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Crag House Farm Crag House Farm has been the home of Leeds based charity ‘Caring For Life’ for the last 27 years and is situated on 125 acres of land between Cookridge and Bramhope, offering beautiful views and walks across the surrounding valleys and fields. The charity provides care and support to some of the area’s homeless and most vulnerable people. In addition to housing people, Caring For Life offer constructive activities and work experience to help people start life over again. A free breakfast and lunch are also provided for all who attend the farm projects in addition to handing out food parcels to those in need. Unfortunately, cuts in government funding meant that Caring For Life had to look at alternative ways of raising much needed money to support the charity. Major sources of income are now generated from the Granary Restaurant and Farm Shop, with neighbouring plant nurseries.
The Granary Restaurant is housed in a 17th century barn conversion, which was an award winner at the 2013 Leeds Architecture Awards, and offers a calm and welcoming place to enjoy a drink, tasty lunch or afternoon tea. Also licensed and open for evening dining, all food is freshly prepared on site by the team of chefs, using as many products as possible from the farm itself. Crag Hall Farm rear their own Longhorn cattle and White Faced Woodland sheep, as well as having around 200 free range chickens, and make their own sausages as well as a range of jams and sauces. Many of the herbs and vegetables used are also grown on site and other ingredients will be sourced locally, wherever possible. Head chef, Pete Washburn, came from America to volunteer at Crag Hall around 3 years ago and loved it so much that he never went back. Now, very much part of the family here, Pete describes his regular working day with so much enthusiasm that it’s clear to see why he stayed. Darren Percival is hospitality manager and previously worked at Harvey Nichols before joining the team at Crag Hall Farm. He explains how everyone is equally welcome
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until 5pm, offering salads, pies and casseroles before the evening menu begins at 5pm. Popular choices are the Crag Hall Farm steaks, with signature hand-cut chips, but there’s a good range to cater for most people’s tastes, from garden pea, asparagus and lemon risotto to salmon fillet or double beef burger. Starters vary from bacon and cheese croquettes to a refreshing a orange, fennel and onion salad. And, if you still have room for dessert, there’s a tempting mix of rice pudding, cheesecake and sorbets on offer.
And you can purchase some of Crag Hall Farm’s products in the farm shop and try them at home for yourself. Also available to buy are a range of gifts and woodcrafts made in the neighbouring workshops. A wooden crook used by the Bishop of Wakefield was even made here. The nurseries were new in 2013 and also offer a valuable source of revenue and were started with orchids which were donated by generous sponsors to Caring For Life. w w w. c a r i n g f o r l i f e . c o . u k / granary/granaryrestaurant
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Start by lining a 9 inch springform tin with clingfilm. Crush or pulverize your digestives and mix with the melted butter, and push into the base of your tin. Put into the freezer to chill whilst you’re making the filling. Cream the cream cheese, sugar, and lime zest until fluffy. Carefully mix in your liquids, the lime juice and cordial, until incorporated. In a separate bowl, whip the double cream until very stiff, this is what helps it to set, then fold into the cream cheese mixture. Take your tin out of the freezer and fill. Smooth the filling out and wrap the cling fill over. Let it set in the fridge overnight, serve with a berry coulis and freshly zested lime over it, and enjoy!
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YORKSHIRE FOOD, DRINK AND MORE… One of the largest events in the Yorkshire Dales takes place at Leyburn over the 3-day May bank holiday, the Dales Festival of Food and Drink. The main attraction is the Food Hall, which hosts over eighty stalls and outside stands featuring only local food products. On offer is something for everyone; from locally sourced meat and cheese, to preserves and traditional baking. On the cultural side, writer Neil Hanson, author of ‘’The Inn at the Top’ recounts life running the highest pub in Britain. Gary Verity, of Welcome to Yorkshire explains how the Tour de France came to Yorkshire. Award-wining author Gervase Phinn will amuse audiences about his time as a schools inspector. For the thirsty amongst you, there will be a beer festival plus six hours of live music every day with traditional dancers providing additional entertainment. For young people there are a range of rides and attractions. The ‘Farming From Food’ area will see livestock, small animals, talks and demonstrations of traditional agricultural skills. The Theatre Marquee hosts an array of chefs who will give cookery demonstrations each day.
The festival supports Tickets for Troops and since its inception in 2002, has generated over £180,000 which is given to the community. Representing the LS postcode at the event is: Salts Catering, LS12 (homemade, sophisticated food), Smoothie Mania, LS12 (smoothies & fresh juice), The Cherry Tree, LS17 (Award winning chutney’s & preserves) and Sweets of Yesteryear, LS17 (sweets). The Dales Festival of Food and Drink is from 10am until 5pm on
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Hope Pastures Fashion Evening at Weetwood Hall The evening of Friday 28 March saw a charity fashion show with a difference at Weetwood Hall on the north Leeds ring road. Lorraine Esteban of Hope Pastures, a horse and donkey sanctuary, had collaborated with Jane Thompson, owner of Harriet’s of Otley, Hair by Dmand of Adel and some professional and volunteer models to stage a James Bond themed fashion evening. Lorraine also drew in her good friend Claire King (aka Kim Tate of Emmerdale) to help with the raffle. Though the fashion wasn’t all glitter and glamour and included clothes and accessories for all ages from late teens upward. Jane, of Harriet’s, told Covered; “Linen is going to be popular this summer – no surprises there as it so often is. Pastel colours are going to be big too, and the fashion accessories of the moment are statement necklaces.”
The evening’s raffle was accompanied by entertaining banter between Emmerdale’s Claire King and her friend and the event organiser Lorraine Esteban.
