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ISSUE SIX| MARCH 2015
6_Nav chonan iNTERVIEW 12_new hockney exhibition 14_THE hirst wood regeneration group 19_rose & brown vintage fair 21_breakfast disco
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24_all for one choir 28_ARTIST PROFILE: PAULA DUNN 30_LEEDS BECKETT FILM MAKERS 34_IN:FOCUS
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to issue six of the Saltaire Review, which means we’ve now been in circulation for a whole six months... Blimey, doesn’t time fly! Eagle-eyed Twitter users - and pretty much anyone who has spoken to me in the last few weeks - will be aware that this month also marks the launch of our sister magazine, The Bradford Review. Now I don’t want any of you thinking I’m in the process of setting up some evil media empire and turning my back on Saltaire, so I’d like to use this space to explain a bit about the two magazines and how I hope they will help each other.
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In the public eye due to controversial extension plans, Shipley College principal Nav Chohan talks about his determination to create an environment where every student, especially those with high needs, can achieve their potential. I’m curious about how Shipley College students would react to the knowledge that their Principal, Nav Chohan, started his career intending to become a pop star! He’s somewhat cagey about it now, not naming the ‘post-punk noise outfit’ he drummed for. Although they didn’t make a record, they attracted favourable reviews – which is where the trouble began, says Nav, “Everybody started taking it seriously
and all the fun dropped out. That was the end of it.” However it was the start of Nav’s career in education that brought him, professionally, to the heart of Saltaire. Educators may be exasperated by the sense of make-believe that accompanies all but the minority in a desire to become a pop star, but Nav appears always to have had more pragmatic career aspirations for himself,
as well as bringing pragmatism to shaping the futures of Shipley College’s students. Originally from West London, he studied electrical engineering at Bath University before his musical adventures. Then, when that dream faded, he moved into teaching. “I started doing some voluntary work in a city farm in Bristol,” he says. “That involved working with some ne’er-do-well kids. That just got me interested, so from there I did a PGCE.” Teaching in schools was followed by teaching computing in a West London FE college – “Four fantastic years,” he calls it. After that pragmatism kicked in again, as he began to feel his lack of industrial experience. He remedied this by moving into IT consultancy work. “It was about being able to walk the walk rather than just do the teaching,” he explains. His time in consultancy in mid-90s London was an exciting period in his life. “London was a strange place then, with a whole range of start-ups going on. Everyone was going to be a millionaire and everyone needed an IT system.” This period of his career ended with the NHS in Scotland, setting up systems to help GPs talk to hospitals. It was always Nav’s intention to return to education, but when the opportunity arose it was in management at Leeds College of Technology, rather than teaching. When I ask him if there’s anything he misses about teaching he says, “I suppose you might miss being the centre of attention.” Though his role at Shipley College may recently have focused more attention on him than might be welcome, all of that was in the future when he became Principal
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in 2009. I ask what is most significant in the role to him, and his first answer again reflects that same pragmatism, “I’ve tried to steer the College toward getting the unemployed into work.” He follows this up by talking about continuing the work the College has done with the Shipley and Saltaire community, citing how Saltaire Festival makes use of facilities in the College, and the World Heritage Weekend has become a regular fixture. It’s clear there’s a wide range of hats to wear in the role. As Nav himself puts it, “The trouble with trying to sum up any FE college is, as soon as you put your finger on one thing, you’ve lost the other thing you’re trying to do.”
people outside their immediate family and peer group, thereby missing a developmental stage in getting ready for the working world. He cites the example of asking a student to ring a company to re-arrange a visit. “Never in their entire lives had they made that step of not knowing who was going to be on the end of the telephone,” he says. “That’s why we need that kind of input. They learn how to have that adult relationship. It gets them ready for the workplace. A lot of thanks has got to go out to all those employers who come in and help us.”
“I’m very positive and proud of what we’ve managed to do to look after these buildings, We spent a million pounds on Exhibition Building last summer. We’re going to spend about £350,000 on the Mill Building, and that’s money to make the buildings fit for another generation.”
Attempting to sum up, he tells me, “It’s about trying to make sure that we’re offering the local community – I mean a three mile circle around the College, in addition to Saltaire – options to make the most of their lives. Some of those things are pastimes, but on the whole it’s about developing their lives by either stepping into higher education or into employment.”
This focus on providing chances for students and helping them into the workplace is ultimately what lay behind the most controversial aspect of Nav’s tenure – the building of the extension to the College’s Exhibition Building. “The new development is for high-needs students who need extra support,” he explains. “Our buildings have been altered so that wheelchair users can use them, but they’re not perfect. This purpose-built facility is going to be good for non-ambulant students.”
One of the College’s biggest initiatives has been setting up a Centre of Excellence for Business, involving the Council and many national and local employers in supporting students in their studies. This is important in Nav’s view, because of a sense that young people may not form relationships with
Once again, he is enthused when describing a course called The Supported Internship, to help people with high needs into long-term work placements, with support depending on need. “It’s great for the employers, they meet a whole new set of students,” he says, adding, on the off-chance, “so if there’s any
out there willing to take on a high-needs student placement…” In the course’s first year 13 out of 15 students ended up with jobs. “That’s the kind of route we want for the new build,” he concludes, “that those students are in a good purpose-built space preparing them for higher levels of education or for getting them into a job.” Given this level of focus on the benefits of the new building, which he reveals will be called the Jonathan Silver Building, along with tight deadlines for government funding, it emerges that he was taken aback by how contentious the extension proved to be. “I wasn’t expecting it to be that controversial, but I always knew people loved Saltaire and cared about Saltaire, and the new build obviously represents a change to the building stock.”
