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However, it is important to be aware that the title deeds may contain restrictive covenants that may require consent to be obtained for, or even prohibit, certain works. It is also important to be aware that planning permission and/or building regulation approval may be required for any works you may wish to carry out.

If you do not comply with the covenants or fail to obtain the appropriate planning permissions and/or building regulation approvals, you may experience difficulty in selling or remortgaging the property in the future.

Indemnity insurance can be obtained for breach of restrictive covenants and/or lack of planning permission and/or building regulation approval, but this is not an ideal solution and should not be relied on at the outset. It may be a suitable fallback option, but it is better to ensure that everything is done correctly in the first place. In general, indemnity insurance will only provide cover against enforcement action. It is not a substitute for a survey and will not provide cover for structural defects in the property arising from failure to obtain the right consents and permissions.

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Covered Edition 47 / february 2015 Contents

12 garden guru 14 Wingwatch 15 news from the suburbs 28 The Really Useful Guide 34 New Classifieds!

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Editor’s Letter Hello and welcome to this month’s Covered – the magazine for the Leeds suburbs.

It’s not often editors crack a grin (Perry White anyone?) but I find myself smiling today. Why? There will still be a little daylight when I leave the office!

Thankfully, winter is nearly over and spring is not too far around the corner, the official (meteorological) start of spring being 1 March. I’m not expecting butterflies to suddenly emerge and dance around my head as I skip down the road in some kind of Disneyesque otherworld but I am looking forward to those longer, more clement days.

Aside from a lighter evening, another reason I’m thinking of spring today is that, as Covered is a monthly magazine, I’m always looking at events and activities two or three months down the line. When readers were unpacking from summer holidays, we in monthly publishing were focussed on Christmas

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and New Year. With that in mind, I’d like to remind community organisations and contributors who kindly submit information to us for editorial pieces or for inclusion in our Really Useful Guide that the earlier we receive that information the better. I’ve lost count of the number of very worthwhile events we’ve not been able offer support to because we only receive notice of them a week or so before the event takes place so please, get your content to me as soon as you can!

Looking to the next edition; the deadline for editorial submissions and listings in our Really Useful Guide is 10/02/15 and the advertising deadline is 12/02/15.

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THE HUNGRY BEAR Meanwood is fast acquiring itself a reputation as ‘the new Chapel Allerton’ and as more new people move into the area, so too, the number of bars and restaurants increase. In the midst of this burgeoning scene is The Hungry Bear restaurant and brewery.

Situated on a noticeable corner of Stonegate Road, opposite Waitrose supermarket, this white fronted property, with rustic wooden sign, looks like the sort of inviting, family-run restaurant you’d expect to find in the towns of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, not on a major thoroughfare in Leeds. The building was once home to a solicitor’s office but stepping through the front door and into the warm and welcoming

interior now, there’s no evidence at all of the building’s former purpose.

Divided over two levels, the ground floor has rugged slate tiled floors coupled with powdery blue/gray walls and dark wooden furniture.

Completed with luxuriant curtains draped in the immense windows and homely prints strategically placed, this instantly feels like a place to relax and spend hours chatting to friends. The bar and downstairs

restaurant are also wheelchair accessible. An imposing wooden staircase leads to a further dining area upstairs which has a slightly different, cosy, French bistro feel about it. Sitting in the eaves with an assortment of reclaimed furniture and wooden dressers, this room feels a lot lighter and airier, but still with the same friendly atmosphere and window views to the world hurrying by outside.

The Hungry Bear is still a relatively new venue, having opened just over a year ago, and a lot of people probably drive past without ever venturing in, which is a great shame as this place has a lot to offer and, once inside, the busy outdoors seems to just melt away. The staff here are well informed and strike the right balance between friendly and attentive, without appearing overbearing and the different seating areas and space allow for comfort.

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whilst you work and take advantage of the free wifi. With hundreds of glowing reviews online, it’s easy to see that past patrons have been impressed and easily converted into regular customers. The venue is also available for functions and meetings by arrangement.

Aside from its cosy and relaxing atmosphere, the main selling points of The Hungry Bear are the food, as you might expect, and also their beer. Because, as well as offering top quality food, The Hungry Bear has its own nano-brewery upstairs and brews a new ale every week with speciality beers also produced for occasions such as Christmas.

Brewed in 90 litre batches, the ales are then bottled on site and offered for sale in 500ml and 750ml sizes, with 5-6 different ales on the menu at any one time, ranging from a

pale ale through to a stout. Hungry Bear owner and Head Chef, James Coupland, and brewer, Phil, explain that it’s still very much early days for their craft ales. Though extremely well received so far, they are keen to expand the range and try out new ideas and tastes which compliment the food on offer. This is a relatively new concept for us here in the UK as we’ve now been conditioned to choose a nice wine to accompany fine food, but whilst the food at Hungry Bear is of a high standard, the emphasis is also on offering homely, substantial food which makes you feel good and it only seems natural that a good ale, or two, should be a part of that. Food that makes you feel good, and beer that makes you feel even better… now there’s a concept to which one can relate. Don’t be dissuaded if you are a wine lover

“Aside from its cosy and relaxing atmosphere, the main selling points of The Hungry Bear are the food, as you might expect, and also their beer.”

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“The Hungry Bear has its own nano-brewery upstairs and brews a new ale every week with speciality beers also produced for occasions such as Christmas�

though as there is also a reasonably priced range of wines, bottled beers and spirits as well as hot drinks available.

Friends, James and Phil, met when they attended Birmingham College of Food together before James went on to work at the renowned Box Tree in Ilkley and Wood Hall Hotel in Wetherby. His flair for Continental inspired dishes and creative presentation made using local produce continues and favourite dishes now at The Hungry Bear include a rich Dexter stew, served with thyme and garlic dumplings, and a confit belly pork with celeriac puree and black pudding balls. At lunch time there is also a range of light bites, sandwiches and platters, all displaying the same attention to detail for ingredients and flavours.

Peruvian fishcakes served with herb salad and avocado salsa, or parma ham, blue cheese and crispy walnut salad. There are meat and vegetable

platters available throughout the day, with the vegetarian version offering rosemary and garlic baked brie and mushroom and mozzarella arancini, along with the usual salads, pickles and breads. There are other dishes available for vegetarians too, such as candied beetroot and ginger sweet potato stack with smoked parsnip and edamame bean quinoa and dishes can often be adapted to suit a gluten free or vegan diet, on request. An added extra is that all of

the beers brewed on site are refined using Irish moss meaning these are also suitable for vegetarians. Sunday lunch is available between 12-6pm and if you have room left for dessert, then you can expect such delights as pistachio cheesecake with chocolate crackling, summer fruit mille-feuille with a strawberry and mint balsamic compote or a cheese board offering five local Yorkshire cheeses with accompaniments. The menus are seasonal and are changed around every 3 months with a new one due out shortly and including a beef short rib served with bubble and squeak cake. There is currently a lunchtime discount offer as well as an early bird meal between 6-7pm and booking is recommended on a Friday and Saturday evening.

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12 Garden Guru

Crocus should start breaking through soon.

Happy New Year to all our readers, this is a month of cold and wet, so look out for signs of spring to brighten your horizons. The first little signs of white are showing from snowdrops, the green spikes of crocus leaves and other early bulbs are showing above the ground. Witch hazel is flowering, and the scent from Daphne and Viburnum shrubs will always make you smile.

beans – making small successions sowing of beans in the following months. If the soil is not too cold and wet, plant your garlic and shallots outside. If the conditions are not good, plant them in modules under cover to get them started, then plant them out as the weather warms up.

