" with them.
Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL FRSA, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust, says: “2026 will see Turnstile playing at some of the world’s most iconic festivals and then here in Halifax at UK’s most iconic heritage venue.”
“We always aim to deliver for the full spectrum of music lovers in Calderdale and knowing how passionate our rock and metal community is, this gig will be off the scale – truly unmissable!”
Alongside Turnstile, Halifax Piece Hall will welcome the likes of Hollywood Vampires, Paul Weller, Bowling For Soup, Skunk Anansie, Garbage, Empire of the Sun, Sex Pistols, Mcfly, CMAT and Jimmy Eat World this summer. What a season it's going to be.
Baltimore’s hardcore heroes will head to West Yorkshire to play TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall on Wednesday August 26.
Tickets go on sale this Friday 27 February at 10am, and you can get your tickets here.
Find out more about what's going on at the Halifax Piece Hall this summer here.
This iconic Leeds pub is selling 25p pints for the weekend alongside a 70’s-inspired menu
Clementine Hall
Whitelock's Ale House in Leeds are turning back the clocks for four days only.
Ever fancied giving time travel a go? Well now's your chance, as a historic Leeds pub are looking back to time gone by for the weekend.
Whitelock's Ale House are collaborating with Double Diamond beer, an iconic British pale ale made popular in the 70's and now somewhat having a resurgence.
From this Thursday 26 February until Sunday 1 March 2026, pints of Double Diamond will be available for just 25p.
Yep, you can't even get a Freddo for 25p these days let alone a cold, refreshing pint.
Guests will be able to grab their first pint of Double Diamond for 25p along with a nostalgic specials menu from the Whitelock's kitchen.
And if you know anything about their food, it's always class so this specials menu will be absolutely no exception.
The specials menu includes a french onion quiche, a coronation chicken sandwich, gammon, pineapple, egg and chips and to top it all off, a raspberry Swiss roll with custard.
You can get three courses for just £30 and you can either pre-order or order individually when you're there.
This is set to be a real blast from the past, so rally your mates together and prepare for a trip down memory lane and for what could be the cheapest pint of your life.
You can find out more and book your table at Whitelock's Ale House here.
Georgina Pellant -
29th April 2021 
