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DEAR READERS,

CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

Easter is rapidly approaching and the museums, galleries and theatres in Leeds have lined up a superb programme to captivate the young over the holiday period.

Easter Fun West at Leeds Yorkshire Museums, Playhouse – Galleries & 25 Years Theatres Young!

Ross Noble joins Jason Manford in ‘The Producers’

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There are also a number of fascinating exhibitions – from photography to stitched portraits. Ross Noble is joining Jason Manford soon and heading to Leeds in the Mel Brooks musical comedy, ‘The Producers’; Fountains Abbey is featuring an innovative art project in its follies; Opera North joins The Wrong Crowd; and the Reduced Shakespeare Company reduces comedy.

Plus there’s a Public Meeting where

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Folly! In the Watergarden

Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden are opening up

their folly buildings to some of the country’s most inventive artists.

Easter Fun at Leeds Museums, Galleries & Theatres Exhibitions, shows, activities

and events to keep all the family entertained this Easter.

you can question your politicians about the future of the NHS; Headingley and Adel are busy drawing up Neighbourhood Plans; Far Headingley Village Society is holding another Scarecrow Fest; and the North West Leeds Transport Forum (NWLTF) is gathering ideas for alternative solutions to transport problems in the A660 corridor.

May, sunshine and an election aren’t far away and there is optimism in the air! We look forward to hearing all your news for May – the deadlines are 1st April for editorial and notices; 8th April for advertising (1st & 8th May for June edition).

Kind regards,

Carole, Jack and the team.

10 Vintage Has Gone Mainstream The first in a series of articles talking about interior design.

22 West Yorkshire Playhouse – 25 Years Young!

More than four million people have seen a show at The Playhouse since it opened its doors in 1990.

40 St Michael’s ReInterpretion of Goldilocks a Roaring Success!

Political satirists might have been well advised to purchase tickets to ‘Goldilocks’ in Headingley.

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Carole Carey-Campbell

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LUCY WILSON (1834-1891)

CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES There were some formidable women in Leeds in the 1870s and 80s, women who stood on platforms, addressed sometimes hostile crowds, wrote letters to newspapers, braved criticism and ridicule, and toiled tirelessly behind the scenes for the causes they held dear – the right of women to be educated, to have the vote, to keep their own property when they married, to work on equal terms with men. They were a powerful force in opposing laws they saw as unjust and inhumane, or violating personal rights. Lucy Wilson, ‘Miss Lucy’ as she was known, was one of this redoubtable band.

She had a favoured upbringing.

Leeds Ladies Educational Association and took a leading

Born in 1834, she was the third child and

role in organising local University examinations and extension

only daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth

lectures. Relationships with her colleagues were not easy as

Wilson of Banks Hall, near Barnsley.

she could be unbending and domineering, but she was totally

Her father owned a colliery there, but

committed. In 1870, when the Leeds School Board was set up

when he took the post of auditor of the

to provide elementary education for all children, and women

Aire and Calder Navigation the family

had their first chance to stand for public office, she stood

moved to Leeds, first to Crimbles House

(unsuccessfully) as a candidate alongside one other woman,

in Camp Road and later to 2 Hillary

in an election fraught with religious and political controversy.

Place (now part of Leeds University

She later gave strong support to the establishment of the Leeds

campus). Thomas Wilson was an

Girls’ High School in 1876.

educated and cultured man, a Liberal, a

She was deeply engaged in other issues too. She was a

leading figure in the Philosophical and

member of the national executive committee working for

Literary Society and the Mechanics’

the amendment of the Married Women’s Property Act to

Institute, active in many good causes.

give married women the right to own and manage their own

Many distinguished visitors came

property and earnings, a goal achieved in 1882. In 1875 she

to the house, and Lucy and her five

was the main speaker giving evidence in Leeds to a Royal

In 1876 Lucy’s father died and

brothers grew up in a thoughtful and

Commission on factory reform, arguing for women’s right

she inherited a trust fund which gave

intellectually stimulating atmosphere.

to work on the same basis as men. Alongside other notable

her independence. After a visit to her

Lucy was lively and good-looking

women she promoted women’s suffrage, serving on the Leeds

brother in New Zealand, she settled

but she did not marry – marriage, she

Suffrage committee, and speaking at public meetings around

in London where from 1881-86 she

said, was an institution wholly for the

the region, with sharp words for those who felt women’s

edited and wrote for the journal of the

benefit of men. Nevertheless she had to

place was in the home, not in public situations which might

Association for the Defence of Personal

take on a traditional female domestic

‘endanger their delicate sensibilities’.

Rights. She was an ardent individualist

role. As an unmarried daughter, she

Through the 1870s and 80s she was a prominent member

and defender of civil liberties, passionate

spent some years looking after her

of the campaigning Ladies’ National Association for the Repeal

on many fronts – a vegetarian on moral

father after her mother died. While her

of the Contagious Diseases Acts, led by Josephine Butler.

grounds, anti-vivisectionist, and a

brothers travelled and had professional

These Acts, designed in the 1860s to control venereal disease

believer in ‘rational dress’ (no tight

careers, notably her brother Edmund, an

in garrison towns, sanctioned the forcible surgical examination

corsets).

eminent solicitor and Leeds councillor,

and imprisonment of women believed to be prostitutes, and

She died in 1891, aged 57, from

those doors were closed to her.

there was pressure to extend powers to the northern industrial

heart disease. Her friends remembered

Energetic, competent and forceful,

towns. The Ladies’ Association (alongside many men) fought

her for her judgement and intelligence,

she dedicated herself to improving

a powerful, outspoken campaign for repeal, citing the cruel

her passion for natural justice, and her

women’s lot. Her first focus was

injustice of punishing the female victims of vice while leaving

unshakable belief in the rights of the

education, as women were still barred

the men free to re-infect, and condemning the violation of

individual.

from university and higher level study.

the personal rights of the women subjected to such degrading

For a time she was secretary to the

treatment. The Acts were finally repealed in 1886.

By Eveleigh Bradford

he Conservation Volunteers (TCV) at Hollybush Conservation Centre have organised more introductory courses in green woodworking.

“This is a great opportunity to take some time out and have the pleasure of making something”, said Organiser Pete Larner. “Spending the day outdoors under a tarp shelter while listening to birdsong and learning a new skill must rate as one of the most pleasant learning environments.”

Green Woodworking Days will be held on Saturday 25 April, Sunday 7th June and Saturday 18th July. Lunch and snacks are included – all served around the campfire. For details, contact TCV Hollybush 0113 274 2335, call Pete on 07811 383590, or book via www.eventbrite.co.uk ‘Green Woodwork Introductory Day’

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Once the niche pastime of the cash strapped, image conscious, patchouli-oiled student, vintage is now thoroughly mainstream.

V schedules are peppered with programmes such as ‘Cash In The Attic’, and a plethora of lifestyle programmes focusing on re-using and up-cycling. Vintage is more than just a fad, it’s here to stay.

The chances are that your home is furnished with a combination of new, secondhand, and inherited furniture. But if you are someone who wants to up the vintage ante, or are perhaps furnishing your home for the first time, where do you start?

The four vintage tribes There are four major vintage tribes – the ultra-cool, retro, Mid-Century Modernist, whose aspirations are the Danish furniture designers of the 50s, 60s and 70s like Borge Mogensen and Kofod Larsen, or the more reasonably priced but equally beautiful British post war G Plan, Ercol or Macintosh; The hopelessly romantic ‘Shabby Chicer’ who likes their furniture to look as if it’s been rescued from a crumbling French chateau; The Traditionalist who gravitates more towards the Arts (Crafts, Deco, Nouveau); and The Industrialists, where it’s all rusting bare metal and re-purposed vintage factory furniture.

The knack is to find a period or style that suits you.

Old and new work beautifully together. The new

sharpens and freshens, while the vintage adds integrity. Antique, retro or salvaged furnishings instantly inject a dash of warmth and soul.

They don’t make it like they used to!

There’s a lot of truth to the old adage ‘they don’t make furniture like they used to’. Many vintage furniture makers and designers had a respect for craftsmanship and a reverence for natural materials such as wood, often making a feature of the grain. Even mass producers like G Plan and Ercol still had quality at the forefront of their minds. This is why

these pieces stand the test of time.

Vintage furniture, especially Mid-Century Modern is the antique of the future. Buy savvy, invest in classic design pieces that retain, or even increase, their value.

High street furniture giants such as M&S and John Lewis are all jumping on the vintage bandwagon and commissioning retro inspired chair and sofa ranges from the likes of G Plan and Parker Knoll. These are impressive ‘off the peg’ pieces but come with a hefty pricetag. Compare that to the fun of finding an original vintage piece for a fraction of the price. It may need some TLC, but sourcing the perfect fabric with the help of an experienced upholsterer, is much more satisfying.

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The Yorkshire Antiques & Art Fair is at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Great Yorkshire Showground, on 23rd / 24th May. eld twice a year in May and November, this will be the twelfth Harrogate event organised

by Bowman Antiques. The fair has around 320 exhibitors selling a huge range of antiques and art priced from a few pounds to thousands. There are many specialist dealers – including in sewing antiques, paintings and pictures, antiquarian maps and prints, art glass, and Art Deco lighting and furniture.

This year there’s a dealer who carries a lot of trench art, and another who has first class bronzes. There are plenty of ceramic dealers too, including Andrew Muir who specialises in Clarice Cliff and always mounts a remarkable display. Local art pottery from the Burmantofts factory is also well represented.

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This year, Passmore Group – More Bathrooms, More Ability & More Build – marks its 50th year in business and is celebrating with a fantastic competition!

long way, even surviving three recessions – that’s a huge cause for celebration”, said Tony.

“Our customers are the reason we have reached this impressive milestone and we’d like to give something back. So we’re inviting them to enter our competition and grab the opportunity to benefit from their loyalty.”

Today, the Passmore team is made up of over 50 highly qualified, multi skilled and experienced individuals who pride themselves on offering a friendly and highly professional service – from conception and design to installation. And, they are planning to continue doing so for at least another 50 years!

THE COMPETITION To win a brand new bathroom, you must enter the competition online via www.more-bathrooms. co.uk/win-a-bathroom The competition will run from 20th March – 31st May, and the winner will be announced on 1st June. Five runners up will receive a £250 voucher to put towards any future More Bathrooms order.

in a brand new More Bathrooms bath or shower room, specially designed for you by one of the company’s expert surveyors – inclusive of fixtures, flooring and decoration, all installed by the highly experienced More Bathrooms fitting team.

The value of the prize is £5,000, which represents £100 for each year they have been in business. Founded in 1965 by husband and wife team, Brian and Kathleen Passmore (even before the BBC broadcasted in colour and the introduction of decimal currency!) it is still a

family business, run by Brian and Kathleen’s sons Tony and Steve.

“As a family we have really enjoyed building the business over the past 50 years”, said Tony. “We are rooted right here in the Leeds community.

Over the years we have installed thousands of bathrooms and we can honestly say there’s nothing we don’t know about bathrooms – we’ve seen, done and fixed it all!”

To mark this achievement, the company will host a number of special events throughout the year, starting with this great competition. “We’ve come a

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The Leeds Photographic Society’s (LPS) Summer programme starts on 28th April, with a talk by Swiss photographer Eric Jaquier.

Horsforth Arts Society Spring Exhibition Horsforth Arts Society’s Spring Exhibition opens at The Studio, 15 Back Lane, Horsforth, LS18 4RF at 10am on Saturday 18th April and runs until Sunday 26th April.

Admission is free and it’s a great opportunity to talk to members about their work.

hilst living in Leeds in 1969/70, he worked as a door-to-door salesman and took a series of photographs depicting life in the city’s streets. Some of the photographs were published in the Swiss magazine ‘Femina’, and a number were exhibited at ‘Project Space Leeds’ in 2008.

He will be speaking about both his Leeds photos and his more recent work for the first time.

“Growing up in Leeds myself in the 1960s and 70s, I find these photos fascinating”, said LPS Vice President Ian Wray. “The photos really remind me of life at that time.

The subjects were probably somewhat bemused by this foreign guy wanting to take photos of their everyday lives.

As an outsider, Eric obviously saw something special and worth recording in these scenes of our city’s suburbs.”

The photos really remind me of life at that time

Eric is currently producing a book his photographs, including the Leeds photos, which can be seen at www.ericjaquier.ch A limited number of seats will be available to nonmembers at the price of £5.

LPS’s schedule over the coming months is packed with tutorials, visiting speakers, competitions, its annual exhibition and a number of photographic outings. The society welcomes new members at all levels of ability and meets most Tuesdays at Saint Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. For full details, visit www. lps1852.co.uk

The exhibition is mainly original framed paintings in a variety of mediums, but other art and craftwork is also on display, including printing, photographs, woodcarving and some textiles.

