North Leeds Life Magazine. September 2017. LS7, LS8, LS17 Edition

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CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

Phoenix@ Home Back to School

Keeley to Host ‘Inside Out’

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Keeley to Host ‘Inside Out’

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DEAR READERS,

Days offer numerous opportunities to discover historic buildings; even more new restaurants are opening; Leeds Goth Festival is back; and Leeds Royal Naval Association is looking for new members.

I hesitate to mention October, but that’s where we are headed now! Please send all your news and notices to us by 1st September, and advertising by 12th September (1st & 12th October for November edition).

eptember always seems like the second beginning to the year – in January we make all kinds of resolutions….and let them gradually slip over the months. Then in September, re-energised perhaps by some time off, we think again about actively getting involved in fitness, education, music, culture.

And it’s a great time to do it.

The city’s universities and colleges offer all kinds of courses, for serious qualifications or just the pleasure of learning something new. Our various cultural institutions have fantastic programmes lined up. Heritage Open

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14 Keeley Donovan to Present ‘Inside Out’ -

31 Classical Male Voice Spectacular in Roundhay -

50 More Exciting Performances at Howard Assembly Room -

BBC Look North presenter to host current affairs programme from September.

A concert of classical pieces at St Edmund’s Church.

Another exciting and varied programme to look forward to.

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32 Northern Ballet Gears Up for New Season - An ambitious

55 Matty Lee Takes World

Leeds has a wealth of institutions providing superb adult education programmes.

26 The Shed Crew Red Ladder Theatre present new adaptation of Bernard Hare’s searingly honest memoir.

season of new work is lined up for Yorkshire venues.

43 City Parks Recognised with Green Flag Award- parks and green spaces across Leeds have been recognized.

Championship Silver - Matty & Lois Toulson competed against top 17 divers in the world.

58 It’s Back to School Time! - Open Days provide opportunities to explore local schools and colleges.

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Celebrate! 50 Years of Leeds West Indian Carnival ‘Celebrate! 50 years of Leeds West Indian Carnival’ has just been published. It’s the story of Europe’s oldest Caribbean street carnival told in exciting photographs from professional and amateur photographers and covering the whole 50 years.

EDITORIAL Carole Carey-Campbell carole@northleedslife.co.uk

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he Queens, Kings, Princes, Princesses, masqueraders, crowds, and the people labouring behind the scenes all illustrate this exciting history, telling a story of Caribbean creativity and multicultural hospitality. Leeds carnival has grown from a small celebration in Chapeltown in 1967 into an annual showpiece of British/Caribbean culture that welcomes performers from all over the country, and attracts crowds of over 150,000 people.

The book is a joyful celebration of that journey. Photographs combined with texts describe some of the key moments since carnival first took to the streets.

The pictures show how carnival’s art has developed and the text identifies many of the people who have made this

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Copies available free to schools, libraries and major public organisations; or for sale (£20) via guyfarrar@ btinternet.com

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(SIR) JOHN HAWKSHAW 1811-1891 CIVIL ENGINEER

harles Jenkinson has been described as a one-man phenomenon that any city would count itself lucky to have. He was the dynamic, inspirational force for slum clearance and housing development in Leeds in the 1930s, though some accused him of bringing ‘red ruin’ to the city. Always in the thick of controversy, he was impervious to criticism, convinced of the rightness of his cause. His vision helped to shape the city as it is today – though his iconic project, the massive, modernist Quarry Hill flats, is just a distant memory now, demolished in 1978.

Charles Jenkinson was 40 when he came to Leeds in 1927 as the new vicar of impoverished Holbeck, with its narrow dirty streets, foul smoky air, and cramped back-to-backs. He was no stranger to hardship. He was born in 1887 in London’s East End, where his father worked in the docks. Home was overcrowded so he had to live with his grandmother. At thirteen he left elementary school for office work, but devoted his spare time to the local church, working

His vision helped to shape the city as it is today

suburbs of Gipton and Belle Isle began to take shape. He introduced an innovative scheme of differential rents to help those in most need – this too caused uproar and bitter accusations of injustice. He even had a scheme for providing furniture.

A new development of flats was planned for the city centre, on a prominent site at the end of the splendid, new Headrow – Quarry Hill, once site of the worst slums. The design followed the modernist model he and Livett had admired in Vienna – 938 flats in huge curved blocks, constructed by a new method using steel and concrete, with balconies and flowerboxes, lifts, a sophisticated garbage disposal system, communal facilities, green spaces, nurseries and playgrounds. Building began in

among extreme poverty. This fed his radical

1936 but completion was hampered by WW2.

politics: he joined the Labour party, and in

This idealistic vision won international acclaim

1912 went to work with Conrad Noel, the ‘Red

– but there were constant maintenance and

Vicar’ of Thaxted, where he campaigned to help

other problems, which led finally to demolition.

exploited farm labourers. In 1914 he married

Jenkinson was not re-elected in 1936, and

Emily Caton, daughter of a local farm worker

devoted himself to the building of a new church

– she was his loyal supporter throughout his

in Belle Isle where his Holbeck parishioners had

turbulent life.

moved. By 1943 he was back on the Council

A committed pacifist, in the war he was a

picking up the reins again. By then he was

conscientious objector, on ambulance duties.

recognised nationally as an expert, serving on

Then he decided to study for the church,

several government committees. In 1948 he

combining his strong Christian faith with his

was appointed Chairman of the Stevenage New

passionate socialist principles. After graduating

Town Development Corporation, at a salary

at Cambridge and serving as curate in Barking,

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of £1500 – which he quickly gave away! He

he arrived in Leeds. He found people living in

National

combined that job with his role as Labour leader

unbearably wretched conditions, and felt bound

Portrait

in Leeds, travelling overnight between the two,

to act. In 1930 he was elected to the City Council,

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but in 1949, aged just 62, he became ill with

and began to press for immediate, massive slum

cancer and died in August at the LGI.

clearance – Leeds was lagging behind. With two

The opportunity to put his plan into action

He was a distinctive character – tall,

fellow councillors he published a powerful report

came in 1933 when Labour won control of

rosy-cheeked, with a high Cockney voice.

calling for the demolition of 30,000 houses

the Council and he was appointed Housing

He never owned a car but rode an old bike

over the next six years and the re-housing of

Committee Chairman, alongside a new Director

everywhere, wearing his shabby old raincoat

110,000 people in well-equipped houses and

of Housing, the architect RAH Livett. They

and ancient surplice. He loved to work, tackling

flats designed to meet different needs, including

began work immediately, identifying the

whatever manual jobs were needed. He could

the elderly and the sick, preferably in garden

thousands of slum houses to be demolished.

be impatient, difficult, uncompromising, but

suburbs with fresh air, green space, local

There was huge opposition from owners and

he was admired and loved. Leeds was indeed

amenities and good transport. The cost would

landlords, and from some tenants, unwilling to

lucky to have him.

be enormous (£12 millions) but the argument

leave their homes. He swept aside all argument.

was unanswerable.

