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Contents ISSUE Seven April 2015 5_NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 8_arrival of spring at the mill 12_saltaire heritage weekender 17_a tribute to denys salt 21_bradford beer festival 25_leigh marklew interview 28_IN:FOCUS 30_live music previews 36_what’s on? 42_richard smyth This month’s cover was provided by ROB MARTIN whose stunning picture was among the many wonderful photos sent in this month. If you’d like to see your image on the cover send your entry to submissions@thesaltairereview.co.uk.
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A note from the editor By haigh simpson
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hanks for picking up issue seven of the Saltaire Review magazine, which you may have noticed has undergone a bit of a makeover since the last issue. I felt it was a good time to freshen it up a bit and I hope you will agree that it represents an improvement on previous issues. Either way I am always happy to receive feedback from readers regarding the design and content “If of the publication. Which brings me to a dilemma I have spent much of this last month mulling over. Some of you may be wondering why there has been no mention of ‘Treegate’ in the magazine, despite the debate raging among many local residents. And if the magazine is here to discuss local issues then how can it ignore such a hot topic?
a story and be fair to both. I have to be able to fact check every claim for accuracy and offer a right to reply, which with a staff of one and a myriad of other jobs to do is almost impossible to achieve with any real success. Not only that but it invites a situation where a readership is divided over an issue and residents begin to take issue with the magazine.
the magazine is here to discuss local issues then how can it ignore such a hot topic?”
This is where I have had to make a firm decision on where the magazine stands and what our policy is on local issues. While several people have kindly suggested or put forward contributions on topics of debate, I have to acknowledge that there are always two sides to
That flies in the face of the very reason I launched the magazine in the first place, to celebrate and promote cultural activity, local events and talented individuals in the village. I do not believe that it is the place of the magazine to be getting involved in these kind of issues at this stage and therefore I will continue to follow developments as a curious observer rather than an active participant.
Having said that, I think it is a great credit to the village that we have such a passionate population who care about their environment and are prepared to stick up for their beliefs. Long may it continue...
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Hockney at his vibrant best EDDIE LAWLER REVIEWS THE LATEST HOCKNEY EXHIBITION TO VISIT SALTS MILL By EDDIE LAWLER
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o all good things come in threes? Visiting the third floor of Salt’s Mill there are three good things to experience which, together with the other public areas of this Palace of Industry, confirm Jonathan Silver’s litotic opinion, “It isn’t a place where you’ll be lost for things to do.”
East Yorkshire. Maybe it’s a cliché, but the exhibition bursts with life, the life and light of nature as it awakens from winter. Some of the snow is still there, but the sunlight teases out the leaves, the blossoms (especially a swirl of hawthorn which offers a scarf to keep off the chill), and then the flowers of bank and meadow.
The centrepiece of the trio on this floor is David Hockney’s Arrival of Spring, made up of 31 iPad/computer-created paintings reflecting May 2011 day-by-day at Woldgate,
In my preview last month I said there are no humans in this series. But there is one, on horseback in a red road-sign triangle.
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Otherwise the stage is given to awakening trees and plants and the way light plays with them, with the exception of one semi-ruined bit of stone archway (?) and a recurring large treestump, both motifs of former human activity. Memorials, sentinels?
to travel to the Woldgate scene – and found it the victim of fly-tipping. Hockney reacts with another digital work you can google – Hockney Woldgate Fly-tipping
I mentioned Hockney’s charcoals of Woldgate in my speculative preview last issue and It’s the light that captures the artist and the apologise if you were expecting them here. artist who catches the light – faster, he avers, But you can find them in the bookshop down with an iPad than with water-colour. There are below. However, first of all walk through the partnerships here – sunlight and tree-shadow, doorway to People and Process, (not People generating a wide range of colour. Hockney and Places as in last edition, sorry), a new, is so confident he transfers (as elsewhere) his permanent, and developing collection of Californian palette to the Yorkshire landscape relics, videos and information reflecting the and gives us a pink and purple history of the Mill as innovative woodland track, teasing the industrial investment, combined viewer to ‘really look’. You with its rebirth as innovative “Maybe it’s might also see Hockney’s 21st destination for art-lovers. A century pointillism partnering strong link between the two a cliché, but a kind of action-painting. is provided by artworks from the exhibition Gather the energy! the 2013 Cloth and Memory event. Some exhibits are from bursts with There’s a partnership within the archives of the Salts and the life, the life the gallery, between the closeSilvers, and the Saltaire Archive, up view of each image, and the which we locals and visitors and light of general view of three ‘stages’ deserve to see on a daily basis. nature as it (we haven’t quite left the opera Is this the start of a permanent which preceded it). The whole awakens from display of Saltairiana? installation is enhanced by winter.” the views out from the Mill, Before you leave, don’t forget thankfully re-opened for us to the Cafe into the Opera, the enjoy the seasons. All of this other element of this third for nowt, and nearly unbelievable. floor trinity, more than a cafe, with guesswhose paintings of the scenes to north and The main collection is complemented by south of the Mill. Compare the optical ‘real’ another threesome, the iPad creations with with the artistic ‘real’ – the latter is, as one of the brushes app, which used to be in a dark the iPad creations asserts, “not an illusion”. alcove. Just sit and ‘really look’ at this mix of sunlight, landscape and still-life, with a bit of I might conclude with an axe to grind, though anti-anti-smoking propaganda thrown in. And that’s not an appropriate image in the context. I think Hockney’s amazing panorama of the Hockney’s Arrival of Spring arrives – ironically Mill itself has found a home here, before you in time with the removal of most of spring enter Woldgate. from Victoria Road. They don’t need axes any more to cut down trees. Hockney has produced a sequel to this series. A visitor to the Salt’s exhibition was inspired