to the idea of having a college in Saltaire at all. “That’s an important thought process for us as an institution,” he concedes. “We’re here in this World Heritage site, and why should we be, cheek-by-jowl with residents?” The answer to his rhetorical question is, “It’s what Saltaire was about, the way it was originally designed. These buildings were put here to support the working classes, and I think the College continues that work. We can get all sorts of students coming here, and it’s our job to make the most of their potential. I think that’s what Titus was all about.” He shows me a speech in which Titus Salt made precisely this wish for his own heritage: “My highest ambition for [my heirs] is, that they should conscientiously employ the property and position which they inherit from me, in carrying on whatever undertaking I
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In the face of the controversy however, he is forceful in making the case for the College as not only an integral part of Saltaire, but also as custodian of a significant element of its heritage. Part of this relates to the built environment. “I’m very positive and proud of what we’ve managed to do to look after these buildings,” he asserts. “We spent a million pounds on Exhibition Building last summer. We’re going to spend about £350,000 on the Mill Building, and that’s money to make the buildings fit for another generation.”
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have had the honour of commencing, for the benefit of the working classes.” Nav himself adds, “I think the College is important for maintaining these buildings and part of that maintenance is
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based on having a secure financial footing. Part of that is tied up in the new building.” Following the withdrawal of English Heritage objections after the inclusion of additional natural stone walling and grey zinc roofing, the development is underway and on schedule for a June handover. And however the new extension comes to be perceived, there’s no doubting the pleasure he takes in his environment. “Look at these buildings,” he says, “it’s a privilege to live and work here!” In the near future this Saltaire life will be demonstrated by Shipley College students’ involvement in the Saltaire Conversazione, with IT, Travel and Tourism, Floristry and Health and Social Care students all taking active roles. This follows previous World Heritage Weekends where, in addition to use of the buildings, the biggest
involvement would normally be display of the Saltaire Archive, which is housed in the College library, though it may move to the Jonathan Silver Building, allowing it to be more permanently on display.
Important as community involvement is, conversation keeps returning to the College’s educational and transformational role. “Every year we take a new intake of students and our goals are always - how can we make the most of their time here?” Nav stresses. “I suppose in FE there’s one magic bullet: to make the students make commitment to something for themselves, and create that motivation within individuals. We’ve got three or four different “I suppose in Further projects that we’re education there’s working on to address that. We’re going to meet one magic bullet: to it head on. So when those make the students work spectacularly well, I’ll come back to you.” make something
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Hockney is back at the mill and he’s full of the joys of spring
A new exhibition of hockney paintings arrived at salts mill in february, expected to feature colourful yorkshire landscapes created digitally using an ipad. Although the exhibition was not yet open at the time of writing, eddie lawler explains why it’s not to be missed. By EDDIE LAWLER
In the fifth Saltaire Review I wrote about some of the offerings Salt’s Mill has presented over recent years and argued that, although I couldn’t predict what they would offer next, it would be a surprise. This edition of the Review goes to press before the opening of the next event, so here’s a little guesswork. From about 18 February we’ll be able to see the new Hockney exhibition on the third floor of the Mill - The Arrival of Spring. If my guess is correct we’ll be able to see - free of charge - some stunning iPad pictures produced in 2011 from sessions
in Woldgate Woods near Bridlington, part of Hockney’s record-breaking exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2012, which cost more than a bob or two to visit, let alone the train-fare. These works teem with colour - they really surprise - as the ground and the trees explode with growth, colour you never thought was there until you saw it with David’s eyes and brush-strokes. Spring brings out some wonderful creative work. I think of Vivaldi first, then I think - I should have thought it in the first place! of Hockney’s fellow-Bradfordian Frederick Delius and his On Hearing The First
of soil and leaf and flower. The poet Rilke said, writing about spring, ‘The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart’. These paintings pour out poetry like the cuckoo. But if we’re lucky, that won’t be all of it. In 2013 Hockney produced a series of charcoal drawings on the same topic, which have complemented the iPad pictures in the 2014 exhibition The Arrival Of Spring in London and over in the USA. These drawings are, according to Martin Gayford in the Daily Telegraph: “A triumph of landscape drawing, and a peak in his art. The monochrome drawings seem to hold all the richness and the texture of foliage that Hockney’s paintings do, perhaps even more.”
“Harlequin Hockney’s more PHOTO BY SIMON BLACKLEY
Cuckoo In Spring. Our Freddie wasn’t fond of Bradford and got out of it pretty quick, but he declared in general he wasn’t a townman. And I cannot say where he heard his first cuckoo, but he would be hard-pressed to hear one in the Yorkshire Dales
recent paintings are also in the guise of someone who isn’t a town-man, and this exhibition will show him as the pair of eyes - with a camera - in the countryside, gleefully picking out the stirring of soil and leaf and flower.” these
days.
Harlequin Hockney’s more recent paintings are also in the guise of someone who isn’t a town-man, and this exhibition will show him as the pair of eyes - with a camera - in the countryside, gleefully picking out the stirring
I hope I haven’t misled readers into expecting all the paintings and the drawings, but whatever turns up on our doorstep this spring, you can expect to be surprised once again by this local-born star in what has in part become his own Bradford mill.
The third floor in Salt’s Mill is open daily except Mondays and Tuesdays. Also on display this spring will be items from Shipley College’s Saltaire Archive in a new gallery showing People And Places, dedicated to the history of Salt’s Mill itself.