Originally the Phyllis Harvey Horse and Donkey Trust and founded forty years ago, the sanctuary was restructured as Hope Pastures ten years ago when the present trustees averted closure. The sanctuary, also on the north Leeds Ring Road, presently houses and cares for thirty animals and has an ongoing responsibility for another eighty rehoused. Although the fashion evening raised in excess of
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Samuel Ledgard Remembered in Miniature at The Motor House Garage Visitors to The Motor House, a Bosch Garage in Clayton Wood Close, West Park, are impressed by the cased 1/8 scale model of a London double decker bus. Enthusiasts might recognise it Don Bate with the 1/8 scale Samuel Ledgard bus he built in 2012 as a model of a Daimler chassis to commemorate Samuel Ledgard’s entry into the passenger with a Park Royal body, fitted transport business. Don also wrote the book about Ledgard’s buses and other commercial interests. with an AEC 7.7 litre engine. But what of the name on the side, Samuel Ledgard? passenger services for which he is seated, in 2012 to commemorate best remembered. the centenary of Ledgard’s first Samuel Ledgard was a Leeds venture into a combined haulage entrepreneur born in 1874. His Ledgard’s first scheduled and passenger business – for which business interests began in 1897 passenger service was in 1924, he used the very same chassis, when he became the licensee of from Horsforth to Leeds. By the fitted with interchangeable bodies The Nelson Hotel, Armley, and time of his death, in 1952, his large either as a lorry or bus, depending. acquired the adjacent bulk bottling fleet of buses was well established Don also wrote the book he is plant. Moving into outside and had been working from depots holding, Samuel Legard: Beer event catering, he also became including Armley, Bradford, and Blue Buses (Regent Transport a haulage contractor and in 1912 Otley and Yeadon. The company Publications 2005) and is also a combined his haulage business survived in name until it was founder member of The Samuel with a weekend passenger service. acquired by another in 1967. Ledgard Society, with 250 Although he also extended into members, events of their own and vehicle servicing, quarrying The model pictured was built by a presence at other major transport and farming, it is perhaps his Don Bate of The Motor House, nostalgia shows.
Quilting Day – did you know there was one? – on 15 March, she festooned all available surfaces in Ilkley Playhouse for a two-day exhibition. Quilts have always been designed as heirlooms, Delightfully colourful and imaginative, many mementoes or gifts, their construction quilts told a story. A mini-workshop was also in progress, with young people creating patches to be demonstrating the affection of the giver for the incorporated in a quilt later to be raffled. recipient, given the time and effort involved. Some, like one made on a convict ship to Australia, Jenni is keen to spread the word that quilting is have historical significance while another made in a craft that can be learned at any age and that Wormwood scrubs marks a shift in the treatment something worthwhile can be produced even at a of prisoners. For a while now, Jenni Smith has one-day workshop. She is running these in Ilkley been encouraging the craft in Ilkley with a series – for details check the website sewwiththeflow. of classes and workshops. To celebrate World co.uk or email ilovequilting@cloud.com
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Old Hollings Hill, Guiseley £845,000 On with Dacre, Son & Hartley this unique detached residence boasts spacious accommodation featuring an oak framed sun lounge and a versatile lower ground floor suitable for independent living. The property provides excellent, five bedroomed family accommodation which has been imaginatively planned on three floors to create a light, spacious home with a superb atmosphere throughout. A superb contemporary sitting room with dining area has windows to three elevations and double doors leading out onto a sun terrace. From the sitting room there is a door leading out
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Fashion – Is There Anything New? Fashionable clothing of the day is often little more than a rework of fads and fashions long passed. Few genuinely new ideas stick. Good examples are Coco Chanel’s LBD (little black dress) of 1926 and Yves St Laurent’s trouser suit for women le smoking of 1966. Some might include Halston’s pillbox hat of the early sixties, immortalised by Jackie Kennedy and sung about by Bob Dylan. But that was a simple variation of much earlier military or social headwear – Afghani tribesmen knew about it long before the west. Valuable sources of research, information and inspiration for today’s designers are fashion catalogues and magazines of yesteryear. Before the digital age, the contents of most were consigned to the archives or bin decades ago. Which is why, and with a little mix and match, some designers are able to come up with “original” outfits that are in effect a collage of fashion through the ages. Was YSL thumbing through a catalogue of 1920s Hollywood lounge suits when
Some of Jean Choiselat’s creations for 1946. The French didn’t suffer the same cloth rationing as we did in UK. Military uniforms have influenced the lines of some of the coats and jackets. There is more than a little Hollywood and English and Scottish country gentry in the coats and suits.
he was inspired to tailor one for women? Berlin, London, Milan, New York and Paris all lay claim to the title of fashion capital of the world – New York has been crowned just that in 2014. But Paris can’t ever be ignored, and it’s the old French catalogues that persistently attract most interest on eBay (search “catalog”). Take, for example, the catalogues of noted Parisian artist and designer Jean Choiselat – not a fashion house at the forefront of people’s minds today, but with a prolific output of catalogues for men’s
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32 News from the Suburbs
Book review – The Monuments: the grit and glory of cycling’s greatest one-day races
fairly bowls along. It is the history of five legendary one-day cycle races, comparable with the grand slam in tennis or the majors in golf. The races in question are the ParisRoubaix (known as the hell of the north on account of the number of cobbles the cyclists jolt over) the MilanSan Remo, the Tour of Flanders, the Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour of Lombardy. Mostly a century old, these are far less well-known to the general public than the Tour de France, but to cyclists they offer the greatest challenges. The Monuments recounts the struggles, triumphs and disasters and the personal stories of the major competitors over the years and is a must for any enthusiast. It is published by Bloomsbury at £12.99.
Peter Cossins is a writer and journalist and has covered cycling’s major events for a number of years. A modern languages graduate (Spanish and French) and a cycling enthusiast with a way with words, he gave Stephen Roche vital help with his story. This book is what the French would call “un pavé” (a weighty tome, with a nod to one race largely over cobbles – the literal meaning of “pavé”). Yes, it is a big book, but it is an easy read and
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Covered has a signed copy of The Monuments for one lucky reader. If you’d like to put into the draw please send your name and contact details to: Monuments, Covered, Butonia House, Clayton Wood Close LS16 6QE or Email: info@covered-magazine.net with ‘Monuments’ in the subject line. One winner will be picked at random from all correct entrants. The deadline for entries is: 20/05/14.
