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Street The origins of many great movements arise from the streets. From the battles of politics, work and survival, to the joys of music, art and fashion, it is the communities and subcultures of the streets that often inspire improvement, individually and collectively. In this issue we look at the streets of Leeds, past present and future, and follow the varied experiences that have risen from these urban paths. Cover by Ellie Heywood  @elettr Infinity Rose: an unbreakable bond between the independent places and people in Leeds. Centrespread by Gordon Armstrong  @themrgordo Leeds Street Doodle: A road trip of the community that made this magazine. Contributors This magazine is shaped by an amazing community of contributors who are each credited at the beginning of their feature. We are open to all, so if you would like to write, illustrate or photograph in future issues, or have ideas for future content, please get in touch with our Editor John to join our growing collective.

Contents Living Easy, Running Free �� 4 Family Affair �� 8 Leeds Eye View ��

Femzine �� 12 Feeding My Habit

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With These Hands �� 18 Leeds Creative Family Tree �� 21 Stompin' for Simon �� 26 Street Chic

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Digger's Island Discs �� 34 Hallowed Footsteps �� 37 For the Love of Leeds �� 42 LS6 Street Treats �� 44

Editor John Barran : john@independentleeds.co.uk Sales Sarah Laycock : sarah@independentleeds.co.uk Independent Leeds provides an independent finger on the city pulse. We dig out and share what makes Leeds different, showcasing its people, places, communities and what’s on, through our magazine, website and social media.

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Living Easy, Running Free

There was a gym that we would go to in Bradford that’s still around today; it was for freestyle gymnastics but everybody would go there to practice Parkour & Freerunning. In Little London in Leeds, there was also a small area we could practice at, in a community centre. It was just a hard floor, a stage, one crash mat and a few horse vaults; but at the time it was awesome! The same guys who organised this went on to form a brand called 'SingleBound', which started as a large spring floor area in Soccer City on Elland Road, and is now the leading Parkour and Freerunning group in the city. This was all made possible because of a small collection of Leeds Freerunners, who had been pressing the council to make it happen for years, and now SingleBound are the official Parkour and Freerunning coaches for Leeds City Council. SingleBound went on from hiring out a gym in Pudsey for a few hours every week, to achieving their dream, when they were able to get a huge warehouse to build a Parkour park inside! They spent months completing the setup, with the spring floor and a foam pit, and finally opened its doors to the public at the end of 2015. This gym

David Nelmes is a Parkour/Freerunning athlete who has climbed, moved and jumped across the streets of Leeds since discovering the sport as a teenager. Now he travels the streets of the world to experience Parkour's adrenaline highs and unique views. Here is his story of a Parkour life...

Parkour is useful movement; getting from A to B as fast and efficiently as possible. Freerunning is movement in general, expressing yourself with any style you want. There isn’t really much difference between the two, and these days we all train how we like, and call it either of the words. There are no boundaries; new moves and styles are being made up every day. I train mostly Parkour based movement, but I also like to throw in a lot of flips, just for the hell of it! Everyone has their own style. I first found out about Parkour when I was 16, through Youtube videos. As soon as I discovered it, I was hooked, and started trying it out straight away. I didn’t know of anybody in Leeds who did it, and so I would just vault over bins in my garden onto my trampoline to learn, and sometimes I’d go to my local park to climb and jump off things.

is called ‘Level Up Academy’ and is thriving. As well as Parkour and Freerunnning, they keep busy with many other activities and classes throughout the week. They have since sponsored me as an athlete and I represent the gym whenever I can. Since I started Parkour, my life has completely changed. I have made so many new friends and I have a place to stay anywhere in the world I might travel. That is the strongest part about Parkour; the community. Back in the beginning, you could turn up at Leeds Art Gallery - the meet spot - and there would always be somebody there training. Even if they were a stranger to you, if they did Parkour, you would become good friends in no time. Anyone from anywhere of any age will get along. There is no conflict, no leaving people out or ignoring anyone. It is one huge worldwide family where everybody knows everybody and can stay and train with one another across countries and continents. Without Parkour, my life would be a routine; go to work, come home, sleep; bored, tired, maybe stressed; blowing off steam by going out for drinks at the weekend. Instead, it is exploring a new country, or climbing to the

Eventually, I discovered videos of people doing the sport in Bradford, and got in contact with somebody through a name I found at the end of a video. They told me they meet up every Saturday to train Parkour/Freerunning, and invited me to join their team - before I'd even met them! They all had their own matching hoodies, so I went online and bought one too; the team name was ‘UNPK’, which stood for ‘Urban Ninjas Parkour’! The first day I went training with them, I could not move my body or walk without pain for weeks, as I was aching so much with not being used to such exercise. Parkour is one of the rare sports that uses every part of the body and pushes every muscle you can think of to the max! It’s a very good way to keep fit and work your body to its full potential. Shortly after, I found Leeds Parkour videos online, and got in touch with a guy who trained in Leeds. That Saturday, with my new joggers and trainers, thinking I was cool, I met up with him and the rest of the Leeds community. It was one of the best days of my life! From then on, I trained almost every single day of every single week.

