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Judith Dunn Dawn Kilner Ivor Hughes Pete Flint Murray Eric Wells 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 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!

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Covered Edition 47 / february 2015 Contents

12 news from the suburbs 22 garden guru 28 Family & children events 29 Local clubs and societies 31 New classifieds!

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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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Buying fresh and local

The January King retains his crown until March

Otley Farmers’ Market obliges every December by advancing their last-Sunday-of-the-month routine to the Sunday preceding Christmas. Their last was as popular and busy as ever with the inevitable focus on Christmas fayre, the wisest shoppers having reserved their turkey or game beforehand.

We asked Mark Waller of Organic Pantry, Tadcaster, what was local and seasonal right now; “Not difficult – this cabbage, the January King (pictured). It is remarkably frostresistant and, despite the name, it’s at its vey best right through to March.” Yes, it always pays to ask the experts.

cabbage flavour is again disguised.

That said, there’s not a lot of help to be found in cookery books. Mrs Beeton, writing in 1861, noted the high regard in which the vegetable was held by ancient Egyptians,

French Dishes for English Tables (1913) has a refreshingly minimalist approach to recipes and is widely available on websites such as Amazon and eBay for under £10.

Greeks and Romans - some believing that that it also cured all diseases. Even so, she offered just the one recipe - cabbage soup with the flavour disguised by onions and bacon. Similarly, more recently, Delia Smith’s Complete Cookey Course shares one of her own favourite vegetable dishes. One she had found in a Lakelands hotel; cabbage with garlic and juniper (crushed berries). By definition, the

Cabbages are given centre stage when included in pot roasts such as choucroute – a French/German borders dish where the cabbage braises and adds body and texture to a combination of spicy sausages and/or pork chops and/or small bacon/gammon joint (all meat pre-cooked). According to French Dishes for English Tables (Claire de Pratz 1913), the parboiled cabbage should be braised with the meat adding stock, a clove-studded onion and mixed herbs. Infuriatingly, though charmingly in places, the book doesn’t bother much with the finer points of detail such as quantities, oven temperature or duration.

Though, among the scores of conflicting “authentic” recipes online, the one consensus is that around two hours at 170C or gas mark 4 is about right...

12 News from the Suburbs

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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words – create a “virtuous circle of sustainability”. Timber could be planked on site, enhancing the use of a valuable resource.

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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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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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”.

Guest tutor Matt Parkinson explaining and demonstrating the differences between jazz beats and others

The classes aren’t strictly fortnightly - after all, it is jazz ...

Concerts in the hall or elsewhere by the tutors can bump them by a week. Latest info on sevenjazz. co.uk or from Jean Watson on 0113 2370700. Dom Moore also runs improvisational workshops in Meanwood on alternate Tuesday and Friday evenings and can be contacted 07800 816086.

Jazz Voices, a choir led by Tessa Smith holds sessions on alternate Mondays in Chapel Allerton

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The workshop closed with a short performance involving all members here Daniel on sax

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Seven Jazz would prefer workshop members to have two years’ experience of playing, though not necessarily jazz. An ability to read music is preferable but not essential. Those interested are invited to attend and listen before joining. Or you can judge the results of their efforts at the Jazz Café Sunday afternoon improvisational concert at Inkwell Arts, also in Chapel Allerton.

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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.

Here with her son, Lucien

Mireille Mason Beguin addressing the crowd

Cartoonist William Rudling

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

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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 they opened their Academic Unit of Palliative Care [AUPC].

The AUPC, led by Professor Mike Bennett, is a collaboration with the University of Leeds and it aims to improve care for patients with a terminal illness through research and education. An important focus of the AUPC is research into better treatment and care for cancer pain. A team of researchers, working between the University of Leeds and St Gemma’s, are currently studying and testing different aspects of cancer pain management.

One of these studies is testing out new pain medicines, some of which can combine with standard painkillers, to make them more effective.

They are also running a programme of interlinked projects which will help cancer patients, and their carers, living at home, to manage their medicines and their pain more effectively.

The researchers have been working with patients, carers and health professionals, listening to their experiences, in order to identify improvements that can be made. From this work, a pain ‘toolkit’ has been developed and 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.

