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Contents

Covered Magazine Butonia House Clayton Wood Close Leeds LS16 6QE

04 new year, new you 06 food & drink 10 garden guru 18 property matters 30 Advertising Directory

Editor / Advertising

Chris Barnham 07999 138390 01132 745639 chris@covered-magazine.net

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SID’S ON THE SLITHER AND WE WANT HIM BACK!

Contributors

Liz burton Dawn kilner Ivor Hughes eric wells Hello and welcome to Covered – the magazine that delivers.

New Year seems but a distant memory and 2013 is now well underway.

We took to the streets of Horsforth and Pudsey recently (see the centre pages) to check on your progress with New Year’s resolutions and it seems most, if not all of you, have stuck to your guns. Well done to those that did and for those that didn’t there’s always next year. If you’re teetering on the edge of breaking your resolution take a look at our “New Year New You” feature – it may give you that additional inspiration you need.

Not so long ago the standard British fayre was fried breakfasts, bangers & mash and jam roly-poly – nothing wrong with that – it still has a place, especially as we look for comfort food in the winter months. We’re now thinking about, and consuming, a wider range of food with inspirations taken from all corners of the Earth but that doesn’t mean we have to look far beyond our own postcodes to find the very best cuisine. This month’s Food & Drink feature hails local producer Pudsey Pickles and their fine range of preserves, pickles & chutneys – all made and sold locally.

Give their recipe a go - you won’t be disappointed. We’ll bring you more independent, local producers in future editions.

Communities are important and Covered has long been a supporter of many local groups, clubs and societies and we’ll continue to bring you news of the many volunteer-led and non profit organisations active in the area. If you’re involved in the community then let us know what you’d like us to feature – we’re always happy to help spread the word.

The deadline for inclusion in the next edition of Covered is 08/02/13 so please let us have your news & views before then. If you’re running a business and would like to tell thousands of local people about it now is the time to get in touch. Rates start at just £39 per month so there’s never been a better time to get your business Covered!

Until next month...

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04 New Year, New You

New Year

new you!

Part 2

With all the stresses of last-minute Christmas shopping now a thing of the past, it's time to face the New Year!

Let's make it our resolution to avoid the overdone ones - it may become a chore trying to stick to a new exercise regime or diet. Do something different, embrace the world around you, rediscover yourself! One of the greatest ways to feel confident in yourself is to feel confident with others - make your New Year not just about you, but others too.

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Smile

A smile goes a long way Don't be afraid to behave as you naturally would!

For many of us, each day brings the stress of bills, doctor's appointment or approaching deadlines, and there is no better cure than to simply stop and smile. Take a deep breath and think of your source of happiness - all the tension in your body will be eased. And just how an apple a day keeps the doctor away, a smile goes a long way - share it with the world! Give a quick smile to passing people, not in that awkward, creepy way where everyone questions 3 Express yourself your sanity, but in the way you smile at the person sitting down next to you on the train. Let the world Don't be afraid to behave as you naturally would! If you have some unusual hobbies or quirks, don't repress them know that happiness exists. for the sake of being socially accepted. By consciously deliberating over each word and every action you will 2 Explore repress your happiness that is generated by just being Rather than just sitting at home watching reruns on you. Love yourself for who you are, and let the world TV, go somewhere new! If only that 'somewhere new' know this by exhibiting confidence in your natural were Japan or Cyprus, of course, but simply visiting behavior. Not only will you improve yourself, but others may be inspired to do the same, recognising your a new shop or restaurant will free you from a routine confidence and happiness. Help create a world where lifestyle that can cause stress and unhappiness. we can all embrace who we are.

Try a new dish, go into a new convenience store or explore a new park. Whatever it may be the potential Strive to improve your inner self this year. Abandon discoveries are endless! Expand your shopping trips the clichĂŠs and adopt the ones that instill confidence across the town and experience a new environment - after all, confidence is the key to any and all tasks, - it could be just the thing to help you embrace the particularly interactive ones. Make this year a progressive one, not just physically, but mentally too! world and discover a new you.

