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Dear Readers,

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

An Alan Bennett Season at The Playhouse A Festival of Ideas in Headingley

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FEATURES

This month starts on a sad note with the news that Councillor Clive Fox, who had contributed a column to North Leeds Life for over five years, died suddenly. Many, many readers will miss his unique take on the antics of the Council and more besides. Our thanks go to Councillor Barry Anderson who helped us with his obituary further on in the magazine.

There is lots of community activity this month – both Adel and Headingley are busy putting together Neighbourhood Plans, and the North West Leeds Transport Forum (www.nwltf.org.uk) questions the wisdom of the trolleybus on the A660 as the project goes to Public Enquiry. The first Festival of Ideas is taking place in

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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Dino Jaws at New Dock Hall!

The Natural History Museum Exhibition comes to Leeds direct from Hong Kong where it attracted well over half a million visitors.

Headingley; Friends of The Hollies are holding their annual plant sale; York Gate Garden reopens; and Meanwood has a Community Orchard.

Fans of Alan Bennett are in for a treat as a season of his work launches at West Yorkshire Playhouse; Marti Pellow talks to us about appearing in Evita at The Grand; and there is a knockout exhibition coming to New Dock Hall. Plus, we find out about the Etape du Dales and lots of other physical challenges.

And then it’s on to June! Please get all your news and notices to us as soon as you can (before 1st May if possible). The deadline for advertising is 9th May.

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As the Public Enquiry gets underway people continue to oppose plans for the trolleybus.

An Alan Bennett Season at The Playhouse

A feast of Bennett theatre, from ‘Enjoy’ to ‘Untold Stories’, ‘Talking Heads’ and the smash-hit musical ‘Betty Blue Eyes’.

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The television adaptation of Northern Ballet’s ‘Ugly Duckling’ was one of the final three nominations in the Children’s Fiction category of the Royal Television Society Awards, which recognise excellence across all genres of television.

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gly Duckling, choreographed by company dancers Dreda Blow and Sebastian Loe, was Northern Ballet’s first ballet created for children. The BAFTA award-winning television adaptation was commissioned by the BBC for CBeebies last year.

Funding from the Leeds Inspired fund allowed Northern Ballet to create Ugly Duckling, with the aim of reaching children and families who wouldn’t normally go to ballet. Initially performed at community venues in Leeds, the ballet received further funding from Arts Council England to tour

Our partnership with the BBC was a fantastic way to introduce ballet to new audiences

throughout the North of England.

To date more than 25,000 children and their families have seen a live performance, over 250,000 have watched the television adaptation, and 400,000 have experienced it through BBC iPlayer and the CBeebies website.

“Our partnership with the BBC in the creation of Ugly Duckling was a fantastic way to introduce ballet to new audiences”, said Mark Skipper, Northern Ballet’s Chief Executive. “We are thrilled that it has received this recognition.”

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FRANCIS MARTINEAU LUPTON (1848-1921) BUSINESSMAN AND HOUSING REFORMER

There are still streets and buildings around Leeds named after the Lupton family, and many reminders of their contribution over the years to the life and improvement of the city: in industry and commerce, in public service, in education, in housing. Francis (Frank) Martineau Lupton made his mark in the transforming work of slum clearance, helping to lift the city out of Victorian darkness and squalor. But alongside his public and professional work, he had to endure, like so many others, the unsparing personal tragedies of the First World War. He had a comfortable, favoured childhood: first at Potternewton Hall, a handsome Queen Anne house, long demolished, and then at ‘Beechwood’, an impressive mansion (now offices) set in parkland in Elmete Lane, Roundhay. His father Francis was a partner in the family wool business, while his mother Fanny was active in various social causes, particularly women’s education; her aunt was the writer Harriet Martineau, and this family connection gave Frank his second name. He had three younger brothers, all destined to play a part in the city’s life. After study at Leeds Grammar School, he went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, which had just opened its doors to non-conformists like him.

Frank joined the family business, William Lupton & Sons, at Whitehall Mills, and in his spare time served in the volunteer Leeds Rifles. In 1880, when he was 32, he married Harriet Davis, daughter of the vicar of St John’s Church, Roundhay, near his home. Five children followed, three sons and two daughters, and they moved to a new, handsome house, ‘Rockland’, at the top of St Mary’s Road, Newton Park, Chapeltown, built on part of the Lupton estate.

But tragedy struck in 1892 when Harriet, just after the birth of their second daughter, caught influenza and died. Frank never remarried. A fearsome housekeeper looked after the house and his five children until his daughters could take over.

Frank entered local politics and was elected a Councillor and then Alderman. He had a particular interest in the housing and welfare of the poor, and as a follower of the social reformer Octavia Hill believed ardently in the need to improve and regenerate inner city

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areas of working class housing. For 10 years from 1896 he chaired the Council’s Unhealthy Areas Committee, set up with new powers to tackle the ‘evil legacy’ of the Leeds slums, breeding grounds for disease and death.

Its first major scheme was to clear the notorious York Street and Quarry Hill areas, with their crumbling, dank yards. Inspections had to be made, prices agreed, tenants moved out, the rotting buildings demolished, rehousing organised – almost four thousand buildings were cleared. Frank led the action, and promoted other more modest schemes, involving selective demolition to create light, air and open spaces, and the regeneration of existing still usable housing. He opposed the Council’s proposal to build flats (‘tenements’) for rehousing and this disagreement triggered his resignation as chairman, but he continued as a member, and later chaired the Council’s Improvement and Finance committees – a long record of dedicated public service.

In 1914 his daughter Olive married a Leeds solicitor, Richard Middleton – a union which has famously linked the family story to the ancestry of the Duchess of Cambridge. But this happy event was overshadowed by the outbreak of war. All three of Frank’s sons went to the Front. One by one they were killed in action: Maurice, his middle son, in the trenches of Lille in 1915; Lionel, the youngest, at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, having returned to the Front after being wounded; and Francis, his eldest son, in early 1917, after an agonising wait when he had been declared missing. All three are

buried in France.

Frank, a quiet, unassuming man, was said to have borne his losses stoically, but the light had gone out of his life. After the war he let his house ’Rockland’ at a nominal rent for use as a home for the children of soldiers and sailors lost in the war (it is used now as a NHS centre), and moved with his daughter to a smaller house. He died soon after, in 1921, and was buried at St John’s Church, Roundhay – now a sad place, desolate and barricaded.

It was said at his funeral that he had ‘brought sunshine to the fetid slums of Leeds’, but his own life lay in shadow.

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Dino Jaws - the Natural History Museum Exhibition - will open at New Dock Hall, Leeds, on Tuesday 3rd June and will run until Sunday 7th September.

The exhibition is coming to Leeds direct from the Hong Kong Science Museum where it was part of a larger display called ‘Legends of the Giant Dinosaurs’ and attracted well over half a million visitors.

This spectacular exhibition brings together intriguing fossil evidence, fun interactive exhibits, fascinating scientific insights and the ten most lifelike and spectacular animatronics you have ever seen, to explore the sometimes gruesome, and often disgusting, subject of dinosaurs and their food!

At New Dock Hall, visitors will find themselves stepping back millions of years in time, and walking straight into a feeding frenzy of hungry dinosaurs – from slow moving vegetarians like the Iguanodon, to fierce, agile flesh eaters like the terrifying Tyrannosaurus

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Visitors will find themselves stepping back millions of years in time

Rex (watch out for his roar!).

One large scene has two Velociraptors devouring the carcass of a Protoceratops with their grasping hands, climbing claws and teeth for ripping flesh!

“We are delighted to have secured this popular exhibition”, said James Vincent, Managing Director of New Dock Hall. “There is always fantastic interest in anything dinosaur related.

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“June – September is a peak period, covering the long Summer holidays. So, we are looking forward to welcoming children and adults of all ages to what promises to be a great day out.”

Dino Jaws combines fun interactive exhibits with scientific insights. The spectacular animatronics will show visitors everything paleontologists know about what dinosaurs had for dinner! Using the same techniques as scientists, you can become a dino-detective and study dinosaur jaws, claws, guts and even a huge mound of dung piled high behind the plant-eating Euoplocephalus.

The exhibition is aimed at school groups and families with children aged seven and older, with some activities aimed at children aged four to six. It will be open daily from 3rd June - 7th September, 10am - 6pm.

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Have you noticed that authors have been coming out of the woodwork in North Leeds? It used to be that having your manuscript turned down by literary agents spelt the end to any dream of publication. Now it is possible for anyone to publish electronically, and even bring out your work in printed book form, without significant capital outlay. Neil Ashcroft and Pat Gerwat are the latest authors to take this route, having just self-published their own, very different, literary efforts.

Pat married Michael Gerwat, a blind musician and piano tuner in 1988. Within a year he suffered a serious hearing loss and soon became completely deaf. What is the world like if you are totally deaf and blind? How do you communicate? How do you survive? Michael and Pat have written ‘Touch Me Please’ to answer these questions and tell the story of his life.

Devastated by the onset of deafness, Michael looks back on his childhood, education and successful career including working with many famous rock bands like Elton John, U2, Bob Geldof, Tears for Fears, and talks of his favourite band, Genesis.

He expresses his grief at the loss of his beloved music. Pat describes what it was like when he lost his hearing, and their struggle to build a meaningful life for Micheal.

In those early, dark days they were lovingly supported by their friends and the Quaker community at Adel. Although there are moments of intense

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sadness there’s much humour too, and Michael’s indomitable spirit shines through. Pat admired the courage with which he faced his difficulties, and felt it was a tale that people would find uplifting.

Neil writes as Russell Croft Although Neil’s work is fictional, it is based on the real life story of someone who also suffered from considerable handicaps in his passage through life. Writing as Russell Croft, Neil has published ‘Bring Him in Mad’, a historical novel based on the William Windham Lunacy Trial of 1861/2. Windham, the eccentric young squire of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, was subjected to this public inquisition into his sanity by his aristocratic relatives, who abhorred his marriage to Agnes

Willoughby, a famous society courtesan.

Neil’s book brings to life the principal characters involved in the affair and charts the twists and turns of a trial that was extensively covered in the press and which gripped public attention for weeks. Though often humorous, the book is a serious reminder of the relationship between madness and morality, which is as relevant today as it was in Victorian times.

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Drawing up a programme for a theatre like West Yorkshire Playhouse must be both tremendously exciting and terrifying! James Brining’s choices have provided us with a superb programme, combining classic with contemporary and traditional with wildly innovative, whilst aiming to connect more with the community, to be rooted in the North but never losing sight of the wider picture.

When James considered looking at the work of one writer from different perspectives and angles, someone who had a relationship with the city, but would not seem parochial, Alan Bennett seemed the natural choice. Choosing which pieces to include was difficult. This selection is a small part of a major canon of Alan’s work, a celebration of and tribute to the life, times and work of Leeds’ most successful dramatist.

Having read a lot of Alan’s work, James was drawn to ‘Enjoy’. “It’s a play I didn’t know very well”, he said. “It throws up surprises, challenges expectations.

It’s hilarious and quite dark, funny on the surface, but disturbing underneath. It doesn’t necessarily fit his reputation – which doesn’t always respect his work or his view of the world.

“We are the first theatre outside London to stage ‘Enjoy’. Although it was written over 30 years ago, it feels like a play written for now, exploring how we assimilate into contemporary culture. Intrinsically it is about being from the ‘North’ and how you carry that in you for your life.”

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Set in the 1980s, ‘Enjoy’ is an idiosyncratic examination of northern working-class life. The poetry of everyday life starkly contrasts with the bitter reality of old age and the complexity of moving on.

The cast includes Marlene Sidaway, Philip Martin Brown (Waterloo Road), and Sian Reese Williams (Emmerdale).

The Alan Bennett Season also features his Untold Stories: ‘Hymn’ and ‘Cocktail Sticks’; three short plays from his wonderful ‘Talking Heads’ series; and the smash-hit musical ‘Betty Blue Eyes’ which is based on the screenplay of Alan’s ‘Private Function’.

There will also be a raft of things going on both alongside and after the season. The short plays are perfect for taking out into the community and will be performed in several areas around the city. A photographic exhibition will feature premieres of Alan’s work, and a new play ‘Nine Lives’ by Zodwa Nyoni and set in Armley, will fill the ‘A Play, A Pie and A Pint’ slot from 27th – 31st May. The Alan Bennett Season at West Yorkshire Playhouse runs from 19th May – 5th July.

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For the last year, a group of Leeds artists has investigated the city from the outside in, developing ‘365 Leeds Stories’, a participatory arts project.

The project began online in 2012, when local storyteller Matthew Bellwood began documenting the city as a series of tweets released over 365 days. The tweets told stories of the city in 140 characters – recounting fragments of conversations overheard that day and little known facts about the city.

Since last September, Matthew has worked with theatre-maker Alison Andrews and seven groups of people from all over Leeds, recording sights and sounds, following routes taken through the city, places of happiness or discomfort, or of unrealised potential. People’s memories of Leeds as it used to be have been recorded, together with their thoughts about the city today, and

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People’s memories of Leeds as it used to be have been recorded, together with their thoughts about the city today

their hopes and fears for the future.

Working in partnership with Leeds Library and Information Service, Leeds Museums and Galleries, East Leeds FM, three local primary schools and Pyramid of Arts, they have made a series of maps of Leeds, which describe the city in myriad ways. Leeds has been recorded in song, embroidered in cloth, imagined in shadows and written as stories. They have also worked with nine other local artists - including a choir leader, composer, graphic and textile artists, shadow puppeteer, photographer and scenographer.

From Sunday 4th – Thursday 22nd May, some of the stories and maps will form the basis of an exhibition in The Arts Space, Leeds Central Library, Calverley Street. It will be presented as a walk through a labyrinth – who knows what’s waiting around the corner!

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Mon – Wed: 9:30am – 7:30pm; Thurs – Fri: 9:30am – 4:30pm; Sat: 10:30am – 4:30pm; Sun: 1:30pm – 4:30pm There will be a live performance on Sat 3rd May 12 noon -17pm. This event is still free, but booking is required.

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Milestone for Orchestra’s Conductor

Photo: Chris Midgley Martin Binks conducted his first concert with Leeds Symphony Orchestra in May 1970 and now, on Saturday 17th May at St. Chad`s Church, Far Headingly, he will conduct his 300th concert with the orchestra!

The programme is an exciting one and features the renowned guitarist Craig Ogden who will play the Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto. Craig, a close friend of Martin’s, has played with the orchestra on numerous occasions. His first concert with the LSO was in 1994, so this occasion will mark the twentieth anniversary.

Also featured is ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’ by Copland and ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst. This work requires a huge orchestra similar In size to the one required for Richard Strauss’ ‘Alpine Symphony’, which the orchestra played at St. Chad’s in 2011. St. Chad’s is a regular concert venue for the orchestra and rehearsals are held there on Monday evenings, following the recent closure of the West Park Centre.