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transforming bogland into a beauty spot How a group of hardworking volunteers plan to turn forgotten wasteland into a useful and attractive community space By richard coomber
Any local community group will tell you that two of the hardest things to do when getting a project off the ground are, firstly, to raise enthusiasm for it and, secondly, to maintain that enthusiasm. But Hirst Wood Regeneration Group appears to have succeeded in both, with their plan to turn a scrubby piece of overgrown bogland next to Hirst Lock into a nature area. For many years Hirst Lock was a litter-strewn patch of land that people hurried past. It was something of a blot on the World Heritage Site buffer zone. Until HWRG decided enough was enough. With help from the Council and from sponsors they transformed the immediate area by the lock, turning it into a peaceful lawned garden complete with seats and a history board. Suddenly Hirst Lock was
WHO ARE THE HWRG? Hirst Wood Regeneration Group was formed more than 15 years ago by local residents keen to improve facilities and build a sense of pride in the community. The group has a great track record, having been the driving force behind the children’s playground and later basketball area in the playing field on the corner of
somewhere worth visiting. But there was still that field next door, with weeds head-high, trees running wild, a bog and broken-down walls. It took the edge off the good work done at the lock. So, taking a big breath, HWRG decided to tackle it, and members tramped the streets with a flyer to see if there was any support. The leaflet described, ‘a nature reserve for the public to enjoy and for schools to use as an outdoor classroom, a place where children can study plants and wildlife and gain a love for nature. We envisage: a pond teeming with life instead of a smelly bog, walkways winding through carefully selected native trees and plants, seats where people can enjoy the tranquillity, information boards to highlight what can be seen, a hide where visitors can watch the birds, and an area where local enthusiasts can put bird and bat boxes to attract and protect local species.’ The leaflet produced instant responses, all favourable, and even a few donations to get things started. That was all the group needed and, with energetic secretary Pauline BradleySharp leading the way, work started. Start-up money was provided by Shipley Area Office, Kirkgate Centre Community Fund, Skipton Building Society and Yorkshire
Dallam Avenue, making a wild-flower orchard on wasteland in the middle of the estate and transforming Hirst Lock. In addition they have planted trees, arranged summer activities for young people, organised boat trips for the elderly and those who can’t get out much, as well as tackling perennial bugbears, litter and dog mess. The nature area is by far the most ambitious project but they are still coming
Building Society, enabling a survey to find out what should be cleared and what should be nurtured. An appeal saw the first bunch of volunteers start to clear the land - people were giving more than just verbal support. Over the months several groups, fuelled by coffee and buns kindly supplied by Hughes Bakery, have bent their backs and finally mastered what at one time looked untameable. As well as local residents, support came from Shipley C o l l e g e students, Incommunities and JAMES. No matter the weather or how tough the work, there was always a great turnout.
“Over the months several groups, fuelled by coffee and buns kindly supplied by Hughes Bakery, have bent their backs and finally mastered what at one time looked untameable”
Meanwhile local councillor Martin Love and his colleague Dennis Farrell used their skills to rebuild the drystone wall and then, together with Chris Hill, they created the first tangible
up with new ideas and this summer will see a little free library of children’s books erected by the playground. The group, which recently won a Duke of York’s Community award, meets at 7.30pm on the first Tuesday of each month at Salts Sports Club. The meetings are informal and everyone is welcome. For more information on the project or to get involved as a volunteer visit www.hirstwoodrg.co.uk
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structure on the nature area in the form of a magnificent stone seat.
“There were people who said this would be impossible, but thanks to the enthusiasm and effort of so many who have made this project their own we’re on course to achieve our dream and provide residents and visitors with a fabulous space they can enjoy.”
A project as ambitious as this is expensive and the dream only became a possibility when Biffa Award, an environmental fund using landfill tax credits, agreed to back it to the tune of £25,000. TVC Hollybush were appointed to manage the project, again mainly using volunteers, and progress has been rapid. Already the pond has been dug out (drainage problems to be fixed!), a dipping platform has been built, paths are starting to take shape, the bird hide is in skeleton form, and a garden near the entrance will be handed over for the use of schoolchildren.
There’s still a great deal of work to do, but as Pauline Bradley-Sharp says: “There were people who said this would be impossible, but
thanks to the enthusiasm and effort of so many who have made this project their own we’re on course to achieve our dream and provide residents and visitors with a fabulous space they can enjoy.” For more information on the project or to get involved as a volunteer visit www.hirstwoodrg.co.uk
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local dj plans to liven up saltarians’ commute with an early morning disco By haigh simpson
Early morning, Monday 2 March. Most people in Saltaire may well be setting off to work, dropping kids off at school, or getting the slow bus to college. What may lure them in as they walk up Victoria Road is the Breakfast Disco. The world’s first once-a-month early morning, alfresco fifteen minute breakfast disco, to be precise.
it? I also really like the idea that it’s so time limited, we ring a bell, there’s fifteen minutes of tunes and then the power cuts.” In the longer term the idea may be also to provide some kind of food offer in conjunction with a local provider, along with record requests via the website. “I think people might be a bit too shy to dance at first, but once a few people start lots more will find it hard to resist....or so I hope.” The disco is timed for 7.45am to make it convenient to get to work, school, whatever.
