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DEAR READERS,

July is almost upon us and we are still holding out for some warm weather! But the coolness hasn’t held people back. Regardless, people are determined to carry on and enjoy what our various communities have to offer.

Chapel Allerton recently welcomed over 250 people to its Big Lunch and Community Awards; Kirkstall is about to celebrate its annual festival, which is one of the largest in the country; and residents in Gledhow have set up The Friends of Gledhow Field to protect the field at the rear of Gledhow Primary School.

Plus poets are celebrating picture houses and new collections; Opera North Youth Opera is about to present two new works; and David Robertson of Theatre

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Chapel Allerton’s Big Lunch! cara’s seventh Big Lunch attracts over 250 people

Kirkstall By The Sea! This year’s Kirkstall Festival

promises to be another fabulous community fun day with

entertainment and activities for all.

of the Dales is about to recycle King Lear which he first performed 30 years ago…. and every decade since!

RSPB is planning a Big Wild Sleep Out, which should be great fun; The Faversham is holding its tenth Garden Party at The Tetley; and there are all kinds of fantastic activities for children.

Don’t forget to send us all your news and notices for August before you disappear on holiday! The deadline is 1st July, 8th July for advertising (for September the deadlines are 1st and 7th August).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

22 A Month for Musicals at Leeds Grand A host of West End Musicals - from comedy to moving drama, toe-tapping classics and longstanding favourites.

24 Real Junk Food Project Opens City Centre Café City Junk-tion at Santiago Bar in the Grand Arcade joins TRJFP project.

26 Help Protect the Last Open Green Space in Gledhow The Friends of Gledhow Field aim to protect the field at the rear of Gledhow Primary School.

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Anthropomorphic animals, disintegrating bodies and the shapeshifting properties of water ripple across the pages of Susan Darlington’s debut poetry collection.

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‘Under the Devil’s Moon’ brings together 60 pieces, some of which have never been previously published and that were written over a ten year period. The works are emotionally direct, vividly metaphorical, and flow with the dreamlike language of fairytales.

Susan is a Leeds-based poet whose work has been widely published in the likes of Dream Catcher, Mistress Quickly’s Bed, Baker Street Irregular, Fire, and Obsessed With Pipework. She is also a respected arts journalist and

has been a regular contributor to a range of publications over the last two decades, including the Yorkshire Evening Post, Metro, Morning Star and R2 (formerly Rock ‘n’ Reel).

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(EDWARD) ARCHIBALD RAMSDEN (1835-1916) MUSICAL ENTREPRENEUR

The highpoint of Archibald Ramsden’s rich life came when he was summoned to Balmoral in 1867 to play before Queen Victoria on his patented melody harmonium – what a moment for this innkeeper’s son from Sheepscar. He loved to tell the tale of his long train journey north, and his arrest at Edinburgh as a suspected Irish terrorist until his luggage revealed not guns but an innocent harmonium! He enjoyed a career as a performer, an impresario, an inventor and an entrepreneur, building a musical empire which stretched from Leeds to London and across the north.

His multiple talents, humour, charm, and twinkling blue eyes took him far. e was born in 1835, the third of

people could aspire to a piano or harmonium in the parlour

the four sons of John and Mary

and he offered an innovative, affordable three year payment

Ramsden. By the time he was six, his

system. His business took off, and in 1872 he commissioned

father, originally a cloth finisher, was

the distinguished Leeds architect George Corson to design

running the Red Bear tavern in Skinner

new purpose-built premises for him in Park Row (gone now),

Lane – Archibald later drew a veil over

with a vast, magnificent saloon, ‘the finest in the kingdom,’

this story. He and his younger brother,

to display his impressive array of over 400 instruments and

both with fine voices, were choristers

superb selection of sheet music.

at Leeds Parish Church, where at 15

His skills were not just in business and publicity: he was

he won a £40 prize which paid for

interested in technical development and invention. With

his apprenticeship to a music seller.

Leeds engineer William Dawes, he patented improvements to

He moved on to teach the piano and

harmoniums and organs and went into manufacture. Through

the organ, and with his fine baritone

his London contacts he arranged to demonstrate his improved

voice was in great demand as a concert

harmonium to Princess Louise and the Queen. They were

vocalist. When he was 22 he married

so impressed they kept it, and he could advertise himself

Adelaide, the daughter of another

‘By Royal Appointment’! He expanded, opening branches in

Leeds innkeeper, and announced his

London’s prestigious New Bond Street and in several northern

departure to Italy to study singing

towns, agent for top German and English piano and organ

professionally. By the following year

makers as well as manufacturing cheap ‘cottage’ pianos for

he was in London, starring at Crystal

the mass market.

himself on one New York passenger list

Palace and St James’s Hall in popular

He played a full part in Leeds’s a rich musical life – member

as a ‘nobleman’!). He did not forget his

concerts, where he introduced and sang

of the Leeds Musical Soirees, conductor of the Private Vocal

Leeds friends, giving a substantial £1,000

the old ballads – ‘Sally in our Alley’,

Society, hosting musical evenings, glees and part-songs at Park

donation to the Leeds Hospital Fund.

‘Hearts of Oak’ etc – accompanying

Row, and entertaining a wide circle of friends with his musical

When he died at his London home in

himself on the piano. He performed

anecdotes. He still took to the stage sometimes as a vocalist,

1916, he was remembered with warmth

around the country, but always spent

invited to sing for example at the concert for Prince Arthur when

and affection, not least for his sense of

time back in Leeds, offering coaching

he came to open Roundhay Park. And in 1870 he began a new

fun.

in singing.

venture as impresario, organising an annual series of popular

His Leeds firm was taken over by his

But the concert world was tough and

subscription concerts in the Town Hall, featuring Italian opera

son (another Archibald), adapted over

competitive, and in 1864 he moved back

stars and his friend Charles Halle and his orchestra. These ran

the years to the new eras of gramophone

to Leeds with his family and launched

for nine years, a highlight of the Leeds season.

and radio and survived into the 1950s.

into business (with £7.9s.4d capital!). He

As his wealth grew he moved with his family to Grosvenor

His name is not quite lost: still inscribed

set up a ‘Music Establishment’ in Park

Mount, Headingley, then out to Inholmes near Tadcaster, where

on surviving instruments from his

Row selling pianos, harmoniums, and

his wife died in 1879. Archibald moved then to London, and two

celebrated music saloon.

sheet music, and lived below the shop.

years later married, Olivia Hill, the niece of Sir Rowland Hill

With increasing prosperity more working

of penny post fame. He had gone up in the world (describing

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On 7th June cara (the Chapel Allerton Community Group) held its seventh ‘Big Lunch’ on Regent Street in Chapel Allerton. Its first BL attracted 55 people – this year it welcomed over 250!

Pictured: Chapel Allerton Community awards winners Cover: cara committee

veryone was welcome and people turned up laden with all kinds of food to share, plus there was a barbecue outside The Regent Pub. There was lots of excellent live music and chat and, to top it all, it was a beautiful sunny day (with a slightly chilly breeze!).

An integral part of the day was the announcement of the winners in the Chapel Allerton Awards an annual competition run by cara, which celebrates unsung local heroes.

People were invited to nominate their choices in ten categories, which were both community and commercially

focused. The cara committee then voted for the top three in each category, based on the reasons given for the nominations as well as the number of nominations received.

Each winner received a certificate and trophy.

Over 100 people submitted nominations, and there were many worthy contenders. The final winners were: Young Achiever – Alex Pagdin; Best Neighbour – Andy Yeung; Best Street – Methley Place; Best Shop – Chirpy; Best Place to Eat – The Sunshine Bakery; Best Place to Drink – The Mustard Pot; Best Member of Staff – Alex Graham, Opposite; Best Team – Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods; Contribution to the Community – Chapel Allerton Arts Festival; King & Queen of Chapel Allerton – Stephen Fleming & Jane Richardson.

In addition to the Awards and the Big Lunch, cara also organise a range of classes and monthly

supper clubs at local eateries. It is currently working on a project to improve the children’s play area in the park. Membership is just £10 for 12 months, and members can use their cara card in approx 70 different shops, bars, restaurants and online businesses in the area to enjoy excellent discounts.

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Opera North’s Children’s Chorus and Youth Company will perform two newly commissioned short operas to mark the end of a fantastic year. he 75 strong Opera North Children’s Choir will bring ‘The Selfish Giant’, a new 70-minute chamber opera, based on Oscar Wilde’s classic children’s story, to The Howard Assembly Room on Sunday 12th July at 4.30pm. It uses music by Handel to tell the story of a giant who builds a wall around his beautiful garden to keep the world out. Justin Doyle, Music Director, has created the libretto for this special performance, together with new arrangements of

arias from some of Handel’s bestloved operas, specially arranged for children’s voices. It will be conducted by Justin Doyle and directed by James Hurley. The chorus is accompanied by a ninepiece chamber orchestra and features operatic bass Graeme Danby as The Giant.

On Saturday 18th July (also at the Howard Assembly Room, 7pm), the Opera North Youth Company will present ‘Opera Bingo’, a brand new piece of music theatre based on Leeds city centre social observations. The audience will be invited to take part in a highly irregular game of bingo. It features an original score by composer Eve Harrison and libretto by Doncaster-based Andrew Loretto, who also directs.

Opera North’s youth projects provide opportunities for those aged seven to 19 to develop their skills as performers, whilst also engaging with professional artists.

The Children’s Chorus is one of the only children’s ensembles to be led by a professional opera company in the UK and was recently nominated for Best Classical Music Education Initiative at the Music Teacher Awards. The Opera North Youth Company, which has over 50 members aged 13 to 19, encourages the development of advanced performance skills and the creation of new work as an ensemble.

Tickets are available from 0844 848 2727 or online at howardassemblyroom.co.uk

Burton. In those days they cycled in clubs and once Beryl started she was smitten, not only with Charlie but by the thrill and freedom found on two wheels. Beryl was better than good, she was the best and determined to stay that way. Five times world pursuit champion, 13 times national champion and twice road-racing world champion, she was one of the most astonishing sports people ever to have lived whose down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to life and to success is an inspiration to us all.

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axine Peake’s critically-acclaimed play celebrating Leeds cycling champion Beryl Burton can be seen at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 27th June – 18th July.

This stage writing debut of actor Maxine Peake celebrating a Yorkshire woman’s cycle through life played to full houses and critical acclaim at the Playhouse last year. Originally written for Radio 4 in 2012 and adapted for last year’s world premiere staging at the Playhouse, the play looks back at the extraordinary sporting achievements of the Leeds-born cyclist.

It was 1954 when Beryl Charnock met keen cyclist Charlie

Beryl was better than good

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RH Prince Charles recently presented Janet Smith, the principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, with her MBE for services to dance. She was one of three leading women in the dance industry to be awarded the Honour this year.

Dance School and Bretton Hall College. In 1997 she became

Janet studied dance and drama at

learning environments with a culture of generosity and recently

Dartington College of Arts and after a

led the School through an Outstanding Ofsted inspection.

year of independent study in New York,

She believes dance can build communities and can be both

began her professional life as a solo

excellent and inclusive.

Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT) and developed the company and its home at Dundee Rep Theatre.

She left the company in 2012 to take up her current role as principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, which forms part of the national Conservatoire of Dance and Drama. Janet is known for fostering creative, supportive

choreographer and performer. She went

“I feel lucky to have discovered my love of dance at a

on to form Janet Smith and Dancers who

young age and to have been able to follow this passion through

toured nationally and internationally

different roles”, said Janet. “I have been constantly inspired

through the 1980s. In the 90s, Janet

by the talent and dedication of the dancers and other arts

broadened her freelance career,

professionals working around me in our UK arts industry. It is

choreographing and teaching widely,

a generous community that contributes so highly to the cultural

including at London Contemporary

wealth and the compassion of our society.”

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o et s Ja m es Na s h and Matthew Hedley Stoppard are about to release a collection of verse celebrating Leeds’ cinematic history.

‘Cinema Stories’, which they have collaborated on for over a year and is published by Valley Press, will feature the writers’ experiences of the city’s picture houses, past and present, as well as memories from the general public.

“Leeds has a long history and association with the moving image – from the time that Louis le Prince filmed sequences of a Roundhay Gardens’ scene in October 1888, to the well established Leeds

International Film Festival today”, said James. “I have lived in Leeds for almost half a century and still remember picture houses dotted about the city and its suburbs and what it meant to our communities.

“I think that our poetry and some well chosen images are a wonderful way to celebrate that historic relationship, whilst appealing beyond the city environs to anyone who has ever gone to the pictures.”

In 1939, there were 68 picture houses in Leeds (five in Armley, eight in Hunslet and two within a mile of each other on York Road) and most of them are recognisable today. ‘Cinema Stories’ looks back at local moviegoers, but is also a lament for how such remarkable buildings are no longer used for their original purpose.

Both James and Matthew will be reading from ‘Cinema Stories at various events over the Summer, as well as at Headingley Library on National Poetry Day (8th October), Leeds International Film Festival in November, and Headingley Litfest in March.