Under his energetic leadership the new garden

Eveleigh Bradford

Sunny Bank Mills Celebrates Heritage Open Day

ating from 1829, this former woollen and worsted mill has an interesting history and is still owned by the family that founded it. William and John Gaunt, joint managing directors, will guide tours around the site, offering fascinating insights into it’s former life and current reinvention as a venue for arts, culture, and creative businesses.

The old cloth warehouse is now a gallery supporting local artists; and the top floor of the Spinning Mill houses artists’ studios. The Mills’ unique Archive contains the history and the voices of the mill and its people. Explore the journey a fleece makes from sheep to cloth, visit spaces normally closed to the

Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley is celebrating Heritage Open Days from 8th – 10th September.

public and discover new displays.

Mill tours will take place on the hour from 10am – 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, and at 11am and 2pm on Friday.

Farsley itself once housed a factory that built Aston Martin cars and this is celebrated with an annual rally that concludes at the Mill on the morning of Saturday 9th September when a stunning range of vintage cars will be on display.

A new exhibition, ‘Madding Crowd’ by artists Mel Davies and Kim Coley opens in the Gallery. Try your hand at weaving, pop into the Open Studios on Saturday, and Scrap Creative’s Open Day – they will be running children’s workshops.

Sunny Bank Mills is also hosting a Vintage Furniture and Home Fair (entry £1.50) focusing on furniture, textiles, ceramics, glassware, artwork, decorative salvage, and garden decoration.

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Leeds for European A Night of City of Culture 2023!

Glitz and

Glamour for St Gemma’s The St Gemma’s Hospice Winter Ball is taking place on Saturday 18th November at Elland Road Centenary Pavilion, and this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever! Promising to be a night of glitz, glamour and spectacular entertainment, it is expected to raise around £60,000 for St Gemma’s Hospice patient care.

Pictured: Sharon Watson

he Leeds’ 2023 bid team recently put out a call for people all over Leeds to support the European Capital of Culture bid by pledging their support online at www.leeds2023.co.uk and actively spreading the word via social media using the hashtag #MakeLeeds2023.

The deadline for the submission is 27th October – so the countdown is on and an exciting programme of events, designed to generate further momentum, has been launched.

The European Capital of Culture bid presents a huge opportunity for Leeds to shout about its diverse population and culture and reposition its image.

“Culture actually brings a phenomenal amount of money into the city”, said Sharon Watson, Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance and Chair of the Leeds 2023 Independent Steering Group. “With the changes that the whole country is likely to face in the coming years, Leeds needs to stay connected to Europe. We need to raise the city’s profile and culture will help to do this.”

Here at NLL we would be really surprised if Leeds didn’t get it! Leeds is a fantastic city and has come on leaps and bounds in recent years. Today, all the universities, cultural institutions and numerous businesses are working together to forward the city’s bid. And, despite the huge funding challenges that Leeds City Council has had to face, the Council has enthusiastically thrown its weight behind the bid.

“We want to ensure our bid is firmly focused on the people of Leeds”, said Sharon, who is also unbelievably proud to have been voted Yorkshire Woman of the Year. “The current population represents 140 ethnic groups and 170 languages! A successful bid will create a lasting legacy, not only by implementing positive change by bringing these communities together and celebrating our diversity, but also by attracting national and international funding and events to the city, and being a catalyst for growth and development.”

Tickets are £48 a head, and include a four-course meal, fizz reception, live band, and a whole host of fundraising activities - including Live and Silent Auctions with some amazing prices.

Then you can take to the dancefloor and party the night away to music from ‘Drum Radio’.

St Gemma’s Hospice, based in Moortown, provides outstanding end of life care to over 3,000 patients across Leeds every year. It’s a friendly, warm and safe place at the heart of the community with a large range of expert services to support patients, their families and friends.

Kindly sponsored by Lawcris Panel Products, the annual St Gemma’s Winter Ball is definitely not one to be missed.

Hospice Ambassador Malcolm Moss calls the event ‘the best fun you’ll have all year!’ So, join the party to help St Gemma’s Hospice continue to care.

For tickets or for more information, events.st-gemma.co.uk/events/winterball or contact Freya at freyashaw@stgemma.co.uk

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BBC Look North presenter, Keeley Donovan, is to host the BBC regional current affairs programme ‘Inside Out’ from September, taking over from Paul Hudson who returns to his main job as Look North’s weather presenter full time. elieve it or not, Keeley started her broadcast career at just 14 years old when members of her theatre group auditioned for a local digital channel and she found herself talking about GCSE revision. By 16 she had decided that that was definitely what she wanted to do. Having racked up degrees in Media Studies and Journalism, she started out as a journalist with BBC Hull.

Not long after, she moved to BBC Leeds, becoming one of the region’s main weather and news presenters in 2005.

Having always had a strong interest in science, she jumped at the opportunity to present the weather when a vacancy came up, taking a science course through Open University to get to grips with the technicalities of weather.

“Climate is fascinating”, she told us, “especially here in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire – with such a varied landscape the weather is never boring!”

Since then she has reported for ‘Inside Out’ and presented the daytime programme ‘Break-In Britain’, and last year she launched the BBC One programme ‘Countryfile Diaries’ with John Craven.

“We are all delighted that Keeley will be the new face of the

I love working with people

programme”, said Nicola Addyman, Editor of BBC Inside Out Yorkshire & Lincolnshire.

“She has been part of the Inside Out family for a number of years, reporting on diverse subjects – from investigations into abuse of prisoners, through to efforts to protect the red squirrel. She is an accomplished and versatile presenter.”

With the BBC for twelve years now, Keeley has become a familiar face. “I am so looking forward to presenting ‘Inside Out’”, she said. “I already know it’s a great team and it will be so nice to be working with them regularly. I am particularly looking forward to getting out and meeting people.

I love working with people. I have built up a rapport with them through Look North.

They know me and I hope will want to tell me their stories.”

Keeley will also continue with Countryfile Diaries and she won’t disappear completely from Look North either. “I’m really excited”, she said. “ It’s going to be busy but I will get to handle a huge variety of stories, and from all over the country and I can’t wait to get started!”