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The company car market is a competitive one. German brands fight for space on lists designed to keep managers and executives happy. If you are fairly senior you might be fortunate to have an options list littered with BMW 5-series, Audi A6s and Mercedes E-Classes. All very good cars but all of them very sensible and perhaps a little bit bland. They are all designed to blend desirability, luxury and low emissions.

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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?

Doing just that is the Maserati Ghibli Diesel. A four door diesel saloon like the rest but this offering has heritage. From the giant trident badge on the nose, a menacing grill and muscular bodywork the Ghibli brings something new to the table.

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%.

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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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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

26 News from the Suburbs

COUNCILLORS COMMENTS: CROSSGATES We hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year.

We’re looking forward to continuing to work with the local community during 2015 and hope it will be another great year for Cross Gates and Leeds.

Our surgeries are continuing as normal so if you want to see us in person you can meet us at the following locations:

Swarcliffe St Gregory’s Youth & Adult Centre Every Monday 2.00p.m. – 2.30p.m. (except school holidays) Swarcliffe St Gregory’s Youth & Adult Centre Every Tuesday 7.00p.m. – 8.00p.m.

Fieldhead Carr Community Centre 1st Wednesday in the month 7.00p.m. – 8.00p.m.

Cross Gates Methodist Church 1st Saturday in the month 10.00a.m. – 11.00a.m.

Please feel free to see us then or contact us over the phone. We are able to help with a wide variety of issues so please get in touch if you need to speak with us.

*** If you have any questions or concerns that you would like our help with then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

to contact your Councillor please call:

Cllr Peter Gruen 0113 266 3047

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

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

Cllr Pauleen Grahame 0113 260 7697

ORGAN CONCERT

Cross Gates Methodist Church, Austhorpe Road, Leeds, 15. On Wednesday 4th February there will be a light lunch at 12.30pm followed by Chris Denton from St. Mary’s Church, Burley in Wharfedale playing music on the organ at 1.15pm.

The next concert will be given by Matthew Lazenby of St Martin’s, Potternewton on Wednesday 4th March. Tickets £5 or £16 for the series of 4 from Kath 0113 2603614. For more concerts see www.organrecitals.com

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Sports, Health & Wellbeing Amaranth FC

Food, Drink & Farmers Markets

Manston Lane, LS15 8AB New players wanted for U8, U13, U15, U16 and U18 teams. Please call Derek Hallas Club Secretary on 07427 652683 or email derek. hallas@gmail.com

Arthritis Care Halton

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

Chapel Street, Halton Leeds LS15 7RW 1st Tuesday of the month 1.30– 3.30pm Speakers/ outings. New members welcome. £2 inc. raffle & refreshments. Enquiries: 0113 2494561 or just turn up. For further info on Arthritis Care visit website: www.arthritiscare.org.uk

Chapel Allerton Farmers Market

Bardsey Bowling Club

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 9am2.30pm. www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com

Woodacre Lane LS17 9DQ. New members welcome. The club is available daily for social bowling (when no league matches) Equipment provided but please bring flat-soled shoes only.

Enquiries: 01937 579644 or 0113 2934109

Barnbow Social Club

Old Manston Lane, Leeds LS15 8AD Live Entertainment, Bingo, Deal or No Deal etc.

3 snooker teams, 2 Darts & Dominoes teams & a Golf Section. Dance hall available for functions.

Enquire at the club for memberships. The Club is the HQ of “Barnbow Pensioners”. Enquiries: 0113 2647204 or postmaster@barnbowsports. force9.co.uk

COMMANDO FIT

Fitness classes Temple Newsham Park, (house car park), Tues and Thurs at 7pm, Sat 9am.

Enquiries 01924 666780

Crossgates Cricket Club.

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

Austhorpe Lane LS15 8LX Coaching by qualified ECB coaches. New adult & junior members welcome www.crossgatescc.com for further details.