The Breakfast Disco will rock into the centre of Saltaire village at 7.45am armed with turntables, mini-PA and 15 minutes of vinyl guaranteed to make even the most morningweary shake a leg, or at least a toe, sending everyone on “I think people their way with a bounce in their step. might be a bit too
shy to dance at The March disco will be a trial run for what will first, but once a hopefully be a monthly few people start event, according to organiser and musician Gus lots more will find Bousfield, “The original it hard to resist.... idea came from watching photo courtesy of gus bousfield some YouTube footage or so I hope.” of laughter clubs in India Especially by train as the where people sometimes platform is about thirty seconds gather pre-work on the beach in a circle just to away. It’s free, although you can make a laugh, and the good feeling that generates for donation to the Church renovation fund, and the rest of the day. We can have a similar direct all ages are completely welcome. reaction to music and dancing. I’d suggested the Breakfast Disco idea to some friends Breakfast Disco Number 1 will take place in before and it got a good response. I also knew the open air, directly opposite Pace by the that a mate of mine had successfully run a one United Reformed Church turnaround on minute disco at a festival, so I thought, I’ve Victoria Road, Monday 2 March at 7.45 am. got the gear and the records, why not just do 21
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Ben Glover & Angel Snow Sunday 15th March
The Little Unsaid The Paperboys
Sunday 26th October
Sunday 22nd March Luka Bloom
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Sunday 9th November
Sunday 29th March
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL
IN LESS THAN A YEAR THE SALTAIRE-BASED ALL FOR ONE CHOIR HAVE MANAGED TO make a real name for themselves, with a host of public performances under their belt
welcome to join in. What makes this choir different from more traditional groups is that there’s no need to read music or have previous experience. Most new members have never been in a choir before, but soon find their feet in the group. The music is a mix of well-known pop, rock and gospel songs and members come from a wide range of ages and backgrounds.
The last few years have seen a singing revival, following the popularity of television shows such as The Last Choir Standing. Gareth Malone’s work with the Military Wives Choirs, along with his Sing While You Work programmes, have gone a long way towards reinspiring people about the joy and positivity of singing together in a choir.
Thursday night is rehearsal time in the Evans Room at Victoria Hall. There’s a great buzz as everyone arrives and has a quick catch-up before we start with a few fun vocal warmups, then perhaps a bit of work on a new song. The choir learns their harmonies by ear, which is proven as a great way for music to stick. Most weeks we have a few new people coming along to try it out; they always get a special welcome as everyone’s excited to see new faces!
In May 2014 the All For One Choir network launched their brand new Bradford choir, based at Victoria Hall, Saltaire. The group has made a fantastic start in this short time and is becoming well established as a great addition to the cultural life of Saltaire. Now numbering 40 members they have already performed at some great events locally and further afield.
The atmosphere is positive and welcoming and that’s a really important part of the choir’s ethos. Just as important as the singing is creating a great environment where people can feel at home and make new friends. The standard of music is kept high, but this is not at the expense of making rehearsals fun and enjoyable!
Established in 2011 the All For One Choir has groups throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, making the joy of singing accessible to everyone. The first choir started up in Hull, set up by All For One Choir founder Helen Garnett. Her passion for singing, together with her experience as a professional vocalist and choir director, led Helen to create a choir open to everyone. Helen’s inspirational approach saw the Hull choir go from strength to strength. Following this All For One expanded and now has choirs right across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Considering the choir started from scratch in May 2014 they’ve done some fantastic things already. Back in June 2014 their debut performance was at Shipley Rae Gala, over at Northcliffe Woods. In the autumn they worked with other choirs in the All For One network to perform with Brit Award winning group Blake, as part of their tour of the UK. This was closely followed by a performance in Leeds Trinity Shopping Centre and a fantastic Christmas concert in Hull City Hall together with all the choirs in the All For One network.
By Maria Mullin
There are no auditions and everyone is
There are some great plans for the year ahead too. The choir has already had their first
photo by SIMON SUGDEN
outing of the year, singing with their Leeds sister choir at the Horsforth Farmers Market. This was a great community event and the choir members enjoyed brightening up a chilly February morning for the shoppers at the market. As the year rolls on many more events are planned, including the exciting opportunity to sing for 10,000 runners at the Leeds 10K race in the summer.
“What makes this choir different from more traditional groups is that there’s no need to read music or have previous experience. Most new members have never been in a choir before, but soon find their feet in the group.”
As a local musician living in Shipley, I’m passionate about getting more people in our community involved in music making. Joining a choir is truly a fantastic way for anyone to enjoy music, make new friends and do something a little bit extraordinary. We’re hoping for great things this year, as our Bradford choir goes from strength to strength. photos COURTESY OF get out more
photo by SIMON SUGDEN
They really are a fantastic group of people and I’ve enjoyed getting to know them on our journey this past year.
The choir is a hugely positive way of bringing people together, so I hope you can join me on my mission to get the people of Saltaire singing. We rehearse every Thursday night in term time, 7.30pm at Victoria Hall. We welcome new people to come along any week and give it a try – you’ll be made very welcome and I’m sure you won’t regret it. For more details please take a look at our website, www.allforonechoir.com
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The beauty of the view arts trail regular paula dunn has earned herself a growing reputation for creating stunning landscapes in oil By HAIGH SIMPSON
How would you describe your art? I paint very large landscapes, seascapes and the odd urbanscape in oils. I mainly use palette knives but will use brushes to create softer effects and to experiment with the application of glazes. I work from many photographs of one image that generally I’ve taken myself, as I like to draw on my own memories of being in that place. What inspires and influences the work you do? It’s primarily the beauty of the view and the play of the light that provokes my desire to paint. The influence of the weather on the image cannot be overstated. It’s got to be bad weather though.. nothing worse than a glorious sunny summer’s day for me if I’m out doing research for a painting. When do you do most of your work? I have a full time job so the time I have for painting is very limited, which means I have to plan in advance to ensure I meet deadlines and produce work for exhibitions. It’s quite challenging but amazing how productive you can be with your time if you set your mind to it and plan well ahead. Holidays generally turn into research trips with me scrabbling up mountains, or full weeks painting for specific exhibitions. Do you have a favourite landscape or place you have painted? It’s mainly rugged northern landscapes such as Glen Coe, the Lakes and the Yorkshire
Dales. I can be a little obsessive with some places, such as those magnificent mountains in Glen Coe and in particular one mountain, Buchaille Etiv Mor. Is it a bit weird to have a favourite mountain? I have other favourites but that one I fall for every time I see it. What is your relationship with Saltaire? I have lived here for 13 years now in one of the Salts Houses. Saltaire is where I started painting, about nine years ago, and this was mainly down to the Saltaire Arts Trail (SAT) and the opportunities that provided for me to exhibit as a painter for the very first time. SAT was the ideal springboard for me, and I would say for anyone new to exhibiting. Having featured in every Arts Trail since it started we became a familiar open house to those who returned every year. We hosted over 40 artists over the years, and met some great people during this time and developed some long-standing friendships as a result, including meeting our great friend Ian Burdall (and family), who basically took over our living room each year of the Arts Trail to exhibit his photographs and paintings.
