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Hello and welcome to this month’s Covered – the magazine for the Leeds suburbs. We’ve got a slightly new look for you this month – I hope you like it. I’m not a hardcore perfectionist, I’m far too easy going for that, but I’m never happy unless I’m tinkering with something. The slight change of brand for Covered reflects our standing as a magazine that criss-crosses the city (6 editions per month across 15 postcodes) and although our commitment to hyper-local news remains intact, I hope you’ll enjoy reading news and views from all around the Leeds suburbs. Whilst compiling previous editions, I’ve often thought that readers in other areas would love to know what’s going on in this area and that you’d like to know about other parts of the city too. I’m hopeful that by mixing up the editorial a little, you’ll get to know more about events and activities in other parts and that readers across the city will be encouraged to visit the shops and businesses in this area too. As always, my eyes and ears are always open to your valued suggestions so if you’d like to see more of one thing and less of another then please do drop me a line or give me a call. If you haven’t submitted an image for our Photo Competition yet (see P22) then get snapping! We’ve had quite a response already and we’ll begin to include your photos soon! The deadline for editorial submissions and listings in our Really Useful Guide is 02/04/14. The advertising deadline is 04/04/14. Until next month,
04 food & drink 25 property matters 30 garden guru 31 The really useful guide 50 Advertising Directory
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Mrs Gales Imagine a traditional, English tea-room, the type you’d often find hidden deep in The Cotswolds… well, now you don’t have to go that far… Mrs Gales offers you just that, right here, on Street Lane in Leeds.
Complete with mismatched china, tea cosies and lace doilies, Mrs Gales brings a touch of elegant nostalgia to this bustling area and offers a welcome retreat from busy everyday life. Opened in late December 2013 by friends Francesca Davis and Lucia Scaife, this is something more than just your average café; Mrs Gales is billed as a tea-room, meeting place and emporium and sells quality, vintage memorabilia and clothing in addition to tempting customers with an array of fine teas, cakes and light meals. It all began when the friends met at a local fair, through a
love of vintage clothing. They joined forces with Marilyn Gale, another friend of Fran’s, who was keen to start a business which could support and provide resources towards the fight against melanoma cancer, an illness from which Marilyn suffered, and the idea of the tea-room was born. Very sadly, Marilyn passed away before seeing her dream become a reality, though her husband David carried on his wife's wishes and became landlord, renovating the premises so that Fran and Lucia could continue with the plan. Very fittingly, they decided upon the name Mrs Gales as a tribute to their late friend and money
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from the venture goes directly to ‘M’ for Melanoma, a charity set up to work with the oncology department at nearby St James’ Hospital. Walking through the door now, you are greeted by the most fantastic chandelier and a mannequin wearing Victorian silk finery, much of which is for sale. Traditional style lights also hang from the walls and old style radiators blend well with grandfather clocks and antique wooden chests. And there’s something fantastically eccentric about the baby changing facilities… a genuine Silver Cross pram, complete with changing matt. There is a happiness in the air and warmth and hospitality flows easily about the place. Fran tends mainly to the customers with a cheery and respectful manner, whilst Lucia is usually seen working away in the kitchen, carefully creating beautiful cakes and dishes. This is certainly no fast food establishment. Everything here is made freshly to order and special requirements will be catered for wherever possible. Provision is made for
vegetarians and there is also a gluten free range of breads, bagels and porridge. Facilities for disabled customers are good too, with a purpose made ramp and accessible toilet. Cakes are freshly made daily and the choice varies, but the chocolate cake is especially delicious…and fat-free. There is a specials board which offers a home-made soup of the day, with unusual choices such as spinach or butterbean making an appearance, and traditional dishes such as corned beef hash. Healthy options such as poached eggs are available and also a good range of sandwiches such
as smoked salmon or homemade hummus with pitta bread. Mrs Gales is a wonderful venue for every occasion, including business meetings (with free WiFi available), family gatherings and afternoon tea parties. Now fully licensed, they are also looking at hosting events such as champagne celebration parties and have a spacious area downstairs with it’s own facilities. The Lord Mayor is visiting on 1st March for an official opening and we have a feeling that many more people will follow. Call (0113) 2689581 for enquiries.
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5 large eggs, 250g caster sugar, 200g chocolate, 200g plain flour, 200ml milk, 1 tsp baking powder, pinch salt, tin condensed milk, 62g cocoa powder, 400g (empty condensed milk tin) milk, chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 170c. Melt chocolate before letting cool. Separate egg whites from yolks and beat together yolks with sugar before gradually adding the melted chocolate. Add milk gradually, beating all the time, then fold in the sieved flour. Beat the egg whites, with the salt, until you form soft peaks. Fold into the chocolate mixture. Place in a greased tin and bake for 55 minutes. To prepare the filling, put condensed milk in a pan with the cocoa powder and mix well. Add milk and stir constantly until you have a thick paste. Set aside to cool. Once the cake and filling are cool, cut cake in half and fill, reserving some filling for the top and sides of the cake. Decorate with chocolate chips. 250g unsalted butter, 200g caster sugar, 4 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract, juice 1 lemon, grated zest 2 lemons, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 50g ground almonds, 280g plain flour
Preheat oven 180c. Beat butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, before adding vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Mix together dry ingredients and fold into mixture. Pour into greased tin and bake for around 40 minutes. To make the glaze, combine lemon juice and icing sugar, enough to make a thick mixture, and pour over the cooled cake, letting it drip down the sides.
75g butter, chilled and cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing, 350g self raising flour, 1 1â „2 tsp baking powder, 30g caster sugar, 75g sultanas, 150ml milk, 2 eggs, beaten
Preheat oven 200c. Lightly grease baking tray. Put flour and baking powder into mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in lightly and quickly with your fingertips until mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and sultanas. Pour 100ml of milk and most of the beaten egg into the mixture. Mix together with a knife to a soft dough, adding a bit more milk if needed. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and lightly knead just a few times only until gathered together. Gently roll out to around 2cm deep. Cut out rounds and place on baking tray, spaced slightly apart. Glace with reserved egg and bake for around 10 minutes. Serve with jam and cream.
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Buying Local Buying local produce can give levels of assurance and satisfaction that supermarkets and major brands are still trying hard to match. Some buy in the names of celebrity chefs or TV personalities. Some celebs go it alone, by marketing products that have little or nothing to do with their on-screen personae. But it’s never the same as establishing a rapport with a local butcher or grocer or, in the case of markets, with the producers themselves. Feather’s Poultry, also known as Egg Man Skipton on social media, is a long established
family business selling a wide range of breeds and types of poultry and their eggs. Not only chicken, but also duck, goose, rhea and quail. Richard and Sue Feather had decided to branch outside their immediate locality and, before Christmas, gave Otley boot sale a try – perhaps they had heard of the hundred-yards-plus public queues formed by noon on fine Sundays. It must have worked for them – they are there every Sunday, always visible from the entry gate.