INDIAN STREET FOOD • CRAFT BEER highest points of Leeds for breathtaking views; testing my limits, achieving new goals and learning new tricks my body can do. Parkour comes with so many benefits; it allows you to see the world; to see obstacles in a different way; it enables you to escape; it can open up job opportunities, lead you into new hobbies and paths; you gain a lot of confidence, relieve stress, and feel better about yourself. Parkour teaches you to know your limits and not to try something you might not make. The sport does not tell people to jump off buildings or do huge movements; it is ground level based, and practiced repeatedly before trying the same move at a height where people would call it 'dangerous'. We know if we can land it 1000 times on the ground, height doesn't make any difference. It's a mental game, it's very good for discipline of the mind.

I know of many people who grew up with a difficult life, and by finding Parkour, it gave them something to do, a distraction against negativity. It gave them friends and support; it kept them out of trouble or in the wrong gangs. Everybody I know who does Parkour gets a better outlook on life, and is generally happier. It puts the youth back into some people, and the self expression is enjoyable. When training, you are having fun, socialising, discovering, and it’s all very essential if you don’t have something else in your life that provides this. I know a lot of other sports can offer the friendships, the positivity and the fun, but to me Parkour is very different. It’s the only sport I know where everybody is so connected. Where it is pushing your body to the limit. And where it is showing you parts of the world only we can see. Without Parkour I could never do that.

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Family Affair

Cleve Freckleton is Leeds street soul musician Reverend Chunky and father of Marcus Freckleton. Marcus Freckleton is Leeds street grime musician Dialect and son of Cleve Freckleton.

Cleve December 26th 1988, I was 25 years old when Marcus arrived in this world. My third son, born into a time of change for me. It would be ten years before I went full time into music, but this beginning triggered events which have shaped both our lives since. I became aware of Marcus' abilities while he was still at high school, and around 2006, when he was 17/18, he began to roadie for me at gigs. I used to have a residency at a local establishment and began to encourage him to drop some bars on a song I'd written. His lyrics were perfect, but even more significant was the effect his rapping had on the students who attended these gigs. The temperature in the room rose as he began to rap and I could see the performer in him. 2009 is when I recorded my 'live' album in The Hifi Club in Leeds. It was inevitable that I would feature Marcus on it, and in 2010 he paid me the biggest compliment musically a father could ask, by getting me to feature on his debut recording "The Black Rose". I acknowledged then, as is evident now, that he was never going to stay in my shadow. Rev Chunkyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son would become a musical pillar, and soon I became more famous for being Dialectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad!

I introduced him to the idea of busking in 2012, as he would occasionally join me in his lunch break. He soon began to take to the streets of Leeds, and I have to say how immensely proud I am that he has made such a powerful impression on the streets, which can be a lonely gig at times. I love how grime has found its way to mainstream airwaves, and it is down to the efforts of a lot of young people who perform and support these gifted artists. There is much more to come and I have tried to encourage Dialect and other artists to take it to the next level by working with live musicians on stage instead of backing tracks. If JayZ can headline at major UK festivals, I thoroughly believe the likes of Giggs, Stormzy, Lethal Bizzle and Dialect can make that next step and take it literally from the streets to the masses. Who knows... maybe Dialectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad might be lucky to support them one day!

Marcus I've been around music for as long as I can remember, but never thought I would be involved in it due to a shy nature and strong stutter. Whilst in high school the grime genre started developing and had everyone my age going crazy. I started producing music and writing lyrics with my friends, going from school into college, and was always encouraged by my dad to keep it up. As I gained more control over my skill for writing, my dad gave me a challenge to write a lyric for a song he had called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change Is Gonna Comeâ&#x20AC;?. My dad is a serious musician and I wanted to make sure my lyric fit everything he needed. It had my flare and rawness with my dad's touch on preaching to the people. I had the pleasure of performing the song live at his album launch; a great milestone for me learning how to perform live music. After my dad decided to go solo in his music career, doing gigs, busking and travelling, I carried on making music; I got involved in battle leagues, rapped on BBC1xtra, shared stages with influential urban artists, and finally managed to make a name for myself: "Dialect".

Me and dad crossed paths again when he taught me the art of busking. I wasn't sure at first, mainly because of some negative perceptions of it, but I took my old man's advice and yet again it's only had positive effects. It makes me stand out from the rest, and I get to practice and let off steam. I love it, and as grime has resurfaced, I'm gaining more and more exposure. I'm now ready to make my first step really getting into the mainstream. It has never been a fear living in my dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shadow as he is a great musician, a talented and respected man, and most importantly a dedicated father. I'm his son for sure! Charisma and passion runs through our veins. We share the same features yet display our music in a different style, but it has only complimented us on this whole journey. I only hope I make him proud! Which I know he is, but I won't be satisfied till he's chilling back a yard, feet up, with a rum punch, in a house built for him with the money I make when I'm famous... loooooool!!! Then I'll be like "farda, mi did it!"

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Words and Illustration: Jazz Harbord  @jazz_feelz

When I first encountered zines, I didn’t truly understand what they were.