Inside Out Yorkshire & Lincolnshire will air on BBC One on Mondays, starting on 4th September.

Leeds Photographic Society Winter Programme eeds Photographic Society starts its winter programme, featuring a selection of illustrated talks, on Tuesday 5th September.

Guest speakers will show you how to: Get the best out of digital software; create images that tell a story; take a light-hearted look at photographic rules; and step into the world of fine art, portraits and people images. You’ll be able get an insight into a professional’s documentary approach to commercial photography and learn from a landscape and nature photographer with over twenty years professional experience. Gain awareness of the photographic relationship between people and landscape, and learn the skill of fieldcraft to get the best out of your bird and wildlife photographs.

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This friendly group of enthusiasts also holds illustrated talks by its own members, inhouse and interclub competitions, outings and workshops. More experienced members are always on hand to help with all aspects of photography.

The Society meets Tuesdays, at 7.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. The talks are all free for LPS members (£40 fee pa), guests £5. New members are always welcome.

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Leeds College of Art continues to be at the vanguard of forward thinking arts education.

Last year the College gained Taught Degree Awarding Powers meaning that students now study for degrees awarded in the College’s name. This is a huge step towards the College’s ambition to become the only specialist arts university in the north of England.

Further developments include a £22 million state-of-the-art building expansion with new facilities, and the introduction of five new degree courses; BA (Hons) Filmmaking, BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Fashion Branding with Communication, BA (Hons) Comic and Concept Arts and BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance. Opportunities for postgraduate students include an MA in Curation Practices, launching this year.

With a 170 year old reputation for creativity and innovation, these new developments mark the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Leeds College of Art.

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Study Links is currently looking for host families. If you would like to join the Study Links family as a homestay, please contact www.studylinks.com

The students want to discover places rich in history and culture in the areas where they are studying. Homestay families love hosting students as the experience is rewarding and fun, as well as offering boosting income.

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For a full list of our courses please visit www.leeds-art.ac.uk * Formerly BA (Hons) Fashion

Courses for Qualifications or Just the Pleasure of Learning Swarthmore Education Centre has a reputation for delivering excellent adult education in the Arts, IT, Personal Development and Counselling, Languages, English, Maths and ESOL. This small, friendly, welcoming centre provides flexible learning opportunities in the daytime, evening and at weekends, so you can fit your learning around the rest of your life.

support and encouragement they need to help them get the most from their learning. From Art to Alexander Technique, Spanish to Pottery, and Computing to Counselling, there is plenty of choice with courses at different levels. Some courses lead to qualifications but there are also plenty of opportunities to pursue study purely for the pleasure of learning.

Whether you are a beginner, returning learner or artist in your own right, Swarthmore’s experienced tutors can support you to take the next step of your learning journey. Not only do students benefit from excellent teaching, they also receive the

Swarthmore learners consistently give great feedback about their courses and tutors. Many refer to how they have learned new skills, gained in confidence, met like-minded people, and made new friends. Swarthmore also supports learners to improve their

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mental health and wellbeing and helps people get their lives back on track.

The centre runs a full time study programme for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities who require additional support in order to progress and achieve.

Don’t miss their English, Maths, ESOL, and IT Open Day on Tuesday 5th September, 10.30am – 1.30pm, & 4.30-7.30pm; and the General Open Day on Wednesday 6th September,10.30am – 1.30pm, & 5-7pm.

LEARN SOMETHING NEW

Choose from a variety of short courses in the relaxed learning environment of Swarthmore: • Jewellery • Pottery • Sewing • Stained Glass • Arts & Crafts • Mindfulness • Sculpture • Yoga • Alexander Technique • Languages • Painting & Drawing • I.T. • Counselling + much more To view our BROCHURE visit www.swarthmore.org.uk Or pick up a copy at Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD

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Art History Course Focuses on The Renaissance Art historian Dr Paul Street is looking forward to another successful course starting in September.

“I took early retirement from Leeds University’, he told us, “and then decided to offer art history classes in Leeds and Harrogate. These have proved very successful, with a number of students returning year after year.

“Last year we studied 20th century art, so this year we will be going back in time and exploring perhaps my favourite period in art history – the Renaissance. Rather than looking only at the Italian Renaissance, we will also be studying the art produced in Flanders, Germany and France and exploring the relationships between these different societies

and the art they produced. All the great artists will be examined: Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Van Eyck, Durer, Titian, Piero Della Francesca and many others.

All the classes are fully illustrated with slides. No previous knowledge is required and there is no written work. So, if you have always wanted to learn more about this, perhaps the greatest period in western art, this could be just the course for you.”

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The course will also be held in Harrogate at the Friends Meeting House, 12A Queen Parade on Mondays 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. starting on September 18th.

For more details contact the tutor:

p.j.street@leeds.ac.uk or telephone 0113 274 1709

Leeds Trinity is Number One in Yorkshire For Employability Leeds Trinity University may be the city’s smallest and newest university, but did you know that it’s Yorkshire’s top university for employability?

To make sure students get the most out of their placements, the University runs an intensive placement preparation programme, in addition to one-to-one mentoring and support from a placement team, academic and support staff.

Now in its fiftieth year, Leeds Trinity is the only UK University to embed professional work placements with Leeds Trinity is the top University every degree. This in Yorkshire for gives students employability and the opportunity to seventeenth in the 97% 97% of its its complete at least UK, with 97% of its two professional graduates in work graduates graduates work placements or further study during their course, six months after gaining degreegraduating. are in work are work relevant experience, industry contacts, With its outstanding or further further or and invaluable reputation for student employer references. support and a study six study six Silver award from The University the Department months after months after has developed for Education for relationships with teaching excellence, graduating. graduating. over 3,000 employer all on one brilliant partners across campus, Trinity has the UK, giving the ingredients for a students access to exclusive placement first-class University experience. opportunities in a wide range of industries, including national employers For more information, including upcoming like ITV, Arcadia Group and Morrisons.

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NSCD Secures Support From Arts Council England Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) was recently successful in its application to join Arts Council’s National Portfolio.

NSCD is one of eight schools that form the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, which was collectively awarded ‘Gold’ in the recent Teaching Excellence Framework. It is currently the only school outside of London to offer professional training in contemporary dance at conservatoire level.

For information on how to apply, visit www.nscd.ac.uk/ study

This means that it will receive funding from the Arts Council for the next four years to deliver three strands of activity - a high quality programme of performances at its Riley Theatre; a strategic artist development programme; and continued delivery of the Children and Young People’s Dance Network in the North.