The exhibition is mainly original framed paintings in a variety of mediums Opening times of the exhibition are: weekends 18th/ 19th, & 25th/ 26th April 10am – 5pm. Weekdays 1 – 3pm, plus Wednesday 22rd April 6 – 9pm.

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or thern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) was recently successful in its bid to Arts Council England’s Arts funding scheme.

The grant will fund the school’s 2015 theatre programme, ‘Connections’, which will take place at the Riley Theatre, Chapeltown Road, between March and November this year.

The programme will focus on professional development for dancers and aims to support and engage dance artists who are based in, or have a connection to, the North of England.

The programme consists of three strands - Northern Connections, which will see six emergent artists develop and showcase their work; National Connections, which will see established dance makers perform their work in Leeds; and European Connections, which will present the work of international artists.

NSCD played a central role in the recent campaign to recognise Leeds as a City of Dance. Connections

will enable the school to continue operating as a cultural hub in the North and will reinforce the organisation’s commitment to contemporary dance talent in the city. Leeds Beckett University, Spin Arts Management and Yorkshire Dance will all act as artistic consultants on the programme.

“We’re ecstatic that we’re able to go ahead with Connections”, said Gianluca Vincentini, Head of Professional Development. “The programme will provide increased access to inspirational performance for artists in the North, which in turn will help to retain talent in the region and support a robust dance industry.”

The first mixed bill performance of Northern Connections takes place on Friday 24th April at the Riley Theatre, followed by National Connections in mid-May. For further information, visit www.nscd.ac.uk

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A new temporary exhibition from The Wellcome Collection, featuring 24 textile artworks by Georgie Meadows, is at Thackray Medical Museum until 24th July.

he exhibition explores personal experiences of ageing and dementia through stitched drawings.

Meadows crafts uniquely affecting and compassionate portraits of people she knows or has cared for into delicate pieces whose tangled threads are both a metaphor for the scrambling of neural connections during degenerative illness and a tender and tactile form of portraiture. The works present a collision of tightly knotted threads and loose stuffing, of softness and jagged edges.

“The works are very striking and really encourage the viewer to think about the stories surrounding them”, said Lauren Ryall-Stockton, Curator, Thackray Medical Museum. “I feel they will be a wonderful contrast to the permanent galleries here at the museum, exploring perceptions of ageing.”

Short stories that accompany the pictures outline the daily challenges and triumphs of her sitters: a woman finds people assume her to be grumpy since

The works are very striking and really encourage the viewer to think about the stories surrounding them losing her teeth; the success of a man’s day is measured by dressing himself; a woman is hungry but her brain will no longer tell her how to eat.

“Georgie Meadows has made a remarkable collection of beautifully crafted images”, said James Peto, Chief Curator at Wellcome Collection. “Her stitched drawings are direct and deeply moving but also fulfil the more practical purpose the artist had in mind when making them - as teaching aids for helping others to understand some of the particular concerns that need to be addressed when working with the elderly.”

The exhibition is free with regular museum entry. For further information, visit www. thackraymedicalmuseum.co.uk or call 0113 244 4343.

Leeds Art Gallery is currently showing ‘One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People’, a new Arts Council Collection touring exhibition curated

by Jennifer Higgie, writer and co-editor of Frieze magazine. he exhibition reflects a personal view of a period of radical change in art, capturing snapshots of life, past and present. The paintings also convey historical influences and the theatricality of painting. By choosing work by the well known and not so well known, the exhibition uses the Arts Council and Leeds Collections to tell a wider story of British figurative painting over the past century.

“Spending time immersed in this extraordinary group of over 2,000 paintings has been a joy”, said Jennifer. “These wonderful paintings of people also offer a decidedly idiosyncratic snapshot of over a hundred years of life in Britain.”

The exhibition includes a selection of 20th century paintings by acclaimed artists such as Walter Sickert, Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Richard Hamilton; as well as featuring more recent acquisitions from the Arts Council Collection with paintings by Michael Fullerton, Rose Wylie and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. In addition,

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the exhibition displays works by artists like Enrico David, David Noonan and Renee So, who explore painting’s potential through tapestry, silkscreen and sculpture and place the body centre stage. A selection of works from the fine art collection of Leeds Museums and Galleries will also be on display alongside pieces from Arts Council Collection.

The exhibition runs until 24th May at Leeds Art Gallery.

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Opera North and The Wrong Crowd collaborate for the first time to present a new touring production of Jonathan Dove’s family chamber opera ‘Swanhunter’ at Howard Assembly Room from Thursday 16th – Saturday

Leeds Lieder Day of Song Leeds Lieder presents a one-day mini-festival exploring floriculture in song on Saturday 25th April, 9.45am – 9.30pm at Leeds College of Music.

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The distinguished line-up features soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton (who was recently appointed director of Leeds Lieder), together with BBC New Generation Artist, Benjamin Appl (baritone) and pianist Jonathan Fisher. The programme will include songs by Schumann, Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, Hahn, Britten and Quilter.

The festival will also feature a recital by emerging young singers, Heather Lowe and Philip Wilcox; a lecture by Schubert scholar, Paul Reid; a master class led by Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, with song duos selected from the UK’s

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and Poets Forum featuring the premières of new songs by student composers from the universities of Leeds, Huddersfield,

darkly magical folk story, written by the composer and librettist of Opera North’s hugely successful ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’, ‘Swanhunter’ is a celebration of the power of song, designed specifically for a family audience – for adults just as much as for children. It is brought to life through the inventive fusion of opera, puppetry and live action, directed by Hannah Mulder with design and puppet direction by Rachael Canning.

Lemminkäinen is determined to travel to the icy north in search of a bride, against his mother’s wishes.

There, impossible tasks await him: he must face the Devil’s Elk, the Swan on Death’s River – and in the shadows, an unseen danger lurks.

A cast of six singers, including mezzo soprano Ann Taylor as Mother and tenor Adrian Dwyer

as Lemminkäinen, perform with a six piece band conducted by Justin Doyle, in Dove’s Nordic folkinspired score for horn, percussion, accordion, harp, violin and double bass.

This new production continues to build on Opera North’s commitment to developing new work for young people. It is the company’s first co-production with The Wrong Crowd, who have established themselves as exciting new creators of inventive, playful and compelling theatre. Their previous shows include ‘The Girl with the Iron Claws’ and ‘HAG’.

Sheffield and Durham, and Leeds College of Music, with texts from local poets.

Historically, the main feature of Leeds Lieder was a biennial festival, complemented by a thriving education programme. From Autumn 2015, it will also present a series of recitals, including newly commissioned works, in partnership with Leeds International Concert Season, Opera North and the University of Leeds.

Tickets for individual events range from £5 - £22 with a combined ticket for all events at £55 (£45 conc.) For further information, visit www.lcm.ac.uk/whatson/Booking-information or call 0113 222 3434. www.leedslieder.org.uk

The Reduced Shakespeare Company has skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce – Comedy! The Complete History of Comedy (age 12+) is at City Varieties on Sunday 10th May, 7.30pm.

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ollowing a hugely successful, critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014, the Reduced Shakespeare Company will set out to reduce the UK to tears of laughter. From the highbrow to the low and everything in between, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies. Since 1981, the bad boys of abridgement have created nine stage shows, two television specials, several TV pilots and numerous radio pieces – all of which have been performed, seen, heard and translated into Klingon the world over Tickets, £17.60, are available from 0113 243 0808 or cityvarieties.co.uk

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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden are opening up their beautiful eighteenth century folly buildings to some of the country’s most inventive theatre set designers, directors and artists, from Saturday 25th April – Sunday 29th November.

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olly! will see the temples and follies of this National Trust property transformed into places of visual trickery and untold h i st o r i e s . T h e o r i g i n a l designers of the Studley Royal Water Garden (the Aislabie family) created many follies to surprise and delight their guests.

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On 8th March 1990, West Yorkshire Playhouse threw open its doors. Since then more than four million people have seen a show on one of its stages; 322 productions have been staged; and a far-reaching programme of education and outreach work has been created and delivered across the city. wenty five years on the Playhouse is a vital cultural hub, a creative force driven by the city’s desire to see original drama in Leeds.

Artistic Director James Brining continues to challenge with a diverse programme of theatre that reflects society today. Reworking classic texts for the 21st century such as the awardwinning contemporary production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ set in Thatcher’s Britain and his inventive take on Bennett’s ‘Enjoy’, sit in tandem with new initiatives like ‘A Play, A Pie and A Pint’ and new plays which inspire and excite, such as Maxine Peake’s critically acclaimed ‘Beryl’ and Zodwa Nyoni’s ‘Boi Boi is Dead’.

The Playhouse continues to partner innovative and exciting organisations. On-going relationships with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Kneehigh, Headlong, Birmingham Rep, and new associations with companies such as The Egg in Bath and Tiata Fahodzi allow the Playhouse’s work to be seen outside Yorkshire, widening the reach of its productions.

“Moving the Playhouse from the intellectual grounds of Leeds University right into the

A vital artistic, community hub for Leeds

heart of the city’s communities suddenly opened it up like never before”, said Artistic Director James Brining. “My vision is to open it up even further. New initiatives include a Youth Theatre, Community Ambassadors Scheme, and Dementia Friendly productions.

Touring our work to community venues, is another commitment, together with establishing a third production space and artist development

opportunities to sit alongside our programme of cutting edge and popular theatre.”

The implementation of a comprehensive talent development programme, which includes supporting directors, writers, actors, designers, technicians and theatre makers, will help to discover upcoming talent.

And, a capital development project will aim to revamp the stages and create new spaces for rehearsal and performance, as well as spaces for workshops, meetings and creative thinking.

This significant redevelopment mirrors the determination set out 25 years ago for vibrant, forward thinking and accessible theatre in the city.

West Yorkshire Playhouse at 25 is a vital artistic, community hub for Leeds to be proud of with a vibrant future ahead.

“The Playhouse is a vibrant, exciting and endlessly creative company which champions everything from great classic drama to new writing, talent development to education and outreach work”, said Playhouse Chairman Sir Rodney Brooke.

“It is full of vitality and we are looking forward to a bright and entertaining future.”

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Ross Noble, award-winning comedian and king of improvisational comedy, will make his musical theatre debut in the UK tour of the smash hit musical ‘The Producers’. ased on the Mel Brooks Academy Award winning movie, ‘The Producers’ is a hilarious musical comedy that has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, winning 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards, and it is coming to Leeds Grand Theatre from Monday 8th – Saturday 13th June.

Ross joins the cast as Franz Liebkind – the short fused, carrier pigeon-keeping, former Nazi, brought on board

by Max Bialystok and Leo Bloom (Jason Manford) to help them in their plot to put on the worst musical of all time.

“I am a huge fan of the show and for anyone who loves comedy, the chance to perform the work of Mel Brooks is amazing!” said Ross.

The master surrealist has been performing stand-up since the age of 15.

Unveiling a new show every year for the last 15 years, Ross is one of our most successful comedians, exuding an on-stage presence unlike any other.

“Ross is one of the most exciting and inventive comedians”, said Jason Manford. “He is one of that rare breed of comics who simply have funny bones!”

Featuring a riotous mix of eccentric characters, the story follows the fortunes of an impoverished New York producer who recruits downtrodden accountant Leo Bloom (Jason Manford) to help him pull off Broadway’s greatest scam. They aim to produce the worst show ever and run away to Rio with millions, but they learn that show business can always find a way to kick you in the teeth.

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he Dales Festival of Food and Drink, one of the largest events on the Yorkshire Dales gastronomic calendar, returns to Leyburn in Wensleydale for three days over the May bank holiday – Saturday 2nd – Monday 4th May, 10am – 5pm.

Due to the wide variety of food, farming and entertainment on offer, all with a distinctly Yorkshire flavour, the festival has been a magnet for foodies for the last 13 years.

Firm favourites are the live cookery demonstrations by top regional chefs –this year including The Wensleydale

Heifer’s Craig Keenan and The Saddle Room’s BBC Master Chef finalist, Tom Morrell.

The Food Hall has 80 stands featuring a wide variety of local food, from the best meats and cheeses, to preserves and traditional baking.

Many small breweries are represented in the drinks’ marquee, with award-winning beers and ales on offer, along with a good selection of wines.

Award-winning author Dr Gervase Phinn will be on hand to reminisce on his time as a schools’ inspector. And, the Farming for Food area offers the chance to see animals up close, along with demonstrations of traditional farming skills. All ages are catered for, with a range of rides and attractions, traditional dancing displays, and lots of live music.

The Festival is staffed by 60+ willing volunteers, and supports the charity Tickets for Troops. Since its inception in 2002, it has given over £190,000 to local community initiatives - ranging from tree

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You may already be familiar with the Taste café and sandwich shop on Chapeltown Road, indeed it seems many of you are, as the enduring perennial popularity of that establishment has led proprietor Gary Hendrickson to recently expand to a second premises in Oakwood. ocated at the corner of Roundhay Road and Oakwell Mount, this Taste branch occupies a bright and airy space which offers considerably more legroom than its sister shop and is tastefully decorated (no pun intended) with a cosy and welcoming vibe. The increased space is certainly required to house the wealth of delicious treats, both savoury and sweet, on offer.

