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C O N N E C T I N G YO U TO T H E C O M M U N I T Y

Dear Readers,

As we all put aside thoughts of holidays and look forward to tackling work with renewed vigor and seeking out new challenges and highlights that will carry us through to Christmas, we bring you a few suggestions.

First of all there are lots of interesting courses on offer all over Leeds, including through Leeds Met, Swarthmore Education Centre, The WEA and Leeds City College. Why not try something new?

In other news – September brings Cheese Week and Nick Copland of Homage2Fromage sings the praises of local cheese; and Skipton hosts its International Puppet Festival with over 30 puppet companies from all over the UK and Europe.

KENNETH TINDALL: AN EXCITING NEW CHOREOGRAPHER EMERGES

YORKSHIRE CHEESE IS MATURING NICELY

A GRAND DAY OUT AT HAREWOOD

FEATURES Cover photo: Jo Lee

We were delighted to chat to Kenneth Tindall of Northern Ballet who has discovered that he’s really quite a good choreographer! We also caught up with James Brining at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as he set out to direct his first production as the Playhouse’s new artistic director.

REAP have organized a Green Fair at St Edmund’s Church which will have all kinds of ideas for saving energy and money; we also find out about the WI group ‘Darling Roses’; Cllr Dan Cohen asks people to park considerately; and Cllr Bill Urry tells us about people with learning disabilities speaking out in the Leeds Council Chamber.

And now it’s on to October! This year is flying by. Our deadline for all your news and notices is 1st September, for advertising it’s 6th September.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards Carole, Jack and the team

Kenneth Tindall: An Exciting Choreographer Emerges A skilled dancer who discovers almost by accident that he’s also a choreographer.

In This Issue 06 A Grand Day Out at Harewood One of the great joys of visiting the Harewood Estate is that there is plenty of space to explore.

22 Puppets Take Over the Streets of Skipton Puppet companies from all over the UK and Europe descend on Skipton.

Yorkshire Cheese is Maturing Nicely Nick Copland of Homage2Fromage talks cheese!

29 Who Are The Darling Roses?

A relatively new WI group based in Moortown with members from a huge variety of backgrounds

32 A Green Fair for North Leeds A fun and informative day for all the family with great ideas for saving energy and money.

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A GRAND DAY OUT

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So much to do, and in such a glorious setting, one of the great joys of visiting the Harewood Estate is that there is plenty of space to explore and you don’t feel corralled into a pre-determined tourist itinerary.

The Bird Garden is a traditional starting point. The collection has been reduced over the past few years, but only to give better living conditions for the remaining birds, which enjoy spacious, carefully designed aviaries. The Humboldt penguins are a perennial favourite, but venture further and find a delightful young carrion crow which was hand-reared and donated to Harewood. It loves children and will come to the side of the aviary to exchange twigs with them. We saw a kookaburra, just a few months old, whose parents were trying to encourage it to move a little to collect food rather than expect direct delivery to its infant beak. The burrowing owl from South America, curiously long-legged, has a specially built home to stop it burrowing out, but enough territory to let it feast on voles and moles. Enjoy the constant gentle chattering and birdsong – it’s immensely therapeutic.

The Himalayan Garden has been creatively nurtured over the past few years by head gardener, Trevor Nicholson, He visited Bhutan to advise their royal family and came back inspired. A steep area of garden, leading down to the lake, is now filled

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with beautiful and unusual plants.

There is specialist alpine planting in some rocky walls built from massive blocks from quarries near Howarth.

Some tiny, delicate flowers have roots which wend more than 15 feet in to the rock crevasses. Orchids are protected from marauding local rabbits.

Amble around the gardens, enjoy the lake, trip across the stepping stones, admire the waterfall. Then visit the walled gardens where they grow vegetables for the café. The further you go from the car park, the more you have the sense of the sheer size of the estate. See the deer grazing.

Of course, there is the magnificent children’s adventure playground, but the more adventurous can enjoy hours of play in the woods.

Harewood House is a delightfully un-stuffy stately home. You may recognise the library when you see ‘Death Comes to Pemberley’ on TV this Winter. It’s home to some exquisite Chippendale furniture, and some fine Victorian artwork, including Turner landscapes.

Harewood is now open all year round. During the winter, some parts are closed for maintenance and restoration, so check in advance. But there is always loads to do, fun to be had, and much to learn. Enjoy!

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ARTHUR MICHELL RANSOME (1884-1967) Author, War Correspondent, Journalist – and Secret Agent

You will still find Arthur Ransome’s famous series ‘Swallows and Amazons’, written in the 1930s, among the children’s classics on bookshop shelves, and this summer the BBC plans a new film version set on Coniston Water. The stories may seem outmoded now, yet they still appeal: tales of children joyfully free to sail their boats, camp out, enjoy adventures, live an imaginative life close to nature, unfettered by adults’ concerns or modern complexities. The Arthur Ransome Society thrives, with members all over the world who have been delighted, touched, and inspired by these books.

Arthur Ransome himself led a life of improbable adventure, though it began conventionally enough in Leeds, where he was born at 6 Ash Road, Headingley, in 1884. His father was Professor of History and Literature at the Yorkshire College, the forerunner of Leeds University. Home life was happy but unsettled: every few years the family moved house: to de Grey Road off Woodhouse Lane; to Balmoral Terrace in Claremont Road, Headingley; to St Chad’s Villas, Otley Road. But the long summer holidays were always spent at Coniston. Arthur shared his father’s passion for fishing and sailing, and for the Lakes – more home to him, he said, than his beloved ‘smokey old Leeds’.

At nine he was sent to prep on a guide book and a collection of school at Windermere, but he was folk tales. His stay coincided with desperately unhappy, hampered by one of the great turning points of severe short sight which no one had history: the First World War and the recognised. Four years later his father political upheavals leading to the 1917 suddenly died, leaving Arthur with a Russian revolution. He was appointed permanent sense of having failed to the St Petersburg correspondent of the live up to expectations. He did not radical Daily News, and was one of distinguish himself at Rugby School the first British journalists to interview (but did acquire spectacles!) and at Trotsky, Lenin and other leading 17 returned to Leeds to study science Bolsheviks. He wrote impassioned at the Yorkshire College. But writing articles backing Bolshevik principles was his real love, and in 1902, aged and achievements – he believed in 18, he escaped to an office boy’s job the revolution as living democracy, at a publisher’s in London – and to a people’s spontaneous rebellion freedom and independence. against a cruel life of oppression. As He relished the bohemian life of one of the few foreign correspondents London, mixing with writers and artists, allowed to stay on, and friendly with making new, exciting friends, falling in the Bolshevik leaders, he was well love with delightful girls. He made a placed, and it is now known that he precarious living writing articles and was recruited by British Intelligence to reviews, essays, nature books. When report on events - real-life adventure! he was 24, he fell for and married In 1917 he met and fell in love the volatile Ivy Walker, but it was to with Evgenia Shelepina, Trotsky’s prove a disaster. He concentrated secretary. When he left Russia in on his writing, publishing a book on 1919 she joined him, and when his London life, a critical biography of first marriage was dissolved they Poe, and then a commissioned book married. They lived in Estonia, where on Oscar Wilde – dangerous territory. he reported on Russian affairs for the He was promptly sued for libel by Lord Manchester Guardian while pursuing Alfred Douglas, Wilde’s ex-lover, in a his twin passions, fishing and sailing. notorious case that hit the headlines.

He commissioned a boat and cruised Although Arthur was exonerated he the Baltic, publishing a log of his was left exhausted, ill, and miserable. voyage, and he wrote a regular column He decided to escape London – and on fishing. As the Guardian’s foreign marriage. correspondent, he was posted to Egypt His made for Russia, to work and then China, but in 1929, tired of

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He was was one of the first British journalists to interview Trotsky, Lenin and other leading Bolsheviks

political journalism, he resigned. He found a house in his beloved Lakes and settled into writing the first of his long series of children’s books, ‘Swallows and Amazons’, set in the Lakes and the Norfolk Broads. The stories embody, with affection and humour, his sailing experience and boats, personalities and incidents from his childhood onwards. After a slow start they became bestsellers, the final one published in 1947.

Arthur retained his love of Leeds, and often visited his mother’s home at 28 Grove Road, Headingley, until her death in 1945. In 1952 he was awarded an honorary DLitt. by Leeds University, which now holds an outstanding collection of his papers.

He and Evgenia continued their nomadic life, moving every few years to different houses in the Lakes, the Broads, and London, but they returned to the Lakes in the years before his death in 1967, and he is buried there in peaceful Rusland churchyard.

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habaz Hussain has already had an impressive, colourful career in the hairdressing industry – now he’s set to bring some of that excitement to Leeds as he takes the reins at Hob Salons on Duncan Street in the city centre.

Having worked with Vidal Sassoon for 12 years – starting as an assistant and working his way up the ranks to become Creative Director and Education Trainer – he then teamed up with Wella Professionals as an Educator. Add to this his experience in TV on shows like Colleen’s Real Women, Katie Pryce’s Sky Living Model Search, and styling celebrities like Jade Jagger and Lady Gaga – yes, you read that correctly! When Lady Gaga appeared in Manchester a couple of years ago with the Pussycat Dolls, her hairdresser wasn’t available and quite by chance Shabaz stepped in giving her a striking bob style which she was still sporting weeks later in a music video. He has also worked on campaigns for leading fragrance companies and for

various designers at London and Milan Fashion Weeks.

“I have covered a lot of territory in a relatively short time and I’ve loved every minute of it”, Shabaz told us. “Running my own salon was the next thing on my wish list. Hob Salons have 23 franchises down South – Leeds is the only one in the North. It is a family-run, innovative brand and definitely had the right feel for me.

“Leeds has a real vibe about it. I love our central location – so near Trinity and the whole downtown shopping area. We have already extended our hours and are now open seven days a week so we can fit in with people’s work and shopping patterns. I’m also looking forward to getting involved in the Leeds Fashion Show in October. I already have a strong team in Leeds and aim to continue to deliver the ultimate HOB experience to our clientele and nurture some of Leeds finest hairdressers.”

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Your bathroom is one of the most important rooms in your house. Let’s face it, we all spend a lot of time there – whether it’s getting ready for work, enjoying long, relaxing, luxurious bath, or recovering after your latest bout of extreme exercise. You want your bathroom obviously to be functional, but to also incorporate those touches that add the pamper factor.

Daniel Landau of Coral Bathrooms believes they have the right formula. This family firm has been fitting bathrooms in North Leeds for the past seven years and currently fit around 100 bathrooms a year.

“When my father and I set up Coral, we decided that we would specialise in bathrooms and wet rooms, build strong links with suppliers and always work with our own team of fully trained fitters plumbers, electricians and tilers. And, that is what we have done”, he told us. “With our suppliers (which include Vitra pottery, Mayfair taps and showers and Sherburn, as well as our own range of tiles featuring ceramics,

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Your bathroom needs to be durable, functional and stylish

natural stone, travertine and porcelain), we know we can rely on consistent quality and constant supply and we pass this reliability on to our customers. What’s more, we remain truly very competitive.”

Daniel grew up in Alwoodley and knows North Leeds like the back of his hand. “I can honestly say we have fitted bathrooms all over North Leeds – from The Avenue in Alwoodley to The Becketts in Headingley, plus Horsforth, Adel and Bramhope to Roundhay and beyond”, he said.

This widespread experience means that

Coral have an excellent understanding of the types of housing in the area, giving them an appreciation and recognition of both the type of design and equipment that would suit each installation.

From Victorian terraces and Edwardian Villas to post war semis and contemporary homes – understanding both the limitations and the possibilities helps Coral to advise and guide their customers.

“The important thing is that your bathroom suits you as an individual or family”, continued Daniel. “It’s more than a choice of taps or type of bath. Is it in the right place? Is there natural light?

What’s the ventilation like?

And, what about storage?

You want to make the most of the space. It needs to be durable, functional and stylish.

Many people like to stick with neutral colours which gives you the opportunity to really spice it up with accessories and mirrors. Of course, if you are brave, you can go wild with striking tiling or wall covering!