“I’m delighted at this opportunity for Northern School of Contemporary Dance and the communities we serve”, said Janet Smith, NSCD Principal, “and I’m excited about the future impact and contribution we can make in Leeds and the wider region.

“We aim to maximise the impact of NSCD’s distinctive artistic offer through a programme of

A new season of evening and weekend courses for all ages and abilities kicks off this month.

For full details, visit www.nscd.ac.uk/ take-part genuine ambition that reflects our diverse society, and make a greater contribution towards helping young people discover, forge and sustain career paths through dance in the North.”

The NSCD’s Autumn season of inspiring performances begins on 28th September at Riley Theatre. Tickets (£5) are available from 0113 2193055 or www.rileytheatre. com

Thursday 28 September 7.30pm

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Phoenix at Home: A Celebration of Female Choreographers

Photo: Brian Slater

Phoenix Dance Theatre presents ‘A Celebration of Female Choreographers’ at Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre from 27th – 30th September, showcasing the exceptional female talent within the company. ed by Artistic Director and Yorkshire Woman of the Year, Sharon Watson, the production is a response to last year’s discussion around the lack of female choreographers.

“Whilst early dance is populated with women, the higher up the ladder you go the fewer women you see”, said Sharon.

“Phoenix at Home is a celebration of the women we have in the company. It’s important that we shout about this and show young women coming through that it can – and should - be done.”

The evening includes an excerpt from a major new piece choreographed by Sharon.

‘Windrush: Movement of the People’ celebrates the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush, which brought the first generation of Caribbean immigrants to England in 1948.

“Windrush highlights both the struggles and the good times the Jamaican community experienced during those early years”, said Sharon. “It’s an uplifting production and has a great soundtrack – everything from Calypso to RnB. It premières at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in February next year.”

Company dancer and choreographer Sandrine Monin recently won two One Dance UK awards, which was a real coup

for the company. She will present her first commission,‘Calyx’, inspired by the book of poems ‘The Flowers of Evil’ by Charles Baudelaire. It explores the themes of beauty, desire and decadence.

The show also presents an original solo by dancer Carmen Vazquez Marfil - a collaboration between dancer Vanessa Pang and Rehearsal Director Tracy Tinker set in the audition room. Plus, dancers Natalie Alleston and Vanessa Pang present a new piece, choreographed for the rising stars of the Phoenix Youth Academy.

Tickets (£15/£12) are available from 0113 220 8008, www.theatreleeds.com

It’s a celebration of the women we have in the company

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THE SHED CREW Join The Shed Crew in Ashtrayland, as Red Ladder Theatre, supported by West Yorkshire Playhouse, presents an immersive performance in Albion Electric Warehouse on South Accommodation Road, from 21st September to 1st October. hen Chop meets charismatic Urban – an illiterate 12-yearold but with a real talent for words, and a penchant for glue-sniffing and firebombing - he’s brought into the inner-circle of The Shed Crew, a posse of dispossessed kids, runaways and joyriders, seeking sanctuary from the mean streets of their inner-city estate in a shed. When mum’s a junkie, your dad might as well be dead and grown-ups are all nonces, grasses and greedy-bastards, The Crew is the only family you need.

Their story explodes like a firework

Award-winning playwright Kevin Fegan has adapted Bernard Hare’s searingly honest memoir, Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, into a new play which captures the explosive energy of this darkly funny story of former social worker ‘Chop’ and his remarkable bond with Urban and his friends.

“Chop and Urban’s relationship is like a buddy movie: a strange pairing of a middle-aged man and a 12-yearold boy who go on a wild trip, with the Shed Crew as its chorus”, said Kevin.

“Their story explodes like a firework, and I needed to capture the energy of these feral kids. It’s the raw honesty that I most admire, and the humanity that you warm to - Bernard Hare tells the good and the bad in his book. It’s not about how we can go marching in and help – it’s what we can take from these kids and their experiences.”

Bernard returned to his home estate in Leeds in the 90s after becoming disillusioned as a social worker in London. It’s here that he

met ‘Urban’ and The Shed Crew.

Often colluding in their wildness but the only grown-up they trusted – ‘Chop’ became their unlikely mentor, introducing them to the arts, and learning far more from them in return. He decided to write his memoir to show the reality of life for the socially excluded, giving a voice to the voiceless.

Kevin had met and befriended Bernard before setting out to write the play. Taking the unusual approach of writing in verse infuses the play with a certain rhythm which underpins the action. Having given Kevin the thumbs-up, Bernard let him get on with it, meeting him again only at the end to read it through – another thumbs-up.

Originally planned as a theatre production, it soon became clear that this was not a play for traditional staging. Instead, it was decided it should be an immersive experience.

Albion Warehouse was suggested –

this was no vast empty space but was scattered with turbines, workbenches and huge boxed up industrial fridges.

In amongst all this a performance area had to be created – a den for the characters. The audience would have to become part of that world.

“There have been massive leaps forward and huge changes since Bernard Hare’s book was written, and we’re not looking back to the past in bringing it to the stage”, said Red Ladder’s artistic director, Rod Dixon.

“As one of Britain’s leading radical theatre companies this story is one that Red Ladder still needs to tell - as vast sections of society across Britain exist in extreme poverty; forgotten communities living parallel lives in austerity against the glossy veneer of commerce and consumerism.

“It’s important that the play not be seen as voyeuristic, it’s not poverty porn. The aim was not highlight how the underclass lives. We are all a tissue away from that kind of chaos.

The play shows the human side of things and we’re thrilled to have the Albion Electrics warehouse as a venue in which to immerse people in this world; one from which we can all learn about ‘survival’, family and the power of humanity and the arts.”

Red Ladder has built in a considerable amount of public engagement around the production, working closely with Leeds Poverty Truth Commission and Simon on the Streets. Creative writing, photography workshops, and discussions are taking place at Leeds Libraries’ Space 2 and West Yorkshire Playhouse’s First Floor. They plan to capture voices in the workshops and build these into the sound design. Simon on the Streets is preparing a photographic exhibition, which will be displayed at Albion Warehouse.

Tickets can be booked through West Yorkshire Playhouse on 0113 213 7700 or www.wyp.org.uk

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Good Old Days will Feature Marti Webb & Barry Cryer Actress/singer Marti Webb, comedy legend, Barry Cryer, and 2016’s Britain’s Got Talent winner,

The Real Princesses of Yorkshire: A Photography Exhibition

magician Lance Corporal Richard Jones, are just three of the performers set to appear on the City Varieties stage in this season’s Good Old Days. riginally from Leeds, writer, comedian and actor Barry Cryer has worked with, and written for, many noted performers, including Tommy Cooper, Bob Pictured: Marti Webb Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan and Morecambe and Delia du Sol, plus opera stars David OwenWise. And, Marti is famous for her Lewis and Vivienne Bailey. performances in ‘Evita’ and Andrew Marti Webb tops the bill. The show Lloyd Webber’s one- woman show will be presented by guest chairman, Barry ‘Tell Me on a Sunday’.