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Talking and walking, joining in and finding out A GUIDE TO THE 2015 SALTAIRE WORLD HERITAGE WEEKEND
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By HAIGH SIMPSON
echnology, heritage, education and contingent in the crowd you won’t be on your innovation are on the menu this month, own! No Saltaire event is complete without with one of Saltaire’s most popular an appearance from the Mighty Wurlitzer events returning for the fifth time. The World and visitors will be able to see and hear the Heritage Weekend will this year see the return iconic organ in Victoria Hall on Saturday. And of the The Saltaire Conversazione, forming the if that represents Saltaire of old then Bernard centrepiece of the popular event after a 50 year and the Fab Lab certainly take on the role hiatus. The Conversazione is of new, with an exhibition of set to offer an exciting forum 3D printing, robots and laser for innovation and creative engraving. Saltaire Inspired will “As always discussion and will be a truly also be providing an insight dressing up is momentous occasion for the into design and innovation with encouraged village, which hosted the event a presentation on the art and and with the for nine decades until the technology of print making. last Conversazione in 1964. wonderfully Credit must go to the World Floristry displays by students eccentric Heritage Weekend working and staff of Shipley College Steampunk group, who are busy with final will brighten up Victoria contingent in tweaks and preparations as we Hall, and Bradford Museums speak. These include a printed the crowd, you & Art Galleries are setting programme and a Kickstarter up a costume corner with won’t be on appeal to fund for the beautiful a photographer on hand to your own! ” decorations throughout the capture it all. The Evans Room village. It looks set to be a will host a children’s play area fantastic weekend and we’re delighted to be with a cheery soundtrack provided by the able to present an exciting programme of Love to Boogie team and DJ Time Machine. events and attractions, from storytelling to swing dancing. Hiding in red hats in and around Victoria Hall, storytellers will be waiting to swap their As always dressing up is encouraged and stories for your magic beans. Expect intriguing with the wonderfully eccentric steampunk and informative stories about Saltaire’s past,
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including personal memories from people who grew up here.
Roberts Park and along the canal towpath with a range of activities both new and familiar to the Heritage Weekender. Aptly-named stone The Heritage Weekender provides a wonderful mason Patrick Wall will demonstrate stone opportunity to share a skill or pick up a hobby, carving techniques, while artist Lou Sumray will with sessions on knitting, origami, sketching, be running a drawing workshop for children. mendhi and more taking place in the Main Always the stars of the show, Jamie Roberts Hall, Centre of Excellence and upstairs in will bring his alpacas from Kilnsey Park to the York Room. Cyclists can also learn about soak up their textile legacy and entertain the bike technology with All Terrain Cycles and children in Roberts Park. Over the bridge, discover where to ride them with Sustrans, a the Kennet canal boat will be moored on the charity set up to encourage people to choose canal by Victoria Road for visitors to look over healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys. In our and find out about the Leeds and Liverpool last issue we featured a number of films about Canal and what it was like to work on the Saltaire made by students boats. Representatives of the from Leeds Beckett University Canal and River Trust will be and these will be shown on the inviting people to join in and “Sunday’s Saturday prior to the evening’s play some of the games that activities will entertainment. the boaters used to play. Then, at 4pm, the 53 people who booked early (tickets sold out in February!) will attend a high tea in the Glen Room with speakers from the Salt and Roberts families.
centre around Roberts Park and along the canal towpath with a range of activities both new and familiar to the Heritage Weekender.”
Budding biologists will be looked after by the Friends of Bracken Hall, who are hosting a nature/insect/ botanical session with painting materials for children to create their own studies. Music will be provided from noon until 4pm, featuring students from Shipley College performing on the Roberts Park bandstand. The Glen Tramway will be running on both days, a lasting link to Saltaire’s Victorian heritage on this most appropriate of weekends.
Starting at 7:30pm, An Evening’s Entertainment is a ticketed event including live drama from Eddie Lawler and featuring a Conversazione Dance in the Main Hall. First up, the Bard of Saltaire presents a revue of Saltaire’s Past Present and Future, performed by talented young people from Titus Salt School, and supported by the School Singers of Saltaire Primary School. Eddie has promised to surprise and delight guests, getting them in the perfect mood for the Sultans of Swing, who will be enticing guests onto Victoria Hall’s sprung dance floor later in the evening for the day’s big finale.
Last but not least, on Sunday afternoon Steve Bottoms will lead a circular walk featuring stories, anecdotes and music to celebrate Saltaire’s waterways. Salt’s Waters starts from the visitor information centre in Victoria Road and will take guests to Milner Field, via Saltaire’s various waterways and water features.
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World Heritage Weekend is a credit to Saltaire and wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of the many groups and individuals who have brought their skills and vision to revive the Conversazione in a way suited to 2015. The group are grateful for donations from individuals and for grants (to date) from Baildon Town Council, Sovereign Health Care Charitable Trust, Saltaire Village Society, Fattorini Charitable Trust, and Newmason Properties.
Stories education programme. The weekend couldn’t happen without partnership working with Shipley College, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, the Canal & River Trust and Friends of Roberts Park. Tickets for An Evening’s Entertainment can be purchased from Victoria Hall (card, cheque or cash), the Saltaire Bookshop (cheque or cash) or from Rob Martin (cash or cheque). Programme subject to change. For more information contact Rob Martin on 01274 593585 / robmartin@ phonecoop.coop or Molly Kenyon on 07932 146882.