‘Cinema Stories’ will be available in the Autumn. You can tweet your own cinema stories to James and Matthew via Twitter @Cinema_ Stories

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This year’s Kirkstall Festival is on Saturday 11th July, 11am – 5pm, and the theme is ‘Kirkstall by the Sea’. he annual community fun day, that takes place in the grounds of Kirkstall Abbey, provides a day of free entertainment and activities that appeal to the whole community. It has been running since 1980 and currently attracts over 20,000 people throughout the day, making it one of the largest community festivals in the country.

The day kicks off with a parade of local groups and schools that travels along Morris Lane and into the Abbey grounds where the real fun begins. There will be eight performance areas for live music (including a Battle of the Bands), dance and comedy, plus a Youth Stage, and over 100 stalls (including many local charities and groups).

A wide variety of catering stands will be serving delicious food from around the world.

There will also be a tea dance, fairground rides, a children’s safari, storytelling, a dog show, and much more!

The Festival also continues its collaboration w i t h

New for 2015 is a Kirkstall Festival Fringe event

Sneaky Experience and will hold special cinema screenings in the Abbey Nave on Friday and Saturday nights plus Sunday daytime. For full details see sneakyexperience.co.uk New for 2015 is a Kirkstall Festival Fringe event, including the inaugural Kirkstall Art Trail, which will see more than 30 local artists displaying in various venues across Kirkstall on Saturday 18th July. For full details, visit www. kirkstallarttrail.wordpress.com Abbey Churches Together are looking forward to welcoming Bishop Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds. Bishop Nick

will share some thoughts on the Festival’s Seaside theme during the Festival Service, which starts at 4.15pm in Kirkstall Abbey itself.

Programmes (£2) will be on sale giving details about everything that’s on across the site and all proceeds go towards supporting this fabulous community event.

If possible, you are asked to take public transport to cut down on traffic congestion.

There is limited free parking and disabled parking close to the site.

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he White Rose Orchestra is a performance-based orchestra that plays concerts all over Yorkshire and has built up a great reputation.

It plays light classical music, including film music, opera arias, waltzes and general light music.

The orchestra currently numbers about 25 players but is seeking more string players and some wind and brass players (Grade 6 or above) so it can extend its repertoire and fulfill all its concert requests.

White Rose recently performed at Connaught Court, York (in front of 500 people), Hebden Bridge (with a choir), The Northern Society of Gilbert and Sullivan in Manchester, and Oakworth Hall West Yorkshire. Last month the orchestra played with Russian Pianist Natalia Strelchenko in Leeds, which was such a success that Richmond House School has booked a repeat concert in November.

Chris Irvin, a talented oboe player, singer and composer, has conducted the orchestra for the last four years. He has just recorded his second CD with a professional orchestra in Ireland.

The orchestra, which rehearses every Thursday, 7 – 9.30pm at Moortown Methodist Church, Alderton Rise, LS17 5LHY, would also like to find a local sponsor to help with ongoing costs. For further information on joining the orchestra or sponsorship, please contact Russell Keane on 07511 598286, Russell.keane@btinternet.com or chris.browne@tiscali.co.uk

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Photo: Dave McGuire

‘King Lear’ is a riches-to-rags story. An aging king loses grip on his territory, his family and his sanity. An exile in his own land, homeless and hunted, he’s heading for the scrapheap. His downfall, however, restores him to a sense of what it means to be human…..you might say he’s recycled.

a soup wagon where vagrants and

Inspired by modern day austerity

‘Lear Recycled’ will play to

and the emergence of Real Junk Food

students, staff and the general public

cafes, this year Theatre of the Dales

on an open space in Leeds Uni called

trades in its sets and costumes for

the Plaza at 6.30pm on Thursday 16th

scavengers live and sleep rough. This cut-down version is a free show for everyone with a ‘pay-as-you-feel’ collection at the end of it. In true traveler tradition, a dozen actors, working for profit-share only, combine talent and tat by using whatever they make onstage themselves or find at their disposal.

July. Then, all being well, at the Cow

This cutdown version is a free

and Calf Rocks above Ilkley at 6.30pm on Saturday 18th July.

For details of these and other performances in the area, please call David Robertson on 0113 274 0461.

At forty, David toured Welsh castles as Lear. At sixty, he played him again in Sheffield - twice. Sensing

show for

withdrawal symptoms, director Serge

everyone

when David was seventy.

Alvarez promised to restage the show

He’s kept to his word.

‘Recording an Emotional Response’ is a new exhibition of work by Christopher Hall and Janey Walklin, at The Bowery, Headingley, which runs from 27th June - 11th September.

Both artists will be ‘in residence’ at The Bowery on 8th August

hristopher Hall examines the interplay between memory, ritual and notions of power. Celebrating the materiality of physical film, he creates montage-like collages, pushing images through alchemical processes to generate images that cannot be achieved digitally.

Janey Walklin’s work involves the idea of making imprints and pictorial montages from the ephemeral matter of experience, and features some recent work on canvas. ‘Land 2’, one of the exhibited paintings was used as the cover image for the recent Yorkshire Art Journal Anthology ‘Afterglow’.

On Saturday 8th August, both artists will be ‘in residence’ at The Bowery from 10am – 5pm to conduct an interactive day exploring experimental collage using film, photography and printmaking techniques.

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Leeds Grand Theatre is set to welcome a host of West End Musicals to its stage this month. From laugh-out-loud comedy to moving drama, toe-tapping classics and longstanding favourites – The Grand has them all.

Pictured: Dreamboats and Miniskirts

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tues 30th June – Sat 4th July) Starring Michael Praed (Robin of Sherwood), Noel Sullivan (Hear’Say, We Will Rock You), Carly Stenson (Hollyoaks, Spamalot, Shrek) and Mark Benton (Waterloo Road, Doctor Who, Hairspray), audiences will be transported to the French Riviera where the decadent world of sophisticated conman Lawrence Jamieson (Praed) is set to come crashing down with the arrival of larger-thanlife Freddy Benson (Sullivan) – a conman of an entirely different order.

Realising that the town ain’t big enough for the both of them, they find themselves going head to head in the con of their lives, pulling out all the stops in a bid for the affections of millionaire soap heiress Christine C o l g a t e (Stenson). Little do they know what they’ve let themselves in for.

M a r k Benton guest Pictured: stars as Inspector Jesus Christ Andre.

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Jesus Christ Superstar (Mon 6th – Sat 11th July) Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through a ground-breaking score that changed the face of musical theatre in 1971. It boasts some of the genre’s most legendary songs including I Don’t Know How to Love Him and Superstar.

Glenn Carter returns as Jesus,

a role he played in the West End, on Broadway and on film. Rachel Adedeji (X Factor finalist) plays Mary Magdalene and Australian star Tim Rogers (Whistle Down the Wind, Jersey Boys, The Full Monty) takes the role of Judas.

of everyone’s favourite things, the score includes Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and, of course, The Sound of Music. This new, lavish production coincides with the 50th anniversary of the film.

(Mon 13th – Sat 18th July) It’s 1963 and the world is changing.

The advent of the Beatles and the Merseyside sound is inspirational but will it stir our three couples to follow their dreams into the world of pop? In a follow-up to Dreamboats and Petticoats, Dreamboats and Miniskirts has the same wit, charm and songs that promise a great evening out.

The Sound of Music (Mon 20th July – Sat 1st Aug) This timeless family classic returns in an all new production starring Danielle Hope (winner of BBC’s Over the Rainbow) and Steven Houghton (Coronation Street). With a few

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City Junk-tion, part of The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP) network, has opened with Santiago Bar in the Grand Arcade. perating Thursday to Sunday, 12 noon to 5pm, the cafe uses intercepted waste food to create meals that people can buy on a Pay As you Feel basis. One can pay as much as they can afford or instead offer their time helping out or whatever skills they can contribute.

The Real Junk Food Project, which started about 18 months ago, has expanded rapidly and scores of people have rallied to the cause since opening its first cafe in Armley.

TRJFP now has over 40 operating cafes and numerous pop-up food stalls operating across the country, and the initiative has caught on internationally. In the week we spoke to Real Junk Food founder, Adam Smith, he said they’d received enquiries from Australia and South Africa. There are currently 110 members of the network worldwide.

To date, the network has intercepted 68 tons of food, created over 42,000 meals and served over 38,000 people. So far the project has racked up over £60,000 in donations.

The phenomenal growth of the project might seem at odds with their unique business model (surely considered counterintuitive by most); the ultimate aim of The Real Junk Food Project is to put themselves out of business. To Adam and the other members of the network what success looks like is a world where food waste is managed and food is distributed

to those who need it as a matter of course, therefore making initiatives like TRJFP unnecessary.

Adam is keen to point out that TRJFP isn’t specifically about feeding the homeless. At their cafes they happily feed everyone, regardless of their situation or background. As such, TRJFP has made a considerable impact in some of the more disadvantaged

closely with Leeds food businesses to reduce the amount of food waste currently being created”, says Adam. “We’re even more excited to be working alongside Santiago to provide Pay As You Feel food to the whole of Leeds through a much more accessible location.”

“When change needs to happen, you cannot wait for others to make that change, you

neighbourhoods in which they operate, contributing to a greater sense of community cohesion and being of particular help to those struggling with poverty or mental health issues.

“We’re very excited to be tapping into the food waste produced by Leeds city centre and its establishments, and working

have to involve yourself in making it happen,” said David Holmes, owner of Santiago Bar. “When so much edible food goes to waste every day, what is there not to like in what The Real Junk Food Project is doing? If Santiago Bar can help by feeding people, and stopping such edible food waste, then we go a small way to make that change.”

Pictured: Adam (3rd right) with the team.

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Residents in Gledhow and Brackenwood have set up The Friends of Gledhow Field to protect and enhance the field at the rear of Gledhow Primary School. This field has been freely accessible to the public for over twenty years and is the last such green space left in the area. sum of money was made available by the old rugby club to enhance the field for community use and preserve it as the last green space open to the public in the Brackenwood/Gledhow area when their grounds were developed into a housing estate.

Although that was some years ago that money has never been spent.

The Friends of Gledhow Field is seeking to protect and enhance the field for present and future generations and are looking for input from local residents so that they can make the best use of this money.

The aims of the group are:

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To protect, conserve, enhance and

maintain Gledhow Community Field for community use with free access to the public to use as a playing field and green space, through lobbying, litter picks, planting etc.

•

To develop working relationships

with Leeds City Council, Gledhow Primary

School,

Brackenwood

Community Association, Education Leeds and West Yorkshire Police.

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To create a safer, cleaner, greener

environment in and around the Brackenwood and Gledhow community.

•

To foster a strong community spirit

and give people the chance to get to know one another better through the association’s activities.

The name ‘Gledhow’ is derived from the Saxon words signifying ‘The Hill of the Kite’

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To provide support from within the community to others in the community, particularly the more vulnerable.

The area has strong historical significance. The name ‘Gledhow’ is derived from the Saxon words signifying ‘The Hill of the Kite’.

The Gledhow Grange and Allerton Grange area was the site of the ancient Allerton Grange Farm, a Cistercian monastic farm of Kirkstall Abbey. The Brackenwood area was predominantly large open grassland

with a woodland area running along Gledhow Beck to the west and south, Lidgett Farm and Allerton Grange Farm to the north, and Gledhow Grange to the east. The ancient Allerton Grange Farmhouse and outbuildings were located near the site of two converging becks, which flow into Gledhow Valley Woods.

Can you help? For further information please visit www. friendsofgledhowfield.org, fill in their survey or email info@ friendsofgledhowfield.org

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The Community Committee provided funding of over £950 to purchase planters and flowers for the centre of Chapel Allerton. Nearby businesses, armed with watering cans and supplies of BabyBio, also supplied by the Committee, have all agreed to keep them looking blooming marvellous!

ocal Councillors Eileen Taylor, Jane Dowson and Mohammed Rafique hope that, in addition to making the area look more appealing, the scheme will encourage businesses to become more involved in the local community and create a sense of pride.

“We really hope that this scheme is the first of many”, said Councillor Eileen Taylor. “It makes absolute sense for the maintenance of the displays to be picked up by the local community. It saves the Council money and I have no doubt that the businesses involved will become a

little competitive as to who has the best looking display! Before long Chapel Allerton will be overflowing with beautifully maintained planters giving a real sense of community pride to the area.”

The businesses involved are: Bob’s Heel Bar, Unity Housing, Independent Woman, Further North, Casa Mia, The Mustard Pot, Chapel Allerton Library, Gadget Exchange

Elliott’s Footprint Improving Services for Child Bereavement E l l i o t t ’s F o o t p r i n t , a charity that helps families through child bereavement, is undertaking a major piece of research to help inform its work and have an input into bereavement services in Leeds.

Founded in 2014 by bereaved parents Andrea and John Kerslake and created in their son’s name, Elliot’s Footprint is working to take the loneliness and frustration out of the systems and processes that families face in the aftermath of losing a child.

The charity is currently talking to families who have sadly lost a child, and those professionals who come into contact with them.

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arie Curie is encouraging people to get together with friends and family and walk 10k around Temple Newsam on 1st August, to raise money for people living with a terminal illness.

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Walk Landmannalaugar for St Gemma’s The latest challenge from St Gemma’s is to join their team and walk the Landmannalaugar route across the Southern Highlands of Iceland, through one of the most active volcanic areas.

