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NORTH LEEDS Life FREE APRIL 2012
So, Spring has sprung! And, according to a number of our advertisers, things are looking up. Let’s hope so! Certainly our readers aren’t wasting time – there seem to be just as many events and celebrations happening as ever, and more and more people are getting involved in community projects.
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This month we talk to Kay Mellor about her new television series ‘The Syndicate’ and about becoming patron of Friends of The Hollies. We also talk to Esther Rantzen as NSPCC’s ChildLine celebrates 25 years. Landscape designer Lindsay Bird gives a little advice in our garden feature; JRR Tolkien is the subject of ‘They Lived in Leeds’; and we review the film ‘The Descendants’. This is also the month of ‘Treasures Revealed’ when places of worship around Leeds throw open their doors for you to explore; and St Chad’s celebrates receiving a third Eco-Congregations Award.
KAY MELLOR TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST TV SERIES CREATING YOUR DREAM GARDEN NSPCC’S CHILDLINE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
Before you know it, it will be May! Our deadline for your stories and notices is 1st April, and it’s 6th April for advertising.
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Another Kay Mellor Drama to Look Forward to Kay Mellor talks about her latest TV series, her passion for the north and her role as patron of Friends of The Hollies
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Your Dream Garden – With a Little Help! Lindsay Bird outlines how garden designers can help
St Chad’s joins ony a handful of churches with three such awards
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ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen talks to NLL about how the charity has grown
ChildLine Celebrates 25 Years!
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Mary Shelley at The Playhouse A bold new play about the author of Frankenstein by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson
Film Review: The Descendants A subtle, nuanced performance from George Clooney – perhaps his best work to date
Bradford’s 18th International Film Festival
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Keith Fielding, ChildLine Volunteer, Esther Rantzen, and Darren Worth, ChildLine Supervisor Last month, Esther Rantzen, ChildLine founder and TV presenter, was in Leeds to celebrate the charity’s 25th anniversary. Down at NSPCC’s Leeds HQ, we asked her the same question that John Humphrys of BBC Radio 4’s Today Show asked her 25 years ago: “Did you know what you were taking on?” Esther quickly admitted that she didn’t. “No, but you’ve got to take a risk from time to time”, she told us. “We thought we would take the calls and immediately pass them on to the various bodies, like social services, to deal with. “We got it wrong. We soon found out that we had to work at the child’s pace and make them feel safe. It was a matter of finding ways to give them hope. If social workers were to arrive at their door it could have put them at risk. So the whole emphasis of ChildLine had to change.” Of course, children’s services might eventually become involved, but only when the child was ready. It was interesting, too, to see how children’s concerns had changed over the years – 25 years ago their main concern was sexual abuse, later the emphasis shifted to physical abuse, and most recently it’s bullying. In the last 12 months, ChildLine has counselled over 265,000 children and young people. The Leeds base alone received over 15,400 contacts from children from across the UK. 08 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
“ChildLine is a lifeline for thousands of young people who desperately need support and advice with problems they dare not share with anyone else”, said Esther. “Our trained volunteer counselors work around the clock to ensure that the most vulnerable young people can get the protection and support they need, transforming and sometimes even saving precious young lives. “Up until now, some children had to try many times before they could get through to ChildLine. It makes me especially proud, in our 25th anniversary year, that we can say, for the first time in ChildLine’s history, we can now answer almost every call or email the first time a child tries to get through.” NSPCC’s ChildLine, a free 24-hour confidential helpline for children and young people, has been providing support and advice across the UK since 1986. As Keith Fielding, one of 33 volunteer councilors working from the Leeds centre, commented: “ChildLine helps empower children and young people as it gives them an opportunity to express themselves and talk about their problems.” Esther thanked the ChildLine staff and volunteers – as she said: ”Without them this vital lifeline for children and young people could not continue”.
Celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style at the NSPCC’s 1950’s Ball at the Rose Bowl, Civic Quarter, Leeds, on Saturday 26th May starting with a Champagne reception at 7pm. Then enjoy a four course dinner, live entertainment and dancing until late, all with a thoroughly 1950’s flavour. Tickets £600 for a table of 10.
CHILDLINE’S THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE Friday 13th – Sunday 15th July Grab your walking boots for this fantastic National Three Peaks challenge and make a real difference to children’s lives. This guided walk takes in the three highest peaks in Scotland (Ben Nevis 1,344m), England (Scarfell Pike 978m) and Wales (Snowdon 1,085). Widely regarded as one of the UK’s most challenging events, it provides the ultimate test of mental stamina and physical endurance. Not for the faint hearted, but with prior training and professional support it can be the experience of a life time. Registration fee: £50 (over 18s only) with a minimum sponsorship goal of £350. For further information on both events, contact 0113 218 2735 or northappeals@nspcc.org.uk
HEART AND CRAFT New dates for craft shows at HEART
After the record number of visitors to the December Christmas Art and Craft Fair, more fairs have been scheduled for 2012 at HEART on Bennett Road, Headingley. There was a fabulous variety of sellers at the Christmas Fair. Everything was handmade and included beautiful glass, jewellery, art and handmade soft furnishings. All the new dates coincide with the Headingley Farmers’ Market – which means they will take place on the second Saturday of the month in April, September, November and December. Already a number of artists and craftspeople have booked space for the April fair. If you are interested in taking a stall at this or any of the others, or want more information about the events, please contact Hayley on 07816 588 102 or Hayley@girlfridayevents.co.uk. The website for the venue is www.heartcentre.org.uk
A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF HORSFORTH TOWN COUNCIL The Environment Committee is busy producing new Spring baskets and planting bulbs, as well as preparing for the first visit of the ‘In Bloom’ judges. All residents are requested to tidy up their front gardens and grass verges, and pick up any litter from path edges. We are all looking forward to the new garden outside the Library, near the Youth Centre, where seats will provide a good resting spot after the long climb up Town Street. The mosaic designed by our young people will have pride of place and the new notice board will give up-to-date information on the activities of the Council. A big ‘thank you’ to everyone involved in the project. The Diamond Jubilee Committee is working on plans for a bonfire and ‘Funtime’ in Hall Park. Please send your offers of help (practical and financial) to the Town Clerk. The Council would like to welcome new Administration Assistant, Charlotte Whitworth, whose media, photography and publishing skills will complement those of the Town Clerk. Jude Arbuckle Chair
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After all, council budgets are pretty straight forward really. Just add up what you want to spend then share the cost between the 330,000 or so households in the city, though not of course equally as that would be far too simple. In truth, the councillors voted to spend £1,992,660,642.40. I kid you not about the 40p. Now, you have heard about smoke and mirrors – well we learned that the gross expenditure is actually a more modest £1,989,669,000. Don’t ask why it’s a different figure, just be glad that it is less and worry not about the 40p for the moment.
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The Adel Association We now have the final decision from Leeds City Council on the Holt Avenue David Wilson Homes proposal which, as anticipated, has been accepted. We never wanted it and have worked hard to reduce the number of houses from 76 to 45, as well as getting DWH to build using stone facia instead of red brick. This week Leeds has produced its new core strategy for development in the City. This is a crucial document for all parts of Leeds and replaces the old UDP. It is over 100 pages long and you will need plenty of caffeine to get through it! But, you should make the effort – go to www.leeds.gov.uk and search ‘Core Strategy 2012’ 10 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
But, look closely through the smoke and you will see the council will spend more money than it receives. A little matter of £9.9 million is extracted from the new build PFI schools’ budget. Whereas in the past they have used a sinking fund to equalise payments, now they will charge them only as an when they are incurred. Toss in a further £6.92million from general reserves and in total nearly £17m is conjured up to help balance the books. Looking at individual budgets, remarkably some departments cost nothing at all to run. This is achieved by the simple expedient of charging all their costs to other council departments. They in turn charge many of their costs to yet more council departments. The
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Want to know the bottom line? This year’s council tax remains unchanged and as to the 40p? – well enquiries reveal that’s the amount the finance department spends on cheap plastic mirrors. clive.fox@leeds.gov.uk
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sites they propose to build on but we need to start building our case now.
Developments like Holt Avenue happened because we were not aware of the full implications of the UDP when it was introduced 20 years ago. We mustn’t make that mistake again.
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It took only three hours to agree the £560 million budget. Each of the 500 plus budget pages must have already been eagerly absorbed by the city councillors thus speeding up the process.
merry money go round speeds on. Follow this lot through logically and it’s hard to see the council costing much at all to run.
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Councillor Clive Fox Adel & Wharfedale Ward
Fortunately, based on some magic formula understood by but a few, the council is able to send the government the bill for the difference of £1,432,660,642 (and of course the 40p). So provided it sticks to its budget Leeds will finish up spending the £560 million which is where we came in. Are you following things so far?