Artists club together at the Manor House Ilkley’s Manor House Museum is again the venue for an impresive art show which makes full use of its beautiful upstairs galleries. Members of Burley-in-Wharfedale and Menston Art Clubs have joined forces to display work inspired by the theme “Tour de France”. Interpretations are many and various, with inspiration drawn from cycling, obviously, but also from aspects of France, its landscape and people. Also on display are the results of sketching sessions where participants worked from cycling-related artefacts in the Museum’s collection. A fine example of collaboration between artists and the Manor House. Opening the exhibition on 15 March, John Cockshott, Chairman of the Friends of Ilkley Manor House, said how pleased he was that
John Cockshott and Maggie Pedley (left) with Barbara Taylor, President of Menston Art Club
the Museum was to remain open to provide locally focussed services. Maggie Pedley, head of Bradford Museums and Galleries, echoed his sentiments and paid tribute to John’s hard work and to the dedicated team of staff at the Manor House.
Gear”, exploring the development of the cycle, from Boneshakers and Penny Farthings to styles more familiar to the modern rider, drawn from the collections of Bradford Museum and Galleries, as well the changing “gear” riders wore.
The exhibition runs until 1 June. The next one, from 14 June to 7 September, will be “Change of
For further information and details of other events, see the website bradfordmuseums.org/manorhouse
The Really Useful Guide refreshments. Free parking on site. Come early and stock up your garden for summer with perennials / annuals / tomatoes – advice given free. Phone Pat 0113 2250030 orwww.leedshs.org.uk
Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Action Days
First Saturday of every month to help tidy the cemetery. Under the supervision of a Parks & Countryside Ranger, Meet 10am in the main car park (on Otley Road). Tools & hot drinks provided.Details: friendsoflawnswoodcemetery@yahoo.co.uk or Ann on 0113 261 1363.
GREEN FINGERS 25th Annual Sale of Professionally Grown Plants 2014
Bramhope Methodist Church Friday, May 9th 9.30am to 7.00pm Saturday, May 10th – 9.00am to 2.00pm Professionally Grown Bedding Plants and wide range of Hanging Pots. Please bring a suitable box with you to carry away your purchases. Orders can be accepted for our new ranges and/or a 12” basket of Mixed Flowers for collection on Saturday, June 7th between 9.30am and 12 noon, after the likelihood of frost. Friday parking may be restricted to customers collecting orders paid for on earlier visit. Any profit from the Plant Sale goes to Church funds.
LEEDS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
First Tues each month at St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd LS16 5JT at 8pm. 6th May Guest speaker is Gillian Gill ‘Hanging Basket Demonstration. 3 June Guest speaker is Marco Schrang ‘ Late Summer interest in the Garden’. 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 Horticultural Society Annual Plant/Coffee morning St Chad’s Centre, Otley Road, LS16 5JT Sat 17 May 9.30am – 11.30am . Admission £1 inc
National Vegetable Society
The next meeting at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS5 2AB. 8pm Tuesday 13th May, speaker Philip Aubury of Alvechurch will give a talk on “Grow You Own Veg –The Green Gym”. refreshments, raffle and free entry, all welcome
Food, Drink & Farmers Markets Otley Country Market
St John Ambulance Hall, Gay Lane, Otley. 9.30-11.15 am 1st & 3rd Friday of the month. Homemade cakes, bakes, bread and savouries. Homemade preserves and chutney, local honey and a range of handmade crafts. Tea, coffee and homemade biscuits.
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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
Guiseley Farmers Market
The Station Pub, 70 Otley Road, Guiseley, LS20 8BH 3rd Sunday of every month 9am-1.30pm
Headingley Farmers Market
Rose Garden, North Lane, LS6 3JJ 2nd Saturday of every month 9am-12.30pm
Horsforth Farmers Market
St Margarets Primary,Town Street, LS18 5BL 1st Saturday of every month 9am-12.30pm www.horsforthfarmersmarket.co.uk
Kirkstall Deli Market
Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH. Last Saturday of every month. 12midday-3pm
Bramhope Farmers Market
Oakwood Farmers Market
Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane Bramhope, LS16 9AZ 2nd Saturday of every month 10am-1pm
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
Briggate Farmers & Craft Market
Otley Farmers Market
Chapel Allerton Farmers Market
Skipton Farmers Market
Briggate, Leeds City Centre 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month 10am-4pm Three Hulats Pub, 13 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3NB Last Sunday of every month 9am-1pm
Market Square, Otley, LS21 3AQ Last Sunday of every month 9am-1pm Skipton Canal Basin, BD23 1st Sunday of every month 9am-2.30pm www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com
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ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES Royal Artillery Association
Meetings held each 3rd Saturday in the month at New Headingley Club, St Michaels Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG at 1400hrs. A chance to meet with other RA Veterans over a drink and take part in the many outings and visits both socially and military. Membership is open to all three branches of the Armed Services(Navy, Army & Air Force. For further information please contact: Ian Williams. 01924 496587 or email: williams40reg@btinternet.com
KALEIDOSCOPE
Single, over 50 and nowhere to go ? Join us and improve your social life, make new friends. Not a dating agency and non-profit making. Ring Rita on 0113 2171747 or Carol on 0113 2670282, or check out our website http://www.kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com/
Afternoon Teas
Christchurch The Grove, Ilkley. May 18th 2-15pm Afternoon Concert The Bandstand Roberts Park Saltaire Shipley. The Fairfax Singers Perform Concerts to raise funds for Charities,Church renovations,all good causes. Weddings in Church or Hotels www.fairfaxsingers.org.uk
Rotaract
Rotaract is a branch of the Rotary aimed at 18-30s, providing the opportunity to be part of a fun, dynamic organisation. Rotaract offers a wide range of social activities and fundraising opportunities for local and national charities. As well as improving cultural and social awareness, Rotaract members can help develop leadership, public speaking, social, business and personal skills. We have members from all different backgrounds and sectors of business and ethical practice is encouraged as a core aspect of our philosophy. Leeds Rotaract currently meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm in Leeds City Centre http://www.facebook.com/ LeedsCityRotaract