This year, due to other commitments, I have decided to leave the open houses to other people and so we will not be opening up. This does give me plenty of time to enjoy the Arts Trail in its full glory and maybe help out at Mr Burdall’s open house instead.
“Saltaire is where I started painting, about nine years ago, and this was mainly down to the Saltaire Arts Trail.”
What’s the best thing about being an artist?. I’m not sure I can pick just one thing as it’s the whole package of being an artist - from being so inspired you can’t wait to get the paints out, shortly followed by the excitement and relief of finishing a painting, to creating a painting that people love enough to want to live with it. What have you got going on at the moment? The exhibition I’m currently in at the Biscuit Factory in Newcastle is just about to close and then I go straight into my solo exhibition with Creation Fine Arts in Beverley. At the end of May I’ll be in the Maiden
Bridge summer exhibition in Lancashire. This will be my fourth year exhibiting with David and Hannah at Maiden Bridge and I am so pleased to have been invited back to exhibit as part of their summer show in 2015.
My final exhibition of this year is another solo starting in September at The Old Grammar School Gallery (TOGS) in Otley. This exhibition is to coincide with the twoyear anniversary of my very, very first solo exhibition, which also happened to be with TOGS. Further information about these exhibitions can be found on Paula’s website: www.pauladunnartist. com and Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ PaulaDunnArtist
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VILLAGE PROVIDES INSPIRATION FOR STUDENT FILMMAKERS FILM STUDENTS CREATe EIGHT VERY DIFFERENT DOCUMENTARIES WITH ONE THEME – SALTAIRE! By Rebecca Turner and Lynsay Miles
and the legendary Tramway, the students have discovered that Saltaire is a rich source of stories and characters, including the many who have generously given their time - off and on camera - to enable these films to be made. We are so grateful for their support and the students of the Northern Film School are looking forward to sharing the fruits of their filmmaking”.
Over the past five months you may have noticed film crews busy shooting and recording iconic sites and people all around Saltaire. The filmmakers weren’t from Hollywood - or Bollywood - but from Leeds Beckett University’s Northern Film School. They are 2nd year BA (Hons) Filmmaking students, working on documentary films all based around the history and culture of Saltaire. Documentary filmmaker and tutor, Patricia Doherty explains “There are eight very different documentaries, but all have one common theme... Saltaire. From beer, ghosts and architecture, to waterways, war veterans
Jennifer Granville, Prinicipal Lecturer at the Northern Film School, is a Saltaire resident. “Since coming to live in Saltaire several years ago, I have been struck by the wealth of stories we have here. It is the perfect place to spark our students’ imagination. As part of their course, the students work to client briefs and, in this instance, Saltaire was the client! The students are very excited about premiering the films in Saltaire at the Victoria Hall on March 20th, “Since coming to live and sharing their work.” adds – “We’re in Saltaire several Patricia privileged and lucky to years ago, I have have got to know Saltaire been struck by the through the making of these documentaries. It is a very wealth of stories special place which deserves we have here. It is its very special status. Thank the perfect place to you.”
spark our students’ imagination.”
The Cinema Organ Society brings to life the glory days of the silent film era and reminds audiences of the quirky beauty held within each note of the revolutionary musical Wurlitzer organ. Shot on location in Saltaire’s beautiful Victoria Hall, prepare to be taken upon a guided tour with acclaimed organist Richard Hill down a nostalgia lit road of entertainment and music. The Heroes of Saltaire tells the story of love, commitment and loss through the distinctive personal story of one of the soldiers from Saltaire who went to war and never returned. William Love was assumed missing in action in 1918. This film investigates his life and uncovers what his wife Nellie went through in the search to find her husband and be reunited with him. If I Didn’t Sing is a film which follows the life of a local man John. John suffered a brain aneurysm at the age of 31 and has since struggled with day to day memory. With a tragic past, including his mother’s suicide and wife’s death, we interview a man who remains constantly upbeat and happy with his life because of his two passions: music and religion. Other films to be shown on the night are: The Ghosts of Shipley Glen follows Geoff Stanley a paranormal investigator, and his experiences in Saltaire. Geoff has years of investigatory experience and has developed
a unique understanding of the supernatural. With Ale and I is a look inside Saltaire Brewery, and the recent boom of microbreweries in the UK in the last 10 years. A documentary told by the brewers, prominent figures in the industry and ale lovers themselves, it hopes to promote real ale to the uninitiated in an attempt to put even more power in the hands of small breweries creating quality, local products! The Tramway details the story of the Shipley Glen tramway and some volunteers’ experiences of their time working there. The film examines the tramway’s original purpose, its peak of its popularity during the 1900’s, eventual closure and financial struggles, and celebrates its current successful revival and future. The Telling of Titus focusses on the new, contemporary, building of Shipley College. With the growing demand for living space in our country in mind, this documentary explores the causes and consequences of urban growth within the Victorian ‘model village’ of Saltaire. Life on Water tells the story of Father John Marsh, a Catholic priest who lives in a houseboat on the Leeds to Liverpool canal. Tickets are limited, but if you would like to attend the screening please email Rebecca Turner turnerrebecca@live.co.uk.