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‘Around the World in 80 Textiles’, which runs from 30th April - 25th July, & 30th September - 28th November, celebrates the decade since ULITA opened at St. Wilfred’s Chapel in the Maurice

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Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, and showcases the scope of the archive by presenting costume and textiles from all the countries featured in ULITA’s collections.

None of the items selected have been displayed since the opening in 2004. The exhibition highlights some of the fascinating donors’ stories – including the adventurous Professor Barker, who brought together one of ULITA’s finest collections of nineteenth century Chinese textiles; and the amazing embroiderer Louisa Pesel, whose work was inspired by her extensive travels.

ULITA has its origins in a university research collection brought together in the early twentieth century. With substantial recent additions, this exhibition provides an opportunity to view the diversity of motifs, symbols, patterns, techniques and constructions found in the world of textiles.

Countries represented include Britain, Turkey, France, Hungary, Greece, Denmark, Moldova, Romania, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Japan, China, Peru and Mexico.

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The exhibition highlights fascinating donors’ stories

Curated by Jill Winder, the exhibition, which is open Tuesday to Thursday from 9.30am – 4.30pm is free. Visits can be arranged by appointment on Fridays and during the Summer vacation period. For further information, visit www.leeds. ac.uk/ulita

ULITA is an Arts Council Accredited textiles museum housed at the University of Leeds. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and document textiles and other related items from many of the textile producing areas of the world for the benefit of researchers and the general public. Strengths of the collection include: Mediterranean, Indian and Chinese embroideries; Indonesian batiks and ikats; Pakistani prints; European pattern books; Kashmiri shawls.

Bramhope resident and author, Paul Bedford, has had a number of his stories, set in the heyday of the American Wild West, accepted by London publisher, Robert Hale Limited and the new hardback books, are now available, free of charge, from all public libraries.

You may recall that Paul used to sell his self-published paperbacks from a stall at the Bramhope Farmers’ Market.

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‘Voices of Asia’, a new gallery showcasing Asian culture and Leeds’ links with the continent, recently opened at Leeds City Museum. It celebrates the sights, sounds, diversity and culture of Asia and the different Asian communities that make up the thriving multi-cultural city today. The new gallery is the first major gallery refresh since the museum opened in 2008 and replaces the ‘Out of Africa’ gallery.

The displays, which have been planned in partnership with the Asian community, will remain in place for around five years, but will change annually to reflect different projects, themes and world faiths.

Developed with organisations like South Asian Arts, Leeds Hindu Mandir, Hamara, Jamyang Buddhist Centre, Leeds Asian Blind Association and Shantona, the

The new gallery has been created with great flair and imagination

new gallery has been created with great flair and imagination. Themes include Faiths & Festivals; Trade & War; Fashion & Style; Music, Dance, Theatre & Film; Eating Out & Eating In; and Faith in Focus.

“There are over 6,000 Asian items in the Leeds collections – the result of Leeds people travelling and working in Asia from the late 18th century onwards”, said Antonia Lovelace, Curator of World Cultures.

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Not one to name drop, but when Marti Pellow called us recently……..!

The Wet Wet Wet star was so delighted to be playing Leeds Grand Theatre again.

He played a highly successful gig there just last year. “I love Leeds Grand”, he told me. “It’s a fantastic theatre and you really feel the love for the building from the audience.”

He returns this year in a very different guise – that of Che Guevara in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Evita’. Tim Rice was a real Wet Wet Wet fan and approached Marti in 2005 to appear in the musical ‘Chess’. “It was a bit of a departure from what I had been doing, but I love their work – wonderful words and melodies and great accessibility.”

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has also appeared in The Witches of Eastwick, Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago and Blood Brothers.

He is now so enamoured with musical theatre he is busy writing several musicals of his own! One of these is based in the 20s, another ‘Parcel of Rogues’ is based on a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from a Robert Burns poem of 1791, deriding those members of the Parliament of Scotland who signed the Act of Union.

He never stops writing.

On top of that, Wet Wet Wet are coming out to play again over the Summer – they may all go their separate ways but this group of childhood friends can’t resist getting back together to perform for old and new fans.

Evita features some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Evita features some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre, including Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, On This Night of a Thousand Stars, You Must Love Me, and Another Suitcase in Another Hall. Madalena Alberto, the Portuguese singersongwriter whose musical theatre credits include the role of Piaf at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, Fantine in the 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables, brings the role of Eva to life.

Mark Heenehan reprises his role as Peron. The company also includes Nic Gibney, Sarah McNicholas, Michelle Pentecost, David Brewis, Verity Burgess, Errol Clayton, Joel Elferink, Callum Fitzgerald, Alyn Hawke, Ryan Limb, Stuart MacIver, Joe McCourt, Anna McGarahan, Ceili O’Connor, Lizzie Ottley, Olive Robinson, and Chris Stoddart.

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The Great British Food Festival comes to Harewood House from 24th – 26th May.

ou can look forward to over 80 top local producers, stunning hot food, real ale and wine bars, craft and gift stalls, lots of activities and rides for children, top chef demos from the likes of ‘This Morning’s’ Marcus Bean and past ‘Yorkshire Chef of the Year’ Stephanie Moon, a cake competition, the popular Men V Food challenge, and excellent live music.

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Anne Aitken from Bramhope recently won Lorraine’s ‘Taste Off’, part of the Lorraine programme on ITV, and the prize was the opportunity to have her wonderful Ginger and Orange Cherubs on the patisserie counter at Waitrose supermarkets across Britain!

A keen home baker, Anne, a nurse at Street Lane Practice, Roundhay, applied to the Lorraine Taste Off competition when she saw it advertised on the Lorraine show. She knew just the recipe – a firm family favourite she had made for years with her grandma, mother and her two sons.

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café assistant Anna Windass in Coronation Street, and family cook Alex Hollywood. In the semi-final Anne was one of only three bakers to be chosen as a finalist.

The cherubs are a type of Rascal – a cross between a rock cake, scone and a biscuit.

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Guiseley and District Lions Club is holding its fourth Charity Beer Festival at Coopers Bar, Guiseley, from Friday 16th – Sunday 18th May. The theme is ‘Le Tour De Beer’. Twenty four real ales from the Yorkshire Grand Depart region will be available, along with a choice of wine and cider.

Local businesses are sponsoring the beers and all proceeds will go to local worthy causes.

Last year, the event raised over £4,500 and the main charity supported was The Callum Hall Trust. Callum, a former pupil of St Mary’s Menston, contracted a rare spinal infection, which has left him paralysed. He was able to

purchase an ‘Easy Stand’ –a piece of equipment that helps him to stand. It is hoped that this equipment will help to establish new connections between his brain and his legs. Wharfedale Scout Sailing Centre also benefitted and was able to purchase twenty junior Crewsaver buoyancy aids.

The main charity this year is Wesley’s Wish Trust. Wes Knight of Guiseley was born at just 31 weeks. After a month in intensive care a scan revealed that part of his brain had been damaged. As a result he has cerebral palsy and is unlikely to walk without specialist surgery. Wesley’s Wish was set up to raise funds to get him to the USA for Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) – an operation which has helped over 2,000 children with Wes’s condition to walk.

Tickets (£5) include a souvenir glass, two half pints and a programme. Additional beers will be priced at £2.50 a pint. Sessions are from 7-11pm each evening, 1-4pm on Saturday and 12 -3pm Sunday. Tickets can be purchased from Coopers or www.wegottickets.com For more information visit, www.guiseley. co.uk/lions

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I have lost count of the number of times we have driven past El Bareto on Gledhow Valley Road and thought ‘must eat there’ and promptly forgotten again. Well, we finally made it! And, having been there once, it’s a dead cert that we will go back!

El Bareto is a little Spanish oasis in North Leeds, regularly frequented by the local Spanish community. As we pushed our way into the bar we felt as though we had gatecrashed a private party! It was just abuzz. We resisted joining in and made our way downstairs to the restaurant, which was quieter.

El Bareto, very much a family affair, has been operating from this little corner of North Leeds for over nine years and has a lovely friendly vibe. The décor is very ‘rustic taverna’ with dark, homemade tables and benches, terracotta rough plaster walls and flickering candles.

We were immediately approached by Shaun and given a quick run down of how things worked and how many dishes to order – it’s so easy to get carried away when you’re

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talking tapas. We were advised to order between four and six dishes between us, which was not easy, given the choice. But we were soon diving into Padron Peppers - small peppers briefly salted and quickly deep-fried. Then there were fabulous grilled king prawns; ratatouille on a perfectly cooked fried egg; and chorizo that was cooked in cider and oh so good. An amazing monkfish special that was apparently quick fried and then steamed, with wonderful m e l t i n g ,

You might have thought we would stop there, but no – we had to try the homemade deliciously creamy white chocolate cheesecake

caramelised onions and fresh asparagus on the side followed and, finally, duck with caramelized onions and cheese – so rich and tangy. This was all washed down with an excellent house Rioja.

You might have thought we would stop there, but no – we had to try the homemade deliciously creamy white chocolate cheesecake with Baileys and a beautifully light crème caramel. Then I espied an array of dishes arriving at the table next to us, felt decidedly jealous and wanted to start all over again!

As they noticed us coveting their food they jokingly invited us to join in and I almost took them up on it!

All in all a lovely evening – great, relaxed atmosphere; friendly, efficient service; and lovely food. What more could you ask for? The dishes we chose ranged from about £5 to £12.95 (the monkfish). The meal (excluding wine) cost about £58. Now, having finally made it across the threshold into this little Spanish enclave, that one visit was definitely not enough!

I should also mention that there are regular music evenings, which add to the authentic Spanish atmosphere and, if you want to get even further into Spanish culture, there are Spanish classes on Monday evenings!

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A Car After last year, the organisers of this year’s Otley Show are hoping for a dry, warm day on 17th May!

Rally for Alzheimers Research Lee and Faye Thornton are planning to drive 670 miles in a 24 hour endurance car rally in October this year to raise money for Alzheimers Research UK.

tley Show is one of the highlights in the town’s calendar, supporting the region’s farming and agricultural communities, as well as providing a major boost to the local economy.

As usual it will feature the traditional livestock and animal classes - cattle, sheep, horses, poultry, rabbits, hamsters and dogs, supported by classes showcasing the best of local produce, handicrafts and floral art.

Attractions will include The Stampede Stunt Display Team, Ben Potter’s Bird of Prey Display, The Sheep Show, Otley Brass Band, The Ridgeside Lurcher

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The show supports the region’s farming and agricultural communities, as well as providing a major boost to the local economy

Display Team, plus much more.

Otley Sailing Club will give demonstrations on the lake, and Otley Cycle Club will also be there, along with the Otley Community Tour De France stand.

Tickets cost £8/ £6, children (5-16) £3 on the gate, or £7/ £4 and £2 in advance, and parking is £2. Membership of Otley Show is only £23, giving three admission tickets, a car pass plus all the exclusive facilities of the marquee.

Corporate membership provides nine admission tickets and three car passes for just £60. For further details, visit www.otleyshow.org. uk

They aim to avoid as many A roads as possible and take to country roads and back lanes, starting in Leeds and passing through North Yorkshire, County Durham, on to the Scottish borders, through the Lake District, then back across to the North East, down to Scarborough and then back to Leeds.

“The main reason we are doing this is because my Nan passed away last year after a twelve year battle with this cruel disease”, said Lee. “My wife also lost her grandma through the same illness a few years ago.

“We have already held a successful coffee morning, which included special guest speaker Rupert Stroud, who was featured in North Leeds Life.”

Lee and Faye aim to raise £3,000 to purchase a PET Scan. They would love people to sponsor them so they can reach their goal. For further information, visit www. fltrally14.co.uk

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Cookridge Choir Continues Betty to Entertain the Community It has been a busy few months for Cookridge Intergenerational Choir, as news of their Christmas concerts spread throughout the community. It has

Reaches Her 100th!

recently visited St. Paul`s, Ireland Wood, Opal`s coffee afternoon at Tinshill Community Hub, and Cookridge Methodist Church.

Betty Williams celebrated her 100th birthday at home on April 8th, surrounded by her family and friends. Originally from South Wales, Betty and her husband Monty moved to West Park in 1946 after the second of the two world wars, which they both lived through. She has loved living in Yorkshire ever since!

“Interest in the choir continues to grow“, said Deborah Fletcher, Cookridge Primary`s music co-ordinator and choir leader. “Since Christmas we have had various requests to perform, as well as interest in collaborative performances. It is a wonderful opportunity for the children and older members of the community to spend time together.”

The choir, which consists of children from Cookridge Primary and people from the community, including members from OPAL (Older People`s Action in the

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We have had various requests to perform, as well as interest in collaborative performances

Locality), is working on joining forces with children from Ralph Thoresby for a combined performance later in the year, as well as a `Tea and Tennis’ afternoon for OPAL members at the school in late June.

The Choir meets from 3-4pm at the school during term time.

If you are interested in joining, (regardless of your singing ability!), or are interested in the choir performing at a venue in the Cookridge area, then please contact Mrs Fletcher through the school on 0113 386 2500.

Betty’s first job was with Lloyds Bank in Swansea, but on her marriage at the age of 21 it was then bank policy that she left to become a housewife. This was a role she was to enjoy for many years!

A keen caravanner, she and Monty toured extensively in the UK and Ireland, and they were enthusiastic members of Headingley Golf Club as well as avid bridge players.

Betty is shown with members of her family, some of whom travelled from Spain to be with her on her special day.

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Plans to mark the 40th anniversary of Leeds Concord Interfaith Fellowship are underway, thanks to support from local Councillors Jane Dowson, Sharon Hamilton and their colleagues who provided £300 in MICE money.

Concord is the longest running interfaith organisation in the city and one of the oldest in the country. A wide variety of projects and events is planned to celebrate. One of these will be led

by Leeds Women of Faith, who are encouraging women across the city to come together to create a commemorative textile banner, to celebrate not only the anniversary, but also Leeds multi-faith and multi-cultural diversity.

The project will last a year with workshops being held across

This project will bring together women from a variety of backgrounds to work together and learn from each other

the city. The completed banner will be shown at various interfaith events before being displayed at Leeds City Museum for six months. It will also be shown at Leeds Story Gallery and various places of worship.

Councillors Dowson and Hamilton hope that the project will help to bring together women from a variety of social and religious backgrounds to develop their skills, learn about each

other’s faiths and cultures and make new friends. The Councillors went along to a recent session to have a go with some of the women taking part.

“I am excited to see this project with Concord and Leeds Women of Faith develop over the next few months”, said Councillor Sharon Hamilton. “It will bring together women from a variety of backgrounds to work together and learn from each other.”

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It was with great sadness that we received the news of Clive Fox’s death recently.