This month finish any pruning of apple and pear trees, cutting out and diseased wood and crossing branches. Plums are pruned in the summer. Then winter wash all your fruit trees and bushes, to give them a clean start for a productive summer. If you like forced rhubarb, clear the soil from around one of the roots, to allow them to become frosted – then cover with an upturned dustbin or similar to block Keep of the ground while it is cold and wet, out all the light. similarly with laws, since the soil will compact and make problems for later in the year. If you have In the garden, cut off old leaves of hellebores, the facilities, it is possible to sow sweet peas for and be prepared to firm back in any plants which an early crop, pinching out the tops when they are have been lifted by frost. Heavy snow falls will about 9” high to make them bush out. Similar, sow accumulate on hedges, shrubs and tall plants, so be onions seeds now, then the first sowing of broad prepared to knock it off if and when it occurs.

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MASTER OF THE SKIES Leeds is a good place to live if you like magnificent birds of prey. Any clear sunny day, keep your eyes on the sky and you’re bound to be treated to the sight of one (or often more) beautiful red kites soaring above you, with their red-brown plumage, deeply forked tails and a wingspan of up to 1.5 metres.

Red kites were persecuted mercilessly in the UK in the 19th century, and almost died out here, with only a few pairs hanging on in north Wales. Thanks to dedicated conservationists, including the RSPB and Natural England, from 1989 birds from Spain and Sweden were re-introduced, and there are now over 2,000 breeding pairs in the UK, 10% of the world population.

The Yorkshire Red Kite Project started at Harewood House in 1999, and 15 years on, 112 territorial pairs have been recorded, and the population is considered to be self-

buy these or make your own – for more details check the RSPB website at http://www.rspb.org. uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/ helpingbirds/nestboxes/

sustaining. The Harewood estate remains one of the best places in Leeds to see these lovely birds. Red kites feed on carrion, such as dead sheep, and also takes small live prey, such as earthworms, beetles, rodents and amphibians. In spring, you can sometimes also hear their high pitched “mewling” call, as pairs of breeding birds call out to one other.

February 14th – 21st is National Nestbox week, when you can help birds locally by putting up a nestbox in your garden. You can

Any questions, ideas, suggestions or observations about local birds and wildlife, garden or otherwise are welcome and will be included in future articles. Please email: info@ covered-magazine.net or write to Covered at the usual address.

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Funding secured for new trees at Allerton Grange Fields Allerton Grange Fields in Moortown is set to be improved after funding is secured for new trees.

Friends of Allerton Grange Fields have been successful in securing funding towards the purchase of twelve new trees from the Leeds Housing Advisory Panel (HAP) Inner North East as part of a Community Tree Planting Project.

The Housing Advisory Panel seeks to empower local residents and tenants to help improve local housing services, improve the local environment and tackle tenant priorities. The panels also help

shape communities by investing in environmental or community related projects.

The Friends of Allerton Grange Fields is a registered tenants and residents association with Leeds City Council and has previously benefited from HAP funding for the boundary fence painting project with Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) and ASDA. Since 2010, the Friends of Allerton Grange Fields have also planted over 15,000 crocus and daffodil bulbs on grass verges along Lidgett Lane adjacent to Moor Allerton Hall Primary School as part of the community led ‘Lidgett Lane Gateway’ initiative which was supported by HAP. The Community Tree Planting project at Allerton Grange Fields will help to create a safer environment for joggers, cyclists,

FABIAN HAMILTON MP

worldwide, billions of people are denied the opportunity to choose their leaders.

The election begins

I would like to send the following messages to everyone who is eligible to vote.

When it was decided to fix the duration of a government to exactly five years and remove the ability of the Prime Minister to decide an election date, it was inevitable that this would change the character of a general election campaign.

Knowing months in advance that the date will be Thursday May 7th 2015 means that the campaign will be longer and we will see all the political parties working hard to sell their ideas to the electorate.

I would like to make a plea that you do not ‘switch off’ during this period. The democratic choices that are made during an election are so important and so precious and I regularly despair at the apathy of many UK electors when,

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Make sure you are registered to vote. If you are not registered you will not be able to vote on election day.

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Remember the political parties are not all the same.

There are clear differences of principle and values between them, quite apart from their policies on specific issues. Be sure you understand and share the values your preferred party uses to decide its policies.

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Politicians are not all the same. Nearly all the ones I know genuinely want to

walkers, children and young people at play by creating an attractive landscape along the path linking Lidgett Lane with Talbot Avenue. The funding will be used to purchase parkland trees for Allerton Grange Fields with species including Broad Leaved Lime, Common Alder, Silver Birch, Hornbeam and Oak. Friends of Allerton Grange Fields is working with Leeds City Councils Parks & Countryside Service to protect, maintain and enhance the 2.5 hectare Allerton Grange Fields located off Talbot Avenue in Moortown Leeds as a public green open space for present and future generations to enjoy.

Tree planting days will be organised in early 2015, if you would like to get involved then visit website www.friendsallertongrange.org for further information. make changes they think are for the best but you need to be able to place trust in those for whom you vote.

Try to cut through the prattle about personality and the idle gossip of the media.

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Make a new year resolution to use your vote on May 7th.

Why not apply for a postal vote and then you will be spared the requirement to go to a polling station on the day?

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If you feel really strongly about a political party, why not get involved and help campaign? Politics is too important to be left just to the activists and the more people involved, the healthier our precious democracy can be.

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Groundwork Leeds is looking for an angel!

Groundwork is a nationwide project aiming to increase environmental awareness and foster skills and confidence in all sections of the population.

From outreach work in primary schools to informal adult learning sessions, Groundwork has plenty to offer. The Leeds HQ is in Morley, but much happens at Swillington Organic Farm.

Practical outdoor activities such as woodland management, gardening and food growing are vehicles for learning, along with creative art and media studies and traditional crafts such as woodwork. Food cultivation is also designed to help low-income families eat better and more cheaply.

A key area of activity is aimed at 14 to 19-year-olds. School, with a culture of achievement and exams, is not suited to all teenagers. Groundwork runs 10 or 12 week “re-engagement” courses, designed to give kids of 14 to 16, who just might drop out, a focus on what they can do well, teaching skills and fostering confidence. Sven Whitely-McLean, vocational tutor based at Swillington since

Woodwork students create artefacts from scratch, to designs by fellow students in art and media. The tea-light holders are a new line.

2007, told Covered: “These courses have around a 90% success rate. We concentrate on teamwork and projects. The students might build their own boat, for instance, and go and learn to sail it on Yeadon Tarn!”

For 16 to 19-year-olds, the emphasis is on practical skills for the job market, as well as those essential qualifications in English, maths and ICT. Students can also benefit from placements with local employers.

Sven has a dream for Swillington.

Part of his brief is to manage the woodland at the farm and currently much felled timber just ends up as firewood. If Groundwork had a mobile sawmill, it would – in Sven’s

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Projects such as the construction of an eco-classroom for primary school visitors to the site could be easily undertaken. Planking and building would teach students a wealth of new skills and – last but not least – Groundwork would enjoy income from hiring the sawmill out. They are applying for £10 000 of the £15 000 or so needed from the Lottery Fund, the rest from fund-raising and grants.

But if there is an angel out there, Sven would like to know!

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Ten years of neighbourhood planning in Roundhay Roundhay Planning Forum (RPF) is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2015 as it looks to the future of neighbourhood planning in Roundhay ward.