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Nutrition.org.uk states that there are 5 groups on their 'eatwell' plate and these are as follows: • Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods • Fruit and vegetables • Milk and dairy products • Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein • Foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar
i'm gaining muscle quicker than the Hulk gets angry, should I be eating more and what in the world is creatine?' Protein consumption is key for gaining and retaining muscle and wikihow.com states that 'the rule of thumb is to eat between 1 and 1.5 times your body weight in grams of protein'. (If you are overweight then this amount should be substituted for your target body weight). Therefore, eggs, chicken, steak, fish and dairy products are most definitely on the menu. Quorn products are a good protein substitute for vegetarian if needed. Protein
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'Morning Mists' by Phil Hunter featured in the monochrome section of the LPS in house competition Machinery/Technology in February
The Leeds Photographic Society News The coming month will feature the society's Annual Exhibition competitions which will bring the club's Photographer of the Year series to an exciting conclusion and in addition to this, there are also the final two rounds of the West Riding Inter-club competition to
run. The LPS is currently holding second place in this series.
at the Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley.
The society's activities extend to far more than photographic competitions though, and as well as hosting a range of talks by visiting speakers, the society also participates in community projects. Currently members are in the process of creating 12 wall displays to decorate a new ward
The society meets on Tuesdays at 7.30 pm. in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1JN. Please visit http://www.lps1852. co.uk/ for more details and you can also follow the Society on Facebook at http://www.facebook. com/lps1852and Twitter @lps1852
Leeds Carnegie on Way to Play-Offs Leeds Carnegie RUFC consolidated their challenge for promotion with a 27 – 18 home win over London Scottish on 2 March. The win left them in second place in the Championship and with a cushion of 13 points over the fifth-placed London side – the play-offs for the single Premiership promotion place are between the top four. Carnegie’s next big test is on 23 March when they entertain current leaders Bristol.
Carnegie’s match against London Scottish was a series of touchline scrambles. Here Carnegie’s Dave Sisi (top left) was denied at the last moment by London Scottish forward Adam Kwasnicki. Carnegie won a penalty seconds later, converted by Alex Lozowski and giving them a nine point advantage shortly after half-time (picture Ivor Hughes)
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No Meetup with Leeds Live Music and Art Lovers As part of our ongoing look at Leeds Meetup groups, all organised online via social media, we decided to connect with Leeds Live Music and Art Lovers. The group has over 800 members with as many as five meetups each week, mainly music and for a wide variety of tastes. They had a meetup planned for Sunday 9 February – at 1230 in the 1853 Gallery at Salts Mill, Shipley. The plan was to start there and go on to all the other art, industrial heritage and retail galleries spread over several floors of the immense Victorian mill. Then join for coffee in one of the mill’s restaurants or cafés. But things didn’t go according to plan – neither theirs nor ours.
Apart from Salts Mill’s own art and industrial heritage displays, there are several other art, cultural, design and leisure retail outlets – this early C20th fine art bronze was on show in Carlton Antiques (2nd floor).
Rules of engagement One group member had discovered that 1853 Gallery was closed for refurbishment. Not a problem – at least for those who checked the group’s web pages that morning. Plan B – meet at 1325 on the second floor. But the building is immense and full of art lovers – just where on the second floor? It wasn’t like meeting other groups such as mountain bikers, photographers or cake-bakers. There were no clues. We missed them.
Plan C Make the most of it. Not only is Salts Mill a remarkably well preserved monument to
A feature about the latest Hockney exhibition at Salts Mill was frustrated by David Hockney Inc’s reproduction fees – it would have cost $3200 to use this one...
Yorkshire’s textiles industry, it also houses a vast collection of original paintings by David Hockney. So, why not photograph and review the latest Hockney exhibition “25 Trees and Other Pictures”?
pic here, unaltered, would have cost us $3200 - not far short of £2000. Sorry folks - you’ll have to see them for yourselves. And, with the 1853 Gallery back in play, there’s even more to see.
Sadly Plan C also ground to a halt after we approached the Los Angeles based David Hockney Inc for clearance to publish. The reproduction fee is $400 for each of his pictures. So the use of the
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20 News from the Suburbs
Rugby League for all Schools Leeds Rugby Foundation’s Rugby League Development Plan for Leeds has been assured a second year through continuing partnership and sponsorship by PIMS Ltd, a Leeds based a heating, rewiring house refurbishment specialist. The Development Plan was launched with the aim of giving every youngster in Leeds the opportunity to play Rugby League - and the chance of attending a Leeds Rhinos or Hunslet Hawks game. To that end, the Foundation now has a staff of 13 full time Schools and Community Coaches, led by Leeds Rugby League Development Manager Leon Crick.
Colin Smith, Managing Director of PIMS, with wife Kath, is pictured here with LRF Ambassador Keith Senior. The former Rhinos, England and GB wing and centre remained at the very top of the game throughout the noughties.
Fighting on the Home Front – the Legacy of Women in World War One We have all seen Kate Adie on TV, in sober camouflage gear equally soberly reporting from some strife-torn area. Her writing style is quite different, just as direct and concise, but also dry and funny and with a wry sense of the absurd. This account of how women responded to the challenges and upheaval of WWI is based on original and meticulous research and Adie brings vividly alive the resourceful and courageous individuals she focuses on. All classes were affected, from princesses to parlourmaids,
with even Queen Mary planting potatoes and knitting for Britain. There are some astonishing portraits, notably of Flora Sandes, a vicar’s daughter from Poppleton. She had some St John Ambulance training and volunteered for nursing. In the
Having won every club and national honour possible, and having been elected to a World XIII for three years, Keith’s new role with LRF gives him an ideal opportunity to continue contributing to the game in general and Leeds in particular. Balkans from 1914, she realised her experience with a shotgun might be handy and was taken on as Private Sandes, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Serbian Army. She was awarded Serbia’s most prestigious medal for bravery before being invalided out. Back home, she briefed the War Office and took to public speaking, raising funds and spearheading donations of clothing. That women could do men’s work – and do it very well – certainly helped them eventually towards getting the vote, but Adie makes it clear that entrenched attitudes died hard and that liberation was acceptable “for the duration” but, in many cases, for no longer. Fighting on the Home Front is published by Hodder and Stoughton at £20. A paperback version will be published in April and it is available now as an e-book.
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Slim Panatella and the Mellow Virginians Hilary James and Simon Mayor are no strangers to Yorkshire – Simon hails from Sheffield – and are well known as the Mandolinquents. Their eclectic repertoire features a mix of instrumental and vocal pieces, drawing on the traditional music of Britain, Ireland, China and the Americas. They also do swing and feature original music by Simon Mayor, along with adaptations of pieces from the classical repertoire. The core instrumental line up is two mandolins, classical guitar and mandobass – an impressively large bass mandolin. In concert in Ilkley on 8 March, as Slim Panatella and the Mellow Virginians, the bluegrass background of Richard Collins added another dimension, featuring the 5 string banjo. Humour has always been an important feature of live performances. It was in evidence here as Simon demonstrated how to blend in linguistically both in France and in Droitwich.