I knew that they were small, independent publications often brought to fruition through DIY means. But what I came to discover through the process of creating a zine, however, was something so much more important than aesthetics. Zines allow for uncensored exploration of personal opinions, issues, and ideas. They allow you a tangible voice in a world now so often reliant on the web, where words can sometimes feel like a shout into the void. A young girl called Jennifer said in Hillary Carlip’s Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out that “Sometimes paper is the only thing that will listen to you” and I believe this statement carries with it some truth. In today’s political climate, it’s hardly surprising that females around the world are returning to 90s born fem-zine culture. With their origins in Washington state, female zines were created as a backlash against the sexism and misogyny present in the American punk scene of the time. As the movement grew, mixing feminist opinions, music and zines, the subculture of the Riot GRRRL was birthed. While the introduction of technology and the Internet to pre-existing zine culture has, at times, threatened the production of print based zines, it has also allowed the movement to evolve and reach a far broader audience than its 90s predecessors.

As zines allow for unedited and uncensored exploration of personal issues, they provide a perfect initiator for communication in women’s concerns. The intimate creative process of making a zine, in turn, makes them artefacts of uniqueness, each crafted with the purpose of having something to say and saying it. Their individuality defines them as standalone pieces of artwork, and yet their shared experiences links them together with a strong sense of community. Within Leeds, I reached out to local zine printers and enthusiasts Footprint Workers Collective. I asked them about what they do down at their DIY headquarters. “We print a lot of zines and sometimes collaborate with zinesters who want to print their own material - skill-sharing a little, if you like. We also run a small distro which we use to help promote projects we like.” As well as hosting two zine fairs at Left Bank Leeds, Footprint also previously organised events at Wharf Chambers and made an appearance at Leeds City Museum for International Women’s Day, last year. Speaking about the community aspect of zines, Footprint noted their accessibility as unedited artform. “When people get together to read, swap and sell zines it's a bonding experience. Zines are tactile, and they provide a way of exchanging ideas that isn't disembodied and disconnected. They're also an accessible art form, as they're cheap enough for most people to buy.” While female zines may be gaining momentum in their coverage, as a medium they've been around for some time. “I think we've always printed for a lot of women I don't think we've seen a particular increase. But there have recently been a number of zine fairs and exhibitions organised by women.” Current affairs may be encouraging these female zinesters to rally together and support their collective cause. One of these such groups are Scream Zines, created by founding members Ru Bru and Holly O’Brien. They provide a platform to “promote zinemakers and try to spread the zine gospel.” Half based in Manchester and half based in Leeds, the duo recently put together an event at Hyde Park Book Club, which included a panel discussion on ‘first zines’, a workshop, poetry reading, open mic, and live music. I asked the two how they felt about the sense of community within female zine culture; “We have experienced a really welcoming and friendly community. We think it's special because women are often taught not to aspire to fulfil their creativity and blocked out of more conventional routes, whereas any woman can make a zine and express what she would like to see in the mainstream media.” When discussing their collective ‘zine making workshop’ run at a couple of their events, Scream Zines said “We are also continually surprised by how easy it is to relate to people's zines and feel a shared experience.” It is this shared experience that regularly leads zine

creators into collaboration. Communal ideals often bringing various women together, to create a publication that speaks out to a diverse audience. Covering themes from body image to equality, relationships to societal expectations of women; these zines offer an intimate look into the trials and tribulations of today's modern women. Often funny and warm, sometimes tear-jerkingly honest, what strings all these female zines together is a sense of authenticity and need for expression. Footprint spoke out and said “One of the great things about zines is that they enable people to experiment and rethink, to articulate ideas that are important to them. You can work on yourself, your feelings, your links with others, your politics and also branch out into networks of community.” Scream Zines echoed this statement; “By documenting your experiences and relationship, you come to know and understand yourself more deeply.” Ladies of Leeds, maybe it's time to make something with feeling.

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Working as a freelance photographer proves as a busy lifestyle, sometimes it's hard to become available for certain photo jobs if you're also working a part time job. As a waiter and bartender at the Reliance, they are very understanding and flexible to allow me to have time off when a certain photo job pops up on short notice. It's a sociable job role and very enjoyable, all of my work mates are great, and a lot of them also have their own activities which they're passionate about outside of work, including music, art and sports, so we can all pretty much relate in that aspect. We're all appreciative of how he can work out our hours to suit our needs. I've worked here part-time for several years now and it's definitely allowed me to take on some last minute photography jobs involved with skateboarding.

James Foster I grew up in a village in Leicestershire, started skating around 1999, came to Leeds in 2008 to study Biology, and now work as an ecologist in Manchester. At uni I heard about ecological consultants; whose role is to carry out protected species surveys, calculate the impact of developments and mitigate ecological issues. Mostly I deal with bat and newt surveys, and I also volunteer with several bat groups. I love the work; we work outdoors looking for these critters, rain or shine. I definitely feel a separation between work and skating, I work anti-social hours away from home, coming back for the weekend pretty sleep deprived. My social life can become non-existent. But for the first time I was financially secure, which was nice, spending the surplus on beers whilst out skating with the lads; nothing beats a sunny day in the summer outside with your mates. Work does take up a good deal of time and energy, but not skating every day made me that more hyped for a roll when I was out; it can easily be taken for granted when you skate Hyde every day.