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Pudsey Pickles is a local producer of jams and chutneys and was started in 2006 by husband and wife team, Daryl and Lee Naylor. They recognised a demand for good quality, local preserves after their first product, a home made piccalilli, sold out at a market during the Pudsey Christmas lights switch on. Now operating from a purpose-made outbuilding at the bottom of their garden in Pudsey, they recently won a ‘Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Award’, received praise from local MP Stuart Andrew and were booked to trade at Galtres Music Festival in York.

Pudsey Pickles The couple are no strangers to a kitchen environment, having met through a large catering company where Lee was the Kitchen Manager. Daryl also has an extensive catering career and previously worked as Head Chef on board the renowned cruise ship QE2. Whilst raising a family, Lee began growing her own vegetables, which found their way into the initial jars of home made piccalilli. After their instant success at the Christmas market, Lee and Daryl went on to extend their range and became regular visitors to Leeds Farmers Markets before

taking the plunge and investing money in 2010 to launch the Pudsey Pickles we see today. They pride themselves in producing tasty, GM free preserves from fresh, locally sourced produce. All products are vegetarian, free from dairy and additives and many are also gluten free. Expect comforting, time honoured family recipes, such as Orange Marmalade, alongside adventurous contemporary flavours like Blackcurrant and Sambuca, or the new Midnight Bell Chutney, featuring a healthy splash of the finest Midnight Bell beer, made by Leeds Brewery. These preserves may taste fantastic with a good pasty, or on a ploughman’s lunch, but are really versatile and can be used to spice up many recipes.

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08 Food & Drink

“50p from the sale of each jar of Fire Dip goes directly to the ‘Little Heroes’ char ity.”

“All products are vegetarian, free from dairy and additives and many are also gluten free.”

This may still be a family business, with the children helping out occasionally on the stall, but things are expanding nicely with lots of plans for 2013. Daryl and Lee remain community minded though and Pudsey Pickles became involved with Bradford Monday 11:30 - 7:00pm Tuesday 11:30 - 7:00pm based charity Little Heroes when Daryl took part in Wednesday 11:30 - 7:00pm one of the charity’s ‘fire walks’ to raise money to Thursday 11:30 - 7:00pm support children suffering with cancer. The charity Friday 11:30 - 7:00pm was featured on a recent Channel 4 programme Saturday 11:30 - 7:00pm ‘The Secret Millionaire’ and Lee and Daryl wanted Unit 5, Swinnow Shopping Centre, Swinnow Road, Leeds LS13 to help more in some way. They created their Fire Dip, a blend of 4 different types of chillies, and 50p from the sale of each jar goes directly to the ‘Little Heroes’ charity. ‘Fire walk’ participants also The Delicious Cake Company prides receive a complimentary jar in recognition of their itself on providing beautiful bespoke BENTLEYS_eighth_ed21.indd 1 08/11/2012 19:28:43 charitable efforts. cakes at affordable prices.

Using the best ingredients and excellent design Pudsey Pickles are stocked at a range of local outlets, skills you can be sure that a cake from notably Cheese and Chutney in Saltaire, Yorkshire Farsley based Delicious Cake Company Crust in Horsforth, Keelham Farm Shop in Thornton will be one that will keep you coming back for more. and Park Fruits in Pudsey and are still regulars at the many farmers markets in and around the area. You facebook.com/TheDeliciousCakeCompany can find out where they are next by following them www.deliciouscakecompany.co.uk on Facebook or Twitter @pudseypickles. Orders and enquiries can also be made online through their Tel: 0113 2566781 Mob: 07932 624449 website www.pudseypickles.co.uk

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Food & Drink 09

Ingredients

Covered Starter

Pack of chilled filo pastry Goat’s cheese Fresh chives Olive Oil Spiced Plum Chutney

Goat’s Cheese & Spiced Plum Samosas

Cut a pack of ready-made filo pastry into 3-inch strips before placing vertically in front of you. Put 1 tablespoon of the goat’s cheese in the bottom left-hand corner of the strip, about quarter of an inch from the short edge, sprinkle with the fresh chives before placing a teaspoon of Spiced Plum Chutney on top. Gently lift the corner of the pastry over the filling to form a triangle so that the bottom edge now runs along the right-hand side.