The Roundhay Planning Forum was established in April 2005 by a group of determined local residents including former Roundhay Ward Councillor Mike Fox, who wanted to inf luence planning decision in the local area through a Neighbourhood Design Statement.

Since its formation, the Roundhay Planning Forum has produced the first ward wide Neighbourhood Design Statement (NDS) in the City which was adopted by the Leeds City Council as a Supplementary Planning Document on 4 May 2011 after extensive public consultation with local residents.

The Roundhay Ward NDS was funded by Leeds City Councils North East Area Committee made up of local councillors from Roundhay, Moortown and Chapel Allerton and was shaped by over 800 local people from editing the document through to taking photographs, attending workshops and completing questionnaire survey forms.

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If you have an interest in neighbourhood planning, architecture, planning law, conservation and the historic environment, green spaces, transport and the environment then RPF would like to hear from you in order to influence future planning decisions and shape future projects and priorities.

RPF will be hosting an informal social event on Wednesday 25 February 2015, 7pm at the Roundhay Fox public house, Princes Avenue, Leeds so that you can meet members of the Roundhay Planning Forum and also find out how you can get involved and shape the future of Roundhay.

New members will be very welcome. To find out more about the work of RPF, visit the website ht t p s://sit e s.go og le.c om /sit e/ roundhayplanningforum/nds To celebrate ten years of neighbourhood planning in Roundhay, RPF is offering FREE copies of the Roundhay NDS. To secure your free copy email Bhupinder Dev at RPF on bhupinderdev@hotmail.com or phone/text 07590510499

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Seven Jazz Improvises on Saturdays Seven Jazz, a partner of Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton, has already started its spring season of fortnightly instrumental workshops on Saturday afternoons. Covered attended the first, on 10 January, with guest tutor Matt Parkinson taking the session – rather than regular tutors Will Howard and Dominic Moore.

While we were there, Matt was explaining and demonstrating the differences between the beats in jazz and similar genres – eg bossa nova. His explanations seemed very clear, at least for those blessed with a musical ear. Then demonstrated orally, by clapping and on the drums.

“We’ve gained in strength, depth and popularity over the past five years” organiser Jean Watson told Covered. All types of instrument are represented across a broad age group. Young Joeluca Dooley, there on alto sax, has been travelling over from Pudsey since the classes started – and he’s only sixteen now”.

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Leeds vigil for Charlie Whatever people might think of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the cold-blooded murders at its offices in early January were an outrage. These journalists knew they were a target and some had been living under police protection for some time.

Indeed, one of the dead was a protection officer simply doing his job. On 11 January, French people took to the streets in their millions, united in their protest, and there were similar demonstrations across the world. The vigil held in Leeds Millennium Square drew some 150 people in support of the right to freedom of expression.

They responded to a call by former journalist Mireille Mason Beguin, who now lives in Leeds.

Other speakers included cartoonist William Rudling and Leeds City Councillor Lisa Mulherin.

Covered readers may know Yannick Minvielle-Debat, who runs French dance workshops all over Leeds.

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Ahmed Merabet was the first victim, a policeman on patrol. As it happens, he was a Muslim

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So what would happen then if hidden in amongst those vapid choices there was a name associated with Italian race cars?

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Maserati brought a Ghibli Diesel to Wetherby and I had to jump at the chance of trying it out. As I approached the car there were hints of Maserati’s popular GT models and of the Ghibli’s bigger brother the Quattroporte.

The large alloy wheels and four exhaust pipes suggested a sporty machine and didn’t give away this car as the diesel engine option.

The interior was a pleasant space to be in with a large touch-screen acting as the focal point of the

generally uncluttered dashboard. A carbon fibre finish to the centre console injecting a sporty finish into an otherwise luxury environment of leather and exposed stitches. If you’re feeling brave you can even specify red leather seats.

The VM Sourced 275bhp V6 engine was unmistakably the diesel but was far from obtrusive. Driving along in ICE (Increased Control and Efficiency) or normal mode and the Ghibli wafts around as you would expect any of its competitors. Select Sport mode and the Ghibli comes alive. The 8-speed ZF automatic gearbox waits until higher revs before shifting, valves in the exhaust open up and the ‘Active Sound’ system pipes the best of the exhaust note back into the cabin. Amongst this orchestra of noise 60mph comes up in just 6.3 seconds which is more than adequate for a car of this size.

Even at slow speeds driving through the centre of Wetherby the burble of the Maserati grabbed the attention of bystanders, something few of its competitors could manage. That is what the Maserati brings to the table, it has that something else. It is practical, efficient and has a reasonable emissions but more than that the Ghibli makes you feel special.

The Maserati Ghibli Diesel starts at £49,160 On The Road, has an average consumption of just 47.9 and emits just 158g/km of carbon dioxide. For those company car drivers amongst us the Benefit In Kind rate of 27%.

If you are lucky enough to have the Ghibli Diesel on your company car list, or even luckier to be able to afford one, then this is one car I suggest you take a closer look at.

For more on motors follow @PeteFlintMurray

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LEFT BANK Left Bank is an extraordinary space for arts and events based on Cardigan Road in the Hyde Park area of Leeds.

Formerly known as St Margaret of Antioch Church, this red brick building may look fairly unassuming from the outside but, once inside this Grade II listed building, you find yourself in the midst of towering gothic stone columns, arches and stained glass windows, quite unexpectedly.

The building sat empty for a number of years after two dwindling church congregations were merged and moved to All Hallows, seeing St Margaret’s closed down. Thankfully, this magnificent building was saved when a group of individuals brought together an interest in preserving it and promoting it as not only a venue for contemplation and celebration, but also for creativity. Much has been done to renovate the building, including a new roof and window repairs and there are plans in place to install a new heating system. Left Bank Leeds has respected musician and songwriter Corinne Bailey-

Rae as its patron and is now run by charity Word of Life, with money raised from hire and performances going into maintaining the building and promoting further arts events and activities.

The cathedral like quality of this building lends its versatility to a wide range of events. Last year saw Left Bank transformed into a walk-through theatre production for The Narnia Experience. Aimed largely at schoolchildren, this innovative piece of theatre received 5,500 visitors at Left Bank and required some 300 volunteers to stage. Since then, the venue has

played host to aerial acrobatic theatre, beer and street food festivals, steampunk markets and also worked with nearby Hyde Park Picture House to show Vertical Cinema as part of the 29th Leeds International Film Festival. Most recently,

Thankfully, this magnificent building was saved when a group of individuals brought together an interest in preserving it and promoting it as not only a venue for contemplation and celebration, but also for creativity.

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Mimika Theatre hosted their unique performance of Landscapes within a tent set up in Left Bank. The tent allowing an intimate and atmospheric setting in which to engage directly with their audience and demonstrate differing animal

habitats from around the planet.

Left Bank are available for private hire and often present live music events and even have their own choir. The emphasis here is very much about getting involved and having fun and, with this in

mind, there is no audition to join.

And it almost goes without saying that this is a popular venue to host a wedding. Although unable to conduct legal ceremonies within the building, it makes a impressive and grand venue to host the reception and has its own licenced bar, selling organic, fair-trade and local products wherever possible and working with recommended outside caterers to make your special day truly memorable.

The next major event is Left Bank Skate which will see the venue transformed into an indoor skate park for one week only. Between 17 - 21 February you can ride inside this amazing space, with lessons and open sessions available for 8-17s and adults. Free for 8-17s and ÂŁ7 for adults. See website for full timetable. www.leftbankleeds.org.uk

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East Riddlesden Hall

East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley Last month we featured the Leeds National Trust Association’s 50th birthday party. There being no actual NT properties in the whole of Leeds, members have to travel if they want to visit any.