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Afternoon Film Club Afternoon Record Club Airedale Terriers Music Group Aspire-i Bradford College adult learning Bradford Writers Circle Buddhaland Meditation Construction Club Craft Club Dharma Yoga Diddi Dance English Conversation Club Fitness League Four Hundred Roses Friends on Friday Front Room Disco Golden Cabinet Headway Bradford HALE ยกHola! Irreguar Roots Italian Society Kickstart Enterprise coaching Kirkgate Book Group Kirkgate Katch-Up Kirkgate Social Day Centre Lego Fun Days Memory Club Multi Story Water Owlet Tea Dance Post Adoption Centre UK (PAC UK) Pilates Power Yoga The Record Club Ride the Tiger Tai Chi Saber Taekwondo Shipley Alternative Market Shipley Acting Workshop Shipley Bread Group Shipley Film Society Sing for Joy Spiritual Santuary Sponge Tree Doodle Club Talk English Vocal Aires Choir Woodcraft Folk Yorkshire Counselling Training Zen Meditation
ELECTRONIC JANUARY @ THE RECORD CLUB 31 JAN, KIRKGATE CENTRE By lyndon marquis
First Record Club of the year was Electronic January, presumably to counter any notion we’re just a bunch of middle-class beardstrokers musing over the eternal ‘What’s the best Pixies album?’ question. We’re not. I shave, and it’s Surfer Rosa. Obviously. Still, Electronic January? Given my predilection for gloomy white men hitting guitars, is this the night for me? Well, is that the point? One of the great joys of Record Club is exposing yourself - don’t worry, that isn’t the end of the sentence - to music, artists, bands, even whole genres with which you’re unfamiliar or you think you may not like. My first trip to Record Club, after all, made me reassess my.. um.. assessment of both My Bloody Valentine and Tangerine Dream. So that was a win. If I recall, that
was Difficult Albums night. I digress. Electronic January was curated by Andy, who you may remember from such Record Clubs as Back to Black and New Vinyl. We kicked off with the Dr Who theme tune, surely the most electronic of all electronic tunes. This was followed up by the official start of the evening, and the Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92. I’m not going to review the album - you know whether you like or don’t like or don’t know the Aphex Twin. I didn’t know them and now I know I don’t like them. Did that spoil my night? No, of course not. I had a great evening of musical exploration in good company and relaxed surroundings. There was beer from the Little Valley
Brewery in Cragg Vale, pakora from the Sweet Centre on Lumb Lane, and it was all only £3 on the door. What’s not to like? Between the curated albums there’s space for Record Clubbers to play their own vinyl. Adherence to the night’s theme is usually followed, but not always terribly rigidly. You’d have struggled to get away with Fugazi in Electronic January, but it’s not as though you’d have been tarred and feathered if you’d tried. In any case, it’s more fun to just try to stick with the spirit of the event. Following free-play was a list from which the audience voted for the next album to be played. Just like the X-Factor but without the awful back-stories, terrible music or being on telly for seemingly 13 months of the year. The KLF’s White Album won. And so did popular democracy. The night was rounded off with Underworld, and a happy group of punters dispersed into BD18 and environs. The next Record Club night is 28 February and the theme is Space. If you’ve got space-themed vinyl you’d like to play, then come along. Even if you’ve got no vinyl whatsoever come along. If you’ve got a theme you’d like to curate, or if you want to get involved, you can find contact details on the website www.recordclub. org.uk Record Club is also on Facebook facebook.com/therecordclub and Twitter @therecordclub
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Beards, Suzy Blu and Game Program
@ PLEASURE GROUNDS
19 march, caroline st social club By gus bousfield
This month’s Pleasure Grounds at the Caroline Social Club features the awesome delights of Beards, Suzy Blu and Game Program. Game Program is an alter-ego of Hookworm, Noper and Cowtownee Jon Nash. Game Program makes dream-like music with cut-and-spliced shards of memory-groove and ethereal synthy pads. Writer and poet Suzy Blu’s Harry-esque sonority perfectly carries her cavernous shaded and dynamic electropop. Finally, and closing the night, Beards’ dancefloor punk features acerbic guitar and bad-gang shouted vocal stirred with an earth-thumping rhythm section. At first Beards’ sound might point to freethinking post punks such as The Minutemen, Units or Delta 5, but the songs wrestle it out through the full gamut of noisy punk-disco; progressive time signatures, moments of majestic AOR, post-hardcore angles and chaotic Beefheartesque stomps - successively waylaying any ideas of progness or punkness along the way. Doors 7.45 pm, advance tickets available from Jumbo Records, Leeds, RADSTUDIO Saltaire and The Record Cafe, Bradford. Advance 39 tickets £3.50. Tickets on door £4.50.
BINGLEY ARTS CENTRE The Home of Bingley Little Theatre
Live Events This MARCH
bingley little theatre presents...
THE THRILL OF LOVE Mon 2nd - Sat 7th , 7.30pm, £8 (£7 conc)
bingley amateur operatic society presents...
cinderella Fri 13th - Sun 15th , Various times £9/£7 (£6.50/£6 conc)
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john cooper clarke Thu 19th, £19.50
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The Quireboys “Unplugged and Personal” Sat 21st, 7.30pm. £15
Bingley Little Theatre’s Youth Drama Group presents...