But, whatever you do, money spent on bathroom design is well spent and will always add value and appeal to your home.”

Coral Bathrooms pride themselves on their personal service and commitment to excellence in bathroom installation. Geoff Foote of Tadcaster recently commented: “This kind of service will take some beating!” And that is how Coral see it…..they set out to give a service that’s hard to beat.

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Quilting and all types of needlework have experienced a resurgence in the last few years. The retro fashion trend has helped this and patchwork and quilting can be found in most high street shops.

Quilting itself can be They often tell a story of a life, a celebration traced back to the Middle or an event and even have embroidery and Ages with examples from embellishments incorporated into them.

Europe, India and the Far East Quilts are generally made up of three layers on show at the Victoria and – two outside layers sandwiching a thicker Albert Museum in London. In interlining. The layers are then sewn together England the word ‘quilt’ was with a basic running stitches or back stitches, first used in the 1200s. At often in intricate patterns. first quilts were just fine bed Alwoodley Quilters, a sewing group that covers but later quilting was meets twice a month in St John’s Church used to make garments under Hall, Moor Allerton, are putting on their first armour for comfort and then exhibition this year: ‘A Celebration of Stitches’. doublets, petticoats, jackets They are being joined by other needlework and waistcoats for warmth.

Making bedcover quilts enthusiasts and are exhibiting their work in from all sorts of fabrics St Giles Church and hall, Bramhope, LS16, became popular in the 17th 11am – 4pm on Saturday 21st September. century and these have Entry £2.50. There will be refreshments and become heirloom pieces. an opportunity to pick up some lovely gifts.

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David H Myers Opticians on Albion Street in Leeds, recently appointed a leading sports vision specialist, bringing a unique service to the city’s eyewear market.

Jayne Rhodie, a fully qualified dispensing optician and specialist in prescription eyewear for sports enthusiasts, brings over 24 years’ experience to the city centre’s only independent optician and will be offering advice on individual sports eyewear requirements such as protection, varying light conditions, comfort and prescription suitability.

“With recent and upcoming sporting events, including the Ashes and Tour de France, people are beginning to see the fashionable and practical benefits of sports eyewear”, said Jayne. “As perfect peripheral vision and clear sight is essential for sports, it’s important that eyewear is fitted correctly by a specialist who can adjust the prescription to fit the shape of frame required for a specific activity.”

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Pictured Jayne Rhodie and Matt Brigg

David H Myers practice manager, Matt Brigg added: “Bringing Jayne on board will open up a huge amount of opportunity for the business.

We pride ourselves on being forward-thinking experts, providing the very best optical services. Jayne’s the perfect fit for our growing business and we’re delighted to welcome her to the team.”

David H Myers Opticians stocks sports eyewear brands Adidas, Oakley and Bolle.

People are beginning to see the fashionable and practical benefits of sports eyewear

Leeds Photographic Society Embarks on New Season The Leeds Photographic Society is embarking on a new and exciting programme of events, which will run through to next Spring.

At the first meeting, on Tuesday 3rd September, there will be a talk by artistic photographer Denise Swanson, in which she will detail the way she captures atmospheric images of nature that are sometimes little more than fleeting impressions.

The judging of the society’s Summer Assignment ‘What Is Leeds’, will take place on 10th September.

Subsequent meetings will include more competitions and a presentation by member Ruth Baumberg, describing her recent expedition to Rajasthan, where she photographed the way art and architecture are influenced by the interplay between Muslim and Hindu cultures.

The society meets every Tuesday, 7.3pm in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1JN. New and prospective members of all ages and abilities are very welcome. For further details, please visit www.lps1852. co.uk, Facebook, or Twitter @lps1852

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As part of the fundraising campaign for the Soroptimists International Leeds Literary prize, an indulgent evening of beauty treatments, music and champagne has been organised with Pout Beauty Salon, Chapel Allerton, from 5 – 8pm on Thursday 12th September.

Southern blues band, Wang Dang Doodle will provide soulful live music to ensure that both mind and body enjoy a little blissful pampering!

The salon is offering a choice of treatments lasting approximately 20 minutes, including a mini-facial, manicure, pedicure, back massage, eyebrow shape and tint, together with a glass of champagne. You can come for the whole evening and enjoy the ambiance and company or just drop in for a treatment.

Southern blues band, Wang Dang Doodle will provide soulful live music to ensure that both mind and body enjoy a little blissful pampering!

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HERITAGE Tickets are now available for Classical Fantasia – the fabulous classical concert organised by Leeds City Council at Kirkstall Abbey on Saturday 7th September.

The open-air concert will feature a wide range of fantasy-inspired music performed by the Manchester Camerata - one of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras. Also, as part of the show, the ruins of the abbey will be illuminated and there will be a fantastic firework finale.

Tickets (£10) are available online at www.leeds.gov.uk/fantasia and in person / by telephone from City Centre Box Office in The Carriageworks on Millennium Square (0113 224 3801), Leeds Visitor Centre at Leeds Train Station (0113 242 5242), and in person from Abbey House Museum.

Advanced car parking tickets (£5) will also be available.

A new exhibition, ‘Making Waves: 40 Years of Ilkley Literature Festival’, on show from 28th September at the Manor House Museum, offers a retrospective of the Festival, featuring a rare edition of Ted Hughes’ ‘Cave Birds’ and previously unseen letters from leading writers and poets of the day, as well as historic newspaper cuttings and original photograph.

Third year students at Leeds of the internet and mobile phones.

College of Art have worked with Ilkley Literature Festival has the Festival to create unique built a reputation for attracting illustrations of some of the international writers, and has leading authors who have visited earned its place as one of the the Festival and student Paul top three literary festivals in the Howarth has designed the layout country. for four seven foot tall ‘book’ The full Ilkley Literature installations which tell the Festival Festival 2013 programme story. Designed by artist Val is available via www.

Carman, the exhibition explores ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk the Festival’s four decades, set Booking opens for the public on against world events from the end Tuesday 27th August (Box office: of the Vietnam War to the spread 01943 816714)

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The Festival has earned its place as one of the top three literary festivals in the country

OPEN DAY AT OTLEY COURTHOUSE Otley Cour thouse welcomes visitors on Heritage Open Day, Saturday 14th September, from 10am to 4pm. The Courthouse was used for filming the police station, courtroom and cell scenes in the television series ‘Heartbeat’.

There will be guided tours of the former Victorian police station, cells and magistrates’ courts throughout the day.

The building dates from the mid 1850s and fascinating details about life at the police station and cases from the Petty Sessions are revealed!

For children aged 8 to 12 there will be a variety of Victorian children’s games (cost £1 per child for materials) available in the foyer.

The Courthouse café will be open from 10am to 3pm for light refreshments.

The Courthouse and local film maker Roy Vickers also present a series of short, award-winning films, featuring Yorkshire landscapes and traditional crafts (£5 including tea and cake!).

For further information please contact the Courthouse on 01943 467466 or visit the website www.otleycourthouse.org.uk

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ULITA PRESENTS PHOENIXES AND DRAGONS Phoenixes and Dragons is an exhibition of Chinese costume from the Qing Collection which runs from 24th September - 29th November at ULITA, the Archive of International Textiles at St.Wilfred’s Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds.

The Qing Dynasty extends from 1644 to 1911, and was the last imperial dynasty. An extensive range of decorative motifs were used to decorate textiles, often destined for garments. The collection in ULITA comprises over 200 nineteenth and early-twentieth century Chinese embroideries and tapestries, mostly acquired by Professor Aldred Barker of the Department of Textile Industries and his son during their work and travels in China in the 1930s. Several smaller pieces originate from the Louisa Pesel embroidery collection.

This exhibition highlights the costumes in the collection, including several examples of dragon robes and female jackets, skirts and ornate collars. Many fragments of costumes are also displayed, The including sleeve bands, rank complete badges and dragon robe panels. collection The complete collection of costumes is being exhibited of together for the first time. Due to their fragility, this exhibition costumes is a rare opportunity to view is several of the garments, including a women’s jacket being couched with metallic thread and a tapestry-woven bride’s exhibited robe.

This exhibition together complements the celebration for the of 50 years of the Department of East Asian Studies, which first time culminates in a series of events in late October.

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The exhibition is open Tuesdays - Thursdays 9.30am – 4.30pm; Fridays by appointment (excluding University Closed Days).

For further information, call 0113 343 3919 or visit www.ulita.leeds.ac.uk

LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS OPEN REHEARSAL Simon Wright

Leeds Festival Chorus is holding an open rehearsal on Wednesday 25th September, 7.30pm at St Chad’s Church, Otley Road, Far Headingley.

“We’re a welcoming bunch of people”, said Simon Wright, Conductor and Artistic Adviser for the Chorus, which spent the last week of August giving concerts in Venice. “The open rehearsal has been planned with newcomers in mind: they will be able to join in with some of the music we’ll be performing this Autumn.

“This includes Vivaldi’s Gloria, for our Christmas concert in Leeds Town Hall, our own version of ‘Send in the Clowns’, which is part of our Leeds Light Night contribution in October, and one or two items from the programme of ‘Classical Spectacular’ at the Leeds Arena. Just turn up and take it from there.”

Singing with Leeds Festival Chorus is not all about performing in prestigious venues: the Chorus also has a busy social programme that includes popular dinners, games and parties.

For further information, please contact Fiona Kirkby on 0113 275 5129 or membership@ leedsfestivalchorus.co.uk

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For me, one of the highlights of the dance year for the last couple of years has been Northern Ballet’s Mixed Programme, held in June at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre. This is where I was introduced to Kenneth Tindall Choreographer, as opposed to Kenneth Tindall Principal Dancer. to the table. They were all fantastic experiences.”

David Nixon, Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director, had just joined the company when Kenny left. Three years later David invited him back. “It was a totally different experience with David”, continued Kenny.

“The repertoire and vision were different. I loved the variety of repertory…the acting side gave real meaning to the dance. I felt we really connected.

“I love the creative process. Working with a new choreographer. I started inputting more and more.

But I never saw myself as a choreographer and had no ambition to be one. But, I guess David saw something. One day he told me to take a few dancers into another studio and create a short piece. That’s where it started.”

He couldn’t believe it when Project #1 was entered in the best choreography competition in the world and it didn’t just make the final….it won! “I was blown away by the level of talent.

Luminous Junc-ture

Last year his Project #1 blew me away – I didn’t realise that it was his first major choreographed piece.

Subsequently it was entered into the International Choreographic Competition in Hanover and walked away with the Production Prize. This Year Kenny produced ‘Luminous Junc-ture’ – another stunning piece. We caught up with him soon after and he was still on a high – it had been quite a year. And, he was just about to get married – to Northern Ballet’s leading soloist, Hannah Bateman.

It’s hard to believe now that Kenny thought at one time that he might become a footballer or go into martial arts! Once he found dance he was hooked.

Having trained at the Central School of Ballet in London, working with Christopher Gable, Murray Kilgour and Greg

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The Great Gatsby

Horsman, he went on to dance with the Israel Ballet, K Ballet in Japan and for a while with Northern Ballet in 2000. He also guested at the XIII International Ballet Festival of Miami and the Fifth International Dance Festival in Beijing.

“Japan was amazing”, Kenny told us. “It is fantastic to work in another country. Each one brings something different

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So inspired. It certainly gave me the confidence to try again. Now I’m always searching for interesting music. I was on the train when I heard Charlie Chaplin’s speech from The Great Dictator (which I used in Luminous Junc-ture) and I thought ‘incredible’. How could I use it? How could I visually grab the audience? You’ve just got to be brave. I wanted to get an emotional response. To get the mood right. Lighting played an important part and it was great working with Alastair West on that.”

Kenny is now being called one of the UK’s most exciting young choreographers. He has flexibility and athleticism, speed, a unique vision. Working with strength, impeccable timing, his friends and colleagues at and awesome memories that Northern Ballet certainly helped retain every intricate move! him get started. He knew the Your next opportunity to dancers’ individual see Kenny perform will strengths. Working be in David Nixon’s with them made ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at it easy to West Yorkshire explore more Playhouse from possibilities.