A stunned Councillor Barry Anderson told us: “If anyone in Bramhope wanted to know which City Council department to contact, or something about the village, the solution was always ‘Ask Clive’. If he didn’t know, he’d soon find out. He was equipped with a wealth of local knowledge.

“Clive, Les Carter and I played an important role in running the city council when the Conservatives were in coalition from 2004 – 2010. Following that, we worked in the Ward together and I feel we complemented each other’s work.

“I have received a number of messages from colleagues on Council who served with Clive on various committees, all of them saying how much they enjoyed being on committee with him.”

Clive had lived in Bramhope for over 55 years, attending Bramhope School and then Moorlands. After graduating from Manchester University, he qualified as a chartered accountant and spent most of his career in local industry.

He had been a city councilor since 2000 and a member of both Bramhope and Arthington parish councils for 25 years – the longest serving councilor on both of them.

In fact, he had been a councilor most of his adult life - initially on the West Yorkshire County Council.

Clive was also a long standing environmental campaigner and former chairman of the Leeds Branch of Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), and served on the local Access Forum which deals with issues affecting access to the countryside. He was a member of the Council’s

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Clive had been a city councilor since 2000 and a member of both Bramhope and Arthington parish councils

Development Plans Panel, which takes an overview of planning and land use, and the Corporate Audit & Governance Committee, and was a member of the Council’s Health & Wellbeing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Board, taking the lead on community safety issues for our area.

He served on a number of charitable trusts supporting young people and was a former governor of Leeds College of Technology.

He also served on the Schools’ Organisation Committee, handling the difficult issue of school closures and amalgamations.

For at least the past five years Clive had written a column for North Leeds Life, which we looked forward to receiving and thousands of readers

enjoyed reading every month. He had a wicked sense of humour and people really appreciated his unique take on the various activities of the Council. He will be sorely missed.

Colin Robertson from Bramhope writes: I would like to express my sympathies and shock at the death of Councillor Clive Fox. I had known Clive for over 40 years as friend and colleague on Bramhope & Carlton Parish Council. His role as both Parish Councillor and Leeds City Councillor was an enormous support during my seven and a half year tenure as the PC’s Chairman, particularly regarding planning.

He helped me in carrying out a lot of reforms and improvements to the village properties and environment, including the setting up of the Bramhope Village Property Trust to buy land for the village.

He worked tirelessly for the residents, which was reflected in his repeated re-election as a ward councillor for Leeds.

He was also a walking reference book on Bramhope’s history, which was superbly deployed in several history walks during village festivals.

Clive’s commitment to Bramhope was unfailing and he will be greatly missed.

My wife and I extend our deepest sympathies to Diane and their family.

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News From Your Councillors CLLR

BARRY ANDERSON

Adel & Wharfedale Ward

NGT: The Trolley Bus Proposal Public Inquiry Starts 29th April

Launch of Money Information Centre (MIC) Leeds City Council recently launched the Money Information Centre (MIC), part of the Take A Stand campaign. MIC does not offer loans or financial advice but will direct people

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NEIL WALSHAW

We all want to build a better future for Headingley.

The Ward faces a broad range of challenges over the next twenty years. The population structure is changing; what will happen to the students?

How do we attract more families? How will that affect housing? How will that change the social and environmental situation? What will be the impact on public transport?

Our Inner City location presents challenges of congestion and poor air quality, for example. As for landlords, well, let’s just say there are too many who are not the best custodians of their properties!

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to the Leeds Credit Union for loans or provide people with details of debt agencies if they need debt advice.

There is also a MIC website which provides signposting to money advice and information about benefits, debt, loans and savings, affordable credit and household budgeting. (www. leeds.gov.uk/takeastand, www.leedsmic.org.uk)

This is a way of shaping our shared destiny

The Public Inquiry will look at the main application for the Transport & Works Order for Planning Permission for the NGT (Trolleybus), but there are also 62 applications in

These are big questions with no easy answer.

However, we do have a useful tool – a Neighbourhood Plan.

This is a way of shaping our shared destiny; a way of channeling development and answering questions such as ‘what green space and where’?

How will we walk and cycle through Headingley? What sort of housing tenure types do we want? How do we make sure Headingley is the cleaner, greener place we all want to see?

The Plan is developed by a Neighbourhood Forum, made up of people who want to be involved. I see it as a way to build a sustainable Headingley and if you do too, then get in touch!

respect of Listed Buildings and Conservation Area Consents.

Twenty eight letters of support have been lodged alongside 1,759 objections. Anyone who has lodged an objection or a letter of support is allowed to speak at the meeting. A large number of residents groups all along the proposed routes, plus the Environment Agency, local businesses in Headingley and West Park, plus a number of others have all submitted objections.

The Inquiry will continue for six weeks (excluding bank holidays and half term), with objectors and supporters presenting their cases. www.barryanderson.yourcllr.com Twitter @barryanderson19

Calling All Animal Lovers!

This year, the St Chad’s Environmental Service at 9.30am on Sunday 11th May will be a Pet Service.

Bring your pet along so you can both receive a blessing. Dogs, cats, tortoises, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, stick insects and goldfish are all welcome. If they might be at risk from, or a danger to, other animals, please bring them in a cage or with other protection. Animals larger than big dogs (e.g. donkeys, horses etc.) are asked to wait outside the church!

Further details will be found in the St Chad’s May Parish Magazine.

neil.walshaw@leeds.gov.uk

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Masters team, the Commons & Lords RUFC, and I’m Club Captain of the Political Animals RLFC. Leeds Rugby Foundation has organised events throughout 2014 to celebrate the city’s rich rugby history and achievements and a full programme can be found at www.leedsrugbyfoundation. org. After the resounding success of the Rugby League World Cup in 2013, we must build on this legacy and celebrate Leeds strong ties with the game.

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150 years ago on 4th March, Henry Jenkinson, a clerk in a local railway company, placed an advert in the Leeds Mercury inviting interest from individuals who were interested in playing rugby. Over 200 people took up the offer, and the first Leeds team made its competitive debut against Sheffield on 19th June 1864.

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The attractive, curved bridge soon became a wellloved feature of the valley. But it was inadequate and two large water mains were buried, one on each side of the aqueduct, which was taken out of service in 1866, twenty-four years after it was built.

The bridge was a popular walkway, children would play

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The Adel Neighbourhood Forum has now received formal designation, which means that the specific details of the geographical area to be covered by the Forum has been agreed.

It is the first non-parish council in the Leeds City Council area to receive such designation.

Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning led by ‘Locality’ has confirmed that the Forum will receive advice and a grant to purchase reports on key issues such as highways, the environment and housing needs. These will be central to the draft and final Neighbourhood Plan.

The next step is to produce a draft Neighbourhood Plan which will be the subject

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of a Community Engagement exercise to enable residents and other interested parties to have their say. At the same time our six focus groups on Housing, Traffic, Education, Environment, Community services and Business will be finalising their reports. And, there will be on-going communication via www. adelneighbourhoodforum.co.uk.

A recent meeting on the issue of education underlined the fact that existing schools are full to capacity and the demand resulting from housing developments cannot be met by the existing primary schools. Leeds Children’s Services have asked the Forum to work with them on an ‘outcomes-based’ exercise. If a new school is to be built, should the developers pay for it and where should it be? Residents feel that if the infrastructure is not in place, the development is not ‘sustainable’ and should not go ahead.

Meanwhile, David Wilson Homes (DWH) are pressing ahead with their proposal to build 177 homes opposite Adel Parish Church on Church

Lane. Leeds City Council has now received a planning application for 88 homes on the upper northern field. The proposed access is off Otley Road. Residents question why the application is being brought at this time when the site allocations have not yet been decided.

This year will be critical in terms of future developments and residents’ responses to them. If you have any comments on the above, or on any other issues, please contact me or visit www.adelneighbourhoodforum. co.uk

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Neighbourhood planning was made possible by the Localism Act 2011 and, so far, Leeds is way ahead of other towns and cities, with some two dozen Neighbourhood Plans designated to date and more on the way. One of these is now Headingley!

We have submitted an application to the Council for a Neighbourhood Area: our proposal is focussed on Headingley Town Centre, and extends from Beckett’s Park to Hyde Park, between Shaw Lane and Victoria Road. We have also applied to set up a Neighbourhood Forum, including local residents, businesses and councillors.

Neighbourhood Plans enable people to prepare

planning policies for local areas. Our aim in Headingley is to provide a space where the residents, businesses and organisations, and local councillors, can work together to build a confident, sustainable community, to improve the wellbeing and quality of life for everyone who lives and works here. It will develop trust and understanding between people and groups in the area, which are often perceived as having conflicting interests, and enable them, as a community, to shape their own destiny, creating a sustainable, mixed and inclusive community.

Our application is now open to public consultation.

For details, go to http://www. leeds.gov.uk/council/Pages/

Our application is now open to public consultation

Neighbourhood-planning.aspx If you think a Neighbourhood Plan could be good for Headingley, do reply and say so!

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In May, Headingley sees its first ‘Festival of Ideas’ – a series of community-led events to inspire debate and discussion, with the theme ‘Cycles’.

The Festival is all about creative ideas that may not necessarily lead to anything (although some might).

The main purpose is to tap into the joy of ideas, debate and discussion, and to appeal to the wide variety of people who live in Headingley, and to all age groups.

The Festival is the brainchild of Richard Crossley, recently awarded an OBE for services to neighbourhoods

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and social housing tenants. “I thought something like this would go down

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really well in Headingley”, said Richard. “To create a space for ideas and debate in a community with a whole variety of ways of exploring ideas.”

The Festival concludes with ‘Create your Future’, a

Pictured: Richard Crossley The festival runs from 6th – 24th May with an interesting and varied programme, ranging from family cycle rides (11th May) taking in the homes of Headingley literary figures, to seminars, discussions and entertainment.

‘Breaking the Cycle of Violence’ is the theme for three seminars and discussions on Peacekeeping without Weapons, Lad Culture, and Bridging the Gap (between Israel and Palestine).

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and ideas about music. Trio Literati performs ‘What! An idea?’, and Free Range Choir presents ‘Sing Freedom’, a personal story in song and narrative on the liberation struggle in South Africa.

Shire Oak Woodcraft Folk are running a ReCycle Fete on Saturday 17th May with music, mud, paint, games and food guaranteed! And, Year 10 and 11 pupils from Lawnswood, Cardinal Heenan and Abbey Grange schools go head to head in a debating competition on 19th May. The Festival concludes with ‘Create your Future’, a workshop using the world- renowned Open Space Technology where participants share their ideas and passions on the theme ‘How can we create the future we want?’.

Pick up the full programme from HEART, Headingley Library, Cafe Lento and other local outlets, or visit www.headingleydevelopmenttrust.org. uk/festival-of-ideas. Drop in to or call HEART (0113 275 4548) for tickets and further information.

The Festival would like to thank Headingley Development Trust and Councillors Walshaw and Walker for

Meanwood Fun Day Meanwood Valley Partnership is holding a Fun Day on Monday 26th May (bank holiday), 12 – 4pm at the Cricket Ground, Parkside Road, Meanwood (next to the Myrtle Tavern).

Ronnie the Rhino, Fireman Sam and the Fire Brigade will all be there, together with a bouncy castle, live music, a barbeque, homemade cakes/ chutneys, face painting, henna tattoos, and numerous craft stalls offering a wide variety of items. There will also be children’s activities, displays and performances to engage the whole family. It promises to be a fun afternoon and it’s all free!

The Meanwood Valley Partnership is made up of local residents who volunteer to enhance the Meanwood Valley area. Working with the Council, local businesses and community groups, it aims to improve resources and facilities, whilst maintaining the area’s heritage and community spirit. The Fun Day helps to raise funds whilst providing a brilliant event that everyone can enjoy.

If you would like to be involved – whether as a stallholder, performer, or a helper on the day – there are lots of opportunities.

Contact Sue Sheard on 07940 537 408, meanwoodvp@ hotmail.com, or visit www. meanwoodvalleypartnership. co.uk

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As things stand, Leeds City Council will put £65m from its resources towards the trolleybus (NGT). There is an allowance for overrun, but no clear plans as to how to deal with any increase in costs above the planned spend. Should the capital costs exceed budget, the Council and the Integrated Transport Authority will have to find additional funds from council tax payers, or change the specification of the scheme.

Should the Public Enquiry allow the scheme to go ahead, NGT predicts that it will make a loss in its first few years. It is only when NGT is well established that it is expected to make an annual surplus of £3m, with revenues of £20.6m and running costs of £17.6m.The annual revenue

of £20.6m is uncertain as both demand and fare levels cannot be predicted. There are no guarantees that commuters will use the trolleybus, or that bus companies won’t cut fares to retain customers. Also, running costs may increase as energy costs rise, and maintenance costs could be higher than expected – remember this is likely to be a one-off designed trolley bus vehicle. A reduction in revenues of 15% and an increase in costs of 15% would result in an annual loss of £2.7m. No surprise that council tax payers will be expected to pick up any bill.

Improved public transport could achieve similar benefits by introducing smart cards and improving buses and bus stops, all without the monetary risks associated with the construction and operation the trolleybus scheme.

But it is not just the finances of the scheme that cause concern. In terms of value for money, the scheme does not meet its own and the Council’s objectives – It does not serve areas of multiple deprivation; It does not serve areas of regenerative development or land use change; It reduces air quality; It even reduces cycling and walking on the

route by about 7%.

Most telling perhaps is that it will increase congestion. However, commuters will have the time to admire the various conservation areas whilst queuing in their cars – provided these are still worth looking at after the road widening and tree loss.

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Seeds and Seedlings Tender seedlings from March and April sowings will soon be ready to put outside but don’t be tempted to do this before the end of the month when all risk of frost has passed.

You can start to acclimatise plants to outdoor life by leaving them out during the day and bringing in at night for a week or two prior to moving them to their new homes. This applies to things like tomato, courgette and Summer bedding plants whether home grown or bought at a garden centre.

Hedgehogs in the Garden When was the last time you saw a hedgehog in your garden?

Hedgehog populations in the UK

One of the simplest steps we can take to help hedgehogs is to link gardens in a neighbourhood by making a small hole in shared boundaries so that the creatures can roam freely.

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have plummeted by over a third in the last ten years and one of the factors contributing to this decline is tidy fenced in gardens.

They need a much larger area to roam than you would imagine, the average range for a hedgehog in an urban area being about 500 gardens!

One of the simplest steps we can take to help hedgehogs is to link gardens in a neighbourhood by making a small hole in shared boundaries so that the creatures can roam freely. A hole that is just 13cm square at or near ground level is big enough for hedgehogs to pass, enabling them to find shelter, food and mates.

This year I am working with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and People’s Trust for Endangered

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range for a hedgehog in an urban area is about 500 gardens!

Species to produce a show garden at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show to demonstrate how easy it is to connect gardens and make hedgehogs welcome. The show runs from 8th to 13th July.