Kaleidoscope - A Tale of Two Cities Thu 26th - Sat 28th , 7.30pm, £6 (£4 conc)
Main Street, Bingley, BD16 2LZ Box Office Open 11am - 3.30pm Weekdays Tel: 01274 567983
www.bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Pharis & Jason Romero @The Live Room
6th Feb, Caroline St social club By Rob Martin & Molly Kenyon
They’d been busy on their way to Saltaire! Having played Celtic Connections in Glasgow, a house concert in Rothbury and the Jumpin’ Hot Club in Newcastle, they were a bit frayed at the edges with travelling and caring for their 18-month-old daughter. Fortunately Pharis’s sister was with them to help with childcare.
dealt with, including some banjo jokes I hadn’t heard before: “Jason gets very nervous about tuning on stage if I stop talking...” she hums.. “That poor girl, with perfect pitch, married to a banjo player.. any banjo players in the audience?...you can admit it.. my name is Pharis, and I’m a banjo player.”
Once seated on stage - on unpretentious Caroline Social Club chairs - Jason and Pharis got down to business in a practical and humorous manner. They play guitars and self-made banjos (their day-to-day business at home). Perhaps being woodworkers helps them to craft the patter between songs, which was highly entertaining. They seemed completely at ease with each other and with their audience.
Another song was about Bill Zimmer, a reclusive backwoodsman who shot at schoolboys playing too near his cabin, but also brought bouquets of flowers regularly to several women in Horsefly. He met his end by way of a bear – a good way for him to die, thought the people of Horsefly.
Their music is quietly comfortable too, from Just Suits Me to the cowboy tune Leaving Cheyenne, in which their voices soar and blend with the ease of long practice. Pharis wrote Long Gone Out West Blues in honour of her forebears who travelled westwards across the Canadian plains until the landscape changed at Horsefly. Jason’s tuning the banjo was humorously
Due to being tired and Pharis having picked up a bug they were doing one set without a break. They announced their last song Going To Be Lucky, a very different slow version. Thankfully there was an encore – we didn’t want to leave just yet. It was the title track of their new CD The Wanderer I’ll Stay. We look forward to its release - Jason told me it’s all in the can. To listen to the interview with Pharis and Jason go to www.theliveroom.info and click on past shows.
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WHAT’S ON?
find out what’s happening in the area this month Sunday 1st Mar Shipley Film Society Lola Cert.15 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981, West Germany 7.30pm Kirkgate Centre In 1950s West Germany, new building commissioner Herr von Bohm is smitten by single mother Marie-Louise. What he doesn’t realise is she is also Lola, a singer at a bordello and the mistress of a local builder whose profits depend on von Bohm’s projects.
THE LIVE ROOM PRESENTS: Martin Harley Band 8PM, CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB Martin Harley is a phenomenally talented guitarist, singer and songwriter he fronts the highly praised UK-based acoustic trio
Monday 2nd Mar Kirkgate Centre Afternoon Matinee Club 1.00pm Kirkgate Centre Come and enjoy films, meet people who love movies, have a cuppa and a chat. We show a wide range of films, old and new. Supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
Wednesday 4th Mar Shipley College Open Day 4.30-7pm, Exhibition Building, Exhibition Road, Saltaire Come along and find out more about all the full-time and part-time courses we offer, chat to tutors with careers advice and guidance available. www.shipley.ac.uk
March Book Club 7pm, Saltaire Bookshop Talking sbout Diego Marani’s “New Finnish Grammar”. 7pm at the
bookshop. New people welcome to this friendly group.
Colossus / Magpahi 7.00pm Kirkgate Centre US born Karen Gwyer combines classic house and digital psychedelia and Hey Colossus mix in high octane space rock and electronically fried dub mantras, whileMagpahi (one half of NRacker) provide a much more delicate and ethereal blend of harmonies.
Saltaire Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2pm, Victoria Hall This month lecture is ‘Founders and Treasurers of the Wallace Collection’
Friday 6th Mar Victoria Hall Movie Nights Presents:‘Mr Turner’ 7pm, Victoria Hall
Sunday 8th Mar Hot Aire 2pm, Caroline St Social Club
Mike Leigh explores the life and relationships of Britain’s greatest landscape artist, JMW Turner. Featuring an award wimnning peformance by Timothy Spall. Warm hunour and stunning cinematography, this film is a joy to behold.
Live concert band at Caroline Club, Performance from 2pm to 4pm, bar open from 12pm, Real Ale £2 per pint, admission free. www.hotaire.co.uk
THE LIVE ROOM PRESENTS: Jim Causley with Lukas DrinkwateR 8PM, CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB
A Cinema Organ Concert featuring popular music from film, television and radio on the world famous mighty Wurlitzer.
Cinema Organ Society Concert 2.30pm, Victoria Hall
Possessing one of the finest and most beautiful folk voices, five times BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Jim Causley is a singer/accordionist who is passionate about traditional song and particularly that of his native Devon.
Saturday 7th Mar The Weekend Gardener: Vegetable Growing 10am-3pm, Shipley College There’s nothing tastier than than fresh vegetables grown and harvested in your own garden. On this Saturday school you will get started with growing vegetables , assessing your site and learning about vegetable families and rotation.£46.