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A tribute to Denys Salt By dave shaw
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altaire History Club, with the support of Saltaire Village Society, is proposing to create a permanent memorial to Denys Salt, the great-grandson of founder Sir Titus, who passed away in Austria in late December, and whose ashes were recently interred in Cheltenham in the presence of family and several Saltaire residents. Denys had been engaged in the telling of Saltaire’s history for more than 50 years, and had become a regular visitor to Saltaire, especially since the founding of Saltaire Festival in 2003, to which he came every year. He not only visited as many events as possible, but also gave a lecture on the Salt Family history, and actually appeared as Sir Titus in a pageant in Roberts Park. The park itself has been restored, including the Half Moon Café, but not the drinkingfountain outside the cafe. It’s proposed to
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restore the fountain in memory of Denys. It has his great-grandfather’s initials above the recess, and of course is directly beneath the statue of the founder. An appeal is being launched to fund the project which, with an inscribed stone plaque, will cost around £2,000. Saltaire Village Society is handling incoming funds, and all are welcome to donate. Donors can do this by post or in person to SVS at Saltaire Bookshop, 1 Myrtle Place, Saltaire, Shipley BD18 4NB. Cheques payable to Saltaire Village Society. Transfers can also be made to the Saltaire Village Society account at Lloyds TSB Bank, Sort Code 30 91 12, Account number 4630298, marking transfers Denys Salt. It’s believed that Denys would be very pleased with this gesture, especially if, as hoped, the work can be carried out in time for the opening of the next Saltaire Festival.
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Make mine a pint A REVIEW OF THE 2015 BRADFORD BEER FESTIVAL AT VICTORIA HALL
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e’re not supposed to tell Titus, There’s a strong local flavour to the event, according to the bar across the which showcases a burgeoning local brewing street. However, if the presiding scene. Bradford Brewery followed up their city spirit of Saltaire had been abroad for the last centre pub’s recent debut with representation few days he would have been all too aware that here, along with new breweries from nearby the demon drink was flowing in the village, locations including Baildon, Bingley and as the crowds turned out once again for the Cullingworth, as well as Saltaire Brewery itself. Bradford Beer Festival at Victoria Hall. We take And there’s also a strong representation from it for granted that he would have disapproved Sussex breweries: I try Brighton’s Dark Star but I wonder if that really was Espresso, but find the coffee the case. Though devoted to flavour rather overwhelming. ensuring the sobriety of his “We take it workforce he was known to As ever in the Victoria Hall, for granted enjoy alcohol himself, so I like the atmosphere is crowded to think that he would take but convivial, while the that he the well-conducted, peaceful entertainment – the Sultans would have enjoyment of good quality Of Swing big band on the beer as an indication of the evening I attend – is highly disapproved maturity of the village he professional, and far more but I wonder created. than just festival filler. It’s also a good taster for the Sultans’ if that really I attended on the Saturday forthcoming appearance at the was the case.” night, and although many of Saltaire Conversazione. the brews remained on tap due to a quota system, some of Perhaps the only downbeat them started to run out during aspect of the event is the the evening. With half an hour to go only two rather glum editorial in the programme, which brews – a stout and a dark mild – remained suggests that lack of CAMRA volunteers available in the upstairs bar so I go for the may threaten the event’s future. The sheer Spectre Stout from Bradford brewers - and enthusiasm of the staff who did volunteer event sponsors - Salamander. This goes some suggests that this may be unduly pessimistic, way toward consoling me for the fact that I’ve and it would certainly leave large numbers missed out on food for the evening – my only of disappointed beer lovers. Long may the serious complaint about the event. Festival continue!
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he Kirkgate Centre, Shipley is calling for photographers new and old, amateur or professional, to get involved in this year’s exhibition, Wide Angle. Wide Angle aims to attract a wide range of types of photography, with the objective being for people to look anew at the environment around them. Nearly everybody has access to some sort of camera these days and we want to give people the opportunity to exhibit their views of the world alongside other photographers. We are looking for photographers living or working in the Shipley area to take part, including those who have not exhibited work previously. New and existing work reflecting a theme of the Four Elements: Fire, Water, Air and/ or Earth as well as non-digital work made using the older photographic processes are encouraged.
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To enter, please send an artist’s statement about your work (of about 100 to 200 words) and up to six images to gallery@kirkgatecentre.org. uk. There will be a small group choosing the work for display, and if your work is selected you will be invited to come and meet us at the centre. The deadline for submissions is Friday April 10th with the opening event taking place on June 6th. The exhibition will then continue through June and July. Wide Angle at the Kirkgate Centre will also feature photographs of the Kenmore Salon by Nudrat Afza, and an Instant Photo exhibition called One Day in Shipley. This is an opportunity for everyone in Shipley with a camera phone to email in their photos, which we will then print out and turn into an instant exhibition. There will also be photographic self-portraits by members of the Older People’s Day Service at Kirkgate on display.