Dale Starkie The pub I work in is called The Queens, just outside of Leeds, in Morley. Working at The Queens has its ups and downs, one night you can be getting along with the locals, the next you could be breaking up a drug infused scrap; it definitely takes it out of you. As selfish as it sounds, I always try and put what makes me happy first, so thankfully only working part-time and studying, I have a lot of flexibility to fit in skateboarding whenever I want, which means the world to me. I have been studying construction and the built environment for a semester now, and this subject really interests me. By studying this I feel I could in the future design buildings that could be used for its intended purpose and fit skateboarding alongside it, so every time I'm out skating I'm also thinking about my studies, which really pushes me to do well. Overall I feel I have a good balance of working, studying and skating because if I just skated every day I think I would send myself mad.

Gary Smith My job as a Precast Installer involves working with precast concrete and fitting it. We work with things like concrete stairs, slabs, ground beams and retaining walls. It requires us to work away most weeks or work late, so it doesn’t really give me chance to skate until the weekends. This can also be a problem as I have to then try to find a balance between skating and my fIancee. She’s very understanding though! I started skating around 10 years ago and met the folk at Welcome Skate Store around 4 years ago. They’re a good laugh and always keen to go somewhere on a weekend when we’re all free. They organised a trip to Barcelona last year which I couldn’t go as I had just moved house, but it looked amazing!

Josh Hallett I have been skateboarding for over fifteen years and began filming my friends after breaking my ankle about ten years ago. Like nearly everyone I know, I fell in love with skateboarding, and even though I was unable to skate for quite a long time, I still wanted to be involved as much as I could. Ten years on, I still go out filming two or three times per week with some of those same friends and many new ones. I work for a Health & Wellbeing company and work shifts as a Duty Manager. Over the years I have had a few different roles at this company, but they have always been pretty flexible with my work hours. This allows me as much time as possible to get out filming or to get in a skate session myself at Hyde or Subvert skate parks. Getting older and having a full-time job means that skateboarding happens less and less, but I still try and get out at every opportunity I can, and there are the obvious financial benefits of working a lot when you have quite an expensive hobby. The most important thing about skateboarding to me is the social aspect. I’ve met all of my closest friends through it and I think many of us would be very lost without it. We often wonder what people without a passion for a hobby do on their days off. The pub? Well, we still do that, but we just do it after skateboarding. With:  @welcomeskatestore

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This is a recently finished project that was really enjoyable. Those guys had a really strong idea of what they wanted, so it made it very easy for me to come up with designs. For the tables I went for a simple trestle style frame with spruce tops, and a chamfered leg with black detail finished it off nicely. The kitchen was a huge space so I wanted to break the OSB up a bit, otherwise I think it might have been overpowering. It makes for a really interesting space.

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Laynes Espresso Andy Keir is a furniture maker and installation artist whose designs have been increasingly evident across some of Leeds' coolest joints. Here, he walks us through some of his stylish trademark interiors made with these hands...

Village As an all-round job, Village is probably my best work. I've worked with these guys on a few projects now and they always offer interesting briefs. Being highly creative themselves, it always seems to run smoothly and the end results are great. We went for a limited materials pallet on this interior, with most of the fixtures being built from birch ply. There is a nod to Scandi design, but we tried to keep it as original as possible, and I think there's nowhere else like it in Leeds. Recently I added a window fixture and I'm hoping that will be an ongoing project that changes seasonally.

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Belgrave Music Hall / Headrow House This is also some of my earlier work but I'm glad they are still being used. The light boxes at both bars are built from a mixture of materials and used in various places around the bar and food areas. The Headrow House boxes are placed at the back of the stage and are the biggest I've ever made. There’s some great art work on them by Benjamin Craven.

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Laynes has had a huge transformation recently, and I was lucky enough to be asked to make the furniture and food bar. Dave has a very good eye for design and knew what he wanted, so we worked together and came up with the table designs. Using 25mm boxed steel and American black walnut, the end product is amazing and I couldn't be happier. The kitchen bar is polished concrete on a timber frame, which was then tiled. It works really well.

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By this point, the media were becoming interested in our challenges and we were getting more and more requests. With the opportunity to raise further vital funds for Simon and other charities, whilst having unknown experiences along the way, we decided to continue with and increase the level of the Stomps. A few months later, we took on a secret challenge, set by the BBC, and it turned out to be our biggest so far; EuroStomp. We didn’t know where we were heading as they pulled out a bag containing all the capital cities of Europe. They chose 10 at random and gave us 5 days to drive to all of them, and return to them, by 6.30pm, live on air. The cities they selected created a huge journey, from Rome in Italy, to Tallinn in Estonia. We set off immediately and travelled over 4,800 miles in 5 days, taking in most of Europe. We arrived back live on air at 6:20pm after a truly momentous journey. This challenge raised over £14000 for Simon on the Streets and the Alzheimers Society.

Simon on the Streets is an independent charity whose focus is to help improve the lives of people sleeping on the streets of West Yorkshire. Reliant on fundraising to continue and increase their incredible work, four guys from Leeds FD Arena have been doing just that with a series of ‘Stomps’. Tony Watson drives us through the quartet’s unusual charity challenges, and Louise Lapish explains its effect and Simon's importance in turning lives around.

Tony Watson It was the end of 2015 and four friends decided they wanted to raise some money for charity instead of a Christmas night out. Jacob, Kyle, Alex and I came up with the idea to complete unusual driving challenges for money. From small beginnings, we’ve now raised over £75000 for a range of charities. It all began with FestiveStomp. We told businesses we’d drive anywhere and do anything for 24 hours, and a crazy day and night ensued! Challenges included cutting down a real Christmas tree in Cumbria, building a snow man, taking a selfie on an island, and bringing back a pint of Baileys and lemonade from the Royal Mile. This raised over £2000 for the British Heart Foundation.