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
Aireborough Camera Club
Guiseley Theatre, The Green, Guiseley Wednesdays 7:45pm from September to May. A small friendly camera club with a varied programme of talks and competitions - new members are always welcome. For further information please visit: www.aireboroughcameraclub.co.uk
British Association for German Shepherd Dogs (BAGSD) Carr Road, Calverley LS28 5NE Sundays: 10am-10.45am (advanced
handlers and dogs). 11am-11.45am (puppies, beginners and intermediate handlers and dogs). Enquiries: Branch Secretary & Instructor John Hepworth – 07974 654402
Burley Wildlife Group
Sun Lane Nature Reserve, Burley in Wharfedale. 1st Sunday of every month 10am-1pm. New members please call ahead. Promoting the conservation and management of wildlife areas in the village, also advice on wildlife issues Enquires: Peter Riley 01943 862916
THE THURSDAY GROUP, ILKLEY
Outside The Box Café, 2 Bridge Lane, Ilkley LS29 9HN. 2nd Thursday of the month, 7.00 pm. A friendly social and charity fundraising group for men and ladies meeting for speakers, meals out, bowling nights, theatre visits. New members and visitors welcome. Enquiries: Rose 01943 817827 or Shirley 01943 609997
THE YORKSHIRE FAR EAST VETERANS GROUP
New Headingley Club, St Michaels Road, Headingley, LS6 3BG. Meet 2nd Tuesday of each month. 12.30pm for 1pm start. We 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. Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group. 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
North Leeds Model Flying Club Call for venue and times. New members welcome. Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice. Enquiries: 0113 2178348
Wharfedale & District Aeromodeller’s Club
Salem Hall, Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale. First Friday of each month 8pm. Control-line flying each Sunday. Juniors and beginners welcome Enquiries: Chairman John Horton 01943 863438
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 0113 2160593mail@leedsfelinefriends.org.uk
Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store
The Store which has been running now for almost 30 years is a registered charity that collects donated furniture and, through a raft of voluntary and statutory referral agencies, passes it on to individuals and families in Leeds who are in need. Enquiries:01132739727 info@leedsandmoortown.org.uk www.leedsandmoortown.org.uk
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
Leeds City Centre churches walking tour
Saturday 17th May. Join the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust for a unique opportunity to visit six city centre churches in one day! Starting at Leeds Minster at 9.30am, this walking tour takes in Holy Trinity, St John the Evangelist, St George’s Crypt and St Anne’s Cathedral, before finishing at Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel. There will be an insightful talk and chance to look around each church, as well as lunch and refreshments provided. For more details and to book a place see: http://www.yhct.org.uk/news/ leeds-inner-city-churches-tour/ or call Vanessa White on 07786 656883
Sports, Health & Wellbeing Good Neighbours Burley in Wharfedale
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 indepth 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).
For those in need of transport (to get to hospital or clinic, for example). If anyone can offer help with providing transport to hospitals and clinics please let Gail know. Drivers are called upon about once every 4 months, and are reimbursed for their journeys and parking. Please call Gail if you are interested in becoming a volunteer. Burley-in-Wharfedale residents only. Enquiries: Gail Boole – 01943 862388
Diabetes U.K. Support Group
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, LS2 7UP 1st Monday of the month 7pm – 9pm (Except Bank Holidays when it’s the 2nd Monday) Open to both Type 1, Type 2 and parents and carers. Enquiries: 07840 686618
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IBS Leeds
HEART Centre, Headingley, Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Monthly meetings how being held. Please email me at matt@letscureibs.com or visit www.letscureibs.com for details
Leeds Coeliac Group
Offering support and advice to those medically diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Come along and join us at one of our social events enquiries@leedscoeliacgroup.org.uk Gluten-free Indian Meal at 7.00 pm on Friday 16th May 2014 at the Sheesh Mahal, 346-348 Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS4 2DS. Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850 or sandra.mclean@ btinternet.com.
Leeds Fencing Club
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
Ilkley Badminton Club
Mondays: Gyhll Royd School Ilkley Road, Burley-in-Wharfedale LS29 7HW.Thursdays: St. Mary’s Bradford Road, Menston LS29 6AE. Not for beginners but the club are pleased to develop people who meet minimum playing standards. Friendly and competitive matches. Enquiries: Ian Campbell, Club Secretary-07721 978143
Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group Call for venue. 1st Thursday of each month, 2pm. Meet to plan events. New members welcome. Enquiries: 0113 2613758
Otley Town FC – Looking for new players to join!!!
Old Showground, Pool Road, Otley Saturdays 1pm & Tuesday for training 7pm. Enquiries: 07951 278440
YOGA CLASSES st CLASS FREE!!
Tuesdays: 7pm-8.30pm, The Crystal Temple, Low Green, Rawdon, LS19 6HB & Fridays: 12.30pm-2pm, Adel Quaker Meeting House, New Adel Lane, LS16 6AZ DE-STRESS & Feel UPLIFTED with Dynamic Flowing Dru Yoga. The perfect way to a healthy body and calm mind. To book your place or for more info call Jane 01943 465230 or jaohalloran@yahoo.co.uk
FAMILIES & CHILDREN Guiseley Chatterbooks
Guiseley Library, Otley Road LS20 8AH First Tuesday of every month 3:45 – 4:45 pm, book group for children aged 7 to 10 years old. All welcome. Free to join. Enquiries: 01943 872675
LEEDS WEEKEND CARE ASSOCIATION
Various locations in Leeds. Provides respite care for children with moderate – severe disabilities. Playscheme and weekend groups. Music Mondays. Children & teenagers up to 18. Call for details: 0113 2165133
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
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Cookridge Amateur Dramatic Society
ART, MUSIC, DANCE & ENTERTAINMENT
The society present their Spring play "Tomb with a View" at Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane, LS16 on Thurs 1st ,Fri 2nd and Sat 3rd May at 7.30. Tickets can be bought on the door £6 for adults, £5 for concessions.