Developments like Holt Avenue happened because we were not aware of the full implications of the UDP when it was introduced 20 years ago. We mustn’t make that mistake again. It is now that we have to make our views known. For example, I note that the Council is planning to release many more Greenfield sites for building – in particular, they talk about building on PAS designated land sooner rather than later. This will apply to the fields opposite Adel Church. We will not be told until the Autumn exactly which
This brings me back to the setting up a Neighbourhood Forum. I have had a few volunteers but we need more – especially planners, lawyers, education and health specialists and really good project managers. We will shortly be taking delivery of the leaflets we need to set up Cold Calling Zones. Adel Association is making a sizeable financial contribution to this, along with support from our councillors. Some people have already volunteered to deliver these to the streets where they live. Neighbourhood Watch volunteers are especially well placed to be able to do this. If you would like to help in your immediate area, email me or Councillor Barry Anderson Barry. Anderson@leeds.gov.uk. And remember to enjoy those beautiful spring flowers growing up all around Adel! barriehopson@ashlingpar tnership. com
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To encourage such events, which can help to improve community relations, Highways Officers have agreed to simplify the process for requesting a road closure, and an application form and set of guidance notes are available to anyone interested. This information is also available on the Council website or direct from the Traffic Engineering teams in Highway Services. The cost of the legal advertising of an agreed road closure will be met by the Council, as will the cost of advertising such events, providing the traffic management arrangements have been agreed by Friday 13th April. Events not agreed by this date will have to fund the cost of the legal advertising themselves. For further advice, please contact 0113 222 4444 and ask for either Howard Claxton, Traffic Engineering Manager, Andy Merckel, Senior Engineer Traffic West, Nick Borras, Senior Traffic Engineer Traffic East, or Simon Booker, Senior Traffic Engineer City Centre. Bridle Paths I was recently asked if anything could be done to improve the condition of the public right of way around the Cookridge cricket pitch on Smithy Lane. The Public Rights of Way Manager informed me that he was going to inspect the bridleway and assess cost effective ways of improving the surface and implement improvements as resources allowed. The wet patch near the cricket club building needs to be investigated. The cricket pitch and the surrounding land are privately owned, although the Council is responsible for the surface maintenance of the bridleway. Officers are currently making enquiries as to the ownership of this non-definitive section of bridleway with a view to securing agreement with the owners to have it added to the Definitive Map as a public bridleway.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO ORGANISE A BABY GROUP? Horsforth Children’s Centre has a fantastic space and equipment that could be used for a baby group but they have no one to take charge. There are no groups aimed specifically at parents with babies under a year old in Horsforth. New parents go to the Clinic and the Children’s Centre for Post Natal Groups, but once these are finished, there are no follow-on groups. Parent and toddler groups are great when you have a toddler, but when you have a tiny baby, lots of children running about can be a bit of a worry! If you would like more information about volunteering to run or help run a group, please call 0113 2591786 or email higginhe01@leedslearning.net They’d love to hear from you.
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THEY LIVED IN LEEDS John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 Writer, Poet, Scholar, Philologist
When JRR Tolkien arrived in Leeds in 1920 to take up the post of Reader in English Language at the University, he was an unknown young man of 28 on the threshold of his career. He had survived the horror of war, and had already begun to write poems and stories about his imagined world of Middle Earth, its mythology, unique languages and fantastical inhabitants. But it would be many years before his work appeared in print and established him as one of the most popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century. He was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein South Africa, where his father, a Birmingham bank clerk, had gone to improve his prospects. When he was four his father died, and his mother moved back to Birmingham with the two children. Money was short, and she had little support – she had alienated her family when she converted to Catholicism (Tolkien and his brother remained devout Catholics all their lives).
Tolkien adored his children and every Christmas wrote them a ‘letter from Father Christmas’, wonderfully illustrated, with tales of adventures with the Snow-elves and other characters (published in 1976). He clearly loved telling his children stories and inventing characters to amuse and thrill them, together with magical drawings and paintings. Many of these stories and images found their way into his later work.
Tolkien won a scholarship to King Edward’s School and was prospering when suddenly his mother died from diabetes, untreatable before the discovery of insulin. She was 34, he only 12. He and his young brother were left penniless orphans, but were cared for by a compassionate Catholic priest who had befriended the family.
When war ended, Tolkien and Edith, now with a young son, returned to Oxford where he found work with the New English Dictionary, but in 1920 he applied for the post of Reader at Leeds and to his surprise 14 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
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Tolkien left Leeds in 1925 to take up the post of Professor of AngloSaxon at Oxford, where he remained for the remainder of his working life. His first published book, The Hobbit, appeared in 1937, followed in 1954/5 by the three books of The
The salary from the University was low, his office cramped, the English department small, but Tolkien was happy at Leeds
was appointed. Edith followed him to Leeds, with their newly-born second son, and they settled in a small terrace house, 11 St Mark’s Terrace, near the University. It was dingy and dark, and the sooty air rotted the curtains and covered the baby with smuts outside in his pram! In 1924, with a third child on the way, they moved to greener, pleasanter surroundings at 2 Darnley Road, West Park, a tall Edwardian red-brick semi next to fields (still there).
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Tolkien persisted in his studies, displaying a remarkable gift for languages, and won a scholarship to Oxford where he focused on Middle and Old English and Old Norse, rich sources of inspiration. Here, when he reached 21 in 1913, he renewed his romance with Edith Bratt, whom he had met and fallen in love with three years before. They got engaged in 1914 just as war was declared, and married in 1916 when Tolkien had completed his degree and enlisted – they knew he might never return. He fought in the devastating battle of the Somme, an experience that affected him deeply. In late 1916 he contracted trench fever and was invalided home. His recurrent poor health prevented his return to the Front, where all but one of his closest friends died.
The salary from the University was low, his office cramped, the English department small, but Tolkien was happy at Leeds, liked the students and found a congenial colleague in E.V. Gordon. Together they produced an acclaimed new edition of the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. They shared a sense of fun too, and founded a University Viking Club – a feature of which was the composition of bawdy songs in Old Norse!
Lord of the Rings, which became an international best seller and inspired an Oscar-winning cycle of films. The Silmarillion, edited by his son, was published after Tolkien’s death in 1973, as were many of his other works and papers. The extraordinary world he created continues to attract commentators and researchers, enthusiasts and critics.
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LOOK OUT! IT’S HELP BEHIND YOU! SWARTHMORE ‘RAISE THE ROOF’ It seems that every time you turn around another Sainsbury’s Local or Tesco Express has sprung up. Not content with luring shoppers to larger shopping centres, the supermarkets have been surreptitiously moving on to every high street and local parade of shops.
In the last couple of months I have noticed new Sainsbury’s Locals on Street Lane, Roundhay, (the old Oddbins site) and Harrogate Road, Moortown (where the Jade Dragon used to be), the Yorkshire Bank in Chapel Allerton is to become an M Local (Morrisons), there’s a Tesco Express opening on King Lane, Alwoodley (on the site of a small, independent garage), and apparently, ground level at the old Lounge Cinema on North Lane in Headingley is also about to become a Sainsbury’s Local. Councils and the Government are always delighted – crowing that the supermarkets are bringing lots of new jobs. Low paid, part time jobs. While we sit by and watch, the all-powerful supermarkets are turning this ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’ into a nation of shelf stackers. Property developers have bought up large sections of high streets and raised rents so much smaller entrepreneurs can no longer afford to rent retail space. They welcome supermarkets with open arms – it’s sure cash. Only they can afford the large amounts that developers demand up front. Headingley has had a bit of a resurgence recently. Once again there is a butcher (Headingley Farm Butchers), and a baker (Artisan Bakery). Then there’s the long established Harris’s Greengrocers and the Natural Food Store just across the street – all of these on North Lane, clustered around what is to be this new Sainsbury’s Local.
Swarthmore is going all out to ‘Raise the Roof’ and is appealing for as many people as possible to support them in the next few months. There is still a long way to go before work commences in the summer. They are currently awaiting listed building consent for the installation of photovoltaic solar panels in addition to a full roof refurbishment. The cost will be in excess of £200,000. A big ‘thank you’ goes to everyone who has supported them so far. If you would like to help, here are just a few of the ways you can: • Sign up to the ‘Give as You Live’ website and Swarthmore could benefit. For example, buy from Amazon and they will donate 2.5% of what you spend to Swarthmore. • Text “ROOF09 10” to 70070 to sponsor a roof tile for £10 • Attend Modern Jive Night on Thursday 12th April, 7.30 – 11pm. Beginners class: 7.30-8.30pm. Tickets £8 in advance £10 on door. • Take in Picnic on the Rosebank on Saturday 28th April, 12 – 4pm with music and entertainment. • Go to Nearly New Sale on Saturday 12th May, 12 – 3pm. Clothing, bric a brac, books, small items of furniture, etc. To sell items (50/50) contact Mandy Torbitt on 0113 243 2210 or mandy@swarthmore.org. ukand she will issue you with a number. Further details: info@swarthmore.org.uk, 0113 243 2210
Leeds City Council loves to boast that Leeds is a fantastic shopping destination – no it’s not. City centre rents are so high, and the Council is so set on building huge shopping centres, that soon all Leeds will be able to boast is national chain stores and designer names that exist in every other town and city. What’s great about that? No character, no individuality, no enterprise, no creativity. Stop them please! Now, as the all-powerful supermarkets muscle in on our communities, corner shops and newsagents are rapidly disappearing. Everyone operating or thinking of opening a local business today desperately needs the support of their local community to help keep and build a vibrant local economy. Look around you, you’ll be surprised by the variety of independent, local businesses there still are. Think local before heading to that national or multi-national chain. You’ll get far more out of life when you Live Life Local!