In the case of East Riddlesden Hall, that’s not far. And it’s unusual. Whereas the majority of stately homes in the area are legacies from Victorian captains of industry, East Riddlesden Hall dates from much earlier.

The earliest part of the main building, now a ruin, is known as the Starkie Wing. Originally a house built in the thirteenth century and hall built in the fourteenth, it was remodelled in the 1690s by Edmund Starkie, a prosperous local merchant.

Dangerously dilapidated, all but the façade was demolished in 1905.

Another branch of Starkie’s family, the Murgatroyds, had already added their own extensions, façades and detail to the existing fifteenth and sixteenth century structures. Today, there

The kitchen

are so many revelations and new interpretations that the even some of those in the know have had difficulty keeping up.

– hundreds of miles away in Suffolk. As absentee landlords they redeployed rooms according to the needs of a succession of tenants. They also sold parts of the Times change estate – perhaps those worth more to the industrial community than What had become a seventeenth the agricultural. The buildings century manor house was became neglected to the point of severely affected by the Industrial dilapidation.

Revolution.

Factories sprang up nearby.

The Leeds and To the rescue Liverpool Canal, cut through the estate. Ownership had passed to In 1913 twin brothers William Elizabeth and Catherine Starkie (Mayor of Keighley) and John and, on marriage, to their husbands Brigg bought most of the fittings

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The drawing room

The entrance porch, part of James Murgatroyd’s 1640s redevelopment

or jewels, no royal scandals. The atmosphere is therefore informal and friendly, rather than one of reverence where visitors feel compelled to speak in whispers.

And there aren’t nearly as many roped-off sections or severe warning notices that some other attractions have. The volunteer staff are local and are keen to share and inform.

Leeds NTA

A bedroom

of the house in the hope that public funds could be raised to save the buildings. War intervening, a buyer was eventually found in 1933. But he was a builder and wanted to develop the whole site. Eventually he was persuaded to sell the hall and immediately surrounding land to the Brigg brothers who handed it to the National Trust in 1934. The task was immense – to peel back 300 years of changes and replace the long gone contents.

One important and architectural feature

Leeds National Trust Association has in hand a substantial donation to the hall, helping fund a living connection between the location’s farming, industrial and wool industries. Details have yet to be finalised, though Covered has been invited to attend a commemorative event in June.

So, more later ...

grounds is the Great Barn, approximately 35 metres by 15, with few changes since the seventeenth century and regarded as one of the finest in the North.

It also serves as a small and East Riddlesden Hall, Bradford informal museum of agricultural Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, equipment.

BD20 SEL. Around £6 admission to house, gardens and grounds.

Up close and personal Free parking. Public transport nearby. Limited disability access.

East Riddlesden Hall is more Open Saturday-Wednesday country manor than stately home. March-October, Sat/Sun The rooms are smaller, less grand. November-early December (some original No oils by Turner, no furniture exceptions and special events). in the by Chippendale, no family silver Full details on nationaltrust.org.uk

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For more info:www.meditationinleeds.org or call0113 265 2118

GRASS TRACK CYCLE RACING Monday evenings 18.30 The Arena, Roundhay Park

IBS LEEDS

Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Monthly meetings now being held at the HEART Centre in Headingley. Please email me at matt@letscureibs.com or visit www.letscureibs.com for details

LEEDS COELIAC GROUP

Sports, Health & Wellbeing ALWOODLEY CHESS CLUB

Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, Alwoodley LS17 7NZ Every Weds evening 7pm in the council room. New members welcome. Enquiries: pagelder@hotmail.co.uk 0113 269 7111

ALWOODLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BADMINTON CLUB

A friendly group who welcome all abilities for Badminton and Social events Mondays from 9.30pm and Wednesdays from 8.30pm.

Contact Vicky 0756 1292699, Phil 0113 2689996 or email acabc@gmx.co.uk. Info www.alwoodleycommunityassociation.co.uk

DIABETES UK SUPPORT GROUP

Meets on the 1st Monday of the month, except Bank Holidays when it is the 2nd,at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from 7.00 to 9.00p.m. Open to both Type 1 and 2 and parents/carers. Ring 07840686618 for more details.

DROP-IN MEDITATION EVENING CLASSES Taught from a Buddhist perspective.

At Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, Leeds, LS8 2QD. Tuesday evenings, 7.30 - 9.30pm.

(3, 10 & 24 Feb)

We offer support and advice to those medically diagnosed with Coeliac disease.

Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850 or sandra.mclean@btinternet.com. enquiries@leedscoeliacgroup.org.uk

Leeds Fencing Club

Kirkstall Leisure Centre, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds LS5 3BE. Beginners/Intermediates/Advanced.

Wheelchair fencing available. www.leedsfencing.co.uk /email: info@ leedsfencing.co.uk / club secretary Karen Garvie 2742262 or Kirkstall Leisure Centre 3782086

Leeds Healing Centre

The Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Road, LS6 1QF. Healing by healers trained with The Healing Trust (NFSH) aids relaxation and promotes wellbeing. Fridays 11am- 2.30pm. Donations appreciated. www.leedshealingcentre.org tel.

07985121810.

Leeds Rowing Club

Saturday and Sunday mornings Waterloo Lake, Roundhay Park, Leeds Website: www.leedsrowing.org.uk

Little Yin Qigong Club

St Edmund's Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay LS8 1JN Wednesdays 6.45 to 7.45 Gentle and relaxing Chinese exercise for all. Friendly group welcomes newcomers. Concessions available. Enquiries: Sue 07729 617471

Moor Allerton Snooker Club

Stonegate Road LS17 6EL (opp Fire Station) Snooker players for social and league play welcome. 2 tables & bar open every evening. Contact John Stancliffe 0113 2949327 for details.

M.S. Society Leeds and District Branch

Information, support, help and social activities for those affected by M.S 0800 1114324

Natural Healing Centre

Healing offered every Thursday by members of NFSH The Healing Trust. 7pm - 8.30pm at The Friend's Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2BW. Donations appreciated. www.leedshealingcentre.org tel. 07949 972690

North East Leeds FC

Junior football club based in Roundhay.

Enquiries: Steve Waide, email: northeastleedsfc@hotmail.co.uk www.clubwebsite.co.uk/northeastleedsfc

North Leeds Bowling Club

Old Park Road LS8 1JX. Crown Green bowling green, on the edge of Soldiers Field, next to the cricket club. Come and enjoy an outdoor sport for all ages in a beautiful setting. Experienced players and those new to the game are all welcome. Playing members £35 per year, social members £10 per year. Contact Trevor on 0113 2671071/ trevmar32@aol.co.uk or Frances on 0113 2690978 francesdada6@gmail.com

PANPALS YORKS PANCREATIC CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

For all those people who currently have a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer or who are caring for such a person, we now have a support group in this area. We meet about every three months, currently in Headingley in Leeds, and offer a self-help supportive and informative group of people who are having to cope with this devastating illness. As well as friendship, we offer expert speakers and signposting to other agencies who offer help.

Enquiries to panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk

Relaxation, Rejuvenation, Sport Massages and Alternative Treatments including back problems, sciatica, arthritis and frozen shoulders.