Leeds People’s Choir
Enjoy singing but have not found a choir? Come and join us. We take pleasure in singing songs of joy, struggle, liberation, celebration and peace from around the world. Whilst reading music is useful, we also learn songs by ear. Open to anyone we meet every Wednesday during term time, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre in Woodhouse Square, Leeds. http:// www.leedspeopleschoir.org.uk.
Sinfonia Leeds
Sunday, 22 June at 3.0pm at the Kings Hall, Ilkley. Holst, "The Planets" (excerpts). Custer, Star Trek through the years (arr.). Williams, Star Wars Suite. Conductor, Anthony Kraus. Tickets available at Ilkley Visitor Information Centre, Station Road, Ilkley, 01943 602319 or on the door or sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite.com. Saturday, 28 June at 7.30 at The Great Hall, Leeds University. Mozart, Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter). Williams, Star Wars Suite, Holst, Suite "The Planets" (excerpts). Conductor, Anthony Kraus. Tickets available at The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds - 0113 2243801 or on the door or sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite.com.
Menston Arts Club Exhibition
Kirkland Community Centre, Main St, Menston, Leeds LS29 6HT Sat and Sun 10th and 11th May Exhibition of Art and Craft. Sat 10.30am 5pm Sunday 10.30am - 4.30pm. Admission Free, Refreshments available
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 11am5pm Sunday 11am - 4pm. Admission Free
Stuart Townend in Concert
One of today’s leading worship songwriters. Wednesday 21 May - 7.30pm at Otley Methodist Church. £12.50. For Tickets email rick.ormrod@methodist.org.uk. Or send SAE with payment to 2 The Cedars, Bramhope LS16 9EA. Booking essential.
Burley Art Club
Parish Centre, 43 Station Rd, Burley in Wharfedale LS29 7JL Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30pm. The group meets on at either the Red Lion or
St Mary’s Parish Centre. Enquiries: Greg Learmouth – 01943 864924
CHIPPENDALE SINGERS
Methodist Church, Walkergate, Otley. Wednesday evenings 7:45-9:30pm. Mixed voice choir with a wide ranging repertoire singing everything from Madrigals to Songs from the Shows as well as Spirituals and other sacred pieces. Occasional vacancies in all parts. If interested please contact chairman@chippendalesingers.co.uk To book the choir contact Jan Wilkinson 01943 461318 www.chippendalesingers.co.uk
Ilkley Art Club
The Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley. Tuesdays 7.30 pm. There is a full and varied programme and membership is now open. Prospective new members are welcome to go along for a free taster session.Enquiries please email: ilkleyartclub@live.com or tel: Paul Shaw on 07771 754605
Ilkley Choral Society/Otley Choral Society
St Margaret’s Church, Queens Road, Ilkley, LS29 9QL. Enquiries: Sirje – 07930 329847
Life Drawing Art Group
Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel Tuesdays 10.30am – noon. New members and all abilities are welcome to come and draw a variety of life models. Enquiries: Laurence 07856 735179
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Plant out Chrysanthemums once the frosts have passed.
on new wood, meaning all the old flowering shoots should be removed. Depending on the weather, at the end of this month plant out all the bedding plants you have raised and hardened off, sowing further seeds as necessary direct May is normally a beautiful month, as we have into the ground. If you are interested in growing enjoyed all the spring colour – and unless there some new biannual plants, this is the time to sow is a late frost – many things in the garden are them, ready for flowering next year. Similarly, your veg plants which have been raised under cover may showing signs of things to come. be planted out and using the old maxim “small and Continue to cut your lawn, lowering the blades to suit often”, start to sow all your veg seeds for successional your individual requirements – although never less harvesting. than 1/2 inch. Keep on top of the weeds, taking out The HAGA Trading Hut is open 7pm - 8pm every dandelions etc with as much of the root as possible. Friday, and Saturday 10.30am - 12pm during the Not to everyone’s taste, I like to spray my roses with months of April & May. a combined insecticide and fungicide on a regular Featherbank Lane, Horsforth LS18 4NW. basis, to ward off aphids, black spot and rust. This www.haga.btck.co.uk together with a good feed of rose fertilizer will ensure your bushes will flower well all summer. Once the frost has passed, it will be time to plant out your dahlias, chrysanthemums, sweet peas etc. Ensure each plant has plenty of nutrients in the HAGA Trading Hut surrounding soil, to give it a good start. Then if Potting compost with no added green waste required, insert stakes now to provide support as the Wide range of fertilizers plant grows, which also applies to perennial plants Insecticides and fungicides pushing upward like delphiniums, lupins, gladioli Garden tools and other tall growing pants. Flowering rhododendrons and azaleas should have their old flower picked off when they go over, as this will allow next years flower buds to form on each branch. Forsythia is slightly different, as it flowers
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BrassNeck Theatre Proudly Presents: THE WEDDING SINGER BrassNeck Theatre is currently rehearsing for their production of “The Wedding Singer”, a musical comedy based on the film of the same name, running from the 13th to the17th May at 7.30pm at Yeadon Town Hall. Ben Tomlinson plays “Robbie”, whose dreams of becoming a rock star attract girlfriend “Linda,” BrassNeck’s Rachel Sowerby. When things go wrong, “Robbie” confides in waitress “Julia”, played by Lisa Simpson, who is desperate to marry rich boyfriend “Glenn” played by Chris Slater. Last year Ben and Chris appeared in “Whistle Down the Wind”. Chris has previously starred in BrassNeck’s “RENT” and Ben also played three separate characters in the acclaimed “Avenue Q” after mastering the art of puppeteering! Lisa wowed audiences in “We Will Rock You” and she and Rachel starred in BrassNeck’s sell-out production of “Calendar Girls”.