Fold the triangle upwards, then to the left so that the open edges are across the top and the filling is enclosed.

Continue folding the triangle until you reach the top of the strip. Dab the top of the pastry strip with water to seal.

Repeat until you have 2-3 samosas per person. Place the samosas, sealed side down, on an oiled baking tray and brush with olive oil. Bake in a preheated oven 180 degrees Celsius for around 10 minutes, until golden brown.

Serve with mixed leaves and additional Spiced Plum Chutney.

cookbook

Main

Large chicken breast Small leek 4-5 strips of pancetta Red Cabbage Midnight Bell Chutney Red Onion, Cranberry and Port Chutney Fresh vegetables to serve

Midnight Bell Chicken

Slice open a large chicken breast.

Blanch the leek in a little water.

Drain and chill before placing into the centre of the chicken breast, along with a tablespoon of Midnight Bell Chutney. Wrap the chicken breast in pancetta before wrapping in clingfilm to form a cylindrical shape. Poach for approximately 10 minutes in boiling water, then remove the clingfilm and bake in a pre-heated oven 200 degrees Celsius for around 10 minutes, until golden. Meanwhile, thinly slice red cabbage and mix with a generous helping of Red Onion, Cranberry and Port Chutney. Braise in just enough water to cover, until the moisture has been absorbed. To make the sauce, mix 2 tablespoons of Midnight Bell Chutney with the juice from the chicken. Season to taste and reduce down. Once cooked, serve the chicken on a bed of braised red cabbage with fresh, steamed vegetables, and drizzled with the sauce.

Dessert

2oz butter 2oz caster sugar 2oz self-raising flour 1 egg Pineapple and Malibu Jam Strawberry and Pink Champagne Jam, to drizzle

Pineapple & Malibu Steamed Sponge Pudding

Beat together 2oz softened butter and 2oz caster sugar until a smooth paste is formed. Gradually add 2oz self-raising flour along with a beaten egg. Add a little milk if the mixture is too stiff. Place plenty of Pineapple & Malibu Jam into a well-buttered ramekin, before topping with the sponge mix. Cover with greaseproof paper and then foil, seal and steam in a pan of water for around 40 minutes.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or custard and a drizzle of Strawberry & Pink Champagne Jam, heated gently.

10 4 Garden Guru

Lovers of forced rhubarb should cover it now to ensure pink juicy stems

A Happy New Year to everyone, this is the time to cherish the old and look forward to the new.

Everything from now forward depends on the soil, if it is wet and frozen – keep off. If it is dry and workable, try to keep on top of the weeds and finish the winter digging.

This is also the time to finish pruning your apple and pear trees, cutting out any crossing branches and reducing long spurs to encourage fruit buds.

Cut down to ground level all the autumn fruiting raspberries, which fruit on new wood, although leave summer fruiting canes which have not flowered – as these bear fruit on second year canes.

Gooseberries, blackcurrants and blackberries may also be trimmed, although do not touch your plum trees as these must only be pruned in summer.

If you have a liking for forced rhubarb, find a clump with the buds just showing pink and cover with a large plant pot or dustbin to exclude the light. This will make the plant grow inside the container, providing you with the lovely pink juicy stems.