Due, perhaps, to the reputation Gary has built up with the Chapeltown shop, the new place has already been doing a roaring trade as a coffee shop and sandwich emporium and, due to the popularity of their extensive and ever-changing menu, they’ve recently begun opening later into the evening.

Let us be clear; Taste is a good deal more than a sandwich shop!

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The evening we visited I had the San Danielo pizza – a perfect combo of buffalo mozzarella, rocket and Parma ham. The topping balance was spot on and the

thin base of fresh homemade dough wasn’t overly bready but retained a light crispy crunch, really delicious! Taste has built up quite a reputation for its pizza, with people sometimes crossing town to pick it up.

We also sampled their piquant and succulent baked salmon, which had been marinated in a mix of jalapenos, hot sauce and West Indian pepperpot seasoning. This was perfectly cooked and very flavoursome however, Gary’s revelation that

the dish had had its spiciness somewhat toned down for this menu, had me yearning to try the original West Indian recipe.

Also impressively tasty were the slightly crispy pancakes filled with creamed mushrooms and chicken cooked with garlic, onions and parmesan. We were seriously tempted to try a bit of everything on offer but to do so would probably have taken a few days. We did however manage a few of their lovely falafels and hummus to nibble while we waited.

The desserts were amazing!

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Adel Players are staging ‘The Game’ by Harold Brighouse (author of ‘Hobson’s Choice’) at Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16 8DE from Wednesday 22nd – Saturday 25 April, at 7.30pm.

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his is a hilarious comedy about love, honour and money, social class, parents and children, ideals and reality. It is 1920 in the small industrial town of Blackton, Yorkshire. Blackton Rovers have carried all before them and their star player is a model of clean, sporting behaviour and the idol of the whole town. He is also in love with the boss’s daughter. But the club has fallen on hard times and difficult decisions have to be made. When the boss transfers him to a rival team, the prospects look bad for Blackton and for love.

“I was bowled over when I first saw this play”, said director Alan Foale. “It was written a hundred years ago but remains so fresh and topical. The situations, the dialogue and the characters could all have been created for 2015.”

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rom marathon relays to midnight walks, table football to a 12 Days of Christmas raffle, no challenge was too tough for determined fundraisers at Redmayne-Bentley, who raised over £11,000 for St Gemma’s Hospice after making it their charity of the year for 2014.

“I am delighted that we have raised this amount for St Gemma’s”, said senior partner Keith Loudon. “This is a charity that provides desperately needed care for people in very difficult situations.”

“We are extremely grateful for RedmayneBentley’s amazing support”, said St Gemma’s senior fundraiser Tracie Harrison. “St. Gemma’s relies heavily on the business community to support our work and allow us to continue providing vital support to local patients and their families living with incurable illnesses.”

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Find out what the future is for our National Health Service. An opportunity to question the political parties. he future of our National Health Service is high on the list of priorities for voters in the General Election in May. How can we know what the various political parties have in mind for our NHS? To answer this question, a number of Leeds groups that campaign to support our NHS have organised a meeting at which speakers from the

Wednesday 15th April, at the Oxford Place Centre

political parties will explain their thinking about the NHS and their plans for it.

The meeting will take place from 7 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday 15th April, at the Oxford Place Centre, Oxford Place, Leeds LS1 3AX. The meeting will be free and open to the public.

The meeting will be arranged to give maximum opportunity for everyone to question the speakers.

This is a unique opportunity to hear directly what each party promises for our NHS. For further information, please contact Jeremy Pritlove at info@leedshospitalalert.org. uk

Alternative Transport Solutions from NWTF While we are all waiting for the result of the Public Inquiry into the Trolleybus proposal, North West Leeds Transport Forum (NWLTF) is gathering ideas for alternative solutions to transport problems in the A660 corridor.

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Challenges, optimism and looking ahead These are definitely difficult times for Leeds City Council as it faces unprecedented cuts. Funding to the Council has been cut by nearly £180m since 2010. If you add in the pressures of inflation and demography in adult social care, this figure is £246m. By any reckoning that is a brutal level of cuts for Leeds and our communities to contend with.

The pilot allows residents to opt into recycling or to have one bin for all rubbish

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I recently met with local residents, the Council’s Public Rights of Way and Parks & Countryside officers. The paths leading from Moseley Wood Croft and from Moseley Wood Gardens are in part adopted and are recorded as being publicly maintainable.

Parks & Countryside have now confirmed that the footpath at Moseley Wood Beck is owned

by Property Services and they will provide a minimal cost to cover the Council’s health and safety liability on the site.

In respect of the footpath from the bottom of Moseley Wood Croft that goes over the railway bridge, the concerns expressed have been earmarked for improvement work, to be undertaken by the Leeds Voluntary Footpath Rangers in the Spring.

The Council’s Principal Land and Property Office has instructed

Parks & Countryside to raise an order to carry out the works they have listed as necessary to bring the path up to an acceptable standard and they have been asked to do this as soon as possible. The cost of the work will be in the region of £2,500 for materials.

The City Council has put a lot of effort into raising recycling rates across the city and these are now approaching 50%.

This means we send much less waste to landfill and pay less landfill tax. What Headingley and Hyde Park councillors have successfully argued is that, despite the brutal budget cuts imposed on our communities, those savings should be invested in a better environmental service for our residents.

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We have been running a successful pilot in the Ash Road area that has increased recycling and is to be extended over the course of this year across Headingley and into Hyde Park. The pilot allows residents to opt

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Crucially it includes a wheel back service of all wheelie bins, improving the street scene and allowing improved street cleaning. In Hyde Park we will be improving the bin yard service as well, again improving quality of life for residents.

The sum total of all these improvements is a ‘win win’ for everybody in Headingley and Hyde Park and I am pleased that residents’ and councillors’ hard work is paying off!

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Calling All Heroes, Villains & Scarecrows!

Following last year’s highly successful inaugural Scarecrow Fest, Far Headingley Village Society is holding its 2015 Scarecrow Festival on May bank holiday weekend - 2nd – 4th May. This year the theme is ‘Heroes and Villains’ and, once again, all proceeds will be donated to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Over the past fifteen years, the large churchyard at St Chad’s has been maintained to encourage wildlife, whilst always remembering its prime purpose as a final resting place for people from Far Headingley. he value of the churchyard was recognised in a recent article published in the Journal of British Wildlife (reprinted on the parish website), which, under the heading ‘Caring for God’s Acre’, explained the importance of churchyards for nature conservation, local history and tourism.

Encouraging wildlife does not mean leaving the churchyard to look after itself! It is important to have a variety of grassland heights to encourage flowering plants, butterflies and other insects. St Chad’s also has borders with flowers, and shrubs chosen to provide nectar and pollen for insects and berries for birds in Autumn.

They need volunteers to help with this work, so the Green Team

They need volunteers to help with this work

at St Chad’s is organising monthly churchyard work parties starting on Saturday 25th April from 10am to 12 noon. These will also be social occasions with refreshments and an opportunity to meet new friends.

Each month, members of the Green Team will supervise the tasks, which will cater for both those looking for a ‘green gym’ session and those happy with gentle weeding or snipping shrubs. If you would like to go along on a regular or occasional basis, please give your contact details to the Parish Office (st.chads@virgin. net / 0113 274 4322) or join them on 25th April.

There will be a Scarecrow Trail around Far Headingley on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May. Scarecrows can be spotted with the aid of a trail map (available locally for £1), followed by a gathering of all the scarecrows at the Community Orchard on Otley Road on Monday 4th May, when prizes will be awarded.

There will be a gathering of all the scarecrows at the Community Orchard For further information, contact Pam Wilson on 0113 275 2174 (technopam@yahoo. com), Posy McTurk on 0113 275 7651 (posy@mcturk.org. uk), or www.fhvs.btck.co.uk/ scarecrows.

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masterplan outlining the future of housing development over the next 15 years has recommended an ‘ambitious target’ of 70,000 new homes. Some community campaigners have branded it ‘excessive’, suggesting 50,000, whilst house builders wanted 90,000. The Council say that 65% of new housing will be built on brown field land.

The sites recommended in Adel are: Ref. 1033 Government Buildings, Otley Road (130 houses); ref. 684 Centurion Fields, Church Lane (45); Ref. 685 Eastmoor, Tile Lane (67); 1178A Land south of

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Dunstarn Lane (68); Ref. 687 Dunstarn Lane (28); Ref. 1299A Bodington Hall (126); ref. 2130 Church Lane (58 plus school).

All of these have been deemed suitable for development, except 2130 on Church Lane, which is a PAS – Protected Area of Search Field and planning is subject to design, conservation and access.

The issue is further complicated by Leeds City Council’s refusal of applications on the PAS Field by Hallam Land (88 homes on Otley Road site) and David Wilson Homes (60 homes with access onto Church Lane). These Developers may appeal those decisions.

Meanwhile, the Forum is finalising The Neighbourhood Plan, which will set out our proposed policies. Adel residents and businesses are invited to discuss these at the next Forum meeting on Wednesday 15th April, 7pm in The Gladys Tetley Room, Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16 8DE.

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ith a general election looming, political satirists might have been well advised to purchase tickets to the St. Michael’s Church Stage Group recent ‘Goldilocks’ pantomime in Headingley. It gave an imaginative twist to an old tale, along with some sharp observations about our current political and media landscape.

Rather than Goldilocks (Aurelia Stoddart) stumbling into the home of three forest dwelling animals, she and her siblings (Lydia Wren and Alastair Marshall) stumbled instead into the villainous scheme of a smug and corrupt politician who aimed to win cheap votes by sowing fear and paranoia amongst his constituents about the imminent arrival of three foreign bears - a plot unwittingly aided by a cynical reporter (Emily Jones) who was less concerned with reporting actual news than with promoting her career.

The three bears (Luke Verrall, Deryck Piper and Brandon Johnson) had undergone a flamboyant reinterpretation too. Rather than being content to gather wood in the forest while their porridge cooled, their dream was to open a beauty salon and bring colour and glamour to the inhabitants of ‘Pantomime land’. As a result, it was not that an intruder had eaten his porridge

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New signage, showing the history of the Park, will follow.

For further information as to what is happening in Beckett Park, please e-mail friendsofbeckettpark@gmail. com or beckettsparkresidents@gmail. com or visit Beckett Park via Facebook.

o mark the formation of the Friends of Beckett Park, the group recently planted an oak tree in the Park. Councillor Sue Bentley, who attended the event together with Councillor Jonathan Bentley, and who has encouraged the group since its inception, helped to plant the tree and spoke at the ceremony.

The Friends hope to ensure the maintenance of the Park, improve facilities, and introduce local music and arts events, children’s parties and other such activities so that Beckett Park becomes an attractive family venue.

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eadingley Neighbourhood Forum has consulted widely on our Neighbourhood Plan. We have leafleted residents, contacted students by social media, invited town centre businesses to lunch, written to other organisations, and visited pupils in schools. And, we invited everyone to drop in to our all-day workshop.

At the same time, we have researched who lives in our area, surveyed what goes on, and mapped the area’s buildings and greenspaces.

Based on this input, we are now drafting the actual Plan. Here we will profile the area, and spell out our Vision for Headingley and the objectives arising from this, and explain the policies and projects needed to achieve these objectives.

Policies will lay down the broad guidelines that will govern the development of our area (adding to the guidance given

by Leeds policies and national planning policies). Projects describe the particular initiatives we want to undertake. Both will be concerned with the town centre, as well as relating to housing development, and to the facilities available to our community. There will be policies and projects on the appearance of our buildings and our greenspaces. And we’ll have guidance and proposals for travel in and around Headingley.

This will be sent to the Council for a ‘health check’, to ensure we’re on the right lines. Then the Plan will be published for everyone to comment.

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down, and sometimes gives a high-pitched ‘zit’ call as it flies.

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Warmer weather brings our gardens to life, everything begins to grow and suddenly there is plenty of gardening to be done!

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As the new green shoots begin to push through the soil, put your plant supports in place – be they purpose-made wire hoops, or natural twiggy sticks. They are much more effective and a lot less noticeable if the plant grows up through them rather than being tied in place once it becomes too tall.

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Their Plant Sale is on Saturday 16th May, 9.3011.30am he Friends of The Hollies, the small formal park with 30 acres of unspoilt woodland just off Weetwood Lane, and bordering the Meanwood Valley Trail, were recently awarded a World War One memorial park bench, thanks to the efforts of local councillor Sue Bentley. This is most appropriate as the Hollies House, gardens and parkland were originally given to Leeds City Council in 1921 by George Brown to commemorate the death in action of his only son, Major Harold Brown, in 1918.