Keeping the Rest Looking its Best Herbaceous perennials grow rapidly this month, so continue to support them with twiggy sticks or plant supports.

Late flowering varieties can be given the ‘Chelsea Chop’ towards the end of the month – i.e. reduce their height by one third to make stronger, bushier plants with more flowers. Good subjects for the treatment include Helenium, Echinacea, Rudbeckia and upright varieties of Sedum.

Fading Spring bulbs can be deadheaded but leave the foliage in place to feed the bulb for next year’s flowers and remove it when it begins to turn yellow.

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BIRD WATCH WITH STAN KENYON Symbolic of Spring and Summer days is the Swallow, now arrived for the breeding season. Glossy and fork-tailed with thin tail streamers, swallows are blue-black with a red throat and forehead and white underneath.

Swallows prefer cultivated lowlands. Insects, their favourite food, are caught on the wing as, typically, they swoop low among grazing cattle in elegant fluid flight.

Farmyard barns and sheds are a characteristic nesting site, but they also frequent isolated barns high in the Dales as well as domestic garages and outbuildings in and near villages.

Their cheerful, loud, liquid ‘switswit-swit’ call enlivens these

Swallow

Insects are caught on the wing as, typically, they swoop low among grazing cattle in elegant fluid flight

locations.

Sociable birds, they gather to feed over pastures and lakes and in Autumn assemble in twittering flocks, perching in long rows on wires before migrating.

Though still a relatively common bird, numbers vary annually, perhaps depending

on Winter conditions in South Africa and experience on migration routes. Counts are holding up well and swallows occur throughout Britain, except on the highest ground and in the main built-up areas. Of all Summer migrants to our shores, the swallow has the widest distribution.

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York Gate Reopens York Gate Garden, on Back Church lane in Adel, has reopened for the 2014 season. Parts of the garden, which is run by national horticulture charity Perennial, have been replanted and refreshed as part of the garden’s ongoing programme of restoration.

Help Save Our Bees!

Friends of the Earth have been creating a buzz about bees, hosting events to celebrate their brilliance, and successfully persuading the government to draw up a Bee Action Plan to save Britain’s bees before it’s too late.

Wildflowers help create habitats for bees

ver the Winter, the White Garden has been replanted and the mature beech hedges surrounding the garden restored.

York Gate is widely recognised as one of the most innovative small gardens of its period and contains 14 distinct ‘outdoor rooms’ each with its own character. The garden received a Yorkshire in Bloom Gold Award last year.

“It is a challenge refurbishing a mature garden in the modest space we have at York Gate”, said Head Gardener Martin Walker.

“Thanks to a very mild winter, we have been able to get more done than expected. We have replanted the perennial borders in the White

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Visitors can expect to see fantastic displays of Spring bulbs, and new plantings of primulas and hostas.

Garden and plan to introduce annuals to give a longer and more sustained display.”

As well as new planting, visitors can expect to see fantastic displays of Spring bulbs, as well as new plantings of primulas and hostas in The Dell. These will be followed in late Spring by displays in the Cutting and Kitchen Gardens.

York Gate is owned and managed by horticulture trade charity Perennial, which this year celebrates its 175th anniversary.

For further information contact 0113 267 8240, yorkgate@ perennial.org.uk or visit www. yorkgate.org.uk

They have big plans to make Leeds a bee-friendly city. Wildflowers help create habitats for bees because they feed on their pollen, and some species nest in the grasses and flower stems.

The Friends are launching a number of planting projects to transform unused outdoor spaces into lush wildflower meadows, and you can get involved!

Visit www.foe.org.uk and request your free Bee Saver Kit, complete with seeds, planting tips and a guide on how to identify bees. Or, go along to one of their regular meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at Pomegranate Café, Great George Street from 6.30pm.

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A Fruitful Community Project A previously unused patch of Meanwood grassland is to be turned into a wonderful community garden and orchard.

Councillors Sharon Hamilton, Rebecca Charlwood, Alex Sobel and colleagues on the Inner East Area Committee have provided £1,200 for the establishment of the Meanwood Community Orchard, which will be organised

by Transition Meanwood, a community-led group helping to improve the local area by running green projects.

All of the trees have been purchased by ward members, and planted by volunteers. The Council’s Parks & Countryside Service also assisted in setting up the project.

“Transition Meanwood have done a fantastic job creating this

Friends Plant Sale in The Hollies The Friends of the Hollies Plant Sale takes place just beyond the Weetwood Lane car park from 11am – 1pm on Saturday 17th May. There will be a wide range of bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, vegetables and herbs for sale, as well as homemade cakes! Profits will go to buy bulbs and shrubs for planting in The Hollies.

Trees have been purchased by ward members

orchard for the community”, said Councillor Sharon Hamilton. “It will not only improve an unused piece of land but will also bring the community together, offer a healthy source of food and a habitat for local wildlife. I’d also like to thank everyone who has lent a helping hand in planting the orchard.”

The Friends organise regular working parties to carry out various tasks in conjunction with Leeds City Council gardeners. Work involves clearing rubbish and debris at nominated sites, re-planting and rejuvenating the area.

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The renowned kora player Toumani Diabaté recently recorded an album of duets with his son Sidiki, the instrument’s emerging star, and they are playing at the Howard Assembly Room on Friday 6th June.

heir album is a dialogue conducted through the kora, the 21-string West African harp that the Diabaté dynasty has elevated to iconic status.

Descended from a line of griots - custodians of the ancient oral traditions of West Africa’s Mandé people - Toumani and Sidiki are significant names in the annals of African music.

Toumani’s father recorded the first ever kora album in 1970, unwrapping the instrument’s

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potential as a virtuosic instrument. Toumani has taken it further, weaving together bass lines, ancient melodies and astonishing improvisations. He has collaborated with the likes of Ali Farka Touré, Taj Mahal, Herbie Hancock, Damon Albarn and Bjork, and has built an impressive collection of fans, including President Barack Obama, who chose Toumani’s collaboration with Taj Mahal as his alltime favourite album.

Sidiki moves things forward again. Voted Mali’s best beat maker in 2013, Sidiki runs his own recording studio and, alongside rapper ‘Iba One’, is one half of the country’s premier hip-hop duo. “Yes I’m a hip-hop artist, but I love and respect my roots as

a kora player”, he said. “I want to know more. This is my chance to learn directly from my father.”

Toumani and Sidiki play with verve and attack, groove, wit, swing and bounce, and exquisite intimacy.

“We’re not going backwards and trying to play how my father and grandfather did”, said Toumani. “We have to do it our way. We’re modern griots, we live in the city, we’re connected to the world.”

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Now firmly established as a local institution and a much anticipated highlight of the festival calendar, Live at Leeds takes place across a plethora of venues from Friday 2nd – Monday 5th May. Officially kicking off the UK Festival season, Live at Leeds is the first to bring you the bands that are going to break in 2014.

The festival has established a peerless reputation for picking the most exciting new artists who are just on the cusp of great things and programming them across Leeds for one joyous musical weekend.

More established acts complement these bright young things as they unite for three

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More established acts complement these bright young things as they unite for three days of musical mayhem

days of musical mayhem with over 200 artists and bands performing on over 20 stages across the city. New venues include Leeds Town Hall, Leeds College of Music, Hi Fi Club, Oporto and Belgrave Music Hall.

The festival is also a great bargain with Saturday wristbands just £25.

This year acts as diverse as Albert Hammond Jr, chart toppers Clean Bandit, BBC Sound nominee George Ezra and The Voice’s Beth McCarthy join emerging and underground talent such as Wolf Alice, Youth Man and Saint Raymond.

‘Dance to the Radio’ at Leeds Town Hall is a one-off show featuring ¡Forward, Russia! and

iLiKETRAiNS, performing a 10 year anniversary concert.

We’re looking forward to checking out local bands and artists like Happy Daggers, Daniel Pearson, OtherPeoplesLives, Harry Ridgeway, AllUsOnDrugs, NARCS, Jonny Quits and ALASKA as well as more established acts like Royal Blood, Drenge and Courney Barnett.

For full line up and ticket info visit: www.liveatleeds.com

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The film

FILM

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brilliantly shows our world as if viewed through the alien’s eyes, making the

UNDER THE SKIN DIRECTED BY: JONATHAN GLAZER STARRING: : SCARLETT JOHANSSON, JEREMY MCWILLIAMS, LYNSEY TAYLOR MACKAY CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 108 MINS This fantastically strange, disorientating and utterly original picture might seem, at first glance, to share its premise with a mostly forgotten mid-90s daft Sci-Fi horror B movie called Species. Both films feature aliens in attractive female human form seductively luring men to their doom. That’s where the similarities end, however. Rest assured, Under The Skin is nothing like Species.

This is a film I’ve been excited about for some time as it’s the long awaited new feature from Jonathan Glazer, director of the superb, genrewarping Sexy Beast, although an appreciation of the director’s previous work doesn’t prepare you for Under The Skin, which is nothing like Sexy Beast either. Okay, let’s just say that Under The Skin is pretty much unlike anything else out there.

It’s a haunting, disturbing, creepy, sexy and unnerving piece that worms its way into your consciousness and rattles around in there making you feel odd for quite some time afterwards.

With its Glasgow setting, the film manages to seem both out of this world and down to earth. Much of it is taken up with Johansson’s alien cruising the Scottish streets in a white van, on the prowl for lone men whom she ensnares and then ...

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devours? Collects? Drains of life essence? As with much in the film, what occurs isn’t explicitly clear but it’s certainly unsettling.

The only other main character is the enigmatic presence of a

familiar seem strange and intimidating.

This is achieved through Johansson’s wonderfully otherworldly performance and Glazer’s cannily counter intuitive direction

man on a motorcycle whom we see at the opening of the film seemingly procuring a human body for the alien to inhabit.

The relationship between them remains ambiguous; is he another alien guiding her way on earth? It might be he’s there to protect and clean up after her but when she allows one of her victims to escape he appears to become a threat.

What the film does brilliantly is show us our world as if viewed through the alien’s eyes, making the familiar seem strange and intimidating. This is achieved through Johansson’s wonderfully otherworldly performance and Glazer’s cannily counter-intuitive direction. The camerawork is largely cinema verite, recalling the bleak and grimy socialrealist style of Mike Leigh or Ken Loach and, when observing ordinary folk in street scenes that could be any homogenised city centre in the UK, seems like a natural history documentary, lacking only a voiceover by David Attenborough. This Lo-Fi visual motif is punctuated by

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highly stylised, surrealistic scenes that take place in the alien’s lair, which many have called Kubrickian.

Given her celebrity and sex symbol status, the casting of Johansson is a masterstroke and I doubt the film could have worked as well with anyone else in the role. The incongruity of seeing her (often filmed on hidden cameras) rendered oddly anonymous by a dark wig and tatty fake fur coat, wandering around a place much like the Merrion Centre, is bizarrely effective.

The closest reference point for Under The Skin would be Nic Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, which Glazer acknowledges as an influence, and Johansson’s alien shares an air of chillingly dispassionate detachment with David Bowie’s character in that film.

Making the alien relatable is quite a stretch, unable as she is (initially, at least) to comprehend or experience human emotion. However, perhaps due to the melancholic note that underpins her travails, we come to see more than a predatory monster and by the end we’re acutely concerned for her safety.

The film has received a great deal of appreciation from critics but I can’t see it becoming widely loved by audiences as (and I’m aware this phrase may smack of cultural snobbery and condescension) it might just be too weird for most people.

As for myself, Under The Skin absolutely knocked me for six and it’s one of the most unusual, beguiling and unique things I’ve seen for quite some time.

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Single Review:

The Talks: Don’t Look Behind You Daniel Pearson – Escape Acts EP Escape Acts, the new EP from singer-songwriter Daniel Pearson, was released recently. The four new studio recordings follow his second album Mercury State, which earned international acclaim last year.

In the last two years, which included releasing two albums, Daniel has received a string of rave press reviews, gained thousands of fans through word of mouth and Twitter, over 10,000 download sales, and received widespread airplay. His music has been played on TV shows and he has toured the UK & USA - all while maintaining an independent, DIY approach.

The EP’s infectious lead single Lost My Way reboots 60s pop with sharp riffs and a stomping kick drum and showcases keen and considered songwriting and arrangement sensibilities which recall Crowded House or the countrysoul of Ryan Adams, tied together by deft lyrical skill and great production by Ed Heaton at Eiger Studios in Leeds.

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It’s great to have people respond to my music and so nice to hear positive things

This new EP is a departure from his previous album, released in January 2013, which was a stark acoustic recording based around the recession.

This new EP is far more positive, up-beat and pop sounding.

Daniel is very prolific and is constantly writing. He is playing the Live at Leeds Festival this month, when no doubt his huge Twitter following (which seems to gain more fans by the day) will turn out in force to soak up more of the music that has been sending them into raptures!

“Twitter has been really good for me”, said Daniel. ”It’s great to have people respond to my music and so nice to hear positive things. I’m so fortunate to have a job that I love and I love having that contact with people.”

This new single by 2 Tone revivalists The Talks is a jaunty slice of vintage-feeling Ska in the fine tradition of The Specials, The Beat and The Selecter et al. Choppy guitars and pleasingly swirling Hammond carry a tune with plenty of bump and bounce and more than enough “mmm chh, chh” bang for your buck.

Not 100% sure about the rap breakdown that appears shortly after the midway point which, judging from the video, seem to be delivered somewhat half-heartedly, but generally Don’t Look Behind You is a tasty, upbeat, poppy skank reminiscent of the best of 70’s era Ska-Punk. There’s a propulsive energy to The Talks’ sound which suggests the band has little trouble getting a crowd moving and I’d be keen to see them live.

Unfortunately, the band aren’t hitting Leeds on their upcoming UK tour but if you feel like breaking out your porkpie hat, braces and DMs and cracking on with the old two-step it might be worth making the trip to Sheffield or York to catch the guys on stage.

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Shonen Knife Thu 1 May, Brudenell Social Club, £12/ £10. Female Japanese legends punching out fast, exciting sets of punk, pop, rock & metal hits.

Joe Palooka’s Juke Joint 1st Fri New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. Best of Motown, reggae, 50’s R&R, 60’s R&B, funk,boogie, soul & ska! £3 Pavel Haas Quartet Sat 3 May at Howard Assembly Room, Boo Hewerdine + Alice Woods, Jon Palmer Sat 3 May at Korks, Otley Dum Dum Girls Sun 4 May, 4:30pm, £7- £11. Blissedout buzz-saw pop.

Also Crocodiles 80’s indie ride of guitar distortion & fuzzy electronics.

& intelligent breaks.

Fans of Mr Scruff & Jazzanova will not be disappointed.

Tinariwen + Emmaar Tues 6 May Howard Assembly Room. £22.