Friday 6th – He knows what he wants Saturday 14th and his relaxed S e p te m b e r. a p p r o a c h For tickets call certainly seems to 0113 213 7799 get the very best out or visit wyp.org.uk, of his dancers, creating or northernballet.com/ pieces that show their amazing midsummer

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A SPINE-CHILLING SWEENEY TODD

COMES TO THE PLAYHOUSE It’s been a year since James Brining took over as artistic director at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

When we caught up with him he was about to start directing his first show there – the story of the demon barber, Sweeney Todd.

This spine-chilling contemporary version of a musical masterpiece explores obsession, injustice and retribution in a dark and murky world. Torn away from his family on a miscarriage of justice, Sweeney Todd returns to London hellbent on revenge, takes up his razors and becomes the most infamous barber of all time. Dishing up his brutal recipe for justice with the help of enterprising pie-maker Mrs Lovett, Sweeney Todd begins to clean up London the only way he knows how.

“I have quite a special relationship with this show”, he told us. “I first saw it in the early 90s, an extraordinary production at the National Theatre which, when I saw it as a young director, I immediately thought ‘I want to direct this show!’ I was absolutely blown away by it. I directed it when I was at Dundee Rep and when I saw there was a chance to do it here, I knew it was something

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I’d really like to revisit. It feels even more relevant now than it did when I staged it four years ago. Plus, Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre was also interested in it, so it gave us an opportunity, as two fairly iconic and important theatres in the north, to make a piece of work together.”

Of course one of the challenges is that James will stage this in the Playhouse’s

It explores injustice and retribution in a dark and murky world

Quarry Theatre first, and The Exchange is a theatre in the round, which requires an entirely different series of staging decisions.

“It’s an interesting challenge! Whereas it is essentially the same production, it will feel very different. We’re also in discussions with a major opera company to do it as an opera in two years time. It’s great to have the chance to not just do the show again, but to reimagine it and evolve the show.”

We wondered how much he would draw on successful elements that were in his previous production. As James pointed out: with anything that’s artistically rich, your relationship with it is a reflection of that moment in time. Four or five years later the world has moved on and some of the things in that earlier production now speak more powerfully because of what’s happened in society.

“When you’re working with something like Sweeny Todd which, as a drama and a piece of musical theatre, is such extraordinarily rich material, you can go back and mine it, just like you can a Shakespeare play. You can reveal different layers and discover new things and that’s really exciting.”

Of course, the excitement won’t stop with Sweeney Todd. James has very strong views on how The West Yorkshire Playhouse can best engage people and serve its communities “That’s what I’m really excited about”, he continued.

“I want to make shows for kids in The Courtyard, big, sweeping, massive shows in The Quarry, small new plays, and things outside the theatre. There’s not much that I’m not interested in!”

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His ambition is for quality theatre, which is art driven, explores and pushes the boundaries, and draws in a broad audience. It all about creating the highest quality work, comparable to work you could see anywhere in the UK. It’s about bringing together high class, quality, artistically valid, popular work.

Another really important aspect for James is the theatre’s relationship with communities – the education sector, young people, older people, learning disabled people.

I’ve had some really brillaint moments

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“That’s what makes this place unique and, for me, an extraordinary theatre. It’s the marriage of high artistic ambition with genuinely making people’s lives more fulfilling, rich and engaged.

“As a reflection on this year, I’ve had some really brilliant moments when I’ve looked around this foyer and seen different audiences flowing out of the auditoria and mixing together. To me that’s a reflection of what Leeds as a city is, and that’s when this theatre seem most exciting.”

Sweeney Todd is at West Yorkshire Playhouse from Thursday 26th September to Saturday 26th October. The show then transfers to The Royal Exchange in Manchester from 1-30 November. For tickets, call 0113 213 7700 or visit wyp.org.uk

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Skipton Puppet Festival, England’s largest puppet festival, returns to the streets of Skipton from Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September. The festival offers a broad range of shows with puppetry for everyone – from a puppet parade featuring giant flora and fauna, to shows for a tiny audience in The Little Fawn, a puppet theatre caravan with an audience capacity of just 12.

The programme mixes 21st /22nd September. Build traditional and more experimental giant willow, bamboo and paper puppetry, with shows suitable creatures for the festival parade, for everyone from three to 103. with as much or as little help For the very young there’s The as you need from professional Baobab and the Bushbaby, a puppet-builders, then take part Norwegian show aimed at the in the parade on Sunday 29th as under threes… Other shows are puppets take over the streets of for more mature audiences, Skipton. including a light-hearted, lowThe festival is a mix of tech, slapstick performance ticketed shows and free events from Yorkshire’s Invisible Thread (over 80 events in all!). Enjoy company, and a more profound amazing puppetry from over from Folded Feather as they 30 puppeteer companies from investigate a post-apocalyptic all over the UK and Europe – including groups from Croatia scene in Life Still.

There will also be and the Czech Republic. Where opportunities to get involved in a else could you see a foot-theatre couple of free workshops before performance of Mozart’s Magic the festival, on 14th /15th and Flute, the UK’s only professional

hand shadow puppeteer, and a three metre high Scotsman with a very naughty dog?!

For further information and to book tickets, visit www. skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk or call the box office on 07866 810 986 from 28th August. For regular updates, follow the Festival on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ skiptonpuppetfestival

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Leeds Grand Theatre recently received a Blue Plaque from Leeds Civic Trust, honouring its heritage.

Local writer, director and producer, Kay Mellor, unveiled the plaque in the Dress Circle Bar at the Theatre. “To me the Grand Theatre is the theatre for the people; it can be commercial and it can be life-changing”, said Kay. “It deserves its name because it is grand in its architecture, grand in its productions and its staff are grand too! It is one Leeds’ most wonderful highlights.”

The plaque reads: “Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House.

Kay Mellor

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To me the Grand Theatre is the theatre for the people

This magnificent theatre opened in 1878. Its transformative renovation in 2005-2008 included the creation of the Howard Assembly Room as an inspiring performance venue.

Stars who have appeared here include: Henry Irving, Sarah Bernhardt, Marie Lloyd, Lawrence Olivier, Julie Andrews, Margot Fonteyn, Frankie Vaughan, John Tomlinson and Josephine Barstow. In 1978 it became the home of Opera North. Architects George Corson and James Watson” “This is the 144th blue plaque in the Leeds Metropolitan area and it is one of our largest because there is so much to say about the venue”, said Lynda Kitching of Leeds Civic Trust.

It is now in place on the outside wall of the main entrance

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FOOD AND DRINK

What is it about cheese that excites the senses, stirs the passions and gets people talking? Essentially a way of preserving surplus dairy product, cheese is ‘milk with a future’. And, if the growing cheese culture of Leeds is anything to go by, that future is looking good...

September marks British Cheese Week (7 – 15 September). It is also a special time for Homage2Fromage because it is our second birthday in October. Homage2Fromage began as a simple gathering of cheese lovers in Leeds, but has quickly outgrown our expectations, regularly attracting 90 people to The Adelphi in the city centre to enjoy wonderful cheese.

Homage2Fromage is all about trying new cheese and we work hard to introduce more and more interesting cheeses every month.

With themes ranging from countries – French, Spanish, Italian – to types such as soft white, rind-washed and blue, we are seeing the interest in great, artisan cheeses rise.

Leeds is wonderfully placed for cheese, with a host of excellent cheese makers located in Yorkshire.

I was recently invited to the International Cheese Awards and was bowled over by the variety and the quality on offer.

I was proud that Yorkshire cheese makers Shepherds Purse won Silver and Bronze awards for their Mrs Bell’s Blue against stiff competition from 27 countries. Another British cheese - a Claxstone Smooth Blue produced by Long Clawson Dairy – was

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crowned Supreme Champion winning the accolade ahead of 4,285 other competitors.

A growing passion for great Yorkshire cheese is the driving force behind the new George and Joseph cheese chop in Chapel Allerton.

The shop will specialise in local Yorkshire cheese, alongside a range of favourites from around the world.

Owner Stephen Flemming is

fulfilling a childhood dream: “I’ve always loved cheese, and especially the idea of a proper cheese shop full of amazing cheeses. Seeing Homage2Fromage gathering steam gave me the boost I needed to start selling Yorkshire cheese at local markets and food fairs. A year later I spotted an empty shop in Chapel Allerton.”

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Andy Swinscoe set up The Courtyard Dairy in Settle last year to promote artisan cheese. “The quality in the UK is staggering and it gets better every week”, says Andy. He suggested five ‘fantastic’ farmhouse cheeses for British Cheese Week .

Andy Swincoe

The quality in the UK is staggering and it gets better every week

• Richard III Wensleydale from Andy Ridley – moister, milkier and softer than the commercial varieties.

• Cotherstone. Joan Cross uses the same method as her mother to produce this crumbly, lemonfresh Dales cheese.

• Kirkham’s Lancashire. The only farmhouse Lancashire still being made with unpasteurised milk.

• St James. A ‘washed-rind’ pungent sheep’s milk cheese made on the Holker Farm in Cumbria.

• Dale End Cheddar. This tangy, rich, full-on Cheddar is made using unpasteurised Dairy Shorthorn milk and aged for 18 months.

Other great places to check for cheese are Salvo’s Salumeria (Italian cheeses) on St Anne’s Parade, Headingley; Pookie & Grumps on New Road Side in Horsforth; and Haley & Clifford on Street Lane LS17. And, don’t forget Headingley, Oakwood, Horsforth, Bramhope and Otley farmers’ markets and Kirkstall Deli Market, where you’ll find the likes of Cryer & Stott and The Lincolnshire Poacher.

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he Hummingbird Kitchen in Chapel Allerton had been beckoning for some time and, finally, we made it! We had popped in once before for a quick lunch – but dinner was a whole different proposition.

Chef Greg Lewis has a slightly different approach. First of all he is very serious about sourcing fresh, local ingredients. You can have aged Yorkshire Steak, Best Roasted Beef or English Rose Veal all from award-winning Taste Tradition in Thirsk. Plus there are half a dozen other main dishes featuring fresh fish, free range chicken, Old Spot Pork and vegetarian options. But the intriguing part is his ‘Small Plate Dining Experience’.

This is where you get to choose three dishes each from the ‘Small Plates’ or starter menu.

Of course, when there are two of you this means six little dishes to share. Following colourful descriptions from our lovely

waitress, Ella, we decided this was definitely the way to go.

As we waited Ella brought us some homemade bread with Yorkshire virgin Rapeseed oil and balsamic butter. We didn’t want to spoil our appetites, but soon there wasn’t a drop or a crumb left. The chosen dishes began arriving at various intervals – prepared, we were told on the menu, by their ‘handsome’ chefs, but when I asked to judge that for myself they chickened out!

There was smoked salmon, smoked in-house over Yorkshire tea, on a bed of fennel with little squares of Yorkshire Tea jelly; tasty bean fritters with a tahini/ sumac yoghurt to dip them in; Salt-baked beetroot salad with

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chic peas and goat’s curd; gin cured Mackerel with cucumber sorbet and grapefruit gel that really added a little zing to the fish; rare breed pulled Ham Hock with green beans, cider mustard and scratchings; and some seriously good crispy calamari and courgette fritters in crumbly, light batter. I looked around surreptitiously and wondered if anyone would notice if I licked the dishes but refrained!

Dessert was too tempting….

Dark chocolate fondant with peanut butter ice cream and salt caramel popcorn; profiteroles stuffed with lemon curd, with raspberries and vanilla cream; panna cotta topped with tropical fruit jelly; and wonderful buttery shortbread with peach sorbet.

Did you notice there were more desserts there than people?

What? I couldn’t possibly comment!

All in all it was a lovely evening. We thoroughly enjoyed the taste sensations of the ‘small plates’ – which were surprisingly filling. The desserts were delicious. There was also a great selection of Yorkshire cheeses.

The music – jazz, blues, light rock classics was perfect. Wine was available by the glass, carafe or bottle and there were a couple of interesting local brews from Ilkley and Saltaire breweries. The whole meal cost in the region of £80. I could have been tempted to start all over again but that really would have been greedy!