Shallots are normally planted on the shortest day, and harvested on the longest. So if the ground is too heavy, plant them in modules for transplanting later

in the year. This also applies to the many different types of garlic, which may be harvested for the kitchen and also for an insect repent spray. Seed potatoes will be coming into the shops now, so look out for your favourites, although also try one or two of the new varieties which are blight resistant.

Sterilise your plant pots and seed trays, ready for seed sowing in February. – then clean your green house or cold frame to allow maximum light.

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12 Local Matters

Pencil It In! Diary Dates Kobe

106-108 New Road Side Horsforth LS18 4QB TEL: 0113 258 8439 40% off food bill each Monday

The Bridge Inn

Low Lane Horsforth, LS18 4HN TEL: 0113 258 7339 14th February special Valentine’s Menu 4 course

The Woodside

299 Low Lane Horsforth LS18 4DD TEL: 0113 258 2341 Saturday 23rd February 3 course Gala Dinner and Rod Stewart Tribute Night £14.95. From 7pm, book early to avoid disappointment

Bar Sixty Too

62 Town Street Horsforth LS18 4AP. TEL: 01132 390624 Karaoke Thursday nights, new restaurant open from 4pm-10pm weekdays and 12-10 weekends

The Lawnswood Arms

Otley Road Leeds LS16 7PH TEL: 0113 267 1823 30th January Rod Stewart Tribute Night, from 7.30pm. 3 course dinner £11.99 per person. Book early to avoid disappointment

Fox and Hounds Bramhope

The Cross Bramhope LS16 9AX TEL: 0113 2842448 Every Sunday Jazz Band from 7pm, Quiz Night Tuesdays from 8.30pm

The Fleece Inn

100 Fartown Pudsey LS28 8LU TEL: 0113 2362748 Wednesdays, Quiz Night, from 9.30pm

Bar 57

57-59 Lidget Hill Pudsey LS28 7LJ TEL: 0113 257 2057 Starting in February, last Friday of every month Drag Queen and Comedy. 3rd Friday of every month Acoustic Night

Calverley Arms

Calverley Lane Pudsey LS28 5QQ TEL: 0113 255 7771 Acoustic Night, Friday 25th January from 7pm

The Owl at Rodley

1 Rodley Lane Rodley LS13 1LB TEL: 0113 256 5242 Quiz Night every Thursday. Valentines Day Meal for 2 and Valentine Quiz at 9pm. 3rd Tuesday of the month, Rodley WI Group.

The Abbey Inn

99 Pollard Lane Leeds, West Yorkshire LS13 TEL: 0113 258 1248 1st February Horseracing from 8.30pm.

Live Music from Starscreen Saturday 9th February from 9pm. 23rd February Tony Martin, from 9pm.

Holt Park Library Writers’ Group Holt Park Library, Ralph Thoresby High School Holtdale Approach, Leeds LS16 7RX TEL: 0113 336 8188 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2-3.30pm

Bramley Library Crime Readers Hough Lane Leeds LS13 3ND TEL: 0113 214 6040 Second Monday of every month, 5.306.30pm

Fairy Fun

Kirkstall Abbey, Abbey Road Kirkstall LS5 3EH TEL: 0113 230 5492 10-11am 20th of every month

Pudsey Library Readers’ Group Church Lane Pudsey Leeds LS28 7TY Tel: 0113 214 6035 1.30-2.30 second Tuesday of every month

Ki-Rin Karate

Pudsey Judo Club

Aerobicsforall

Yorkshire Racing Club

Horsforth Grove Methodist Church Town Street, Horsforth LS18 4RJ TEL: 07954 131328 Tuesday Juniors from 6-7.20pm and Adults from 7.30-9pm. Free for first 2 weeks, £5 a lesson thereafter. Pudsey House Thursdays, same times and prices.