On May Bank Holiday Monday, we parked up at Liverpool Life boat station for RNLI’s StormyStomp. They selected 24 lifeboat stations at random for us to visit around the UK with a maximum of 3 days to complete the challenge. We weren’t lucky with their selections as we got Aberdeen, St Ives, Tenby, Dover, Central London and everywhere in between. A mad race around the coast ensued but we crossed the line with minutes to go and raised £11,000 for the RNLI. The Stomps have been diverse and have seen some huge challenges. From leg injuries in rural Lithuania, through being chased by armed gangs in the streets of Marseille, to the emotional strain of some of the most traumatic locations in human history. We’re extremely proud to have represented some amazing charities with our Stomps so far and plan more unusual activities for them in 2017.

Next up, we commemorated Remembrance Day by completing PoppyStomp, visiting 25 war graves across Europe, raising £17000 for the Royal British Legion, Simon on the Streets and the Pilgrim Bandits. The sites were selected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who had us travelling across continental Europe across the clock, leaving poppy wreaths in memorial of the fallen. We visited sites as diverse as Marseille, Montecassino, Auschwitz and Dunkirk. Over 5000 miles later and we finished at 11am on the 11th of November at the Leeds War Memorial on Armistice Day.

From here, we came up with our second challenge - visiting 24 Castles in 24 Hours throughout the UK. We covered over a thousand miles as we travelled from Bamburgh Castle, via Edinburgh, Stirling, Cardiff, Windsor, and ended up back at Clifford’s Tower in York with 8 minutes to spare, raising over £5500 for the amazing charity that support rough sleeper’s Simon on the Streets.

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Louise Lapish The word empathy is the life blood of everything we do at Simon on the Streets. Our team of support workers provide outreach on the pavements of West Yorkshire to homeless and rootless people. One of our supporters recently said to me: “You hear about Simon, but you really need to get to know him to understand why his services can change lives.” I believe this resonates so deeply because the same could be said of our service users. Each individual has their own story, as well as their own set of complex needs, it can take our support workers months if not years to unpick some of these and truly help them. Simon is independently funded to ensure we can devote the amount of time required to each person. By not taking Government funding we are not restricted to the number of hours we can work with each person. This is why the support of our fundraisers is so crucial. The charity is run on a shoe string and without our community funding we couldn’t keep providing the soup run, the cups of coffee, showing the rough sleepers of Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield that there are people out there that genuinely care; they are not faceless or voiceless. When I set my business up, Simon was my charity of choice, some six years later we chose each other and I took on the challenge of being a Trustee. The Trustees don’t wear it like a badge – Simon gets you in the gut. We have had a rough few months (including being made homeless ourselves from the offices a couple of weeks before Christmas). However when I sit with our support workers and they tell me about people like the girls below, we cry. We cry when we lose a service user too... which happens too often, but every good story, and there are many, makes it worthwhile. Every March we run a campaign called Simone on the Streets to focus on the needs of the women who sleep on the streets. Here are the powerful words of an ex rough sleeper. “I feel I have disappeared as a woman. The woman I am today looks nothing like the woman I was many moons ago. I used to have thick long wavy brown hair, which was my pride and joy, but when I

caught lice the itching was insufferable; so I had to cut my hair really short. Having short hair is not so bad because I am not easily identified as a woman, which helps avoid unwanted male attention, which frequently turns violent. I don’t wear tight figure hugging clothes but baggy clothes to make me look bigger so that people will not see me as a lightweight and pushover. I never wear jogging bottoms as they can be easily pulled down, and I always wear practical footwear as I need to be able to run. Without realising it I have slowly become androgynous in my appearance in order to disguise my sex. Through sheer necessity I have learnt how to fight and to act tough with a view to deterring people from getting too close. Clearly this has had a personal cost, as it has destroyed the very sense of me as a woman, not just as a person.” This is a life that has been turned around through a combination of grit and determination, but also with the support of a listening ear. The team help people turn their lives around on a daily basis; we recently helped one young girl rebuild a relationship with her estranged mother. One of our support workers stood by her side as she waited for her mum to arrive. It didn’t matter whether or not she may have sold her body to fund an alcohol or drug addiction, if she had shoplifted tampons or painkillers to make life on the streets more tolerable during her period, stolen clothes from a washing line in a desperate attempt to feel clean, or slept in supermarket toilets to feel safe for just an hour or so. None of these things matter, our support is non judgmental, and our worker shed real tears as they watched a mother run down the street towards their child, arms outstretched. This girl is now living in a safe place, has a job, and is replanting roots. In the office the support workers proudly display the hand drawn cards of the children who are able to spend some time with a parent who is now in a good space thanks to the emotional support they have provided. I cannot count all the times we have seen someone turn their life around. It is not about the soup and it is not about the coffee; it is about the emotional support, day by day building trust and being human. We are all Simon and we are all Simone.