Plumhall Fri 9 May, All Hallows Church, £5.95. Pop, Folk & Americana acoustic duo. Also appearing Folk/Rock busker & songwriter Jonny Walker

Kan Wakan Tue 6 May, Brudenell Club £6.60. Psychedelic soul, post rock, alt Americana, noir jazz, 60s soundtrack stylings.

The Sonics Wed 7 May, Brudenell Club, £22. Influential ‘60s garage rock band best known for anthems like ‘Have Love Will Travel’ & ‘Psycho’.

Quantic Thu 8 May, Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50. Jazz sensibility fused with dance floor orientated grooves

The Gonzo’s Fri 9 May, The Cockpit, £5.50. Local four piece playing energetic mix of pop, punk, indie & rock.

Hauschka Sat 10 May, Howard Assembly Room.

Captivating pianist & composer Volker Bertelmann performs postclassical chamber works drawing on minimalism.

Kim Richey Sat 10 May, 8.30pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Twice Grammy nominated songwriter. Great Americana night. £10 adv/ £12 door.

Moysey’s Noisy Sextet, Ashley Henry Group, Bloom Collective Sun 11 May, 1-4pm @Seven Arts Chapel Allerton.

Jazz. £7/5 Jagwar Ma Sun 11 May, The Cockpit, £13.75. Combining ‘60s sunshine pop with modern electronic edge.

Sons & Lovers Mon 12 May, Belgrave Music Hall, £6.60. Tight vocal harmonies, pulsating drum patterns & a hint of synths

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Embrace Wed 14 May, O2 Academy, £19.50. Anthemic Indie-Pop. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Thu 15 May, Brudenell Club, £19.80. Inspired by spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown & Howlin’ Wolf, the transcendent qualities of gospel & the blues.

Anita Wardell & Dave O’Higgins Quintet Thurs 15 May, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £16/14 Patsy Matheson Fri 16 May at Korks Wine Bar, Otley. £9.

The Rutles Fri 16 May, City Varieties , £20.60. Superb & hilarious Beatles parody.

Stretch Trio & Sam Quintana’s Zeitgeist Sun 18 May, 1-4pm at Inkwell. Best of Leeds College of Music presented by Seven Jazz £7/5 Jess Morgan, Jack McNeill, Charlie Hayes, Fran Woodcock Mon 19 May at Oporto. Free Jason Isbell Tue 20 May, Brudenell Club £16.50. Formerly of Drive-By Truckers.

Drowners Thu 22 May, The Cockpit, £6.60. Breezily infectious PunkPop with a tinge of melancholy.

Judie Tzuke Thurs 22 May at City Varieties. £22.50.

Mutual Benefit + Hospitality Thurs 22 May at Brudenell. £11.

Chantel McGregor Fri 23 May, Brudenell Club, £13.50. Outstanding blues guitarist.

Wreckless Eric Fri 23 May, Belgrave Music Hall, £11.

One of the original artists on the legendary Stiff Records BubblegumPop, Grunge & Psychedelia. Support from ALASKA. The Julie Ruin Sat 24 May, Brudenell Club, £13.20. Alt Punk rock, fronted

by Riot Grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna, previously of Bikini Kill & Le Tigre.

Cloud Nothings Mon 26 May, Brudenell Club, 1:30pm, £13.75. Catchy Lo-Fi bedroom punk & indie-rock.

Ethan Johns Wed 28 May, Oporto, £11. Known for his production work for The Vaccines & Kings Of Leon & long-term collaborations with Ryan Adams, Ethan is also a solo performer in his own right, leaning towards Folk.

Chain & The Gang Thu 29 May, Brudenell Club, £11.

Martial rhythms, minimal riffs with maximum fuzz, + bewitching call & response tunes.

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Countdown to Le Grand Depart The Etape du Dales Lizzie Armitstead described Yorkshire as the ‘best cycling destination in the world!’ and what better way to experience it than by taking part in the Etape du Dales?

This is one of the most popular and challenging sportives in the UK and one of the country’s top ten rides. Organised as a sponsorship event by the Dave Rayner Fund, it is a day-long ride covering 112 miles (180km) of punishing terrain.

The Fund, which was set up in 1995 to provide financial assistance to aspiring young riders, was named after Dave Rayner, one of Britain’s best young professional cyclists in the late 80s and early 90s, until his career was tragically cut short following his death (age 27) outside a Bradford nightclub.

Everyone talks about the Etape du Tour as one of the most grueling cycle rides around, but we have been assured that parts of the Etape du Dales are every bit as difficult as the French Etape mountain stages.

Every year about 1,000 intrepid cyclists take part and it requires an excellent level of fitness, taking in as it does major climbs as well as steep and technical descents.

Starting and ending in Threshfield, just outside Grassington, lovely country lanes soon give way to killer climbs – like the beast that is Buttertubs, the mightly Fleet Moss, the punishing leg to Nateby, and the climb at Tan Hill to reach the highest and possibly the most isolated pub in England.

Then there’s speeding down to the Moorcock Inn, the tough climb up Garsdale Head and the endless undulations of Silverdale, not to mention other famous ascents like Mallerstang, the Coal Road, Newby Head and Halton Gill.

The reward is stunning Dales scenery, the satisfaction of completing one of the hardest cyclo-sportives in the country, and raising money for a good cause - the Dave Rayner Fund.

Of course, the Yorkshire Dales can be as hostile as they are beautiful. The weather can change in an instant and with very little shelter across the tops of the moors, you could find yourself in serious trouble if you’re not properly equipped.

Tempted? Start training for the Etape du Dales 2015 now!

For further information, contact Nigel Bishop at etapedudales@live.co.uk or visit www.daveraynerfund.co.uk Photo: Coals Rd from Garsdale to Dent. Courtesy of Rick Robson - Cyclesportphotos.com

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An Etape du Tour Experience!

Last year, in a moment of madness, I decided to take on the Etape du Tour – a 130km leg of the Tour de France through The Alps. The cycling brand Rapha contacted me to see if I’d do it, in an attempt to encourage more women to take part. On my spikesandheels.com blog I constantly champion women in sports. I run, I box, I do Pilates, but I definitely wasn’t a cyclist, so this would be a special kind of challenge.

Pictured: Muireann Campbell

I got on my bike and started training and quickly realized, cycling was not for the faint hearted. I spent weeks thinking simply not falling off was an achievement, but at some point I realised I’d have to get serious about tackling hills - I mean, the leg of the Tour I’d be doing covered six mountains!

I’m a Leeds lass but live in London, where decent hills aren’t easily accessible. It was time to make a pilgrimage to the hills of God’s Own County.

I packed my bags and prepped myself for a weekend of riding, Yorkshire-style. Prior to this, my rides had consisted of a lot of distance, but no real inclines. This would be a test to see how I could handle the hills.

I set out optimistically, little did I know that by the end of that day, the hills would almost break me. I found out later that some of the hills we took on that day are in some sort of ‘100 Greatest Hills of the UK’ cycling masochist manual.

As I tried to ascend one, I felt pain searing through my thighs as my legs gradually got slower and slower. I felt as though I were pedaling through mud. Then my legs came to a complete stand still mid-pedal stroke. Then I started going backwards! My upper body felt so weak, I could barely hold on to the handlebars. Sweat was pouring off me from everywhere, even my shins – who sweats from their shins?! ‘This is what being close to death must feel like’, I thought to myself.

After a bit of walking, some crawling, some crying, a mini-tantrum, threatening to throw my bike in a hedge, then eventually getting back on it, I did indeed make it up that hill.

Not only that, but a couple of months later, as I was on the final climb of the Etape du Tour – a brutal 16km long incline of about 20%, I thought back to that day on that Yorkshire hill that nearly broke me and thought ‘Give me your best France – you ain’t got nothin’ on Yorkshire!’

With the Tour de France starting in Yorkshire this year, it’s such a great opportunity for us to see these incredible athletes up close and personal. Will they be able to handle what Yorkshire throws at them? I can’t wait to find out!

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St Gemma’s Three Peaks Challenge!

Mob Run is Back!

St Gemma’s Hospice has teamed up with Kuta Outdoors to organise its first Three Peaks Challenge on Friday 5Th September.

This year the hugely popular and successful ‘Mob Run’, the parkrun club challenge, is back!

This challenge sets out to climb Yorkshire’s highest peaks – the magnificent Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.

It is suitable for beginners, as well as experienced walkers.

You will be supported every step of the way, with free weekend training walks, fundraising tips, a St Gemma’s t-shirt and a talk to prepare you for the big day. The route will be fully marshalled and staff from Kuta Outdoors and St Gemma’s will be there to support and encourage you.

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It is hoped that the event will raise over £24,000

It’s a great opportunity to take in some of Yorkshire’s most stunning scenery while raising vital funds for your local hospice. It is hoped that the event will raise over £24,000, which will cover the cost of running the hospice for a day.

Registration is £30 (nonrefundable) and each walker is asked to raise at least £250.

For further details and to register, visit www. stgemmas3peaks.co.uk.

Started by Leeds parkrun, last year the event spread its wings and visited Temple Newsam, and this year it will be hosted by Roundhay parkrun on 17th May. Last year’s event was hugely popular amongst runners and brought a record attendance to Temple Newsam. The challenge is a very simple one – which athletics club can bring the most runners (Valley Striders brought 41 last year!), and which club has the fastest average runners (it was Barnsley AC in 2013). You’ll find a facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/ events/448660708598221/ parkrun organises free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone and are safe and easy to take part in.

With four events in the Leeds area – Woodhouse Moor, Roundhay, Temple Newsam and Cross Flatts – around 1,000 people take part every Saturday morning.

For further information, visit http://www.parkrun. org.uk/roundhay/

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For the past five years, Sustrans has been working with the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Trinity University to promote walking and cycling. Under the banner of ‘UTravelActive’ they provide a range of practical and motivational support to help staff and students improve their health, bank balance and environmental footprint.

The most visible tool on offer is the 400 plus branded bikes that you can spot all over the city. Students can hire bikes for just £50 a year, which allows them to keep fit, save

money, and never be late for lectures! There is maintenance support on both the Leeds Uni and Leeds Met Headingley campuses.

Staff can also see if cycling is for them through the ‘Try Cycling’ bike loans at the universities and hospitals. With lock, lights, helmet, pannier, and

bags of support the majority of participants go on to join the increasing numbers of people enjoying cycling in Leeds.

Many volunteers support Sustrans’ activities, allowing them to offer a range of extra events – from walks to cycling film nights. Their theme for 2014 is ‘Bike Belles’, featuring women-focused events and stories of women overcoming personal barriers.

The Grand Départ is a huge opportunity to offer people of all abilities the help they need to get started.

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Radiotherapy Can Cure Cancer The Leeds Cancer Centre at St James’ Hospital is one of Europe’s largest cancer treatment facilities, serving

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2.8 million people across the Yorkshire region.

Radiotherapy, widely used in cancer treatment, is one of its core services.

Although less well known than chemotherapy, it can and does cure cancer. Second only to cancer surgery, radiotherapy is used in 40% of cases where cancer is cured, and in many of these it is the primary treatment used.

The Radiotherapy Department has become nationally and internationally recognised for pioneering radiotherapy treatment.

Support from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation and the Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal has enabled the radiotherapy team to pioneer new technology and techniques in more targeted treatments, such as intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and image guided radiotherapy (IGRT).

These new ways of delivering radiotherapy are transforming the lives of patients as cancer

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Leeds has pioneered this technique and been able to offer a chance of potentially curative treatment to the people of Yorkshire

cells are targeted more precisely, increasing cure rates. And, patients experience fewer side effects. These innovations also allow patients with potentially curable lung cancer, who previously had no treatment options, to be successfully treated using a technique called stereotactic ablative body-frame radiotherapy (SABR). Leeds has pioneered this technique and been able to offer a chance of potentially curative treatment to the people of Yorkshire and beyond.

But there is still more to do to increase the number of people being cured with radiotherapy.

New technology and software is expensive and cannot all be funded by the NHS. As part of the Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal, a radiotherapy equipment fund has been set up.

If you would like to contribute in any way, please contact Julie Owens, Radiotherapy Manager, on 0113 2067456 or julie. owens@leedsth.nhs.uk

Entry for the Ilkley Triathlon on 21st September, run by the Leeds Bradford Triathlon club, opens 1st May. Last year the event sold out in just four days and had a record number of entries. Held at the Ilkley Lido, the sprint distance course is an ideal event for beginners, with an indoor swim, scenic 15km bike ride, followed by 5km run.

Last year’s race was nominated in the top three races with under 500 entries for the UK, and has been a previous winner. Now well established and in its 22nd year, it is now a fixture in the local sporting calendar. It’s a great event to participate in either as an individual or as part of a team.

With multiple laps it’s perfect for supporting friends and family taking part. For more information about this year’s race visit http://lbt.org.uk/ IlkleyTriathlon.aspx or find them on facebook or twitter.

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Coeliac UK Awareness Week Coeliac disease is a lifelong auto-immune disease caused by the immune system reacting to gluten - a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. When someone with coeliac disease eats gluten, their immune system reacts by damaging the lining of the small intestine. The only way to ‘treat’ Coeliac disease is to exclude all foods with gluten ingredients and stick to a strict gluten-free diet.

free staple items such as fresh white and brown bread, bread rolls, breakfast cereals, pasta, flour, crackers and cereal bars.

Supermarkets are offering more and more products that are suitable for a gluten-free diet but Coeliac UK is asking them to go a step further and sign up to the Gluten-free Guarantee, which means having the eight core

Food shopping and eating out are particularly challenging

gluten-free items above available in their stores.

It’s also great to see more restaurants producing glutenfree menus, making ordering so much easier from a much wider selection of menu choices. A number of Leeds restaurants have taken up this challenge and their details can be found at www.leedscoeliacgroup.org.uk

Food shopping and eating out are particularly challenging which is why Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week (12th-18th May) is focusing on the availability of gluten-free food in stores. This year’s campaign will hopefully make it easier to source gluten-

Pain doesn’t have to be a normal part of your life.

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Leeds Petanque Club Shoots for Top Spot Leeds Petanque Club won the Leeds North/York Petanque trophy for 2013.

The club has been playing at the Richmond House School playing fields on Glen Road, Far Headingley, for eight years and is very well established. It has a whole programme of events planned for this year, including the Waterfront Festival on 28th / 29th June, in conjunction with its sponsors Brasserie Blanc, and the Kirkstall Festival on Saturday 12th July.

Many in-club competitions are arranged throughout the season and members now play Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm, and Sundays from 11am – 1pm. There are opportunities for both team and social play. A club open day is planned for Sunday 11th May. Everyone is welcome.

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Bramhope ‘Walk, Jog or Run’ Raises £830 It was great to see the people of the village coming together

Now in its third year, the Bramhope ‘Walk, Jog or Run a Mile’ event on the cricket field raised just over £830 for Sports Relief.

It was a beautiful, crisp morning, ideal for running. The running track was marked out with paint and cones (lent by Adel Cricket Club). Nearly 40 people of all ages

took part. There were even some very young participants in pushchairs.