Laying off the Tequilas terrorvision bass player leigh marklew tells the saltaire review about his fundraising marathon challenge
We hear you plan to run the London fun. Since then Mark has formed a band in Marathon later this month - what Leeds called Boomville, as well as running inspired you to take on that challenge? his tattoo studio on Otley Road. Tony has Well, I realise bucket lists are supposed to been out playing acoustic gigs with Milly be full of exciting, adventurous or luxurious Evans, and he released his first solo album, escapades – but running non-stop for 26.2 Thoughts n All last year. But it’s starting to miles around the streets of London has feel to me like we should dust off the ol’ TV probably been on mine since I took up cobwebs and think about playing together running in 2008. My first son, Bodhi, was again. Lets see what next year brings… born in that year, I turned 40, and my dad was diagnosed with cancer, so in a fit of Is there a particular highlight that springs benevolence/mid-life crisis I ran the Jane to mind from your time in the band? Tomlinson 10k in Leeds to raise money for It was 10 years of highlights! Seriously, I her charity. And, as any runner will probably had the most fun I think its possible to tell you, once the challenge of longer and have without killing yourself! Writing and longer distances is put in front recording Formaldehyde, of you it’s very hard to resist How To Make Friends And the urge to take them on. The Influence People, Regular “It was 10 extra incentive for London Urban Survivors, Shaving years of was to run to raise money Peaches and Good To Go highlights! for the Muscular Dystrophy together gave us gold albums, campaign – a condition my Kerrang awards, loads of Seriously, I cousin suffered with before Top of the Pops appearances, had the most he died at 16 years-old. playing Glastonbury, Donington, Reading, Leeds, fun I think its How is training going? Do T in the Park, CBGBs in possible to you have a time in mind? New York, making videos have without in Vegas and LA. Supported Training is going well so far, Motorhead and The Ramones.. killing but the running shoe and I mean, stuff of dreams! physio bills are stacking up! I’m yourself!” up to 30+ miles per week now What’s your relationship – three runs during the week with Saltaire? and the dreaded long run at the weekend. The Leeds-Liverpool canal is a brilliant help for Well I live just over the river and spend lots plotting my 16, 18, 20 and 22 milers! Timewise, of time in the village. I’ve lived here since if I can crack four hours I’ll be a happy 2001 and love its quirkiness, history, character, runner. In other words, Mo Farah is safe. architecture, the residents (we’ve made loads of friends here), our cool shops and bars, Many people will know you from the band and of course, the Mill and its Hockney Terrorvision, what’s happening with the connection (big Hockney fans in our house). band at the moment? And now that I’ve got two kids, Roberts Park The band has been on an extended break is the default hangout on a weekend! Just for a couple of years. We actually disbanded everything about it. Plus its super-convenient after working together full time back in 2001, to get into Leeds and we’re surrounded by but regrouped from time to time to tour, green fields, hills and moors which are perfect and we released an album, Super Delux, training country for my running and triathlons! back in 2011, which was great and a lot of
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Do you have any other projects on the go Dystrophy campaign as well) – but they’ve at the moment? been totally brilliant. We had our first rehearsal I do, yeah! I’m putting on a the other night and I gig at Caroline Street Social “It was back to was buzzin me **** off! Club on 28 May featuring There is nothing quite my ‘other’ band, Malibu pub gigs – driving like the rejuvenatory Stacey. I formed Stacey and sleeping in power of rock’n’roll!!! in 2002 after Terrorvision Transit vans and split and we wrote and How can people recorded an album and going completely support your marathon played about 120 gigs in DIY – after years challenge? 18 months. It was back of swanning to pub gigs – driving and OK, this is easy. You can sleeping in Transit vans give me a smile or a wave around in fancy and going completely DIY if you see me puffing tour buses and – after years of swanning along the canal bank around in fancy tour buses between now and 26 April! being looked and being looked after Or if you’re feeling super after by managers by managers and record generous, buy a ticket and record companies, but I loved and come see Malibu every minute of it! We Stacey on Thursday 28 companies, but split in 2004, and I wasn’t May at Caroline Street I loved every sure if I could persuade (tickets at malibustacey. minute of it!” Kes and Chris (who eventbrite.co.uk) or if have forged successful you can’t abide loud, careers as studio-based snotty, punk pop but want songwriters) and Jonny to reform for this to support me and the charity, visit www. one-off special (it’s all in aid of the Muscular justgiving.com/LEIGHLONDON2015/
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Joe Solo @IRREGULAR ROOTS 11TH APRIL, the kirkgate centre
By joe grint
Joe Solo will be making the long drive across from Scarborough to bring Kirkgate Irregular Roots his stories and songs on Saturday 11 April.
Live, Joe has a growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thoughtprovoking, comical and punch-the-air political - often in the same breath!
On top of releasing ten albums in the last eight years, Joe has written a book, runs a research project on the Hull Pals Battalions in the first world war, worked with underprivileged children to help them write their lives in song, has recorded two audio books, and still found time to open for the likes of Chris Wood, Otis Gibbs, Robb Johnson, Edgar Broughton, TV Smith, Justin Sullivan and The Blockheads, whilst his songs have regularly featured on a wide range of radio shows.
Passionate, political, percussive and at times deeply deeply funny, Joe is a force for good in what can sometimes be a bleak world – the perfect antidote to all those party political broadcasts! If you haven’t visited our monthly acoustic nights at the Kirkgate Centre yet then this is the ideal night to put that right. With a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, well stocked bar and a supporting artist to open the evening there really is no reason not to be there!
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Cantaloupe @pleasure grounds 16th april, Caroline St social club
By gus bousfield
soundtrack and featuring mesmeric guitar and synth patterns, not forgetting drumzilla Dave from Cowtown, MKBL have enough oomph to crack the Leeds-Liverpool canal basin.
It’s the fourth Pleasure Grounds of the year at Caroline Social Club and as ever there’s another powerful lineup. Thursday 16 April features Cantaloupe, the Nottingham BBC 6 Music favourites described as ‘brilliant’ by Peel offspring Tom Ravenscroft, and ‘all wobbly and brilliant’ by Huw Stephens on Radio 1. They continue their UK tour with a stop at Pleasure Grounds, and last month saw them premiere their debut album Zoetrope on Hello Thor Records. True to form it’s a dense, consistently inventive collection of synth hooks and excursions, now featuring otherworldly vocal lines from Eleanor Lee. After performing great sets at Liverpool’s fantastic Psychfest and the inspiring Bradford Threadfest last year it’s a fantastic coup to get them up to Saltaire.