Cryer. Mickie Driver delivers light-hearted Audiences are invited to dress in period costume and take their seats for a style of variety that has been entertaining crowds since 1953 – the original series recently enjoyed a re-run on BBC4.

Friday 22nd 7pm and Saturday 23rd September 2pm Crackerjack’s Don Maclean headlines the opening weekend alongside guest chairman, Peter John. Joining them will be vocalist Helen Watson, juggler Sam Veale, silks & contortion superstar

ditties alongside musician Gordon Cree and singer Julia Sutton, plus comedy magician Mel Harvey.

Friday 6th 7pm & Saturday 7th October 2pm TV magician, Lance Corporal Richard Jones is in the top slot and guest chairman is David Graham.

Jan Hunt entertains with able support from comedian Steve Barclay, uke genius Mark Walsh and amusing songs from Richard Gauntlett.

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‘The Real Princesses of Yorkshire’ is a photography project by artist Maria Spadafora at Arts@ Trinity, Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds, from 11th – 22nd September.

The exhibition offers a different take on the fairy tale princess, a figure that has always been a source of irritation for Maria. Here she takes strong, talented Yorkshire women and dresses them in big frocks and tiaras!

The photos poke a little fun whilst celebrating the diversity of real people.

Nobody is waiting to be saved by Prince Charming and no one is smiling.

As part of the exhibition there will be a Real Princess Ball, attended by some of the featured ‘Princesses’, who will perform drag queen inspired lip-syncs. This free event is open to the public and can be booked via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-realprincess-ball-tickets-36578223451

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Leeds Lieder 201718 Concert Series ollowing the success of the 2017 Festival, Leeds Lieder continues to champion the art-form. In collaboration with Opera North, University of Leeds, Leeds College of Music, Sheffield University and Leeds International Concert Series, Leeds Lieder presents the most ambitious programme of song in the region, an annual Festival, and an expanding education programme.

Artists appearing in the 2017-18 season include: Sir Thomas Allen, Benjamin Appl, Mary Bevan, Nika Gorič, Graham Johnson, Christiane Karg, James Newby, Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton, Ashley Riches, Carolyn Sampson, RNCM Songsters, and Toby Spence.

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Leeds Lieder also continues its collaboration with the Howard Assembly Room, with recitals by internationally acclaimed performers like soprano Christiane Karg (26th Jan 2018) and baritone Benjamin Appl (22nd November), both with pianist Joseph Middleton.

Tenor Toby Spence appears with Joseph Middleton on 17th March 2018 as part of the University of Leeds International Concert Series. Held in the Clothworkers’ Centenary Hall, the songs of Schubert are explored in a series that champions the finest young British-trained Lieder singers. For full details of singers and concerts in the Leeds Lieder Schubert Song Series at Leeds University and the University of Sheffield, visit www. leedslieder.org.uk

The Royal Northern College of Music showcases its young singers and pianists in a programme to include songs by Clara Schumann, Alma Mahler, Pauline Viardot, Cécile Chaminade, Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Liza Lehmann and Madeleine Dring Songsters on 13th December 2017 Then, from 19th – 22nd April, the Leeds Lieder Festival, recently nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award, will be staged with internationally renowned baritone Sir Thomas Allen as the Guest of Honour.

For further information, contact Leeds Lieder on 0113 234 6956 or email info@ leedslieder.org.uk

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Classical Male Voice Spectacular in Roundhay eeds Male Voice Choir, fresh from international touring, will perform a concert of classical pieces at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, on Saturday 30th September at 7.30pm.

The choir is currently focusing on a wide variety of classical music. “Male voice choirs in the United Kingdom often perform a traditional repertoire”, said Tim Knight, choir leader, “but there is a vast range of undiscovered, beautiful classical music that is rarely performed, which we are keen to showcase. After a series of successful performances in Belgium we were keen to bring our 2017 programme to Leeds.”

The concert will feature music by Josef Rheinberger, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Felix Mendelssohn, Pavel Chesnekov, Randall

Thompson and a host of others. Two of Tim Knight’s own compositions will have their UK première on 30th September. The Choir will

also perform Missa Brevis, and ‘They Lie at Rest’, which was composed specially for a commemorative performance at Tyne Cott Cemetery.

Formed in 1916, Leeds Male Voice Choir has developed a national reputation for innovative musical programming and helping men of all ages and backgrounds to find their voices. It runs free annual workshops for those new to singing as part of the choir’s charitable aims.

This concert is a rare opportunity to hear music by some of the world’s finest composers.

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Pictured: Kevin Poeung and Filippo Di Vilio in Boy in Striped Pyjamas

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Northern Ballet Gears Up for New Season orthern Ballet is poised to present an ambitious season of new work, performing ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’; A Celebration of Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Master Choreographer; and ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Yorkshire venues.

The Season launches with its adaptation of John Boyne’s bestselling novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, which tells the story of an unlikely friendship blossoming during World War II – a child’s innocent curiosity leads to a devastating conclusion. Choreographed

by Daniel de Andrade, Northern Ballet’s Artistic Associate, it is at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 5th – 9th September.

An ambitious season of new work

‘A Celebration of Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Master Choreographer’ is at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford from 5th – 7th October. One of the leading choreographers of his generation, Sir Kenneth MacMillan enjoyed a career spanning nearly four decades during which he created almost 100 works. Northern Ballet presents three of MacMillan’s most famous short works – ‘Las Hermanas’, a tense psychological drama about five sisters and the consequences that follow a life of harsh repression; ‘Gloria’, inspired

by Vera Brittain’s wartime memoir ‘Testament of Youth’; and ‘Concerto’, a dazzling classical piece set to music by Shostakovich.

Northern Ballet’s new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ will be at Leeds Grand Theatre from 5th – 17th December. Choreographed by Artistic Director David Nixon, it tells the story of a young mermaid who is willing to give up everything in search of love and the desire for a human soul.

In addition, Northern Ballet will bring back its first children’s ballet ‘Ugly Duckling’. Created especially to introduce young children to ballet, it will be at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from 23rd – 28th October.

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Ed Balls Joins Celebrations for Leeds International Piano Competition he Leeds International Piano Competition is celebrating ‘a year to go’ until its next Competition with a Gala Dinner at Leeds Civic Hall on Saturday 16th September.