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The ‘Minimalist’ Inspired by anything Danish (except for the pastry; its colour wouldn’t sit right on their Instagram feed), the minimalist’s life is full of strategic product placement and angles. The minimalist enjoys posing in Laynes window seat with their new issue of ‘Cereal’ magazine, sipping a flat white with their APC Half Moon Bag positioned with the logo facing outwards. Find them at: When they’re not cafe crawling the streets of Leeds, they’ll be found at home utilising the natural light on their living room windowsill to photograph their Studio Arhoj ceramic ghost collection bought from Colours May Vary, whilst balancing on a chair to avoid their own shadows.

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Find them at: A new lipstick shade launch party at Harvey Nichols on the Thursday. A Gluten Free Cafe opening on the Friday. An ASOS Insider event on the Saturday? Let me check their... who am I kidding? Of course they’ll be there! Typically seen wearing: Outfits may be subject to change; they’re usually dependent on what free items have arrived in the post on that particular week, whilst cross-referenced with what’s just been sold on their Depop page. But an oversized novelty iPhone case is essential.

Typically seen wearing: They’re not concerned about logos or brands*; they’re all for channelling that subtle, muted aesthetic from the pages of ‘The Gentlewoman’. *except for PLAY by Comme des Garçon, Margaret Howell, COS, Diptique, Acne Studios, Whistles, Common Projects and Aesop.

The ‘Hype-Bae’ Forever striving for that Basement re-post, the hype-bae thrives on social currency. They’re the ones with their shoe size in their Instagram bio and deem themselves the master of the shoe selfie. Find them at: After spending the morning queuing outside size? to get the latest Adidas Originals NMD release, they’ll pass by MKI MIYUKI ZOKU to pick up a copy of HYPEBEAST magazine. Typically seen wearing: Any Nike Tier Zero product paired with an array of heavily branded Supreme, Patta, Palace or Champion that they can find in their boyfriends wardrobe.

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Digger's Island Discs

Digger's Island Discs explores the collections of Leeds' most prolific vinyl slingers and groove bringers to present us with the records they could not live without... This time, Francis Bavetta decides on 5 records that shape the soulful hip-hop and world sounds he brings to the city's ears at bars such as The Brunswick.

Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah An absolutely beautiful album. The first song, Harvest Time, is a 20 minute spiritual jazz journey which sounds like it had been influenced by Brian Eno’s early exploration into ambient music. The song begins with a rich guitar drowned in reverb and warm with tremolo which floats underneath a double bass vamp and some rather restrained saxophone (by Sanders’ standards). After 10 minutes of meditative tranquillity the song breaks down into a combination of tense harmonium, wind chimes and hang drum, the tension is relieved by a return to the original trio guiding us gently back to tranquillity. The B side holds two great shorter tunes in Love Will Find a Way and Memories of Edith Johnson, but for me its Harvest time that really makes this special.

Four Tet – Rounds A really personal album for me, it was recommended to me by my dad when I was 14 after he said the crazy music I was making in my bedroom reminded him of Four Tet, and ever since I have been hooked, I used to listen to this album on the bus to school, and it really opened my eyes to the world of experimental electronic music.

Azymuth – Azimuth This one sounds years ahead of its time. Azymuth’s almost self titled 1975 classic is a laid back jazz fusion album out of Brazil. Pristine Fender Rhodes, well recorded drums and state of the art synthesizers, means this album is an audiophiles dream. Whether it’s the laid back dreamy opener Linha do Horizonte, that sounds like it would sit perfectly on an AIR album from the late nineties, or Melô dos Dois Bicudo, which can still get a dance floor jumping, Azimuth still sounds amazing today.

Madvillain – Madvillainy An all time classic and probably my favourite ever album, this was my introduction to Hip-Hop, which subsequently, due to the culture of sampling, led me to open my ears to a wide world music. It’s a real testament to the quality of the album that, despite having 22 tracks, the skip button is never pressed, once the album is on, I’m listening to it all. The rhyming genius that is DOOM found a perfect match in the eccentric beat Konducta Madlib, and the results were stunning.

Annette Peacock – I’m The One Another one that is hard to believe it was made at the time. Peacock’s second album would have been a well written pop record which drew inspiration from jazz, funk and psych, but it’s Annette’s innovative use of the early Moog synthesizer that makes this a truly great album. The opener, I’m The One, sets the tone for the album, a six-minute journey dipping into the avant-garde,Annette’s deeply emotional voice being processed by the synthesizer creating this alien quality that lingers over the whole album.

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Hallowed Footsteps

“It’s a wasteland this street, a product of misdirected investment that’s seen real issues neglected / Because just round corner, cranes whir. Concrete crashes. One man’s voice shouts directions to the masses” Two years ago, answering a call out to discover new spoken word artists and film makers, I wrote a spoken word poem for Studio 12’s Writing Britain III project. I didn’t have to stray far for inspiration: all I had to do was look out of the window of my flat. At the time that place was just above Domino’s pizza on lower Kirkgate, Leeds’ oldest street and one of its most characteristic. Living there for four years, I was provided with a different perspective of a street that was generally ignored. At the time the area was not the up and coming, creative hub it is now. Long before East Street Arts moved in with colourful murals and art installations, before artisanal coffee and increased numbers of bearded men, the street was mostly a vessel taking people from A to B – occasionally stopping off for pizza along the way. The poem was never going to be romantic, or filled with observations of beauty. It was a reflection of the rough exterior of the street, the faces I’d seen looking out of the window at the brothel opposite my flat, the drug deals I walked into when I took out the rubbish; it was the disappointment I felt in each empty shop left to rot, and, above all, a 36