Hilary, Simon and Richard in Ilkley on 8 March
The group’s discography ranges from jazz to folk and classical themes and includes some brilliant recordings for children, from lullabies for babies to very engaging lyrics for the two-year-olds and
up. Simon has also solo recordings and Hilary has recorded a Frenchthemed album with her sister. Check out their discs and their dates at mandolinquents.com
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Young Artists Recitals at Lotherton Hall Lotherton Hall is an Edwardian gentleman’s country residence, formerly the home of the Gascoigne family. In 1968, Sir Alvary and Lady Gascoigne gave it to Leeds City Council. It is now a museum, but still has the delightful feel of a family home. There are impressive collections of furniture, sculpture, fine and decorative arts, ceramics, costume and jewellery. There is also an extensive park, an Edwardian garden and a bird garden. Every year, there are classical chamber music recitals held in the Drawing Room, using the historic grand pianos, one of which used to belong to the Salt family of Saltaire. In 2014, they will feature young performers from Leeds College of Music. Tea is
STAGESTAR: KENZIE MILNER Until recently, 13 year old Kenzie Milner’s only stage was her bedroom. She has since abandoned this confine, auditioning in one of the UK’s most prestigious music competitions. TeenStar provides an exhilarating experience to contestants, allowing them to showcase their talents in fantastic venues across the country. Kenzie, who attends Pudsey Grangefield High School, has been honing her singing and writing talents since the age of 8, scribbling down her thoughts and creating lyrics. As a maturing artist she has developed an eclectic taste, taking inspiration from a variety of sources, re-
The Salt grand piano in the drawing room at Lotherton Hall
served in the Servants’ Hall gallery after the concert and is included in the ticket price. This year’s dates for Sunday recitals are 6 April and 4 May at 2.00 pm. There is also an evening jazz concert on Saturday 19 July with wine
imagining songs and making them her own. Previously, the only person to hear her sing was her voice coach Lynda Rushton. Kenzie decided to enter TeenStar to build her confidence. She smashed the regional auditions and will be performing live at the regional finals on Sunday 6th April at Sheffield City Hall. Kenzie’s new fans will be able to view her on YouTube after this performance. We wish her all our luck at the finals and beyond. Follow your dream Kenzie!
and canapés in the interval. For programme details, visit the website www.leeds.gov.uk/lothertonhall. These concerts are extremely popular, so advance booking is strongly recommended. For tickets, contact Wendy Shuttleworth at Lotherton. wendy.shuttleworth@leeds.gov.uk
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SPEEDY SALES BOOST MARKET Homes across Yorkshire are being let or sold more and more quickly, latest research has revealed. While the rental market has always been buoyant with demand outstripping supply in many areas, increased customer confidence and better access to mortgages has given house sales a new lift. So much so that on average it is taking eightand-a-half weeks to shake hands on an agreed sales price – that’s two weeks quicker than this time last year and the fastest time since the prerecession days of 2007. The fall – which amounts to a fifth – signals a positive start to 2014 for home sellers, and with the peak buying time of Spring just around the corner the market is looking for further improvement. One-in-ten homes are reported to be sold within the
first week, and two-thirds within a month. It also brings the speed with which homes are let or sold much closer together. Yet the fact that some properties have been on the market for more than a year underlines the importance of having an asking price that is realistic. Increased activity in the market is particularly good news for first time purchasers and those wishing to move up in a more affordable and stable Yorkshire housing market. Thanks to Linley & Simpson, Station Road, Horsforth
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Out with the Old – In with the Older Architectural salvage became big business in the nineties. It had little to do with recycling or being green. It was about being different and recognising that modern mass (re) production overseas rarely matches the quality of, say, traditional British craftsmanship in wood, metal, stone or ceramics. And, with a little imagination, better could actually be cheaper. People were restoring original features rather than replacing them – stripping the day-glo paint from pine doors, floors and skirting boards. Building a barbecue – why not use that pile of old bricks at the end of the garden? Raising the garden borders – what about retrieving some old scaffolding boards from the fly tipping site on the edge of town – saving the council a job. Or a few old railway sleepers that the local scrap yard sells for a couple of quid? But that was then. The values of items such as large old enamelled cast iron baths that once scrapped for a tenner have risen exponentially.
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The Good Old Days Most people’s perception of the workhouse is guided by two prefixes commonly in use – Victorian or Dickensian. Oliver Twist and all that. But workhouses and state provision for the poor both predate Oliver Twist (1830s) by over two centuries. Poverty in England had become a public issue during the sixteenth century. The feudal system, effectively slavery, had eroded. Although communities were no longer tied, there was only the church to go to when times got hard. In the 1530s Henry VIII closed over 800 monasteries and smaller religious communities. A growing number of the poor and infirm had fewer places to go. In 1572 Parliament compelled parishes to levy taxes to relieve local poverty.
All that remains of Calverley Workhouse on Blackett Street – a dedication or foundation stone acknowledging Sir Walter Blackett (né Calverley) as the benefactor in 1756.
In 1576 towns were compelled to provide work for their unemployed. These and other measures were consolidated in 1601 – the very beginning of the welfare state. The term workhouse is a loose one. The earliest would have been in places where it was thought more economical and effective to provide for the poor and unemployed under one roof, not necessarily purpose built. They were formalised only in 1723, when Parliament sanctioned them as a last resort and deterrent to unemployment. Calverley Workhouse is a good example. No longer standing, it was built in 1756 and donated to the parish by Sir Walter
Blackett. Sir Walter had been born Walter Calverley in 1707 and inherited his father’s baronetcy in 1749. Having quickly sold his father’s estate in Calverley (and Esholt) on inheritance, perhaps Sir Walter thought he should put a little back. It was designed to accommodate as many as forty. In 1728 Walter had also inherited an uncle’s vast wealth on condition that he change his name and marry a cousin. Though Otley born, and with his new wife and wealth in Newcastle (where he was Mayor five times), he nonetheless remained attached to Calverley - his father’s place of birth and family title. He was buried there in 1777.
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The flower seeds you sowed last month will be making good growth, so pricking them out is essential to ensure they have space to develop into strong plants. There is still time to sow more half hardy items, to make your garden glow with colour. We are all being encouraged to grow something yellow for the Tour De France, so how about a few French and African Spring is in the air, with crocus, daffodils and other marigolds, nasturtiums, and other yellow plants to spring blooms blooming beautifully, although I am brighten your street. still looking over my shoulder for possible snow, ice Spring is also the time for return of our old enemies, and frosts. slugs, snails, greenfly etc, so be on your guard and Starting with the lawns, it is time to aerate them – use your own favourite remedy to protect nearly using a garden fork pushed into the ground every emerging soft growth from their attacks. footstep going backwards. Give it a wiggle and move on, which will assist with the drainage and encourage The Horsforth Allotment Shed on Featherbank root growth. Apply a spring feed, with additional Lane, Horsforth is open every Friday night from moss control if this is a problem. Then after two 7pm – 8pm. Call in for quality gardening products weeks scarify (rake) the lawn to lift out the dead moss and friendly advice. For further information and old dead grass. Start cutting with your blades set please visit: www.haga.btck.co.uk high, then gradually reduce as growth increases and mow as regularly as required. As the days start to lengthen and warm up, now is a good time to start sowing all your normal vegetables, either in modules for planting out later or direct into the soil. Early potatoes can be planted now, although if you have no spare soil, plant some in a potato bag around the side of the house – alternatively, in a florists bucket with holes drilled in. In the warmth, sow both your indoor and outdoor tomatoes – together with cucumbers, peppers, chillies and other salad crops. These can be planted out when all danger of fost has passed.