On this trek you’ll see glaciers, snowfields, thundering waterfalls, steaming lava fields, plunging fjords, boiling mud pools and spouting geysers!

Trek over live volcanoes, camp out under the northern lights and

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swim in the famous Blue Lagoon.

Most striking of all is the sheer vastness of the area – you can see for miles. It is awe-inspiring terrain.

By taking on challenges like this you can help St Gemma’s to continue caring for patients in their 32 bed in-patient unit, Day Hospice, or in the comfort of their own home. All their services are free. However, it costs £24,000 to run the hospice for just one day, and £470 a

day to care for one in-patient.

St Gemma’s provides care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Your money will help them to be there for those who need them in the future.

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Grassroots Giving is all about helping small community

Skipton Building Society’s community funding scheme, Grassroots Giving, gives small community groups, clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a £500 donation.

groups to providing resources and support to help these groups grow and succeed.

“The application process is really quick and straightforward, so I urge anyone who’s a member of a small local, club, group or organisation to visit the

ast year, 28,000 public votes saw 161 groups receive £500 each to help fund projects. Community funding is just as part of the scheme, Grassroots Giving also provides support, guidance and public profile for every group that enters. Now in its third year, the scheme has given over £160,500 to small community groups across the country. Last year’s winners included included Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club, Leeds Academy of American Football, and Meanwood Valley Partnership.

“Grassroots Giving is all about helping small community groups that

Grassroots Giving website and apply for a share of our funding.”

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Better Leeds Communities are supporting Leeds families through a Children’s Centres project and has successfully helped its clients to claim over £1 million of unclaimed benefits in the last year.

“It is testament to the work of our advisers and telephone assessors that they were able to identify £1,202,680 of unclaimed benefits”, said Richard Bridge, project supervisor. “It’s not difficult to imagine the difference this will make to some lower-income families around Leeds. It further confounds the common misconception of fraudulent benefit claimants. Instead, we see that many people are not claiming what they are due.

the right advice and support can give families the tools they need to make positive changes in their lives.”

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Top Award Goes to St Vincent’s Money Adviser

Denise Carpenter from poverty charity St Vincent’s Support Centre, recently won the Money Adviser of the Year Award at the annual Institute of Money Advisers Awards.

Communities are among the largest

The award recognised her skill

advice providers in Leeds and are

and dedication in helping people

members of Advice UK, the UK’s largest

in poverty. Denise has been with

support network for free independent

the St Vincent’s debt team for nine

“Leeds City Council continues

advice centres. They operate from

years and has helped hundreds of

to provide funding and support for

Childrens’ Centres in Gipton North,

people to manage their debts and

children’s services in the city. Parents

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vulnerable and people in Leeds”, said

seek benefits advice, our advisers can

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Susan Docherty, St Vincent’s Debt

also provide advice on topics ranging

Manager. “Austerity measures have

from managing debt and problems

hit the poorest hard. In a time of

with housing, through to employment,

despair a helping hand from a debt

family, education or consumer issues.”

adviser like Denise can give someone

“Despite the challenging budget

the help, hope and opportunity to

constraints the Council has faced in

turn things around.”

recent years, we have maintained a

At St Vincent’s Support Centre

commitment to our children’s centres

on York Road the debt advisers give

because we know what an important

free advice to people struggling with

difference they make to the most

their finances. Other services include

vulnerable families”, said Councillor

adult education, counselling and

Judith Blake, the new Leader of Leeds

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Tony Passmore, Managing Director of MoreAbility Bathroom Solutions, recently completed his third charity cycle ride in aid of the William Merritt Disabled Living Centre, based at St Mary’s Hospital in Armley. This time he undertook a 500km journey across Burma (Myanmar), raising £3,000 in sponsorship.

This was one of the hardest challenges I’ve done

he William Merritt Centre provides advise and assistance to the elderly and people with disabilities, helping them live independently in their homes and MoreAbility (a division of The Passmore Group) has worked with the Centre for a number of years promoting and supporting independent, safe living in and around Leeds.

“In keeping with Tony’s admirable efforts in Myanmar, we have decided to put this money towards our Tryb4uFly service”, said David Blythe, manager at

the Centre. “This service is for disabled children and adults who are planning to travel. We provide cabin assessments, information about flying with a disability and hiring equipment to make the journey easier.

“You can try out specialised seating, harnesses and positioning systems. We have a specially built plane fuselage that creates a real life situation. Our occupational therapists will guide you through boarding the aircraft, wheelchair transfer options and support systems available, helping you to plan ahead.”

Tony’s donation brings Passmore’s support of the Centre to over £10,000. “This was one of the hardest challenges I’ve done”, said Tony. “A 32 hour delay and over 50 hours travelling meant we had no time to prepare or acclimatise. We were thrown straight into tough hilly cycling in 40 degree heat, and extra miles were added every day to make up for the lost time. I have to admit, for a while I wished I wasn’t there!

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News From Your Councillor CLLR DANIEL COHEN

Alwoodley Ward A big ‘thank you’ to all the North Leeds Life readers who wrote in with what they liked about Alwoodley and things that could be improved. I now have a list of street signs that need replacing, bins that need sourcing and one or two bushes that need trimming, to name just a few things!

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Roundhay Ward Walking in Leeds and Yorkshire Sunday 31st May saw the start of the Ramblers ‘Walk Leeds’ festival, in Roundhay Park, followed by a walk along the Roundhay Park valley, led by the Ramblers Vice President, Janet Street Porter.

It was a great chance to get out of the car, get to know parts of our city, socialise and get healthy - a particular priority for the Council.

I became seriously interested in walking in the early 1990s when we first lived in Roundhay and, with several other families with young children, started to explore the Dales. At the time the late Frank Wilkinson was writing a regular walking column for the Yorkshire Post, and Walking with Wilkinson books were regularly published. Always quirky, and often hard to follow with historical anecdote muddled

One interesting suggestion from a surprising number of people was a request that Neil, Peter and I come along as guest speakers, to meet local residents when they don’t have a problem. In part, this is the idea behind the community conversation dinners we held late last year and early this year, and which we will be holding again after the summer.

However, if there are local groups that would like us to come along for a question and answer session, I know the three of us would be happy to be there.

Alternatively, as one lady suggested, if a group of neighbours wanted to get together to meet with us, just tell us when and where.

We are now, of course, in the midst of a balmy British Summer.

With the longer days sometimes some of the basics in home security get forgotten – windows are left open, back doors left ajar. These matters were raised at a recent PACT meeting at Treetops (first Monday of every month, next meeting Monday

6th July), as things to take extra care over – nobody wants to make life easier for burglars.

On the subject of burglars, it is really worthwhile giving some extra thought to how to make an unoccupied home look lived in, especially as so many people will be away for some time over the summer.

For example: invest in a time switch for lights, ask neighbours to put bins out and bring them back in, stop your paper delivery, ask a friend to move post that has collected on the doormat, and don’t mention on social media or on an answerphone that you are away. All of these will help to keep our homes that bit safer.

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

with sometimes rather confusing directions, they introduced us to many delights across Yorkshire.

Would we have found our way to the huge Hole of Horcum near Whitby, or the byways of Goathland and Grassington, or Malham Tarn if Frank had not found us the best routes to explore on foot? In the process we also learned to be wary of stampeding cattle and children treading on wasps’ nests - both of which we encountered on that memorable walk in 1997.

I still have seven yellowing Wilkinson books on the shelf, well thumbed, in some cases out of date, and all showing signs of frequent Yorkshire drenchings.

With the children all long gone, we are still using them and the original families are still involved.

But the Walk Leeds programme demonstrates just how much there

still is to find on our doorstep.

Thanks Frank for some great walks, and thanks to the Ramblers too.

Have a great month!

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he sound track of any Summer trip to the countryside has to include the twittering and buzzing of swallows and house martins as they swoop and dive over fields, lakes and rivers.

For months we take them for granted, then one day they are gone. In July the young are fledging and all birds are feeding up for the long journey to their wintering grounds. So this is a good time to take a look at these remarkable creatures.

The swallow is blue-black above, with a reddish brown front, pale underparts and conspicuous tail streamers.

The house martin can look very similar at first, but it has a white rump when seen from above, and a forked tail.

House martins often nest under the eaves of houses

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• Treat your garden furniture to a new coat of paint. Why not have a change and choose from one of the many exciting colours now available for wood or metal?

• Keep deadheading your bedding and container plants to keep the blooms coming.

English Gardens On recent travels I visited numerous gardens in the warmer climate of the Atlantic Isles where sub-tropical conditions enable a huge variety of plant species to be grown. On coming home I still maintain that our English gardens have a charm that is hard to match, with their lush greens and delicate flower colours they are, in my opinion, the best in the world. Enjoy some of the finest local gardens at Harewood House, York Gate, Stillingfleet Lodge, Newby Hall and Beningbrough Hall to name but a few, or dip into the

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his Summer, thousands of wildlife lovers will go back to basics and spend a night under the stars for the RSPB’s Big Wild Sleepout.

For the third time, the charity is encouraging people to sleep out in their gardens or outdoor space to get close to nature and discover which creatures they share their homes with.

The event will take place over a weekend (7th – 9th August) and campers of all ages are encouraged to take part. From the adventurous, who will be building and sleeping in dens and shelters, to traditional tents and caravans, and those who will just sleep under the stars – all are welcome to take part!

Nature comes alive at night. At dusk, hedgehogs, foxes and badgers emerge to forage for food, and bats flutter through the air after moths and other insects. Sounds can give a good indication of what is happening – from birds singing just before they go to roost to the

snuffling of hedgehogs and the clicks and whistles of bats’ echolocation.

Frogs and toads are also more active at night.

S l e e p o u t events are taking place at RSPB nature reserves across the country. Special nighttime ventures will vary

for each event, but a few of these include outdoor cooking, fireside fun with stories round the campfire and night time strolls. A full list, together with a range of activities, including den building, torchlight safaris and bug hunting, is available at www. rspb.org.uk/sleepout. A free pack with all the info you need will be available from the website from 1st July.

rganised by Leeds Horticultural Society for the last 150 years, the Leeds Flower Show (incorporating the West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society and Rose Society annual shows) returns to The Grammar School at Leeds, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August.

There are over 300 classes covering flowers, pot plants, vegetables, fruit, honey and Mead, art, photography, and craftwork – which includes demonstrations of quilting and embroidery, spinning and woodwork. Children’s classes include drawing, handwriting, edible monster and a scarecrow, and the domestic class has entries of homemade cakes, bread, scones, biscuits etc.

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day with special demonstrations; Gardener’s Question Time with Joe Maiden, Gordon Kirby, Eric Wells, Douglas Mansion, and famous rose grower David Lister will take place from 2.30pm on Saturday; Leeds Model Railway Exhibition will be on both days; and, Leeds Beckett University will on hand with their climbing tower (suitable for both adults and children) on Saturday, together with instructors to advise on how to reach the top safely.

Plus, Stuart Garden (keyboard) will be playing popular music in the refectory.

There will also be stalls selling plants, garden accessories and tools, fancy goods and jewellery.

Opening times are Saturday 12 noon to 4.30pm, Sunday 10am to 4.30pm. Admission £6/ £5 seniors, accompanied children under 16 free.

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EP Review:

Fitzwallace – Sweetheart Having only been around for a couple of years and barely out of their teens, Fitzwallace have already made something of an impact, finding themselves championed by local BBC radio DJs and appearing on the line up of Country to Country at London’s O2, Europe’s largest country music festival. This accomplished EP shows that this is no accident.

igeonholing Fitzwallace as Country does seem to do them something of a disservice, while there is a rootsy feel underpinning their sound, they easily incorporate other influences that see them transcend the genre.

Opening track Ballad of a Star hits the ground running with an upbeat shuffling rhythm underlying jangling, twangy guitars and an insistent bassline. It’s a rollicking, Tex-Mex flavoured nugget that, in its brisk running time, establishes the group’s knack for dynamic arrangement and skilful instrumentation.

Title track Sweetheart of Mine initially conjures a folk-rock feel with some very tasty, rhythmic mandolin taking centre stage and gathers momentum as driving percussion and soaring vocal harmonies are added to the mix.

Golden State of Mind is a bright and breezy ditty that evokes both the sun-soaked west coast vibe of The Byrds and the proto-country-rock of The Flying Burrito Brothers. It also shifts the spotlight to the group’s female vocalist whose work here really lifts the tune while calling to mind obvious but certainly favourable June/Dolly comparisons.

The EP’s closing track, Somebody New initially gives one a sense of déjà vu with a can’t quite put my finger on it/feels like I’ve heard this before quality, but if it is somewhat derivative this is but a trifling quibble which is swept aside when you’re hooked in by a liltingly melodic chorus that is positively Beatles-y and a fleeting but effective guitar breakdown.

The EP displays oodles of early promise that points to great things in Fitzwallace’s future. Definitely worth checking out and keeping an ear out for.

he charity ‘Right Choices’ is holding another exciting cultural day at HEART on Bennett Road in Headingley on Saturday 18th July.

Once again there is a packed programme with all kinds of food and stalls and great entertainment.