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ANOTHER KAY MELLOR DRAMA TO LOOK FORWARD TO
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Was setting The Syndicate in Leeds important to you? Very – it’s my home town. It’s where I live and this is the world I know, the world I grew up in. For me it had to be northern working class, about ordinary people whose lives had changed. I think it’s vital that the north of England is represented in mainstream drama. What inspired you to write The Syndicate? The times we are living in today, where people are desperate, holding on to the dream that winning the lottery is the only solution available. When can we expect to see it? Look out for it later this spring… Kay Mellor talks to North Leeds Life about her latest TV series for BBC, her passion for the north and her role as patron of local community project Friends of The Hollies. She is currently working on a new, Leedsbased drama called ‘The Syndicate’. Your new TV series is based in Leeds - can you tell us a bit more about it?
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Kay Mellor, one of Britain’s leading TV writers and has written a host of highly acclaimed television dramas, including Band of Gold (1995), Playing the Field (1998), Fat Friends (2000), Between the Sheets (2003), Strictly Confidential (2006), The Chase (2006) and A Passionate Woman (2010). She is renowned for her gritty realism, strong characters and for flying the flag for northern talent. Born and raised in Leeds, Kay was awarded an OBE in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to British broadcasting. Interviewed by Liz Mayers Photo: Kyte Photography
KAY MELLOR JOINS FRIENDS OF THE HOLLIES
Living close to The Hollies in Weetwood, Kay Mellor was delighted to be asked to become Patron of Friends of the Hollies.
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The Friends of The Hollies was formed almost year ago and has already achieved a great deal. The group meets on the second Saturday of the month in The Hollies car park at 10am and works for about two hours under the guidance of the Leeds City Council gardeners, who donate their time. To date the group has cleared drainage ditches and overgrown areas, re-planted national collection shrubs and uncovered and restored a ‘lost’ path. The volunteers always wind down at the end of each session with home baked cakes and coffee! “I may not be as hands-on as I would like, but I see the work that the Friends achieve every month and it’s lovely to think that I’m one of a collective that really appreciates the natural beauty of The Hollies”, continued Kay. “Careful, judicious pruning will help to retain the woodland’s natural beauty and allow re-growth, and the project will help to ensure that the streams are kept free flowing. “It is so important that the local community is involved as it gives people a sense of belonging and ownership. The very nature of working together in a party promotes community. Having a shared passion can unite people from different ages and backgrounds.” Friends of The Hollies Plant Sale The Friends’ next fundraising event will be a plant sale in The Hollies Car Park on Saturday 12th May at 10am. Kay is hoping to be there – work permitting. Further information is available at http://friendsofthehollies.wordpress.com/
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CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE MORECAMBE MERMAID Leeds-based theatre company Captain Mermaid presents Captain Murderer and The Morecambe Mermaid at City Varieties on Friday 13th April. Created and performed by Lisa Howard and John Barber, this twoman exploration of addiction, sexual exploitation, immigration and kissme-quick seaside cheekiness tells the story of a drunken end-of-the-pier show owner and his star attraction ‘The Morecambe Mermaid.’
Lisa Howard in 2010, following years of previous collaborations. Based in Chapeltown, it makes small-scale touring shows aimed at theatre and cabaret audiences. Captain Mermaid is driven by a desire to create intelligent funny populist theatre, and to promote theatre skills within the region, through delivery of integrated workshops in masks and puppetry and skills sharing. For more information, visit www.captainmermaid.co.uk
MUSIC TO DIE FOR The courage of the members of the Titanic’s band on 14th April 1912 is legendary. As with most legends, some are based on fact, others on fancy. There is no real evidence that the hymn Nearer My God to Thee was ever played, but many convinced themselves that it was, and most of the 40,000 people who attended the funeral of the Titanic’s bandmaster, Wallace Hartley, in Colne seem to have joined the choir in singing it. His body had been recovered with his initialled music case still strapped to it – so it was said. Could those musicians have actually contributed to the number of passengers who drowned? Could the numbers of those saved have been more than the 712, despite the fact that there were only enough lifeboats for half of those on board? Having conducted the Barcarolle from Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman as afterdinner entertainment for first-class passengers, and as the seriousness of the situation developed, Hartley was called upon to play on deck. He chose the latest popular melodies. At first it was not certain that the lifeboats would have to be used. Most people were still below deck in their cabins.
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He’s trying desperately to tell his favourite story, a version of a littleknown Dickens short story about a dastardly captain who marries women before eating them in pies, but it’s not going well. His foul-mouthed daughter Tanya is more of a hindrance than a help and he could really do with a drink. All the mermaid wants is to get back to sea, but he’s got something that she needs. Following their stories as they intertwine across Morecambe, from the beach to the fishmonger, a hotel lounge to their washed-up endof-the-pier show, this new production is a fast-moving parade of puppetry and masks, illusions, projections and original songs.
Why did the music continue when it became apparent that urgent action was needed to save lives? People seemed reluctant to get into the boats. Could this have been partly due to the fact that the music was soothing nerves a little too much? Was the message being sent out that it was unnecessary for people to actually get moving? Music can stir the soul and sometimes it can be the equivalent of hot cocoa. In this case, it might have been better if the musicians had simply packed up their instruments and made their way to the lifeboats. When all the boats had left and they knew they were going to die, they continued playing until they were waistdeep in water – yes, that was heroic. Richard Wilcock
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A CELEBRATION OF LEEDS PERFORMING SUCCESS AT ABBEY HOUSE The exhibition Performance: Tales from Platform, Pitch and Podium a celebration of Leeds success in sport and performance, is currently running at Abbey House Museum. It features objects from over 100 years ago to the recent past – including medals won by Leeds-born
swimmer Doris Storey, who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, and rare footage from the Yorkshire Film Archive of the New Zealand All Blacks team playing at Headingley during their UK tour of 1947. You can also see footage of the Rolling Stones’ concert at Roundhay Park
in 1982 and the 1963 film ‘Billy Liar’ starring Tom Courteney and Julie Christie. There are medals awarded to Leeds Festival Chorus in 1922 and 1925, theatrical costumes used by Kirkstall Players around 1910, and a section devoted to dance with costumes borrowed from RJC Dance, the Joyce O’Donnell School of Irish Dancing, and Briggate Morris Dancers. Other elements include Leeds’ choral tradition, classical symphonic and instrumental music. The exhibition has been designed by Leeds Metropolitan University second-year design students Leigh Durham, Lucy Dunks, Jessica Hellawell, Molly Waterhouse and Dennis Chu, who won a competition to work alongside Leeds Museums and Galleries curators managing the displays from the council collections.
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MARY SHELLEY A bold new play by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson on Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is currently showing at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. A co-production between The Playhouse, Shared Experience and Nottingham Playhouse, this beautiful play explores the remarkable life, radical beliefs and relationships that led the author of Frankenstein to write one of the greatest novels in history when she was just 19 years old. Having lost her mother, feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, at an early age, young Mary finds comfort in reading the family memoir written by her father, the radical philosopher William Godwin. However, his free-thinking account of her mother’s suicide attempt, extra-marital affair and birth of her illegitimate elder daughter are regarded by society as shocking.
Sharing her father’s controversially liberal outlook, Mary is herself drawn into scandal when she falls in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married poet, and elopes at 16. Delving into Mary Shelley’s turbulent personal history this striking production sheds light on the life of a bold young woman who came to write a novel so radical in its ideology, she changed the literary landscape forever. Mary Shelley is at West Yorkshire Playhouse until Saturday 7th April. Tickets are available from 0113 213 7700 or www.wyp.org.uk
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Armed with skills ranging from spatial awareness and extensive plant knowledge, to familiarity with the huge range of garden products available today (not to mention a flair for design!), a garden designer can transform your outside areas into an extension of your living space – an area that you will enjoy relaxing and working in, that changes with the seasons and constantly fascinates.
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A garden designer will interpret your requirements – for example, how the garden might be used, the realistic skills and time available for ongoing maintenance, the style and genre of garden that would suit both you and the site, and the budget available. Based on this brief, they will set about creating spaces and introducing suitable features and plants. They will consider the aspect, levels, soil conditions, microclimates and neighbouring sites, and work with any planning conditions and constraints such as tree preservation orders and conservation sites.
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Throughout the design development process, the design brief is constantly in the back of the designer’s mind, so expensive mistakes can be avoided – for example, plants keeling over and dying because they have been planted in the wrong place! This is one of the most obvious benefits of working with a professional.
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Hard materials form the basic structure of the garden. The designer can achieve a unique look without blowing the budget or making maintenance of the garden a chore, by combining materials in a certain way. The same goes for planting. The planting pallet available nowadays is endless. Designers can use plants from all over the
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Working with a garden designer can bring new perspectives and ideas that can solve the problems of the site and maximise the potential of the available space. They will work closely with you to ensure that your garden is a space that you will enjoy being in and matches the kind of time that you have to maintain it. They will carry out a full garden survey before creating sketch designs based on your brief. Collecting images from books, or photographs that illustrate the kind of thing you would like to see in your garden, will all help your designer to create the garden of your dreams.
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............................................... We are now coming into the busy period when everything appears to be happening at once and needing our attention – propagating, seed sowing and pruning! For those who have over-wintered dahlia tubers, now is the time to place them in some moist compost in a warm place. Shoots will soon appear, which can be detached and set into pots to grow and make new plants. Sow vegetable seeds outdoors in well prepared beds. To avoid a glut of produce, try sowing small quantities in succession. Main crop potatoes can now be planted outdoors or, for those with no room, in tubs. The same goes for runner beans, beetroot, Chantenay carrots, peas, spring onions and a lettuce or two in trough planters. There really is no excuse for not growing a few vegetables of your own. Remember to protect seedlings as they will be vulnerable to birds – put a criss cross of cotton or netting over them.