The Friends group was established some four years ago with the aim of helping to maintain and improve the park. Last year they raised nearly a thousand pounds at their Plant Sale, allowing them to buy shrubs, plants and bulbs for the enjoyment of everyone visiting The Hollies.

This year they are holding their Plant Sale on Saturday 16th May, 9.30-11.30am, where you can purchase plants from the Hollies Collections, a great selection of interesting and unusual shrubs, and some really good value bedding plants.

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Album Review:

Scott Wainwright – Strangers Here

I’ll begin, if I may, with a shout out of acknowledgement to North Leeds Life favourite, Tim Loud for introducing me to yet another estimable local folk-blues artist by way of this really quite excellent album. s I’ve said before, it sometimes seems as if one can barely move in this town for acoustic folk/blues/Americana performers.

And, while the prodigious and prolific talent on display shows Leeds to possess an embarrassment of riches in this field, in such a crowded scene one must present outstanding chops or something stylistically unique to truly distinguish themselves.

Luckily, Scott Wainwright displays both on this album of weather-beaten, road-worn blues played with guts and true grit.

While often adhering to the tried and tested blues template, ‘Strangers Here’ is also an album of contrasts and contradictions that continues to offer up surprises.

Opening with an instrumental (one of a handful scattered throughout the set) ‘America She speaks to Me’ is shrewdly composed with a fingerpicking style which recalls Bert Jansch and an expansive, pastoral mood whose tinges of eerie foreboding are assuaged by buoyant slide guitar. This is followed by ‘Everyone’s Telling Me I’ve Got It Wrong’, a harmonica-heavy blues stomp in the Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee vein, it offers the listener

their first taste of Wainwright’s captivating vocal.

‘Speed Metal Rag’, another instrumental, sees picked and slide guitar lines skittering over an agitated, insistent, pulsating bassline and is reminiscent of John Fahey. Things take an unexpected turn with the hip-hop infused ‘Down

the Line’ featuring some great harmonica/beatboxing interplay and recalls the likes of Son of Dave or Alabama 3, the tune displays not only Wainwright’s versatility but also his wry sense of humour.

Considering the album spans twelve tracks, it’s surprisingly free of filler and never does it seem to drag or lose momentum.

Wainwright’s distinctive guitar style lends an evocative, lyrical quality to his instrumental pieces and with his songs his voice asserts an authoritative presence even when nestled in the mix or barely rising above a growly whisper.

‘Strangers Here’ is a genuinely impressive album which exhibits keen musical prowess and a wealth of expansive and diverse songwriting ideas. The set contains a number of tunes that really work their way under your skin and marks Scott Wainwright out as an artist well worth keeping an eye on.

To keep up with Scott Wainwright and get yourself a copy of ‘Strangers Here’ check him out at: www.scottwainwright.co.uk/

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Leading the charge amongst the first 100 bands to be announced are Carl Barat & The Jackals featuring the Libertines legend with his new band, London alternative rockers Dry The River, the brainy art-pop of Dutch Uncles, Leeds’ noisiest sons Eagulls, the BBC 6 Music championed songwriting of Emmy The Great, ex-Supergrass main man Gaz Coombes, the incredible wordplay of BBC Sound Of shortlisted George

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“And Wash, I know Leeds is very proud of you!” – that was Julianne Moore’s shoutout to Wash Westmoreland during her BAFTA acceptance speech as she thanked Westmoreland and co director Richard Glatzer for making ‘such a beautiful movie about our essential self’.

‘Still Alice’ features an incredible, award winning performance by Julianne Moore as a linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease fighting to retain her sense of self and identity as her memory and cognitive function ebb away. The exemplary work by the film’s directors and star represents an impressive achievement for, while the story covers difficult territory and is undoubtedly heart breaking, it also manages to sustain a degree of positivity and optimism. In lesser hands the film could easily have become emotionally manipulative or even exploitative.

‘Still Alice’ is a remarkably powerful and moving film. I would urge all those who may have misgivings due to the perhaps upsetting subject, to put these aside and appreciate the delicate, sensitive handling

by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer of issues that may come to affect many of us.

Leeds-born Wash grew up in Moortown and went on to study in Newcastle before emigrating to America in the early 1990s. He returned recently for a Q&A at Hyde Park Picture House before a special preview screening of the film. Glatzer, who is married to Wash, was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease shortly after work began on the film. Seriously ill, he was hospitalised before

the Oscars and they watched the ceremony from his hospital room.

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Sadly, Richard Glatzer died shortly after Wash returned to the States. We offer our sincere condolences.

Norwegian Saxman Headlines Seven Jazz @ Seven Arts Norwegian saxophonist, Marius Neset, headlines Seven Jazz at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, on Thursday 16th April at 8pm.

Touted as heir to Jan Garbarek, he combines amazing technical prowess with deep expression and a highly original sound. This all-star AngloScandinavian quintet, which includes Magnus Hjorth (piano), Jim Hart (vibes), Petter Eldh (bass), and Joshua Blackmore (drums), is the ideal vehicle for his remarkable energy, creativity and imagination.

Marius released his debut album Golden Xplosion in 2011, which led to him becoming one of the most talked about newcomers on the European jazz scene. He has continued to dazzle audiences across Europe with his exemplary technique, imagination and virtuosity on tenor and soprano saxophones, as well as his brilliance as a composer.

Support is from Leeds trio Zeitgeist (Aleks Podraza on keys, Sam Quintana on electric bass and Tom Higham on kit), who fuse together the harmony and improvisation of jazz, the hypnotic rhythm of hip-hop and the rhythmic complexity of progressive rock.

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cheap shocks, jump scares and gore, It Follows is

IT FOLLOWS DIRECTED BY: DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL STARRING: :MAIKA MONROE, KEIR GILCHRIST, OLIVIA LUCCARDI CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 100 MINS his striking feature from writer/director David Robert Mitchell has been lauded (along with The Babadook) as being one of the best horror movies of recent years and derives its potency from the fact that, for much of its running time, it doesn’t behave like a horror movie. In fact, it often looks and feels more like a nostalgic coming of age picture.

Eschewing cheap shocks, jump scares and gore, It Follows is a carefully paced and controlled piece permeated with a creeping, insidious sense of dread.

Mitchell wastes no time in setting the tense mood with a high impact opening scene (somewhat reminiscent of that of Jaws) wherein a teenage girl bursts forth from her house into the quiet suburban street apparently chased by some unseen pursuer. Panicked and distressed she continues to flee until, from a deserted beach, she phones her loved ones before meeting a grisly end.

So, now you’re suitably rattled and unnerved, the film moves to innocuous, standard teen movie territory with central character, Jay and her friend discussing Jay’s imminent date with a guy she’s pretty into. On the date itself, said guy seem inexplicably cagey and anxious, so much so that he insists they bail from the cinema before the movie has begun. Nevertheless, they manage to salvage the date

sufficiently to get it on in his car and it’s shortly thereafter that things decidedly take a turn for the worse.

It is explained to Jay that the guy she just previously had thought

a carefully paced and controlled piece permeated with a creeping, insidious sense of dread

such a catch has, through the act of coitus, passed along to her a curse whereby she will be relentlessly stalked by a malevolent, shapeshifting force hell bent on killing her. This thing, he explains, can assume the form of friends, family, strangers, anyone, really, and it will keep coming towards its target at a dogged walking pace until it reaches you and makes you very dead indeed.

It’s essentially the worst kind of STD (Sexually Transmitted Demon).

The only way to rid oneself of the curse is to have sex with someone else and pass it along to them (the

old adage offered in times of breakup, that “the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else” seems particularly apt here).

However, should the demon catch up with and dispatch the new ’carrier’ before being passed on, it will revert back to its previous target, and on down the line.

It Follows takes this deceptively simple idea and runs with it (or, rather, walks at a steady, determined pace with it) while cleverly riffing on the genre’s conventions.

As was ever the case in teen slasher pics such as Halloween and Friday the 13th and explicitly laid out in Wes Craven’s knowing, post-modern Scream, when a killer stalks a group of nubile youngsters, the wages of sexy sin is gruesome death and it is often the virgin, alone, who escapes with her life. Yes, Hollywood has been perpetrating a blood-soaked form of slutshaming for decades. So, in this case, for the only means of survival to be more sex, it’s a canny subversion.

The film brilliantly pulls off the trick of sustaining a persistent tone of tension throughout and constantly tweaking the level of intensity. Many of the most chilling moments happen

in open spaces in broad daylight and even in quiet scenes where little is happening, the audience remains aware that Jay’s fate is still out there somewhere, edging ever closer. It really is creepy as hell.

As I’ve said, It Follows seems leagues apart from your run of the mill horror fare and wears its indie sensibilities unashamedly with its measured pacing, nuanced editing and the solid, low key performances by the young and mostly unknown cast. It also presents a stylistically bold vision with excellent cinematography that captures both the foreboding gloom of encroaching twilight and the soft focus, sunny day haze that brings to mind Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides.

The original music by Rich Vreeland retro-tinged electronica, all brooding, rumbling synths is also brilliantly effective.

Much like the dark force at its centre, It Follows is a film that creeps up on you and stays with you long after viewing. I hope it reaches the wide audience it deserves and I’ve no doubt it’s well on its way to becoming a modern horror classic.

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Sound & Vision

Marika Hackman Wed 1

music event featuring; Neon Dolls, Pink Cigar, Treason Kings, Fizzy Blood, Munich, Almanacs, Contravenes, Strawberries, Victors.

Jessica Wei Zhu Wed 1 Apr,

Duke Garwood Tue 7 Apr,The Wardrobe, £11. Cisco Pike member fuses early jazz with southern country blues.

Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £8.80. Enigmatic psych-folk artist with a striking vocal delivery akin to Nico.

The Venue (Leeds College of Music), 1:05pm, Accomplished pianist performs: Haydn Variations in F minor, Chopin – 24 Preludes, Op 28, Debussy From Préludes Book II. Free.

Hidden In Plain View Thu 2 Apr, Key Club, £13.20. Hard rocking New Jersey quintet with intricate razor-edged guitars & dark & sinister tales A Place To Bury Strangers

Fri 3 Apr, Belgrave Music Hall, 11pm, £9.90. Fusing sounds of My Bloody Valentine & Jesus & Mary Chain to create euphoric synthesized pop with a dark brooding edge. Also appearing: September Girls

Luke Daniels Fri 3 Apr, Seven Arts, £8. Celtic button accordion virtuoso, singer, multi-instrumentalist & acclaimed composer in the traditional style.

Ghostpoet Sat 4 Apr,

Belgrave Music Hall, £14.30.

Fresh & innovative Hip-Hop.

Jon Gomm Sat 4 Apr,

Brudenell Social Club, £16.50.

Virtuoso guitarist who uses one acoustic guitar to create drum sounds, basslines & sparkling melodies combining styles from blues & jazz to rock & pop.

Feast of Fiddles Sun 5 Apr,

City Varieties £19.50. 11-piece collective combining the talents of some of Britain’s top fiddlers in a flourish of fretwork.

Ben Lowman & the 7J Quartet Sun 5 Apr, Inkwell,

1:30pm, £5 - £7. Leeds saxman Ben Lowman gets a chance to stretch out with the Seven Jazz Quartet.

Double Denim Vs Dead Young Mon 6 Apr, Oporto,

2pm - 10:30pm, £6. All day

Steady Hands Tue 7 Apr, Key Club, £3.30. Power folk from New Jersey & Philadelphia.

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club Wed 8 Apr,

Leeds Town Hall, £37.50.

Direct from Havana, Cuban musicians’ collective that has played together for over 50 years.

The Shires Wed 8 Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £13.20 First ever UK country act to be signed to a major Nashville label.

Town Portal Thu 9 Apr,

Wharf Chambers, £5.50.

Math rock, post hardcore & turbo-prog. Also appearing: Alarmist, Cleft

Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain Sat 11 Apr - £15 Bringing

their taste of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland

Scott Matthews Tue 14 Apr, Belgrave Music Hall, £13.75.

Singer/songwriter who has experimented with funk, indie, rock & soul, more recently focussed on folk & blues.

Matthew E. White Wed 15 Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £15.40. Smooth modern-day soul & funk with a 70’s vibe, Brazilian tropicalia & country rock combined.

Rock The Vote Featuring: Jonny & The Baptists Thu

16 Apr, The Carriageworks Theatre, £12.50/£10.50.

Comedy blues band playing satirical, political, edgy & sexy comedy songs.

Marius Neset Thu 16 Apr, Seven Arts, £14-£16.

Norwegian saxophonist with amazing technical prowess with deep expression & highly original sound, touted as heir to Jan Garbarek’s mantle.

Rupert Stroud Fri 17 April,

7.30pm at The Wardrobe. ‘Talk to You’ EP Launch Party! Pre order EP from iTunes, £1.99 – 4 tracks. Tickets £6.50

I Am Kloot Fri 17 Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £20.35.

Indie art-pop in the Velvet Underground vein.