FULL BODY MASSAGE AND STEAM

£25

INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE

£15

BACK MASSAGE

£15

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Roundhay Athletic

Formed in 2003 the club currently play in the premier division of the Leeds West Riding Sunday League. Enquiries: Tony Charlesworth, shaundhaynes@hotmail.com www.webteams.co.uk

Roundhay Lawn Tennis Club

Shaftesbury Avenue, Leeds LS8 1DU Six floodlit courts, modern clubhouse and changing facilities. Enquiries: David Ward, info@roundhaytennis.org.uk www.roundhaytennis.org.uk

ROUNDHAY JUNIOR PARKRUN

Sunday mornings Warm up 08.45 Run Starts 09.00 By the cricket pavilion, Roundhay Park

ROUNDHAY PARKRUN

Saturday mornings. Warm up 08.45 Run Starts 09.00 Start on Carriage Drive near the Mansion

ROUNDHAY RUNNERS

Thursday evenings 19.00 Sociable running club in Roundhay. New members welcome.

Meet Tennis Club, Shaftesbury Ave. www.roundhayrunners.co.uk

ROUNDHEGIANS BADMINTON CLUB

The memorial Ground, Chelwood, LS8 2AT Competitive league badminton for seniors. Social matches for members. Juniors across the age range are also catered for on Saturday mornings.

Enquiries: Judith Miller 0113 2683254

ROUNDHEGIANS RUGBY CLUB

The Memorial Ground, Chelwood, LS8 2AT 4 senior teams including veterans team.

Junior teams from U7 to U18 age range, including girls up to U12. New players welcome throughout the season. Enquiries Seniors: Jamie McClean 07785 960270 Juniors: Diane Boyce 0113 266 3724 www.roundhegians.com

SHADWELL TENNIS CLUB

Friendly club for players of all levels. New members of all ages & abilities welcome, make new friends & meet fellow villagers.

Annual fees just £35/ £15 under 18s.

Enquiries: 0113 2252996 or shadwell_ tennis_club@hotmail.co.uk

SHADWELL UNITED

U9, U10, U11, U13 & U15 teams playing in the Garforth league.

Enquiries: 07713 877003 or peter.cass@ ntlworld.com www.shadwellunited.co.uk

ST. THERESA’S AC RUNNING CLUB

John Smeaton Sports Centre, Smeaton Approach, LS15 8TA Tuesdays 7pm with extra training on Thursday eves. sttheresasac.moonfruit.com

it’s a date If you are holding an event or activity during March please email details to: info@covered-magazine.net

BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH

Sunday 25th January 2015 10:00 – 12:00 Take part in the national survey. Learn to identify garden birds and how to make your garden more bird and wildlife friendly!

Meeting Place : Workshop Marquee, Outside Tropical World

CHALLENGE 180 – 25 JAN 2015,

10am-1pm The Grammar School at Leeds Challenge 180 is St Gemma’s Hospice’s new sponsored fitness event: 180 minutes of continuous exercise. Take part in PiYo, Zumba & Aerobics all while raising funds for the Hospice. It is just £5 to register.

Visit: www.st-gemma.co.uk/180 or call Becky on 0113 218 5505

MEDITATION DAY COURSE

Transforming Anger and Conflict on Sat 14 February, 10.30am - 4.30pm. £25.

Half Day Course: Perfect Freedom on Sat 28 February, 10am - 1.30pm. £12.

Both at Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, Leeds, LS8 2QD. Please book in advance via our website: www.mediationinleeds.org or call 0113 265 2118

NATIONAL NEST BOX WEEK

Wednesday 18th February 2015 10:00 – 13:00 Design a nest box for one of the birds at Tropical World! Draw a plan for a practical nest box – will you design a Hornbill Hotel, Finch Flat or a Turaco Tower?

Meeting Place: Workshop Marquee, Outside Tropical World

If your Place of Worship has an event you would like to publicise please send details to: info@covered-magazine.net and we will do our best to include it in the relevant issue.

ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB

For people over 65 Every 3rd Wednesday of the month. From 1 to 3.30pm. £3. At Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane LS8 2BW. Contact Sue at 07436 584185.

LEEDS FOLK FIDDLE GROUP

We are looking for new members in Leeds Folk Fiddle Group, violinists of all ages and abilities, varied repertoire, folk music of all kinds, new members welcome, rehearsals Thursday 7pm at LS2, Newly established Yorkshire Chamber Orchestra, new members welcome, rehearsals Tuesdays 7.45. Junior Violin Group, suitable for children of all ages, meet every Thurs at 5pm, contact 07546 459 409, email leeds.violin@gmail.com

LEEDS PEOPLE’S CHOIR

Enjoy singing but have not found a choir?

Come and join us. We take pleasure in singing songs of joy, struggle, liberation, celebration and peace from around the world. Whilst reading music is useful, we also learn songs by ear. Open to anyone we meet every Wednesday during term time, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Square, Leeds. http:// www.leedspeopleschoir.org.uk.

LEEDS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

St Edmund's Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay LS8 1JN Meeting every Tuesday. A friendly bunch of photographers with a wide range of abilities from beginner to pro. Learn and bounce ideas around - new members very welcome. Enquiries: Ian Wray 07814 737499 Web: www.lps1852.co.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ lps1852 Twitter:@lps1852

ROUNDHAY WATERCOLOUR GROUP

St Edmund's Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay LS8 1JN Monday evenings. All ages and abilities welcome. Enquiries: 0113 2931465

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PLACES OF WORSHIP

ART, MUSIC, DANCE & ENTERTAINMENT

Saturday, 28 March, 2015 at 7.30 at The Great Hall, Leeds University Vaughan Williams, Walton, Sibelius, Soloist Catherine Lowe, Conductor David Greed.

Tickets: The Carriageworks Box Office - 0113 2243801 or sinfoniaofleeds. eventbrite.com or on the door

St Andrew’s Shaftsbury Ave, Roundhay LS8 1DS. Tuesday mornings. Learn the art of Calligraphy. Absolute beginners or those with a little knowledge. Enquiries: 0113 2696414. Or 07900 286358

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING

Lidgett Park Methodist Church. LS8 1HG, Thursday 7.30pm to 10pm Beginners welcome, Further details from Irene 0113 2631310 glyn.cup@virginmedia.com

WHITE ROSE CANOE CLUB

Tuesday evenings 18.30 Waterloo Lake, Roundhay Park

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Oakwood Farmers Market

New Temporary venue – Park Avenue 3rd Saturday of every month 9am-12.30 www.oakwoodfarmersmarket.com

Otley Farmers Market

Market Square, Otley, LS21 3AQ Last Sunday of every month 9am-1pm

Skipton Farmers Market

Skipton Canal Basin, BD23 1st Sunday of every month 9am-2.30pm www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com

ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES

Food, Drink & Farmers Markets Briggate Farmers & Craft Market

Briggate, Leeds City Centre 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month 10am-4pm

Chapel Allerton Farmers Market Three Hulats Pub, 13 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3NB Last Sunday of every month 9am-1pm

Chippendales Indoor Market

The Old Grammar School, Manor Square, Otley, LS21 3AY Last Sunday of the month, 9am-3pm Chippendale's Indoor market is a market run inside the gallery. With over 15 traders selling anything from jams, pickles, chilled meats and crafts its well worth visiting.

Designer Craft Fair

Otley Courthouse, LS21 3AN Last Sunday of the month 9.30am-1pm.