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LEEDS IS GOING FOR GOLD IN BRITAIN IN BLOOM!
Leeds is one of five finalists in the ‘Large City’ category of the annual Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom 2012 Awards, which rewards horticultural and environmental excellence. The city was nominated for the national awards following its success in Yorkshire in Bloom last year, and is going for Gold this time – having taken Silver two years ago.
attracted entries from thousands of schoolchildren across the city. As part of their tour, the judges will also stop off at Roundhay Park, where they will be given a special tour of the gold and silver award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens which are on public display in the ‘Gardens of the World’ section.
Leeds City Council’s Parks and Countryside Service will host an open day at the Red Hall Nursery, 9am-3pm on Saturday 28th April. Officers managing the city’s Britain in Bloom bid will be available to answer questions and discuss all elements of the ‘In Bloom’ competition.
The city’s bid is being managed by Leeds City Council’s Parks and Countryside Service. The RHS judges will be coming to Leeds mid-August to evaluate the city and look for evidence of horticultural achievement, as well as community engagement and responsible handling of environmental issues. They will meet representative of Leeds in Bloom groups, community volunteers, and the young winners of this year’s Leeds in Bloom 2012 Design a Flowerbed competition, which
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A family run business Renov8 Limited is a family run building business located off York Road in Leeds (behind Great Clothes), with a wealth of experience and a history of getting it right first time, with a minimum of fuss and disruption. Small jobs are undertaken with the same care as major operations, as most of their customers come back time and time again. Customers’ recommendations are very important to Renov8, as they realise that happy customers are their best sales force! At Renov8 they treat your home as your castle and largest investment. So all work carried out is done in an efficient, professional manner. All quotes are inclusive of everything needed for the installation in hand, so there are no nasty surprises. They don’t take shortcuts, they will source the best materials available for the job, and ensure that all work is carried out by highly trained craftsmen. No job too big or small Renov8 are well resourced to undertaken any size of project, from complete installations of kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, to conservatories, porches and orangeries, house extensions, loft conversions and garages. They also have considerable expertise in the installation of UPVC and hardwood windows and doors, and all roofing work, including fascias, soffits, guttering and GRP canopies. In addition, Renov8 lay high quality, impressive driveways, including block paving and stamp concrete paving. As Kevin says, ‘There’s not much we can’t do when it comes to building, and whatever we undertake, we always start and finish with the guiding principle, ‘give them quality’. Renov8 Limited, 6 Pontefract Lane, Leeds LS9 8HY. Tel: 0113 345 72 74
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HEAD FOR THE TOP OF THE WORLD AND HELP ST. GEMMA’S In this tough economic climate, St. Gemma’s Hospice is finding it more and more difficult to raise funds. With current running costs at over £22,700 a day, your support is so important.
St Gemma’s would love you to take part in one of these challenges to help raise funds towards caring for terminally ill people in Leeds. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
For details of all these and other fundraising opportunities, please contact Michelle on 0113 218 5570 or michelleb@st-gemma.co.uk
Why not make this a year to remember? Take up one of St Gemma’s physical challenges, and help them raise those vital funds. The charity is running a whole host of events, including: • Sponsored Parachute Jumps in North Lincolnshire – take to the skies on 29th April, 17th June and 9th September (plus other dates) • Leeds Half Marathon – push yourself that extra mile on 13th May • Leeds 10k Run For All on 8th July • Great North Run - 16th September • Everest Base Camp – scale the world’s highest mountain on 28th September • North Pole Challenge – trek to the North Pole on 3rd March 2013
JAMES WILLSTROP IS WORLD NUMBER ONE! After winning three tournaments back to back at the end of 2011, Leeds-based professional squash player James Willstrop, who has been consistently in the top 10 in the world since 2003, made it to the top of the world rankings. James continued his winning streak at the Davenport North American Open in Richmond, Virginia the end of February. The timing was perfect, as it coincided with the launch of his book, ‘Shot and a Ghost’, which chronicles a year in his life as a travelling professional. He writes with candid honesty about the issues and events that affect him. As 36 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
critical of himself as of others, he talks about his relationship with his father and coach, Malcolm, who coached at Pontefract squash club for many years and, at the age of 75, is still producing top class players; the devastating death of his mother; and his fierce rivalry with fellow Yorkshireman and former world number one Nick Matthew. As we go to press, James is preparing to play the Canary Wharf Classic in London. From there he travels to Egypt for another World Series event, and in May he plays the last tournament of the season, the prestigious British Open which will be held at the London O2 Arena.
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Blowers, HARROGATE ‘Shaken, Not TIGERS BASEBALL CLUB Stirred’ Harrogate Tigers Baseball Club was established just three years ago and won the British North AAA League Championships in its first year!
‘Test Match Special’ legend, Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld will appear at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Road, Headingley, on Friday 27th April at 7.45pm. Hosted by St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club, Blowers talks about his family, his time at Eton and Cambridge, his entry into the world of journalism and broadcasting – and there are great stories along the way. There are hilarious reminiscences from the Test Match Special commentary box involving John Arlott, Brian Johnston and the others. The name-dropping continues with Ian Fleming in Jamaica and Noel Coward, Lawrence Olivier and Alec Guinness. ‘Shaken not Stirred’ is an hour and a half of fun and laughter, which leaves everyone feeling a great deal better.
The club, which has both adult (16 & up) and youth (5 to 15) teams, offers expert coaching in a safe and friendly atmosphere. “We are really looking forward to the start of the 2012 season”, said David Criss, Team President and Manager. “We are focusing on getting the word out to schools and communities in Yorkshire that baseball is being played in Harrogate. As numbers increase, the club will form more teams. Baseball is a great team sport that really pushes one’s abilities.”
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ROWAN IS RUNNING FOR OPAL OPAL volunteer Rowan is training hard to raise much needed funds for older people’s charity OPAL, which provides support to over 60s living in Cookridge, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Holt Park, Adel and Bramhope.
Sunday training sessions start again on 1st April at Harrogate High School playing fields (Ainsty Road, Harrogate HG1 4AP) from 12 – 3pm. Players of all levels and abilities are invited to come along. Current Tiger players and coaching staff will be on hand to offer basic instructions on throwing, fielding, hitting, pitching and base running. Sessions cost £5. The team is looking for ancillary staff, including umpires and scorers (full training will be given and volunteers will be paid £10–25 per game). For more information, contact harrogatetigers@yahoo. com, visit www.tigerbaseball.co.uk or follow them on Twitter @harrogatetigers. 38 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
“I was never any good at running”, said Rowan. “I did run/ walk a three mile race in 2005! That’s the furthest I’d run prior to starting with Holmfirth Harriers in 2011. Running up all the hills round Holmfirth is torture, but coming down is ace!” Rowan trains six days a week running, swimming, cycling and strength training. “It seems like training is taking over my life!” she said. She would like to complete the marathon in under four hours but fully expects to get stuck behind pantomime horses, chickens and caterpillars! To sponsor Rowan and help OPAL, visit www.opal-project. org.uk, pop into the OPAL office at Unit 10, Holt Park District Centre, or call 0113 2619103.
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THE DECENDANTS DIRECTED BY: ALEXANDER PAYNE STARRING: GEORGE CLOONEY, SHAILENE WOODLEY, AMARA MILLER CERT: 15 LENGTH: 115 MINS Some have described the films of Alexander Payne as belonging to a genre that could be called ‘coming of middle-age’ and a quick look over his previous features bears that out. Films such as Election, Sideways and About Schmidt all centre around men who are approaching or have reached a turning point or crisis in their lives, and in this respect, The Decendants is no exception. George Clooney plays Matt King, a wealthy Hawaiian land baron whose wife is in a coma following a boating accident. Throughout this difficult time, Matt has remained the dutiful husband while struggling to do his best keeping his two wayward daughters in line. The tough times get tougher when, the day after he’s informed that his wife in unlikely to recover he learns that she’d been having an affair in the period leading up to her accident. After getting the identity of the other man from some friends, Matt takes his daughters on a trip to a nearby island where he hopes to track 40 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
down the man who had made him a cuckold. The trip affords Matt the opportunity to bond with his daughters but also to confront his wife’s lover, surprisingly, not to knock his lights
It’s probably the fact that The Decendants deals with themes of tragedy and loss that saw it nominated for a clutch of Oscars including Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role. Of course, in the Best Film category it stood little chance against the allconquering The Artist but I felt, in terms of Best Actor, Clooney was a viable contender. I’ve always considered George Clooney to be more a movie star than a film actor. Naturally, he’s a watchable actor, with the necessary star power and charisma to carry a picture, but I had yet to see him push
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The National Media Museum in Bradford will play host to the 18th Bradford International Film Festival from Thursday 19th – Sunday 29th April. Celebrating all things cinematic, from the briefest short to 3D IMAX and widescreen epics screened in glorious Cinerama, this year’s event promises to present its usual eclectic mix of more than 25 UK and international feature premieres, cult classics, internationally recognised guests, tributes, themed programmes, industry events, documentaries and family features. This year’s highlights include: a Ray Winstone Retrospective (in the presence of the ‘Sexy Beast’ himself!); a tribute to animation giant, Chuck Jones; silent film pianist Neil Brand with film critic Mark Kermode’s skiffle band The Dodge Brothers accompanying Beggars of Life. And, Widescreen Weekend (27th – 29th April) will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cinerama. “Eighteen is pretty mature in film festival years, and we think we’ve come to know ourselves: we’re a celebration of cinema in all its forms”, said Tom Vincent, joint Festival Director with Neil Young. “BIFF’s special mixture of worldclass facilities and sheer enthusiasm for film means that a single day could involve taking in epic spectacle, wild experimental provocations, candid interviews, live music, unearthed gems, and a hot new preview.” In addition to specially selected medleys of Jones’s films being screened, BIFF’s family weekend events (21, 22 & 28, 29 April) feature activities for all ages inspired by the animator’s delightfully unique sense of entertainment. Free drop-in family workshops at the National Media Museum include Looney Tunes Sound Effects and Cartoon Creations, allowing visitors to bring their own animated characters to life. 42 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
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The Dodge Brothers (Saturday 21 April, 5pm) - Featuring BBCTV Culture Show’s film critic Mark Kermode on double bass, accompanied by renowned pianist Neil Brand, will provide a live soundtrack to the classic 1928 melodrama, Beggars of Life (1928), starring Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery.