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Leeds Seventeen is an award-winning restaurant tucked away in the leafy suburb of Alwoodley, Leeds. It’s been voted both ‘Best Suburban Restaurant,’ and ‘Best Modern English’ and has a dedicated following of local diners.

The restaurant and banqueting venue is an independent, family owned business that celebrates its Yorkshire heritage with zeal.

The owners and staff pride themselves on their strong focus on fresh, locally sourced produce, choosing to use the best seasonal ingredients available from small producers in the area. Their passion for contemporary British food with particular focus on Yorkshire, has certainly gained them a reputation.

Head chef, Wayne Brimicombe, developed his skills over a career spanning 20 years, working for both Gary Rhodes and JeanChristophe Novelli. His experience and commitment to creating deliciously exciting dishes are a winning combination for the restaurant. “Championing Yorkshire and all its culinary delights is very important to me,” says Wayne. “Supporting the independent businesses and local producers and suppliers of quality food is key to the ethos of Leeds Seventeen. Our meat comes from the local butcher and our moreish range of cheeses consists of some incredible local offerings including the Yorkshire Blue from Shepherds Purse Dairy, just on the other side of Thirsk.”

In addition to the successful restaurant, Leeds Seventeen also provides banqueting suites for functions, weddings and corporate meetings, catering for both small parties and large scale events with options to suit every budget.

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News From Your Councillors CLLR DANIEL COHEN

Alwoodley Ward Last month I clearly struck a chord with my request to parents delivering children to school to park as considerately as possible. My inbox was literally bursting with emails from residents, from right across the North of the City (it’s amazing how far this magazine travels) all giving me their own horrendous examples of nightmare parking, rude and abusive ‘parkers’ and in one case a tale that ended up with the Police having to be called!

With schools starting again in the next few days, I would just like to reiterate my plea to parents to try and keep those

CLLR BILL URRY

Roundhay Ward People with Learning Disabilities Speak Out in Council Chamber Nothing supports the inclusion of disabled people in society better than being seen and demanding that their voices are heard.

As a Governor of the East Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre, I was delighted recently to attend a special event in the Leeds Council Chamber for people with Learning Issues, chaired by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow. The initiative of Council Leader Councillor Keith Wakefield, it was moving to hear disabled people putting their case and putting professional politicians under real pressure.

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COMMUNITY NEWS who live near our schools in mind when engaging in the joyful morning task of ‘hunt for a parking space near school’. I would also ask those who live near schools to please have that extra bit of patience ... especially for the vast majority of parents who try hard to park thoughtfully (and legally!)

In the words of the Highways officer from the Council who, when I asked for some possible solutions to this issue said: “It is a huge problem, right across the city, with almost every school and no easy answers ... save for patience, thoughtfulness and tolerance on all sides”.

Well said that man!

On the subject of parking, a different issue recently raised its head while Neil, Peter and I were engaged in Street Surgeries around Alwoodley. This regards the number of people who don’t use their drives and inadvertently block narrow streets, by parking on the road instead.

We saw some quite dangerous examples of this in both the Lintons and the Buckstones.

A thought that did occur to me (with winter around the corner ... Sorry to have to remind you), was how much better it would be, if we could keep the roads that bit clearer – with cars that have a drive, actually being in them! Then in the event of an occasional icy night it would be that much safer.

For any and all local queries your local councillors are always here to help.

Daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk 0113 2041094

Most children with special needs are supported in mainstream schools.

Inclusion is also supported by the East SILC’s partnership arrangements with other local educational establishments, so that young people with severe challenges can be educated with their peers. I hope that these partnerships increasingly become the norm, so that whatever their needs and abilities, children will routinely mix and understand each other.

Hit and Run - Can you help? Local cyclist Stephen Biscoe, aged 70, faced four hours of surgery and weeks in hospital after being knocked off his bike on Roundhay Road at about 6pm on 16th July while travelling towards the Oakwood Clock. The car, which failed to stop, was described as silver - possibly a VW Polo. If you have any information, please contact PC Kirsty Rundal at the Roads Policing Unit via 101. bill.urry@leeds.gov.uk 07891278717 / 0113 247 6927

OAKWOOD CLOCK RESCUE DINNER GREAT SUCCESS The Oakwood Clock Rescue Dinner at the Mansion Restaurant, Roundhay Park, on 5th July was a great success, raising £2,130 for the cause!

Fifty nine diners packed the restaurant. £590 was raised from the meal, £800 from the wonderful painting of the clock donated by the artist Mark Sofilas that was auctioned, and £740 from the raffle for an incredible cake donated by Kathryn Timoney of Timoney’s Café and a bottle of quality Champagne donated by Paul Mitchell of the Harris Partnership Ltd. It was a sun-drenched, mellow evening that started on the garden terrace with Champagne sponsored by the Mansion Restaurant, Simon Falk Eyecare and Roger W Williams Financial Planning Ltd. After a delicious meal, Fabian Hamilton MP gave a very enjoyable after-dinner speech, and Howard Lee rounded off the evening with another jokepacked, speech. A memorable evening and a fundraising success!

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The Darling Roses WI group formed in November 2012, brought together by common interests and a desire to meet new people and learn new skills. They have attracted members from a huge variety of backgrounds and from all across West Yorkshire. Based in Moortown, their unique nature ensures that their membership base is very broad.

The Darling Roses are apparently the first WI group in Britain to meet on Saturdays!

Many women would love to join the WI, but struggle to attend meetings on weekday afternoons and evenings.

The Women’s Institute has made an enormous difference to so many women’s lives. From the outset, Darling Roses wanted to look at doing things in a new way.

Rather than sticking to the usual two-hour format, they meet for a whole afternoon at the end of each month, so there is ample time for a brief WI meeting and a different workshop each time.

Everyone who takes part gets

an opportunity to try something new and develop their skills and interests. Plus, the friendly, relaxed format means that members have plenty of time to socialise too.

In the last year members have learnt how to make handcrafted chocolates, scented candles, Christmas wreaths, cushions and bunting, and have taken in a horticultural trip where they made hanging baskets. They recently visited West Yorkshire Playhouse’s wardrobe department, and enjoyed a private tour of The Leeds Library, the oldest surviving private subscription library in Britain.

They are keen to hear from potential new members. To find out more visit www.darlingroseswi. org or find them on Facebook.

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Tangled Roots is Interested in the Experiences of Mixed Race Families

The homeless charity Simon on the Streets, which supports the homeless and rootless in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, is looking for corporate sponsorship to ensure the success of its biggest annual fundraising initiative – the Sponsored Sleep Out. The Sleep Out is currently scheduled for 9.30pm on Thursday 26th September. No fewer than 100 members of the region’s business community are expected to sleep in the open air at a city centre location to raise money and highlight the plight of those sleeping rough.

Now in its fourth year, managers at Simon on the Streets are seeking commercial sponsors to support the cost of operations and logistics, as well as contribute towards the overall fundraising target of £20,000.

“We’ve really come to depend on the funds that the Sleep Out generates”, said Clive Sandle from the charity. “Without it, we couldn’t maintain the front-line emotional and practical support we currently offer to hundreds of people across the area.

“The Sleep Out has proved to

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The Sleep Out has proved to be a great way for business and individuals to show their support

be a great way for business and individuals alike to show their support, engage with what we do and experience the lifestyle of those individuals that we’re here to help.”

“We’re always delighted to welcome a new partner or build on an existing relationship with a company”, said Helen Beachell, development manager at Simon on the Streets. “Working collaboratively with businesses across the city, and even the county, has been instrumental in this event’s success.

It provides our sponsors with an ideal opportunity to prove their support and their determination to address one of the most pressing local issues.”

For more information about corporate sponsorship packages or the Sleep Out itself, email Helen: helen@simononthestreets.co.uk

Tangled Roots is an Arts Council funded project that will explore and represent the experiences of people who have grown up in mixed race families in Leeds, or are currently part of a multi-racial family. The project will launch a website and publish a book featuring the experiences of ordinary mixed families, alongside memoirs from professional writers commissioned by the project.

Tangled Roots was conceived

by Dr Katy Massey, a former journalist living Chapel Allerton.

“Growing up in Leeds, I never saw anything that reflected my family’s experience”, said Katy. “Now I have my own daughter and I am surprised to find that this hasn’t changed. The aim is to start a conversation where people of mixed cultural backgrounds can reflect on their lives and meet other people to share their stories.”

The project will kick off with an exhibition of photographs of Tangled Roots featuring local writers who all have experienced growing up in a multi-racial family.

The exhibition, with photography

by Anthony Ferrimond (www. anthonyferrimond.com) will be displayed at Seven Arts, Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, from mid September to mid-October 2013.

The Tangled Roots website will be launched in September too, and early next year a book will be published, based on the stories collected on the website. There will also be a series of events in Leeds in 2014 where professional and amateur authors who have contributed to the book will read their work.

Tangled Roots is looking for contributions from North Leeds Life readers for the book and website. If you would like to share your experiences, your inspiration or simply register your interest in the project, please contact tangledroots@live.co.uk

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You are invited to go along and find out how you can reduce your bills and carbon footprint, and enjoy a fun and informative time for all the family at the North Leeds Green Fair on Saturday 28th September, 10am – 3pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, LS8 1JN. If you are considering a wood burning stove, new-style boiler, electric car, or growing your own food – the Green Fair could help with your decisions. There will be advice from a variety of top suppliers and installers of green home improvements and transport options, including Renault (try their Zoe and Twizy cars), Solar Utilities, the Green Building Store with their exceptional range of insulation products, the Edinburgh Bike Co-op and many more.

You’ll also be able to learn from local people who have already invested in green improvements.

For example, using solar panels to generate your own electricity and save money. “Solar panels remain a good deal”, said Nigel Jones.

“Our solar panels have reduced our energy bill by at least 50%. A fantastic investment!”

Energy use is also about travel choices. Local families are enthusiastic about electric bikes, dual fuel cars and giving up car ownership completely.

“Electric bikes put the smile back into cycling”, commented Nick Munton. “They take the sting out of steep hills. No pain, lots of gain!”

Toyota Prius owner Paul Ellis would like to see a lot more dual fuel cars on the road as a spur to even faster technological progress. Rob Greenwood sold his car 18 months ago (renting cars when necessary) and saw their

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There will be advice from a variety of top suppliers and installers

travel costs drop by over 40%!

Even if such major changes are not for you, everyone can enjoy growing something. “Growing my own fruit and veg is so rewarding.

It looks beautiful, it’s delicious, healthy to eat and I’m reducing my food miles”, said Chris Dowse.

You can also enter a free draw to win one of three £50 vouchers for products from one of the exhibitors and pick up some free product samples. Delicious vegetarian refreshments will be available from Rocket Caterers, and there will be Peanuts the clown, a juggling display and other activities for children.

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Moortown Community Group’s Annual Open Meeting Moortown Community Group’s Annual Open Meeting will be held on Thursday, 12th September 2013, 7.30pm at The Queen’s Hall, Immaculate Heart Church, 294 Harrogate Road.

The agenda for the evening includes Leeds City Council Housing Site Allocation, proposals for Yorkshire Bank Sportsfield, Moortown in Bloom, Milestone, Neighbourhood Design Statement, Festive Lights. There will also be a review of 2012/2013, aspirations for 2013/2014, and the election of committee members and officers.

Please RSVP by 6th September giving your name, contact details and the number of people attending. Email these to moortowncommunitygroup@ hotmail.co.uk, drop them into the box at Pollards Newsagents on Moortown Parade, or post them to Moortown Community Group, 17 Sand Hill Lane, Leeds, LS17 6AG.

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Marie Curie Cancer Care is appealing for volunteers in the LS16 community – Bramhope, Adel, Cookridge, Ireland Wood, Weetwood, West Park – to take on key roles on a new fundraising committee that will meet on a monthly basis. They are particularly looking for a Community Ambassador, Event Coordinator and Event Helpers.