Old Stables at the back of Church Lane, Adel LS16 8DW TEL: 07811 260 875 Monday evenings 6.45pm Aerotone, Wednesdays, 7.45pm Interval Circuits,

Aerobicsforall

YMCA, Otley Rd Lawnswood LS16 6HQ TEL: 07811 260 875 Friday mornings, 9.30am

VIP Readers Group

Horsforth Library, Town Street, Horsforth LS18 5BL TEL: 0113 214 4801 1st Friday of every month at 10am, for visually impaired readers.

Knit and Natter

Holt Park Library, Ralph Thoresby High School Holtdale Approach, Leeds LS16 7RX TEL: 0113 336 8188 Every Friday morning at 10am and Wednesday evenings at 6pm

Flex Gymnasium, Coal Hill Lane, Pudsey LS28 5NA TEL: 07828 997115 Free taster session for adult beginners on Mondays. £60 for 10 weeks. Adult Beginner Courses (ABC) start date 4th February.

Pudsey Liberal Club, 15 Lowtown Pudsey LS28 7BQ TEL: 0113 282 1231 Tuesday 5th February with trainer Jo Foster

Creative Calverley

Locally made food and gifts.

The Thornhill Arms 18 Town Gate Calverley LS28 5NF TEL: 0113 256 5492 2nd February 10-3pm

Friends of Woodhall Lake Public Meeting

Priesthorpe School conference room Come along and help with your local environment- all welcome!

Thursday 7th February 7pm

Friends of St John’s Church

Table Top & Craft Sale.

St John’s Church Hall, New Street, Farsley.

Tables cost £7. Refreshments available TEL: 0113 2290704 Saturday 9th February 9am – 12:15

14 Covered Feature

Santa’s Little Helpers at Asda Owlcotes Well, maybe not Santa, but certainly helping the shoppers at Asda’s store in Owlcotes Centre on the Sunday before Christmas. And not all of them that little. On the day, some 25 cadets from 2387 Squadron Air Training Corps (Pudsey) were helping Christmas shoppers pack and take to their cars some of their last-minute shopping for the festive season. Donations were received on behalf of the Squadron itself, Help for Heroes and other charities dedicated to the relief of post-traumatic stress syndrome incurred by service personnel in their service for the country. They raised in excess of £1000 on the day.

Pudsey ATC has 82 members aged between 13 and 19. They meet on Mondays and Thursdays, with additional longer commitments during the summer.

Pudsey ATC cadets Sunil Shergill, Emily Paul and Aran Booth giving Christmas shoppers a helping hand in Asda Owlcotes

Like similar youth organisations derived from other branches of the uniformed services, the Air Training Corps offers a structured and disciplined entry into the wider society – a youth club with tighter behaviour codes, if you like.

Enquiries about Pudsey ATC to Chris Horne on 07970 360271.

Metro Bus - Consultation or Cancellation?

West Yorkshire Metro is currently reviewing the level of bus services provided in the Leeds Area.

Charged with the task of making savings of £5M in three years, they have already conducted similar reviews in Bradford, Kirklees and Wakefield. The public consultation roadshow began on 7 January with a display stand at Morrison’s in Morley. It concludes on 31 January in Hunslet, with the most accessible to Covered Areas A and B readers now being on 21 January (Metro Offices Leeds) and on the 29th (Leeds City Bus Station).

Changes are planned from July, with routes serving Bramley, Horsforth, Otley and Pudsey being among those most affected. Comprehensive details are Clive Hopkinson of Metro Customer Services – the binder is almost bursting with details of present and available at Metro’s roadshows, online at wymetro. proposed routes and timetables. com/busreview or on request from Metro themselves.

Feedback forms are similarly available and may be completed online. figures. Those under the greatest threat are the very early services – with average passenger loads in Covered met up with Metro’s two-man roadshow on twos and threes. Although these services may well 9 January at Morrison’s Horsforth. Clive Hopkinson be crucial to those few passengers, they just can’t be of Metro Customer services was quite candid; “We maintained in the current economic climate.” have to make savings of five million pounds over three years and we’re nearly a year into it already. The formal consultation period ends on 18 Here are the bus timetables as they run now and as February. Something has to give and it is likely proposed from July. These are the average passenger that more cancellations will be confirmed than not.