Finally, in the early slot are locals Gurgles, picked by MJ from Hookworms in his NME Bandcrush. Fuelled by over-driven Fender Rhodes, synth and space echo Gurgles combine Eureka-era Jim O’Rourke’s quirkpop adventures with prog Cardiac-ish arrangements and Steely Dan. And DJ Souki De Foucauld Esterhazy from the regular Thursday Simpatico sessions at the Belgrave in Leeds will be providing the beats and metaphysical mood in between. Advance tickets available from RADstudio, Saltaire, The Record Cafe, Bradford and Jumbo Records in Leeds.
Backing them up will be Leeds powerproggers Monster Killed by Laser. Unleashing a West Yorkshire riposte to the Suspiria
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Join our team!
We’re recruiting to two new posts: • Community Development Worker • Older People’s Access Worker We are looking for two enthsiastic and experienced people to join our team at the Kirkgate Centre. The Community Development Worker will be continuing our Council funded neighbourhood work across Shipley & Bingley as well as working with riverside communities as part of the Multi-Story Water Project. The post is for 21 hours per week (£20,849 pro rata). The Lottery funded Access Worker will support older users of the Kirkgate Centre to access the building, including helping them get about the centre if required. The post is for 14 hours a week (£17,372 pro rata). Visit www.kirkgatecentre.org.uk for full details or call us on 01274 580186.
Discount Comedy Checkout Club 3rd april, Caroline St social club
By rachel bannister
The first time I saw Discount Comedy Checkout was at The Bradford Playhouse back in 2013. Playing to a packed out basement bar, the four performers exploded onto the stage with their unique blend of character comedy, competitions and sketches. From the off you knew you were in for something different, when an ailing and elderly lady with compression stockings worked the room telling everyone to fill in a slip with crazy scenario ideas for one of the games later on.
Now, you need to know that this isn’t a show for the easily offended, weak of heart or delicate disposition - they’ll take what you say and twist it into something that will have you laughing your socks off and desperate to come up with the next suggestion for them to improvise around. Every single show is unique because it hinges on the audience participation. If you’ve ever wanted to see a giant jelly man attack New York City, a salesman try and off-load a headless camel on a TV shopping channel, or a musical romance blossom between a kitchen sink and a fridge, then this is the show for you.
The show descended into the crazy ride that is every performance that Discount Comedy Checkout do. They’ve been running for six years and it definitely shows in their slick delivery. I have seen them four times now (including a private gig at my wedding!) and they’ve never missed a beat. No suggestion, no matter how zany, has floored or silenced them. They even give out prizes during the show…. You don’t get that on Whose Line Is It Anyway!
Caroline Street Social Club in Saltaire will be host to the next performance on Friday 3 April at 8pm. Tickets are less than £5 which makes for a very Good Friday indeed! Get them from www.wegottickets.com/event/313065 or google Discount Comedy Checkout..
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Eddi Reader @saltaire live 21st MARCH, victoria hall
By DAVID TURNER
It’s not often that a chart-topping hit is performed by the original artist in Saltaire, but in the midst of her set at Victoria Hall on 21 March Eddi Reader picked up her acoustic guitar and delighted the crowd by breaking into Perfect, her number one hit from 1988, when she sang with Fairground Attraction. However, throughout the rest of the evening Eddi Reader showed that she’s anything but a performer living on past glories and why she has become a major singer in her own right. Her devoted following turned out in force, the Yorkshire crowd bolstered by fans from across the north of England. They were rewarded with a show set amidst the character and atmosphere of Victoria Hall, a venue which suited Eddi’s style in a way that a modern purpose-built hall never could. With her were her regular band – accordion, stand-up bass, guitar and ukulele – a subtly understated ensemble who make the ideal complement to Eddi’s full-flavoured vocals. Throughout the evening variety was the name of the game as she showcased her back catalogue, including a stunning version of Robbie Burns’ Ae Fond Kiss and numbers
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from her current album Vagabond, and even treated the audience to a pleasingly unschmaltzy rendition of Moon River. If the Saltaire show was anything to go by, Eddi is clearly a performer who relates to her audience not just as a singer but as a person. There’s a strong feeling that many are fans not just of her music, but of Eddi herself – as evidenced by the adoring cheers that rose whenever her name was mentioned before the show. And who can blame them – her easy, freeflowing rapport between songs had the feel of a small club gathering rather than a 400 capacity sellout. Late in the show she told the story of family gatherings where people would call on her mother to sing, and had the audience re-enact the scene, crying out ‘Come on Jean’ as she responded with girlish embarrassment and modesty. A bold attempt which could so easily backfire, leaving us squirming in our seats - however, such is Eddi Reader’s natural ease that she effortlessly engaged and charmed the room - even a natural cynic with a low cringe threshold such as myself.
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WHAT’S ON?
find out what’s happening in the area this month created by Chris Lumb. The show has a team of players performing comedy improvisation, short form games, character comedy and sketches.
Wednesday 1st April Saltaire Book Shop Book Club Saltaire Book Shop, 7pm. We shall be talking about Daphne Du Maurier’s The House on the Strand. 7pm at the bookshop. Free. All welcome and a warm invitation to new people.