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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
Food, Drink & Farmers Markets
Horsforth Farmers Market
St Margarets Primary, Town Street, LS18 5BL 1st Saturday of every month 9am-12.30pm www.horsforthfarmersmarket.co.uk
Bramhope Farmers Market
Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane Bramhope, LS16 9AZ 2nd Saturday of every month 10am-1pm
Briggate Farmers & Craft Market
Briggate, Leeds City Centre 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month 10am-4pm
Chapel Allerton Farmers Market
Kirkstall Deli Market
Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH Last Saturday of every month, 12midday-3pm
Oakwood Farmers Market
Around the Oakwood Clock (junction of Oakwood Lane/Roundhay Road/ Princes Avenue/Wetherby Road) 3rd Saturday of every month 9am-12.30 www.oakwoodfarmersmarket.com
Otley 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
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
OTLEY GREEN FAIR
Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, on Saturday 5th April from 10am to 4pm. Entrance is free. Variety of stalls - charities, crafts, local and national campaigns and environmental groups, and taster sessions in alternative therapies. Children’s art workshop, from 1 – 3pm, with a ‘Tour de France’theme. Entertainment from two Morris sides, ‘Flashdance’in the morning and ‘Clogaire’ in the afternoon. The cafe will serve Fairtrade snacks and drinks, locally produced food from Bondgate Bakery, and lots of vegetarian options.
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Combined Art Exhibition
Manor House Ilkley Burley Art Club/Menston Art Club Sat 15th March- 1st June. Cycling and Tour De France Theme. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm Sunday 11am - 4pm. Admission Free
Art Workshop
Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7DE Meet in Community Hall, 1st Floor every Monday 1.30pm-3pm. All abilities are welcome to join local artist Geoff Lea. All you need is a Sketch Pad, pencil & eraser.
Family Scottish Country Dance Class
St Mark's Methodist Church, Swinnow Lane Leeds 13. Mondays (except Bank Holidays) 6-15 to 7-30pm. All welcome, all ages, including babies. Adults must be accompanied by a child. Further information from 0113 2631310 or glyn.cup@virginmedia.com For other Scottish Dancing please go to www.rscdsleeds.org.uk
Farsley and District Art Club
Studio, Westroyd Park New Street, LS28 5AS Various meetings and classes please call for more information or visit www.farsleyartclub.co.uk Enquiries: 07542495575
Sinfonia Leeds
The Great Hall, Leeds University Saturday 22nd March 2014 at 7.30. Tchaikovsky: Overture "Hamlet". Walton: Viola Concerto. Tchaikovsky:The Nutcracker (Act 2). Soloist: David Aspin Conductor: David Greed Tickets: The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds-0113 2243801 or on the door or sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite.com
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Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group
Society for the Study of Swordsmanship
Libraries
Hough Lane, LS13 3ND Second Monday of every month, 5.30-6.30pm Enquiries: 0113 214 6040
Any groups or individuals interested in starting a Readers or Writers group please contact the appropriate library. If you are community group please get in touch for a box of books relating to topics or learning from Calverley or Farsley Libraries. Available for loan for 3weeks, free of charge. Meeting rooms are available for hire at Farlsey and Pudsey library.
THE YORKSHIRE FAR EAST VETERANS GROUP
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Pudsey Auxiliary RSPCA
White Rose Ladies Speakers Club
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES Leeds Friends of the Earth
Meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30, at the Pomegranate Cafe on Great George St, Leeds. LS1 3BR. Just turn up to join us. @LeedsFoE
Bradford U3A
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Bramley Library Crime Readers
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British Association for German Shepherd Dogs (BAGSD) Carr Road, Calverley LS28 5NE Sundays: 10.00am-10.45am (advanced handlers and dogs). 11.00am-11.45am (puppies, beginners and intermediate handlers and dogs). Enquiries: Branch Secretary & Instructor John Hepworth – 07974 654402
Calverley Library
Thornhill Street, LS28 5PD Knit Wits Knitting and Crochet: Alternate Mondays from 2pm – 4pm Contact the Library for any further information on Readers Groups. Enquiries: 0113 214 6043
Knit & Crochet Group
Cafe Lux, Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, LS28 7DE. Meet every Wednesday 5pm-8pm. All welcome.
Pudsey Civic Hall, LS28 5TA 1st Wednesday of the month. 1.30pm. Speaker or entertainment. Activities for people of retirement age. Days out/dining/ walks etc.. New members welcome. Enquiries: 0113 2585955 or 0113 2675657
Pudsey House (near Pudsey Bus Station) Every Monday (except Bank Holidays) from 9:15am – 12pm. Tea, Coffee, Biscuits, Soup, Etc: 60p. Tombola & Stalls.“Don’t Just Love Animals – Help Us Care For Them”
Farsley Community Church, Back Lane, Farsley LS28 5EU. Thursday nights from 7:30p, to 9:30. First 3 lessons free, £5.00 per night or £20.00 per month. Enquiries: 07946 980340
New Headingley Club, St Michaels Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG Meet 2nd Tuesday of each month. 12.30pm for 1pm start. We are a new group and 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 Farsley Library, Old Rd, Farsley, LS28 5DH 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 7.15 Visitors welcome. For further information phone Barbara on 0113 2564897 or Stephanie on 0113 2550824
Pudsey Camera Club
The Meeting Room, Pudsey Library, Church Lane LS28 7TY. Meeting every Thursday 7:30pm Enquiries: 0113 2568307
Pudsey Library
Pudsey Library, Church Lane, LS28 7TY Readers’ Group meet 2nd Tuesday of every month 1.30-2.30pm Job Club every Thursday 10.15am – 12noon PC Club Every Friday 2-4pm Enquiries: 0113 3781893
Rodley Ladies
Rodley Church Hall, Wesley Terrace Fortnightly meetings alternate Wednesdays 7:45pm. Speakers, meals etc. 50th Anniversary this year! All ladies welcome Call for further details 0113 2573991
GREEN FINGERS Flower Arranging
Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5 2AB 1st Thursday of the month 1.30pm & 7.30pm. Beginners Welcome. Enquiries: Kath Hall 0113 2752436
Leeds Horticultural Society
St Chad’s Hall, Otley Road Leeds LS16 5JT 8pm Tuesday 1 April – short AGM followed by members Spring Show plus Gordon Kirby and Joe Maiden’s demonstration. 8pm Tues 6 May ‘Hanging Basket Demonstration’ by Gillian Gill. Membership is £12 per yr single and £18 per yr double. This gives entry to 10 Events evenings at St Chad’s and free admission to our 150th Anniversary of Leeds Flower Show at The Grammar School
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National Vegetable Society
Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS5 2AB. 11th March at 8pm the speaker will be James Shelley, proprietor of Shelley Seeds, giving an illustrated talk “A Bit About Vegetables”. FREE ENTRY with raffle and refreshments available, everyone welcome.
West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society
Moorside TARA Community Centre, 96 St Catherine's Drive, Bramley, Leeds LS13 2JY. Meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Enquiries: Graham Wheatley, 0113 2563055.
National Vegetable Society
The next meeting at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS5 2AB. 8pm Tuesday 8th April, Mike Davey of Nottingham will give a talk on “The history of allotment gardening”. Free entry, all welcome.