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Make new friends With over 400 members at the Pudsey Live at Home Scheme (for those aged 60+) you’re sure to meet a like-minded person, someone who lives near you or, even, a long lost friend!

With a permanent base at St Andrew’s Methodist Church just off the town centre, a range of weekly activities take place during the day (closed Wednesday) including gentle exercise, social games, art and computer classes. Activities are either mornings or afternoons.

Even if you can’t get there under your own steam the Scheme can offer help with transport – although they are always looking for new volunteers, with their own cars, who are willing to go and pick people up.

One highlight of the week is on a Friday with a shopping trip to a local supermarket, or coming to the centre for a morning activity and staying on for lunch. For those who are more adventurous the

Members on holiday in Bridlington 2012.

Why not join the fun this year?

Scheme, established in 1996, has trips out – a day trip to Ripon in March and a four-day holiday to Blackpool in April.

Membership is free and open to all – the oldest are well into their 90s - so why not make this a regular place to get and out and about? Remember, you’re never too old to make new friends!

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Local Buy To Let Market Grows in 2012 The buy-to-let market has seen sharp growth over the last 12 months as savvy investors take advantage of lower capital values, higher rents, lower void periods and therefore better returns.

It’s not just serious investors who are taking advantage of the boom in rental demand. An increasing number of people are once again investing in property as a way of bolstering their pensions and funding their retirement. Increase in demand coupled to a shortfall in suitable supply has increased pressure on rents - fuelling an increase in the average rental value. Rightmove data shows that average rents have increased by 13.64% between 2009 and 2012.

What to consider when picking a buy-to-let: • Location, buy somewhere you know. If you understand and know the market you live in then you are more likely to make the right purchase.

Management and servicing will also be easier.

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• Amenities, locations on bus routes and train lines are always popular. As the cost of commuting increases, more people choose to use public transport.

• Demand, look for gaps in the market, ask your local agent what they are short of and target this type of property. It will increase your let-ability and reduce the risk of void periods which hit your income.

• Legislation, ensure you understand your legal obligations and commitments if you take on a buy-to-let property to reduce the risk of making expensive legal errors.

• Budget, allow for some maintenance costs and potential void periods when working out your budget on mortgage repayments and other financial commitments so that you aren’t left short.

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Two New Years for Kirkstall Abbey Bidders Auction Market(s) The Bidders Auction Room on Netherfield Road, Guiseley, was celebrating more than the New Year at their first sale in 2013. Apart from looking forward to their first anniversary on 13 February, they were proud to have secured a contract with North Yorkshire Police. Already having the same deal with West Yorkshire, they now act as agents and auctioneers responsible for handling unclaimed and confiscated goods from two forces. Co-director Mark Huckerby told Covered; “Dealing with a second force certainly adds another dimension and helps fill the saleroom – with both goods and bidders. This week, for example, we are selling a large quantity of lost or recovered pushbikes from Scarborough Police Station.”

Bidders Auction Room sales are at 5.30pm each Monday, with daytime viewing on the Sunday and Monday. See their advertisement on this page for further details.

Last year, under one of their community/ business/enterprise initiatives, Leeds City Council awarded £1500 to support the creation of a monthly Saturday deli and food market in the cloisters of the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey. In the summer, organiser Mark Kilvington decided to extend the event to two days, adding a craft and fleamarket element on the Sunday. Both days run from 12-3pm.

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Covered Community Champion Awards Dave Cook – Fifty Not Out in Farsley Covered reader Cathie Craig was buzzing with enthusiasm when she wrote to us about Dave Cook, owner of Hair Fashion at 168 Town Street, Farsley. She, husband Francis and other regulars were going to make a bit of a fuss on 19 January – the fiftieth anniversary of his being a hairdresser in the area. Might we be interested? Yes indeed!