From 1 – 5pm there will be lots of activities for children, plus jugglers and Irish fiddlers and much more.

From 7.30pm you can look forward to a great line up of music, featuring the reggae band Royal Blood alongside Mojah, playing classic ska and roots, and the Stone Roots Band.

Mojah make a return appearance after a hugely successful evening two years ago at the same event, when they thrilled the

audience with versions of familiar tunes by Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, Jackie Mitoo et al. You can also catch them every Wednesday night at Sela Bar.

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The Faversham Garden Party celebrates its tenth year this August with an exceptional two-day festival at The Tetley on 29th – 30th August and featuring Roisin Murphy, Little Dragon, Mos Def, Todd Terje and many more. songwriter Ady Suileman. The Garden Party will also welcome live performances from the nation’s favourite tea-making DJ Mr Scruff and up-and-coming Romare.

Keeping the party going on the DJ side will be Grandmaster Flash, funk & soul legend Craig Charles, Kerri Chandler, BBC Radio 1 regular Heidi, the Bicep boys, and Paul Woolford among many others will also be performing over the weekend.

Garden Party revellers will enjoy food and drink curated by Leeds Indie Food, including worldwide street food, fresh stone baked pizzas courtesy of Pizza Fella, El Kantina’s Mexican delights plus the Cocktail Shack.

Tickets (just £19.50 for one day, £29.50 for the weekend) are available from www.thegardenpartyleeds.com

Pictured: Rosin Murphy

The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ s one of the North’s best dance and electronic music events, The Garden Party organisers plan to make their tenth anniversary celebrations the biggest yet. It’s set to be a weekend of immersive art, street food and, of course, musical performances from the very best live acts and DJs. The extensive live bill features the ultimate diva of electronica Roisin Murphy, one of the most recognised names in hip-hop Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def, Swedish fourpiece Little Dragon, Nordic king of disco Todd Terje and roots singer-

Pictured: Little Dragon

he White Rosettes, the award winning, 72 member ladies’ barbershop choir, recently raised over £1,600 for their new 16 track album ‘The Wicked Rosettes!’ entirely through online contributions from 100 supporters.

Hot off the production line, the contributors were the first to receive their copies. “There is a real feel-good factor to the latest White Rosettes album”, said supporter, Alys Galloway. “Not only is it a great representation of our barbershop music but every time I press play I remember that I helped make this happen.”

Pictured: Beth Daley, Sharleen Shaw, Kerri Walker, Liz Thwaite, Ruth Kirby.

Among the songs featured on the album are ‘Cruella de Vil’ and ‘You Don’t Know Me’, which won the White Rosettes the 2013 Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers national championship.

“The White Rosettes really value the support of the local community and the crowd funding project benefits both the chorus and the contributors”, said musical director Sally McLean. “The songs range in style within the barbershop tradition which reflects the White Rosettes’ versatile musicality, dedication, and Yorkshire spirit!”

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SPY DIRECTED BY: PAUL FEIG STARRING: MELISSA MCCARTHY, ROSE BYRNE, JASON STATHAM, JUDE LAW, MIRANDA HART CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 120 MINS aving scored a monster hit and delivered a solid retort to the nonsense “women aren’t funny” charge with Bridesmaids a few years ago, Paul Feig again utilises the considerable comedic talents of Melissa McCarthy in this slight but fun espionage romp.

McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a deskbound CIA analyst who can barely suppress the crush she fosters for Bradley Fine (Jude Law), the suave, Bond-esque agent she remotely helps guide through missions. When Fine is killed in action Susan is given the opportunity to step up and prove her worth as an agent while attempting to foil a dastardly international arms trade plot.

Correctly acknowledging that the spy spoof genre has more or less been done to death, writer/director Feig wisely chooses to focus on the character comedy here and is helped by some star turns by members of a cast which is, frankly, a bit of a mixed bag. While McCarthy effortlessly carries the picture with a typically spirited performance (particularly when she turns the air blue with some of the most inspired swearing this side of The Thick of It) and has a nicely spikey rapport with Rose Byrne as her nemesis, Rayna Boyanov, Jude Law is as blandly ‘meh’ as he’s been in anything else I’ve seen him in and I could have done with far less of Miranda Hart in the sidekick role.

gamely throws herself into the film’s high octane action set pieces

The revelatory turn here, though, surely must be Jason Statham. While the rest of the world seems to have enthusiastically embraced ‘The Stath’ as the premier action movie star of our times, I’ve struggled to get on

board with this assessment which I put down to what I perceived as his utterly humourless demeanour. Well, it seems I have unfairly underestimated Mr Statham who here shows off his rarely glimpsed, impressive comedic chops bringing some of the movie’s biggest laughs and damn near stealing every scene he’s in.

As the two funniest people in the movie McCarthy and Statham also seem to be participating in a kind of job-swap for, as The Stath gives his funny bones a work out, McCarthy gamely throws herself into the film’s high octane action set pieces (surprisingly deftly

handled by Feig) particularly a superbly choreographed kitchen-set knife fight.

On the whole, Spy gets by on its buoyant, daft energy and the strength of its central performances. It has enough laughs so as not to disappoint but it falls somewhat short of being a Bridesmaidsstyle comedy blockbuster.

It does further confirm, though, that as a director and star combo Feig and McCarthy are a winning team and goes some way to assuaging one’s instinctive scepticism regarding their upcoming gender-flipped Ghostbusters remake.

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Two Leeds Beckett University academics were recently shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Yorkshire award for their animations which were commissioned by the Kaiser Chiefs for their tour earlier this year. enior Lecturer in Broadcast Media Technologies, Tim Blackwell, was approached in December 2014 for the group’s arena tour which took place in January and February this year, culminating in a sold out concert at Leeds’s First Direct Arena.

He worked with colleague and award-winning animator, Ashley Dean, to develop a film to accompany ‘The Occupation’, a poem written by singer Ricky Wilson, which featured on their 2014 album, ‘Education, Education, Education and War’.

Tim has a long association with the band, having studied with Ricky at Leeds Beckett. “We were under quite a bit of pressure to turn the work around quickly in time for the Kaiser Chiefs tour, so there wasn’t much time to enjoy any plaudits that came our way”, he said. “I’m proud to be nominated for the award alongside Ashley, as it gives us an opportunity to demonstrate to our students the value in teamwork and underlines how important the bonds they make on the Broadcast Media Technologies course may prove in their professional lives. “‘The Occupation’ is about the futility of war, narrated from a soldier’s perspective, so we knew we ideally wanted to create something visually striking that drew on the iconography of war, but that was removed from time and place”, said Tim. “We discussed Raymond Briggs, Pink Floyd and Terry Gilliam as points of reference. During the tour the poem was narrated in a pre-record by actor Bill Nighy. The only direction from the

Pictured: Tim Blackwell & Ashley Dean

The Occupation’ is about the futility of war, narrated from a soldier’s perspective

band was that they wanted something poignant to reflect the mood of the poem and a moment in their live set.”

The first that the Kaiser Chief’s saw of the animated film was a week before their UK Arena tour was due to start at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

“Thankfully they really loved it,” said Tim. The film has been shortlisted

in the Animation and Visual Effects category in the RTS Yorkshire awards, which celebrate excellence in production in Yorkshire across all platforms, from documentaries to news and current affairs, and the latest cutting edge formats such as animation and multi-platform media.

NOFX Thu 2 July, O2

Academy, £28.75. Cult punk band formed in early 80s & summed up new wave of American punk. Also appearing: Alkaline Trio, Lagwagon

Glass Caves Fri 3 July,

Brudenell Club, £7.70.

Pontefract 5-piece fuses agitated rhythms, yo-yoing guitars & dissonant keyboards with vocals that splinter then soar.

Perfectly formed ballsy alt-rock.

Phil Odgers Fri 3 Jul, Chemic Tavern, £8.80. Frontman of legendary folk rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. Support from Leeds folk legend Gary Kaye, described as The Woody Guthrie of the West Riding.

Summer Songwriting Showcase Fri 3 July Seven

Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton featuring Marion Zubryzcki, Giles Winterton, Tila & Tavelah, Natalie Duncan, Christella & Rob Green. With band; Jonnie Khan, Kenny Higgins & Carl Robinson.

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Tell Me What Yo’ Singin’ For Fri 3 July, Howard

Assembly Room, £8.25 A concert of calypsos celebrating the pioneer of Caribbean music in 1950s Britain: Edric Connor.

Smokestack Sat 4 July, 8pm, The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr, Gledhow, LS8 1RG, £3.50. Roundhay band performing eclectic mix of rock/ pop covers.

Seven Jazz: Riley StoneLonergan Quartet Sun 5

July, 1.30 - 4pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Lane LS7. £7/5.

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Arrested Development

Mon 6 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £19.80. Laid back, funky, conscious hip-hop outfit with hits including ‘People Everyday’, ‘Mr Wendall’ & ‘Tennessee’.

Modest Mouse Wed 8 Jul, O2 Academy, £19.25. Eccentric, angular, post-grunge American indie.

The Petty Heartbreakers

Thu 9 Jul, Duck & Drake, Free.

A celebration of the great Tom Petty. with & without The Heartbreakers.

Jah Wobble Fri 10 Jul,

Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. A fantastic aural journey through dub, world, ambient & avantrock music.

Garforth Arts Festival - The Playground Party

Sat 11 Jul, Garforth Academy, 2 - 11pm, £22 - £61. Brand New Heavies + Seth Lakeman + Femi Kuti & The Positive Force + BBC Big Band + Clare Teal + Ubunye + Garforth Jazz Rock Band (GJRB)

Tessa Smith Sextet Sun 12

July,1.30 -4pm SevenArts £7/5 Featuring Lorne Cowieson, trumpet, Andy Cholerton piano, Bruce Reid bass, Stuart McDonald sax & clarinet, John Arnesen drums

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12 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £14.30. Unpredictable singer-songwriter, multiinstrumentalist & founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Jolie Holland Tue 14 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £12.10.

Rough & country, blues & folk.

Bette Midler Wed 15 Jul,

First Direct Arena, £50 - £100.

Multiple Grammy Award®winning singer & legendary performer.

Curtis Eller Wed 15 Jul, Otley Courthouse, £8 - £12. Thu 16 Jul, Belgrave Music Hall, £11.

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Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip

Sat 18 Jul, Seven Arts, £8.

Part comedian, singer & performance artist, Mik & his

band play hilarious, twisted rock ‘n’ roll.

Chapel A House Concerts: Dave Bainbridge (of Iona band fame) Sat 18 July from

Temptations, Diana Ross &The Supremes, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, Isley Brothers & scores more.

6pm. Playing emotive guitar, bouzouki, piano, traditional jigs & reels, songs from Iona & solo albums. With vocalist Sally Minnear from Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Details: www.ChapelAHouseConcerts. co.uk, 07946 754 599

Badly Drawn Boy Thu 30 Jul, City Varieties Music Hall, £21.05 - £22.70. ‘Beatific, rhythm-infested melodies, resplendent in wondrous brass, stark string accompaniment & obscure found sounds’.

Seven Jazz Summer Cafe

Belgrave Music Hall, £5.50 £9.35. Gifted & dynamic six piece acoustic/alt-folk band from Leeds.

Sun 19 Jul, Inkwell, 4pm, £5 - £7. Bring your horn, your axe, voice or just come & listen to the fun £7 (£5 concession & performers). The jazz workshop band will have a couple of tunes for you as well.

Best Friends Tue 21 Jul, Oporto, £6.60.Fuzzy garage pop.

Rosanne Cash Tue 21 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £32.40.

Cash’s music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock & blues.

Stereo MCs Thu 23 Jul,

Brudenell Social Club, £19.25.

Funky lo-fi beats & melodic raps.

The Big Easy Fri 24 Jul, Seven Arts, £8 - £10. Covering the very best of ‘good time’ jazz, blues & rhythm & blues with energy & style.

Leeds Ska, Mod & Punk Festival Sat 25 Jul,

Millennium Square, £35.10, 5:30pm. Featuring: Buzzcocks, Neville Staple, The Lambrettas, Aces.

Cherry Glazerr Sat 25 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £7.75.

Shoe gazey, lo-fi dream pop with post punk & surf pop influences.

Magic Of Motown Featuring Gwen Dickey

Thu 30 Jul, Millennium Square, £16.50 - £33. The music of the

Jacobean Ruff Fri 31 Jul,

New Roots: Captain of the Lost Waves Fri 31 July, 8pm

at New Headingley Club, 56 St Margaret’s Rd. LS6. Intriguing music, song & stories. On his way to Edinburgh Festival. £6

Leeds Bluegrass Club

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

Rock & Blues Jam Session Every Tues at The Grove

Inn, Back Row, Holbeck from 8.30pm. Friendly atmosphere with singers, musicians & audience. All welcome.

Jaquelyn Hynes Trio Fri 31 July Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, with J.Eoin (guitar/ vocals) & Steph West (harp).

Special guest, Joe Kemp. Tickets £7 www.sevenleeds.co.uk Pan Jumby Sun 26 Jul @

SevenArts 1.30 - 4pm £7/5. The calypso/jazz sounds of best jazz steel pan player in UK, Chapeltown’s Dudley Nesbitt.