Pudsey Flower Club
Demonstration by Glenda Bream Pudsey House, The Market Place LS28 7BE Tuesday 25/03/14 7:30pm Admission £5 for non-members Raffle & Refreshments - All Welcome
Pudsey Flower Club Coffee Morning
Pudsey House, The Market Place LS28 7BE Saturday 22/03/14 9:30am - 11:30 am Admission 60p inc Tea/Coffee & a biscuit Bric-A-Brac, Tombola and Good as new clothes
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Leeds Trinity University Friday 7.30-9.30pm. Friendly badminton club, established 32 years are looking for experienced and competitive players. Changing facilities available. Enquiries: Sylvia 0113 2590113 or Graham 0113 2584532
Chair Based Exercise (1st session FREE!!)
Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7DE Every Friday 2pm-3pm with Maxine Harrison, £3, no need to book, just turn up. Regular physical activity can help improve wellbeing, mobility, muscle strength, confidence & self esteem. All welcome.
Diabetes U.K. Support Group
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Leeds Coeliac Group
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Kirkstall Leisure Centre, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds LS5 3BE. Monday Evenings. Beginners-6.30-8pm (suitable for all ages 12+) Intermediates/Advanced-8 -10pm. Wheelchair fencing available. Leeds Fencing Club website: http:// www.leedsfencing.co.uk/ email: info@ leedsfencing.co.uk or contact club secretary Karen Garvie 0113 2742262 or Kirkstall Leisure Centre 0113 3782086, email: lsp. kirkstall.sport@leeds.gov.uk
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Beginners meet in Pudsey on Mondays. Meetings for the more experienced on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Free meetings, advice and encouragement for those would like to run but don’t think they can. Achieve a 5k park run within 6 weeks – it’s possible! Enquiries to: 0797 1702661 / Jayne. greensill@live.co.uk
Kiai Karate (Shotokan)
Newbourne Methodist Hall. Upper Accommodation Rd. LS9 8JL. Wednesdays 6.30pm-7.30pm Kobudo (Weapons Art) from 7:30pm. Admission £3.50. 1st night free.
Walking Group
Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7DE Meet 2nd Wednesday of every month in Lux Lounge at 9.45 for 10am start. Get fitter and meet new friends. Everyone is welcome.
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Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7DE Meet in Community Hall, 1st Floor every Tuesday 1pm-4pm. Drop in with your baby/ toddler to meet other mums, swap stories, survival tips, enjoy a cuppa and relax.
Bosom Buddies
Cafe Lux, Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7DE Meet every Monday 9.30am-11am. Bosom Buddies are mum's with experience to share and are trained to give advice, training, information & support for pregnant or breastfeeding mums.
Calverley Library
Thornhill Street, LS28 5PD Rhymetime under 5’s every Tuesday 10.30am to 11am. Storytime under 5’s every Thursday (term time only)2.45-3.15pm. Come and join Bookstart Bear Club. Chatterbooks every first Thursday of the month 4pm – 4.45pm. Reading Group for 7 to 11 years old. Enquiries: 0113 2146043
Farsley Library,
Old Road, Farsley, LS28 5DH. Rhymetime for under 5s every Monday 2pm. Storytime for under 5s every Friday 2pm. Come and join our Bookstart Bear Club. Chatterbooks every first Monday of the month 4pm- 4.45pm. Reading Group for 7 to 11 year olds. Enquiries: 0113 3781861
On Stage Theatre Arts Academy
The Carriageworks, 3 Millennium Square LS2 3AD Saturday afternoons. Musical Theatre, Drama Courses and Productions for 5-18 year olds. NEW - ‘Little Stars’ introductory course for 3 to 5 year olds. Enquiries: 0113 2628033 www. onstagetheatrearts.co.uk
Pudsey Library
Church Lane, LS28 7TY. Rhymetime for under 5s Every Wednesday 9.30am-10am with stay and play until 10.30am. Storytime for under 5s Every Friday 11am–11.30am. Come and join our Bookstart Bear Club. Enquiries: 0113 3781893
Tiny Outdoor Explorers (age 2-5 year olds)
TCV Hollybush Wildlife Garden, Kirkstall, LS5 3BP Mondays & Fridays 10.30am-11.30am. Don the wellies and explore the natural world with hands on fun activities. Enquiries: Lisa 07887 813061 or info@ tinyoutdoorexplorers.co.uk
Miscellaneous 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 Feline Friends
PO Box 294, Leeds, LS16 0ES We are rehoming some of our cats and kittens, in January and February. Can you give one of our rescue cats a safe and loving home well away from a busy road? Please take a look on www.leedsfelinefriends.org.uk or contact mail@leedsfelinefriends.org.uk 01132160593
Leeds Feline FriendsSpring Fair
St Margaret's Church Hall, Horsforth LS18 5LQ. Saturday 29th March 10am1pm. Variety of stalls including Easter Egg tombola, books & cakes. Delicious refreshments also available. Many bargains to be found. Please take a look on www. leedsfelinefriends.org.uk or contact mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk. 0113 2160593
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
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Otley Word Feast 2014
An enjoyable feast of words with something for everyone and many free events. Grand Opening Feast at Korks Wine Bar Friday 28th March, 7pm. Tickets £8 inc supper. Saturday 29th March and Sunday 30th March, highlights include creative writing workshops, Open Mic and Slam competitions, author events, speakers, walks, children and family activities. For more information, visit www.otleywordfeast. org.uk and check www.otleycourthouse.org.uk for ticket and booking information.
WARLEY FAIRS ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES FAIRS
At Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawson’s Corner, Leeds, LS28 5TA. Our Dealers will be back Sunday 27 April, 10 – 4pm, Adults £1.50, 0-16: Free, Disabled facilities, Café & Free Parking. And now at VICTORIA HALL, Hard Ings Road, Keighley, BD21 3JN Sunday 18th May, 10-4pm. Enquiries: 0113 2555211/ info@warleyfairs.co.uk
Jumble & Bric-A-Brac Sale St James The Great Galloway Lane, Pudsey Saturday 12/04/14 from 10am Admission 20p - All Welcome
Friends of St John's Farsley
St John's Church, New Street, Farsley LS28 5DJ Table Top & Craft Fair Saturday 12th April 9am - 12:15pm Tables: £7 Free Admission - Refreshments Available
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Bride to be and Leeds Trinity University journalism student Rachel Henry looking for inspiration. Modelling one herself (centre rear of group photo), she is pictured here looking at contemporary offerings from Amelia Elliot Bridal, Horsforth.
Wedding Dresses through the Ages St Margaret’s Church in Horsforth was the venue for a wedding fair with a difference on Sunday 16 February. St Margaret’s Social/ Events Group presented seventythree dresses, spanning the ninety years between 1923 and 2013, around sixty dotted around the church and the rest modelled in a show by brides past, prospective and their families. And, unlike other shows, there was only one commercial venture represented – two if you count the church vying for business as a wedding venue. A programme listed and dated each dress and the bride. Some had a story to go with them – notably the earliest, from 1923. Bride Martha Marshall’s father passed away unexpectedly several weeks before the wedding. So she ditched the
Bride to be and Leeds Trinity University journalism student Rachel Henry looking for inspiration. Modelling one herself (centre rear of group photo), she is pictured here looking at contemporary offerings from Amelia Elliot Bridal, Horsforth.
white gown and wore midnight blue in mourning. The wedding wasn’t photographed and the St Margaret’s event was the first opportunity that daughter Dorothy Havenhand had to visualise it as worn.