“It was great to see the people of the village coming together, having fun, and helping a very good cause at the same time”, said Tariq Qadeer, who helped organize the event. “With the help and kindness of local people, we have raised just under £21,000 for different charities in the last six years.

“Next, Team Bramhope will take part in the Leeds Half Marathon on 11th May, when we will be raising

funds for Candlelighters and a cancer hospital in Pakistan. And, in August, we are planning to do the Three Peaks challenge for the second year running. Last year 21 people from Bramhope took part – they all loved it and wanted to do it again!

Anyone interested in raising money for Candlelighters and having an amazing experience, should contact me as soon as possible.”

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GSAL Reclaims National Netball Title The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) has reclaimed a national title last won by the school in 2012 – England Netball U16 National Schools Champions.

For the second year running GSAL was represented at the national final in all three age categories – U14, U16 and U19.

The U16s clinched the trophy with a hard fought 7-6 win in their final match against The Fallibroome Academy, while the U14s and U19s finished as runners up in their competitions.

“It was a fantastic team effort from every member in the squad”, said Cath Johnson, head of netball at GSAL. “Winning a national competition is an unbelievable experience for the girls and having three teams in the finals is exceptional.”

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Another Successful Rotary Technology Tournament Despite lower registration, the eighth Annual Technology Tournament run by Leeds Rotary Clubs was a great success and very enjoyable for all concerned. Thirty-two teams descended on the John Charles Stadium. The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councilor Tom Murray was there along with the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, who presented the trophies.

The winning schools, in the categories Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced, were Cockburn School, Silcoates School, and Pudsey Grangefield respectively, and the Innovation Prize was awarded to Farnley Academy.

The students had an enjoyable

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and challenging day. The task that they were set tested the students’ knowledge and ingenuity, as well as their manual skills and ability to work in a team.

They also had to produce a ‘portfolio’ documenting their ideas and designs.

Teams of four tackled designing, developing, building and testing a model of a rescue module, intended to carry equipment across a ravine on an aerial ropeway. The vehicle had to be made from strip

wood, dowel, cardboard, glue etc.

The nine Rotary Clubs in the Leeds Group generously sponsored the event and acted as judges. The trophies were sponsored by Woodhall Hills Golf Club.

See www.rotary-technology-leeds. org for more details.

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Ridiculous Witches in Headingley!

Local children’s author Sarah Shafi launched the latest book in her ‘Ridiculous Witches’ series at Headingley Library during Headingley LitFest. Coincidentally, this witch actually lives in Headingley!

“The Lit Fest event was fabulous”, Sarah told us. “There was a great turnout. Being a Leeds lass, I really enjoyed telling them about ‘The Odd Legged Car Crashing Witch of Leeds’! The book has strong ties to Yorkshire Cricket Club and Headingley Cricket Ground, and there are also references to JRR Tolkien who lived at the end of my street!”

Sarah started writing poems when she was about 17 and moved on to novels. The Ridiculous Witches series came about following a Halloween party. When

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everyone had left the place looked a bit like a bat cave, with flickering pumpkins all over the place. There, sitting beside one of them and a broomstick, was a little black cat.

“That got me thinking – a black cat, a broomstick, a pumpkin….I must be a witch! I instantly knew I would be a ridiculous one…Et Voila! Ridiculous Witches were born!

“I decided they would take on everyday behavioural problems and exaggerate them in light-hearted, slightly disgusting and fun way to engage kids, and added a few moral twists and turns along the way. I like having each witch from a different city so as to stimulate regional attachment.”

The books are aimed at children aged six and up.

Sarah is particularly keen for them to connect with boys as there are not many books out there for boys

in this age bracket.

If you would like to find out more about the Ridiculous Witches, visit www.ridiculouswitches.com

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In the run up to National Children’s Day on Sunday 11th May, Beechtree Steiner Initiative, in collaboration with Project Wild Thing and the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, is offering free taster sessions at its Outdoor Parent and Child Groups and encouraging parents and their children (aged 0 – 3) in LS6 and LS7 to ‘Go Wild!’

eing outdoors and caring for the environment is integral to Steiner Education. These sessions, 10am – 12 noon from Tuesday 6th – Friday 9th May, include a camp fire, chapatti making, sandpit, singing and puppet story time.

Beechtree runs two small kindergartens which spend a significant amount of time outdoors, encouraging children to understand the natural environment.

“Outdoor play is so important for young children”, said Helen Pearson, Chair of Trustees. “We are proud of the

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Being outdoors and caring for the environment is integral to Steiner Education

outdoor opportunities available at Beechtree, which we believe to be unique in Leeds. We would love more people to come and see what we have on offer.”

To book a place for one of these free sessions, which take place next door to the Beechtree Steiner premises at Old Tetley Hall, Moor Road, Far Headingley, just email pandcbeechtree@gmail.com Parents interested in places for their children from September 2014 should contact enquiries@leeds-steiner.org.uk or call Sue Hoey on 07946 085 575

Richmond House Revels in Rhinos Relay Win Leeds Rhinos invited schools to participate in the Cravendale Milk Relay to raise money for Sport Relief and an outstanding performance from Richmond House Year 3 and 4 pupils ensured they took first place!

Six schools took part in the race during half-time at the Leeds Rhinos vs London match at Headingley Carnegie on 21st March.

“It was really exciting”, said Joseph Latham (Y4).

“There were loads of Leeds Rhinos fans cheering us on.

We were all really happy that we came first.”

The team of 15 each received a medal and won a year’s supply of Cravendale milk for their school! Leeds Rhinos donated £2 to Sport Relief from every ticket bought by supporters of the children. Donations were also collected on the night.

The event was organised by the Leeds Rugby Foundation, which aims to ‘inspire people through sport’ and give young people the opportunity to experience playing sport on the Rhino’s pitch.

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City of Leeds School recently made the headlines in both national and local press regarding a new course the school plans to introduce from September.

Currently, City of Leeds School teaches children of around 55 nationalities, including pupils from Europe, a number of African nations, the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. This extra English course is designed to help children achieve top grades.

“The new GCSE exams, starting in September, demand a much higher level of English”, said Principal, Georgie Sale.

“The level of grammar, spelling and vocabulary of the children needs to be much better to get those top grades.

We are committed to giving all our pupils the best possible education

“We are committed to giving all our pupils the best possible education and we are passionate about driving up standards. This innovative new approach will equip all our children with the English language skills they need to reach their full potential.

“The classes will be taught according to the pupils’ fluency in English – fluent English speakers will be in a different class, getting a very different lesson to pupils who speak little or no English. This approach will see all of our pupils receive one extra, 50 minute lesson a week, which will boost their

fundamental English skills and improve their basic spelling and grammar.

“We hope this will allow pupils who speak English as a first language as well as our multi-lingual learners the same opportunity to accomplish A and A* grades at GCSE. We are proud to be a multi-cultural school and will continue to encourage new ideas to help us to be a supportive and encouraging learning environment where all pupils are given the same chances to learn.”

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Badminton Anyone?

Adel Badminton Club

meets Mon, 8pm at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A mixed & a men’s team in Leeds & District Badminton League. New members welcome. If you have some experience go along on Monday. Details:

Chris 225 9426, Dave 267 0572

Adel Crown Green Bowling Club (next to

Adel Church). Open for bowling Apr – Oct. New members welcome. Open Day 11 May,11am – 4pm.

Details: Phil 267 6152, www. adelbowlingclub.co.uk

Adel Squash Club meets

at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A fun/ competitive way to keep fit.

Details: Jon Hodgson 07761 608598, or for Racketball John Bennett 267 0761, www.adelsquashclub.com;

Adel Tennis Club Anyone

for tennis? Enjoy social or competitive tennis on 3 carpet & 2 tarmac courts.

ATC is ideally situated on the AWMA sports ground next to Adel Church. All standards welcome. Junior coaching available. Details: John

Micklethwaite 267 4071

American Football (Non-

Contact) Flag American Football team based in North Leeds seeks players of any age, ability or gender to play casual & competitive events.

Weekly weekend training sessions. Come down & give it a go! Total beginners welcome. Details: Kyle

northleeds.samurai@gmail. com

Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players. Fri 7.30 – 9.30pm, Trinity University, Horsforth.

Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham 258 4532

Bramhope Bowls Club

Social bowling, friendly & league matches. Experienced players & beginners welcome, Good social activities. Details:

Stewart 267 3311, Jaci 267 9761

Bramhope Table Tennis Club meets Mon 8 – 10pm & Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm, Robert Craven Hall. New members welcome. Details: Stewart

267 3311

Circle Dancing Alternate

Thurs, 3 – 4.30pm from 1 May at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane LS16.

Friendly group Beginners welcome. Details: Pat 289

9626

Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun 9.30am in car park Cookridge Village Hall. Walks 6/8 miles.

Transport can be provided.

New members welcome.

Details: Barbara 267 1522, cookridgeramblers@ outlook.com

Flag Football is a 5-a-side

non-contact version of American Football. New players welcome, no experience required. Practice on Woodhouse Moor. Details:

info@leedstornadoes.com, www.leedstornadoes.com

Holt Park Bowls Club

Farrar Lane, LS16. Crown Green bowling is for everyone. Super sport for

the whole family, good fun & good exercise. New members welcome. Details: Jim

Mcquade 225 4503

Horsforth Tennis Club

welcomes new members for social play all year. Go along & try, Sun 1pm. Coaching available for adults & juniors on group or individual basis.

Details: Hillary West 258 6021

Kirkstall Harriers Running Club meets Mon & Wed, 6.50pm Kirkstall Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome, must be able to run 3-4 miles. Club takes part in events & challenges all over Yorkshire & UK.

Details: kirkstallharriers@ googlemail.com

Kirkstall Abbey Tennis Club Friendly, welcoming

club with most reasonable membership rates & FREE coaching for members May – July. Come & join us! Details:

Roger Harris, 07806 789580, rharris999@hotmail.co.uk

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Are you

disabled or have a condition where swimming could help?

LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active.

Safe & relaxed environment to work at your own pace & gain strength & confidence.

Details: Roger 267 4716, Paul 225 7035

Leeds Midnight Walk

Sat 17 May 8pm-2am. Meet Xercise 4 Less Gym, Kirkstall.

Join 1,000+ ladies for 7 or 10 mile walk to raise vital funds for St Gemma’s Hospice.

Advance registration advised.

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5505, leedsmidnightwalk@ st-gemma.co.uk

Like to Walk? Join group

that meets 10am Tues twice a month for 10 – 12 mile walks.

Details: Richard 267 3623

Meanwood Cricket Club

(2nd oldest club in Leeds!) is looking for new players.

Running 2 sides in Wetherby League. Outdoor nets & practice start April. Situated next to Myrtle Tavern, Parkside Rd. Details: Rob

Guthrie (1st XI Capt) 07552 6755880, Matthew Ross (Vice Capt) 07968 776263

Meanwood Park Bowling Club welcomes new members for the coming season. Details: Margaret

Butterworth 274 7076

Pudsey & District Rambling Club Walks of 5 -

10 miles Sun & alt Thurs. New members welcome. Members from all over Leeds. Annual membership £8. Details:

01943 430657

Reach the Peak Walk

Yorkshire 3 Peaks 7 June for Leeds Cancer Centre, Bexley Wing. 25 miles in 12 hours or less! Led by a professional trekking team. Details: Tif

206 8620, tifaine.carter@ leedsth.nhs.uk,

Run in Purple for Yorkshire Cancer Centre in Leeds 10K (20 July). Limited places, £20 reg fee. Details: Tif

206 8620, tifaine.carter@ leedsth.nhs.uk www. yorkshirecancercentre.org. uk

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in Headingley & runs 5 senior & 5 junior teams. Looking for new players. Details:

Paul 07795 154444, www. stchadscc.com

St Chad’s Tennis Club

Play tennis all year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne

Wallace 274 9917

ARTS & CRAFTS Bramhope Arts Club

meets Mon, 7.30pm at Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane. In May there will be themed practical evenings & outdoor painting (weather permitting!). New members welcome. Details: Jeff 01423

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Community Notices Chinese Brush Painters Society 10/11 May: Xiao

Bai Li on how to paint an English landscape in Chinese Brush style. 31 May/1 June: Angela Reich teaches Chinese calligraphy & wisteria with goldfish. 10am – 4pm Pool-in-Wharfedale Village Hall, Arthington Lane. New members welcome. Details:

01422 368482, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk

Flower Arranging 1st Thurs

of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS6. Beginners welcome. Details: Kath Hall

275 2436, kaybeehall@ talktalk.net

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Spring Art

Exhibition & Sale Sat 3/ Sun 4/ & Mon 5 May at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Open each day10am – 5pm,

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Horsforth Art Society

meets 7.30pm Wed at The Studio 15 Back Lane. 7 May: mixed media workshop with Miriam Laville. 14 May: life drawing. 28 May: outside sketching at Rodley canal (6pm start).

Details: 258 8496 www. horsforthartsociety. wordpress.com

Life Drawing Art Group

Mon 7 – 9pm at HEART Bennett Rd. Headingley.

New members & all abilities welcome to come & draw a variety of life models. Details:

Laurence Limon 07856 735179

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Annual Book Sale Sat 10 May, 10am – 12 noon at St

Giles Church Hall, Bramhope LS16. Secondhand books, CDs & DVDs. Refreshments. Book donations gratefully received 2 – 4pm Fri 9 May at the hall.

Bramhope Market 2nd Sat of month, 10am – 1pm Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope Fresh fruit & veg, good food, home baking & crafts.

Bramhope Methodist Church 25th Annual Plant

Sale Fri 9 May 9.30am – 7pm & Sat 10 May1 9am – 2pm in Church Hall. Professionally grown bedding plants, shrubs & roses, wide range of hanging pots. Orders taken.

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Coffee Morning with toasted teacakes, 10.30am 1st Sat of month, West Park United Reformed Church.

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Coffee Morning Sat 10am – 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley LS6.

Delicious homemade cakes, teas, coffees & lots of chat.

Everyone welcome.

The Donkey Sanctuary

(Eccup) Spring Fair Sat 10 May, 10am-2.30pm. Donkey/ cart rides & sweet treats for children (£4 suggested donation. Gift stalls & delicious refreshments. Free entry. LS16 8AZ

Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month,

The Rose Garden in front of The Arc, North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Hope Pastures Spring Fayre Sun 18 May, 10.30am-

3pm at Hope Pastures, Weetwood Lane/Ring Rd. Great fun for all the family.

Wide selection of goods & refreshments & plenty to see & do. Plant sale. Adults 50p, children free.

Horsforth in Bloom Coffee Morning & Bric-aBrac Sale Sat 3 May, 10am –

12 noon at Central Methodist Church, Town St. Helpers welcome.

Indoor Car Boot Sale

Sat 24 May, 10am – 1pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd, Moortown.