Villagers Tue 21 Apr, City

Varieties £17.10. Emotional, dark & heartfelt songs blending acoustic, modern folk & alt-rock elements. Fans of Sparklehorse & Neil Young will find much to love.

Amplifier Tue 21 Apr,

Belgrave Music Hall, £13.20.

3-piece who amalgamate Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath & My Bloody Valentine. Also appearing: Black Moth Taking influence from proto-punk acts, 90s grunge & stoner rock.

Communion - New Faces Tour Wed 22 Apr, Brudenell

Social Club, £9.90. Featuring: Tenterhook, Charlotte OC, Freddie Dickson, Frances Multi artist bill aims to encourage fans to come & hear something new.

Of Montreal Thu 23 Apr,

The Wardrobe, £15.40.

Synthesized pop laced with Beach Boys melodies & Bowieesque melodrama.

New Roots: Helen Watson Trio Fri 24 Apr. with

Dave Bowie Junior & Mark Cresswell. Another delightful night at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michaels Rd.

Sharon Van Etten Sat 25

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £17.50. Indie-folk singersongwriter.

Malcolm Strachan’s Soul Cooker Sun 12 Apr, Seven

Polar Bear Sat 18 Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £16.50.

Passionate post- jazz which has the intensity & fervour of punk.

Matt Roberts Sextet Sat 25 Apr, Headingley HEART) £6-£8. Leeds College of Music Graduate & Gentleman’s Dub Club member pays tribute to influential bebop trumpeter Fats Navarro.

Black Yaya Sun 12 Apr,

Therapy? Sun 19 Apr, Brudenell Social Club, £19.25.

Irish rockers with a dark, intense sound borne out of thrashy punk roots.

Turbowolf Sun 12 Apr, Key

Club, £9.90. Digitronized hell ‘n’ roll from planet spookazoid’s disco fun palace. Also appearing: Dolomite Minor, Hyena

Arts, 1:30pm, £5-£7. Ace trumpeter with his new funky soul jazz quintet.

Brudenell Social Club, £7.70.

David Ivar, Frontman & writer for Herman Dune

The Skints Tue 14 Apr, Leeds University Union, £13.75.

Incredible East London Ska & reggae band with formidable live reputation.

Sat 18 Apr, O2 Academy, 6pm, £28.75. Legendary P-Funk collective.

LaBrassBanda Mon 20 Apr,

The Wardrobe, £13.75. Infusing gypsy & Balcanic with rock & roll. For fans of Gogol Bordello.

Leeds Bluegrass Club

Thurs 30 Apr, from 8.30pm at Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck. (off Water Lane). Live, acoustic, Americana roots/ Bluegrass/Country. Resident bands & guests. Picking sessions. Musicians welcome. £3. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040

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Health & Fitness

The Windermere Row is St Gemma’s Hospice’s longest running event and each year, hundreds of supporters descend upon Lake Windermere to take on the challenge of a 10 or 21 miles row across the lake.

t takes place over two weekends - 20th/ 21st and 27th /28th June. Teams can be made up of between two and eight rowers, with the 10 mile row taking participants from Ambleside to Bowness and back, and the 21 mile route from Ambleside to Fellfoot via Bowness and back.

There are trophies up for grabs – so you can treat it as a challenge to record the best time, or just a fun challenge with colleagues, friends or family. It’s not essential, but fancy dress is encouraged and there’s a prize for the best costumes, as well as the best team names.

There is no entry fee, St Gemma’s simply asks each rower to commit to raising a minimum of £85 in

There are trophies up for grabs

sponsorship. And, don’t forget to ask your employer if they will matchfund the amount you raise so that it will go even further towards helping St. Gemma’s.

Talk to family, friends and colleagues now and decide which date suits you best, then visit www. st-gemma.co.uk/windermere to register. Hospice staff and volunteers will be available throughout the row to ensure you have a fantastic experience.

For more information, call 0113 218 5296 or email tracieh@stgemma.co.uk

Women’s Health Matters Researchers at University of Leeds Seek the Views of Leeds women Looking after our health should be a priority, but when little problems occur most of us choose to deal with them ourselves.

Leaking urine is surprisingly common, although it mostly affects women. As many as one in four women may have some leakage – that’s over 95,000 women in Leeds alone. It’s not just an issue for older women either; it can happen at any age. Although the physical effects are often minimal, it can be embarrassing and isolating.

Amy Hunter at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, is part of a team that is researching women’s attitudes to urine leakage. “We want to give women the opportunity to voice their opinions about how this affects their lives”, said Amy. “Because leakage is a taboo subject, often women don’t want to talk about it, but I would encourage any woman experiencing urine leakage, however infrequent, however much, to take part in the study. You may not think you have anything to contribute, but you could make all the difference.

Participation is confidential and only takes an hour.”

If you would like to know more about the study, or are interested in participating, please contact Amy Hunter at hcaeh@ leeds.ac.uk or 0113 343 3202.

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Health & Fitness

A local triathlon race was voted the best in the

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country at a recent national awards ceremony. The Ilkley Triathlon, held every September at the Lido in Ilkley, was awarded ‘Event of the Year’ at the Triathlon Show at Sandown Park in London.

“The event, which is organised

by Leeds & Bradford Triathlon club, won the award in the ‘less than 500 entrants category’ after a public vote. Matt Field, David Heels and Tom Langdon from the race organising committee were on hand to receive the award. It capped a very successful night for the club, which was also voted ‘Best Club in the Country’!

This year the event, which has previously been won by both the Brownlee brothers, will take place on 20th September and registration opens on 1st May. But, be quick – the 2014 event sold out in less than 15 hours! More information can be found at http://www.lbt.org.uk/

They will soon be playing cricket late into the night at Headingley Cricket Ground, home of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club, thanks to four 56-metre floodlights situated in the four corners of the ground.

The floodlights, a very special Yorkshire design developed by lighting company Abacus Limited, have been created with a uniquely designed head frame. Each head frame is shaped to resemble the Yorkshire White Rose, an image that is synonymous across the county and a first in the world for any sporting floodlights.

“The design process started in March 2014”, said David Ryder, Operations Director at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. “We didn’t think such an intricate and uniquely shaped head frame would be possible, but Abacus took it on.”

Each head frame is made up of 15 separate components. Once assembled, each floodlight will stand at 11 metres, attached to the 45 metre masts.

Different lighting beams will be used on each head frame, to ensure the light will only reach areas that are required and not reflect out towards residential and commercial areas surrounding the stadium.

The first scheduled match under the new lights will be Yorkshire Vikings opening NatWest T20 Blast match against Derbyshire Falcons on Friday 15th May starting at 7pm. Tickets available from www. yorkshireccc.com/tickets

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Pupils at Richmond House School marked Safer Internet Day by taking part in various themed activities on how to stay safe whilst exploring the Internet. These included an assembly by Year 6 pupils, a poster design competition and performances highlighting the risks of the internet.

afer Internet Day is organised by Insafe each February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones.

The school is committed to teaching its children about how to keep safe and secure in all aspects of life, including when using technology and the internet.

“We consistently promote safe internet and on-line use”, said Mrs Kate van Opstal, Head of ICT, “but use Safer Internet Day to involve the children across all subject areas. The intention is to make the subject fun so the children are engaged and take notice of the dangers.”

The school also offers support to parents through information packs on how to keep children safe on the internet at home.

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Leeds Museums, Galleries and theatres have a wonderful variety of exhibitions, shows, activities and events lined up to keep all the family entertained this Easter from Easter Egg Hunts and family challenges, to shows that will knock your socks off!

My Father and Other Superheroes’, presented by Nimble Fish and writer/performer Nick Makoha, will be at The Carriageworks Theatre at 2pm on Saturday 11th April. This is the story of a poet who revisits his childhood on learning that he is going to have a baby.

For Nick Makoha, superheroes such as Superman, Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker had inadvertently provided the blueprints of how to be a good dad in the absence of his real father. In a highly physical piece, Nick illustrates his personal journey from being smuggled out

of his home country of Uganda at a young age, to life in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Kenya, learning what it takes to truly become a hero.

As a special treat, audiences will receive a free graphic novel version of the show, created by former Marvel Comics and DC Comics illustrator Mike Collins, who worked on X-Men, Captain America, Batman, Spider-Man and the Doctor Who graphic novels.

“I’m a huge fan of comic books – for me, they’re modern folklore”, said Nick. “There are four main heroes in the play and each one represents something different to

me. The show represents my own childhood, very little has been tweaked. In many ways it’s a gift to my daughter - she’s the source of the story so it’s something to show her how much she means to me.”

Born in Uganda, Nick fled the country with his mother, leaving behind a vicious civil war during the Idi Amin dictatorship. Having lived in Kenya and Saudi Arabia, he currently resides in London. He has presented his work at numerous international events and toured for the British Council in Finland, Czech Republic, the US and the Netherlands. He has been widely published in journals and anthologies. Most recently he was runner-up in the 2014 Brunel University African Poetry Prize, an international competition chaired by Bernadine Evaristo MBE. Suitable for Ages: 8+ , tickets (£8/£6, £24 family) are available from 0113 224 3801, www.leeds.gov. uk/carriageworks

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The Royal Armouries Museum is once again hosting the thrills and spills of authentic medieval jousting in the heart of Leeds from Friday 3rd – Monday 6th April.

The Royal Armouries’ tiltyard will resound to the clamour and clash of a live action tournament, as internationally renowned knights battle for the coveted Sword of Honour and the prestigious Queen’s Jubilee Trophy.

This is spectacular entertainment for all the family.

Plan to spend the whole day and enjoy pomp and pageantry, music and minstrels plus

Plan to spend the whole day and enjoy pomp and pageantry, music and minstrels

two dangerously entertaining jousting battles. See how the knights kit up for the tournament; meet the knights and horses; listen to tales of the tournament. Plus there are craft activities with the Yorkshire Heraldry Society, Jester’s Yard Play Area and the crossbow range. Minstrels and jesters will be entertaining the crowds throughout the Tournament.

At 12 noon on Easter Monday there will be a mêlée, when all the competing knights will clash with clubs in an every-man-for-himself medieval-style bash, followed at 2.30pm by the Parade and Grand Final.

Easter Holiday Activities (including falconry, knight school, crafts, combat display and talks) continue from Tuesday 7th – Sunday 19 April For tickets, call 0113 220 1888 or visit www. royalarmouries.org

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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show rolls into West Yorkshire Playhouse with sharpshooter Annie Oakley in ‘Little Sure Shot’ from 15th – 18th April.

Five actor-musicians use music and magic to tell the story of the girl who became the star of Buffalo Bill’s touring show with her amazing sharpshooting skills.

“Annie was one of the first

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs are setting sail for West Yorkshire Playhouse from 7th – 9th April. They are on a new adventure, following an award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe, London Wonderground and Southbank Centre.

Based on the award-winning book by Purple Ronnie creators, Giles Andrea and Russell Ayto, ‘Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs’ has been adapted for the stage by Nicole Lewis

celebrities in America and was hugely popular”, says Verity Kirk, who plays Annie. “She was appealing because she had this wholesome image. She was very tiny, sweet and polite in real life, then in the show she performed amazing trick shots with cards and coins, and was very athletic. She’s a fascinating character.”

The sixth of eight children, she was given to a family as a servant after her dad died, but returned to her family as breadwinner, shooting game to sell. She competed in a shooting contest with Frank Butler, played by Andrew Whitehead,

who became her husband. And the rest, as they say, is history!

They went on the road with a sharpshooting act and she became the star attraction in Buffalo Bill’s travelling circus.

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and Oliver Lansley and is brought to life by Les Petits Theatre Company, who aim to ignite children’s imaginations through the magic of theatre and storytelling. This nonstop action-packed theatrical experience incorporates live music, puppetry, physical performance and dastardly dinosaurs!

When Flinn discovers a pirate hiding in the school supply closet, it’s all aboard for a real, live pirate adventure! Captain Stubble needs Flinn’s help to find his stolen ship, but there are some mean pirate dinosaurs on the loose. Flinn and his friends soon sail into trouble... Will Fearless Flinn be able to defeat the pirate dinosaurs? Will Pirate Pearl be brave enough to battle the dangerous dinos? And will Terrified Tom be back in time for tea?

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Leeds Museums and Galleries have a wonderful variety of activities and events lined up to keep all the family entertained this Easter.

Thwaites Mills in Stourton, will be hosting a special Spring Festival on Sunday 5th April (11am - 4pm), with a Spring market, boat rides, face painting, bouncy castle, and children’s crafts. The Easter Bunny will be at Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, with bunny-themed events from 3rd – 6th April.

There will also be a ‘Family Fun Challenge’ on 16th April (10am12pm & 2-4pm), which will require real teamwork. Then the Easter Bunny will hop over to Kirkstall Abbey on 3rd, 9th, 11th, & 19th April as part of a ‘Bunny Scarecrow Trail’.