Spectacular dresses in spectacular settings – this example from 1990.
St Margaret’s Social/Events Group runs and facilitates a wide range of social activities, one forthcoming event being a Horsforth Choral Society choral evening in St Margaret’s Church on 8 April. Details of all events on 0113 2581719.
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Readers’ Letters
Star Letter Hi Chris, In response to your comments on the letter page last month; I have been amazed at the birds to be seen for the last two months on our three feeding stations (back, front & side gardens). To add to the list Viv Jackson gave in last month’s magazine: Finches: green, gold (4 at the time!), bull (3), chaffinch & siskin Tits: great, blue, coal & long-tailed (occasionally) Feral pigeons, wood pigeons and collar doves and since the RSPB weekend a great spotted woodpecker on the fat balls (twice). Also blackbirds, (no thrushes for years and no starlings or sparrows this year). Several years ago I did not see a single bird in the hour I had allotted. This year the number and variety is astounding. Two possible reasons - I now use sunflower hearts as the main feed and probably many birds are displaced to Yorkshire due to the atrocious weather elsewhere in the country. Regards, Ann Lightman EDS NOTE: Thanks Ann. Readers please do keep us posted on wildlife in your part of Leeds. Ann suggests sunflower hearts may be bringing birds in – what is your secret recipe for attracting wildlife? Share your tips with other readers by dropping us a line at the usual address.
Hi Chris I really enjoy reading my Covered magazine and find the articles interesting and informative and especially enjoy finding Sid! However, I felt that Stuart Andrew’s latest article was slightly misleading. He is extolling the virtues of the new and improved car park at Pudsey Railway Station, but then we discover that the government are intending introducing parking charges to not only this car park but also the other stations in the area, namely Horsforth and Guiseley. If the rates are going to reflect those of the city centre stations this could incur an extra £20 a week at least on commuters’ travels expenses, which is another blow to the hard working people the government claim to represent. Similarly, he appears to be taking credit for the on going work at the Horsforth and Rodley roundabouts whilst failing to mention that these improvements are actually being funded largely by Clariant with the remainder coming from Leeds City Council and no contribution whatsoever from the government. Some readers may have been misled by Stuart’s disingenuous claims and I hope that Covered will issue a correction clarifying these facts for their readers. Yours sincerely Melanie Wilkinson Ed’s note: Melanie, we contacted Stuart Andrew and invited him to respond to your comments which he has done: “I am sorry that Melanie Wilkinson feels the way she does about my previous article. I am always overtly keen not to be party political in my column as I believe that Covered Magazine is an excellent resource that informs its readers of local news and events and is not a platform for politicians or for political party members to try to score points. Informing people about the developments and improvements that are taking place in their communities is not about taking credit for them, it is about wanting the community as a whole to benefit from excellent work that is being done on their behalf both locally and in Parliament.” Stuart Andrew MP
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COMMUNITEA IN CALVERLEY Communitea is a new Calverley based project that aims to reignite community spirit by holding regular events involving food, friendship and fun. Surveys reveal that older people feel isolated at weekends, especially if living alone, if their families are not local and they are unable to access social events. Through accessing Communitea events individuals will have the opportunity to socialise, which supports mental wellbeing and addresses isolation. Organiser Gael Timbers recognises that with increased interactions between people of different ages and abilities comes increased community cohesion. Local residents and organisations provide afternoon tea at local, accessible venues. Fundraising
Readers’ Letters Dear Chris, RE: Star Letter Edition 36 I am sure that Vernon Wood’s letter about the expensive unwanted tram system struck a chord in many reader’s minds. This is just one example of Leeds City Council’s obsession with various projects. Who remembers the Quarry Hill ‘suggestion’ request when the council asked residents for ideas for its use after it was cleared? The council has their plans all along – as can now be seen – the exercise was just a PR effort. Then there was Cllr Atha’s obsession with a ‘Playhouse for Leeds’. It was pushed around Leeds until finally coming to rest at Quarry Hill – coincidence? The bus lanes down the centre and the A64 into Leeds are also an example of obsession over common sense. These concrete troughs (cannot think of a better word) harbour water and muck and end up looking unsightly. The emergency vehicles cannot use them. They cannot be cleared of snow
and donations of old tea services and pots are encouraged as the initiative aims to be selfsustaining. Organisers hope that the community will get involved to make Communitea a success for its users and are committed to making events as low cost as possible to promote participation. If you are a Calverley resident look out for information leaflets and posters providing details of get-togethers. Communitea will be held at Calverley Cricket Club, 30th March and the 27th April from 4pm – 6pm. If you are interested in holding an event please contact ccommunitea@gmail.com or you can share afternoon tea recipes at http://ccommunitea. wordpress.com. For information about upcoming events, please visit @CCommunitea on Twitter or see the Calverley Communitea Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CalverleyCommunitea. Why not pop along and get involved? You could bring some food to share or your rubber gloves to help with the wash up! All help is kindly welcomed.
easily. Just completely impractical! There are so many examples of these expensive projects, which seem to go ahead despite sensible opposition! The ‘Brick Man’ (a £600,000 sculpture by Antony Gormley, proposed for Holbeck) being the only one that collapsed after public ridicule. Perhaps councillors should say what projects they were responsible for at election time and that would give us an idea who to vote for? Yours truly, Brian Eaton
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Leeds Venues
The HiFi Club There can be little doubt that the comedy scene is alive, and growing, in Leeds. Big TV names, such as Miranda Hart, are playing venues like the Leeds Arena and City Varieties whilst the alternative scene is bubbling along nicely too. We visited one of Leeds’ coolest venues, The HiFi Club, to see what was on offer there.
The HiFi Club is a nightclub and live venue and three times winner of both the “Best Nightclub” and “Best Live Music Venue” at the annual Leeds Bar & Club Awards. They host the popular Comedy Sessions every Saturday night and this venue is just perfect for comedy. A friendly and welcoming bar in a basement below Central Road, the seating is set out cabaret style, with candlelit tables and intimate surroundings, and it’s warm and buzzing atmosphere. Featuring three stand-up comedians each week, past guests include Alan Carr, Russell Howard and Jason Manford, which demonstrates how well established HiFi have become on the UK comedy circuit.