OTLEY COURTHOUSE ROCKS
How I wish we could’ve had the marvelous Otley Courthouse in my day. The brainchild of live music lover and budding promoter, George Holmes, this excellent Courthouse Rocks night has been running for two years and provides a great platform for exciting local and touring bands. In The Courthouse, George saw potential for a venue that could play host to prestigious musical acts that Otley gig-goers would formerly have had to venture to Leeds city centre to hear.
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As a young man coming of age in Otley, I would often, like every small town youth before or since, lament the lack of things to do. Upon reaching legal drinking age, one could avail themselves of the town’s numerous drinking holes but save for, perhaps, the annual Victorian Fayre or the occasional drunken street brawl, my peers and I were somewhat starved for entertainment.
The roomy hall with its high vaulted ceiling is not dissimilar in shape and size to the upstairs room at The Library pub (home of the 360 club) in Leeds. Boasting a decent PA system and an adjoining bar, it’s a great performance space for live bands. In the relatively short time it’s been going, Courthouse Rocks already seems to have established itself as a venue that can hold its own against more well known Leeds counterparts
and continues to gain credibility on the local music scene and further afield. Perhaps the biggest name to take to the Courthouse Rocks stage to date is Mancunian indie rockers, Puressence, but many of the bands who have played the night here have gone on to bigger and better things, or have returned to the venue having toured with nationally and internationally renowned acts. Otley lads, The Chevin, found themselves supporting White Lies at Wembley Arena following their hometown gig and recent headliners, Club Smith, have been on tour with Kaiser Chiefs. I will certainly be returning to Courthouse Rocks nights in the future to check out upcoming acts such as The Rainband, The Troubadors, The Quangos and The Sundowners. More info can be found at www.facebook.com/courthouserocks
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The Riley Stone-Lonergan Trio Sun 8 April, 1pm at
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Jagermeister Music Tour: Skindred + Therapy? + The Black Spiders + Hawk Eyes
Mon 2 Apr at Oporto from 8pm. Free.
Apr at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Hard rocking country/punk/garage from this Tennessee-based band. £7 from Jumbo Records. Freshman 15 Tue 3 Apr at
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April, 7.45 Upstairs @ Carriageworks. Maggi Stratford & Daniel Bowater – fabulous French Music from Piaf to Brel & beyond, featuring voice, piano & accordion. £9/£7 from 224 3801, 07706 427606, or maggistratford@gmail.com The Fix Thurs 5 Apr at
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Academy. British electronica legends touring with their first new album in eight years. £24. Sue Richardson’s ‘Too Cool’ - the music of Chet Baker Thurs 5 April, 8pm at
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John Otway & The Big Band Sat 7 April, 8pm at
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Apr at City Varieties. This 11-piece band features six of the UK’s finest fiddle players. £16.60/£17.60.
Tue 10 Apr at O2 Academy. The 2nd year of this hard rock/alt metal tour. Sea of Bees + Stealing Sheep
Wed 11 Apr at The Cockpit. Unique indie-folk from Julie Ann Baenziger otherwise known as Sea of Bees & modern folk all-girl trio Stealing Sheep. £9.50 from Jumbo Records. Howard Alden & Jeanne Gies Thurs 12 April, 8pm at
contemporary electronics into world music. £5/£, under 16 free. Ellen & The Escapades
Sun 15 Apr at Brudenell Social Club. Launch night for Escapes debut album ‘All The Crooked Scenes’ plus support from Paper Aeroplane. £7 from Jumbo Records. Francois and the Atlas Mountains Mon 16 Apr
at Brudenell Social Club. Sweet sounds from Frenchborn Francois Marry. £6. The Endellion String Quartet Tues 17 April,
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Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. America’s best known jazz guitarist & New York jazz singer Gies, with Gary Jackson bass, Caroline Boaden drums. £15/£12 from 262 6777 or on door.
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at Milo Bar. Swaggering Scottish 5-piecem bring back the Britpop indie sound. Tickets £5 in advance. ‘Roots of Dubstep’: Mad Professor Sat 14 Apr at
The Wardrobe. Sonic dub master Mad Professor’s live ‘Roots of Dubstep’ show is a sensory-altering journey. £12.50. ‘Kefaya’ with Giuliano Modarelli Sun 15 April,
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Wed 18 Apr at Brudenell Social Club. Guitar drone from San Franciscans Barn Owl and A-Sun Amissa a recently formed Leedsbased project. £6. 7.30pm at City Varieties. Eve Loiseau sings the songs of Edith Piaf with Fiona Barrow (violin) & Edward Jay (accordion). Michael Janisch & New York Standards Quartet
Thurs 19 April, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. NYSQ strives to develop its own language by radically reinterpreting music from the standard jazz repertoire. Tickets £15/£12 from 262 6777 or on door. Various Cruelties Fri 20 Apr
at The Cockpit. “Shabby Motown pop” from Leeds/ London band. £10 from Jumbo Records. Jazz workshop/ Improvisation Group Fri
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Sun 22 April, 7.30pm at City Varieties. Legends of Irish music.£18 / £20. The United States of the North mark Sun 22
April, 1pm at Seven Arts Chapel Allerton, marking 90th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Mingus & combining new settings of the composer’s works with audio-visual responses. £5/£4, under 16 free. Gaslight Club at Oporto
Mon 23 Apr with guests Christian Webb & Joshua Caole. Free. Uh Huh Her Mon 23 Apr at
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Apr at The Fox & Newt. Experimental US guitarist and former member of rock band Sun City Girls. £7. Miles Kane Wed 25 Apr at
O2 Academy. Solo work from co-fronter of The Last Shadow Puppets. £15. Leeds Bluegrass Club Special 30th Anniversary Night Thurs 26 April, from
8.30pm at The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane, with lots of ‘Real’ Ales). Live acoustic Americana/ Bluegrass/ Country. Resident Bands + Guests + Picking sessions - musicians welcome. £3. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040. Renbourn & Williamson
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Sat 28 Apr at Leeds Metropolitan University SU (LMUSU). Indie/dance music from this Leedsbased fourpiece. £11.
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Matthew Robinson made North Leeds Leopards history by claiming the club’s first try in a league fixture as his under 12 side won 66-0 at home to spirited Dearne Valley Bulldogs, on the Leopards’ Yorkshire Juniors League bow. Full back Robinson was one of a number of star performers, finishing with two tries and two goals as well as the tackle of the match, in an impressive 14-try exhibition; Cail Cookland and centre Tom Wood also bagging doubles. Showing expansive flair from the off, Archie Franks, Sam Morris, home player of match Eric Mobbs, Luke Punton, skipper Louis Parkinson, Ben Burrows, Jasper Tomlinson and Joe Fahy all claimed four-pointers; Punton with two, and Cookland also adding conversions. The Leopards play at Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Bank and train Wednesdays from 6pm. For further information, contact the Secretary, Madeleine Hegarty, on 07813 561090
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Thanks to the efforts of senior cricketers Mark Ripley, Matt Walker and Anthony Harrison, Jay Atkinson and Dave Clark, Old Modernians’ is once again able to provide junior cricket for Cookridge and the surrounding communities. For the forthcoming 2012 season they are fielding four teams: at U9, U11, U13 and U15 in the Wetherby and District Junior League. Three of the age groups have been running for the last couple of seasons but the U15s is new this year. 46 April 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk
The club mainly recruits through its excellent links with local schools and by word of mouth but they are always on the lookout for new players. The new U15 team is particularly keen to recruit. “The Club is a safe, friendly environment, boasting great facilities for any youngster wishing to learn and develop cricketing skills” said Mark Ripley, Head of Old Modernians’ Junior Cricket. “We are able to offer all local children high quality tuition from ECB qualified and CRB checked coaches.” Training sessions are held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. For more information contact Mark Ripley on 07970 566139 or markripley@btinternet.com
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The club mainly recruits through its excellent links with local schools and by word of mouth but they are always on the lookout for new players
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The Old Modernians’ Cricket Club has been established in Cookridge for over fifty years. For a large part of their history they ran junior cricket teams at all age levels. Eleven years ago their pool of adult volunteer coaches and managers dried up and junior cricket disappeared.
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STEPHEN LAWRENCE AWARD FOR ST MARGARET’S Following eighteen months of hard work by staff, children, parents and governors, St. Margaret’ s C of E Primary School, Horsforth, has been awarded Level One of the Stephen Lawrence Education Standard.