Visit Leeds City Museum and take part in their magical ‘Time Travellers’ Treasure Hunt’ from 3rd – 19th April. Take a step through the famous Harrison Clock and navigate your way around the museum as you search for treasure and complete challenges to enter a prize draw.

Leeds’ Easter Eggstavaganza will be at Temple Newsam House from 3rd – 19th April. Search for clues around the house for a chance to win an eggcellent prize! Then visit the hundreds of adorable animals at nearby Home Farm.

Lotherton Hall is holding two weeks of Springtime games and activities from 2nd April.

Their wild and wonderful ‘Mad Hatter’s’ dress up day is on 8th April (11am-3pm); ‘Stepping out in Artspace’ from 7th – 19th April (10am – 5pm) at Leeds Art Gallery, features a number of free activities based on how people move; try your hand at making loom bands and traditional weaving at Armley Mills on 7th & 8th April (1 – 3pm); and take a free behind the scenes tour of the Discovery Centre and have a close encounter with its fabulous natural science collection on 8th April (10am – 12 noon).

Pictured: Armly Mills Industrial Museum

For full details, visit www.leeds.gov.uk/ museumsandgalleries

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The science and wonder of light will be revealed as part of a fascinating exhibition at Leeds City Museum from 3rd April – 21st June.

‘Light Lab’ will allow visitors to explore how we have made and used light across the centuries. A number of questions will be answered including ‘How does light travel?’, and ‘What happens when you mix different coloured light?’.

And, visitors will be able to carrying out their own lightbased experiments to find the answers.

To guide you through the history of light, a range of objects and treasures from the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection will be on display – from beautiful paintings of gas-lit Leeds by John Atkinson Grimshaw, to a Bronze Age lamp from Jericho and Javanese shadow puppets.

Take the opportunity to turn your face upside down in a human kaleidoscope, try your hand at performing your own shadow puppet show and see how you can twist and turn your reflection on the mirror wall. Among the themes to be featured will be ‘Lighting the Home’, ‘Light in Nature’, Light in Science and Entertainment’ and ‘The Meaning and Symbolism of Light’.

Held to coincide with the 2015 UNESCO International Year of Light, this exhibition, which covers both the Easter and May half-term holidays, will include a family trail, a number of hands-on interactives and an exciting programme of free events that is perfect for people of all ages.

For full details, visit www. leeds.gov.uk/LightLab and catch updates by using the #LightLab hashtag on Twitter and Facebook

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE

Bramhope Bowls Club

Abbey Runners meet Tues & Thurs, 7.30pm. Based at Holt Park Active. Track Sessions at Beckett’s Park.

New members welcome.

Details: www.abbeyrunners. co.uk

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 door

to Adel Church) is open for bowling Apr – Oct. New members welcome.

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 Enjoy

social or competitive tennis on 3 carpet & 2 tarmac courts. Ideally situated at AWMA sports ground next to Adel Church. All standards welcome. Junior coaching available. Details: John

Micklethwaite 267 4071

Badminton Anyone?

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

Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham 258 4532

Social bowling, friendly & league matches Apr – Oct. Great social events & activities. New members welcome, whether novice or experienced. Details: Jaci 267

9761, Stewart 267 3311

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

267 3311

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

Friends of Lawnswood Badminton Club Meets Mon

& Wed, 7-9pm at Lawnswood School during term time.

Mixed abilities/gender/ages (children 11+ welcome with accompanying adult). Details:

mjh.morgan@ntlworld.com

Horsforth Tennis Club

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

Details: kirkstallharriers@ googlemail.com

Kirkstall Abbey Tennis Club Friendly, welcoming

club with reasonable membership rates. Details:

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

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Do you

have a condition where swimming could help?

LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active.

Safe & relaxed environment.

Details: Roger 267 4716, Paul 225 7035

Leeds Half Marathon Sun

10 May. Challenge yourself while raising funds for Yorkshire Cancer Centre, St James’s Hospital. Guaranteed places available. Details: Tif

206 8620, tifaine.carter@ nhs.ne

welcomes new members for social & competitive play all year round. Details: Hillary

Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club trains Mon 7.15pm at

Join Team St Gemma’s for Leeds 10K Guaranteed

leedslacrosse@hotmail.co.uk

West 258 6021

Adel, matches Saturdays.

New & experienced players welcome. Details:

places Sun 12 July – £25 each. Runners are asked to raise as much sponsorship money as possible. Details:

Leeds Softball Indoor training Wed 7 – 8.30pm

Junior Footballers Wanted

LeedsSoftball@gmail.com, www.LeedsSoftball.com

218 5505, beckyh@stgemma.co.uk

Quality players for North East Leeds Juniors U17s for 201415 season. Training & games at Scott Hall. Details: Mark

Bramfitt 07970 863483, bramfitt_m@yahoo.co.uk

at Notre Dame College, St Mark’s Ave. Softball is a fun, friendly sport. New players very welcome first session free! Details:

Meanwood Cricket Club

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

Situated next to Myrtle Tavern, Parkside Rd, it runs

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

2 sides in Wetherby League.

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

Meanwood Park Bowling Club Free practice sessions

every Sat in April + 23 May. New members invited to join the club. Everyone welcome to come & have a go.

Phoenix Folk Dancers Wed 8 – 10pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). English Country Dancing. Beginners welcome & you don’t need a partner. Details: 01943

467851

Pudsey & District Rambling Club Walks

of 5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs. Members from all around the district & new members welcome. Annual membership £8. Try before you join. Details: 01943

430657, pat_barnett@yahoo. com

Run for Yorkshire Cancer Centre Limited places in Leeds Half Marathon (May), Yorkshire Three Peaks (6 June), Leeds 10K (July), Great North Run (13 Sept), & Yorkshire Marathon (Oct).

Raising funds for the Bexley Wing St James’s Hospital.

Details: Tif 206 8620, Tifaine.carter@nhs.net

Row, Row, Row Your Boat!

Teams of 2 – 8 can row 10 miles (20, 21 or 27 June) or 21 miles (28 June) across Lake Windermere, whilst raising money for St Gemma’s Hospice. Race for fastest time or enjoy the challenge with colleagues, friends & family.

Details: 218 5296, tracieh@ st-gemma.co.uk

EMAIL YOUR COMMUNITY NOTICES TO CAROLE@NORTHLEEDSLIFE.CO.UK

St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club The club plays

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

St Christopher’s Cycling Club Friendly club. Rides

start Sun 9am from car park opposite Lawnswood Cemetery, for rides of 30-40 miles. All welcome (U-18s should be accompanied).

Details: 278 603, www. facebook.com/LSCCC

Try Korfball! Free tryouts

for men & women Mon 7pm at Notre Dame College, St Marks Ave. LS2 (opp Leeds University). Details:

leedskorfball@gmail.com

White Rose Canoe Club

meets on Roundhay Park Lake & Fearnville Sports Centre swimming pool. Club sessions Sat afternoons & Tues pm. Catering for beginners to World Champions. ‘Come & Try It’ sessions held monthly.

Details: www.whiterosecc. org.uk, wrcc-committee@ googlegroups.com

Yorkshire 3 Peaks Sat 6

June. Join Yorkshire Cancer Centre Team for this walking challenge & raise funds for cancer patients at St James’s Hospital. Details: Tif 206

8620, tifaine.carter@nhs.net

ARTS & CRAFTS Bramhope Arts Club

meets Mon 7.30pm at Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane. 13 Apr: Practical - Paint in the style of your favourite artist. 20 Apr: Practical - Natural Forms. 27 Apr: Practical - Man-made object. New members welcome.

Bramhope in Bloom Friendly group interested in improving floral aspects of the village.

Welcomes new members.

You don’t need any gardening expertise, or to make any regular time commitment - just go along & do what you can, when you can. Details: Janet 07919 087745, Lynne 07767 435252

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 11/ Sun 12

April, 10am - 4pm at Pool-inWharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool, Shuhua Jin (London) will run workshops on painting birds & still life. New members most welcome. Details: Anne

Allan 01422 368482, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk

Craft Evening Every Thurs

Farsley & District Art Club Meets Mon/Wed/Thurs for drawing & painting at the studios in Westroyd Park, New St. Farsley LS28. Apr 1: Jeremy Taylor demonstration of landscape in oils. Apr 11: Saturday painting from 10am.

Apr 29: Review of members’ paintings. Details: www.

farsleyartclub.org.uk

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Spring Art

Exhibition & Sale Sat 2, Sun 3 & Mon 4 May, 10.30am 5.30pm at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley HG3 3AX. Adm free.

Details www.handnart.co.uk

Leeds Calligraphy Guild

staging exhibition in the Arts Space, 1st floor, Leeds Central Library until 25 Apr.

7-9pm at The Courtyard Café 96 Town St. Horsforth Open to all. Bring your craft & have a natter. Details: 259 0301

Details: Jeff 01423 508867

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Community Notices

84 Life Drawing Art Group

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

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

Laurence Limon 07856 735179

Make It Free craft drop-in

Thurs 12.30 – 2.30pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7 2PP

Roundhay Art Group

Meets Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share skills. Regular demonstrations by local artists. New members with some experience welcome.

Details: John Irving 293 1465

Yorkshire Flower Club

Meets Wed 29 Apr, 2pm at Almscliffe Village Hall, Huby LS17 6EG, for a demonstration by Glenda Bream ‘Inspired by Constance’. Visitors welcome.

Details: 267 1886

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Book Sale Sat 25 April, 10am - 1pm at Cookridge Methodist Church. Hundreds of books plus large selection of jigsaws.

Many children’s books only 20p. Coffee & cakes.

Coffee Morning Sat 10am – 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley. Delicious homemade cakes & lots of chat. Everyone welcome.

Coffee Shop Tues 10am

– 12 noon at Bramhope Methodist Church. Delicious homemade scones. Friendly atmosphere - all welcome.

Craft Fair 1st Sat, 9am

– 12.30pm at Creativities Courtyard opp Horsforth Farmers’ Market, 96a Town St. Horsforth. Details: 258 1484

Friends of Guiding Coffee Morning Sat 11 Apr, 10am

– noon Central Methodist Church, Horsforth. Bric a brac, cards, books, cake stall, tombola.

Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat, 9am –

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

Horsforth Farmers’ Market (sponsored by

Tack, Rugs & General Goods Sale Sat 11 Apr (&

every 2nd Sat), 11am – 2pm at Hope Pastures (corner of Ring Rd & Weetwood Lane).

Quality donated tack, rugs, horsey items & general goods.

Refreshments available.

West Park United Reformed Church Coffee Morning (Spen Lane) 1st Sat, 10.30am. Bacon butties & toasted tea- cakes. All welcome

Horsforth Churches Together) Sat 4 Apr, 9.30am – 12.30pm St Margaret’s School car park.

Plant/ Table Top Sale & Coffee Morning Saturday,

Plant Sale Sat 25 April, 10am - 1pm at Cookridge Methodist Church.

Herbaceous, Alpines & shrubs. Seedlings: French Marigold, Trailing Lobelia, Cosmos, Nasturtiums etc.

Tomato plants.

Details: Graham Wheatley 256 3055

St John the Baptist Coffee Morning 25 Apr,

10.30am – noon, Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel.

Lovely homemade scones & cakes. All welcome.

Spring Flower Show 11 April, 2 – 4.15pm Methodist Church Hall, Holt Lane, Adel.

Entries from non-members welcome. Lovely displays of flowers & crafts, plus wide variety of plants for sale.

Details: Sylvia Halliday 267 1708

Table Top Sale Sat 28 March, 10am – noon, Cookridge Methodist Church (corner Otley Old Rd/ Tinshill Rd) In aid of Church funds.

22 stalls Homemade cakes, bric a brac, jewellery, videos, toys, jigsaws, & charity stalls.

Rumble in The Jumble

Sat 28 March, 2.30-5.30pm at Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Pk. Cake competition.

All profits to Unity Day & Cloth Cat. Details:

hydeparkunityday@gmail. com

18 Apr, 10am - 12 noon.

Paxton Horticultural Society,186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5 2AB. Sat 4 Apr: Society’s Spring Show 2 – 4.30pm.

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’s happening in your neighbourhood. Local news, events etc. Details:

Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag.org.com

Adel & District Horticultural Society

meets 2nd Mon, 7.45pm at the Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane. 13 Apr: ‘Low Maintenance Gardening’

by Michael Myers. New members welcome. Details:

Mrs Tarn Everett 261 3095

Adel & District Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show Sat 11

Apr, 2 – 4.15pm Methodist Church Hall, Holt Lane, Adel.

Entries from non-members welcome so start thinking about submitting an exhibit.