Headingley Farmers Market

Crossgates Harriers

Guiseley 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

John Smeaton Sports Centre, Smeaton Approach LS15 8TA Friendly adult running club. Club nights are Wednesday at 7.15pm Enquiries see: crossgates-harriers.moonfruit.com

CROSSGATES SPIN A YARN

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

Crossgates Library in the Heritage Room, friendly knitting group. Learn new skills, meet new friends and chat. Refreshments included.

Contact 0113 2243328 Tues 1.30 - 2.30

Oakwood Farmers Market

Diabetes UK Support Group

Kirkstall Deli 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

Meets on the 1st Monday of the month, except Bank Holidays when it is the 2nd,at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from 7.00to 9.00p.m.

Open to both Type 1 and 2 and parents/carers.

Ring 07840686618 for more details.

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

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

M.S. Society Leeds and District Branch

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

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

St. Theresa's Athletic Club

Meets at John Smeaton Centre, Tuesday's 7pm & Thursdays, 6.30pm outside Brown Cow pub at Whitkirk. All levels of ability are welcome.

Beginners especially welcome with new course starting on 3rd April.

Details at www.sttheresasac.org.uk

Temple AFC

Charter Standard club, all coaches CRB approved & FA & 1st Aid qualified.

Free training every Sat from 10am-noon on our pitches at Primrose Lane, Halton (behind Matalan). Enquiries: 07931 632014 or templejunior@tiscali.co.uk www.templeafc. btik.com

The Whitkirk Club

Selby Rd, LS15 0AA Bowling, Cricket (www.whitkirkcc.org.uk) Football, Tennis, All age groups catered for.

Members only, children under 14 must leave by 9.30pm. TV for Sky matches

Garforth Rec Bowling Club

Barley Hill Road, Garforth. LS251AU We have players of all ages and welcome new members to play socially or in any of our 16 league teams.

Enquiries: Pam Bacon 01132868907

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FAMILIES & CHILDREN Colton Footie Tots.

Colton Institute Sports & Social Club School Lane, Colton, LS15 9AL Football training for 4/5/6/ years olds.

Coaches CRB & FA trained.

Enquiries: 07830 352934 or hindo7@ googlemail.com. Colton Institute Sports & Social Club has sections for cricket, tennis and bowls. For information on the junior football team go to: www.coltonjuniorsfc.co.uk

Community-Led Nursery Offering Subsidised Places

Twinkle Toes, Colton Institute, Meynell Road, Colton LS15 9AQ. £3.75 per child every Thursday Morning 10am-12 noon for ages 18 month+. Mums &Tots 1st Friday and Baby development group 1st Thursday in the month £2 or £3.75 per family. All welcome. Enquiries: racheltempest@ttoes.co.uk 01132648705/ 07976691664. http://www.ttoes.co.uk

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

Brownies & Rainbows

Crossgates Methodist Church Hall, Austhorpe Road LS15 8QR All girls age 7-10 or 5-7 years are welcome to join the fun and make new friends. Activities include games, crafts, badges, cooking, sports, sleepovers & weekends away. Enquiries: 5xgmethodistbrownies@live.co.uk

Crossgates Tots & Guest Club

Crossgates Methodist Church Hall, Austhorpe Road LS15 8QR Mondays 1:15 – 2:45pm. Pre-school children & their carers welcome for an afternoon of activities and socialising.

Mini Fun (Stay & Play for up to 2 year olds)

Crossgates & Manston Children’s Centre, Poole Crescent LS15 7NB Tuesdays 9.30-11.30 (term time only). Free.

Little Bookworms Storytime

Crossgates Library, Farm Rd LS15 7LB Thursdays 10.30am-11am (term time only) Storytime for children up to 2 years old.

Scholes Playgroup

Station Road LS15 4BJ (use Nursery entrance on Morwick Grove.)

Wednesday mornings (term time only) 9.15am- 11.15am. Parents & Carers with pre school children welcome for chat, play & sing-along. Coffee, tea & cake for

adults, snacks & juice for children £2.50 per child (siblings free).

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

Tiny Dancers

(under 5s) At Temple Newsham and Colton Children's Centre, Colton Primary Site.