Tonight though, we are here to see Zoe Lyons and Justin Moorhouse. Justin is a radio DJ and comedian who appeared on Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights and won a round on Celebrity Mastermind, choosing Les Dawson as his chosen subject, whilst Zoe is a regular face from many TV shows, including Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow, The Paul O’Grady Show and The Wright Stuff. After the compere, Danny McLoughlin, breezes through the usual introductions and audience familiarity, Zoe is on first and is soon racing through everyday life and it’s conundrums with her clever and razor sharp observations. Not being afraid
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“Stand-up comedy can be very subjective and not to everyone’s taste. What’s great to see at HiFi is such a varied audience… it’s largely a younger crowd, but there are also families and groups of friends of all ages” to look a little ridiculous at times is what makes this comedian so achingly funny. It’s a fairly physical performance and the crowd love her. Justin headlines next with his amiable blend of Northern self-depreciation and by the time he’s got around to tales of entertaining his annoying kids with rainy trips to an owl sanctuary, he has everyone completely hooked. Stand-up comedy can be very subjective and not to everyone’s taste. What’s great to see at HiFi is such a varied audience… it’s largely a younger crowd, but there are also families and groups of friends of all ages. Guests
are also invited to stay after the comedy for the Bugalu club night which follows. It’s free of charge, and plays a delectable selection of cross genre hopping beats into the early hours of Sunday morning. HiFi’s a venue renowned for quality music and good atmosphere and the range of DJ led and live music nights are based around a variety of musical genres including Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae and Disco. It’s the sort of place you’d find Jay-Z sandwiched between Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and not bat an eyelid. Live music on a Sunday night includes the likes of Yorkshire based four-piece band, Barcode Zebra, playing a
catchy blend of soul-tinged pop funk and Friday nights see Funk Soul Nation, playing the best in contemporary beats and boogie. www.thehificlub.co.uk
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CALVERLEY FOLK DAY Excited organisers are strumming up interest for the next Calverley Folk Day. Musicians from across Yorkshire are already lining up to be a part of the village's second folk day event which will be on Saturday, April 26. The New Inn and Thornhill pubs will be welcoming instrument players and singers throughout the day for informal jammin sessions and singarounds starting at 1pm. "It's an earlier date than last year but we reckon it's good to get in there and be one of the first local festivals of 2014! There's an open invite to any musicians and dance sides wanting to come and join us in the local pubs and of course to people who want to come along and just listen, finger tap or get their feet jigging!" said one of the organisers Kathie Griffiths. "It's all in the planning pot, bubbling away. Word is getting out and about and we're hearing from acts who performed last year and others who've heard about us on the grapevine and want to be a part of it this time round. The idea is for the day to
The Heathen Kings will be playing at the Thornhill pub from 7.30pm on the Folk Day, April 26.
evolve how people want it. We don't have any funds as such so it's all run on goodwill and love of keeping music and folk live. We'd still like to hear from any musicians out there who'd like to get up on the New Inn stage and do a turn," she added. Evening bands so far include the Free Sandwiches with their own eclectic take on folk to Eastern European and music hall sounds and there is high-energy acoustic folk-rock band The Heathen Kings who have performed at festivals across the UK and opened for the legendary Show of Hands. The New Inn will have a runningorder of acts throughout the day including bluegrass, skiffle and
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folk band Redgrass who are new to Calverley Folk Day, acoustic duo Rum Doodle and singer Heather Woodhouse with her guitar - not forgetting Muppett who will be doubling up as M/C for artists and be performing his own unique brand of Tyke dialect cover songs. Organisers are also hoping (Morris) Dance Sides will takeover the Thornhill's yard in the afternoon bringing even more colourful entertainment to the event - with bells on. Anyone wanting to find out more about Calverley's Second Folk Day should either call Kathie Griffiths on 07913 977665, twitter @calverleyfolk, or e-mail calverleyfolkday@gmail.com.
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Leeds College of Art – Ones to Watch The art gallery area of Farsley’s Sunny Banks Mill has already been making itself busy early in the spring season. As one exhibition of couture and art photography was closing, another showcasing the work of LCA’s most promising students was opening – “Ones to Watch”. Selected by competition, some thirty students are being exhibited in the fields of graphic design, print, painting, sculpture, furniture and design, photography, film, audio and video, fashion and textiles. The exhibition runs from 8 to 30 March and is in addition to other permanent and for-sale displays in the mill’s spacious and naturally lit first floor art gallery. The gallery and café are open Tuesdays to Sundays and bank Holiday Mondays from 10 till 4.
Furniture designer Ryan Smith used skateboards and crate boards to create these chairs and benches. The decorative cartoon figures are also his own original artwork.
Installation in progress – fashion videographer Ahmar Ali of Leeds.
Abstract thoughts – artist Edward Grant from Tadcaster reflecting on the positioning of one of his exhibits.
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This part of a display by Glebe-Flour hints at the range of otherwise gluten-rich foodstuffs (including beer).
Going Gluten Free Coeliac disease (pronounced see– liac) is a lifelong intolerance to gluten – a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. An estimated 1% of the population has it, though those with the mildest symptoms often remain undiagnosed. When a sufferer eats (or drinks) gluten then their immune system reacts by damaging part of the lining of their digestive system – hence another name for the condition, gluten intolerance. Symptoms can include nausea, tiredness and headaches. The full list is too long to give here though, like the three mentioned, others can also be mistaken as other illnesses. Coeliac UK’s Leeds Group hosted an awareness day at Pudsey Civic Hall on 8 March. Most of the exhibitors were manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of glutenfree foods, drinks and ingredients. Visitors previously unfamiliar with the disease would have been surprised by two things. First, the range of foodstuffs affected. For example, all beers – though not cider or wine. And, secondly, the high cost of alternatives. As Coeliac UK’s Chief Executive Sarah Sleet told Covered; “We monitor price differentials between normal foodstuffs and their glutenfree equivalents. At the moment, gluten free is between three and four times the cost.” Coeliac UK Leeds – 0771 768850
Sarah Sleet, Chief Executive of Coeliac UK – of which Leeds has its own branch.
Lucy Wager (right) is Director of the desserts business Pudology, supplier to several supermarket chains. Lucy, a food technician and recipe researcher, had contracted lactointolerance (dairy). While researching her own menus, she discovered that some of her recipes didn’t need much tweaking to be both dairy and gluten free.
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Leeds City College St Bartholomew’s Centre – Part Time Adult Courses from March 2014!
St Bartholomew’s Centre on Strawberry Lane (Armley) offers a wide range of part time courses for adults living in the area throughout the year. Some courses can lead to qualifications while others are “Just for Fun”! The Centre has a coffee bar where students can socialise and meet new friends as well as take a break from their studies. It also has a daytime crèche and a large IT suite complete with the latest software. Advice and guidance on careers and related courses is available too. From March 2014, St Bart’s is offering courses in book-keeping, employability skills, computers for beginners, sewing, simply
cooking and beauty including Step into Summer and Waxing. Our popular range of Childcare (Early Years) / Teaching Assistant courses are also offered again from March 2014 at a number of levels for those either already working with or wanting to work with Children.
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Jessie Pavelka at Crossgates Shopping Centre Texan Jessie Pavelka became hot property on the fitness, lifestyle and wellbeing scene in 2008. Then just turned 26, he had been featured in rapid succession on the front covers of three health magazines. His resumé now includes acting, TV hosting and motivational coaching. He is best known to a devoted UK television audience for working long-term with the morbidly obese – people so overweight that their lives are in peril. More recently, in January, he co-hosted parts of ITV’s Daybreak. Meanwhile, in downtown Cross Gates LS15, the management team at the (almost) eponymous Crossgates Shopping Centre was looking at ways to extend their interaction with the general public. They already had a busy calendar of events during normal hours of shopping, but nothing outside. Their inaugural event was planned Sunday 23 February – an audience with Jessie Pavelka, with the mall becoming home to a number of health, fitness and fashion related stands. But it didn’t go entirely according to plan.