Community Ambassadors need to be able to give up a few evenings every other month to go into schools, associations (such as Rotary Clubs) and churches, to speak about the work of Marie Curie Cancer Care and its team of dedicated nurses and how people can access this care.

An Event Coordinator would be responsible for planning out the group’s event activities, generating ideas from the group

and delegating actions such as booking venues and sourcing raffle prizes.

Event Helpers would help at the group’s events every couple of months – with duties such as welcoming guests, helping serve refreshments and preparing rooms for events.

“We need people with a broad range of skills to help us with our local fundraising activities, from people with the gift of the gab through to organisers who can come up with event ideas”, said Hannah Saxon, Community Fundraiser for West Yorkshire.

All money raised by the group goes towards providing high quality nursing care to terminally ill patients in the local area.

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By this time most of the bedding plants are past their best so can be removed and preparations can be made to plant Spring flowering plants and bulbs. The sooner they go in, the better chance they have of rooting well to withstand the cold weather.

Prepare your containers stems, especially if you don’t now for Winter. Look out want them to free seed. If for small Viburnum tinus, the weather is fine, cut the Skimmia Japonica and Ivy grass but set the blades a and plant these into large little higher. Mix grass seed containers where they can with compost and scatter remain for several years. over any bare patches.

When they get too big, they Give tired weed infested can then be transplanted lawns an Autumn weed and into the garden. They need feed following the makers semi shade and should instructions, it gives a better be fed with a high potash chance for grass to regrow fertiliser every month. where the weeds have been.

Other container plants Clear leaves out of ponds that will survive Winter well and place netting over to in a sheltered spot, keeping stop further leaves getting in. the soil dry in freezing If you have children let conditions, are Winter them help with gathering cherry, Ivies to soften the leaves and find a quiet edges, and Winter Pansies. spot to make a home for Add Grape Hyacinths and hedgehogs to overwinter.

Iris Reticulate, and try a A small cardboard box left Juniperus Squamata, which open at one end and packed spreads out its aromatic with leaves and maybe a bit silver blue foliage. Do wear gloves when handling this of straw too. Bundles of plant as it can cause skin short hollow cane wedged rashes. Hanging baskets can into the fork of a tree or even be planted up with pansies wired to a fence will provide violas and bellis daisies, and a winter home for ladybirds add one or two miniature and even bees. The latter really do need looking after daffodils.

Tidy up the garden so make sure you add plenty for Winter, cut out any of bee-friendly plants to your straggling shoots and dead garden.

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Top screenwriter, director and actress Kay Mellor will show her feature film ‘Fanny and Elvis’, starring Ray Winstone and Kerry Fox, at Cottage Road Cinema, Headingley, on Tuesday 24th September at 7.45pm.

This is a fundraising event for Macmillan Cancer Support and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).

Kay, well known for her work on several successful drama series, including Fat Friends, Band of Gold, and The Syndicate, will also take part in a question and answer session with television presenter Gaynor Barnes.

“Kay is a tremendous advocate for Leeds and Cottage Road is a historic cinema. I thought it would be a great idea to bring the two together and raise money for two great charities”, said organiser Karen Duffield. “I have personally seen the amazing work of these two charities and know how important it is that funds are raised to allow the continuation and development of the fabulous work they do.”

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Fanny and Elvis is a romantic comedy set at the onset of the new millennium

husband Rob has run off with one of his students, her biological clock starts ticking away like a time bomb. The search for a sperm donor who is intelligent, healthy and has the right look is the focus.

Kate is thrust into a world of sperm counts, ovulation and IVF. Relationships, sex and fertility in a new millennium are at the heart of this exciting film.

“When Karen approached me to show Fanny and Elvis at Cottage Road I was delighted to be

part of such a wonderful event at my favourite cinema and the opportunity to support these worthwhile charities”, said Kay. Tickets (£10) are available from Cottage Road Cinema (0113 2751 606, www.cottageroad.co.uk), from Karen Duffield on 07930 355622 or Susan Preston on 07970 898923.

Three Headingley restaurants – Salvo’s, Giorgios and The Olive Tree – are offering early bird menus and a free drink in support of the event.

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ONLY GOD FORGIVES DIRECTED BY: NICOLAS WINDING REFN STARRING: RYAN GOSLING, KRISTEN SCOTT THOMAS, VITHAYA PANSRINGARM CERT: 18 - RUNNING TIME: 90 MINS This stunning, blood soaked tale of violent retribution sees Nicolas Winding Refn reunited with Ryan Gosling, star of his earlier feature, Drive, and is a visceral, utterly gripping film distinguished by an unsettling strangeness.

Gosling here turns in another tight-lipped, virtually monosyllabic performance as Julian, an American expat fleeing past demons in Bangkok where he runs a boxing gym with his brother, Billy, as a front for their drug smuggling operation.

A violently destructive cycle of revenge is set in motion when Billy, who from the outset strikes one as a particularly reprehensible piece of work, murders an underage prostitute. At this point the enigmatic, sword wielding police chief, Chang enters the fray. A self styled avenging angel, Chang gives the murdered girl’s father leave to do what he will with his daughter’s killer whereupon he wastes no time in caving in Billy

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skull. Chang’s redressing of the karmic balance doesn’t stop there, however.

Appalled by the man who let his daughter become embroiled in the sex trade,

It’s a curveball of a film, delivering something more and quite different from what one would expect from a standard issue ‘Violent Revenge Thriller’ genre flick

Chang makes him pay by slicing off an arm. Thus is Chang’s particular brand of brutal justice administered.

So far so messy. And it’s about to get messier with the arrival of Julian’s mother Crystal (an unrecognisable Kristen Scott Thomas).

A fearsome, no nonsense crime family matriarch, Crystal chidingly goads Julian into seeking out and exacting revenge on those responsible for Billy’s death, an action they will both come to regret.

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Having been somewhat underwhelmed by Drive I was halfway expecting to be left cold by Only God Forgives. As it turned out I was completely transfixed.

The film looks incredible, the cinematography, with its extraordinary richness of light and colour is mesmerising, almost every frame is painstakingly, beautifully composed.

Slow, prowling tracking shots and a menacing, rumbling score imbue each scene with a sense of foreboding. The effect is almost trance-inducing as the film immerses us in a simmering, seething, murky underworld and seduces with its lushly lurid visuals

until the next explosion of violent brutality jars us from our reverie.

There’s no question that Only God Forgives is not for everyone. The film’s screening at Cannes divided critics, with responses ranging from the effusive to the derisively dismissive. I would recommend it purely for it being such a curveball of a film, delivering something more and quite different from what one would expect from a standard issue ‘Violent Revenge Thriller’ genre flick. It’s quite unlike anything else out there at the moment and, if you have the stomach for it, I’d suggest you give it a look.

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Smooth, modern soul & funk with 70’s vibe, Brazilian tropicalia & country rock combined with the hallmarks of classic singer-songwriters like Randy Newman. £13

Caitlin Rose Sat 7 Sep, College of Music. Powerful Nashville country-folk singer-songwriter, drawing on influences from Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell. £12

Merchandise Tue 3 Sept, Brudenell Social Club. Equal parts punk misanthropy, maudlin balladeering, fine art, low humour, classical study, psychedelic spacecasing, mad science & pop genius. £7

Eliza & The Bear Sun 8 Sep Oporto Bar. One of UK’s most promising young bands with guitar-driven indie-folk hooks reinforced by beautifully orchestrated horns, punctuated rhythms & emphatic vocals. £5

Penny Rimbaud Wed 4 Sep, Brudenell Social Club.

Founder member of Crass, now moved on to more of a spoken word performance: thought-provoking, challenging & highly entertaining. £6

New Shoots: ‘Orion’ 8 Sept, 1-4pm at Inkwell Potternewton Lane. Jazz drummer Steve Hanley brings together a band of young jazz players. £7/5

Daughn Gibson Wed 4 Sept, Brudenell Social Club.

American country singersongwriter formerly drummer for Pearls & Brass. £8 The Kast Off Kinks Fri 6 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £12. Former members of The Kinks who got together to play for Kinks Fan Club meetings & Charity events over 15 years ago.

Nick Harper Sat 7 Sep, Brudenell Social Club.

Son of legendary Roy Harper. Described as one of the finest guitarists of his generation, a folk troubadour, an acoustic balladeer - with a touch of rock ‘n’ roll on the side. £10 Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts+Gerry McNeice Sat 7 Sep, Otley Courthouse, £11 John Parish Sat 7 Sep, Hyde Park Picture House. Guitarist who has been working with PJ Harvey for more than a decade & has also developed an interesting solo career. £10

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The Orwells Mon 9 Sep, Brudenell Social Club. Young 5-piece band from Chicago, playing mixture of blues/ garage rock. £6 Lauren Aquilina Tue 10 Sep, The Cockpit.

Songstress armed with melancholic piano-driven melodies & lyrics with overwhelming honesty Cayucas Wed 11 Sep Brudenell Social Club.

5-piece band from Santa Monica, California. £8 Giant Drag Thu 12 Sep, Nation of Shopkeepers. Los Angeles duo Annie Hardy (guitarist/singer) & Micah Calabrese (drummer/synth).

Laconically melodic voice & distorted fuzz of guitars & synth are reminiscent at times of PJ Harvey, The Breeders or MBV. £10 Exit Calm Thu 12 Sep, The Cockpit. Evoking classic approach to music of Creation Records & producing music with heart, style & integrity. £7.50 The Black Angels Fri 13 Sep The Cockpit. Highly touted

psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. £14 Jon Gomm Fri 13 Sep Brudenell Social Club. Leeds based singer/songwriter, guitar virtuoso & YouTube viral sensation. £10 New Shoots: Eirik Svela Trio 15 Sept, 1-4pm at Inkwell Potternewton Lane.

Last chance to catch Eirik before he goes back to Norway. £7/5 Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Sun 15 Sep First Direct Arena. Bollywood classics & latest Bollywood hits intertwined with powerful Sufi chants like Allah Hoo. An unforgettable evening. £25. - £75 Jimmy Eat World Sun 15 Sep O2 Academy. Originally inspired by acts like Fugazi & Sunny Day Real Estate, their punkish, emo sound has won the hearts of millions. £18.50 Junip Mon 16 Sep, Brudenell Social Club. The songs are often dynamic, melodic & shadowy, intimate & atmospheric. £12 The Front Bottoms Tue 17 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £8. A New Jersey punk band using acoustic guitar, indie-rock dance grooves & Springsteen-y keyboard lines.

Chastity Brown Tue 17 Sep, Seven Arts Centre, £8. A voice that’s sweet as molasses & wood smoke, clear & burning as summer sun!

Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun Wed 18 Sep, Brudenell Social Club. Anarcho-anglo storytellers influenced by alt. country folk & hardcore punk. £7 Swim Deep Thu 19 Sep, The Cockpit. Birmingham grungepop quartet with own brand of fuzzy grunge influenced pop, making waves across the UK. £9 Wire Thu 19 Sep, Brudenell Social Club. Undisputed originators of experimental postrock, having virtually drawn the map of modern guitar effects. Admired by Fugazi, My Bloody Valentine, Black Flag, Guided By Voices, & Blur. £14.50 YoungHusband Fri 20 Sep, The Cockpit. Heavy psych.

Influenced by The Birthday Party, Yo La Tengo, Beach Boys, The Ronnettes, Wire & The Cocteau Twin’s. £7 The Smyths Sat 21 Sep, Brudenell Social Club.

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Jazz Showcase: Kit Downes Trio 22 Sept, 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, celebrating the classic piano trio tradition + ‘dangerous’ experiments on it.

Boyce Avenue Mon 23 Sep, City Varieties. Florida-based band popular for strong acoustic roots & melodic rock. £25 Rod Stewart Tue 24 Sep, First Direct Arena. Best loved for his unmistakable voice & incredible versatility, able to turn his hand to anything from rock to folk to standard classics. £60

from garage to psychedelia, with touches of soul and sunshine pop.

The Dangerous Summer Thu 26 Sep, The Cockpit.