Lovely handmade crafts, fairtrade tea & coffee & yummy snacks www.otleycourthouse.org.uk

Grassington Farmers Market

Grassington Village Centre, North Yorkshire, BD23 5LB 3rd Sunday of every month 9am-2.30pm www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com

Guiseley Farmers Market

The Station Pub, 70 Otley Road, Guiseley, LS20 8BH 3rd Sunday of every month 9am-1.30pm

Headingley Farmers Market

Rose Garden, North Lane, LS6 3JJ 2nd Saturday of every month 9am-12.30pm

Horsforth Farmers Market

St Margarets Primary, Town Street, LS18 5BL 1st Saturday of every month 9am-12.30pm www.horsforthfarmersmarket.co.uk

Kirkstall Deli Market

Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH Last Saturday of every month, 12midday-3pm

Alcoholics Anonymous Roundhay.

Is alcohol a problem for you?

Call 0845 7697555

BARDSEY DEBATING AND LITERARY SOCIETY (EST 1937)

Bardsey Village Hall, Woodacre Lane LS17 9DG. Fortnightly meetings held Tues 7.30pm, ladies and gentleman are invited to join this extremely friendly society.

Varied programme and social events Enquiries: 0113 286 2581 or 01937 573061

British Association for German Shepherd Dogs (BAGSD)

Carr Road, Calverley LS28 5NE Sundays: 10am-10.45am (advanced handlers and dogs).

11am-11.45am (puppies, beginners and intermediate handlers and dogs).

Enquiries: Branch Secretary & Instructor John Hepworth – 07974 654402

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE COURSES

From basic to Level 6, also one to one tutorials. For anyone who likes to communicate with Deaf people, all courses are held at Burley Lodge Centre. More information, www.signiasigning.co.uk

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR ROUNDHAY ELDERLY (CARE, Roundhay)

CARE offers social clubs for older people at Brackenwood community centre and Oakwood church. These has a range of entertainments, activities, and guest speakers. In addition to these there are also arts & crafts and poetry & writing clubs. For more information contact Andrew or Sue on 0113 887 3595. We have a wide range of volunteering roles available. Please get in touch and make a real difference to older people in your community.

FREEMASONS OF WHARFEDALE

The Masonic Year starts in September.

Freemasons support local charities from local and national funds. We welcome enquiries for membership from all men over 21 (Ladies have their own organisation). So if you would like to know

more about helping others in need and perhaps wish to know more about a local lodge please e-mail beaudare@msn.com or visit www.wrprovince.net information.

Meetings take place in many areas. There is one near you.

KALEIDOSCOPE

Single, over 50 and nowhere to go ? Join us and improve your social life, make new friends. Not a dating agency and nonprofit making.

Ring Rita on 0113 2171747 or Carol on 0113 2670282, or check out our website Kaleidoscope

LEEDS AND DISTRICT NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION

National Trust members and friends meet monthly at St. Chad's Parish Centre , Headingley.

We have a speaker each month on a wide variety of topics. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 10am starting with coffee/tea and biscuits.

Only £8 per year (£11 per couple) to join and everyone is welcome.

Enquiries:cmsherborne@btopenworld. com or 01924 892681

Leeds Elmete Probus Club

Leeds Seventeen 17 Nursery Lane, Leeds LS17 7ED Meet the last Tuesday of each month for lunch.

Social activities for retired men from professional/business backgrounds.

Guest speakers, ad hoc outings etc.

Members from all over North Leeds.

Enquiries: 0113 2301559

Leeds Magical Association

Church hall of St Johns C of E Church, Harrogate Rd, LS17 7BZ Local magic society meeting twice a month. Busy and varied programme.

New members welcome. Enquiries: leedsmagicalassociation@gmail.com www.leedsmagic.co.uk

Leeds Microscopical Society

Alwoodley Methodist Church Hall, Alwoodley LS17 7BX Friendly group of amateurs and professionals who meet twice a month on Thursday evening. Enquiries: Mike Smith: 0113 2935991 or mikesmith_ls176sh@ yahoo.co.uk

Leeds NE Probus Club

Oakwood Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Drive, LS8 4AB. Meet 2nd Monday of each month at 10am for a speakers meeting and for snooker or bowls. If you are a retired professional or businessman you can be sure of a warm welcome, why not drop in and give it a try?

Enquiries: 0113 265 7064

LEEDS PROBUS CLUB

For retired professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thursday, 10.30am – 12 noon at St. Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane, LS7 for social gatherings with speakers. Details 0113 266 2310

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LEEDS RSPB GROUP

Do you like to watch the birds in your garden and want to know more? We are a friendly group open to anyone with an interest in nature. Monthly evening meetings from September to April with a wide range of illustrated talks. Popular monthly coach trips to nature reserves and other wildlife-rich places in the North of England, as well as local bird walks in spring. Our events are open to all. For more details check out our website at www.rspb.org.uk/groups/leeds or e-mail rspbleeds@googlemail.com.

North Leeds Friendship Centre

Friendly group for retired or over 50's Social afternoon with speaker 2nd Friday of each month New members welcome, Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre Stonegate Road LS17 6EL Details K. Haigh 0113 2169861

ROUNDHAY WI

VOLUNTEER AT MAECARE

ROUNDHAY TEA AND CHAT CLUB

WHARFEDALE & DISTRICT AEROMODELLER’S CLUB

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 12th February at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Avenue, LS8 at 7.15pm. The talk will be on 'Travellers' Tales with a difference' Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact Hilary on 0113 2665648 for details.

Terry Yorath House, Devonshire Close LS8 1BF. Tuesdays 1.30p. Social group for over 65s. Great company, speakers, Extend exercise (optional) trips and theatre visits.

Enquiries 07808 030 702.

ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION

A small group of enthusiasts who share a common interest in the past of the locality. Enquiries: 0113 266 5884 or miggythirsk@btinternet.com

Meetings held each 3rd Saturday in the month at New Headingley Club, St Michaels Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG at 1400hrs.

A chance to meet with other RA Veterans over a drink and take part in the many outings and visits both socially and military. Membership is open to all three branches of the Armed Services(Navy, Army & Air Force.

For further information please contact: Ian Williams. 01924 496587 or email: williams40reg@btinternet.com

Rotaract

THE ROTARY CLUB OF ROUNDHAY

Oakwood & District Historical Society

18 – 30’s Club, meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday 6.45 pm at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lower Briggate, Leeds, All welcome. Details: tony_cleminson@ hotmail.com

ROTARY CLUB OF LEEDS

Every Friday lunchtime 12 for 12:30 till 2 pm at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lower Briggate, Leeds, all welcome, details: www.leeds.rotary1040.org

Roundhay Environmental Action Project (REAP)

Promoting local action on climate change and the environment. Contact: Jill Jones: info@reap-leeds.org.uk Website: www.reap-leeds.org.uk. REAP also runs the farmers market at Oakwood Clock (www.oakwoodfarmersmarket.com) & is currently planning other projects.

ROUNDHAY PLANNING FORUM

An association of residents of Roundhay Ward formed in 2005, working with local people, elected Councillors and City Council Officers to influence local planning decisions and deliver the key actions and aspirations from the adopted Roundhay Ward Neighbourhood Design Statement. New members welcome.

To find out more visit https://sites.google. com/site/roundhayplanningforum/nds

Sand Moor Golf Club, Alwoodley Lane, LS17 7DJ A small but growing group of friendly, social, charitable professional and business people. A non-religious/political and multi-ethnic organisation welcomes men & women who want to make a difference to anyone in the world.

Enquiries: Derek Davidson 0113 2666203 Email: dersuel@sky.com Website: www.roundhayrotaryclub.co.uk

THE THORESBY SOCIETY

Would you like to…Meet new people?

Learn new skills? Help reduce loneliness?