Every weds 9.45 – 10.45 (termtime) £4 per week. Contact: jmfjune@hotmail.com

Whitkirk Wanderers JFC

The Whitkirk Club, Selby Rd, Leeds LS15 0AA. New players wanted now for our junior teams to strengthen our squads. Check our website www.pitchero.com/clubs/ whitkirkwanderers for more information.

Contact Lee on 0793 0397659

ART, MUSIC, DANCE & ENTERTAINMENT

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 in Woodhouse Square, Leeds. http://www.leedspeopleschoir.org.uk.

Line Dance Class

Newbourne Methodist Hall, Upper Accommodation Road LS9 8JL Every Thursday at 6.30pm. Children & beginners first lesson free

Whitkirk Arts Guild

Whitkirk Church Hall LS15 0AA Wednesdays from 7.30- 10pm. New members always welcome.

Enquiries:0113 225 3919 www.whitkirkartsguild.com

Yorkshire Late Starters Strings

West Park Centre, Spen Lane LS16 5BE Saturday Mornings during term-time, 10am- 12.30pm. String orchestra for adult learners/returners. The emphasis is on stress-free, non-competitive playing, with tuition offered by some of the finest professionals in the region. Enquiries: yorks.lss@virgin.net or www.ylss.org

City of Leeds Pipe Band

Village Hall, 38 Main Street, Scholes LS15 4DL Thursday 8pm. New members wanted, any age/gender.

Enquiries: 01274 590608 www. leedspipeband.org.uk

GARFORTH AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY

Performing two plays a year since 1947 at Garforth Miners Welfare Hall. We're always on the lookout for new members.

Interested? Get in touch!

Contact: Stephanie Selwood - 07709 050110 weekdays after 6.00pm or weekends 10-00 – 8-00pm

GARFORTH BRASS BAND

Garforth Methodist Church, Church Lane, Garforth, LS25 1NW Rehearse once a week on Sundays, 6.00pm to 8.30pm.

Friendly 3rd Section Band doing local concerts and competitions. Enquiries: Janet Lymath 0113 2866326

GREEN FINGERS Halton in Bloom

If you would like more information on our lively group wanting to make Halton a better place to live please contact Jenny on 0113 8084496 or Alison on 07935 013027 or email haltoninbloom@gmail.com

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 or www.leedshs.org.uk

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,

ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES 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

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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

Colton Village Institute

Meynel Rd, Colton, LS15 9HP Venue hire Available Enquiries: 07757 999639

Crossgates Ladies Probus Club Crossgates Methodist Church Hall, Austhorpe Road LS15 8QR Last Thursday of the month, 2pm Social activities for retired women.

Speakers & occasional outings. New members welcome. Enquiries: 0113 2606211

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.

Garforth Historical Society

Church Gardens Community Room, off Church Lane, Garforth, LS25 2BW A varied programme, Friendly crowd, all welcome to join us. Enquiries to secretary 0113 2863524 or visit our facebook page and garforthhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Garforth Probus Club

Meets at Garforth Working Men's Club, Barley Hill Road, Garforth, LS25 1AU. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month (except August) at 10am for 10.30am.

For retired professional/business men.

Interesting programme of speakers, forums etc. Contact Brian Fox 0113 286 4692.

Garforth Townswomens Guild

Halliday Court, Off Main Street, Garforth.

Meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. New members are welcome to join for speakers, trips, arts & crafts.

Enquiries: 0113 2867636

Garforth & District Crime Prevention Panel

Garforth Miners Welfare Hall, Main St, Garforth.

Meetings, held every other month.

Our aim to assist people in the area prevent crime.

Enquiries: 0113 2864660

Halton Town Womens Guild

Christchurch, Chapel Street LS15 7RW 2nd Monday of the month at 2 pm. New faces always welcome.

Enquiries: Joyce Schofield 0113 2644883

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 Current Affairs Discussion Group

Convenor/Tutor Professor Bill Jones St George's Centre, Great George street, Leeds LS1 3BR. Dates Each Thursday from 2 October – 4 December 2014 (ten sessions)10.30 – 12.30 Fee £90 Keep your brain active and gain in-depth insights into current affairs at home and abroad via 10 weekly briefings and discussions. For more information and booking form contact bill.jones@sky. com or Glynis Sandwith at gmsandwith@ yahoo.co.uk. (07765 641297).