Details: Sylvia Halliday 267 1708

Adel Lodge meets at Castle Grove Masonic Hall Tuesday evenings. Details: David Hancox 228 0771

Bramhope Bridge Club Meets to play duplicate

bridge on Mon 1 – 4pm, Tues & Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm, at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome. Details:

Leslie 250 2378

Chippendale Society

Widely dispersed membership centred around Otley welcomes those interested in decorative arts, particularly mid/late 18th century. Lectures, study days, visits. Details: 275 9562,

www.thechippendalesociety. co.uk, enquiries@ thechippendalesociety.co.uk

Cookridge Methodist Community Film Society

2nd Wed, 7pm at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall (refreshments & chat 6.30pm). 8 April: ‘Charlotte Grey’ starring Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden. Members enjoy 7 films for £20 or 5 for £17.

Guests welcome (£4). Details:

Shirley 267 2464

Cookridge & Horsforth U3A Meets 13 Apr, 10.30am

-12noon at Cookridge Village Hall; & 27 Apr, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Margaret’s Parish Centre, Horsforth. Details:

0787 656 2686, www. u3asites.org.uk/cookridge

Cookridge Gardening Club meets Wed 15 Apr,

7:30pm in the Cookridge Methodist Church Hall, Tinshill Rd. for a talk entitled ‘The Natural Wonders of Nepal’ by Peter Murphy.

Members 50p/ non-members £2 (incl refreshments).

EMAIL YOUR COMMUNITY NOTICES TO CAROLE@NORTHLEEDSLIFE.CO.UK

Friday Night Bridge Club meets Fri, 7 – 10pm, Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. New members welcome. Tuition available for at least four players. Details: Ewart 267

8001

Friends of Adel Woods

Friendly group looking after Adel Woods along the Meanwood Valley Trail. Monthly meetings to preserve special habitats, clear paths, put up bird & bat boxes & remove litter. All welcome. Details: 285 7136,

http://friendsofadelwoods. wordpress.com

Friends of Hunger Hills Woods meet 2nd Sat, 10am

on Hall Lane to carry out various practical tasks in the wood. Wear suitable clothing & gloves. Details: 258 3140,

www.hungerhillswoods.org

Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Action Days

1st Sat. Help tidy cemetery, under supervision of Parks & Countryside Ranger. Meet 10am in car park, Otley Rd. Tools & hot drinks provided. Details: Ann

261 1363, Mike Simpson lawnswoodcemetery@ yahoo.co.uk

Grace Community Church Little Snappers Toddler Group Fri 10am – 12noon

(term time) in back room at Cookridge Village Hall (Please use side door). 0-5 yr olds plus parents/carers. Details:

Zoe Smith 07920 135920

Headingley Station Allotments West Association Want to

grow your own? This small, friendly, allotments association at Headingley Station currently has a couple of vacant plots. You don’t need to be an expert gardener. Help available!

Details: Melvyn 07792 358611, kevinjpbray@ outlook.com

Holt Park Tenants & Residents Association

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

Regular monthly meetings at Ralph Thoresby School.

Details: rhinos4ever@ hotmail.com, www. holtparktra.btck.co.uk

Horsforth in Bloom meets

Sat 5 Apr, 10am in Horsforth Museum. This friendly group welcomes anyone interested in helping to improve Horsforth. Details: 258 3521

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

Horsforth Photographic Club Spring/Summer

programme starts April. Meet in Fink Hill car park opposite St Margret’s Church Hall, Wed 6.30pm. Members go out around Horsforth to take photos. Transport provided by members. All welcome.

Details: Rita Joy, rjoyful@ yahoo.com

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

Human Writes in Leeds (HWIL) meets Fri 24 Apr,

1pm in café of West Yorkshire Playhouse. Participants bring short pieces of their writing for discussion.

Details: humanwritesinleeds. wordpress.com

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,

Leeds Oxfam Group has raised thousands of

kirkstallgarden@gmail.com

www.oxfamleeds.org.uk & facebook

learn new skills & share ideas with others. All welcome.

Free access to educational resources & growing facilities.

Volunteers welcome. Details:

Lawnswood Bridge Club

Tues 1pm Lawnswood YMCA. Small friendly club playing Chicago. New members welcome. Details: 285 2522

Leeds Cat Rescue

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

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

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues, 8pm St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple. Details:

Pat 225 0030, www.leedshs. org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert

Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets Mon 13 Apr (Tues 12 May) at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: 278 5495, info@

leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds Microscopical Society meets Thurs 9 Apr,

7.15pm Alwoodley Methodist Church Hall, The Avenue, LS17 7BX, for a talk entitled ‘Mites from Bee Hives’ by John Chandler. Thursday 23 Apr: ‘Fresh Water life’

by John Hobson. Bring microscopes and kit.

Leeds National Trust

Meets 10am at St. Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingly.

Summer programme starts with Afternoon Cream Tea & speaker on 16 April.

New Members welcome.

Local membership £8pa.

Details: 01924 892681, cmsherborne@btopenworld. com

pounds over the past year.

All welcome to join their programme of interesting & informative events. Details:

Leeds Rotaract Group 1830s professionals & students meet 2nd & 4th Wed, 7pm at Cosmopolitan Hotel, Leeds, to socialise, network & support good causes.

Help needed with upcoming charity collection event. New members welcome. Details:

www.facebook.com/ leedsrotaractclub

Leeds Cactus & Succulent Society meets 20 Apr & 18 May, 7.30pm at St Columba’s United Reform Church, Headingley Lane LS6.

Details: Peter Smith 07817 688110, smitpt6@aol.com

Meanwood Men’s Society

Mon 13 Apr: Supper Night at Horse & Farrier. Coach from Meanwood SC, 7.30pm.

Mon 27 Apr: Talk – ‘Sithe Lads, Yorkshire Dialect’ at Meanwood Institute, 7.30pm.

Details: Colin 274 6316

Meanwood Valley Partnership Local people

helping to preserve, protect & enhance the Meanwood Valley. Details:

www.meanwoodvalle ypartnership.co.uk

National Vegetable Society meets 14 Apr, 8pm

at Paxton Horticultural Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln, Headingley, LS5. Keith Abel will give an illustrated talk on ‘Growing Veg in a Small Garden’. Free & all are welcome.

Pool Bridge Club meets Mon, 1.15pm at Pool -inWharfedale Methodist Church (blue door on Manor Gns off Main St.). Relaxed Chicago bridge. No partner needed. New members all abilities welcome. Details Chris 284 3069

Community Notices

86 The Other Bridge Club

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

New members welcome.

Details: Sandra 01943 463332

8pm at Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gns, LS17 5SA

Yorkshire Animal Shelter

West Park Residents Association Annual General

Meeting Mon 30 March, 7pm at Lawnswood School.

A chance to review topics like NGT (the trolleybus), planning & housing development plans, together with other issues affecting the community.

West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society meets 3rd Wed,

7.30pm at Moorside Tenants & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. Bramley LS13. Varied programme. 15 Apr: An Evening with Ian Strawson who will talk about taking cuttings. New members & visitors welcome. Details:

256 3055

White Rose Amateur Radio Society meet Tues,

Many cats & kittens desperate for new homes!

Donations welcome. Details:

07968 817803, www. yorkshireanimalshelter.org. uk

Yorkshire Heraldry Society meets Wed 29

Apr, 7.15pm Headingley Parish Centre, St.Michael’s Rd, LS6. Members Evening when members bring their own items, films, AV etc of heraldic interest. Details:

John Hey 263 7885

Details: Elizabeth King 228 5932

Cookridge Primary Intergenerational 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

Echo Choir Sat 9 May, 7.30pm in St Giles Church Bramhope. Part of ‘Inspiration Leeds’, Echo is an exciting jazz choir, singing in five or seven part harmony & performing everything from classic jazz to modern pop. Tickets £10 (incl. wine & canapés). Details:

MUSIC

Keith 07920 139172, www. stgilesbramhope.org.uk

The Amici Singers friendly

Horsforth Choral Society

mixed voice choir with no auditions, rehearses Thurs, 7pm Adel Methodist Church.

New members, experienced or beginners, welcome.

A mixed voice choir meets Mon, 7.30pm in St Margaret’s Parish Centre to rehearse for Summer Concert. Details:

Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band Friendly,

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

Emberton 267 6529

Instrumental Jazz Workshop alt Sat 2.30

- 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7.

Play jazz & improvise.

Enjoyable, supportive atmosphere. £10/£8 per class. Details: Jean Watson

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Jazz Improvisation Group

with Dom Moore meets fortnightly on alt Tues & Fri, 7 – 10pm 1st Floor, Providence House, Authorpe Road, Meanwood LS6 4JB. £8 per session. Details: 07800 816

086, dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com

07958 782348

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We have places in many runs throughout the year, contact us for further information

0113 218 5505 beckyh@st-gemma.co.uk www.st-gemma.co.uk

Registered Charity No. 1015941

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Jazz Voices Choir meets alt Mon, 7 – 9pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton. Led by Tessa Smith. All welcome. Sing your favourite jazz songs. £5 per session. Details: 237

0700, jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Leeds All For One Choir

meets Mon, 7.30 - 9.30pm in Mary Hallaway Lecture Hall, Leeds Trinity Campus, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.

Singing rock, pop & gospel.

Everyone welcome. Book a taster session. Details: maria.

mullin@allforonechoir.com, www.allforonechoir.com

Leeds Music Club meets

every 2/3 weeks, 7.30pm in Adel Methodist Church Hall.

Established 1932, the group promotes the performance of music by & amongst its members. Details: Dawn

Lloyd 01924 252329, www. theleedsmusicclub.org

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Leeds People’s Choir

meets Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm (term time) Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Sq. Leeds. Songs from around the world, under direction of Lorraine Cowburn. Ability to read music useful. New members welcome. Details:

www.leedspeopleschoir. org.uk

Meanwood Ukulele Club

Meets Wed 2 – 3.30pm, Meanwood Institute, Green Rd, LS6. Mixed ability group strums & sings wide variety of popular songs, & performs occasionally. Membership £5 per week (paid each 8 weeks) or £6 per drop in session.

Details: Jessica Bowie: 07815 892415 jessica@ yourukuleletutor.com

Singing Mums Tues (term

time) 10 - 11am at St Paul’s Church Ireland Wood. Fun, friendly singing group for Mums to enjoy with their babies. £5 per session if

booking term/£6 drop in. Details: georgina.

lashbrook@hotmail.com or Facebook.com/singingmums

Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Ave, LS2.

Singing songs from classical to pop. Ability to read music preferable. Details: Tracy 07914 833394

Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses

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

Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld.com

Leeds Folk Fiddle Group seeks more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave. Details: Iveta

SENIORS Cookridge Luncheon Club meets Wed, 12 – 1.30pm Cookridge Methodist Church, Tinshill Rd. Good food, good company. £4.50. Details: 267

5510

Lively Singing Group for

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Details: Alzheimer’s Soc 231 1727, Horsforth Live at Home 259 1511

Headingley Methodist Church Luncheon Club

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Details: 275 5615, 275 1592

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88 Meanwood Luncheon Club meets Thurs, 12.15pm in the Parochial Hall, Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood.

Cost £5. Details: Anne

Matthews 268 1131

RVS MENA Community Café Fri am Meanwood

Community Centre. Activities include Tai Chi, tea & dance, knit & sew, & walking & poetry clubs. Currently seeking volunteer walkers to support group. Details: Gina

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Marjorie 267 9802.

St Chad’s Lunch Club

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

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9917, Claire 275 2917

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OPAL (Older People’s Action

Details: Mary Burnell 267 1742

in the Locality) supports over 60s in Cookridge, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Holt Park, Adel & Bramhope. Activities include exercise classes, coffee afternoons, luncheon club, shopping trips & dropin. Details: 261 9103

Sequence Tea Dancing

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

Willows Tuesday Club

Fink Hill, Horsforth. 1.45 – 3.45pm. Friendly group for over 60s. Various activities, & outings. Mini bus available in Horsforth. Don’t feel lonely, join them! 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. Variety of daytime & evening groups.

Details: 275 4989

Adel Methodist Church

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

Bramhope Methodist Church Sunday: 10am

Morning Worship. Prayer Breakfast 2nd Sun 8.30am.

Alive@9 4th Sunday,

informal worship for young families. Evening Communion 4th Thurs 8pm.

Morning Communion 2nd Tues.

Buddhist Meditation Classes 7.30 - 9.30pm in

Oakwood (Tue), Leeds City Centre (Wed) & Horsforth (Thur). Details: 265 2118,

info@meditationinleeds.org, www.meditationinleeds.org

Catholic Churches 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. Marc Homsey. www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk

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Headingley Methodist Church Sunday Service

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

Entrance in Chapel St. All welcome.