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The host for the evening will be the BBC’s music presenter, Petroc Trelawny. There will be performances and appearances by a number of special surprise guests, and the guest speaker will be passionate amateur pianist, Ed Balls.

The event will also celebrate 50 years of the Friends of the Competition, who have not only generously financially contributed over the years, but have also played a pivotal role in warmly welcoming pianists and audiences from across the world to Leeds.

There will be many exciting changes to the competition for its next outing in September 2018. The First Round will take place outside of the UK (in Berlin, Singapore and New York) for the first time, and the entire Competition will be streamed online - reaching millions across the world.

“With the excitement mounting for our 2018 Competition we’re delighted to be celebrating our past, and looking forward to our future, with this very special dinner”, said Linda Wellings, Chair of the Friends.

“We’re so pleased that Ed and Petroc are able to celebrate with us.”

Welcomed by the Lord Mayor at Leeds Civic Hall, diners will be treated to a sumptuous dinner and musical entertainment throughout the evening. Tickets (£75) are available from the Competition office on 0113 244 6586 or online from www.leedspiano.com

Another Exciting Programme for Leeds International Orchestral Season his Autumn sees the start of the 37th Leeds International Orchestral Season. One of the finest orchestral programmes in the country, it features remarkable orchestras and astounding soloists from all corners of the globe – all in Leeds Town Hall.

The season opens on Saturday 7th October with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra lead by Ukrainian maestro Kirill Karabits in a performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie - an immense cinematic work scored for orchestra, solo piano and the electronic ondes martenot.

The series goes on to feature some of the nation’s favourite orchestras, including the BBC Philharmonic (14 Oct) that presents a Nordic programme featuring Grieg’s Piano Concerto performed by Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland; and the BBC Scottish

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Symphony Orchestra (18 Nov) with a programme of popular Austro-German classical music including Beethoven’s Symphony No 3 (Eroica).

The Manchester Camerata (21 Oct) treats us to a programme of Vivaldi, including his ever-popular Four Seasons led by Welsh-Indian violinist Rakhi Sing: and The Hallé (24 Feb) returns with conductor Karina Canellakis, renown for her dynamic and exciting performances.

The season also welcomes St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (28 Oct) with an explosive all-Russian programme, and the Orchestra of Opera North (25 Nov & 2 Dec) which explore 20th Century English music and some Mozart.

For further details, visit www.leedsconcertseason.com or call the City Centre Box Office on 0113 376 0318

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Elizabeth Cottam, a semi-finalist in BBC MasterChef last year, and Mark Owens, former head chef at The Box Tree in Ilkley, have just opened an exciting new restaurant together.

residency at The New Ellington hotel and received a raft of five star reviews. Customers commented that they felt like they’d been invited into someone’s home for dinner. A search for premises started in earnest.

It was during this residency that Liz met Eddy Lascelles of the Harewood Food & Drink Project on the Harewood Estate. They immediately hit it off and found that, when it came to food, they were definitely on the same page. Here was an opportunity to source fabulous, fresh ingredients right on their doorstep.

Harewood Food & Drink Project could not only supply heritage fruit and vegetables (from a kitchen garden that had been in constant use since the 1750s), but

‘HOME’, at 16-17 Kirkgate (previously occupied by Darbar) describes its approach as ‘fine dining, reimagined’, rooted in a strong sense of heritage and provenance, and offered in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. It offers a three-course lunch, and five and ten-course tasting menus in the evening, all featuring an impressive range of seasonal, local ingredients.

Before taking part in Masterchef Liz had never thought about actually cooking commercially but as soon as she walked into the professional kitchen she felt at home. Encouraged by the judges’ recommendations, she sought out more experience, and met Mark Owens at The Box Tree in Ilkley.

“We quickly found we had lots in common with our approach”, said Liz, “not least our shared passion for great food, and even better service. It got Mark and I thinking that there could be a place for something else on the Leeds restaurant scene.”

W orking with Mark as consultant, Liz secured a

they would also have access to quality venison, beef, lamb and game from the estate.

“Today it’s all about flavour and provenance”, said Eddy Lascelles. “I had always wanted to do something around food and drink using the amazing ingredients we have here. Having the opportunity to work closely with Liz and Mark at HOME is very exciting.”

We were lucky enough to be able to sample the fruits of this burgeoning partnership at a recent tasting of HOME’s planned menu and I have to say it worked!

Customers commented that they felt like they’d been invited into someone’s home for dinner We were treated to rich rabbit stew, with poached loin wrapped in air-dried ham, parsnips, black garlic & smoked potato.

This was followed by fresh peas infused with mint, slow cooked lamb breast, pea foam, and minted curd powder. Then heritage tomato and basil salad with tomato meringue and delicious basil ice cream. The Poached Salmon with compressed cucumber and lemon puree just melted in your mouth. And, finally, Strawberry Cheesecake with strawberry parfait, vanilla cream cheese, macerated strawberries, chocolate biscuit, milk and vanilla gel. Every mouthful was a taste sensation – Leeds is in for a treat!

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Jewish Food Heaven! abulous food fun meets Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine at this year’s Big Jewish Nosh Fest on Sunday 10th September, 10.30am – 4pm at Rubin Vincent Hall, Etz Chaim Synagogue (next to St. John’s Church), Harrogate Road, Leeds.

With the emphasis on healthy lifestyle, new flavours and mouth watering dishes, there is something for everyone. Food, wine and beer sampling will make for an enjoyable stroll around the Festival Marketplace, as well as handmade chocolates and lots of giveaways. And, a variety of chefs will take centre stage from 11.30am onwards to show off their culinary diversity.

There will be lots of activities and entertainment for children, including ‘The Smoothie Bike’ – choose your own fruit,

pedal and blend your shake!

This large foodie event is now in its third year and attracts visitors from all over Yorkshire and beyond.

For tickets (adults £5/children & students £3), contact Makor Jewish Culture for Leeds and Yorkshire on 0113 268 0899, info@makor.co.uk or pay on the door. For further information, visit www.makorjewishcultureuk.org

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Leeds Women’s Aid Ask the Researcher Seeks Volunteers at Biomedical Research Unit Leeds Women’s Aid needs more volunteers to help with the dayto-day running of its charity shop in Horsforth. Opened in 2015, the store has received fantastic support from the community and is becoming increasingly busy.

The charity is looking for both front-of-shop volunteers (serving customers, merchandising, accepting donations), and stock-room staff (sorting donations, hanging, steaming and pricing clothes). No experience is necessary, just the desire to support Leeds’ largest women’s charity.