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The Abbey Runners Eccup 10 mile road race takes place on Sunday 5th July starting at 9.30am. has been staged, with local charity Wheatfields Hospice (Sue Ryder) being a major beneficiary.

The club would like to thank main race sponsor Ring, together with sponsors Gordons LLP, Baker Tilly, Hallam Solicitors, Sharp Consultancy, and Leeds Building Society.

For all the latest news, including postal entry forms and information on junior races, visit www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/ eccup-10/ or email eccup10@ abbeyrunners.co.uk

one lap run on closed scenic roads in and around Adel and Eccup, the race is one of the highlights of the club’s year and really enjoyed by the athletes.

There will also be junior races and a family fun run.

The main change this year is the Race HQ – the race will now start from Adel St John The Baptist C of E Primary School, Long Causeway, LS16 8EX. The Abbey club raised £3,750 last year and has raised over £30,000 over the 21 years the race

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Laura Crane Trust Funds Chill Out Space at St James’ Connor Woods, who lives in Chapel Allerton and attends Abbey Grange Academy recently attained another Personal Best of 49.53 when he won the U-17 400m at the 2015 Yorkshire Athletics Championships in Cudworth, as well as adding the 200m title to his range of gold medals. nother prodigy of Lutel James and the Chapeltown Youth Development Football set up, Connor had trained with Leeds United as a 14 year old. Soon after his school asked him to travel with their athletics’ team to the West Yorkshire Schools’ Championships at Cleckheaton in June 2013 as they were short a runner in the 200m U-15 category. He had never run before in any competition but he surprised everyone by beating a field of long time junior athletes in a time of 23.93. In six further meetings that Summer he won three!

As luck would have it, in the crowd that day was the renowned track coach Brian Scobie, who holds senior coaching roles at English Athletics and UK Athletics. He noted Connor’s potential and invited him to train at the Leeds City Athletics Club.

That was two years ago. In the last 12 months Connor has continued to impress by winning a number of firsts at athletics events.

Connor’s next target is the English Schools International later this Summer. Look out for him on athletics tracks in the future.

The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust has many ongoing projects at St James’ Hospital. Its latest funding has helped build a chill-out space and treatment room for young patients aged 13 – 24 in the radiotherapy department, where it match-funded £20,000 for the construction, and plans to give a further £10,000 to equip the unit when completed.

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Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Leeds are investing a combined £1 million to improve health and wellbeing across the city.

Shayan Siraj from Bramhope, a Year 9 pupil at The Grammar School at Leeds, recently won his first national title and quickly followed it up with a second when he claimed victory in both singles and doubles for his age group.

Photo: Karen Rangely

HS Leeds North CCG and Leeds South and East CCG, have launched the NHS CCG Third Sector Health Grants scheme, aimed at reducing the gap in life expectancy between the most deprived and most affluent communities and reducing health inequalities. Funding is available to support various projects – such as developing or delivering services, establishing and maintaining partnerships and involving people in community activities surrounding health and wellbeing.

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by Leeds Community Foundation, the largest independent grantmaking organisation in the city, and activities being targeted include tackling alcohol addiction, providing support for those with mental health concerns and addressing the healthcare needs of children.

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He was competing in the Table Tennis England U-11 – U-14 national championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. In the final, Shayan came back from 0-2 and 8-10 down and held on through three very close games to win his first national title.

There was a sense of déjà vu in the doubles final, as Shayan and his partner James Smith from Kent went 0-2 down against Harry Dai and Ethan Walsh. Once again, he came back from the brink as he and James rescued the match to win the last three games by a convincing margin and make it Shayan’s second title of the day.

Shayan qualified for the national championships through his UK ranking, and was seeded fourth for the competition. He has represented England in a number of competitions in singles and with his doubles partner James Smith.

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Learn to Skateboard with Sk8Safe Sk8 Safe in the Community recently launched a Crowd Funding bid to raise £10,000 to run skate park community events across the UK. If successful, we can expect to see events in Harrogate and Leeds where councils have invested in Sk8 Safe’s services consistently over the last 12 years.

Leeds Children’s Day 2015 The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation and Leeds Rhinos Foundation, in partnership with Garry Chappelow, Mears, British Gas, Irwin Mitchell and Child Friendly Leeds, will host this year’s Leeds Children’s Day on Sunday 19th July.

Last year, over 5,000 people were entertained by cricket, rugby and football tournaments

undreds of competitors and aspiring riders are brought together for these events. DJs provide a great atmosphere while the Sk8 Safe team manages the competitions and supports key peer mentors at the park.

In the run up to confirmation of its Summer dates, you can Learn to Skateboard at Otley Skate Park, Wharfemeadows Park, Farnley Lane, Otley LS21 2BH, from 27th – 31st July, 1 – 3pm every day – Free!

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This annual event is held across the cricket and rugby grounds at Headingley Stadium.

Last year, over 5,000 people were entertained by cricket, rugby and football tournaments, and activities hosted by the likes of The Works Skatepark, Manic Science, Snozone, Lightwater Valley, Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds Carnegie Basketball Club and many more.

The gates for Leeds Children’s Day open at 10.30am and don’t close until 4pm. Admission is absolutely free for everyone – as are all the activities. So take the family along and enjoy a fantastic day at Headingley Stadium!

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Get Active with Carnegie Sports Camps

eeds Beckett University has lined up an exciting programme of Carnegie Junior Rackets and Athletics camps at Headingley Campus from 27th July to 28th August.

The camps are based at the University’s Carnegie Sports Centre, where children will have access to some of the finest tennis and sports hall facilities in the country.

“The camps are fun, friendly and a great opportunity for children to keep active over the holidays”, said Kirsty Mcphee, Racket Sports Development Officer at Leeds Beckett. “They will have access to high-class facilities and the opportunity to work with an elite coaching team. The teaching is focused on specific sports, developing new skills whilst improving existing ones.”

Both camps will be led by performance coaches The Junior Rackets Camp (ages 8 – 14) focuses on four racket sports – tennis, badminton, squash and table tennis. It runs from 9am to 4pm every day for a week, alternating each week throughout the Summer programme with a pure Tennis Camp, which runs from 10am to 4pm.

Both camps will be led by performance coaches. Children will be placed in appropriate groups, according to age and ability. They can choose to attend the Tennis Camp any day for £20 (£90 for the full week), or Rackets for £25 a day (£110 for the week).

A Mini Tennis Red Camp (ages 4 – 7) will run from 9 -10am each day for £5.50 per session or £25 for a full week.

The Athletics Summer Camp (ages 8 – 16) is a balanced programme of activities, techniques, skills and games delivered by fully qualified UK Athletics coaches. Participants will take part in a wide range of events, including: sprinting, hurdles, javelin, discus, long jump, shot put and high jump.

Once again, children are split into appropriate groups. The five-day camp (10am to 1pm) is priced at £60, with individual days available for £14.

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RJC Dance Summer Camps 2015 JC Dance is a nationally recognised Black British dance organisation based at the Mandela Centre, Chapeltown, with youth development and education at its heart. It maximises the creative potential of young people by offering regular opportunities to dance, perform and achieve.

This Summer they are running two dance camps, offering up to 40 young people the chance to engage in contemporary urban dance styles, complemented by encouraging the development of their choreographic ideas.

RJC Dance offers young people an authentic experience that focuses on how dance can unlock their potential, creativity and style rather than limiting their dance experience to the perfection

of technique. All abilities are welcome. At the end of the week participants will present a ‘sharing’ of their work to family, friends and guests.

The dates are: 27th – 31st July for 12 – 17 year olds; and, 3rd – 7th August for 8 – 11. Places are limited so booking is essential. For full details

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On 19th May, 350 budding junior triathletes took part in the annual Leeds Bradford Triathlon Club Junior Aquathlon. s part of Stockeld Park’s Summer Adventure, CBBC star and TV presenter Naomi Wilkinson will appear on stage on Saturday 18th July to inspire young explorers to get outside and enjoy nature, and she will be joined by the Reptile Rangers and their amazing creatures.

The Martin House Colour Run is a 3.5km course across stunning parkland, on Sunday 19th July in aid of the children’s hospice. Start in a bright white t-shirt and finish as unique, colourful works of art! To register, call 01937 844569 or visit events@martinhouse.org. uk. Runners get a third off the entry price.

In addition, children can enjoy the roller rink, Enchanted Forest filled with interactive playgrounds, the huge yew maze, giant inflatable slide, electric scooter trail, plus an indoor wet weather play area and craft zone.

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woodland, Stockeld Park’s Summer Adventure is open daily from 10am – 6pm from 15th July to 7th September.

An aquathlon consists of a swim followed immediately by a run. The event was held at The Edge sports complex at Leeds University. The swim was in the pool that the Brownlee brothers and the GB performance squad train in, followed by a run on a closed road loop around the campus, with distances varying according to age group from a 50 metre swim and 600m run for eight years olds, to a 400m swim and 3km run for 13-18 year olds.

Prizes were awarded to the top three in each category, whilst everyone received a finishers’ medal.

The results are on www.lbt. org.uk. Next year’s event will be on the same weekend and entries will open in March.

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Early Years Appointment at Richmond House Richmond House School, Far Headingley, recently appointed Mark Jones as new Reception teacher. ark has ten years’ teaching experience in a primary environment and has been working at Richmond House School as supply cover since May 2014.

“In the short time he has been at the school he has developed strong relationships with pupils and staff” said Mrs Jane Disley, Headmistress.

“He has a nurturing, enthusiastic and caring nature – traits we look for in all of our staff. We place great importance on developing strong bonds between staff and pupils as we feel this individual attention builds confidence in children and enables staff to identify the unique strengths and talents in each child.”

Mark joins three other male teachers at Richmond House School. “We are pleased that we have both male and female teachers, particularly in the Early Years, which is traditionally a female dominated environment”, said Mrs Disley.

Froebelian Opens New Nursery in Horsforth The Froebelian School will open its First Steps at Froebelian on New Road Side, Horsforth, this Summer. Open to children aged three months to five years, the nursery will focus on allowing children to learn, play and develop their full potential whilst having fun.

Early years expert Rachel Burton, an experienced early years teacher, joins the team as Head of the Nursery. As well as working for a National Children’s charity and as an Ofsted inspector, Rachel also ran her own successful nursery in Huddersfield, First Steps at Froebelian will have close links with the Froebelian School, which has been educating children in Horsforth since 1913 and is one of the top prep schools in country, and children attending the nursery will have preferential entry to the main school at age three.

The nursery offers full day, morning or afternoon sessions from 7.30am to 6pm and is open Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year.

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Leeds Youth Dance Groups Through to National Competition n April, 25 youth dance groups from around Yorkshire performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Yorkshire Dance as part of Fresh 2015. The competition was fierce but the judges finally chose ‘Atmosphere’ (Cockburn School, Beeston) and ‘DAZL Male Youth Dance Company’ (Leeds) to go on to U.Dance (Youth Dance England’s annual competition) in Plymouth from 22nd – 25th July.

The judges commented that Atmosphere’s ‘The Wolf’ ‘stood out stylistically from the rest of the programme’. The piece followed Red Riding Hood and the Woodcutter on a dark journey through the forest and

Engaging, authentic and visually strong questioned the idea of whether or not ‘good’ can always overcome ‘evil’.

DAZL’s ‘Contaminated’ was described as ‘thoroughly engaging, authentic and visually strong’. It looked at transmitted diseases and

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Fresh 2015 was a fantastic success, with a huge amount of talent presented by all young people involved. Bring on Fresh 2016!

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Over 150 people helped Woodcraft Folk to celebrate their 90th anniversary with an afternoon of den building, crafts, a sea monster parade and fire juggling in May.

ince 1925, Woodcraft Folk have used outdoor activities and games to promote big ideas like sustainability and democracy through fun. Weekly groups, weekend trips and summer camps aim to be affordable and open to all.

You can try out Woodcraft Folk activities at Woodhouse Ridge Festival on 5th July, Kirkstall Festival and Chapel Allerton School Fair, both on 11th July, and Hyde Park Unity Day. Woodcraft Folk is growing in West Yorkshire and aims to create places for 400 more children, plus 120 new leaders by March 2016. Their Youth United Foundation funding is government money from bankers’ LIBOR fines. It encourages young people to get involved in social action through joining groups. Four new groups have already opened in Leeds this year, with more planned soon

in Kirkstall/ Bramley, Middleton and Allerton Bywater.

Your nearest weekly group: Woodchips (under 6s) Shire

Oak School, Headingley, Fri 3.30-4.30pm; Lilac, Bramley, Sat 10.30 -11.30am; Meanwood Institute, Thu 4-5pm; and near Potternewton Park, Mon 4:155:15pm.

Elfins (6-9s) Shire Oak School, Headingley, Thu 6-7.15pm; near Potternewton Park, Mon 4:155:15pm; Meanwood Community

Centre, Mon 6.15-7.30pm; and Gledhow School, Thu 6.157.15pm.

Pioneers (10-12s) Meanwood Community Centre, Mon 6.157.30pm.