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 Good Friday:

12 noon Act of Witness on The Green followed by soup at Grove Centre. Everyone welcome. Easter Sunday: Dawn Service in Hall Park 6.30am. Sun 19 Apr: Election Hustings, chaired by Rev Nigel Sinclair, 3pm in St Margaret’s Church Hall,

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Leeds Reformed Baptist Church Sunday services

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

Leeds Vineyard meets Sundays at Headingley Methodist Church, 10.45am for coffee, 11am start – all welcome. Details: 245 9111, www.leedsvineyard.org

Lister Hill Baptist Church Horsforth has a new

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Meanwood Methodists

now meet Sunday, 11.30am at Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood. (1st Sun of month in parish hall). Details: 268

1131

Meanwood Valley Baptist Church Meanwood

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7215, www.mvbc.org.uk

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Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel (City Sq Leeds)

Sunday Services 10.45am; Contemplative service 6pm; Mid-week Recharge Wed 1.15pm - half-hour reflection.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd,

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

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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

South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane,

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

St. Augustine’s Church (Wrangthorn), Hyde

Park Corner. Sat 4 Apr: 10am – 2pm – See plans for upgrading church facilities & give your views on making church available for community use during week.

Sun Service 10.30am - Holy Communion 2nd, 4th & 5th Sun. Family Service 3rd Sun; Service of the Word 1st Sun; Quiet reflection, Sun 6.30pm.

Details: www.wrangthorn. org.com

St Chad’s Far Headingley Sunday Services 8am

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Mid week services too.

Details: Parish Office 274 4322, www.stchads.co.uk

St John the Baptist Easter Services (Church Lane,

Adel) Mon 30 Mar, Tues 31 & Wed 1 Apr: Compline in Church 7.30 - 8pm. Maundy Thurs Service 7.30pm. Good Friday 10am followed by hot cross buns in Stables. 2-3pm Quiet reflection in Church.

Easter Sunday: Dawn Service 6am, breakfast in Stables, usual services 8 &10am.

St Luke’s Lutheran Church Alma Rd, Headingley.

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

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St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church

Services: 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 Paul’s Church, Ireland

Wood Palm Sunday 29 March 10am: Procession of Palms; Wed1 Apr 7.30pm: Compline; Maundy Thurs 7.30pm: Washing of Feet & stripping of altar; Good Friday 2pm: Hour at the Cross; Easter Sat 7.30pm: Lighting Pascal Candle & renewal of Baptismal vows; Easter Sunday 10am: Family Service with Eucharist

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 Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225

9751 www.dioceseofleeds. org.uk

Tinshill Free Church

(corner Holly Ave & Tinshill Lane, Cookridge) Sunday services: 10:30am & 6:30pm.

Activities for toddlers right up to seniors during the week.

Details: 267 2680, www. tinshillfreechurch.org.uk

Transmission Meditation

Free group meditation providing both a dynamic spiritual service & profound spiritual development. Leeds group meets Fri 8pm in Headingley area. Details: 270

1173/ 01924 252728, www. share-international.org

West Park United Reformed Church, Spen

Lane LS16 5AH. Easter

Services: Palm Sunday 29 March morning worship 10.30am; 3pm concert by the Hayden Players in church hall. Tickets £10. Good Friday 3 Apr, morning worship 10.30am. Easter Sunday 5 Apr, morning worship 10.30am. All welcome.

Details: 278 5373

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,

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

Alzheimer’s Society 231 1727

Headingley Mindfulness Group Meet 2nd Mon, 7 – 9pm. Support group

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Leeds Coeliac Group

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Mon 20 Apr: Leeds Coeliac Group AGM, 7.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd, LS16 5JT. Guest speaker.

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Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Centre

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Weetwood Residents’ Association Café Philosophique Thurs,

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Community Notices WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. 1 April: ‘Land Girls’ – Hazel Stephenson.

6 May: ‘Chatsworth House: A Personal View’, Christine Robinson, Principal Housekeeper. Details: Mrs

Muriel Huntley 230 1584

Bramhope Rolling Scones WI New Women’s Institute

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Horsforth WI meets monthly, 7.30pm in St. James’ Parish Centre, Low Lane, Horsforth. Visitors welcome. Details: Pat 258

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes

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Soroptimist International

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Knitting, Crochet, Sewing & Chat Group Mon 12.30

Beating Bowel Cancer

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Items for raffles welcome.

Easter Fayre in bar Easter Monday. Details: Kath 294

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Joan McShane 225 1166

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Monday Night Youth Group (ages 9-16) 7-9pm

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Quiz Night at Cookridge Village Hall Sat 18 April,

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GATES & RAILINGS

Furniture Restoration services French polishing • Marble & Granite repairs Laminate floor repairs • Furniture repairs UPVC window & door frame repairs All types of refinishing For a free quote please contact

T: 07761 320 237 • E: carolyn@restorationguru.co.uk W: www.restorationguru.co.uk

FURNITURE RESTORATION

GARDENERS

Upholstery, Repairs & French Polishing

0113 267 5483 Abbey Upholstery, 7 Carr Bridge Ave, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 7JZ Reupholstery specialists.

Parker Knoll, Cintique, Ercol, Bridgecraft and all other good quality furniture.

From a small dining chair repair to a full suite re-upholstery. Sentimental items welcome.

+Replacement Foam Cushions Service Reupholstery and French Polishing Specialists.

Parker Knoll, Cintique, Ercol, Bridgecraft, Vale, G-Plan, MultiYork and all other good quality furniture.

From a small dining chair repair to a full suite re-upholstery.

Sentimental items welcome.

www.bylandscapes.co.uk

Gardening Services and Ground Maintenance

Examples of local work we did recently.

To see more go to our website: www.abbeyupholstery.co.uk | info@abbeyupholstery.co.uk

Grass cutting • Hedge cutting Tree work • Garden clearance Turfing • Paving, patios and driveways Call us now for a FREE quote:

01937 574 380 • 07870 124499

HANDYMAN

HOME HELP

Mr Gray’s Handyman Service The local solution to all your property maintenance and repair needs.

All work guaranteed and fully insured.

Whatever the job consider it done

Tel: 0113 2374343 / 07542 247 887 Email: handymanleeds@live.co.uk www.handymanleeds.org.uk

Andy Abbey • Home & Garden Services For all those jobs you never get around to, or don’t know who to get to do them!

• From fitting a small shelf to a new kitchen • Jet washing your patio or painting • Gardening • Or even a helping hand with something heavy Charged by the hour not the job, so no hidden costs!

Tel: 07443 872551

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Kitchen Replacement Doors

HOUR CALL OUT 30 MINUTE RESPONSE

No call out charge Discounts for OAPs & students

A New Look Kitchen at a fraction of the cost!

Tel: 07947 160 788 Probably the cheapest locksmith service in Leeds

See our Showroom Displays at

• Standard Sizes or Made to Measure • Wide Choice of Doors & Matching Accessories in Hardwood, Painted, Meanwood Rd Vinyl & Melamine • Great Range of Designs & Over 400 Colours • For an Appointment Turn Your Dream please phone into Reality!

FREE Quotation

Tel: 0113 266 5638 without Obligation Mobile: 07957 987333

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KITCHENS & BEDROOMS Roevale Court, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2DU LOCKSMITHS

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MEDIUM

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Clairvoyant, Tarot Reader & Crystals Member of the Psychic Circle BAPTA Accredited Tel: 0113 224 9720 Vesper Road, Kirkstall, Leeds MOBILITY

PLASTERERS

FRANKS PLASTERING Locally based plastering specialists.

FREE QUOTES on all aspects of internal and external plastering: skimming, boarding & rendering. Patching and repair work also delivered.

• City & Guilds qualified • Clean and tidy work guaranteed • 18 years experience BEFORE

MARTIN COOKE PLASTERING

AFTER

Over 30 years experience

Contact Dave Franks on

0113 274 1048 or 07796 381 346 Visit website for customer testimonials: www.franksplastering.com

Tel: 07756 906 916 Friendly Plastering Service

S . NICHOLLS PLASTERING • All aspects of 35 plastering experyieears nce • All types of NO JOB T O O SMAL rendering L including colour rendering • Patching & repairs • Re-skimming to walls & ceilings • Clean and tidy workmanship

Contact: 07940 119 081 0113 443 8534

Always a quality finish. 16 years experience.

All aspects of interior plastering covered Follow us @plaster21

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PLUMBING & HEATING

TOM HALL HEATING & PLUMBING Boiler installations & repairs Bathrooms & all other plumbing work Landlord certificates FREE competitive quotes – no job too small Boiler installations, servicing & repairs 07983 406Bathrooms 555 / 0113&274 5224 plumbing all other tom.hall145@gmail.com Landlord certificates

TOM HALL

Heating & Plumbing FREE competitive quotes

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KAYES

PLUMBING & HEATING NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL FROM A DRIPPING TAP TO A FULL BATHROOM INSTALLATION BOILER INSTALLATIONS, SERVICING & REPAIRS FIRE & COOKER INSTALLATIONS

E: Kayesplumbing@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 07958 383 049 • 07921 764 404

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GAS Gas CENTRAL HEATING, GENERAL PLUMBING Central Heating, General TILING, BATHROOM INSTALLATION

Plumbing, Tiling, Bathroom Installation ER & GAS APPLIANCE INSTALLATION, REPAIR & SERVICING ______________________________________________ LANDLORDS SAFETY CERTIFICATES UNVENTED HOT WATER SYSTEMS

• Boiler and • Landlord safety gas certificates FORappliance ALL YOUR PLUMBING & HEATING NEEDS IPPING TAPS TO FULL INSTALLATIONS, NO JOB TOO installation, repair • Unvented hotSMALL S CENTRAL HEATING, GENERAL PLUMBING andBATHROOM servicing TILING, INSTALLATION water systems CORGI REGISTERED ______________________________________________

FRIENDLY RELIABLE SERVICE

For all your plumbing and heating needs, from dripping taps to full FOR A FREE ESTIMATE PLEASE CALL DAVE LOWE installations, no job too small.

GAS APPLIANCE INSTALLATION, REPAIR & SERVICING ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED LANDLORDS SAFETY CERTIFICATES UNVENTED HOT WATER SYSTEMS FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING & HEATING NEEDS NG TAPS TO FULL INSTALLATIONS, NO JOB TOO SMALL CORGI REGISTERED TEL: 0113 2679004

MOB: 07961 432404

FRIENDLY RELIABLE SERVICE

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• All work fully guaranteed

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GPS Plumbing & Heating WRAS & bpec unvented certified

• All plumbing work undertaken • Discounts for OAPs • Free 24 hour call out service

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Open tO the trade and public!

Open:Mon-Fri:7am-5pm.Sat:7m-1pm Celebrating 5o Years in Business!

QUARRY PRODUCTS

We are a family business supplying a wide range of garden and landscaping materials direct from our own quarry in Bramhope, Leeds.

Come and visit our display garden.

Leeds Local Plumbing Experts For all general plumbing including: • Bathroom installation incl. tiling • Leaks, bursts, repairs & maintenance • No call out fee • Fixed price quotes Fully qualiďŹ ed & insured local plumber

Call Alex 07730 560 422 enquiries@nortonplumbing.co.uk www.nortonplumbing.co.uk PRESSURE WASH

Celebrating Years in in Business!

Celebrating 5o5oYears Business!

Open tO trade and public! â– Topsoil â– the RiveR sand

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T: 0113 2674386 Open: Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm. Sat:7am-1pm

Blackhill Quarry Kings Road, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 8BG T:ROOFERS 0113 2674386 Open: Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm. Sat:7am-1pm

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SOLICITORS

“Quality workmanship at a fair price”

What We Do:

Domestic re-roofs & repairs Slating & tiling Built-up felt Guttering Soffits & fascias Chimney repairs

Why Choose Us:

Established 1976 Small family firm Fully qualified No-fuss work Competitive prices 10 yr guarantee for re-roofs

Local Roundhay-based company Tel: 0113 240 3515 • Email: g.horneroofing@hotmail.com

ROOFING CONTRACTORS

Slate & tile new roofs/re-roofs Topseal GRP flat roofs Fascias, soffits & guttering Velux windows Roof repairs Free, no obligation quotations Insurance backed guarantees

Tel: 0113 273 2888 www.greenhillroofing.co.uk Unit C, Oaktree Business Park, Leeds LS14 1NF

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Care Proceedings Child Arrangements Orders Injunctions Divorce - £99 plus court fees • Tailored advice for Litigants in Person • Fixed fees for your peace of mind For more information visit:

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TRAVEL AGENT

Oakwood Travel Ltd Est. over 25 years

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WINDOW CLEANER

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TF Window Cleaning offers a friendly, reliable service at sensible prices.

• Professional window cleaning • UPVC frames & conservatories • Guttering • For homes, shops, offices, restaurants etc

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WORKTOPS

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NEED YOUR CAR SERVICED OR AN MOT?

NEED YOUR CAR SERVICED OR AN MOT?

YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH GROVE LANE GARAGE Headingley’s favourite garage Grove Lane Garage is a family-run firm with a long-established reputation for excellent service and great value. Our ‘no frills’ approach means you only pay for work that needs doing and you can trust us to give an honest appraisal.

YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH GROVE LANE GARAGE Headingley’s favourite garage

Grove Lane Garage is a family-run firm with a long-established

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