HEY PRESTO FAMILY MAGIC SHOW Bingley Arts Centre, 7.30pm Magic show aimed at all ages. Local, national and international magicians perform a variety of magic, including large scale illusions, comedy and magic especially for children. www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
This months lecture is A Crisis of Brilliance. Speaker - David Boyd Haycock. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Sunday 5th April Shipley Film Society - Eyes Wide Open Kirkgate Centre, 7.30pm
OTHER LIVES PRODUCTIONS PRESENT BRIEF LIVES BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE, 7.30pm A highly entertaining one man show tracing a day in the late life of the seventeenth century diarist, John Aubrey. Also showing on Thursday 2nd April. www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
A married Jerusalem butcher and father of four falls in love with his 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.The final film of the season! £4 (£3 unwaged) www.shipleyfilmsociety.org.uk
Thursday 2nd April
Tuesday 7th April Victoria Hall Movie Nights Presents ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy (12A) Victoria Hall, 7pm
Victoria Hall Wedding Open Evening Victoria Hall, 5.30pm – 9.30pm Whether you’re thinking of choosing us, are already booked in to hold your special day here, or if you’re yet to decide if we’re the venue for you, pop in to see how we can provide the perfect canvas for your wedding day in Saltaire. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Running for over six years, The Discount Comedy Checkout was
Saturday 11th April Bradford Theosophical Society Lecture Shipley Library, 2.30pm. Resonance is an inspiring talk/story about connecting and aligning more with our own truth and authentic self. It demonstrates the power of our emotions and potential struggle when trying to follow what resonates with us in life. In this guest lecture the story is combined with a range of poems that address various related themes - such as breaking familiar patterns and the individual ways we perceive things - to offer an engaging basis for discussion, exploration and sharing.
Saltaire Live Presents - Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham + Support Victoria Hall, 7.30pm
Saltaire WI - Strictly Come Dancing St Peter’s Church Hall, 7:30pm Saltaire WI meet on the second Thursday of each month. This month, join us as we put our best foot forward and learn the basics of ballroom
Kirkgate Irregular Roots present - Joe Solo + support Kirkgate Centre, 8pm
Thursday 9 April
The Discount Comedy Improv Checkout Show Caroline Street Club, 7.30pm
Noche Latina returns with live music from Orquesta Leodis, red-hot Salsa for the dance floor. £7 on the door.
Shetland-born Aly Bain is possibly Scotland’s finest fiddle player. Aly helped to establish the Boys of the Lough and has continued to play with the band ever since, whilst simultaneously pursuing his solo career. World-famous accordion player and composer Phil Cunningham emerged with Silly Wizard and has toured with the likes of Relativity, Altan and Dolores Keane. www.saltairelive.co.uk
From Marvel Studios comes this action-packed epic space adventure, as adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt when he steals a mysterious orb. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Friday 3rd April
Friday 10th April Noche Latina presents Orquesta Leodis Caroline Social Club, 8pm
SATURDAY 4TH APRIL
Saltaire Decorative and Fine Arts Society Victoria Hall, 2pm – 3pm
dancing! All welcome. www.saltairewi.co.uk
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Passionate, political, percussive and at times deeply deeply funny, Joe is a force for good in what can sometimes be a bleak world – the perfect antidote to all those party political broadcasts. www.kirkgatecentre.org.uk
Sunday 12th April Cinema Organ Society Concert Victoria Hall, 2.30pm – 5pm A Cinema Organ Concert featuring popular music from film, television and radio on the world famous mighty Wurlitzer. The performer for this concert is Stephen Austin. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Live Room Presents - Red Moon Road Caroline Street Social Club, 8pm Another TLR YouTube discovery brought to you all the way from Winnipeg, Canada. Masterful storytelling and haunting three part harmonies. Mandolin, banjo, guitar, delay pedals and a beat-up bass drum. A lush and lively take on modern roots. www.theliveroom.info
MONDAY 13TH APRIL BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS... JOURNEY’S END BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE, 7.30PM Set over the course of four days leading up to a massive German attack on the British trenches in 1917, Journey’s End charts the tension and claustrophobia as the new recruit to the company, Lieutenant Raleigh, discovers that Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, has changed almost beyond recognition. Shattering superb drama. An all-time great. Continues each night until Saturday 18th April. www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Thursday 16th April ¡Hola! Conversational Spanish Kirkgate Centre, 6.00pm An 11 week course to develop your spoken Spanish, taught by a native Spanish teacher. Free to unwaged, otherwise £69.30 for the complete course. www.kirkgatecentre.org.uk/classes
PICK OF THE MONTH the live room Presents geoff muldaur One of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centred in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960s and ‘70s, Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield’s Better Days group, as well as collaborations with thenwife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, Amos Garrett etc.). www.stheliveroom.info
Friday 17th April RSPB Airedale & Bradford Local Group Shipley Library, 7pm Followed at 7.30pm by Farming and Wildlife, an illustrated talk by Nicholas Watts. Nicholas is a Lincolnshire-based farmer, and winner of the 2013 RSPB / Daily Telegraph Nature of Farming Award. Price: £3 (members & nonmembers), children free.
Total World Productions present Haymanot Tesfa, Mina Salama & Arian Sadr The Latvian Club, 5, Clifton Villas, Bradford Three wonderful rising stars on the UK world music scene share their rich musical journey. This brilliant trio have come together to combine their different musical heritages into a beautiful harmonic whole Tickets : £10/£8. Doors open 8pm.