To find out how your child can join, or to get involved, please contact Ellie on 07850 391637, ellie@woodcraft.org. uk, Facebook: Woodcraft Folk - West Yorkshire New Groups Project or see www.woodcraft. org.uk/ngp

hildren and staff at Rose Court, the nursery and pre-prep of The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), teamed up and recorded a CD as a tribute to retiring head Anne Pickering, whose love of music was an inspiration throughout her 25 years leading the school.

“I chose the title ‘Time for a Song’ because Anne has always been so incredibly supportive of music”, said music teacher Chris Turner. “At Rose Court there was always ‘time for a song’!”

“There’s nothing I would rather be associated with more than music”

said Anne. “Music teaches so many other skills – listening, cooperation, teamwork, self-confidence and selfesteem. A musical school is a good school; children can develop a love of music that stays with them for life.”

GSAL’s principal and chief executive Mike Gibbons said: “Anne has been an outstanding head teacher, who was loved and respected by pupils, parents and staff. Many of our senior pupils started their school career with Anne at Rose Court and think of her with great affection.

“We are sorry to see her go and wish her a long and happy retirement.”

The CD was recorded by School Recording Stars and the sleeve artwork is by Year 2 pupil Dimitra Pountou, who won a competition to design the cover.

Anne Pickering’s successor will be current deputy head Mrs Jo Hall.

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Alwoodley Community Association Badminton Club Friendly group welcomes all abilities for badminton & social events Mon from 9pm & Wed from 8.30pm. Details:

Vicky 07561 292699, Phil 268 9996, acabc@gmx. co.uk, www.alwoodley communityassociation. co.uk

most welcome. Friendly social atmosphere & good light exercise. Drop in & give it a try. Details: Brian K. 07527

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Join Team St Gemma’s for Leeds 10K Guaranteed places Sun 12 July – £25 each. Runners are asked to raise as much sponsorship money as possible. Details:

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Join Team YCC for Leeds 10K Sun 12 July.

Carpet Bowls Section Meets Fri, 7.30 – 9.30pm. Mixed membership, mostly aged 60+ but younger age groups

Yorkshire Marathon Sun 11 Oct. Yorkshire Cancer Centre, St James’s Hospital has guaranteed places for these

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meets Wed (term time), 7.30 – 9.30pm at Baptist Church, Moortown LS17 6AA. Friendly group – all ages & abilities welcome. Adm £1.50 Details:

Korfball in Adel Free sessions all Summer. Mondays 6.30pm at Bedquilts Playing Fields. Men & women welcome, no experience required, look for the yellow basket. Details: leedskorfball@gmail.com or Leeds City Korfball on Facebook

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

268 0266/ 01977 510508

Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club trains Mon 7.15pm at Adel, matches Saturdays.

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North Leeds Leopards are looking for new players for their U15 team (Year 10) for 2015. Details: coach Lee

Baines, 07913 385533

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon Sun 11 Oct. Run for St Gemma’s Hospice. They have 20 places & would love you to join the team. Details:

5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs.

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Ramgarhia Sports Centre Adults: Circuit Training (Mon & Wed 6.30 – 7.30pm; Fri 6 – 7pm). £5 per class. Children: Cricket (ages 8-16, Sun 10am – noon); Hockey (Fri, 5 – 6pm). £2 per class. All abilities welcome. Details: 262 5657,

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Roundhay parkrun Sat 8.45am for 9am start, at the bandstand near The Mansion.

Free 5k timed run for all ages & abilities. Details: www.

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Details: David Shaw 285 7480, d.c.shaw@leeds.ac.uk

Run/ Walk with the Rhinos in Leeds 10K, Sun 12 July. Run with Leeds Rhinos legend Jamie Peacock & attend post race ‘Finishers Breakfast!’ All sponsorship to be split between Leeds Rhinos Foundation & Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Details: www.

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least one walk (5-12 miles) most weekends. All welcome & no membership charge.

Walkabout! Alwoodleybased friendly group enjoys short, medium or long walks, at weekends, evenings & midweek, both local & further afield. Social activities too. All welcome. Details: Barbara Wakefield 285 7136, Sarah Barnes 261 9212, Nicky Whitfield 267 9867 www. alwoodleywalkabout.org.uk

Tai Chi Classes Mon & Wed, 7 - 8pm Chapel Allerton Primary School, Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD. Details: 07581

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White Rose Canoe Club meets Roundhay Park Lake & Fearnville Sports Centre swimming pool. Club sessions Sat afternoons & Tues pm. Beginners to World Champions! ‘Try It’ sessions held monthly.Details: www.

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Yorkshire Cancer Centre Places available in range of worldwide challenges. Trek, cycle or sled to raise funds for cancer patients at St James’s Hospital. Details: Tif 206

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Details: John Irving 293 1465

2pm. Quality donated tack, rugs, horsey items. Details

Chinese Brush Painters Society 10am - 4pm at

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Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. Sat 18/ Sun 19 July: Workshops on painting traditional landscape & animals (horse & tiger)

by Kaili Fu, famous artist from Exeter. New members welcome. Details: Anne

2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton.

Practicals & demonstrations.

14 July: Workshop with Charles Kelly - wet in wet.

28 July: Practical with David Wilson - mixed media.

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Allan 01422 368482, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk

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Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed 7 –

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Meets Wed 29 July, 2pm at Almscliffe Village Hall, LS17 6EG. National Demonstrator Jonathan Moseley from The Big Allotment Challenge & Florist to Chatsworth House presents ‘In Special Celebration’. Visitors welcome.

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Make It Free craft drop-in Thurs 12.30 – 2.30pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7 2PP

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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.

Car Boot & Tack Sale Sat 11 July, 10am – 3pm at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd). General goods & equine section, refreshments, meet the ponies. Tack& General Goods Sale every 2nd Sat, 11am –

Alwoodley Art Group Meets Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17 2NZ. Practical meetings, workshops, demonstrations & talks. Details: 2251546,

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Chapel Allerton Allotments & Gardens Summer Show Sat 18 July, 3 - 4pm Methodist Centre, Town St, Chapel Allerton.

Lots of competition classes to see incl Flowers, Veg, Home Produce, Children’s Crafts.

Plants & gardening supplies on sale. Find out about bees.

Refreshments. Auction of Produce 4.15pm. Adm £1.

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Community Cafe Thurs 11am – 2pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church.

Bookstall, ENEHL Debt & Benefit Advice, Police Contact Point, free wifi & help available. Followed by craft club.

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock. Details: www.

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Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12 noon run jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

of ancient woodland on Roundhay Rd at Oakwood.

Nearly 40 bird species can be spotted + lots of flowers... famous for its carpet of bluebells. Details: Christine

GROUPS/CLUBS

266 7569 & Facebook.

Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings Sat 9.45am –12

aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Regular guest speakers, trips & social events.

Details: Dave Senior 282 1818, www.airyorkshire. org.uk

Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed, 7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details:

Paul Gelder 269 7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www.alwoodleychessclub. org.uk

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

Friends of Allerton Grange Fields Friendly group of volunteers working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome. Details:

foagf@outlook.com, www. friendsallertongrange.org

Friends of Gipton Woods meet monthly to preserve & enhance the 8 hectares

noon. Meet on carriageway in the woods, near lake jetty. Help protect, preserve & enhance the Woods, through variety of tasks like bench installation, footpath construction, litter picking & bulb planting. Details: www.

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached. Improve your social life & make new friends.

Not a dating agency. Details:

Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends. org.uk

Leeds Budgerigar Society meets 1st Tues,

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues,

8pm at Troydale Recreational Club, Troydale Grove, Pudsey, LS28 9LA. Old friends & new members welcome. Details:

8pm St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple – includes all events & admission to Leeds Flower, Vegetable & Craft Show. Details: Pat 225

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

fgvw.co.uk

Friends of Wigton Moor Woods Friendly group meets

7.30pm at St Columba’s United Reform Church, Headingley Lane LS6.

Debs 07943 277867, Anne 07530 040349, friendsof wigtonmoorwoods@gmail. com, & Facebook

Gledhow Valley Conservation Area Group Voluntary group focusing on heritage of area. All welcome. Details:

gvcag@yahoo.co.uk, www. gledhow.org.uk

Greenpeace Leeds meet 1st Mon of month, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2 (by The Calls). Join the growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details: Joe 07929

610773, www.greenpeace. org.uk/groups

Can you give a rescue cat a safe & loving home well away from a busy road?

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

Leeds Cactus & Succulent Society meets

monthly at Wigton Moor UR church hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks. New members welcome. Details:

Leeds Feline Friends

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

Leeds Caledonian Society New members welcome. Details: www.

leedscaledonians.org.uk

Leeds Cat Rescue rehabilitates lost, neglected & forgotten cats & kittens.

If you can offer a cat a loving home, please contact them. Details: 268

0488, leedscatrescue@ googlemail.com, www. leedscatrescue.btck.co.uk

Leeds Elmet Probus Club provides a social gathering for retired men from professional & business backgrounds. Meets last Tues of month, 12 noon at Leeds 17 Restaurant, Nursery Lane, for lunch followed by guest speaker & short business meeting. Details: Keith

Robson 230 1559

0030, www.leedshs.org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets Tues 21 July at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.

Details: 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds National Trust Association meets monthly at St. Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Far Headingley.

New members welcome (£8pa). Details: 01924

892681cmsherborne@ btopenworld.com

Leeds Oxfam Group have raised thousands of pounds over the past year.

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

www.oxfamleeds.org.uk & facebook

Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, LS8. New members welcome. Details:

www.lps1852.co.uk

Community Notices

76 Leeds Probus Club for retired professional/ businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane LS7 for social gatherings with speakers. Details: 266 2310

Leeds N.E. Probus Club meets 2nd Mon, 10am – 12 noon Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr. Oakwood, LS8 4AB for speaker’s meeting on interesting topic, & other Mondays for bowls or snooker. The club is for retired professional & business men. Details: 265 7064,

dongoodman48@msn.com

Leeds Rotaract Group 18-30s professionals & students meet 2nd & 4th Wed, 7pm at Cosmopolitan Hotel,

Leeds, to socialise, network & support good causes. New members welcome. Details:

www.facebook.com/ leedsrotaractclub

Moortown Community Group. Friendly volunteers working to maintain & enhance the local environment including proposed Moortown Park. New members welcome. Details:

266 8480, moortown communitygroup@ hotmail.co.uk, wwwmoor towncommunitygroup.co.uk

Moortown Social Club Cranmer Gardens LS17. Mon 7.30pm Lindy Hop; Wed 7.30pm Rock ‘n’ Roll (£2); Thurs 8pm Bingo; 1st Fri of month Northern Soul & Motown; Sat 7.30pm Free

& Easy with drummer & organist plus Bingo (£1.50); Sun - Artist & bingo.

North Leeds Friendship Centre Friendly group for retired & over 50s – outings, lunches, ten pin bowling, theatre visits & more. Social afternoons with speakers 2nd Fri, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd. New members welcome. Details: Eileen

269 0084

Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events.

Looking for new members.

Details or to book a speaker: 261 3758/ 01943 467299

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Roundhay Planning Forum works with local people, councillors & City Council Officers to influence local planning decisions & deliver key actions & aspirations from the Roundhay Ward Neighbourhood Design Statement. New members welcome. Details: https://

sites.google.com/site/ roundhayplanningforum/ nds

Slaid Hill In Bloom Next working party Sat 11th July, 10am-12noon. Meet outside Dexter Pub LS17 8TX. New volunteers welcome. Lunch & chat 12.30. Details: Geoff &

Margaret Tothill 268 7448, www.slaidhillinbloom.org

The 52 Club provides a social gathering for retired & semi retired men from professional & business backgrounds. Meets 2nd Mon of each month, 12 noon at Leeds Golf Centre, Wike Ridge for lunch, followed by guest speaker. Details: Peter Spence 269 4269

West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society meets Wed 15 July, 7.30pm at Moorside Tenants & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. Bramley LS13. ‘Getting Ready for the Shows’ will cover those points which could help improve your chances of winning. New members & visitors welcome. Details:

256 3055

Writers Group (Leeds Borders erstwhile writers group) Meets every other Monday at Bridget’s Bar, Victoria Hotel, Leeds. All kinds of writers in all styles.

Currently looking for new members. Details: text

07804 191189, vince.mihill@ jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk

MUSIC African Drum Class Tues 8 – 10pm, Inkwell Arts, Potternewton Lane.

Learn African rhythms on Djembe & Percussion.

Beginners welcome (drum loan available) £5 per session (1st class free). Details:

07765 943107, ianto. knockonwood@gmail.com

Alwoodley Community Choir meets Wed, 5.45 – 7.15pm in Lord Darcy, Harrogate Rd. Friendly group, all ages & abilities, singing pops, standards, shows songs.

New members welcome.

Details: Jean 07855 059990

Alwoodley Singers Wanted, new members!

Ability to read music preferable but not essential.

Rehearsals Thurs 8 - 10pm at ACA Hall, The Ave, LS17 7NZ.

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

816 086, dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com

Players for Pleasure offer playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians.

All levels, instruments & ages over 18. New performers welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www.

playersforpleasure.co.uk

Details: Alan 294 3370

Leeds Folk Fiddle Group

Roundhay Ukulele Group

Collingham Training Band for beginners on wind

is urgently seeking more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave.

Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8. All abilities welcome. £6 per session. Details: jen@

or brass instruments, children & adults. £20 per term. Join now to start Sept. Details:

www.collinghamband.co.uk

Instrumental Jazz Workshop - alt Sat 2.30 - 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7. Classes for people who want to play jazz & improvise.

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

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

James Farrell Concert Band rehearses Tues 7.45 – 10pm at Dewsbury Rd Social Club. Friendly community band playing show/film music, marches & more. New players welcome. Details: 293

1779, www.jfconcertband. com

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident sight-reader?

Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University.

Details: secretary@ leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

Details: Iveta 07547 112171, leeds.violin@gmail.com

Leeds Haydn Players Concert Sun 5 July, 3.30pm West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16 5BB. Programme: Haydn Oboe concerto (soloist Liz Kenwood), Haydn Symphony No.70, Mozart Divertimento k136, Mozart Four Contre danses k101/250a. Conductor Chris Pelly. Tickets £10

on door or from Robin Jakeways 01943 466331, r.jakeways@btopenworld. com

Mixed Voices Choir Mon 7.45 – 9.45pm Tree Tops Community Centre, Shadwell Lane, LS17. Singing musicals, pop & light classical songs.

Perform concerts throughout the year. Details: Anne or

Tracy 07914 833394

Phoenix Concert Band Community for players of Grade 6 standard & over.

Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm The Grammar School at Leeds, Tebb Room. Details:

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

bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup. wordpress.com

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

Details: Jean Watson jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Society of Recorder Players – meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley. Different conductors take each meeting.

Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome. Details: Caroline

01943 467348

Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Hse, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Singing songs from classical to pop. Ability to read music preferable. Details: Tracy

07914 833394

Community Notices

78 Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm. Friendly, informal string orchestra of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome.

Specific beginners’ group for those new to playing. Details:

www.ylss.org

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

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

SENIORS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours (CAGN)

& Paul 268 2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_ chaplin@hotmail.com

Don’t Act Your Age A social improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome – just go along.

Details: Ron Wiener 266 7722

Games, Giggles & Gossip Wed, 2 - 4pm at Methodist Church Hall, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Enjoy anything from dominos & bridge to Snakes & Ladders or Snap! Plus a chat with tea/ coffee & a biscuit or bun of course! £1.50. Details:

Royal Voluntary Service 887 3597

Lunch Club & Over 55s Club Wed 12 – 3pm. Two

3595

Angela 225 3766, www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk

RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elders

Wigton Moor Friendship Guild meets 3rd Wed,

(CARE) welcomes people over 65 on Thurs, 1.303.30pm at Brackenwood Community Centre. Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & special interest clubs. Details:

Wigton Moor UR Church, High Ash Dr. LS17. Speakers, slide shows, presentations, & outings. Try them out for just £2 (incl refreshments).

Natter sessions. Details: 887

Andrew or Sue 887 3595

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

or Sarah 887 3596

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Tues 1.45 – 3.30pm

course meal £3.50 followed by fun activities. Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank, LS17. Details: 268

at Terry Yorath House, Devonshire Ave. Club for over 65s who would like to make new friends & take part in wide range of activities.

3597

9993

Details: Carole 269 6632

Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15

RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours Dementia Café Mon

Stainbeck URC Lunch Club Stainbeck Rd. Mon &

– 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne

12.30 – 2pm at Inkwell Café, Potternewton Lane, LS7. Also Singing for the Brain, arts & crafts, Tai Chi, & Knit &

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SPIRITUAL

RVS MENA Community Café Fri am Meanwood

welcomes local seniors 1st Tues, 2pm at Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre. Interesting speakers, refreshments & laughter. Details: Daisy 887

Details: Maureen 268 0815, Alan 294 3370.

Alwoodley Park Methodist Church, The Avenue, LS17 7BX Sunday service: 10.45am.

All welcome. Weekly activities. Details: www.

leedsnandemethodist.org. uk/alwoodley.php

Christian Science Church Sunday Services & Sunday School 11am.

Testimony Meeting 1st Wed 8pm. Devonshire Ave. (next to Texaco petrol station) off Street Lane LS8. Bible based, Everyone welcome.

Wed, 11am – 1.30pm (£4).

Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided.

Volunteers welcome. Details:

Avril or Brian 293 5847,

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Chapel Allerton Methodist Church Sunday Services: 10.30am & 6.30pm. Aĺl welcome.

Monthly Explorers’ group for children on Tuesdays. Chapel Allerton Youth Project meets in Methodist Centre (opp church) weekday evenings.

Drop in Group Meditation (free) Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun: 6.30 – 7.30pm) Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations.

Brahma Kumaris, West Park.

Details: 275 7727, leeds@ uk.brahmakumaris.org, www.brahmakumaris.org/ uk/leeds

Drop-in Buddhist Meditation Classes 7.30 - 9.30pm Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood (Tues); HEART, Headingley (Thurs). £5. Details: 265

2118, meditationinleeds@ gmail.com, www. meditationinleeds.org

Eckhart Tolle Stillness Group meets Mon, 7.30

Kagyu Buddhist Group Tues, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Drop-in meditation class practising calm-abiding, reflective meditation suitable for all. £4. Details: 01282

841570, yorkshire@dechen. org, www.dechen.org

Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management.

Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Leeds Theosophical Society Two lectures by Tim Wyatt, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. 5 July: Alchemy: The Eternal Art-Science of Transformation. 19 July: Life on the Razor’s Edge: An Esotericist Adventurer’s Guide. Details: www.ts-

leeds.org.uk

Lidgett Park Methodist Church, Lidgett Place,

- 9.30pm Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Share Eckhart’s DVDs & silent meditation. £3 - £5 suggested donation. All welcome.

Roundhay. Sunday Service & Junior Church 10.30am.

For evening services mid-week activities, see website. Community Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10 – 11.45am. Details: www.

Details: 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com

leedsnandemethodist.org. uk/lidgett.php

Julian Meetings 1st & 3rd Tues, 2pm at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. Silent meditation in the Christian tradition. Details:

Meditation for Beginners Tues 12.30 – 1pm

240 3048/ 273 5865

Details: 07866 760 460, www.jamyangleeds.co.uk

& 6.15 – 7.15pm; Thurs 12:30 – 1pm at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, 31 St Paul’s St LS1.

Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel (City Sq Leeds)

Shadwell Methodist Church Sunday Services:

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

A space of spiritual enquiry sanctuary for the soul

9.30am. Creche for under 5s & Junior Church (9.4510.30am). Coffee after each service. Details: Margaret

Moortown Baptist Church 204 King Lane, LS17. Sunday services 10.30am & 6pm. Range of toddler, children’s, youth, house groups & senior projects through week.

Details: 269 3750, www. moortownbaptistchurch. org.uk

Natural Healing Centre Healing offered Thurs by members of NFSH Healing Trust. 7pm - 8.30pm at The Friend’s Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay, LS8.

Details: 07949 972690, www.leedshealingcentre. org

Roundhay Evangelical Church Sun services 10.30am & 6.30pm at Roundhay Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Drive (near Oakwood Clock). Friendly, informal & bible-centred. All welcome.

Monthly children’s & youth groups plus special events.

Details: www.round hayevangelicalchurch.com

Roundhay Quaker Meeting for Sunday Worship, 10.45am at 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8.

Enjoy an hour of generally silent worship. Children welcome to Sunday School at same time. Details: 293

3684, www.leedsquakers. org.uk

Walker 225 1826

St Andrew’s Roundhay URC (Shaftesbury Ave) Sunday worship 10.30am family worship with children & young people’s groups followed by refreshments.

Communion 1st Sunday; Evening service 6pm 2nd Sunday; Early communion 9.30am 3rd Sunday. Details:

www.standrews.cc; Facebook, @standrewsurc

St Barnabas C of E Church The View, LS17 7NA. Sunday Services 10am (with children’s activities) Families welcome. Coffee drop-in 3rd Wed, 10.30am – 12; Busy Bs, 10.30am – 12.30pm for good company, conversation, activities; Church Lunch, 12.30 – 1.30pm (details: 268 2591/ 226 8269)

Details: 265 4926, www. stbarnabasleeds.org.uk

St Edmund’s North Park Ave, Roundhay. Sunday services 8am, 10am (with children’s groups) & 6.30pm.

Exploring faith, building community. Many groups & activities. Details: 266 4532,

www.stedmundsroundhay. org.uk

St John’s Church, Moortown Sunday Services 8am, 10am & 6.30pm at the junction of Harrogate Rd & Ring Rd, LS17 7BZ. Everyone welcome. Details: www.

stjohnsmoorallerton.org

Community Notices

80 St John Mary Vianney Parish - Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, LS17 6LE. Masses: Mon - Fri 9.15am, Sat 10am, Sun 8am, 9.30am, 11am & 6.30pm.

St Paul the Apostle Church, Buckstone Cres. Masses: Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am.

St Martin’s Church, St. Martin’s View, Potternewton, LS7 3LB. Sunday Service 10am – Parish Communion, Sunday Club & refreshments.

Wednesday Service 9.30am – Holy Communion. Open Afternoon Tues 2 – 4pm for quiet reflection & prayer. All welcome. Details: 262 4271,

Worship 10.45am - family worship & Sunday Club followed by refreshments.

Communion 2nd Sunday.

Praise & reflection: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm. Details: www.

stainbeck.urc.org.uk

Vedic Astrology Sat 4 July, 10am – 5pm at Theosophical Society, 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. Introductory workshop on spiritual astrology of India.

Gain an insight into your personal development & your life lessons. £45. Details: paul@lunarastrology.co.uk

www.st.martinleeds.org.uk

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck Rd. Sunday

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SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details:

Pat 275 7694

Association of Blind Asians Leeds is looking for volunteers who could provide a valuable sighted guiding service to reduce isolation & increase independence of visually impaired people in Leeds. Details: Sonal 210

3347

Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & their families in North & West Yorkshire.

Regular meetings. Details:

0845 130 6809, Leeds@ crohnsandcolitis. org.uk, www.groups. crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/ Leeds

Diabetes UK Support Group meets 1st Mon, 7 – 9pm at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, except bank holidays when it’s 2nd Mon. Speakers on different aspects of diabetes. All welcome.

Details: 07840 686618

IBS Leeds Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Monthly meetings. Details: matt@ letscureibs.com, www. letscureibs.com

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Leeds Coeliac Group

Leeds Samaritans

Support & advice to those diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Join them at one of their events. Details: 277

Confidential, nonjudgemental support 24/7 for people experiencing distress or despair. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 245 6789,

6401, leeds@coeliac.org.uk

Leeds LAS (Living After Loss Through Suicide) Peer support meetings in Leeds.

Details: Sue Watts, Leeds Bereavement Forum 225 3975, sue.watts@lbforum. org.uk @Leeds_LAS

Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Society uses Armley Leisure Centre for activity classes (transport available). MS Chat every two weeks. Over 300 members. New members welcome. Details: 07895

515471

08457 909090

Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA) provides respite care to families with children who have complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one homebased care. Details: 216 5133,

angela.roberts@lwca.co.uk

Little Hiccups Outreach Support network for children with a disability & their families. Run by parents.

Details: 07831 230741,

B

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Sliding Sash Window Specialist

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

Marigold Wellbeing Centre Day Therapy Centre, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate, two Saturdays a month. Support for people with cancer & other chronic conditions. Details: Karen

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

Panpals - Yorkshire Pancreatic Cancer Support Group meet every 3 months, in Headingley. Supportive, friendly & informative selfhelp group copIng with this devastating illness. Also offers expert speakers & signposting to other agencies. Details:

panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk

Parkinson’s UK Leeds meet 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley.

Support for anybody affected

by Parkinson’s. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda

Thompson 01943 461640

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Support group meets 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley.

Details: Pam Bower 258 8143

The Owls New citywide informal child-minding group offering support, training & information, & social events.

Membership £5 pa. Details:

228 8509

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Established in 1989 we are a family owned and run business using traditional joinery methods but incorporating modern draught seal technology.

Bentley brothers are certified users of Accoya timber and Teknos paint systems.

Albert Works, Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey LS28 7DY Tel: 0113 236 1384 Email: info@bentleybros.co.uk Web: www.bentleybros.co.uk

82 SNAPS (Special Needs & Parent Support) welcomes any family with a child with special needs to their Saturday support group at Penny Field School, Tongue Ln. Meanwood.

Hydrotherapy, swimming, dance & coffee. Details: 07964 847 775, angie@ snaps-vol.org.uk, www. snaps-vol.org.uk

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club Open to former cardiac patients & their partners.

Exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3.

Details: Details: 07949 307

955, wghcardiacclub@ gmail.com, www.

WharfedaleCardiacClub. org.uk

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Celebrating Canada Day? Wed 1 July, 3 - 5pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). Experts from Leeds Centre for Canadian Studies explore the significance of Canada Day. Details: www.

llc.leeds.ac.uk/sis

From Duck Houses to Eco Housing: Sustainable Development at the University of Leeds Thurs 2 July, 5.30 - 7.30pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A talk by Claire Bastin, Sustainability Manager,University of Leeds.