Our first visit was one Saturday lunchtime, en route to a Malaya and Borneo Veteran’s meeting. Closed – though we did arrive unannounced. Then the following Tuesday, when Dave was brimming with both sadness and pride. He had that very morning received a letter from the daughter of a longstanding elderly client who had just passed away. It read “Mum always enjoyed her weekly visit. We cannot thank you enough for the care and attention you always showed, including the lifts home you often gave her”.

Customer care indeed.

Though Cathie Craig’s description “hairdresser in the area” didn’t tell the full story. Dave Cook, at age 19, was a fully trained, qualified and time-served apprentice living and working in Bradford. One day, his then employer, Mario Deluca, asked him if he’d be interested in buying one of Mario’s other salons - in Farsley. “Where’s Farsley?” A short car drive later and the deal was struck. Fifty years a hairdresser at the same address. Wow. So you’re not open Saturday afternoons? “No, my other passion is rugby – Bradford and Bingley RUFC, where I am a Past President.” Any plans to retire? “No”.

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‘Fantastic’ Farsley Festival to go ahead Local councillors, working with the Farsley Business Forum, are planning to stage a celebratory village festival in Farsley in 2013.

Building on the successes of the Diamond Jubilee street parties and entertainment that Louise Green surrounded by tempting cakes she has made. took place last summer, proposals for a giant street party in 2013 are now well underway – with a £2,500 contribution coming from the local area committee, and match-funding from the Farsley Village Trust.

Farsley’s Town Street is bucking the national

Let them eat cake!

retail decline with a number of new shops opening

The village is planning live music, side shows in recent months. for young children, small fairground rides and activities for all ages, as part of a celebration of One such is The Chocolate Club owned by Louise community life in Farsley.

Green who opened the cake shop in mid 2012.

Councillor Andrew Carter Calverley & Farsley) said:

(Conservative, Louise, from Pudsey, says it was something that

she always wanted to do and initially started selling homemade fudge at the monthly Leeds Farmers “Following on from the great success and Market on Briggate in 2011. It proved successful community spirit generated with our Diamond and she started to look around for premises and this Jubilee celebrations, we wanted to try to offer an brought her to Farsley when she found that rents in annual event to bring the community together Pudsey were too high.

and celebrate the village.

“Howard Bradley, who ran the Farsley Youth Development Project, and who was responsible for much of the organisation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, is prepared to provide his expertise to help us organise the village festival, and the fact we have secured funding from the area committee and Farsley Village Trust is going to enable us to move ahead with what should be a great project. We will also need volunteers to help us, and anyone who thinks they could help out should get in touch.”

“I’ve always enjoyed baking,” says Louise. “I bake all the cakes myself at home on a Sunday and Monday, as well as flapjacks and fudges. In the shop I also stock locally handmade biscuits as well as truffles and chocolates by Guppy’s of York”.

It has been a busy year for the family – her husband works ‘above the shop’ as an assessor for vehicles that have been involved in accidents and he’s also established a motor repair workshop with his brother in Rodley. “It really is a seven-day week for all of us!” says Louise.

Councillor Rod Wood (Conservative, Calverley & Farsley ward) said:

She already has plans for the future: “It’s called The Chocolate Club, as I want to get local people together and have some sampling evenings to see what might be a future best seller”.

“This is exactly the type of event that helps to bring the community together. Last year, thanks to the Business Forum, we were able to arrange events culminating in the Christmas Lights celebrations. Now we need to keep this going.”

“My most popular cake? Well, it was a sticky chocolate cake but the key ingredient was made by an American company and is no longer stocked in the UK, and is too expensive to ship over. Otherwise it’s between the carrot cake and Victoria sponge that Farsley folk like!”