Improve the health and well-being of older people? Make a genuine difference? Then come and help us! To find out more about becoming a volunteer for Moor Allerton Elderly Care, please contact 0113 266 0371

Salem Hall, Main Street, Burley In Wharfedale Experienced flyers, juniors & beginners welcome to join Contact Jeff Smith 0113 2603557 for times/days

WIGTON MOOR FRIENDSHIP GUILD

Wigton Moor U.R. Church on High Ash Drive Leeds 17 A small friendly group meet 3rd Wednesday of each month, 2pm (except August). Speakers, slide shows and power point presentations and two outings per year (with free transport).Come along and try us out for £2. including tea/coffee and biscuits. For further information telephone 2680815 (Maureen) or 2943370 (Alan).

Miscellaneous Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store

The Store which has been running now for almost 30 years is a registered charity that collects donated furniture and, through a raft of voluntary and statutory referral agencies, passes it on to individuals and families in Leeds who are in need.

Enquiries:01132739727 info@leedsandmoortown.org.uk www.leedsandmoortown.org.uk

23 Clarendon Road, LS2 9NZ. The Leeds local history society.

All welcome. Details of lectures and the society on the website www.thoresby.org.uk

THE YORKSHIRE FAR EAST VETERANS GROUP

New Headingley Club, St Michaels Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG Meet 2nd Tuesday of each month. 12.30pm for 1pm start. We welcome any member or ex member and civilian ancillary who have served in the Far East at any time.

Enquiries to Secretary Eddie Seville: 0113 2637583

U3A Leeds

A vibrant organisation for anyone no longer in full time work. Over 20 special interest groups & fortnightly talks.

Enquiries: 07552 448834 or www.u3aleeds.org.uk

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GREEN FINGERS FRIENDS OF ALLERTON GRANGE FIELDS A friendly association of volunteers working to maintain and enhance the six acre Allerton Grange Fields off Talbot Avenue in Moortown. Enquiries: foagf@outlook.com phone or text 07590 510499. Visit our websitewww. friendsallertongrange.org or Find Us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/ friendsofallertongrangefields

LEEDS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

First Tues each month at St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd LS16 5JT at 8pm. We have 10 events each year. Friendly evenings with refreshments 50p raffle and white elephant stall.

Membership £12 single pa and £18 double pa.

Includes all events evenings and free admission to Leeds Flower, Vegetable & Craft Show held at The Grammar School at Leeds LS17 - phone Pat 0113 2250030 www.leedshs.org.uk

SHADWELL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

FRIENDS OF GIPTON WOOD

Voluntary Group which meets monthly for a workday in the wood.

Enquiries: 0113 2667569 or fogwl@ hotmail.com

Guest speaker Thursday 12th Feb “Travels with my Camera” 8 pm Shadwell Methodist Church, Main Street. We are a friendly gardening club for all abilities – membership includes meetings, newsletters, free entry to our traditional Flower Show, members shop and access to gardening advice and new friends. New members welcome £14 single, £18 dual.

Contact Susan, 0113 2738821

FRIENDS OF WIGTON MOOR WOODS

SLAID HILL IN BLOOM

We are a friendly group of volunteers meeting monthly at Wigton Moor UR church hall on High Ash Drive with a varied programme of activity days. We will be working in Wigton Moor Woods on Sunday 8th February, from 10am until 12 midday, helped by Steve Joul, Senior Countryside Ranger. Meet at the co-op car park at 10am, all helpers welcome.

Contact us on 07530040349 Anne or 07943277867 also find us on Facebook

GLEDHOW VALLEY CONSERVATION AREA GROUP

A voluntary group which focus on the heritage, green spaces and structures of the Conservation Area, bringing people together to value the historic environment with fund raising and social events.

Enquiries: gvcag@yahoo.com or www.gledhow.org.uk

All welcome to join our friendly group no experience necessary. Find out more at www.slaidhillinbloom.org or contact Geoff or Margaret on 0113 2689661

THE FRIENDS OF ROUNDHAY PARK

PO Box 129 LS8 1WY. A voluntary group with membership (including honorary) approaching 300. Enquiries: news@forp. co.uk or www.forp.co.uk

FAMILIES & CHILDREN GIRLGUIDING UK

Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section & Adult Volunteers. Enquiries: Lois@nelb.org.uk or 0113 293 6585.

HAREHILLS MOVEMENT AND MUSIC PLAYGROUP

Harehills Lane Baptist Church hall (access from Hilton Place), LS8 4HF. Parent run community playgroup invites you to join us on Tuesdays for music and parachute fun and Wednesdays for movement developmental play. 10-11.15am term time. £1 per family including refreshments.

Everybody welcome.

Enquiries: harehillsplaygroup@gmail.com

REK

Roundhay Parochial Hall, 5 Fitzroy Drive, LS8 4AB Action packed monthly activity for primary school aged children. No adults allowed!

Further details: www.roundhayevangelicalchurch.com

SHADWELL NURSERY & OUT OF sCHOOL/BREAKFAST CLUB

Shadwell Primary School, Main Street, Shadwell, Leeds LS17 8JF Nursery and out of school club/breakfast club (2-11year olds) quality childcare with an experienced and highly qualified staff team. Enquiries: 0113 2323830 Email: shadwellplaygroup@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.kidstimeleeds.co.uk

SPANISH PLAYGROUP

Holy Trinity Church Hall, Meanwood LS6 4NP Thursdays 10am-1pm, term time. For 0-5 year olds and their Spanish-speaking parents or carers. Informal and friendly environment.

Enquiries: 07775 579927 or susanarichart@yahoo.co.uk

Covered attends and supports local community events.

If you have an event you think we should come to then let us know: chris@covered-magazine.net or call: 0113 2745639

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COMMITTED TO CARE St Gemma’s Hospice is committed to giving the best possible care to patients and their families.

As well as providing care for patients in the Hospice’s In-Patient Unit or through their Community Nursing Service for those patients living at home, St Gemma’s is constantly looking for ways to make things better for patients. In 2011, the Hospice took the next step to improving services when One of these studies is testing they opened their Academic Unit out new pain medicines, some of which can combine with standard of Palliative Care [AUPC]. painkillers, to make them more The AUPC, led by Professor effective. They are also running a Mike Bennett, is a collaboration programme of interlinked projects with the University of Leeds which will help cancer patients, and it aims to improve care for and their carers, living at home, to patients with a terminal illness manage their medicines and their through research and education. pain more effectively.

An important focus of the AUPC is research into better treatment The researchers have been and care for cancer pain. A team working with patients, carers and of researchers, working between health professionals, listening the University of Leeds and St to their experiences, in order to Gemma’s, are currently studying identify improvements that can and testing different aspects of be made. From this work, a pain ‘toolkit’ has been developed and cancer pain management.

is currently being tested and a new system, giving speedy access to a health care professional for advice, is being developed.

St Gemma’s will use the results from this programme to improve pain management and a better quality of life for all cancer patients in Leeds and West Yorkshire, not just patients at St Gemma’s Hospice.

If you would like to donate to St Gemma’s then please visit the Hospice’s website, www.st-gemma. co.uk or call 0113 218 5555 to make a telephone donation.