Volunteers can look forward to flexible hours; training and support; a friendly working environment; the opportunity to gain valuable new skills; and the chance to make a real difference to the lives of women and children at risk from domestic violence and abuse.

For more information, contact Harriet on 0113 258 4111, harriet@ leedswomensaid.org.uk, or drop into the Leeds Women’s Aid Shop, 102 New Road Side, Horsforth, LS18 4QB Established in 1973, Leeds Women’s Aid seeks to protect the city’s women and children from the damage that domestic violence can inflict on their lives. It provides a range of vital services, including emergency refuge accommodation, community outreach work and resettlement for those who must relocate to escape abuse. www.leedswomensaid.co.uk

In April 2017, Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, based at Chapel Allerton Hospital, gained the prestigious status of Biomedical Research Centre. Now named NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), it is one of only twenty BRCs in the UK, and the only one dedicated to research into musculoskeletal diseases. It hosts world-leading research into disease prevention and disability immune mediated inflammatory diseases, and into improving the treatment of osteoarthritis.

The Centre runs a programme of events, led by clinical experts and practicing clinicians, that shows the public what is happening at the cutting edge of health research. The next event is on Thursday 14th September, 12.30 – 2.30pm or 6 – 8pm at the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Chapel Allerton Hospital, when Ask the Researcher will address ‘Skeletal Ageing and Osteoarthritis: the Role of Stem Cells’. Light refreshment will be provided at the start.

For further information, call Gwyn on 0113 392 4485 or visit http://Imbru.leeds.ac.uk/events/

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eeds Royal Naval Association, which meets on the first Thursday of the month at the New Headingley Club, is looking for new members.

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The main objective of the association is to continue the comradeship experienced and enjoyed during everyone’s serving days.

One thing always at the forefront is naval humour – a lot of time is spent enjoying the banter between the various trades members were in.

The Leeds branch is affiliated with HMS Audacious and HMS Ceres. A trip is organised each year and they commemorate Trafalgar Day with a Naval Evening Dinner and a tot. Of course, there is also a serious side – looking after each other in times of need.

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News From Your Councillors Cllr

DAN COHEN Alwoodley

September brings the annual treat of Back to School! Whether it is the broken quiet after the long Summer holiday, or parental excitement at being free from the kids between 9am and 3.30pm, the first few weeks in September always presents a peak in terms of complaints about parking around Alwoodley’s schools.

We all know that parking around every school in the city is a real challenge, especially at drop off and pick up time.

So, I would like to repeat my annual plea to parents – please park, not only legally but also as considerately as possible.

And, to residents around schools – please remember that the vast majority of parents do park considerately. Where parking is genuinely inappropriate, reporting it to the local policing team will ensure the incident is logged and actioned.

Many thanks for the excellent feedback on the Speeds Indication Devices (SIDS) we funded. These two devices (currently on Shadwell Lane and King Lane) have been received very positively. In fact, so well have they been received, that we have been persuaded to invest in additional SIDS so we can cover more of the ward. We are looking at buying another three or four, to be in place by Christmas, and would welcome your suggestions as to which roads would be good candidates for them.

Finally, a friend of mine told me of an initiative he has heard of, ‘Coffee with your Councillor’. The idea is that a resident invites some of their neighbours to come round for coffee and a local councillor goes along too. This gives residents an opportunity to meet and chat to their councillor and to hear first hand what councillors do. It also gives you and your neighbours a chance to raise any concerns or ideas you may have.

If you think this is a good idea for Alwoodley, or, even better, if you would like to host the first ‘Coffee with your Councillor’, please let me know.

Remember, for any and all local issues, Cllr Neil Buckley, Cllr Peter Harrand and myself are all here to help.

Tel: 07711 647 849 Email: daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk Shadow Spokesman for Culture & Skills

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Have a Field Day!

‘Have a Field Day’ is a national event that seeks to encourage local communities to celebrate their greenspaces.

A nature walk on the old Yorkshire Bank Sports Ground on Shadwell Lane, was an opportunity for the new residents of the ‘Parklands’ housing to meet their neighbours. It was also a chance to explore this natural grassland, identify the wildflowers and try to spot any wildlife (butterflies and insects were in abundance but the mammals were well hidden!)

In September work will start on creating the much-anticipated new Moortown Park and although this lovely natural area of greenspace will disappear, the new park will retain large areas of natural grass and wildflowers. A ‘Friends of Moortown Park’ group has been set up to look after the park in the future.

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he buzzard is the UK’s most widespread bird of prey, now breeding in every county of the UK. It is a large bird, with broad rounded wings, a wide Photo: Ben head and short neck, and a Hall short broad tail. Its wings RSPBare what is called ‘fingered’, images. meaning that the individual com feather tips are visible at the wing’s edge, like fingers on the end of a hand. Its plumage varies a great deal, but a common type is medium brown with a pale crescent on the breast, and pale wing tips. Its call is a mewing sound, not dissimilar to a cat, but louder, and it can be heard at any time of a year.

Buzzards can be seen in a variety of different habitats, but prefer areas where there are large trees or crags for nesting.

They are quite easy to spot, either soaring over wooded hillsides, or perched in a tree or on a fence post. They eat small mammals,

especially voles and rabbits, birds and carrion, even insects and earthworms, when other prey is scarce.

They are very territorial, and each territory contains several nest sites, which are used successively in different years by the resident pair. Historically, the buzzard population has been adversely affected by organochloride pesticides (now banned), and illegal shooting, but it has since recovered to a more sustainable level.

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Pictured Cllr Lucinda Yeadon celebrates Green Flag status with members of the Council’s Parks & Countryside team and Friends of Roundhay

nce again, parks and green spaces across Leeds have been recognised with the internationally recognised Green Flag Award. These include Otley Chevin, Pudsey Park, Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam Estate, and Middleton Park.

Now in its third decade, the Green Flag Award provides the public with a stamp of quality regarding which parks are not only providing a beautifully maintained environment with high environmental standards, but also offering excellent visitor facilities.

“It is brilliant news that seven sites in Leeds have been recognised with a prestigious Green Flag Award”, said Cllr Lucinda Yeadon, Leeds City Council’s

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“An amazing amount of hard work is undertaken by the Council’s dedicated parks and countryside team, along with many volunteers, to ensure that green spaces across our communities look fantastic. These awards are a great recognition of their efforts, and we look forward to seeing people of all ages contining to enjoy what we have to offer.”