Straightforward, earnest rock music charged with hope & containing a much-needed brand of sincerity. £7 The Wave Pictures Thu 26 Sep, Brudenell Social Club. Think early Pavement, Galaxie 500, The Pastels, Jonathan Richman. £8

Psychic Ills Tue 24 Sep Brudenell Social Club, £6. Psychic Ills are an experimental rock/ psychedelic rock band from New York, USA.

The Leeds Bluegrass Club Thurs 26 Sept, The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane). Live, acoustic, Roots/ Bluegrass/Country music. Resident bands + guests from 8.30pm+ Picking sessions in back rooms, musicians welcome. £3. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040

The Primitives Wed 25 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £12.

Probably best known for their 1988 top 5 hit ‘Crash’, The Primitives sound ranges

Roots: Annie Keating & Trio Fri 27 Sept, 8pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. Singer/ songwriter from Brooklyn

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NY, who navigates the Americana environs also inhabited by Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin & Lucinda Williams. Played on Bob Harris show. £7 The Duckworth Lewis Method Fri 27 Sep, Brudenell Social Club.

Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy &Thomas Walsh of Pugwash perform cricketthemed whimsical tunes & witty lyrics which will bowl you over. £20 International Jazz Concert Series: Beats ‘n Pieces Sat 28 Sept, 8pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton. Some of the most exciting young musicians in UK. Gang Of Four Sat 28 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £21.

One of the most radically inventive of the original New Wave bands, fusing politics, musical experimentation & sheer rock ‘n’ roll energy.

Beans on Toast Sat 28 Sep, The Wardrobe. Blending dark wit with serious social & political satire. £6 Evarose Sat 28 Sep The Cockpit. Oxfordsire female rock 4-piece made instant fans through their comical video for debut single ‘We Can Pretend Anyway’. £6 Mono All-Dayer Sun 29 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, 3pm. Featuring: White Mania + Hookworms + Carlton Melton + GNOD + Mugstar + Cold Pumas + Sauna Youth + Soft Walls + Kult Country + Tense Men. Enjoy the best, up & coming psychedelic & alternative bands. £10 Tim Burgess Mon 30 Sep, Brudenell Social Club.

Frontman with Manchester indie gods The Charlatans, playing a mix of old favourites & new tunes. £16 Drenge Tue 1 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £8. Punked up blues-rock mayhem.

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rganised by Horsforth Harriers Running Club, registration for the Horsforth 10K Road Race is now open. This year’s race will take place on Sunday 29th Septembe, starting at 10am from its established base at Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge.

Once again Horsforthbased medical software company TPP has agreed to sponsor the race – their fifth consecutive year of sponsorship.

This year’s nominated charity is the Joint Activities and Motor Education Service (JAMES), a local charity that works with over 2000 disadvantaged young people and their families every year. They aim to provide a caring environment where young people can overcome disadvantage and lack of provision to achieve their full potential through the delivery of relevant education, training and leisure opportunities.

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Horsforth 10K has earned a justifiable reputation as one of the best and most popular 10K races in the area

“Every year we choose a different local charity to benefit from our race”, said Race Committee member Ian Park. “The ever-generous running community support the charity via additional funds with their entry, which we, as a club, match pound for pound.”

The Horsforth 10K course sticks mainly to roads as it heads back towards Horsforth following a sharp uphill start, with a long stretch of flat on the canal towpath from near Rodley back to Apperley Bridge with just the final couple of hundred metres on the grass of the Woodhouse Grove playing fields. The race

has been previously won

by London 2012 Olympic Triathlon Champion Alistair Brownlee.

“Horsforth 10K has earned a justifiable reputation as one of the best and most popular 10K races in the area”, said Race Director Bob Foulkes.

“We are looking forward to another sell out race. Entries on the day are permitted up to the race limit but to be sure of a place it is best to enter prior race day via the Horsforth Harriers website.”

Entry forms can be downloaded from www. horsfor thharriers.co.uk, www.ukresults.net and www.runnersworld.co.uk/ horsforth10K. Every finisher will receive a technical race t-shirt.

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Councillors Sharon Hamilton, Asghar Khan, and colleagues on the Inner North East and Inner East Area Committees, have approved funding totaling £12,000 for improvements to Gledhow Cricket Club.

Gledhow Cricket Club was set up in 2011 in response to local needs in Harehills. Over 70 young people had been attending community cricket session but there was no local club that they could join. So the community Group ‘CATCH’ and West Yorkshire Police established two junior teams at the Club.

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It has also been recognised by the English Cricket Board, which wants to use their strategies as a national template for increasing participation in grass roots cricket, especially in disadvantaged and deprived communities.

The funding will go towards building a new artificial cricket practice area including nets and steel cages. These new facilities are urgently needed as Gledhow Club is struggling to accommodate the increasing numbers of young people who want to play cricket.

“Gledhow Cricket Club has gone from strength to strength but has struggled with the demand for places”, said Councillor Sharon Hamilton, Chair of Inner North East Area Committee. “These improvements will help the Club to expand and allow even more children to benefit from the first-rate classes provided. We are delighted to have been able to fund these works.”

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The Leeds Starlight Hike in aid of Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice, returns on Saturday 28th September and is set to be bigger and better than ever!

The 10km route takes walkers through the picturesque grounds and woodland of Temple Newsam estate. “This will be our biggest fundraising event of the year and we’re hoping to raise over £50,000”, said fundraiser Joseph ClarkBland. “Events like this are crucial to our survival.

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“The quality of care is phenomenal. Nothing is too much trouble and the staff is so dedicated. I decided to

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This year, it will cost over £4m to run Wheatfields – and with 47 per cent funded by the NHS, £2.1m needs to be generated through donations and fundraising events.

To take part in the Starlight Hike, visit www. sueryder.org/StarlightHike or call 0113 203 3338. Entry is £15 for adults, free for under-16s

Join us under starlight to raise money for Wheatfields Hospice Temple Newsam Saturday 28 September at 10 pm Challenge yourself and have a fantastic night out on our 10k walk through Temple Newsam, remembering loved ones and raising money for Sue Ryder – Wheatfields. The Starlight Hike is a night out with a difference.

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FROEBELIAN WIN IN NATIONAL ART COMPETITION

Issy Hill from Froebelian School won first place in the minimecardco.com nationwide art competition, which had over 3,000 entries from across the UK. Issy’s design won the school a fabulous forest bird box, which will attract more birds and allow the children to study wildlife in the school grounds.

“Creativity is really important for children and this is encouraged through the many art projects we do in the school”, commented head teacher Mr Tranmer.

The Froebelian School is an independent school for 190 boys and girls aged three to 11 years. It aims to provide children with a happy learning environment where they are challenged and supported to achieve personal excellence.

Ac a d e m i c success is at its heart and this is complemented by plenty of sport, music, art and drama.

There is also a full programme of extra-curricular activities, including opportunities for outdoor pursuits.

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YOUNGER LIFE

CHILDREN GO POTTY FOR MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE This year, thousands of children (aged 3 – 11) will help to raise vital funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care by growing daffodils (the charity’s logo) as part of the Mini Pots of Care appeal.

Now in its ninth year, Mini Pots of Care is a project for schools and teaches children about science, nature and the work of Marie Curie Nurses.

Free detailed lesson plans supporting Key Stages 1 and 2 are available online. Activity resources for youth groups are also available to download.

Last year 117 schools in West Yorkshire took part and raised over £10,000, which helped to provide over 500 hours of nursing care. Schools receive a free kit, including

Last year schools in West Yorkshire took part and raised over £10,000

daffodil bulbs, to plant in the Autumn and care for throughout the winter months.

Then, in Spring, the children celebrate their blooming daffodils by holding a Mini Pots of Care Fundraising Day, when they have fun painting their pots, holding fundraising activities.

To register your school or group, call 0845 052 4184 or visit www.mariecurie.org. uk/minipotsofcare before 4th October, 2013.

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Active Women Leeds Cycle rides 3rd Sun of month, 11am leaving from Waitrose car park, Meanwood. Circular routes along quiet roads or off road cycle paths around north Leeds. Free. Details: 395 7364, www.goskyride.com/ breeze.

Alwoodley Community Association Badminton Club Friendly group welcomes all abilities for badminton & social events Mon from 9pm & Wed from 8.30pm. Details: Vicky 07561 292699, Phil 268 9996, acabc@gmx.co.uk, www. alwoodleycommunityassociation. co.uk Alwoodley Martial Arts Club Mon 6.30 – 8.30pm Moortown Methodist Church, Alderton Rise, LS17. Wed 6 – 8pm Alwoodley Community Association, The Avenue, LS17. Now accepting new members. Details: 07729 392 546, kibbsuk@gmail.org.uk Come Sailing Sundays No experience necessary. Travel included Leeds - Coastal Marina.

See Youtube ‘Phuket Sports 8’. Details: 07973 512 562, adelsailing@gmail.com Help St. Gemma’s to keep RUNNING! If you have a place for The Great North Run and would like to fundraise for St. Gemma’s, please get in touch for a fundraising pack, running vest, training advice & support. Details: Michelle 218 5570, michelleb@ st-gemma.co.uk 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 English Folk Dancing Society Weds, Meanwood Methodist Church (School Room), 7.30 – 9.30pm. Details: Derry Fletcher 07792 319744 Leeds Naturist Group (founded 1985) meets Sat 5 – 6.30pm at Bramley Baths & is open to all.

Naturist swim & Russian steam bath, followed by refreshments in the studio. Identity documents required on first visit. Details: leedsnaturistgroup@gmail.com, www.leedsnaturistgroup.com

Leeds Tai Chi Academy Weekly class Mon 7-9pm at Chapel Allerton Primary School, Harrogate Rd, LS7. £5/4. Details: 07581 217074 Like to Walk? Join a group of walkers who meet Tues twice a month for 10 – 12 mile walks starting 10am. Details: Richard 267 3623 Lindy Hop Dance Classes Mon 8 – 11pm, Moortown Social Club, LS17 5LA. Beginners 8pm, Intermediate 9.30pm, Followed by social dancing. £5. Details: Joyce 278 9891, www.swingjiveleeds. com Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon & Wed 5.45pm, Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome. Details: 07890 398968 Moortown Rugby Union Respect, teamwork, discipline, fun. Brilliant club for under 7s (Year 2) to adults. They train & play Sun 10:30am at Moss Valley, LS17 7NT. Details: Damian Curtis 07860 454701, damian.curtis@ bt.com or www.pitchero.com/ clubs/moortownrufc/ North Leeds Bowling Club (April – October) New members, experienced or complete novices, welcome at crown green club on edge of Soldiers’ Field, Roundhay.

Opportunity to play matches, friendlies or just play with friends.

Monthly social events. £30 pa/ social members £6. Details: Trevor 267 1071, trevmar32@ aol.co.uk, or Frances 269 0978, francesdada6@gmail.com Pudsey & District Rambling Club Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs. New members welcome in this friendly, long established club with members from all over the district. Annual membership £8 (£1 juniors). Try before you join. Details: 01943 430657 Ramgarhia Sports Centre Adults: Circuit Training (Mon & Wed 6.30 – 7.30pm; Fri 6 – 7pm). £5 per class. Children: Cricket (ages 8-16, Sun 10am – noon); Hockey (Fri, 5 – 6pm). £2 per class. All abilities welcome.

Details: 262 5657, ‘Ramgarhia Sikh Centre’ on facebook.

Roundhay parkrun Sat 8.45am for 9am start, at the bandstand near The Mansion. Free 5k timed run for all ages & abilities. Details: www.parkrun.org.uk/roundhay/

Run the Great North Run Sun 15 Sept in Newcastle. Lineham Farm Children’s Centre in Eccup is looking for runners to help raise funds. Details: Clare Beard 281 7880, clare@linehamfarm.co.uk St Gemma’s Sahara Trek & Community Challenge 19 - 26 October 2013. Experience the Sahara desert, life of the nomadic tribes, sleep under the stars, & help a community project in Morocco – all in aid of St. Gemma’s Hospice. Details: 218 5570, elizabethf@st-gemma. co.uk, www.st-gemma.co.uk St Gemma’s Sponsored Skydives 14 Sept, 12 Oct or your own date. Take part in an exhilarating tandem skydive.