Saturday 18th April Come to the Conversazione! Victoria Hall, 10am-4pm History meets science, art and innovation - a unique mix of displays
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and activities for all ages as part of World Heritage Weekend. Free entry, cafe by the Travelling Tea Ladies. www.saltairevillage.info www.facebook.com/saltairestories
An Evening’s Entertainment Victoria Hall 7.30-11.30pm An occasion to dress up for drama and a dance: Eddie Lawler’s Saltaire: Past Present & Future followed by the Conversazione dance with the Sultans of Swing. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Sunday 19th April A Walk in the Park Roberts Park + canal towpath, 10am4pm Outdoor activities for World Heritage Weekend: stone carving, nature trails and Salt’s Waters walk, boaters’ games, alpaca-making workshop, music from 12 noon in the bandstand, visiting alpacas from 1pm. www.facebook.com/saltairestories
WHAT’S ON?
find out what’s happening in the area this month Saltaire Cricket Club Table Top Sale Victoria Hall, 10am – 1pm A wide variety of stalls selling small collectible antiques and toy cars, books, good quality second-hand clothing, handmade jewellery, scented candles and much more! www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Live Room Presents - Blue Rose Code Caroline Street Social Club, 8pm 2014 has been some year for Blue Rose Code. Ross made his TV debut on the BBC, lead single One Day At A Time was playlisted on BBC Radio Scotland, and Ross has done sessions for BBC Radio 2, for Another Country with Ricky Ross, and for Bruce MacGregor’s Travelling Folk. www.theliveroom.info
MONDAY 20TH APRIL BINGLEY GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY PRESENTS...THE MIKADO BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE, 7.30PM Bingley Gilbert and Sullivan Society open their newest version of The Mikado which will be a traditional homage which Mr Gilbert himself would have been proud of. Continues each night until Saturday 25th April. www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Friday 24th April The Famous Saltaire Beer Club Saltaire Brewery, 4pm The Famous Saltaire Beer Club is a mini-beer festival, featuring three bars and 13 pumps serving a range of Saltaire ales as well as beers from our friendly guest breweries. Guest breweries have included Dark Star, Thornbridge, Buxton, Liverpool Organic, Crouch Vale, Acorn, Titanic, Marble, to name a few. Tickets £5 – guarantee entry and include a pint. Buy
online at: www.EventBrite.co.uk or from the Brewery Tap and Shop. Entry without a ticket is after 6pm and only if there’s space available.
Saturday 25th April Jewel of Yorkshire Victoria Hall The Jewel of Yorkshire returns to Saltaire, bringing you the best classes in dances from all around the world. www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk
Friday 1st May The Live Room Third Birthday Party! Caroline Street Social Club, 8pm Nine Below Zero are a seminal British rhythm and blues outfit, who in 2014 are celebrating 35 years together and continue to set the standard for hard-driving, high-energy blues-rock and more. www.theliveroom.info
Saturday 2nd May Golden Cabinet - Powell Kirkgate Centre, 7.00pm
Shipley Alternative Kirkgate Centre, 11-3pm
DJ, producer and head honcho at Diagonal Records, Powell is joined by Gum Takes Tooth and Conor Thomas. £11/£13. www.goldencabinet.co.uk
Our indy market returns in its usual format with lots of stalls and a cafe serving delicious fresh coffees and food. www.kirkgatecentre.org.uk
Shipley College - The Weekend Gardener Courses Shipley College, 10am-3pm Spring Pruning - keep your plants looking tip-top by becoming confident at pruning correctly and safely. £46
Sunday 26th April Live Room Presents - Geoff Muldaur Caroline Street Social Club, 8pm One of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centred in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960s and ‘70s Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Paul Butterfield’s Better Days, as well as collaborations with then-wife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, Amos Garrett etc.) www.theliveroom.info
JOHNNY CASH REVISITED BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE, 7.30PM Johnny Cash Revisited is a semibiographical show illustrating the transition of Johnny Cash from a gospel singer from Dyess Arkansas into the legendary recording artist known as the Man In Black. Rick McKay and special guest Jodie McKay paying tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter with their band Starkville City to bring you an unplifting two hour show, suitable for all and crammed full of country music, rock‘n’ roll , and rockabilly classics! www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
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BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE The Home of Bingley Little Theatre
Live Events This april Brief Lives by Patrick Garland
Wed 1st & Thu 2nd, 7.30pm, £8 (£7 conc)
The play is a highly entertaining one man show tracing a day in the late life of the seventeenth century diarist, John Aubrey.
Hey Presto Family Magic Show
Sat 4th , 7.30pm £9 (£7 conc)
Magic show aimed at all ages. Local, national and international magicians perform a variety of magic, including large scale illusions, comedy and magic especially for children.
Bingley Little Theatre presents...
Journey’s End
Mon 13th - Sat 18th, 7.30pm £8 (£7 Conc) Journey’s End charts the tension and claustrophobia as the new recruit to the company, Lieutenant Raleigh, discovers that Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, has changed almost beyond recognition.
Bingley Gilbert & Sullivan Society present...
The mikado
Mon 20th - Sat 25th, 7.30pm. £12/£10 (£9/£7 Conc)
The Mikado is one of the most frequently played pieces of musical theatre in history and it is unlikely that a year passes without a number of performances of The Mikado from both professional and amateur companies.
johnny cash revisited Sat 2nd May , 7.30pm, £16 (£15 conc)
Rick McKay and special guest Jodie McKay pay tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter with their band “Starkville City” to bring you a two hour uplifting show, suitable for all and crammed full of Country Music, Rock ‘n’ Roll , and Rockabilly Classics!