Leeds HF Rambling & Social Club

24 Oxford Drive, Kippax, LS25 7JG Sunday walks geared to public transport.

Send SAE for details to Roger Grayson Joint Secretary.

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 Probus Club

St Matthew's Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane, LS7 3QF. Meeting on the second Thursday in the month 10:30 to noon. For retired professional/business men. Social gatherings with speakers.

Enquiries: 0113 266 2310.

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 wildliferich 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.

Reading Group

Crossgates Library, Farm Rd LS15 7LB 1st Wednesday of the month 6-7pm. For

the current book title or more information ask a staff member or just come along to the group.

Rotaract

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

Royal Artillery Association

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

Table Top Sale

Crossgates Methodist Church Hall, Austhorpe Road LS15 8QR 1st Saturday of the month 9.30am- noon.

Selling crafts, stamps, books, bric-a-brac etc. Admission free.

The Thoresby Society

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. Any member or ex member and civilian ancillary who have served in the Far East at any time are welcome to join. 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

looking ahead SINFONIA OF LEEDS

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

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CREDIT: Ben Hall (rspb-images.com)

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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Leeds Physio Pilates

19

Mirage E Cigs

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Photographic Resources

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Leodis

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Plastering

ROBERT DEAKIN MOBILE CHIROPODIST (HCPC Registered)

Treatment for - Hard Skin, Corns, Verrucas, Cracked Heels, Nail Conditions etc Established over 15 years

07776 191981 / 0113 440 8622 info@chiropodistleeds.co.uk www.chiropodistleeds.co.uk

ANDY KERRY

PLASTERER ALL ASPECTS OF PLASTERING UNDERTAKEN • Re-skims • Covings • Repairs • Emulsioning • Skim over Artex • Wall Paper & Tile Removing For a free quote

Call Andy: 07899 096893 or 01132 656869 Joiners

Tony Richardson Joinery All Domestic Joinery Work Kitchens Floors Skirting Tiling Interior & Exterior Doors Decking Laminates No Job Too Small

Tel Tony on 07962

208482 or 0113 2606299

C. Roberts Plastering All plastering work undertaken

٠Reskims ٠Patching ٠Plaster Boarding ٠Walls ٠Ceilings ٠Insurance Work٠Damp Repairs ٠Rendering Quality workmanship at competitive prices

0113 443 3617/ 0797 218 1528

34 Covered Classifieds Plumbing & Heating

AJT Plumbing & Heating All Aspects of Plumbing & Heating Service/ Repairs/ Installations Landlord Safety Certificates

07958 658361 Tel 0113 264 0667

LS15

01138 214579

07810 002549 THE SOLUTION TO BOILER & CENTRAL HEATING PROBLEMS Boiler Repair Specialists Boiler Service & System Maintainance Energy Efficient Boiler Upgrades Emergency & General Plumbing Power Flushing Replacement Radiators Vented & Unvented Hot Water Cylinders Established Company Based in Oulton Reliable & Friendly Service Free Estimates - No Call Out Charge email: info@boiler-doctor.co.uk

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and Heating ltd

Providing you with a reliable, prompt and friendly service on all things Plumbing & Heating All aspects of Plumbing and Heating All Work Fully Insured 12 Month Guarantee on Work Boiler Changes Full Central Heating systems Plumbing Repairs Full Bathroom Installations

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BOILER DOCTOR

www.boiler-doctor.co.uk

Plumbing & Heating

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

POWER FLUSH

FR ÂŁ250

Including Boiler Service

For a free no obligation quote please contact

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Gledhow Wood Rd LS8 Tel: 0113 268 6789 Mob: 07836 375121

johnmaneely@hotmail.co.uk

07971 797 212

All gas work undertaken by bio-green

6163

Covered Classifieds Roofing Services

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Windows, Doors & Conservatories

We will beat any genuine quote

Solicitors Ison Harrison

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Windows, Doors & Conservatories Cloudy 2 Clear

11

Leeds Glass

17

Rainbow Windows

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