Saturday 14th Mar The Weekend Gardener: Lawn Care 10am-3pm Shipley College We all know producing and maintaining a quality lawn can be difficult, so improve your skills and abilities to keep yours looking perfect. £46
Irregular Roots: Gumtrio 8p.m.Kirkgate Centre This energetic trio feature musicians who were members of the popular Bayou Gumbo. we are expecting music from across the world played on guitar, fiddle and concertina. Oh and songs too!
Golden Cabinet : Karen Gwyer / Hey
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Sunday 15th Mar Saltaire Cricket Club Table Top Sale 10am-1pm, Victoria Hall
21st march
There is 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!
THE LIVE ROOM PRESENTS: ben glover & angel snow 8PM, CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB Glover has been compared to Ryan Adams, David Gray and Bruce Springsteen and has been called one one of the finest writers in Ireland today.
Thursday 19th Mar Hugh Cornwell 7pm, Saltaire Bookshop
PICK OF THE MONTH Saltaire Live Presents Eddi Reader Eddi Reader first came to fame in the 1980’s as singer with Fairground Attraction, but for the last 20 years she has built her following as a solo artist. With her slightly maverick stage presence and ability to assimilate a broad range of styles, she is a compelling live performer, whose passion & instinct move people in a way reminiscent of those who have influenced her work. www.saltairelive.co.uk
Hugh Cornwell, ex-singer with the Stranglers, reads from his novel “Arnold Drive”. Tickets £3 from Saltaire Bookshop. Venue: Saltaire Methodost Church. Time: 7pm More information from the bookshop 01274 589144
Oddsox (Love to Boogie). A bar serves local ales,wine and soft drinks.
Saturday 21st Mar
Sunday 22nd Mar
Saltaire Live Presents: Eddi Reader + Support 8pm, Victoria Hall With her slightly maverick stage presence & ability to assimilate a broad range of styles, Eddi Reader is a compelling live performer, whose passion & instinct move people in a way reminiscent of those who have influenced her work.
Lego Club 1.30pm family Kirkgate Centre Once a month, the main hall of the Kirkgate Centre is filled with Lego, Kinex, Meccanno for children (and parents) creating all kinds of amazing things. A cafe serves affordable hot drinks, fresh crepes and healthy homemade savouries and cakes.
Front Room Disco 8.00pm, Kirkgate Centre Front Room Disco brings you an eclectic alternative mix of music. Covering indie, alternative, ska, reggae, punk, disco and 80’s pop. With Wil
Saltaire Cricket Club Table Top Sale 10am – 1pm, Victoria Hall There is 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!
THE LIVE ROOM PRESENTS: the little unsaid 8PM, CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB The Little Unsaid is the pseudonym of John Elliott, Yorkshire-born multiinstrumentalist, producer and writer who records and performs a unique blend of folk, electronica, poetic lyricism and lavish orchestration.
Saturday 28th Mar Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair 9.30am – 4pm, Victoria Hall There is 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!
Sponge Tree Present: Doodle Club
2.30-3.30pm Kirkgate Centre Family doodling sessions are run by the friendly folk at Sponge Tree, who provide plentiful materials, tuition and inspiration.Sessions are run by the friendly folk at Sponge Tree, who provide plentiful materials, tuition and inspiration. £4 per family. www.sponge-tree.com
Golden Cabinet: Samuel Kerridge/Drunk in Hell/Gun Cleaner 7.00pm Kirkgate Centre Flying in from Berlin, Samuel Kerridge will no doubt be providing a jaw breaking left hook of doom rumbling techno with massive blasts of low end frequencies to further initiate aural confusion.
Sunday 29th Mar THE LIVE ROOM PRESENTS: Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker 8PM, CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB Josienne and Ben’s second album, ‘Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour’ has been one of the most anticipated releases of the year and has already garnered critical praise from all sides. We confidently assert that this will be one of the hottest tickets of 2015, with the duo accompanied by a full string section
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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.
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my best mate David Moran of course! Where is the most exciting place you’ve ever played? Hmm, that would probably have to be warming up for Meat Katie at Bangor University for a night called Manipulate. It was one of my first big gigs back in 2005/6 and there was a crowd of about 700 there. I was crapping myself but the excitement was something else. Another one was when I got to play at Barcelona’s open roof club La Terrrazza. Dope place!
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Who are you and what do you do? Hey, my name is Dee Brown and I am a DJ and music producer. I have been DJing for over 10 years and producing house music for around two years. What’s your relationship with Saltaire? My partner and I rented a house in the village for around a year before deciding to buy a place here. It’s a fantastic place to live with great pubs and places to eat, not to mention the home of my favourite tipple, Saltaire Blonde Ale! But on top of that there is just a great buzz about the place which makes it a lovely place to be. What inspired you to start DJ’ing and making music? I went to see Sister Bliss from Faithless DJ sometime in the 90s, I knew right then that I wanted to be behind the decks. Who are your favorite artists? I’d have to say Derrick Carter or tINI. Oh, and
Has DJ’ing ever got you into a funny situation? Yeah many times. One that sticks out in the memory was when I was playing at Sankeys in Manchester and a random girl came in the DJ booth and exposed her top half to me. Lets just say my partner wasn’t best pleased. Of course i just carried on DJing. If you could DJ alongside anyone, who would it be? Again it would have to be Derrick Carter, I have been in his presence many times but never had the chance to DJ with him. What are you working on at the moment? and what are your plans for the year?
I’ve got a fair few things on to be honest. I have been approached by a DJ agency and I’m just in the middle of a collaboration EP with a producer from Switzerland, although I think his DJ name too rude for a daytime magazine! I’m also working on some fresh material and some remixes for several different record labels which is really interesting and fun. I’m playing in Berlin in March, which I’m particularly excited about and then I get married in the summer. I can’t wait!
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