Raise minimum of £395 & you can jump for free! Details: 218 5570, skydive@st-gemma.co.uk Walkabout! Alwoodley-based friendly group that enjoy walks, both local & further afield. Varied programme, short medium or long walks take place at weekends, evenings & midweek.

Social activities too. All welcome.

Details: Barbara Wakefield 285 7136, Sarah Barnes 261 9212, Nicky Whitfield 267 9867 www. alwoodleywalkabout.org.uk Zumba Classes Fri 3.30 – 4.30pm, Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank LS17. £1.50. Details: 268 9993 ARTS & CRAFTS Alwoodley Art Group Meets Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17 2NZ. Practical meetings, workshops, demonstrations & talks.

New members of all abilities welcome. Details: 2251546, info@5dpublicity.com, www. alwoodleyartgroup-leeds.com Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 21 Sept, 10am – 4pm at Poolin-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. Anne Allan will demonstrate how to paint cats in the meticulous style.

New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 344746, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk Landscape & Still Art Exhibition Sat 14 – Fri 20 Sept at Oakely House, 22 Lambert Ave, Roundhay, LS8 1NH. Featuring work of internationally collected local artist Judith Levin, in a collaboration between Gledhow Hall & Oakley House. Original paintings & prints, souvenir cards

FREE FOR charities, churches, social clubs & non-profit community groups

& refreshments available to purchase helping GVCAG projects.

Viewing strictly by appointment.

Details: gvcag@yahoo.co.uk Stainbeck Art Club 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm Meeting Room, Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Practical & demonstrations. Also painting & sketching days out. New members all abilities welcome. Details: Rose or Ken 266 5005 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Community Cafe Thurs 11am – 2pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church. Bookstall, ENEHL Debt & Benefit Advice, Police Contact Point, free wifi & help available. Followed by craft club.

Coffee, Cake & Chat Every 4th Sat, 10.30am – noon, Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. Cake stall, books, Fairtrade. All welcome. www.stainbeck.urc.org. uk Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc on North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Indoor Car Boot Sale Sat 21 Sept, 10am – 1pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. Wide variety of stalls.

Entry by donation. Refreshments.

Details: Jenny Dixon 218 5565, jennyd@st-gemma.co.uk Nearly New Sale Sat 14 Sept, 10am – 12pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. Over 50 stalls selling things for babies, toddlers and Mums-to-be in great condition & at bargain prices! Entry £1.

Refreshments. Details: Jenny Dixon 218 5565, jennyd@stgemma.co.uk Oakwood Farmers’ Market 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

St Gemma’s Vintage Fair Sat 7 & Sun 8 Sept; 16 & 17 Nov. Entry by donation. Fantastic retro clothes, accessories, vinyl & furniture. Plus vintage hair & make-overs, vintage tea shop & Leeds auctioneer Gary Don will value your treasures for a small donation to the Hospice.

St Gemma’s Autumn Fair Sat 5 Oct, 10am – 3pm at Hospice, Harrogate Rd, Moortown. Wide array of stalls, children’s activities & harvest fruit & veg sale. Live

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entertainment, circus skills & face-painting, fundraising stalls (Donations welcome. Please leave at Reception) & games, Hog Roast.

Entry by donation. Details: Michelle 218 5570, michelleb@st-gemma. co.uk

Human Writes in Leeds (HWIL) meets Fri 20 Sept, 1.30pm in café of West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Participants bring short pieces of their own writing for discussion.

Details: Warwick 2288584, warwick.t@ntlworld.com

GROUPS/CLUBS

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached with a zest for life. Monthly programme of events.

Not a dating agency. Details: 262 1455 or 261 2619, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com

Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, trips & social events. Details: Dave Senior 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs, 8.30pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome.

Details: 391 0403, www. alwoodleymc.org.uk.

Bridge For All! Leeds Bridge Club, Stonegate Rd, Moortown A friendly bridge club offering Bridge five nights a week for experienced players. No partner needed on Tues & Thurs. Lessons for all levels from beginners upwards.

Details: Anne 203 7821, www. leedsbridgeclub.com Friends of Allerton Grange Fields Friendly group of volunteers working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome to join events & activities, including litter picks, bulb & tree planting, shrub clearance.

Details: foagf@outlook.com, www. friendsallertongrange.org Friends of Leeds City Museums raise funds to finance acquisitions for Leeds’ museums, through a range of exciting trips & social events. New members very welcome. Details: 269 3899, jspearsonster@gmail.com Gledhow Valley Conservation Area Group A voluntary group that focuses on the heritage, green spaces & structures of the Conservation Area, bringing people together to value the historic environment with fundraising & social events. Details: gvcag@ yahoo.co.uk, www.gledhow.org.uk Greenpeace Leeds meet 1st Mon of month, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2 (by The Calls). Join the growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details: Joe 07929 610773, www.greenpeace.org.uk/ groups Headingley Games Club Thurs 6.30 – 10.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Board games: Settlers, Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, mst Euro-games, etc. Tabletop games: 40k, Hordes, Flames of War, War machine, etc & Role Playing Games. Details: 275 9762, http://headingleygamesclub. com/ Facebook group: Headingley Games Club

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Leeds Elmet Probus Club provides a social gathering for retired men from professional & business backgrounds. Meets last Tues of month, 12 noon at Leeds 17 Restaurant, Nursery Lane, for lunch followed by guest speaker & short business meeting. Details: Keith Robson 230 1559 Leeds Bridge Club Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre (MASSC), Stonegate Rd, LS17 Beginners classes: Mon 2 – 4.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm, Thurs 1.30 - 3.45pm from 30 Sept. Improvers: Tues 12.45 – 3pm, Thurs 7 - 9.15pm, Fri 10 – 12.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm from 1 Oct. Details: Gill Copeland 225 7237, www.leedsbridgeclub.com Leeds Caledonian Society Sat 28 Sept, 3pm. Guided tour of ‘Marks IN Time’ M & S Heritage Museum at Leeds University. Parking available. Details & registration: 278 6330 Leeds Cat Rescue is run by a group of cat loving volunteers who rehabilitate & do whatever they can for lost, neglected & forgotten cats & kittens. If you can offer a loving home for one of them, please contact them. Details: 268 0488, leedscatrescue@googlemail.com, www.leedscatrescue.btck.co.uk Leeds Combined Arts Poetry, Prose & Music Evening Wed 18 Sept, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. First Poetry Evening of new season, hosted by poet & musician Miles Cain. Entry £3 /£1.50 Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Meets at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Next meetings: 29 Aug; 16 Oct; 12 Nov. Details: Beatrice Rogers 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk Leeds Microscopical Society can help anyone interested in using a microscope. Details: Mike Smith 293 5991, leedsmicroscopical.org.uk 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.

FORTNIGHTLY AUCTIONS Tuesdays from 5.30pm

Viewing Mon: 10am - 4pm Tues: 11am - 5:30pm

Stamps, Fine China, Antiques, Militaria, Silverware, Jewellery & Furniture House clearances undertaken Gold & silver items wanted

Valuations - call Mark: 07593 824 357 www.web-us.at/shelbys-auctioneers

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52 Leeds Oxfam Group Lively group campaigning on issues of interest to everyone concerned about global justice. Panel discussion planned on importance of international aid. Volunteers needed to fill interesting roles.

Details: www.oxfamleeds.org.uk/, or Facebook Leeds Photographic Society meets alt Tues, 7.30pm St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd LS8. Details: www.lps1852. co.uk Leeds Probus Club for retired professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane LS7 for social gatherings with speakers. Details: 261 1282.

Let’s Go LEEDS! Free, volunteer run social group organising a variety of events in North Leeds, city centre & around. All ages & friendly people welcome. Details: www.lets-go-leeds.co.uk Moortown Community Group works to highlight matters of interest or contention & aims to improve living in Moortown – e.g. Moortown in Bloom & campaign to save Yorkshire Bank Sports Field. New members welcome. Details: 269 5107, moortowncommunitygroup@ hotmail.co.uk, www. moortowncommunitygroup.co.uk

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COMMUNITY NOTICES National Trust Leeds Association meets throughout the year. Summer programme now underway. Join your local branch. Details: Pam 258 8178 North Leeds History Group meets Mon, 1 – 3pm (Oct – end April) at Moor Allerton Library.

Friendly, informal group. In 2013/14 they will be examining the history of Medieval Britain, with reflections on the modern world. Just £2 incl. refreshments.

New members welcome. Details: 225 6405 North Leeds Friendship Centre Friendly group for retired & over 50s – outings, lunches, ten pin bowling, theatre visits & more.

Social afternoons with speakers 2nd Fri, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd. New members welcome.

Details: Eileen 269 0084 North Leeds Model Flying Club New members very welcome, experienced or beginners.

Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice. Regular meetings at Horsforth or airfield at Almscliff Crag. Details: 217 8348, www. nlmfc.org Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events. Looking for new members. Details or

to book a speaker: 261 3758/ 01943 467299 Shadwell Horticultural Society welcomes new members.

Membership includes monthly guest speaker starting Thurs 10 Oct, newsletters, society shop & free entry to annual Flower Show.

Additional events held Spring & Summer. Details: Susan 273 8821 Slaid Hill in Bloom Sat 7 Sept - join in their working parties!

Everyone welcome. Meet outside Dexter Pub 10am – 12 noon.

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 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 West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Moorside Tenants & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. Bramley, LS13. Find out about growing this delightful flower & exhibiting at gardening shows.

Details: Graham Wheatley (Sec) 256 3055, Sid Tagger (Chair) 268 7868 MUSIC Alwoodley Community Choir Friendly, sociable group of singers meets Wed, 6.15 – 7.45pm downstairs in The Lord Darcy, Harrogate Rd. New members always welcome – especially more men! Currently working on new material, including Les Mis medley. Details: Jean 07855 059990 Alwoodley Singers Wanted new members! Ability to read music not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 8 - 10pm at ACA Hall, The Ave, LS17 7NZ. Details: Alan 294 3370 Friends of the Wurlitzer Great concerts by well known organists at Victoria Hall, Saltaire.

Upcoming dates: 8 Sept, 2.30pm: Christian Cartwright. Excellent refreshments. Tickets £8. Details: 0845 400 2208 Guitars for Beginners Mon 4pm (ages 7-12), 4.45 – 5.45 (13+). £3. Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank LS17. Details: 268 9993 Leeds Guild of Singers Welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Do you sight-

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read? Would you like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir?

Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: Liz at secretary@leedsguildofsingers. org.uk Matinee Band Friendly, supportive, instrumental group playing eclectic mix of music looking for new members, any instrument. Reading ability desirable but not essential. Meet Thurs 2 – 3.30pm at Quaker Meeting House, 136 Street Lane LS8. £5 per session. Details: martinonline@ntlworld.com Phoenix Concert Band Community concert band for players of Grade 6 standard & over. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Tebb Room in music department. To join or book the band for a concert visit www. phoenixband.co.uk or email: secretary@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 Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm (starting again 4 Sept) at Terry Yorath House, 18 Devonshire Close, LS8. Strum & sing your favourite songs (from Rock to Pop) on the Ukulele! All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www.roundhayukulelegroup. wordpress.com & on facebook 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 Singing to Raise Funds Fairfax Singers will bring some lovely music to help raise much needed funds for your charity. 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. 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. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@ whiterosettes.org.uk

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Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm. Friendly, informal string orchestra made up of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners group for those especially new to playing. Details: www.ylss.org Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses alt Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. For players of Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome. Details: Deborah Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld.com SENIORS Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome.

Details: Vivienne & Paul 268 2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, or paul_chaplin@hotmail.com Craft Club Thurs, 2.15 – 4pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd, LS7. Informal group for all crafting abilities & interests. Join in group activities or bring your own along.

All welcome. Donation to cover materials welcome. Details: 393 0600, www.interact.uk.net Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group meets 1st Wed of month, 1.30pm at Pudsey Civic Hall LS28 5TA. Speaker or entertainment at 2pm. Friendship & activities for people of retirement age. Days out, dining, walks, computers, etc.