Brassneck’s Ben Tomlinson
BrassNeck Theatre is delighted to be sponsored by Yeadon Restaurant and Bar “Penny Black” and has chosen Macmillan Cancer Support as this year’s charity. Tickets are selling fast so book now on 0113 2505011, email boxoffice@brassnecktheatre.com or book online at www.brassnecktheatre.com Wedding Singer A5 Flyer_Layout 1 18/10/2013 12:55 Page 1
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13th - 17th May 2014 7:30 pm Yeadon Town Hall Book Online at
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or call the box office on 0113 250 5011 Music by Matthew Sklar Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy Lyrics by Chad Beguelin Based on the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy This amateur production is by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd
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INSPIRATION FROM SAFE HAVEN If you investigate a forest fire you will find that someone caused it, whether it is in the burn or not the fire will continue unless someone else puts it out. The causes of malaise in society are often dreamt of beforehand and so as a consequence all of us have suffered at the hand of another at some time or another. If you rewrite a poem it is no longer a poem, it is a sonnet or something similar, as the poem was the initial outcry of the heart, pure and natural and meant for your ears only . When the mishap happened you discontinued to function in the way you did previously and someone needs to step in and readjust your thinking again for you, or something… .a monumental occurrence or a standy-out incident. Jokingly it is not that serious to God himself, He is the giant slayer you are looking for He always was
and always will be. You’ve got your own imagination of course but why not enter into His; He has all the right answers for you! Yours will only cloud the issue and cause you even more mischief…you know it makes sense… Til next time God Bless
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The Tetley
It’s hard to believe that the magnificent art deco Tetley headquarters, built in 1931, isn’t a listed building. Such a fundamental part of Leeds’ industrial and social history, Tetley’s Brewery was founded by Joshua Tetley in 1822 and grew to be the largest brewery in the North of England, before Carlsberg took over in 1998. The Leeds brewery site closed in 2011
and was largely demolished. We can be thankful then that Pippa Hale and Kerry Harker saw the beauty in this building and how it would fit with their vision for the future. The recent transformation is down to the directors and cofounders of Project Space Leeds, a charity established to showcase new and emerging artistic
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talent, and previously located at Whitehall Waterfront. Kerry and Pippa are themselves both graduates of Leeds University and were drawn to the character and architecture of the Tetley building. Now a centre for contemporary arts and learning, the heritage of the building has been beautifully preserved, and demonstrates a careful blend of old and new. Entering through the original wood and glass revolving doors you arrive into the reception area where the original war memorials still stand, commemorating the loss of 261 Tetley employees, including Isaac Tetley, during both world wars. Oak panelling remains throughout and the boardroom is kept intact, complete with portraits of the Tetley elite still gracing the walls. The original art deco lift has been decommissioned but still provides an interesting feature, and the second floor atrium has been
opened up to provide a light, airy exhibition space over which the stunning period glass roof sits. The Bar and Kitchen centres around community, with profits going directly to support the artistic and educational programming held at the venue. Here you’ll find a range of good quality food and drink in a relaxed environment. The menu is wholesome and Yorkshireinspired, using locally sourced produce as much as possible and, of course, you’ll be able to enjoy a fine pint of Tetley’s whilst soaking up the atmosphere. The furniture in the bar is largely recycled from the old headquarters and you’ll find tables fashioned from old workstations and magnificent iron pillars. Children are welcome and have a special menu, which includes picnics. This is now very much a building
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where all of the family can come and education is a key factor at The Tetley, with school groups welcomed and regular Springboard Saturday family events. Easter promises “fun for the young at heart of all ages” with a plethora of activities lined up including animated films, robot making and letterpress printing, not to mention the Easter egg hunt and opening of the outdoor dining terrace and new green space, which will encourage the continued regeneration of Leeds south bank. The renaissance of this building continues with the Tetley archive still being sifted through but, in the meantime, it’s good to see that the illuminated sign upon the roof still beams out across the city “The Home of Tetley’s Established 1822.” www.thetetley.org
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Chippendale Singers to support Cancer Charity For the last three year’s Otley’s Chamber Choir, The Chippendale Singers, have given a summer concert in aid of a local charity. This year the choir have chosen to support The Yorkshire Cancer Centre which is the fundraising arm of St. James’s Institute of Oncology and provides specialist medical equipment, research and development and patient ‘home comforts’ to 2,000 patients each day. This is very special concert given in memory of four members and former members of the choir who have died during the last twelve months and so the concert programme will be made up of the choir’s favourite songs including certain pieces in memory of those who have died. This will not be
a sad occasion at all, but a celebration of the sheer pleasure of singing. At the end of the concert there will be a short section of songs to commemorate the beginning of the First World War, hopefully with some audience participation. The Concert will take place at
St. Mary’s Church in Burley-in Wharfedale on Saturday 7th June at 7.30pm. Tickets will cost £10.00 ( £8.00 for concessions and children aged 16 and under will be admitted free if accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the door, choir members, Jan Wilkinson (01943 467204) and bookings@ chippendalesingers.co.uk
Open doors at Otley RUFC There was a lot more than rugby to enjoy when Otley RUFC staged an Open Day on 29 March. Live music, barbecues, ice cream and sunshine greeted the crowds flocking in. The army was there too, with a giant inflatable assault course the size of half a dozen bouncy castles providing a serious challenge to strings of older children. All ages also enjoyed paintballing under the patient instruction of a couple of officers. Visitors were able to view the excellent entertainment facilities the Club offers at very modest
A challenging assault course
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afternoon. It will be apparent next season what effect the day had on membership, but as a fun outing it was an unqualified success.
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GREG MULHOLLAND MP With the Annual Budget being announced at the end of March, some of you may already be feeling the benefits of a £700 income tax cut in your April pay packet. Most of us have dreaded the Annual Budget for years, fearing that policy changes will knock us back with further taxation, but it seems that this year the Budget is altogether very positive. This budget is aimed at helping hardworking people with measures that will cut tax on savings for the lowest earners, freeze fuel duty again, and reduce energy bills. The most significant news was that this April, the amount of money you can earn before you start paying tax has increased to £10,000, and in April 2015 it will rise again to £10,500. This income tax cut will help around 33,110 people here in Leeds North West and this was in the Lib Dem 2010 manifesto.
issues that many working families face is the cost of childcare. From next year, families with children under 12 will feel the benefit of tax-free childcare; working families can get 20% support towards qualifying childcare costs The Coalition Government of up to £1,200 per child. This will recognises that one of the biggest help 21,980 families in Leeds.