All work guaranteed by DGCOS For more information see: www.dgos.org.uk

Specialists in energy efficient installations Over 25 years experience High security doors & windows Free no obligation quotations Anti-snap & bump lock barrels as standard Beautiful bespoke conservatories Lock upgrades to existing doors Professionally fitted roofline Service to existing windows NO SALESMEN - DEAL DIRECT WITH THE FITTER

Call now on: 07810 521667

28 Barthorpe Crescent LS17 5PE TEL/FAX: 0113 293 4842 MOB: 07810 521667

34 Covered Classifieds Aerial & Satellite

Blinds & Curtains

Dale Communications Ltd TV AERIAL, SATELLITE & COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS Installations

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Repairs

Upgrades

Digital Aerials & Sky Installations & Repairs LCD, LED & Plasma Installations Extra TV/Sky Points Multi Point Systems Watch & Control Sky in Any Room Fully Insured and Qualified Engineers Locally Family Run Business with 25 Years’ Experience 7 Day service with Locally Employed Engineers FREE QUOTATIONS CCTV Installations – Domestic & Commercial 17th Edition Electrician 15% Discount with this advert

CALL YOUR LOCAL ENGINEER ON 0800 633 5311 / 07711 796985 (Engineers based in Oakwood, Roundhay, Shadwell & Slaid Hill)

Website: www.dalecomm.co.uk Email: sales@dalecomm.co.uk

All popular blind styles for home and office Choose from hundreds of fabrics Spares, repairs and replacement louvres 5 minutes from Leeds City Centre

Call us today on 0113 262 6660 www.theblindfactoryleeds.co.uk Unit 28 Penraevons Industrial Estate, Jackson Road, Leeds LS7 2AW Blinds & Curtains

Building & Joinery Services

Moortown 0113 3 167 167

Covered Classifieds Building & Joinery Services

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Carpet Cleaning

Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners

0800 97 007 53 Carpets & Flooring

Building & Joinery Services

S S Joinery, Plumbing & Building Services

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Oakwood Flooring

For a high quality, reliable & professional service in all aspects of home, maintenance, renovations & building work.

Phone: Mob 07813 768047 0113 8081762/ 01904 700855 Over 20 Years Experience City & Guilds Tradesmen ● Free Estimates & Advice

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Kitchen/ Bathroom Loft Conversions Extensions Fencing & Decking Bedrooms/ storage

Windows & doors Gutters/ Fascias Wood Floors/ Joinery No Job Too Small All Trades Included

All Work Carried Out From Planning to Completion

Stephen

Murphy Joinery & Building Established Over 20 years

q Doors & Windows (wood & PVCu) q Kitchens q Fitted Furniture q Staircases & Skirting q Decking q Extensions q Loft Conversions & all other joinery work

07976 361738 smurphyjoinery@virginmedia.com Old Barn Close, Alwoodley

NEW CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING! GET YOUR BUSINESS COVERED FROM JUST £29.99 + VAT PER MONTH! CALL: 0113 274 5639

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St Gemma’s

9 & 15

Decorators

Cleaning Services

TIRED OF DOING IT ALL YOURSELF? Individual packages tailored to suit your cleaning requirements Call today and quote:265

TEL: 0113 228 2640 MOB: 07879 883064

Computers/IT Support

Email info@kbdecorators.co.uk Web www.kbdecorators.com PROFESSIONAL AND RELIABLE DECORATING SERVICE All Types of Decorating Work Large or Small Insurance Work Fully Qualified and Insured Free Estimates

We pride ourselves on a reliable service.

Check our Facebook page for customer reviews.

TELEPHONE MARK ON MOBILE: 07450 393862

NEW CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING! GET YOUR BUSINESS COVERED FROM JUST £29.99 + VAT PER MONTH! CALL: 0113 274 5639

Covered Classifieds Education

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Electricians

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ELECTRICAL SERVICES DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL• INDUSTRIAL

REWIRES NICEIC APPROVED FUSEBOARD UPGRADES TESTING & INSPECTING email: info@acelectrical-services.co.uk

Selby Rd, LS15 0PR

0113 260 4769 or 07775 892 790 www.acelectrical-services.co.uk All work Guaranteed

All electrical work undertaken

Garage Doors

GARAGE SAME

DOOR DAY

REPAIRS

7 DAYS A WEEK 8AM - 8PM Electricians

DAVID GUNBY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL We Provide: Electrical Survey & Report on Installation - N.I.C.E.I.C Electrical - Inspection & Test - Electrical Installations Commercial & Domestic - Fire Alarm Installation & Maintenance - Emergency Lighting Installation & Maintenance - Part P. Testing & Documentation - Portable Appliance Testing (P.A.T) - Full / Part Rewires - Additional Sockets - Replacement Consumer Units

NO JOB TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL FREE NO OBLIGATION QUOTES OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED FOR 5 YEARS PLEASE TELEPHONE FOR FREE ADVICE Phoenix House 33 Talbot Avenue, Roundhay LS8 1AQ

Tel/Fax: 0113 2682556 Mob: 07885 242055 email: david-gunby@fsmail.net

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Broken Cables & Spring Repairs Locks Replaced Remote Controls Fitted & Repaired New Doors Fitted

ALL AREAS COVERED NO CALL OUT CHARGE

www.firstgaragedoors.com

Handyman

LEEDS

01132 820 410 CALL GARY MOBILE

07860 382 984

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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Kerala Centre

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Plastering

Mobile Valeting

PROFESSIONAL AND RELIABLE PLASTERING SERVICE All types of plastering work undertaken Re-skims Ceilings Plaster Boarding Fully Qualified and Insured Free Estimates

We pride ourselves on a reliable service.

Check our Facebook page for customer reviews.

TELEPHONE MARK ON MOBILE: 07450 393862

S.M. PLASTERERS

All Internal Plastering Overskims and New Ceilings Call Stan (Free Quotes)

07929 344826 0113 243 0547

Music Tuition

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Roundhay Music

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Photographic Resources Leodis

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Kayes Plumbing

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Plastering

HigHgate

Plasterer and decorator External and internal work undertaken

Call now on 0113 2694183 or 07799 538864

No job too small!

Devonshire Crescent, Roundhay

new shower

roundhay plumbing

0113 2934385/ 07733 245372 5 the drive roundhay leeds LS8 1JF

Covered Classifieds Plumbing & Heating

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Roofing Services

John Maneely Gas Installation & Servicing Central Heating Installation, repairs & Plumbing

Established 30 Years Landlord Certificates Repairs to All Gas Appliances Worcester Bosch, Baxi and other makes of boilers fitted Gledhow Wood Rd LS8 Tel: 0113 268 6789 Mob: 07836 375121

johnmaneely@hotmail.co.uk

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Solicitors

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Winston Solicitors

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Taxis Property

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Morfitt Shaw

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Roofing Services

Premier Taxis

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Windows, Doors & Conservatories Cloudy 2 Clear

Hall’s Roofing

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G HORNE ROOFING CONTRACTORS LTD

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Leeds Glass

7

MPD Installations

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Rainbow Windows

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ALL ASPECTS OF ROOFING UNDERTAKEN

“QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AT A FAIR PRICE”

Email: g.horneroofing@hotmail.com TEL 0113 2403515

What we do:

Domestic re- roofs & repairs Slating & tiling Built– up felt Guttering Soffits & fascias Chimney repairs

Why choose us:

Established 1976 Small family firm Fully qualified No-fuss work Competitive prices 10 yr guarantee for re-roofs LOCAL ROUNDHAY-BASED COMPANY

Slating • Tiling • Guttering (new or repairs) Flat Roofing • GRP Fiber Glass • Lead Roofs • Velux Windows

0113 2934038 / 07958 977395 Proprietor: Mark Johnson 21 Elmete Grove, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2JY 25

Family run business with over 30 years experience