criticism of the prioritization of funding. It was a place that reflected so many other streets, areas and estates across Britain. “Inconvenient stores sell jarred gherkins but no milk / Tin after tin of condensed soup, but no bread to mop up the guilt” A sign on lower Kirkgate made claims that big things were coming, suggesting that any day a cash injection was going to solve everything and Kirkgate was going to be revived. After all, Kirkgate and Kirkgate Markets used to be the lifeblood of Leeds. The home of the first M&S (opening as a Penny Bazzar stall in 1884), and the original spot of Leeds’ independent subscription library in 1768 (now on Commercial Street), Kirkgate served both as an important trading street and place of social significance. Kirkgate meaning ‘road to the church’ snakes down to one of Leeds’ historical landmarks: Leeds Minster. Based on a site that’s been used as a place of worship for approximately 1400 years, the latest reincarnation was constructed in the 1830s and presents an impressive gothic structure. At one time Leeds Minster – or Leeds Parish Church as it was known – covered 21,000 acres of land, bringing people together from as far as Adel and Wortley. Today, the church remains an important part of Leeds’ history. But the historical importance of the street was not reflected in its aesthetics. 37

The longer I lived there, the more the sign just looked like a cheap promise, made even cheaper by the level of dirt it had collected. It all started to feel like a bit of a joke, especially when just around the corner the Victoria Gate development was going full steam ahead. Independents have it tough; we all know that. “It’s creating jobs / Thank God for the new retail development / Because expensive shirts give the unemployed a reason to work” Remember Bird’s Yard? The independent department store that spanned four floors was based on Kirkgate in the building which now houses the Art Hostel. Providing a platform for independent designers from makers of jewellery and prints to clothes and homeware, it was a great place, in theory. However, without a support network of independent businesses, it felt a little out of the way. Sort of like Leeds’ best kept inadvertent secret. People would run past it on a Sunday morning, hoping to make it on time to the Mega Bus stop that was just outside, but other than that footfall was low. Eventually, Bird’s Yard closed in 2013 after being burgled a number of times. The closure of the store raised concerns over the future of business on the street. Mainly, could an independent business survive here? A few years later, though, and there’s a real buzz about the place after a stream of independents opened including Fred Aldous,

Wapentake, Art Official, Art Hostel and, opening later this year, Doghouse Records. One of the most exciting developments is White Cloth Hall, located at the top of lower Kirkgate. The oldest commercial building in Leeds, White Cloth Hall, was of particular importance to the street. Built in 1711, the first White Cloth Hall marked the beginning of Leeds’ industrial significance and was built in response to Wakefield’s own covered cloth hall. It was designed with storerooms and other facilities so that clothiers from the outlying towns and villages could gather and trade undyed cloth. The cloth hall gained such popularity that second, third and fourth halls were opened over the next 180 years. Today, what’s left of the building has gained Grade II listed status. White Cloth Hall was an integral feature of the trading scene, and, unlike Leeds Minster which mostly remained constant as Leeds changed around it, the hall was reinvented as the city developed. However, after falling out of use in the 1970s, frustratingly, very little has happened since then. The building has been passed around between developers with dreams of creating something to fit in with the heritage of the street. It’s only now, with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the expensive repairs on the building can go ahead.

It may have been a long time coming, but things are looking up for Kirkgate. Architects were assigned to the White Cloth Hall project last year, which should see the building completed by 2020. As to what White Cloth Hall will become, well, it’s a secret for now. But it’s expected to be used as public space that will reflect both Kirkgate’s heritage and the independent spirit of the street. Leeds’ retail landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years. With millions spent on developments such as Trinity Leeds and Victoria Gate, Leeds has established itself as a retail hotspot for high street stores and big name retailers in particular. With so much choice from multiple chain stores, which sometimes have two or three premises within walking distance of each other, it’s all got a bit boring. Where’s the diversity? Where’s the authenticity? Kirkgate can offer something different, something which people are perhaps more ready for now. Its independent spirit and sense of community is increasingly important in today’s uncertain and increasingly divided world. If Leeds is ready to accept Kirkgate, the street will be an integral part of the city once more. “Invest in the people and the streets that need it / Don’t give them less because they are the ones who’ll feel it” 39

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For the Love of Leeds

Greenpeace and Andrew Emery from Alwoodley based middle class rap duo Prehistoric Ages; Joe from Braintax; Paul Edmeade and Tommy from Breaking the Illusion; Lornette and Hunter from Jumbo Records... I honestly looked up to these people so much I felt privileged to be accepted into their group. On the back of meeting those people I released my first record with rap group New Flesh For Old and managed to get it into the hands of Tim Westwood and Gilles Peterson, and even get it received at Hip Hop Connection and the NME. The Leeds people's passion for music really spurred me on to believe I could do whatever I put my mind to, and with the support of the good DJs of the city and beyond, it proved to be a successful record. 4 weeks later I quit the group to be a DJ. Since then the city has grown; some of those places have closed down and been replaced by new scenes, but the energy remains the same. Leeds has always had a really strong community spirit, and it's the reason I never moved away. It's not really