Gateways School in Harewood recently hosted an Art Master Class on a World War II theme, led by textile artist and fashion designer Susan Forbes.
This is in recognition of the school’s commitment to challenging racism, prejudice and discrimination in all forms. St. Margaret’s prides itself on being a caring and inclusive school. It provides an environment which positively reflects a culturally and religiously diverse society, promotes race equality and community cohesion, and prepares its pupils to become responsible citizens. A celebration event for all schools achieving the award this year was held on Friday 23rd March at Leeds Civic Hall.
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Gateways girls were joined by Year 5 and 6 boys and girls from Brodetsky Primary School in Leeds, Deighton Gates Primary in Wetherby, Harewood and Bardsey Primary Schools. The children learned about ‘make do and mend’ and ‘sew and save’, which were very much a part of life on the Home Front during wartime. They then embarked on their own projects, creating an ‘evacuee’ knapsack. The children first created their designs on paper, incorporating images and symbols of things that meant something to them personally, and transferred their designs onto calico. All the children came up with interesting, eye-catching designs and thoroughly enjoyed their experience. “The Master Class was a huge success with all the children thoroughly enjoying the day”, said Yvonne Wilkinson, Gateways School Headmistress. “They learned a great deal about the Second World War era and the concept of ‘making do and mend’. We were delighted to welcome so many children from nearby schools.”
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MADELINE IS GROOM FOR A DAY In February, Madeline from Newcastle visited Hope Pastures Horse and Donkey Sanctuary in Weetwood and became ‘groom for a day’, an experience organised as a birthday present by her aunt in Leeds.
She had a great day grooming ponies, mucking out, walking miniature Shetland ponies through nearby woods and doing general stable tasks. “The best bit of the day was walking Dotty and Angel through the woods”, said Madeline. “I can’t wait to go back. Even mucking out was fun.” Like most charities, Hope Pastures is struggling to raise money for the upkeep of the sanctuary and care of the animals. They are introducing more interactive and educational days for children as part of a scheme to raise these much needed funds.
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Pony Days start again on 12th April and continue every Thursday, 10am – 3pm during the school holidays until 1st November. The day costs £25 per child – a packed lunch and suitable clothing are required. They are happy to arrange more ‘groom for a day’ days for individual children and
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Notices Adel Pre School has a 50 year history & is OFSTED registered. Places available for children 2 ½ - school age. Daily sessions 9am – noon at Adel Methodist Church. Details: Lesley 281 7979. Adel Toddler Group Fri 10 – 11.45am during term time at The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Just £1.50 per family, incl refreshments for children & adults. A warm & welcoming group always pleased to welcome old & new faces! Grove Pre-school, Horsforth for children from age 2. Good OFSTED report. No more than 20 children. Lots of fun & learning. Funding for 3/4 year olds. Tues 9am – 12 noon & 12 – 3pm; Wed 9am – 12 noon. Details: Jean 258 9093. Horsforth 7th Brownies seeks new members Girls aged 7 – 10. Meetings Tues, 6.30 – 8pm at Woodside Methodist Church, Outwood Lane; Woodside Rainbows also seek new members (girls 5 – 7). Meetings Mon 5.15 – 6.15pm at same venue. Details: Yogi Bear: email froggyned@gmail.com
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ACTIVE Adel Crown Green Bowling Club in the grounds of Adel Sports & Social Club, next door to Adel Church. New members welcome. Details: Phil 267 6152, www. adelbowlingclub.co.uk After Eights Badminton Club Mon 8.30 – 9.30pm at Holt Park Sports Centre. New members welcome. Come along for a free session at our friendly club. Details: Helen 305 3327 Adel Tennis Club Ideally situated in Adel WMA’s sports ground, Church Lane. Excellent playing facilities for family, social & competitive tennis. New members welcome. Details: John Micklethwaite 267 4071 Badminton Anyone? Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players. Fri 7.30-9.30pm at Trinity University, Horsforth. Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham on 258 4532 Ballroom & Sequence Dance Wed 1.30 – 4pm at Queenswood Social Club, Queenswood Dr. LS6. £1.50. Bar open. Will play requests. Details: Tom & Gwen 0113 258 1835 Bramhope Table Tennis Club. Meets Mon 8 – 10pm & Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm at Robert Craven Hall. New members welcome. Details: Stewart 267 3311 Circle Dancing Group meets 1st & 3rd Tues of the month at St.Giles Church Hall, Bramhope. Gentle dancing to beautiful music from all over the world. Great fun, therapeutic, & friendly group. All welcome. Details: Joan 0113 284 2549.
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Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun, 9.30am in the car park of Cookridge Village Hall for walks of approx 6/8 miles. Transport can be provided when required. Details: Barbara 267 1522 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) Mon 7 – 9pm at Brownberrie Lane Preschool, Horsforth. New members of all ages & abilities welcome. Details: Katie 07890 754115, www. briggate-morris.blogspot.com Dance Scottish in Adel Scottish Country Dancing, Mon 1.45 – 4.45pm & Tues 7.45 – 9.45pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). Beginners welcome. No partner necessary. Details: Don Andrews 01535 605065, donald@ hbandrews.fsnet.co.uk or Irene Dracup 263 1310 www.rscdsleeds.org.uk Horsforth Tennis Club (off New Road Side) welcomes new members for social & competitive play. Four tarmac courts + floodlights. Try us out Sundays 1pm. Details: Hillary West 07739 457438 Last Man Stands are looking for additional teams to enter their winter indoor & summer outdoor cricket leagues. They cater for all standards. Details: Paul 07795 154444, leeds@ lastmanstands.co.uk Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Mon 7 8pm at Holt Park Leisure Centre. Are you disabled or recovering from a condition where swimming/exercising in water could help? We provide a safe, sociable private pool session where you can work to your own ability to gain strength & confidence. Details: Roger
267 4716, Sarah 287 6250 www.ladsc.co.uk Leeds Contra Ceilidh meets 8 - 10.30pm at Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Rd. (near the Skyrack). 2nd & 4th Tues of month (Sept to June). Live band! No partner or experience required. Newcomers welcome. Details: Liz 284 3282, www. leedscontra.freeuk.com Leeds HF Rambling & Social Club Walks on a Sunday geared to public transport from Leeds. Social events in winter. Details: Send SAE to John Maltman, 52 Vesper Gate Mount, Leeds LS5 3NN. Leeds YHA Walking Group organises walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities. Over 160 members aged 20-74. Try before joining. Details: Mary 228 6766, Jon 07731448924, www. leedsyha.org.uk Lindy Fridays Lindy Hop classes for complete beginners onwards at The Carriageworks Theatre, Millenium Sq. No partner required, Beginners class 7pm (Level 2 Room1) £5. Details: www.lindyfridays. com Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon, Wed, Fri 5.45 – 7.15pm at Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome. Details: 0789 0398968 Phoenix Folk Dancers English Country Dancing, Adel Methodist Church Hall, (behind the Lawnswood Arms), Wed 8 – 10pm. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary. Details: 2611902
Pudsey & District Rambling Club: Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sundays & alternate Thurs. Friendly, long established club with members from all around area. New members very welcome. Annual membership £5 (£1 juniors). Try before you join. Details: 01943 430657 or pat_barnett@yahoo.com with PDRC as subject Scottish Country Dancing Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm, St Columba’s, Headingley Lane. All abilities welcome, no partner necessary. £2.50 incl. refreshments. Details: 269 1791, pathynes001@ tiscali.co.uk Sequence Tea Dance Mon 2 – 4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. Refreshments & raffle prizes. You don’t need a partner, just enthusiasm! Keep fit in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Details: Marjorie 267 9802 St Chad’s Tennis Club Join our friendly club & play tennis throughout the year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne Wallace 274 9917 Yarnbury Angling Club Matches 1st Sun of month. Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues. Details: Adrian Addy 07956 964713. Zumba Low Impact Class Thurs 11am – 12 noon at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. Suitable for older adults & anyone wanting to return to fitness. Details: Carol 0750 3165127, 261 1807
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Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Spring Art Exhibition & Sale Sat 5, Sun 6 & Mon 7 May at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Open 10am – 5pm each day, admission FREE. Details www.handnart.co.uk North Leeds Calligraphers Tues 10am – 12 noon at St Andrews URC, Devonshire Crescent, LS8. Calligraphy lessons for absolute beginners & those with a prior knowledge of this wonderful art form. Individual tuition given. Details: 269 6414 Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 11 April, 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby LS17. ‘The Changing Seasons’ – A demonstration by Sue Spencer. See their displays at Harrogate Spring Flower Show 26-29 April. Details: 01943 863172
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COMMUNITY NOTICES Plant Sale Sat 28 April, 10am – 1pm at Cookridge Methodist Church (corner Otley Old Rd/ Tinshill Rd). Very popular sale with tomato plants, petunias, geraniums, begonias, French marigolds. Also herbaceous plants, alpines & shrubs. Come & stock up your garden & tubs for the summer. (Same day as Book Sale) GROUPS Adel Bridge Club meets Fri, 7.15pm at Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane. Relaxed Chicago Bridge club. New members welcome, whether improvers or more experienced players. No partner needed. Details: Janice 230 6387 or 07713 402405 Adel & District Horticultural Society meets 2nd Mon in month, Sept – May, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane. New members welcome. Next meeting 16 April, ‘Climbing Plants’ by Hilary Hutson. Details: Mrs Tarn Everett 261 3095 Adel & District Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show Sat 14 April, 2 – 4.15pm at Methodist Church Hall, Holt Lane, Adel. Entries from nonmembers welcome. Details: Sylvia Halliday 267 1708 Adel Crag Community Assoc keeps you informed about what is happening in your neighbourhood, with up-todate information on local news, events etc. Details: Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag.org.com
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Aireborough Duplicate Bridge Club meets Tues 7pm, Rawdon Conservative Club. New members welcome. Details: 261 2139 beverley.harfield@ntlworld. com
you can hand your budgies over to another member & return the favour when they go away, & you’ll know your pets are being well cared for. Details: Lilliane 275 5479, lilliane98@hotmail.com
Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips and social events. Details: Dave Senior 0113 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk/
Cat loving volunteers wanted! Join friendly new cat welfare group supporting feral & stray cats. Fundraisers needed to raise funds for food, cat kennels & vet costs. Fosterers also needed - full support given. Details: 07876 212 518, www.feralcatwelfare.org.uk Chevin Antique Society meets 1st Tues of the month (Sept – May), 8pm at West Park Rugby Clubhouse, Bramhope. Speakers on a wide range of subjects. Annual Membership £25. Details: Lis Loach 0113 267 4843, Sally Wilkinson 0113 267 1721
Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs, 8.30pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 391 0403, www. alwoodleymc.org.uk Bramhope in Bloom Small friendly group welcomes volunteers of all capabilities. Was awarded ‘Silver’ for spring & ‘Silver Gilt’ for summer displays last year. Everyone has an area of responsibility & works together to make Bramhope even lovelier! Aiming to achieve overall Silver Gilt this year. Details: Kit 203 7666, kit@hemsley1eclipse. co.uk or Janet 203 7744 janet.hobson@hotmail.co.uk Bramhope Bridge Club Mon 1 – 4pm, Tues & Thurs 7 – 10pm. Lessons for novices Wed pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane. Details: Bob 225 7495 Budgie Sitters Circle Do you worry about your budgies when you’re away? Join the Budgie Sitters Circle – then
Cookridge Camera Club Wed 7.30pm, Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane/Moseley Wood Lane junction. Excellent guest speakers & in-house competitions. New members welcome. Details: Stephen 268 7429, www. cookridgecameraclub.co.uk Cookridge & Horsforth U3A meets Mon, 10.30am in Cookridge Village Hall. Next meetings: 2 April when Michael Nelson of the Priestley Society presents ‘J B Priestley’s Yorkshire’; & 14 May when Glyn Wainwright’s topic is ‘Cholesterol: No more Mr Bad Guy’. Admission £1.
Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Sat 7 April. Practical work party with Dave Blackham, LCCl Parks & Countryside Ranger. Meet 10am Otley Rd car park, opposite main gates. Wear suitable clothing & footwear. Bring packed lunch (cafe if preferred). Equipment & coffee provided. Holt Park Residents’ Association Provides a voice for all residents & tenants in the Holt Park area. Regular monthly meetings at Ralph Thoresby School. Details: Alan Mann 07901 656886, www.holtparktra.btck.co.uk Holt Park Tenants & Residents Meeting Thurs 19 April, 6:45 – 8.10pm at Ralph Thoresby School. Guest Speakers from the Drug Awareness Team. All residents are welcome. Horsforth in Bloom meets 1st Sat of month, 10am in Horsforth Museum. Sat 7 April will discuss the Spring Judging & summer fundraising to pay for plants & publicity. Open to all. Anyone interested in gardening & willing to lend a hand very welcome. Details: 258 3521 Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds 7.15pm & Thurs 1.15–4.30pm at The Horsforth Club, New Road Side. New members welcome. Details: Mike Bent 258 1580
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Details: www.leedsbookclub. com, leedsbookclub@gmail. com Leeds Combined Arts Poetry Evening Wed 18 April, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Hosted by Emma Decent. All welcome to read in second half. Entry £3/£1 Leeds Feline Friends Can you give a cat a home away from a busy road? Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends.org. uk. Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meeting: Tues 17 April, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: Beatrice Rogers 278 5495 Leeds Lions meets 2nd Mon, Holiday Inn Express, Cavendish St. LS3, 7.30pm. Details: 0845 833 7428, www.lionsclubs.org Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making. Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance), Fri 7:30pm. Details: George Woolley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972. Leeds Oxfam Group Lively group campaigns on issues of interest to anyone concerned about global justice. Everyone welcome. Details: www.oxfamleeds. org.uk or Facebook Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: 265 0651, www.lps1852.co.uk
Leeds Skyrack Lions Club meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7.45pm at the New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. Headingley. New members & helpers welcome. Help the needy of Leeds & create new friendships. Details: 01943 510106, Granville.barker@ sky.com, www.105c.org.uk/ leedsskyrack Mahjong Thurs 10am – 12.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall. Lively, Chinese game played with small tiles. Happy, friendly group. Details: Jenny 230 0094 Mercury Movie Makers meet Weds, 7:30pm at Rawdon Conservative Club. Advice, regular film & practical evenings & occasional events. Details: 257 7274, www.mercurymoviemakers. com National Trust Leeds Summer programme of walks, day visits & holidays begins April. All National Trust members welcome to join this 400 strong friendly & lively group who raise money for the N.T. whilst enjoying the company of like minded people. Details: membership secretary Pam 258 8178 New Weetwood Writers Group at Weetwood Hall. Whether you want to write for publication, profit or pleasure, you’ll be very welcome. Evening & weekend workshops planned. Details: Liz 0113 267 9894. Paxton Horticultural Society Spring Show Sat 7 April at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Open to public 2 – 4.30pm. Details & Schedules: Graham Wheatley 256 3055
Social Events Club Meals, pub nights, theatre/film/ music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away, holidays & more. Mainly over 30s. Monthly new members’ night in North Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025, www. leedsivc.org.uk The Other Bridge Club Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome. Details: Sandra 01943 463332 Trackrod Motor Club Meets 1st Tues of each month, 9.30pm at Old Modernians Club, Cookridge Lane. New Members welcome. Details: www.trackrodmotorclub. co.uk Wharfedale Speakers Club meets 1st & 3rd Wed of each month at Cross Green Community Centre, Pool Rd, Otley. New members welcome. Speakers of all ages & backgrounds. Come along & improve your speaking skills. Details: Tony Morris 0113 258 3507 White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 8pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd. Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills. Also on YouTube. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, hansonstevie@hotmail.com. Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd, Headingley. Anyone involved in the Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation in 50s & 60s most welcome. Represents all units of the armed forces. Details: Eddie Seville 0113 263 7583.
MUSIC Amici Singers Friendly mixed voice choir welcomes new singers, experienced or not. No auditions. Rehearsals Thurs pm at Adel Methodist Church. Details: 228 5932 or 267 1292. The Chippendale Singers, a mixed voice choir, rehearse Wed, 7.45 – 9.30pm Methodist Church, Boroughgate, Otley. Repertoire includes madrigals, folksongs, spirituals & sacred works, plus lighter music & songs from shows. Vacancies for male singers (music readers essential). Details: Chris Denton 0113 284 3744 chrisjdenton@gmail.com To book choir: Jan Wilkinson 01943 461318 www. chippendalesingers.co.uk Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band A friendly, community brass band welcomes new players. Possible instrument loan, if needed. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds Trinity University College, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Details: Hannah Rowlands 250 0208, Betty Emberton 267 6529 Idle Guitarists Meet Fri, 1.30 – 3.30pm in Idle Baptist Church, Idle, Bradford. Absolute beginners to advanced, young or old, all are invited to join this friendly group. Music is provided, tailored to your level. All you need is a classical (or acoustic) guitar. Details: Darren 07752 184752 Jubilee Concert Sat 28 April, 7.30pm at Meanwood Methodist Church, Green Rd. Last night of the Proms style concert presented by Meanwood Village Association & featuring the Elland Silver Brass Band, conductor David Essex (no, not that one!). Tickets £5 from 275 8421/ 274 1449 or on door. Supporting Royal British Legion.
Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to come & try us out. Wide repertoire of music & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk. Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Road, Rawdon. Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989. Leeds Organ & Keyboard Club Meets Wed 7.30 – 10.30pm at Guiseley Factory Workers Club, Town St. Guiseley. New members (player/ non player) welcome. Club has a Roland AT900c & a Yamaha Tyros 3. Regular concerts by professional artists. Guests welcome. £4. Details: 0113 267 9865, www.organfax. co.uk, www.leedssocialclubs. co.uk New Direction exciting new female choir (all ages). Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Will be performing in concerts, competitions & charity events throughout the year. West End musicals, pop & folk songs, & classical pieces. Details: Tracy 07914 833394 Opera North in Rawdon Mon 4 June, 7pm St Peter’s Church, Rawdon. An evening of musical celebration in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with 12 of the company’s top artists. Favourite operatic excerpts, songs from the shows & something patriotic! Tickets (£10/ £7.50 incl. glass of bubbly & nibbles) from 07956 879 726.