Overall, this is a very liberal budget. New pension alterations mean that we are now trusting pensioners to look after their own money, so they will have better control over where it is invested. This is the most radical change to pensions for nearly a century; the current system is too prescriptive and prohibits choice at the point of retirement. People will no longer be tied into buying annuities so pensioners will have access to, and will be able to manage, their own money which should give them additional financial security. There is still a long way to go before the economy will be back on track, but growth is back, unemployment is falling and inflation is under control. There were some very positive announcements in the budget and hopefully you will already be feeling the benefits in your household budget and everyday life. Greg Mulholland MP Wainwright House, 12 Holt Park Centre, Holt Road LS16 7SR info@gregmulholland.org
New Subway Opens in Horsforth Ian Dawes (centre) with partners Ray (father) and Lara (wife), already owners of Subway Guiseley and Subway Seacroft, opened a third concession on 19 March at 73 New Road Side, Horsforth. Seven new staff have been recruited and trained, and all three concessions remain committed to using local suppliers and services wherever possible. There are two new initiatives at the Horsforth store. The businesses, parties and social local delivery of those and smaller first is “platters” – intended for events. The second initiative is the individual orders.
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STUART ANDREW MP I was incredibly pleased to hear the announcement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that Britain’s economy will grow at a faster pace in 2014 than all other leading industrial nations. I have visited and continue to visit as many of the businesses in my constituency of Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough as possible and though I was pleased by the IMF announcement I certainly was not surprised considering how hard our local businesses work in striving to succeed in what has been a difficult economic climate. As these people and their workforce have shown, no government can work alone in improving a financial upturn of a country. Only by the government, business owners and workers striving for the same outcome can we start to reach our potential as a nation again and that is just what is starting to happen. I am honoured to represent these people in parliament and am very proud of their success. But people deserve breaks from their hard-work and as
I write this the long Easter Bank Holiday Weekend is approaching which gives most people the chance to take a little time off and relax with their families, go on a short break or just to stop for a while and I hope that all of those who were off work over Easter enjoyed themselves. I will be spending Easter Sunday with some friends and family but will also be sparing a though for those such as doctors, nurses, police officers, fire service men and women and our armed forces who are working over the Easter period and apart from their loved ones at a special time. I hope all of my constituents enjoyed a very happy Easter whatever you were doing. Stuart Andrew MP 94a Town Street, Horsforth LS18 4AP TEL: 0113 2585615 Email: stuart.andrew.mp@parliament.uk
Going Green at Otley Courthouse Otley Green Fair was in the Courthouse on 5 April with a range of crafts, therapies, campaigns, charities, environmental groups, musical entertainment and refreshments. Visitors could find out if they should be worried about American surveillance in UK or send postcards to prisoners of conscience supported by Amnesty International as well as sampling crafts, delicacies and massage. And buy bamboo socks which, Covered was reliably informed, are the last word in softness and comfort. For the uninitiated, we ought add that the bamboo had been reconstituted into fibre and woven rather like cotton. While the usual green agenda items were all present and correct (saving the planet, saving the
Otley Green Party doing their bit for the planet – and the party’s Yorkshire and The Humber push in the European elections on 22 May.
badgers etc), many visitors were more focused on saving Otley from proposed developments numbering some 1200 new homes – be they eco-friendly, energy efficient or not. The headline
objection was to the potential increase in population of around 20% in a town where amenities and services are already perceived as being under strain. But that will be another story ...
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A DECADE DOWN FOR OTLEY COURTHOUSE Otley Courthouse is celebrating their tenth birthday this May, and have arranged a plethora of engaging activities to help you celebrate with them. New Rope String Band bring their indefinable confusion of superb musicianship and sidesplitting genius to the venue on Saturday the 3rd of May. They share a double bill with Bayou Gumbo, who played at the venue’s opening night and have reformed especially for the occasion. On Monday the 5th of May the Courthouse will host an Open Day, offering a view at what the Courthouse offers daily. There will be information and drop-in sessions of their normal classes and clubs, including Art Stars and Baby Sing and Sign. From 2pm to 4pm there will be a celebration of the launch of Volunteers Arts Exhibition, celebrating the skills and talents of the volunteers who keep the Courthouse running. Friday the 9th of May will see poet, broadcaster, comedian and Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan performing alongside Olympic composer Luke Carver Goss in a hilarious night of poems, music and improv. On Monday May 26th there is a 10th Birthday Family Day celebration, beginning with Mimika Theatre’s delightful show, Landscapes. The audience steps inside a beautiful white dome to experience this magical and intimate show combining
puppets, music, and stunning visual effects to create a theatre that captures the atmosphere, rhythms, and sounds of the natural world. There will also be a mosaic workshop for children 5 and up in the morning, and in the afternoon there will be a Picnic in the Courtyard, face-painting, games, and activities exploring the heritage of the Courthouse. The Courthouse will be buzzing all month with these and other events, including half term activities, craft fairs, films dance and more.
Tickets for these and all other Otley Courthouse events can be booked by popping into the Courthouse, calling the box office on 01943 467466, or by visiting www.otleycourthouse.org.uk.