Over 50 stalls selling a wide variety of items. Free parking at hospice. Entry by donation.

Details: Jenny Dixon 218 5565, jennyd@st-gemma. co.uk

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Cream Tea & Plant Fair Sat 31 May, 1.30 - 3.30pm Alwoodley Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17.

Wide range of plants & goods for sale. Delicious cream scones.

Leeds Horticultural Society Annual Plant/

Coffee Morning Sat 17 May, 9.30 – 11.30am at St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Admission £1 incl. refreshments. Stock up your garden for Summer with perennials / annuals / tomatoes. Advice free!

Details: Pat 225 0030, www. leedshs.org.uk

Nearly New Sale for babies, toddlers & Mums-to-be Sat 3 May, 10am – 12 noon at St Gemma’s Hospice, Harrogate Rd. Moortown. Over 50 stalls.

Entry £1. Stall £13. Details:

Jenny Dixon 218 5565, jennyd@st-gemma.co.uk, www.st-gemma.co.uk

Rumble in the Jumble 2!

Sat 17 May, 2.30 – 5.30pm at Wrangthorn Church Hall LS6. Jumble/table top sale plus Condiments Competition – jams, marmalade, preserves, sauces, pickles.

Details: Jane 275 3983, hydeparkunityday@gmail. com

GROUPS/CLUBS Adel Bridge Club meets

Fri, 7.15pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane. Relaxed Chicago Bridge club. New members all abilities welcome. No partner needed.

Details: Janice 230 6387 or 07713 402405

Adel Crag Community Assoc. keeps you informed about what is happening in your neighbourhood.

Information on local news, events etc. Details: Francis

Garbutt 261 0846, www. adelcrag.org.com

Adel & District Horticultural Society

meets 12 May, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane, for Sybil Spencer

Memorial Lecture: ‘Plants for Problem Places’ by John from Holden Clough Nursery, Clitheroe. Next meeting Sept.

New members welcome.

Friends of Hunger Hills Woods meet on Hall Lane

Adel Lodge meets at Castle Grove Masonic Hall Tuesday evenings. Details: David

www.hungerhillswoods.org

Details: Mrs Tarn Everett 261 3095

Hancox 228 0771

Aire Valley Dolls House Club meets 2nd

Mon each month. New members welcome. Details:

Natalie Wilson 287 6272, airevalleydollshouse. blogspot.co.uk

Cookridge Amateur Dramatic Society presents

on 2nd Sat from 10am to carry out various practical tasks in the wood. Please come suitably dressed with appropriate footwear & gloves. Details: 258 3140,

Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Action Days

1st Sat to help tidy the cemetery. Under supervision of Parks & Countryside Ranger. Meet 10am in car park, Otley Rd. Tools & hot drinks provided. Details:

Alan Mann (Secretary) 07901 656886, friendsofl awnswoodcemetery@ yahoo.co.uk

Norman Robbins ‘A Tomb with a View’ from Thurs 1 – Sat 3 May, 7,30pm at Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane. Tickets £6/£5 on door.

Human Writes in Leeds

Cookridge Methodist Community Film Society

Details: humanwritesinleeds. wordpress.com

Enrolling now for new season of films (Oct ’14 – Apr ’15) at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall. Showings 2nd Wed each month, 7pm (refreshments & chat 6.30pm). 20 films just £20, 5 films £17. Details:

Shirley (Sec) 267 2464

Cookridge Gardening Club meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm

at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall. Wed 21 May: Peter Murphy will talk about Rodley Nature Reserve & his expeditions to South America.

Remember your vase of Spring flowers for members’ competition. Everyone welcome. Members 50p/ visitors £2.

Cookridge U3A meets

Mon 12 May, 10.30am12noon at Cookridge Village Hall. Details: 0787 656

2686, www.u3asites.org.uk/ cookridge

(HWIL) meets Fri 9 May, 1pm in café of West Yorkshire Playhouse. Participants bring short pieces of own writing for discussion.

Holt Park Tenants & Residents Association

Provides a voice for residents & tenants in Holt Park area.

Regular monthly meetings at Ralph Thoresby School.

Details: Alan Mann 07901 656886, www.holtparktra. btck.co.uk

Horsforth in Bloom meets

1st Sat of month, 10am at Horsforth Museum, Town St. Friendly group dedicated to making Horsforth an attractive place to live. More helpers always welcome

Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds 7pm at St Margaret’s Hall & Thurs 1pm at Grove Methodist Church Hall. Good car parking & no stairs! Visitors welcome.

Details: Mrs Zoe Bent 258 1580

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78 Horsforth Retired People’s Club meets 2nd

& 4th Thurs, 9.30 – 11am St Margaret’s Parish Centre.

Speakers & time to socialise.

Visitors & new members welcome. Details: Everett

Cooke 258 9149, Beryl Harland 258 6907

I’m From Meanwood

Community group for anyone in LS7 or surrounding area.

Photos & memories of old & modern Meanwood.

Over 1,000 photos. Details:

Facebook/ I’m From Meanwood

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached.

Improve your social life & make new friends. Not a dating agency. Details:

217 1747/ 267 0282, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly. com

Kirkstall Community Garden Grow your own

food, learn new skills & share ideas with others.

All welcome. Free access to educational resources & growing facilities. Free membership. Volunteers welcome. Details:

kirkstallgarden@gmail.com

Leeds Anglo German Club meets 7.30pm at

Headingley St Columba’s URC. Wed14 May: German wine-tasting evening.

Tues 20 May: Illustrated talk in German & English - Wolfgang Keinhorst will explain how the Ruhr region became European Capital of Culture. Details: 268 7697

Leeds Budgerigar Society meets 1st Tues, 8pm

at Troydale Recreational Club, Troydale Grove, Pudsey, LS28 9LA. Old friends & new members welcome. Details:

Ronnie Simpson 252 0976, www.leedsbs.webs.com

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Leeds Cat Rescue

rehabilitate lost, neglected cats & kittens. If you can offer a loving home, please contact them. Details: 268 0488,

leedscatrescue@googlemail. com, www.leedscatrescue. btck.co.uk

Leeds Combined Arts Poetry & Prose Evening

Wed 21 May, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Theme: ‘Moving & General Change’ with Andrew D. Brown. Entry £3.50/£1.50.

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues,

8pm St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. 6 May: Hanging basket demonstration - Gillian Gill. 3 June: Marco Schrang presents ‘Late Summer Interest in the Garden’.

Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple – includes all events & admission to Leeds Flower, Vegetable & Craft Show. Details: Pat 225

0030, www.leedshs.org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning

for preservation of the NHS. Meets Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Next meetings: Tues 13 May& 3 June. Details: Beatrice

Rogers 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds Oxfam Group

Lively group campaigning on issues of interest to everyone concerned about global justice. Find them on Facebook for details of what they’re planning this year, from fundraising to lobbying our MPs, abseiling in May, sponsored walk in June.

Leeds RSPB Group Sat

10 May Free nature walk at Rodley Nature Reserve, LS13 1HP. Meet in car park 10am. Details: rspbleeds@

Mah Jong Thurs 10am – 12noon Robert Craven Memorial Hall. Lively, Chinese game played with small tiles. Friendly group.

No experience necessary.

Details: Jenny 230 0094

Meanwood Men’s Society Mon 19 May, Leeds Treasure Hunt, Meet Parochial Hall 7.15pm. Details: Mark 274

7611, Colin 2746316.

National Vegetable Society meets Tues 13

May, 8pm Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, Headingley LS5. Philip Aubury of Alvechurch will give a talk on ‘Grow You Own Veg –The Green Gym’. All welcome.

Robert Craven Bridge Club meets Fri, 7 – 10pm,

Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

Tuition available for at least four players if required.

Details: Ewart 267 8001

Rotaract 18 – 30s club meets 2nd & 4th Wed, 6.45 Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lower Briggate. All welcome.

Details: Tony Cleminson 07779 007671, tony_ cleminson@hotmail.com

The Other Bridge Club

Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

Details: Sandra 01943 463332

Yorkshire Animal Shelter

Many cats & kittens desperate for new homes! Donations always welcome. Details:

07968 817803, www. yorkshireanimalshelter.org. uk

MUSIC Bingley Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents ‘The

Yeomen of the Guard’ at Bingley Arts Centre from Mon 28 April - Sat 3 May at 7.30pm. Tickets available from Bingley Arts Centre 01274 567983 or ticketsource. co.uk/bingleyartscentre

Cookridge Primary Intergenerational Choir

A choir of children & older members of the community - meets Mon 3 – 4pm at the school. Singing modern & traditional songs. Looking for more adults! Details: Debbie

Fletcher 386 2500

Craig Ogden Classical Guitarist & Classic FM featured artist. Sat 17

May 7.30pm at St Chad’s Far Headingley with Leeds Symphony Orchestra (incl.

Villa Lobos Guitar Concerto & Gustav Holst ‘The Planets’); & Sun 18 May, 3pm at The Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth.Tickets £8 (£10 on door)

Jazz Improvisation Group meets alt Fri, 7.30

-10pm in Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre, Town St. An opportunity to play jazz to your heart’s content. £5 per session. Details: Dominic

Moore dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com

Horsforth Choral Society Friendly group

of singers rehearses under Kathryn Woodruff, Mon 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Parish Centre. May 12 & 19: rehearsals for Summer café style concert 18 July. Details:

07958 782 348, info@ horsforthchoralsociety.co.uk

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Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band Friendly,

community band welcomes new players. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm Leeds Trinity UC, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Details: Hannah

Rowlands 250 0208, Betty Emberton 267 6529

Instrumental Jazz Workshop - alt Sat 2.30

- 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7. Classes for people who want to play jazz & improvise. Work towards playing at Jazz Café. Enjoyable, supportive atmosphere. £10/£8 per class. Details: Jean Watson

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

James Farrell Concert Band rehearses Tues 7.45 –

10pm at Dewsbury Rd Social Club. Friendly community band playing show/film music, marches & more. New

players welcome. Current vacancies for trumpet/cornet, horn, tuba & percussion.

Details: 293 1779, www. jfconcertband.com

Otley Chamber Orchestra Sun 18 May,

7.3pm Methodist Hall, Boroughgate, Otley. Concert celebrating 5th anniversary.

Haydn’s Symphony No 99, excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake & Elgar’s Wand of Youth. Tickets (£8/£6) from Otley Courthouse or on door. New members welcome, especially strings & brass.

Details: 01943 463099, helen.thornton@btinternet. com

University of Leeds Final Year Music Students Sat 31 May, 7.30pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall, Gainsborough Ave, LS16 (behind Lawnswood Arms). A concert, directed

by Daniel Gordon. Tickets £5. Details: Beryl 267 4507,

Details: Jean Watson jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Phoenix Concert Band

Stuart Townend in Concert Wed 21 May,

blchadwick@talktalk.net

Community concert band (Grade 6+). Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm The Grammar School at Leeds. Details:

secretary@phoenixband. co.uk, www.phoenixband. co.uk

Sheffield Citadel Salvation Army Band Sat

14 June, 7.30pm at Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth. Tickets FREE from Salvation Army c/o 19 Hunger Hills Ave. Horsforth LS18 5JS. Please send SAE.

7.30pm at Otley Methodist Church. One of today’s leading worship songwriters.

Fundraiser for Bramhope Methodist Church redevelopment. Tickets £12.50 from rick.ormrod@ methodist.org.uk

Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse

Sat, 10am – 12.30pm.

Friendly, informal orchestra of adult learners. All abilities welcome. Specific beginners group. Details: www.ylss.org

Seven Jazz Voices Choir

meets alt Mon 7-9pm at Inkwell 31 Potternewton Lane Chapel Allerton LS7. Fun blues, jazz, cuban & gospel numbers, led by jazz singer Nicki Allan. £5 per session.

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80 Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses alt

259 1511

Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. For players Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome. Details:

Deborah Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ ntlworld.com

SENIORS

Luncheon Club for Over 60s meets Tues, 12 noon

Headingley Methodist Church Hall, Church St. New members welcome. Two course hot meal £4. Please book. Details: 275 5615, 275

1592

Meanwood Luncheon Club meets Thurs, 12.15pm

Cookridge Luncheon Club meets Wed, 12 –

1.30pm Cookridge Methodist Church, Tinshill Rd. Good food, good company. £4.50.

Details: 267 5510

Meanwood Methodist Church (next to Waitrose). 3 courses £5. Details: Anne Matthews

268 1131

OWLS (Older Wiser Local

Lively Singing Group for

people with dementia & their carers. 2nd Wed of month 10 – 11.30am at Horsforth Live at Home Scheme, Town St. £1 incl refreshments.

Details: Alzheimer’s Soc 231 1727, Horsforth Live at Home

Seniors) provides activities for seniors in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall.

Membership free to 60+.

Details: 369 7077, infoowls@ gmail.com

St Chad’s Lunch Club

Weds 12 - 1.30pm St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal & good company £4.50.

Open to all of retirement age close to St Chad’s. Transport provided. Details: Anne 274

9917, Claire 275 2917

St Giles Bramhope Luncheon Club Delicious home-cooked meal just £4. To book, contact Mary Burnell 267 1742

Sequence Tea Dances

Mon 2 – 4pm, Bramhope Methodist Church Hall.

Everyone welcome. Details:

Marjorie 267 9802.

STEP (Supporting The Elderly People) based at St Andrew’s Church, Butcher Hill, LS16 5BG. Activities & outings for people over 60 in West Park & Far Headingley.

Details: 275 7988,

step.2.step@btconnect.com, www.stepleeds.org.uk

Willows Tuesday Club

Fink Hill, Horsforth. 1.45 – 3.45pm. Friendly group for over 60s. Various activities, & outings. Mini bus available in Horsforth area. Don’t feel lonely come & join us.

Details: Jean 258 3449

SPIRITUAL Adel Baptist Congregation Sunday

services 10.30am Adel Primary School, Tile lane, LS16. Informal with mixture of contemporary & traditional songs. Also variety of daytime & evening groups. Details:

275 4989

Adel Methodist Church

(corner Holt Lane/ Gainsborough Ave). Sunday Services 10.30am, incl Junior Church.

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Bramhope Methodist Church Sundays Services:

10am Morning Worship.

Prayer Breakfast 2nd Sun 8.30am. Alive@9 on 4th Sunday, 9am informal worship for young families.

Evening Communion 4th Thurs 8pm. Morning Communion 2nd Tues.

Buddhist Meditation Classes in Leeds City Centre & Horsforth. Details: 265 2118,

info@meditationinleeds.org,

Catholic Churches

welcome. Crèche facilities & refreshments. 1st Sun of month: Family Parade Service - informal, friendly worship for all ages.

Hare Krishna Programme

Tues 7 – 8.30pm Cardigan Centre, 145 Cardigan Rd. LS6.