Phoenix Concert Band A community wind band rehearsing Thurs, 7.30 – 9.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane LS16 All players at least Grade 5 welcome – especially brass players. Interested in joining or booking the band? Details: secretary@phoenixband. co.uk or www.phoenixband. co.uk. Players for Pleasure offers playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, beginners to advanced. All instruments & all ages over 18. New performers especially welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www. playersforpleasure.co.uk Society of Recorder Players – meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley. Different conductors take each meeting. Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome. Details: Caroline 01943 467348 We Can Help Your Charity Organise a musical evening & we will bring some lovely music to help raise those much needed funds. With a 14 year reputation, we cover charity fundraising & corporate events. Details:01274 597024, 01943 877464 www.fairfaxsingers.org.uk
West Riding Opera has vacancies for chorus members to participate in concerts & staged opera selections. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Rehearsals Wed, 7.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@sky.com The White Rosettes Female barbershop chorus (four part unaccompanied harmony), 12 x national champions, rehearse Wed 7.30 – 10pm at Moorlands School, Foxhill Dr, Weetwood Lane, LS16 5PF. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@whiterosettes. org.uk Yeadon & District Male Voice Choir Would welcome new members to take them through to their 100th anniversary in 2013. Rehearsals Thurs 7.45pm at Yeadon Methodist Church (side entrance), next to Yeadon Town Hall. Details: John Atkinson 294 9095 SENIORS Horsforth Live at Home Bacon Butties served Tues 11.30am- 12.30pm, followed by dancing ‘til 3pm. Thurs: coffee morning (9.30 – 11am), indoor bowls (10am – 12pm), & lunch 11.30am – 1pm). Details: 259 1511
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Assistant Priest: Fr BK Akpoigbe MSP. www.ourladyofkirkstall.org. uk Cookridge Methodist Church 10.30am Morning Worship. All ages welcome Excellent crèche facilities & refreshments served afterwards. 2nd Sun of month: Family Parade Service - informal, friendly worship for all ages. Fourth Way Philosophy & Meditation Group Introductory meetings & readings from ‘In Search of the Miraculous’ by P.D. Ouspensky. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, info@ gurdjieff-leeds.com The Leeds Gurdjieff Society Free Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (ex 3rd Sun: 6.30-7.30pm). Experience peace & calm with guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727, leeds@uk.bkwsu. org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/ leeds Horsforth Churches Together Holy Week Services: 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Monday, St Mary’s Tuesday, Woodside Methodist Wednesday & Grove Friday. Individual Maundy Thursday services. United Walk of Witness Good Friday, starting 11.30am at St Mary’s & proceeding to the Green & a service at noon, followed by soup lunch at The Grove Centre. Dawn Service in Hall Park, 6.00am Easter Sunday. Details: 258 3521 Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. A contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management. Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org.
Leeds Healing Centre Now at Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Road, LS6. Healing by members of The Healing Trust (NFSH) to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing. Fri 11am – 2.30pm. Healing also at Friends’ Meeting House, Roundhay, Thurs 7 – 8.30pm. Donations appreciated. Details: 07985 121810, 01274 617700, www.leedshealingcentre.org Leeds Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm at Quaker Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, (The Power of Now & A New Earth). Join like-minded people to watch footage of Eckhart Tolle talk followed by silent meditation. Small donation appreciated. Details: 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com St Barnabas Church, Alwoodley In 2012, the church celebrates its 50th anniversary. A full programme of events is planned. All welcome. Details: 0113 267 8487, www.stbarnabasleeds.org.uk St Paul’s Church, Raynel Drive, LS16 Said Eucharist Sun 8am; Sung Eucharist 10am. 1st Sunday – family Eucharist with Band – families warmly welcomed; 3rd Sunday – Kidz club during service. Check website for Holy Week services. Details: Revd Linda Ludkin 230 1564, www. stpaulirelandwood.org.uk The Wharfedale Vineyard Sunday services 10am at Ralph Thoresby School, Holt Park with refreshments). Details: 245 9111 www. wharfedale-vineyard.org SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds Branch Meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St
Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Entry £2 incl. refreshments & raffle. New members welcome. Details: Pat 0113 275 7694 Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), their friends & families throughout North & West Yorkshire. Four educational & support meetings a year, plus regular informal meets. Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@crohnsandcolitis. org.uk, www.groups. crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/ Leeds Different Strokes invites stroke survivors to join them. Weds 1.45 – 3.45pm Adel Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Includes an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 Leeds Coeliac Group Local support group for people with Coeliac disease. Details: 07711 768850, .leeds@coeliac.org.uk Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, nonjudgemental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090. The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of each month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road, Headingley. Details: 231 1727 The Owls New city-wide informal childminding group offering support, training & information, & social events. Membership £5 pa. Details: 240 2956.
Phone: 07742 923643 Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (affiliated with British Heart Foundation) is open to former cardiac patients & their partners. Opportunity to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Clive Wilkinson 0113 267 1721 The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones. Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www.ychc.org.uk TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Forum 2000 meets Wed, 10am at Grove Centre, New Street, Horsforth. 18 April: Phil Reddell from Hollybush Conservation site, talks about British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. 25 April: John Burland, talks about the life and work of Arthur Wainwright. Everyone welcome. Details: 258 3521 or hm.taylor1@ntlworld.com Horsforth Historical Society meets 3rd Tues, 7.30pm at The Stable Block behind the museum. Tues 17 April: ‘Murder Most Foul – A story of a solicitor convicted of poisoning his wife’ by Reginald le Pla. All welcome. ‘Interpreting Our Past from Local Place Names’ Fri 20 April, 6.30 for 7pm at the Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. A talk by Professor Joyce Hill. Sausage & mash supper. Tickets: Sylvia Halliday, 267 1708 Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting
House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome, first visit free. Details: info@ leedsastronomy.org.uk, www. leedsastronomy.org.uk Leeds Geological Association meets Thurs 19 April, 7.15pm in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University. Lecture : ‘Understanding the Tectonic Evolution of Central Europe : a Seismological Perspective’ by Prof. Graham Stuart, School of Earth & Environment, Leeds University. Visitors welcome. Details: www.leedsga.org.uk Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Are you interested in weather & atmospheric phenomenon? Monthly informal public talks on all aspects, from extreme weather to climate change, at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all. Thurs 19 April: Two Perspectives of Weather forecasting. Details: snorris@ env.leeds.ac.uk, http:// tinyurl.com/rmetsyc Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 14 April, 2pm at 23, Clarendon Rd, Leeds – a lecture by Di Drummond entitled ‘Railway Ancestors’. Free drop-in sessions Tues 2 – 4pm for anyone needing help with family history research. Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113 263 9540 WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel YCA (Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association) usually meets 7.15pm at Adel Primary School, Tile Lane. New members & guests welcome (£2.50). Mon 23 April: Arja Copperwheat will speak about the work of St George’s Crypt. Details: Jean Oldridge 2671806
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Bramhope Methodist Church Thursday Group meets 2nd Thurs at 8pm. A warm welcome is extended to ladies who enjoy an evening out with speakers, outings, activities & a chat.
Horsforth WI meets 3rd Mon of the month at St James’s Parish Centre, Low Lane, 7.30pm. Interesting speakers. Visitors welcome. Details: Pat 258 7062, Christine on 258 9501.
Cookridge Crumpets WI 1st Tues of each month, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity C of E School, Green Lane, Cookridge. Newly formed W.I Lively mixed age group. Wide variety of activities. Learn new skills, make new friends. New members welcome. Details: Becki
Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs of month, 10am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Leeds. April 5: ‘Life in the 1950s’ with Ian Dewhirst. May 3: Sue Seeger presents ‘Velvet 1885’. Details: Mrs McShane 225 1166
Cookridge Crumpets WI Jubilee Tea Dance Sat 9 June. 3 – 5pm at Lister Hill Baptist Church. Afternoon tea & dancing to a live swing band to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee. Tickets £10 from Jane 261 0967, Ann 226 0078 & Kath 258 4903
Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257 9381. Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: http://soroptimist-gbi.org/ leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Road, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch at 12.30pm, followed by talk. Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437 hharrison578@btinternet. com University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff
members, partners of staff, or grads of the Uni. Regular events. Details: uleedslc@ gmail.com White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.45pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd. Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills, including Powerpoint, while having fun. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, or just turn up. Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association meets 2nd Thurs each month, 1.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome. MISC / EVENTS Bee Swarms will be collected free of charge. Details: Terry 0113 268 8231
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Holt Park Entrance Project Opening Ceremony Fri 27 April, 2pm opposite Cookridge Methodist Church, at junction of Cookridge/ Holt Lane & Tinshill Rd. Greg Mulholland MP will cut the ribbon. Refreshments back at Holt Park Leisure Centre 2.30pm. All residents welcome. Details: Alan Mann 07901 656886, Cathy Lone 07532 178949 Holt Park Tenants & Residents Association Husting Meeting Wed 25 April 6:45pm at Ralph Thoresby School. Special one-off meeting to invite candidates who are looking to be elected as local ward councillors for Adel & Wharfedale. A chance to ask questions of the candidates. Details: Allen Mann 07901 656 886 or Cathy Loan 07532 178 949 Meeting Rooms & Hall available For Hire Mon – Sat, Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. Would suit educational or leisure classes or activities, concerts, dances, children’s parties or weddings. Wheelchair access. Details: Paul 284 3361, ewartlewis@googlemail.com www.robertcraven.org.uk Meeting Rooms & Hall for Hire with kitchen facilities – Bramhope Methodist Church, Eastgate, Leeds LS16 Details: Jack Foster 267 2906, Bernard Neville 267 8169 Paxton Horticultural Society Rooms for hire at competitive rates at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Details: Doreen Sergent 266 5237.
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