Some of the invited guests with their goody bags
With the centre due to reopen for the event at five, the fire alarm just wouldn’t keep quiet. With the fault seemingly irreparable, the stallholders and public were redirected to a nearby hotel. Then the fault was fixed, so maybe twenty stalls and the 200 guests were recalled from the hotel. The event got underway a little after six, with the compère and management team being quite masterful in cramming three hours of presentation, questions and photo calls into two – although some of the stallholders wouldn’t have got quite as much exposure as they otherwise might. Jessie Pavelka was indeed a true star on the evening – totally unshaken by
Fan Kerry Sanderson, fitness guru Jessie Pavelka, compère Naomi Kent from Radio Aire and Jill Tipping, Jessie’s UK manager
the delay, double relocation and condensed timetable. The evening raised £522 for Cash for Kids. Crossgates Shopping Centre Marketing Manager Sophie Stephenson told Covered “What an amazing first out-of-hours community event! Disaster was averted and Jessie just couldn’t have done more. Our next community event is over Easter on 10 and 11 April. We haven’t finalised the details, but we’re hoping to bring elements of the countryside into the centre. As for our next event out of hours? We’re still recovering from the last one - but intend to run two a year.”
The man they were all there to see
It wasn’t only the audience that was captivated by Jessie Pavelka – Naomi Kent taking questions from the floor
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Calverley Sunflower Challenge In a hot summer it can take only 3 months days from sowing the sunflower seeds to the flowers blooming! How tall can you grow yours? For the third year Creative Calverley is challenging people of all ages in Leeds to grow a bit of sun in their gardens and help to turn Leeds yellow. For this competition your seeds MUST be planted into the garden/outdoor pot on April 1st and will be measured on the 12 August. The person with the tallest (and still standing) sunflower will win a prize.
To sow in a pot • • • • • •
Entry forms are available from the Creative Calverley website: www.creativecalverley.co.uk/Events-AndWorkshops.html To help you to "get growing" there are some planting tips below.
To sow outdoors • • • •
Sow thinly, 12 mm (1/2 inch) deep in drills 30cm (12 inches) apart The soil should be well composted and raked finely Germination takes only 21 days When large enough to handle – thin the seedlings to 30cm (12 inches) apart
STUART ANDREW MP Along with many people in the area, I am deeply concerned about the possible introduction of new charges at railway station car parks in and around Leeds including those in my constituency at Horsforth, Guiseley and New Pudsey stations. Hard working commuters already pay to travel on the train and I believe that the prospect of their journey becoming more expensive is unacceptable. It is important to recognise that additional funding is needed as taxpayers already face a huge bill to subsidise the Northern Rail network and it is only right to seek to reduce that burden. However, I am very worried about the impact that any immediate charges to car parking will have on the streets and neighbourhoods surrounding our stations and the highways as commuters may go back to driving to work in their cars.
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Use 7.5cm (3inch) pots (yoghurt pots would be ideal) and a good sowing compost Plant one seed per pot – about one inch deep Add some water to the pot Cover with polythene to retain the heat Remove the cover when leaves appear When the seedlings are large enough to be handled re-pot them, or plant them outside when all risk of frost has passed. The seedlings would prefer to be acclimatised gradually to life outside. They prefer a sunny open site, but will grow in most sites and soils. To really thrive they will need plenty of direct sun and good drainage When the 2nd set of leaves appear you can feed them once a week for three weeks and then once a fortnight All your sunflower plants will need to be staked, and tied so that they grow tall and strong. To do this, tie them every six inches with soft ties
Remember – your plants can grow up to 12 inches every day Happy growing!
of State for Transport at New Pudsey Station and showed him what an integral part the station plays in keeping Leeds moving. So when I first heard about these charging proposals I immediately went to meet him at the Department for Transport to express my concerns. As he had seen these facilities first hand I was then in a better position to further explain the problems that such charges could bring. I was pleased that the Transport Secretary listened to these concerns and he has promised to come back to me and I, of course, will ensure that everyone is updated on this.
Stuart Andrew MP 94a Town Street, Horsforth LS18 4AP TEL: 0113 2585615 In my last article I reported that I met the Secretary Email: stuart.andrew.mp@parliament.uk
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Exploring Leeds City Centre Walk How many Owls are there in Leeds? Well, I’ve not been out at night to count them flying around but I do know that there are a lot of stone, metal or glass ones to be found on buildings around the city. As part of the city centre walk in this month’s magazine, we will try and find some of these as well as looking at the history of parts of the centre of Leeds, north of The Headrow. The City of Leeds has had a coat of arms since 1662 when the office of mayor was created and initially had only a shield on it, but when the borough was reformed in 1835 as part of the Municipal Corporations Act, Silver Owls were added at either side of the shield and also on the top of it. The owls have therefore been part of Leeds’s heritage for the last 180 years. Probably the most well known of all the Leeds owls are those on the Civic Hall and that is where our walk commences. The Civic Hall is just over 80 years old, being opened by King George V in August 1933 and has two owls on its facade, plus a further two in Millennium Square at the front of the building and two by the Portland Crescent entrance to the building. There are also owls to be found inside the building as well. To the East of Millennium Square is the Leeds Museum, formerly the Civic Theatre and originally the Mechanics Institute. Built in 1865 by Cuthbert Brodrick, architect of many buildings in Leeds, Owls can be spotted on the facade above the words, “The Leeds Institute”. Continue down Cookridge Street until you reach St Anne’s RC Cathedral. Now that the Cathedral has been cleaned in recent years, the stone Owls by the gutters can easily be seen. Cross over from the Cathedral and walk down until you reach
The Headrow and turn right to the War Memorial. On the memorial, Owls can be found on top of the dais below the obelisk. On the far side of the memorial is the Leeds Library. The library was built between 1878 and 1884 and was originally the Leeds Municipal Offices designed by George Corson. The Leeds crest, with its Owls can be seen on the metalworking in the semi-circular window and also inside above the pillar between the two doors. There is also another Owl on the door leading into the library area itself up
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at the top right. Whilst inside the library ask to see the Leeds Tapestry which contains a large number of Owls sewn into it. The next set of Owls can be found on top of the railings by the side of the building at the bottom of Calverley Street. There are a dozen of these standing to attention. They nearly suffered the ignominious humility of being melted down during the war to be made into rifles but fortunately for us were spared. Also on Calverley Street is the former Leeds School Board building which is now used by Leeds Metropolitan University. Built again by George Corson between 1878 and 1881 the Owls on this building are high up in the air, over the windows in the round stone relief above the door. Our final Owls on this walk are to be found on the Town Hall, another of Cuthbert Brodrick’s masterpieces of design. Opened by Queen Victoria in 1858 the Owls can be seen on the stone crest, near to the flagpole. Next month, we venture down the other side of The Headrow to City Square, Boar Lane and to the Corn Exchange and Leeds Minster to find another dozen or so places where the Leeds Owls can be spotted.
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QUALITY SOFA, CHAIR & BED SHOWROOM
2 St Andrews Close, Rodley LS13 1JE
Unit 54 Upholstery is celebrating 30 years in business in 2013, to this end we have opened our sister showroom THE GABLES showcasing our hand made sofas and chairs. If you are looking for quality please call in and view our suites,also on show the new classic range of beds from Silent Night.
3 Seat Leather Sofa & 2 Reclining Chairs Choice of 4 colours - just ÂŁ1599! Tel: 0113 256 3561 or 07850 049291 E: enquiries@thegablessofashowroom.co.uk
OPEN: MON - FRI 9AM - 5PM
SAT & SUN 10AM - 4PM