Ashley Kollakowski (Belgrave Music Hall, Headrow House, Whitelocks, Turks Head) moved to Leeds over two decades ago. Since then he has seen the city grow and places come and go. Here, he tells us that the one constant through it all is the attitude of the people that will likely keep him here for decades more... 1993 was a huge year for me, and probably my most significant in terms of music too. It was a year soundtracked by new releases from Wu Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS One, Black Moon, Snoop Dogg, Digable Planets and Souls of Mischief. It was also the year I moved to Leeds, dropped out of university after my second day, and took a full time job in a record shop; I regret nothing. The first person I met when I moved here was George Evelyn from Nightmares on Wax. I was a clean shaven 18 year old who only listened to rap music, had terrible taste in clothes and was working on a goatee, which I really do regret. I’d just got my first 'proper' job and it was at Way Ahead Records in the Victoria Quarter (Way Ahead shut down about 18 years ago, but at the time it was a very important shop in Leeds). It was my first week working in the shop and in came George. I recognised him instantly and we struck up a conversation about the new Tribe album Midnight

about the bars, restaurants, coffee shops or record stores, it's about the people you meet there. There may be more impressive cities, but I really think the people in Leeds are the friendliest and most welcoming of all the places I've been. It can be wet and depressing at times, and the parking is shit, plus we always seem to come second to Manchester when it comes to funding sports and transport... but you can always rely on the self-depreciating Yorkshire sense of humour, brashness, honesty... and a plethora of Greggs! I'm happy to say after living here for 23 years that I'm still friends with pretty much everyone I met that first week. 20 years later I had the pleasure of putting on Nightmares On Wax when I opened Belgrave Music Hall; I DJ'd recently with Chico when we had The Sun Ra Arkestra playing in November; I met up with Andrew Emery for a beer yesterday; and I always see Lornette in Waitrose. I reckon I'll still be in Leeds in another 20 years. Holla if ya hear me!

Marauders. That's all I can really remember, but it was a significant meeting for me and one that would mould my future interactions with music bods in Leeds. A few weeks later I was walking past the Irish Centre on my way home from town and noticed George was stood outside the side door, so I walked over to say 'hi'. He was at a gig there and the act playing was Roy Ayers - I'd only ever been to hip hop gigs so I wasn’t really too arsed, but he said I could sneak in with him and he'd introduce me to his friends. After that night it seemed like I'd met everyone who was anyone in Leeds: Chico, Gip and Lubi from the DIG! collective, and all the guys from soul clubs Cooker and The Underground; Dan

Words: Ruth Overy Photography: Katie Taylor  @whatktsaw and Leyla Rose  @leyla.rose

LS6 Street Treats

Leeds artists have been brightening up their neighbourhood pavements... Just off Headingley centre and north of the cricket ground there are 20 Virgin Media Communication boxes, which the Ash Road Area Residents Association (ARARA) gained permission to paint and decorate, all with the aim of improving the look of the area. YEA!!!! ARARA works to make our neighbourhood more pleasant and we always wanted to encourage community arts projects to beautify the area. An open invitation was issued by ARARA for local artists to submit designs. We sent requests to Leeds College of Art, East Street Arts, Becketts University Student Union, University of Leeds and to residents. There were very few restrictions on design, but they did have to suit our mixed residential area. We had a fabulous response of stunning art work and the 20 best were given their very own cable cabinet to decorate.

Recycled paint was obtained from Leeds Seagulls and discounted anti-graffiti lacquer from another local company EASY-ON. Brushes and support were provided, and the artists braved the winter weather to get started and finished. It was tough going in the beginning, but so far the project has been a great success and has received enormous support from councillors, other community groups and street art lovers. The artists themselves were astounding. Often out there in the serious cold, damp and dark (one artist used her mobile phone torch to paint by) and somehow never grumbling. It took hours and hours of patient work for each of them, coming back to do more whenever there was a stretch of decent weather. The residents association is enormously grateful to them. If you want to take a look yourself they can be found on Ash Road, Canterbury Drive, Derwentwater Terrace and Langdale Avenue.

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Becky Silviera, artist "This has been such an exciting project to work on, and it has been so uplifting people commenting on the design work whilst I was out painting in the street, giving me a real sense of achievement and that I'm doing something very positive for the people who live here. The creative freedom this brief has provided me with was also extremely liberating, giving me the opportunity to produce design work I am very proud of."

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Katie McGregor Hughes, resident "The artists are bringing colour and creativity to our neighbourhood. Each box is so individual and they bring us joy every time we pass them. Sometimes the streets of Headingley can look a bit sad and neglected, but these splashes of colour cheer them right up!”

Seagulls Paint "We enjoy seeing our paint put to good use in the community and are happy to support community arts projects that bring colour and good vibes to the city streets."

Ken Payne, resident "serendipity - ‘surprised by happy events on making pleasant discoveries’. This word exactly describes my response to these decorated boxes on display. The very real delight as one comes across the many varied and beautifully executed designs. I have found certain designs that have become my favourites – so much so I stand and stare! These splendid young artists have brought something very special to us and our daily coming and going. I think one more word precisely sums up my response: endaemonic - 'conducive to happiness’!”

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