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Exploring Leeds More Owls to find Our walk this month looking at the various Owls to be found on buildings in the centre of Leeds concentrates on the area south of The Headrow. We commence the walk on Infirmary Street at the old Yorkshire Bank premises where stone owls can be seen on the buttresses and spires. Moving to the adjacent street of Quebec Street, there is an owl in the glass in Quebec’s Hotel, formerly the Leeds and County Liberal Club, which was built in 1890. Around the corner on King Street, on another hotel the Met Hotel (formerly the Hotel Metropole), which was built in the same decade in 1898, are a pair of owls on the Victorian terracotta facade. From here turn left onto Wellington Street. We now head off across City Square (no owls to be seen on the statues – only pigeons) to the corner of Bishopsgate Street where on the old Midland Bank premises – now Flares nightclub – owls can be seen above the doorway. Heading down Boar Lane, on your right a stone owl can be seen on The Bourse building. Over the road is the new Trinity shopping centre - the owl here is like a gem, brightly gold and silver. Turn left at the lights and head off up Briggate back towards The Headrow. Halfway up the street on the right is the Yorkshire Bank on Kirkgate where two owls
masterpiece. Owls here can be found both inside and outside on the front of the building.
are carved in wood with YPB (Yorkshire Penny Bank) on the shield between them. Continue down Kirkgate and cross over the road to Kirkgate Market, 110 years old this year and designed by Leeming and Leeming. In here the pairs of owls can be found in circles on the green and gold ironwork. We now cross over from the market heading back slightly towards Boar Lane to one of the jewels of Leeds’s architecture. I mentioned in the last article about Cuthbert Broderick who designed many fine buildings in the city, and the Corn Exchange, built in the 1860’s, is possibly his greatest
Head back towards the market and down Kirkgate to reach the Leeds Minster (formerly Leeds Parish Church before its recent upgrade in status in 2012) where a couple of sets of owls can be found, both in plaques with a fleece in the middle. The one illustrated is that on the end of one of the sets of pews.The building itself is dedicated to Saint Peter. An early 7th-century church on this site was burned down in 633 AD. A church at “Ledes” is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The church was subsequently rebuilt twice, after a fire in the 14th century, and again in the 19th century. Walter Farquhar Hook, Vicar of Leeds from 1837 until preferment as Dean of Chichester in 1859, was responsible for the construction of the present building, and of the revitalising of the Anglican Church throughout Leeds as a whole. Face back up Kirkgate and turn left onto High Court and The Calls. On your right you will see Wharf Street and above the door of the
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Leeds Civic Trust building on the right an owl can be spotted in the glass. Continue along The Calls into Call Lane and then turn left onto Bridge End where you will reach Leeds Bridge. The present cast iron road bridge dates from 1730 and is Grade II listed. A wool cloth market operated at Leeds Bridge, becoming the centre of wool trade for the West Riding of Yorkshire in the late 17th century. The bridge was rebuilt in 1870-73 by W. H. Barlow to a design by T. Dyne Steel. The iron was cast by
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John Butler of Stanningley. The cast iron balustrade is of rings and flowers. The east side bears the arms of the Corporation of Leeds where we will see our crowned owls and a fleece. Our final owl on this month’s tour can be found by going back from the bridge onto Call Lane and then heading up Swinegate to the Malmaison Hotel, now in the building formerly occupied by Leeds City Tramways Department, which opened in
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1915. The pair of owls can be seen in the plaque above the doorway. From here continue along Swinegate to return you back to City Square. So ends our second visit round the centre of Leeds looking at the owls which appear on the arms of this fine city. For more information, education and inspiration, and to view a Leeds Owl Trail map visit: www.leedsowltrail.com
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52 Blast from the Past
Leeds - Armsless since 1974? Inspired by the owls theme of our Exploring Leeds series of city centre walks, we thought we’d dig a little deeper into the history of the coat of arms used by the City of Leeds which, as we all know, incorporates three owls. Walk by any civic building and you can’t avoid the little critters. Our research remained routine until regular Covered contributor Ivor Hughes unwittingly ruffled a few of the owls’ feathers in LCC’s Legal Services Department. But the routine stuff first ... In 1600 and with a population of around 3000, Leeds was a relatively small and insignificant town. But rapid growth in the wool trade doubled the population within fifty years. Though it wasn’t until 1654 that Leeds returned its very first member of parliament, whereas the neighbouring town of Otley had long had two. Then it was granted its first mayor in 1662, upon the restoration of the monarchy. Leeds’ first coat of arms also dates from 1662. It was a shield, incorporating the three stars from the arms of Sir Thomas Danby, the first Mayor. A fleece was added to show the town’s industrial base. The owls, added in 1835, were taken from the arms of Leeds’ first alderman, Sir John Savile – something of an afterthought as Sir John was appointed in 1626. Curiously, that coat of arms remained unregistered with the College of Arms until 7 November 1921, and then only after Alderman Sir Charles Wilson MP expressed concerns about its legality and therefore protected status. Now for the ruffled feathers ... The Local Government Act, which came into force in 1974, redefined counties, boroughs and districts. It created new ones, renamed others and in some cases re-drew their borders. One administrative consequence for those new metropolitan boroughs which kept existing coats of arms (eg Leeds) was that they had to apply for them to be transferred to their new identity – or did they? While researching the history of Leeds’ present coat of arms, Covered spoke with William Hunt, an officer at the College of Arms in London. Previously a Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, he was appointed Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1999 and in 2007 took the additional office of Registrar. Mr Hunt was extremely helpful and informative and told Covered “The transfer of coats of arms in 1974 was straightforward. Applications were made for them to be transferred by Orders in Council [a legal process] and, as I recall, those
An early example of the city’s coat of arms, not properly registered until 1921. Did that registration lapse in 1974, or was the new metropolitan borough exempt from re-applying? The ongoing debate between LCC and the College of Arms, London, was prompted by Covered’s own research into their history. We’ll keep you posted. (image LEODIS)
applications were going through en bloc in batches of twenty. But no such application was made by Leeds City Council. Please pass on my email address and I’ll tell them what needs to be done.” Covered then spoke with Forsyth Hill in LCC’s Legal Services Department who, after doing some digging of his own, told us “This question was raised some years ago. Back in 1974 it was the view of Leeds CC that they were exempted from the process by virtue of the fact that the 1921 registration was granted in perpetuity. There was some correspondence between LCC and Mr Hunt’s predecessor as Registrar, the (then) Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary. We thought we’d got the all clear - but Mr Hunt’s insistence has caused us to take another look. “Any problem may not be that simple to rectify. To apply for registration now would effectively underline and publicise the fact that the city has been without a properly registered and protected coat of arms since 1974. So any transfer would have to be retrospective. Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention – I’ll get back to you with the final answer.”
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