New members welcome. Details: 258 5955 or 267 5657 Lunch Club & Over 55s Club Wed 12 – 3pm. Two course meal £3.50 followed by fun activities.

Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank, Leeds LS17.

Details: 268 9993 MAECare Coffee Mornings: 3rd Thurs, 10.30am –12, Moortown Methodist Church Hall, Alderton Rise, LS17. £2 /£2.50. Music & Memories: 1st Thurs, 10.30am – 12, Moortown Social Club, £1.50.

Creative Crafts: Mon 10.30am – 12.30pm, Methodist Church Hall. £3. Nintendo Wii: 1st Tues, 10.30am – 12, Moorhaven Court, LS17 £1. MAECare Strollers: fortnightly, 10.30am 57 Cranmer Bank. Short, accessible walks.

Details: MAECare 266 0371 Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Tues 1.45 – 3.30pm at Terry Yorath House, Devonshire Ave. Club for over 70s who would like to make new friends & take part in wide range of activities. £1. Details: Carole 269 6632 Stainbeck URC Lunch Club Stainbeck Rd. Mon & Wed, 11am – 1.30pm (£4). Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided. Volunteers welcome.

Details: Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766, www.

stainbeck.urc.org.uk U3A Leeds is a friendly, lively organisation for anyone no longer in full time work. Over 20 special interest groups & fortnightly talks on various topics, held at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Club.

Details: 07552 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk SPIRITUAL Christian Science Church Sunday Services & Sunday School 11am. Testimony Meeting 1st Wed 8pm. Devonshire Ave. (next to Texaco petrol station) off Street Lane LS8. Bible based, Everyone welcome.

The Fourth Way of G.I. Gurdjieff 10 Sept: A talk by Bob Bows of the Leeds Gurdjieff Society.

Wed 18 Sept: Readings from ‘In Search of the Miraculous’ by P.D. Ouspensky. 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Free. All Welcome.

Details: 07581 080667, rb@ gurdjieff-leeds.com, www. gurdjieff-leeds.com Free Group Meditation Sun 78pm (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 Hare Krishna Programme Tues 7 – 8.30pm at Cardigan Centre, 145 Cardigan Rd. LS6.

Mantra Meditation, Kirtana Yoga, Enchanting Music, Ecstatic Dancing, Discourses on Bhagavad Gita & Great Vegetarian Food.

Everyone welcome. Free. Details: 07726 688778, gouranga108@ gmail.com Kagyu Buddhist Group Tues, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Drop-in meditation class practising calm-abiding, reflective meditation suitable for all. £4. Details: 01282 841570, yorkshire@dechen.org, www. dechen.org 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 Natural Healing Centre Healing offered Thurs by members of NFSH The Healing Trust.

7pm - 8.30pm at The Friend’s Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay, Leeds LS8.

Details: 07949 972690, www. leedshealingcentre.org Meditation & Modern Buddhism Classes Tue 7.30 - 9.30pm at Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, LS8; Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm at Yorkshire Dance, 3 St Peter’s Building, Leeds LS9. Details: 265 2188,

info@meditationinleeds.org, or www.meditationinleeds.org Moortown Baptist Church 204 King Lane, LS17. Sunday services 10.30am & 6pm. Range of toddler, children’s, youth, house groups & senior projects run through week. Details: 269 3750, www.moortownbaptistchurch. org.uk Roundhay Evangelical Church Sun 10.30am & 6.30pm at Roundhay Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr (near Oakwood Clock).

Friendly, informal & bible centred.

All welcome. Details: www. roundhayevangelicalchurch.com St John’s Church, Moortown Sunday Services 8am, 10am & 6.30pm at the junction of Harrogate Rd & Ring Rd, LS17 7BZ. Everyone welcome. Details: www.stjohnsmoorallerton.org Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck Rd. Sunday Worship 10.45am - family worship & Sunday Club followed by refreshments. Communion 2nd Sunday. Praise & reflection: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm.

Stillness Group Every Mon at Friends’ Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8.

Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now & A New Earth. Spend time in stillness with like minded friends. Details: Sally 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere. com SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds Branch meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694 Association of Blind Asians Leeds is looking for volunteers who could provide a valuable sighted guiding service to reduce isolation & increase independence of visually impaired people in Leeds. Details: Sonal 210 3347 Charlie’s Angel Centre support for those who have lost babies.

Details: charliesangelcentre@ hotmail.com, @charlie29122012, www.charlies-angel-centre.org.uk Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & their families in North & West Yorkshire. Regular meetings. Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@crohnsandcolitis. org.uk, www.groups. crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Leeds Different Strokes Invites stroke survivors to join them, Wed 1.45 – 3.45pm, Adel Stables, Back Church Lane. Incl. an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744

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54 IBS Leeds Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Details: matt@letscureibs.com Leeds Coeliac Group meets 7pm Fri 20 Sept for glutenfree Chinese meal at G-Wu Restaurant, Stainburn Parade, 300 Harrogate Rd, Moortown LS17. Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850, sandra.mclean@ btinternet.com Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 245 6789, 08457 909090 Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA) provides respite care to families with children who have complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one home based care. Looking for people to volunteer to join their Management Committee as Trustees. Details: 216 5133, angela.roberts@lwca.co.uk Overeaters Anonymous Weds 6.30pm at Roundhay Friends Meeting House. All welcome.

Details: 07981 940603, www. oagb.org.uk The Owls New city-wide informal child-minding group offering support, training & information, & social events. Membership £5 pa.

Details: 228 8509 Parkinson’s UK Leeds meet 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Support for anybody affected by Parkinson’s.

Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda Thompson, 01943 461640 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 267 1721 The Marigold Wellbeing Centre (formerly Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre) is at the Day Therapy Centre, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate, two Saturdays a month. Support for people with cancer & other chronic conditions. Details: Karen 01937 573166, or John & Ann 274 9074. www.marigoldwellbeingcentre. org.uk TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Leeds Anglo German Club Wed 18 Sept, 7.30pm at Headingley St Columba’s URC. ‘Puppet Theatre in Germany, Switzerland

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COMMUNITY NOTICES & Skipton’, a talk in German & English by Daniel Lempen of Lempen Puppet Theatre, incl. a brief demonstration. Details: 268 7697 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 RSPB Group meets Weds 18 Sept, 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane. Illustrated talk by Tim Melling, on ‘Canada - the Wild West’, looking at the birds & wildlife of Vancouver Island & British Columbia. All welcome.

Details: rspbleeds@googlemail. com MICA (Meetings in Chapel Allerton) First Wed of month – interesting, inspiring & motivational talks in the area of personal development, providing you with ideas to apply to your daily life & help motivate you.

Details: mikefm100@gmail.com Talking Allowed in Leeds (TAIL) meets to discuss a topic on Thurs 26 Sept, 1.45pm in Veritas Ale & Wine Bar, Great George St. Details: Warwick 2288584, warwick.t@ntlworld.com ‘The Immune System of the Soul’ Sun 1 Sept, 7 – 9pm Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd. LS16.

Free talk by best selling author, motivational speaker & spiritual coach Mike George on ‘How to strengthen your natural resistance to dis-ease!’

Booking essential. Details: 275 7727, leeds@uk.brahmakumaris. org, www.brahmakumaris.org/ uk/leeds WOMEN’S GROUPS Chapel Pie WI meets Mon 9 Sept, 7:45pm at Chapel Allerton Tennis Club. Friendly, fun women’s group for all ages. Beer tasting to celebrate Oktoberfest!

Visitors welcome (£3). Annual membership £33. Details: chapelpiewi@gmail.com, www. chapelpiewi.com, Facebook at Chapel Pie WI. Darling Roses WI Sat 31 Aug, 11am – 3pm, at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd LS17, Chocolate Tasting & Hand Bound Journal Making. 28 Sept: Mina Said-Allsopp on the Life of a Forager, followed by Pickling & Chutney Making, plus talk on Podiatry. Details: Debbie 07970 617937, debbie@darlingroseswi. org 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.

Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs each month, 7.15pm at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Avenue LS8. A modern voice for today’s woman.

Details: 266 5648 Leeds Soroptimist Club Musical Evening Tues 8 Oct, 8pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd LS16. Featuring the Lawnswood singers & Bradford accordion band. In aid of club charities.

Tickets £10 (incl. wine & cheese).

Details: Mary Henderson 265 116, maryhenderson@btinternet. com Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm at Weetwood Hall.

All ladies welcome. Details: www. sigbi.org/leeds University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads. Regular events. Details: uleedslc@gmail.com White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.45pm Farsley Library, Old Rd, Farsley, LS28. Go along & meet them on 9 Sept. A friendly environment in which to improve your speaking skills. Details: Pauline Neale, 269 3542, pauline.neale@ntlworld.com, www.the-asc.org.uk YOUNGER LIFE Drama Club Usually Wed 4.15 – 5.15pm, at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd, LS7 but check first.

Fun, informal club for ages 7 – 14 living in LS7. Drama games & performance-arts skills to build confidence & develop friendships.

Free. Details: 393 0600, www. interact.uk.net Leeds Children’s Circus Tues 5.45 – 6.45pm under 10s; 7 – 8pm over 10s. Adults 1st & 3rd Tues 8pm at Harehills Lane Baptist Church, Hilton Place LS8 4HF Details: info@ leedschildrenscircus.org.uk www.leedschildrenscircus.org.uk Leeds Junior Chess Club Meets Sun 5.30 – 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, Alwoodley. Ideal for ages 7-18 of all standards. Coaching from accredited coaches, competitive & friendly play, fun tournaments.

Details: John Hipshon 226 7759, www.leedsjuniorchess.org.uk Youth Club Mon in term time.

Ages 8 – 12: 7 – 8.30pm; ages 13+: 7 – 9pm. Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7. Games, crafts, table tennis, pool, PS3, Wii, events. Details: 393 0600, www. interact.uk.net 7th Moor Allerton Brownies Seek New Members A number

of Brownies have gone up to Guides so the group has places available. They meet Mon in LS17 from 6 – 7.15pm. Details: 7thmoorallertonbrownies@gmail. com Parent & Tots Group Tues (term time) 1.30-3pm Queens Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. £2 per family, incl. drink & snack. Everyone welcome.

Details: Raegan saintraegan@ yahoo.co.uk, Sam mumba40@ gmail.com Gledhow Elfins Children’s Activity Group meets Tues 6.15 – 7.15pm at Gledhow Primary School. Outdoor & indoor fun for 6 – 9 year olds, including nature walks, scavenger hunts, craft activities & physical games, often with topical themes. £1 per week. Part of the Woodcraft Folk movement www.woodcraft.org. uk Details: Helen gledhowleeds@ woodcraft.org.uk MISC/ EVENTS Chapel Allerton Allotments & Gardens Assoc 96th Autumn Show Sat 7 Sept, 3pm at Methodist Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Raffle, plants & sundries, bee stall, auction of produce, cards, refreshments.

Admission 50p, children free.

Don’t Act Your Age A social improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome. Details: Ron Wiener 266 7722 Hope Pastures Fashion Show Fri 13 Sept,7.30pm Weetwood Hall.

Drinks on arrival. Outfits supplied

by Harriets of Otley. Opportunity to view clothes after show. Lucky Dip drawn by Clare King (exEmmerdale). Tickets £20 from 261 4344, info.hopepastures@ gmail.com Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Weetwood Lane, LS16. Visitors welcome 10am – 2.45pm. Free admission.

Donations welcome. Details: 261 4344 For events & pony days visit www.hopepastures.org Leeds & Moortown Furniture Store Registered charity that collects donated/unwanted furniture & passes it on to people in need. Call to arrange convenient pick up times. Details: 273 9727, leedsandmoortown. org.uk Lipreading Classes Wed & Thurs, 1 – 3pm at DALES (Deaf Across Leeds Enablement Service) Minerva House, East Parade Leeds. For anyone with hearing loss. £3 per 2 hour session. Details: Susan Lee 07910 831646, or susan@ susanleelipreading.com

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