Main Street, Bingley, BD16 2LZ | Tel: 01274 567983 Box Office Open 11am - 3.30pm Weekdays
www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Weekly events
YOUR GUIDE TO ongoing events in and around saltaire MONDAYS General Knowledge Quiz
The Ring O’ Bells
8PM
General knowledge pub quiz with prizes
URC Bell Ringers
United Reformed Church
7PM
Bell ringing club practice session
Rainbow Morris Dancers
Shipley Resource Centre
7pm
North West tradition morris dancing club
ZUMBA
Victoria Hall
7pm
Latin-inspired dance fitness party
Ballroom Dancing
Victoria Hall
8PM
Dancing class for beginners and improvers
Line Dancing
Caroline Street Social Club 7.30pm Line Dancing classes, anyone welcome
SALTAIRE STRIDERS
Caroline Street Car Park
7pm
Club training and beginners sessions
Bradford Chorale
Saltaire Methodist Church
7PM
Leading choral society practice session
Taekwondo
Victoria Hall
4.30pm Self-defence class for all abilities
Ki-Rin Karate
Victoria Hall
6pm
SLIMMING WORLD CLUB
Caroline Street Social Club 9AM
General Knowledge Quiz
VM Lounge, Victoria Mills 8.30pm General knowledge quiz with prizes
TUESDAYS
Karate classes for all ages and abilities Weight-loss support group
WEDNESDAYS ROLL BACK THE CARPET
Victoria Hall
8.15PM Appalachian clog dancing group
BuddhaLand
Kirkgate Centre
7.30PM Drop-in meditation session
YOGA
Kirkgate Centre
6.10pm Class based on Ashtanga Vinyasa flow yoga.
Shipley Acting Workshop
Kirkgate Centre
7pm
Workshops exploring acting techniques
Owlet Dance
Kirkgate Centre
1pm
A tea dance for the over 50s
General Knowledge Quiz
The Rosse, Saltaire
9PM
Pub quiz with open the box raffle
SALTAIRE STRIDERS
Outside Nuffield Health
7PM
Club training session for distance runners
Diddi Dance
Kirkgate Centre
9.30aM Dancing and coordination games for children
All For One Community Choir
Victoria Hall
7.30PM No auditions, just come and sing.
tHURSDAYS
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Free workshops In January 2015 Hive launched our Hive 5 campaign. The Five Ways to Wellbeing are a set of actions which promote people’s wellbeing.
5 ways to wellbeing
They are: Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Share. date. friday apr 24. time. 14.00-16.00 place. hive.
Creative Conversations
date. friday may 29. time. 13.00-15.00. place. hive.
Photography Talk & Walk
Join us for our fourth #Hive5 Ways to Wellbeing event. As part of our focus on SHARING, we will be hosting a creative conversations session where we invite you to make matrilineal dolls followed by sharing stories about our grandparents. We will meet in the Birklands Room at Hive at 2pm. Emma Inman will be facilitating the share session and we look forward to sharing this event with you.
We will be hosting a photography talk and walk down the Leeds-Liverpool canal from Shipley to the Half Moon cafe. We would like to use this opportunity to create images using your own camera or phone, talk and take notice of our surroundings. We will meet at Hive at 1pm and we are happy for individuals to pop into the cafe half way if they need a brew! We will aim to be back at Hive by 3pm.
To book any of our free events or book on our courses call 01274 598928, email info@hivebradford.org.uk or visit www.hivebradford.org.uk
Join us on
date. friday jun 26. time. 13.00-16.00 place. hive.
Hive Open Day As the final part of our #Hive5 Campaign, we would like to invite you to our Open Day as part of the Shipley Festival. There will be free arts and crafts taster sessions, plus you will be able to find out about the many opportunities that Hive has to offer. There will be details of our summer timetable of specialist workshops and events, our forthcoming programme of courses, the benefits of being a member of Hive and much more. We will be showcasing images and stories created throughout our campaign.
Hive has limited space on the upcoming Summer Term courses: Printing Weekly Wednesday evening course for 11 weeks, focussing on different printmaking techniques and media. Starts Wednesday 15 April, 7-9pm. Sunday 2 day linoprinting course. Sunday 14, 21 June, 9.30-5pm. Stained Glass Copper Foil weekend course where students will be encouraged to produce their own design towards a final complete foil panel. 18, 19 April, 9.30-5pm. Woodwork Furniture Making - Intermediate Running over 4 Saturdays, students will build on existing woodworking skills and tackle more complex furniture construction techniques. 25 April, 2, 9, 16 May, 10.30-5pm. Woodwork for Beginners Runs over 4 Saturdays. Learn a range of woodworking skills from the correct usage of hand and power tools to ways of effectively jointing wood together. 23, 30 May, 6, 20 June, 10.30-5pm. 3 String Box Guitar Construct a 3 string box guitar from a mixture of found and made components. 4, 11, 18, 25 July, 10.30-5pm.
#hive5
Hive, Kirkgate, Shipley BD18 3EH
Richard Smyth By HAIGH SIMPSON
Who are you and what do you do? I’m Richard Smyth. I write novels, short stories and history books, compile crosswords, draw cartoons, write for various magazines, and set questions for BBC Mastermind. When did you start writing seriously? I’ve been a full-time freelancer since 2008 - but I think I’ve been writing seriously for as long as I’ve been able to write. Is there a particular piece of work you are most proud of ? My first novel, Wild Ink. I wrote it when I was 23 - a horribly long time ago - and it was published last year.
What is your favorite book of all time? Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. But ask me again next week and it’ll be something different. What’s the best thing abut being an author? Probably the job prospects and financial security. A-hahaha. No, the best thing is the writing. What’s the worst thing about being an author? I think it’s pretty great, really. The downsides are pretty negligible. How do you combat writers block? I tell myself to stop being a self-pitying wuss and damn well get on with the thing...
What’s your relationship with Saltaire? I’ve lived here for a few years now, just on the edge of the village (splendid views of the building-site).
What are you working on at the minute? Another novel - it’s set in the 1920s, and it’s about a rogueish American visionary who plans to turn a Yorkshire fishing village into a second Coney Island. I’m currently in rewrite purgatory.
Where do you get your ideas from? I wish I knew! Things tend to just sort of appear in my head and I’m halfway through the story before I pause and think wait, where did this come from?!
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