Mantra Meditation, Kirtana Yoga, Enchanting Music, Ecstatic Dancing, Discourses on Bhagavad Gita & great vegetarian food. All welcome.

Details: 07726 688778, gouranga108@gmail.com

Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (267 8257); Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane. Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe, Assistant Priest: Fr BK Akpoigbe. www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk

Headingley Methodist Church Sunday Service

Cookridge Methodist Church 10.30am

7 – 9pm. Support group welcomes people interested in mindfulness meditation

Morning Worship. All ages

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9.30am. Short Mid-Week Service Thurs 10.30am.

Entrance in Chapel St. All welcome.

Headingley Mindfulness Group Meet 2nd Mon,

practice for stress reduction (MBSR). Details: Dot 274

5167

Headingley St. Columba United Reformed Church 70 Headingley Lane. Sunday service 10.45am. Details:

www.headingleystcolumba. org.uk/

Holy Trinity Meanwood

Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style).

2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion. All Welcome.

Details: 275 7885, www. holytrinitymeanwood.org.uk

Horsforth Churches Together Wed 7 May:

representatives at Grove Church, Town St.

Kagyu Buddhist Group

Tues, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Dropin 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.

Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition.

Classes in yoga, chronic pain & stress management.

Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Open meeting 7.30pm Cragg Baptist Church. 11 – 17 May: Christian Aid Week collections. Sun 1 June, 6pm: Civic Service for elected

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Community Centre, Stainbeck Ave. Sunday service 11am, coffee 10.30am. Details: 275

7215, www.mvbc.org.uk

Leeds Reformed Baptist Church Sunday services

Community Notices leading worship songwriters.

Fundraiser for Bramhope Methodist Church redevelopment. Tickets £12.50 from rick.ormrod@ methodist.org.uk

St Augustine’s Church

10:30am & 6pm. Activities through week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details:

275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org

(Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner 10.30am Sunday services. 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday shorter family service. 6.30pm evening service. All Welcome.

Leeds Vineyard Sunday

St John the Baptist

services 11am, Headingley Methodist Church, Headingley. Details: 245 9111,

www.leedsvineyard.org

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd,

LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751

www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk

Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am

Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 & Friends’ Meeting House, New Adel Lane LS16 6AN Details:

www.leedsquakers.org.uk

Drop in Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (ex 3rd Sun: 6.30-7.30pm). Peace & calm with guided meditations.

Free. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727,

leeds@uk.brahmakumaris. org, www.brahmakumaris. org/uk/leeds

South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane,

Headingley. Lively services Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm.

Stuart Townend in Concert Wed 21 May,

7.30pm at Otley Methodist Church. One of today’s

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(Church Lane, Adel) Services: Sun 8am, 10am & 6.30pm; Wed 11am. Sun 25 May: Adel Parish Boundary Walk, 9am from Old Stables. Circular 15 mile walk, tea in Old Stables 4.30pm. Walkers & dogs welcome. Details Mrs Val

Crompton 225 9142

St Luke’s Lutheran Church Alma Rd,

Headingley. Worship Sun 10.30am, followed by refreshments. All welcome.

St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church Service times: Wed 10.30am Communion Service; Thurs 8am Communion Service; 2nd & 4th Sun 8am Communion Service; Sun Parish Communion 10am; Communion Service 12.30pm; Evensong 6.30pm.

All welcome. Details: www.st-

michaels-headingley.org.uk

St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6.

Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225 9751 www.

dioceseofleeds.org.uk

Weekly Buddhist Meditation Classes

Chapeltown LS7. www. hopebs.org.uk

Details: 265 2118, info@ meditationinleeds.org www. meditationinleeds.org

IBS Leeds Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Monthly meetings now being held.

7.30 - 9.30pm in Oakwood (Tue), Leeds City Centre (Wed) & Horsforth (Thur).

SUPPORT Arthritis Care meets 3rd Tues, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694

Dementia Café 2nd Mon

of month, 1.30 - 3pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Chance to talk to people who are living with dementia. Entry £1. Details: The Alzheimer’s

Society 231 1727

Diabetes UK Support Group meets 1st Mon, 7 –

9pm at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, except bank holidays when it’s 2nd Mon. Speakers on different aspects of diabetes. All welcome.

Details: 07840 686618

HOPE Bereavement Support – Have you

experienced miscarriage or stillbirth? Are you pregnant again? We can provide the support you need to help you through this difficult time. Drop-in Fri 4-6pm at Chapeltown Children’s Centre, 62 Leopold St.

Details: matt@letscureibs. com, www.letscureibs.com

Leeds Coeliac Group Fri

16 May, 7pm, Gluten-free Indian meal at Sheesh Mahal, 346 Kirkstall Rd. Details:

Sandra McLean 07711 768850, sandra.mclean@ btinternet.com

Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Society uses Armley

Leisure Centre for activity classes (transport available).

MS Chat every two weeks.

Leeds society has over 300 members. New members very welcome. Details: 07895

515471

Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-

judgemental support 24 hours for those experiencing feelings of distress or despair.

They listen for as long as you need. Details: 245 6789,

08457 909090

Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA)

Respite care for families with children with complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one home-based care.

Have you lost someone close to you through suicide?

Would you like to meet others who have had a similar experience and share views about the kind of support needed?

Living After loss through Suicide (LAS), a group of individuals who have been directly affected by suicide, would like to hear from you.

They are holding an afternoon drop-in event on Wednesday 21st May, 4 – 6pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD For more information please contact Sue Watts, Leeds Bereavement Forum, on 0113 225 3975

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Looking for volunteers to join Management Committee as Trustees. Details: 216 5133,

angela.roberts@lwca.co.uk

Little Hiccups Outreach is a support network for children with a disability and their families. Run by parents. Details:07831

230741, outreach@ littlehiccups.co.uk, www. littlehiccups.co.uk

Marigold Wellbeing Centre Support for people

with cancer & other chronic conditions 2 Saturdays a month at Day Therapy Centre, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate. Details:

Karen 01937 573166, John & Ann 274 9074. www. marigoldwellbeingcentre. org.uk

Open Door Café For

people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon (ex bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. Details: 231 1727

Parkinson’s UK meet 2nd

Wed, 2pm St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda

Thompson, 01943 461640

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Support group meets 2nd Wed, 2pm

at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Details: Pam

Bower 258 8143

SNAPS (Special Needs &

Parent Support) welcomes families of children with special needs to their Sat support group at Penny Field School, Tongue Ln. Meanwood. Take part in

hydrotherapy, swimming, dance & coffee.

Seeking new Trustees & dance instructor. Details: 07964 847 775, angie@ snaps-vol.org.uk, www. snaps-vol.org.uk

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club

For former cardiac patients & their partners. Exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Mon, Wed & Thurs Wharfedale General Hospital. £3.

Details: 07949 307 955, wghcardiacclub@ gmail.com, www.

WharfedaleCardiacClub. org.uk

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Forum 2000 meets 10am at Grove Centre, New St. Horsforth. Wed 7 May:

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Talk – How well do you know Wharfedale? with Pat Clarke. Wed 14 May: Outing to Renishaw Hall, departing 9.30am from Fink Hill Car Park, return 6pm. Cost: £16 with RHS or HHA card/ £22 without. Details: 258

3521

Headingley’s 1st World War Conscientious Objectors Wed 14 May,

7pm at Headingley Library.

A talk by Janet Douglas, organised by Headingley Network

Horsforth Civic Society

Public Meeting Wed 14 May, 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Parish Hall. AGM followed by illustrated talk ‘ Trees in Towns’ by Alan Simson, Chartered Landscape Architect & Urban Forester.

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Leeds Astronomical Society 2nd Wed. Guest

speaker & regular telescope nights at Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome. Details: info@

leedsastronomy.org.uk, www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

Leeds Decorative & Fine Arts Society Wed 21

May, 2pm at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Moor Rd. LS6.

A Lecture by Oliver Everett ‘Drama Behind the Taj Mahal - The Court of Emperor Shah Jahan’. Guests £5.

Please check seat availability.

Details: 284 3290, www. nadfas.org.uk

Leeds Geological Association Thurs 1 May,

7:15pm in Conference Auditorium 2, University of Leeds Campus (rear of Sports Centre) Lecture: ‘Rivers

Approved Contractor

under the sea’ by Professor Jeff Peakall, Leeds University.

Visitors welcome. Details:

www.leedsga.org.uk

Leeds Microscopical Society meets Thurs 8

May, 7.15pm Alwoodley Methodist Church Hall, The Avenue, LS17, for lecture & practical work on Diatoms.

Microscopes & kit required.

Thurs 22 May, 7.15pm: AGM. Sat 7 June: Annual Exhibition 10am – 4pm, St Mary’s Church Hall, Commercial St. Morley LS27. Details: Mike

Smith 293 5991

Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society Thurs

22 May, 7.30pm in Music Department, University of Leeds. ‘The Vale of York Hoard in its Viking Context’: a talk by Professor Joyce Hill on this large hoard discovered near Harrogate in 2007.

All welcome. Details:www.

leedsphilandlit.org.uk/ events.html

Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Monthly

talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all.

Details: r.herbert@see. leeds.ac.uk, http://tinyurl. com/rmetsyc

Talking Allowed in Leeds

(TAIL) meets Mon 12 May, 1.45pm at Veritas, 43 Grt George St. Topic: Trouble with Commitment. Details:

talkingallowedinleeds. wordpress.com

Talks on Ancient Sanskrit Writings 7pm at Quaker

Meeting House, Street Lane, Roundhay, with Swami Yogeshwarananda, a hermit monk. Fri 9 May: The Finale of Vedanta Knowledge; 16

May: Mystic Wisdom of the Upanishads; 23 May: The Way to Brahman. £7.50/ £5 per session. Details: 258

0488/ 265 8945

U3A Leeds has over 24 interest groups held in various locations. There are fortnightly Tues talks, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Club, Stonegate Rd, LS17.

Details: 07752 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk

Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 10 May, 12noon 23, Clarendon Rd. Lecture:

‘Deadlier than the Male’

by Phil Jenkins. Preceded

by AGM 11am. Free drop-in sessions Tues 2 - 4pm for help with family history research. Details: Mrs J.

Butler 263 9540

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WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed at

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets

2nd & 4th Mon til mid July, 7.30pm Farsley Library, Old Rd, Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to improve your speaking skills.

Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. May 7: The History of Wensleydale Cheese with Suzanne Stirke.

June 4: Recycling: Trash to Treasure with Chris Powell.

Details: Mrs Huntley

Details: Pauline Neale 269 3542, pauline.neale@ ntlworld.com or through www.the-asc.org.uk

Bramhope Rolling Scones WI New Women’s Institute

Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association 2nd Thurs,

2301584

1.30pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

meets 1st Thurs, 7.30 – 9.30pm St Giles Church Hall.

Make new friends, learn new skills & have a good old chin-wag! Visitors welcome.

MISC/ EVENTS

Cookridge WI Lively,

Bluebell Walk in Hunger Hills Woods Sun 11 May.

Details: Jill 07984 287803

mixed age group meets 1st Tues, 7.30pm Holy Trinity C of E School, Green Lane.

Various activities, talks & outings. Everyone welcome.

Meet 2pm Hall Lane opposite children’s playground. Leeds Ranger Steve Joul offers a wonderful insight into the flora of this relatively unspoilt urban wood. Paths provide easy access for all.

Horsforth Women’s Institute meets 3rd Mon,

Charity Champions! Enter

Details: cookridgewi@ yahoo.co.uk

7.30pm in St. James’ Parish Centre, Low Lane. Wide variety of speakers & outings.

New members & visitors welcome. Details: 258 7062

Meanwood WI meets Tues 20 May, 7.30pm in Meanwood Institute, Green Rd. The speaker will be from Boots No. 7 Team. All welcome. Details: 294 5626 University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes

women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or graduates. Regular events. Details: www.

universit yofleedsladiesclub. co.uk/

Soroptimist International

Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi.

org/leeds

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Yorkshire Cancer Centre 16 week Corporate Challenge Be part of & you could win the coveted 2014 title & a table for 12 at September Ball.

Details: Tif 206 8620, tifaine. carter@leedsth.nhs.uk, www.yorkshirecancercentre. org.uk

Don’t Act Your Age 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

Enjoy good wine & good company? The Yorkshire

Confrairie invites you to its Spring Wine Tastings at Castle Grove, Headingley on 28 March & 30 May.

Mind, Body, Spirit Evening Wed 28 May,

7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Nutrition & Juicing with Emma Colley, who can help you make simple, lasting changes to improve wellbeing. Go home with recipes & tips on how to get started. £3.50/£3.

Old Time Music Hall Sat 14 June, 6.45pm at Meanwood Freehouse Club, Stonegate Rd. Featuring Pocket Panto from Ossett. Sponsored by The Oddfellows in aid of Children’s Air Ambulance.

Raffle prizes donated by local businesses. Tickets £5.

Open Garden Sun 11 May 2 – 5pm, Wood Lane, Headingley, LS6 2AE. Flowering trees, shrubs, herbaceous borders, woodland, teas, plants for sale. (Please, no dogs.

Street parking/public car parks). Fundraising event for St James’ Radiotherapy Equipment Fund. Entry by donation.

Open Your Garden for St Gemma’s Like to show off

your garden this Summer & raise money for St Gemma’s?

Open your garden on a date of your choice & the hospice will provide all the help & support you need. Details:

Jenny 218 5565, jennyd@ st-gemma.co.uk

Volunteers Please! The

Donkey Sanctuary’s Assisted Therapy Centre, Eccup, works with children with additional needs, using donkeys as a unique form of therapy. Currently looking for volunteers, esp weekends.

WorkPlace Leeds Employment Peer Support Service Peer

led evening courses for people in employment Confidence Building; Self Esteem; Assertiveness Skills; Being Well at Work; Stress Management & more. Most free. Details: 230 2631,

admin@workplaceleeds. org.uk

Wanted! Experienced &

Budding Fundraisers for expanding registered charity.

Age not an issue? Over 50s welcome! Details: Ann Marie

07818 445678, annmarie. broadhead@linkenya.com

The Leeds Library Book Sale Sat 24 May,10am –

3pm, in entrance foyer 18 Commercial St LS1. All welcome. Library open to members 9.30am – 1pm as usual. Visitor tours on the hour 10am – 2pm.

Leeds City College Horsforth Open Day Calverley Lane (near

New Road Side roundabout).

Thurs 15 May, 3-7pm, A chance to find out about courses & enjoy fun activities for all the family.

Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust City Centre

Churches Walking Tour Sat 17 May, meet 9.30am at Leeds Minster. Tour includes Holy Trinity, St John the Evangelist, St George’s Crypt, St Anne’s Cathedral & Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel.

Insightful talks, lunch & refreshments. Details:

Vanessa White 07786 656883 www.yhct.org.uk

Details: 261 9249

Details: 226 9439, confr airiestvincentyorkshire@ gmail.com

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