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Participants at last years event

St Gemma’s Sponsored Bokwa and Zumbathon Following last year’s highly successful event, St Gemma’s Hospice have organised another Bokwa and Zumbathon. A complete sell out helped the charity raise a massive £18,000 last year and they hope to top that this year….with your help.

Bokwa and Zumba both have amazing benefits for health & wellbeing - it’s a great way to shed those pesky Christmas lbs and you get to help a great cause too. The fun and exhilarating fitness session will last for 3 hours and those taking part are encouraged to find sponsors.

You don’t need to be able to Charleston or run a marathon to do Zumba or Bokwa, you can be a complete beginner in dance and fitness. It’s open to male and female participants so if you feel like getting mega fit, shifting some stubborn pounds and raising money for charity, then sign up today and be part of a fitness sensation. Experts tell us that you could burn up to 2,400 calories in the session – that’s enough to burn off 22 Kit Kats or 9 medium portions of McDonalds fries!

The event takes place on Sunday 24 February 10am until 1pm at Xercise 4 Less Gym (Kirkstall).

Places sold out very quickly last year due to the low entry fee of just £5 so don’t delay, visit www. leedszumbathon.co.uk or call 0113 218 5505

You Vs Calverley Calverley residents have been asked to go out on a limb and try and achieve a goal for themselves this year.

Unlike a personal New Year resolution, you’ll be up against other residents of the village!

So far a fitness group has said they’d lose a certain amount of weight, another person will try and raise £1,000 for charity and another has challenged himself to a parachute jump.

Organised by Creative Calverley, it’s open to everyone, of all ages in the village. All you need to

Are you up for a challenge?

do is get your name on the list by either going to the Thornhill Arms on the first Saturday of the month when the local produce fair is held or e-mail: info@creativecalverley.co.uk In Covered we’ll keep you up to date each month, letting you know what other people have decided and what people may already have achieved.

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Mill aims to be major employer again The revival of Sunnybank Mills at the bottom of Farsley will be a catalyst for the renaissance of the town.

Established in 1829 it grew to cover six acres of weaving sheds and mill buildings on the eleven acre site. It has been in the control of the Gaunt family almost since those early days when John Gaunt became the first trustee of Farsley Club mill – as it was then known. It only passed out of their hands to Edwin Woodhouse between 1882 and 1917. Textile production came to an end in 2008.

At its height the mill employed 900 people, and new plans hope to see 400 people employed in a wide variety of enterprises on the site.

Besides being a mill, many will know that for 25 years it was here that interiors scenes for Emmerdale were filmed.

In the first phase of the re-development, that saw over £3m invested, it has seen media based companies move in alongside two furniture manufacturers, a metal fabricator and a children’s play gym, as well as a building converted into apartments.

Covered met up with the Site Manager, Michael Whitaker, in the first floor gallery where an exhibition by Otley-based artist Shane Green has

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Site Manager, Michael Whitaker, in Sunnybank Mills gallery.

just been superceded by an exhibition of plans for the mills’ future that local people can comment on.

“The site is now owned by cousins William and John Gaunt’ says Michael Whitaker. “They see themselves as guardians and want to bring it back to life and open it up to share with the community”.

The plans show the retention of the traditional mill buildings, with the demolition of the single storey weaving sheds that will create ‘air’ around the stone mill buildings and allow for car parking as well as new complementary buildings.

“We envisage creating a mix of retail, business, light industry and residential, and make features of the dam and woodland, and also a sense of piazzas around the buildings” says Michael.

One interested party is Sainsbury’s who are keen to open a local-style store.

Richardshaw Lane starts to break apart near the busy junction with Grangefield Industrial Estate.

Ice, heavy lorries, constant use and now rain is playing havoc with the state of our roads – so if you’ve hit a big pothole, or been splashed by water from a passing vehicle whilst out walking – you do have someone to tell!

At the website or on the phone number below, you can tell of not only problems with roads but also street lighting, pavements, walls, signage and obstructions (including tree branches).

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