Details: www.llc.leeds. ac.uk/sis

Community Notices Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2.

Visitors welcome. Details:

info@leedsastronomy.org. uk, www.leedsastronomy. org.uk

Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire) Monthly informal public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all. Details: http://tinyurl.

com/rmetsyc, rmetsoc_ yorkshire@hotmail.co.uk

The Fiction Makes Us Real: An Introduction to Canadian Literature Wed 1 July, 6 - 8pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A whirlwind tour of Canadian literature with Canadian writer Nicole Markotić.

Details: www.llc.leeds. ac.uk/sis

TAIL - Talking Allowed in Leeds meets Mon 13 July, 1.45pm at Veritas, 43 Great George St. Topic: What are the limits of Free Speech? Exploring tolerating the intolerant, whistleblowing etc. Details:

talkingallowedinleeds. wordpress.com

WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. 1 July: ‘The Good Life’ with Mrs Maureen Sutcliffe. Details: Mrs

Muriel Huntley 230 1584

Alwoodley Townswomens’ Guild meets 4th Mon, 7.15pm at the ACA, The Avenue LS17 7LT. Variety of speakers, outings, coffee mornings. Friendly group. New members/visitors welcome. Details: Pat 225

0030

Chapel Pie WI Friendly, fun women’s group for all ages. Visitors welcome (£3).

Annual membership £33.

Details: chapelpiewi@ gmail.com, www. chapelpiewi.com

Darling Roses WI meet 2nd Sat (no meeting Aug), 11.30am at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, Moortown. Details:

darlingroseswi.org

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs.

10.15am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Leeds (next to Samuel Taylor’s). 2 July: ‘The Chain Isn’t heavy’ with Ann Castle.

Friendly group supports local charities. £3. Details: Joan

McShane 225 1166

Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details:

Shirley 257 9381

Roundhay WI Next meeting Thurs 9 July, 7.15pm in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Ave, LS8. The fascinating topic will be Blue Plaques in Leeds. Visitors & new members warmly

welcomed. Details: Hilary

266 5648

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm at Weetwood Hall.

All ladies welcome. Details:

www.sigbi.org/leeds

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads.

Regular events. Details:

www.universityof leedsladiesclub.co.uk

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mondays 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum. Have fun while you learn how to enjoy speaking in public. Visitors welcome. Details: Pauline

Neale 269 3542, pauline. neale@ntlworld.com, www.leedsladiesspeakers. co.uk

YOUNGER LIFE Guiding in Roundhay & Oakwood Are you aged 5-7, 7-10, 10-14, or 14-25? Or an adults over 18? Would you like to know more? Details:

Lois@fifthroundhayguides. org.uk

Harehills Movement & Music Playgroup Parent run playgroup at Harehills Lane Baptist Church Hall (access via Hilton Pl), LS8.

Tues: music & parachute fun; Wed: movement & developmental play. 10 – 11.15am term time. £1 per family incl refreshments.

Everybody welcome. Details:

harehillsplaygroup@gmail. com

WANTED! Volunteer Cubs Leaders St Edmund’s Church Roundhay. If you enjoy working with children & want a rewarding pastime, please contact Ross Ferguson on 266 2403.

Gledhow Woodcraft Folk welcomes new

Leeds Junior Chess Club Meets Sun 5.30

1402, gledhowleeds@ woodcraft.org.uk, www. woodcraft.org.uk

– 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue. Ideal for ages 7-18 of all standards. Coaching from accredited coaches, competitive & friendly play, fun tournaments. Details:

John Hipshon 226 7759, www.leedsjuniorchessclub. co.uk/

7th Moor Allerton Brownies Seek New Members A number of Brownies have gone up to Guides so the group has places available. They meet Mon 6 – 7.15pm.

Details: 7thmoor allertonbrownies@gmail. com

Parent & Tots Group Tues (term time) 1.30-3pm Queen’s Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. £2 per family.

Everyone welcome. Details:

Raegan saintraegan@ yahoo.co.uk, Sam mumba40@gmail.com

RJC Dance Gymnastics For Young People Tues 3.45 – 4.45pm (ages 6-10); 4.45 – 5.45pm (age 11+) at Mandela Centre, Chapeltown Rd. LS7. All abilities welcome. £4. Details: 239

2040, stef@rjcdance.org. uk

members aged 6 – 9, Thurs 6.15 –7.15pm at Gledhow Primary School. Games, songs, craftwork & outdoor activities. Places limited so book now. Details: Jo 368

MISC/ Events Community Action Day Sat 25 July 10am -2pm at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd).

Volunteers needed to help with regular maintenance jobs around sanctuary (painting, fence repair, clearing & gardening).

Last Sat each month a team tackles some of the major jobs. Plenty of tea/ coffee! Details: kim@

hopepastures.org

Lipreading Classes for anyone with hearing loss. Details: Susan Lee

07910 831646 susan@ susanleelipreading.com

gwhite@thecct.org.uk, www.visitchurches.org.uk

St. Martin’s Community Kitchen Provides hot meals Sat 12 – 2pm at St Martin’s Institute, St Martin’s View, LS7 3LB. Details: Rev David

Stevens 262 4271

Sue Ryder is Recruiting Volunteer Collectors to support their fundraising efforts around Leeds. All they require is the enthusiasm to make a difference to people’s lives & the ability to be a good ambassador for the charity.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @NORTHLEEDSLIFE

Details: Roohi Lupton 203 3360, roohi.lupton@ suerydercare.org

Unwanted Bicycles, Wheelchairs, Crutches Rotary Club of Calverley collects on behalf of PhysioNet & Margaret Carey Foundation. Any condition. To be refurbished & exported. Details:

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK NORTHLEEDSLIFE

Mike 236 0481, mike. rotarycalverley1040@ outlook.com

Pony Days at Hope

Unwanted Bicycles, Wheelchairs, Crutches

Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd) Mon 27 & Thurs 30 July, 10am – 3pm. Pony 1-1s & family fun Wed 29 July, 10am – noon. Details: www.

Rotary Club of Calverley collects on behalf of PhysioNet & Margaret Carey Foundation. Any condition. To be refurbished & exported. Details:

hopepastures.org

Mike 236 0481, mike. rotarycalverley1040@ outlook.com

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Roles include welcoming visitors, explaining the history & organising events.

Opportunity to join national heritage organisation (Churches Conservation Trust) & meet people with a passion for history & heritage.

Details: 07867 974738,

Church Lane, Adel LS16 8DW) One of Britain’s most innovative small gardens is open Sun – Thurs, 1.30 – 4.30pm. Adults £5/children free. Details: www.yorkgate.

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CARPET CLEANING

Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners

• Carpets clean & dry in 1-2 hours • Upholstery clean & dry in 3-4 hours • No harmful chemicals or sticky residues • Local family firm – est. over 20 years • 1000s of satisfied customers • WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK

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ELECTRICIANS

DOOR CANOPIES

Prices from £395

DAVID GUNBY

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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR DOMESTIC – COMMERCIAL – INDUSTRIAL

We provide: Electrical survey & report on installation N.I.C.E.I.C. electrical nspection & test Electrical installations commercial & domestic Fire alarm installation & maintenance Emergency lighting – installation & maintenance Part P. testing & documentation Portable Appliance Testing (P.A.T.) Full/part rewires – additional sockets Replacement consumer units No job too large or too small FREE no obligation quotes Our work guaranteed for 5 years Please telephone for FREE advice Tel/Fax: 0113 268 2556 Mob: 07885 242055 Email: david-gunby@fsmail.net Phoenix House, 33 Talbot Ave., Roundhay LS8 1AQ

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

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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.

Professional Tree Surgeons & Landscape Garden Design Tree maintenance • Felling & pruning Thinning & shaping Dangerous trees dismantled Stumps removed • Clearance Hedge cutting services

Resin drives, patios & paths • Landscaping Block paving • New lawns • Lawn care Land drainage • Garden maintenance One-off cuts & regular maintenance

GKD Landscaping Examples of local work we did recently.

To see more go to our website:

T: 0113 279 6090 M: 07814 402 893 www.gkd-landscapingleeds.co.uk 3 Wolley Drive, Leeds LS12 5DP

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ALFIE SUTCLIFFE TREE CARE 07917 138882 alfie@sutcliffetreecare.com www.sutcliffetreecare.com Domestic and commercial tree, shrub and hedge care across Leeds and surrounding areas.

GARDENING SERVICES

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Tree removal Garden Design Fencing, Gates & Decking, Patios & Driveways, Brick & Stone Walling Turf supplied & laid, Tel: 07950 680 995 Garden & commercial www.urban-earth.org.uk maintenance adam@urban-earth.com

Felling and dismantling

Shrub care Pruning, training and advice

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Planting Trees, woodlands, shrubs and hedges

Woodland services Thinning, coppicing and high pruning

Get in touch today for a free quote I am fully qualified and take pride in working quickly, cleanly and safely. All tree work operations comply with British Standard (BS3998:2010) and I hold £5 million Public Liability insurance.

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WALTONS GARDEN SERVICES No job too big or too small • Garden tidy ups • Garden maintenance • Hedge cutting • Fence replacements & repairs • Turfing • Gravel gardens FREE QUOTES

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Whatever the job consider it done

Call Trevor on: 07737 911 757 / 0113 225 3377 Or Gary on: 07966 297 867 / 0113 225 0379

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GARAGE DOORS

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HOME HELP

Gardening Dog Walking Gutter Cleaning Window Cleaning

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LOCKSMITHS

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KITCHENS

JOINER

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Kitchens • Bathrooms • Joinery Established 1980

Specialist Bathrooms • Fully Fitted Kitchens Purpose Made Joinery • Interior Construction Kitchens:

All makes of kitchens supplied Full kitchen facelifts available Full tiling service Wood floors Granite Corian work surfaces Electrical/plumbing Internal building alterations

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A L L J O I N E RY WO R K U N D E RTA K E N LOFT CONVERSION SPECIALIST D O M E S T I C & C O M M E R C I A L W O R K U N D E R TA K E N

FOR A FREE QUOTE AND ADVICE CALL JOHN: 0113 217 1940 • 07751 845 167

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ROUNDHAY

MEANWOOD

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MAGICIAN Weddings ~ Private Parties Corporate Entertainment

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OVEN CLEANING

WALKERS OVEN CLEAN Doing the job you hate to do • Cleaning domestic ovens, hobs & microwaves • No chemicals • Biodegradable detergents • We help homeowners & landlords all over Leeds

Call Tony for a FREE quote: 07759 233 005 Email: tandjwalker@outlook.com PHYSIOTHERAPY

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Phone 07530 593563

Plastering Established 1998

All aspects of plastering undertaken Free, competitive quotes Clean & reliable 0113 225 3661 / 07799 385 907 Find us on Facebook.com/PGPlast www.pgplastering.co.uk

D&D PLASTERING 26 years experience Advanced Plastering City & Guilds All aspects of plastering & rendering undertaken No job too small or too big All work guaranteed Clean & tidy work

Tel. Dave: 07941 584 010 for a FREE quote PLUMBING & HEATING

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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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

AFTER

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 qualified & insured local plumber

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Call Alex 07730 560 422

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

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roundhay plumbing 0113 2934385 07733 245372 5 the drive roundhay leeds LS8 1J F

All other aspects of roofing undertaken Inc. Slating, tiling, guttering - new or repairs Velux windows

0113 2934038 / 07958 977395 Proprietor: mark Johnson 21 elmete grove, roundhay, leeds, lS8 2JY

Free eStImAteS. All work guArAnteed

Bob Kettlewell

Plumbing Services Independent family business Commercial and Domestic All aspects of plumbing, heating & gas work undertaken P. Kettlewell - gas safe engineer Wet floors/shower pumps/tiling & much more

Please ring to discuss - free, no obligation quotes

Tel: 0113 279 0256 Mob: 07948 406 391

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APM ROOFING At APM Roofing we take enormous pride in the quality of our workmanship and strong industry reputation.

Our services include Roof slating Roofing Guttering Roof Soffits

Roof Tiling PVC Fascia Fibreglass flat roofs Replacement Roofs

www.apmroofingleeds.co.uk 16, Austhorpe Grove, Leeds

0113 260 0193/07754 507 889

G. HORNE ROOFING CONTRACTORS LTD “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

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

Why choose Barwick Roofing?

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Roofing Contractors

W • Re-roofs & repairs • Gutters, fascias and soffits • FullFull re-roofs and repairs • Flat roof specialists • All work fully guaranteed • All flat roofing Call Craig on: • Gutters, fascias and soffits • F • Insurance work Tel: 0113 271 5545 / Mob: 07745 190 737 • Flat roof specialists • Pointing • All work T fully guaranteed el We www.leeds-roofers.com will beat any genuine quote

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We will beat any genuine quote • Full re-roofs and repairs • Gutters, fascias and soffits • Flat roof specialists • All work fully guaranteed

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FREE honest quotations All work guaranteed Over 30 years experience Tel/Fax: 0113 278 3472 Mobile: 07747 110582 Email: rsheridan1234@aol.com

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SOLICITORS

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We will take your unwanted furniture to St. George’s Crypt

Email: Kev@kevsvan.com

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