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An ideal time to do many garden jobs whilst the weather is still pleasant In the veg patch

Pumpkin and squash will ripen better if some of the larger leaves are removed now

This is also a perfect month to preserve some herbs for winter. The traditional way is to pick sprigs of herbs such as thyme or oregano and hang them indoors to dry. Herbs like mint store well when chopped, mixed with a little water and frozen in ice cube trays, whilst chives, basil, dill and fennel can be added to softened butter, rolled to form a log and chilled. A slice of herb butter is an excellent way to add subtle flavour to grilled food.

Planting Biennials There are usually many crops still to harvest in September, but some will now be finished and ready to clear away.

When you remove your bean and pea plants, just cut them off at the bottom and leave the roots to break down in the soil to release nitrogen for the crops you grow there next year.

Pumpkin and squash will ripen better if some of the larger leaves are removed now, to allow the sun to reach the fruit. If the fruit is resting on the soil it’s a good idea to slip a tile under them to stop them rotting on wet soil. They will still need watering regularly if the weather is dry.

There is still time to sow seeds for Swiss chard, winter spinach, rocket and autumn salad leaves.

This group of plants has a two-year life cycle and doesn’t produce flowers until its second year. Many

Many are really valuable for Spring

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If you chop down chives to the ground and give them a feed, they will quickly produce a batch of fresh new leaves.

are really valuable for Spring colour including foxgloves, wallflowers, forget me nots and honesty. If you sowed seed in the Spring you can plant the little plants in their flowering positions now. If not, you can buy the plants now and put them in ready to enjoy their flowers next year. Pinching out the tips of wallflowers as you plant will encourage bushier plants.

Make the Grass look Greener It is time for some Autumn care for your lawn. It’s best to do this at a warm, damp time of the year when the grass will benefit from being aerated with a garden fork, and raked to remove any moss and ‘thatch’ (dead roots and runners).

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A GHOST STORY DIRECTED BY: DAVID LOWERY STARRING: CASEY AFFLECK, ROONEY MARA CERT: 12A RUNNING TIME: 92 MINS ith this quiet and contemplative piece, writerdirector David Lowery has crafted something quite unique, hauntingly beautiful and unexpectedly powerful.

One could argue that the film’s title is only partially accurate; there’s certainly a ghost but not a great deal of story.

The film begins with a glimpse into the home life of couple C (Casey Affleck) and M (Rooney Mara) as they’re preparing to move house. Shortly and abruptly thereafter C is killed in a car accident, of which we see only the aftermath.

We see M at the hospital identifying his lifeless body which, when left alone, rises from the table draped in a sheet and begins to wander through the hospital corridors. There’s a moment when an illuminated gateway opens up before C’s ghost, perhaps offering passage to the next world, but he declines and instead heads for home.

Returning to the house, he seems motivated to reconnect with his bereaved lover but can only passively observe as she works through her grief, gets on with routine daily life and prepares to leave the home they shared behind. Before long M is gone, but C’s ghost remains; a melancholy, mournful presence haunting the place of their shared history.

Exceptionally lit and beautifully photographed the film offers up a host of striking and memorable images

He continues to move through the house as it subsequently becomes home to others, mostly silently and unobtrusively bearing witness to the world in which he is no longer an active participant. No longer tethered to the world but still somehow rooted in place, he seems to traverse space and time, perhaps seeking meaning or some ultimate reconciliation so that his soul may finally rest.

A Ghost Story takes you along an unpredictable path. At the beginning we’re led to assume that this is to be a rumination on love, loss and grief but, while these themes are touched on and underscore the action, the film’s focus and scope pull back and widen to encompass broader existential musings. As we move through the world, what and who do we touch, and how? What remains of us when we pass on? Is it memory alone? What of legacy? What of love? Is life as we know it defined by transience and impermanence or does something of us persist? These considerations are at the heart of A Ghost Story and it approaches them in a mesmerizing, hypnotic manner.

Impressively, the film easily clears what some might imagine to be its trickiest hurdle – namely that its central motif is a ghost depicted by a man covered in a bedsheet, complete with eye holes. It could be assumed that such a laughably hackneyed cliché of a spectral image would lend the film an inescapable note of absurdity that could only undermine its emotional and philosophical integrity. Actually, not a bit of it.

The questionable costume choice works more effectively than anyone would have any right to expect and, by all accounts, it really is Casey Affleck under there for the most part. Far from being absurd, the be-sheeted ghost is an arresting, somber and disarmingly affecting presence.

Technically, the film is an outstanding piece of work. Exceptionally lit and beautifully photographed it offers up a host of striking and memorable images.

It is presented in 1.33:

1 aspect ratio, which means a perfect square frame complete with rounded ‘vignette’ corners. The format recalls that of old photographs, and is often so slow moving that it resembles still photography as much as a motion picture. While watching I was reminded of the work of some of my favorite American photographers, lying somewhere between William Eggleston’s documentarian approach and the high-concept surrealism of Gregory Crewdson. The film also benefits from an excellent score by musician/ composer Daniel Hart, creating a perfect marriage of sound and image.

Languid and meditative, not driven by plot and with pacing that could sometimes be called glacial, not everyone will find A Ghost Story particularly accessible, but if one gives themselves over to it, it’s an entrancing experience that stirs both the mind and the heart.

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Comedy at City Varieties In-keeping with its history as a reputable comedy venue, City Varieties Music Hall (CVMH) is bringing several notable names to Leeds in September.

Joe Pasquale will take to the

Pictured: Trio Da Kali.

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he Howard Assembly Room at Opera North continues to offer and exciting and varied programme this Autumn/Winter, including: Trio Da Kali (22nd Oct) unites three outstanding musicians from Southern Mali who come from a long line of distinguished griots (hereditary musicians). Singer Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté is the daughter of legendary Kassé Mady Diabaté; bass ngoni player Mamadou Kouyaté is the eldest son of the world-renowned Bassekou Kouyaté; and the group is led, uniquely, by the virtuoso balafon of Fode Lassana Diabaté, as heard on the classic AfroCubism album.

Senegalese kora player and singer Seckou Keita performs with Cuban jazz pianist and composer Omar Sosa (16th Nov), celebrating their first album together, ‘Transparent Water’. Their exploratory music is rooted in improvisation and brings together influences from across five continents.

Grammy-nominated American pianist and composer Uri Caine gives a rare solo concert on 2nd November. He returns to some of the seminal readings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, as well as reimaginings of pieces by Mozart and Mahler, mixed up with jazz standards and his own original compositions. Caine uses classical music as a ‘springboard for improvisation’, and his collaborations extend from the Beaux Arts Trio to John Zorn, from the Woody Herman Band to the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.

Brechtian Punk Cabaret trio The Tiger Lillies (13th Dec) bring the seedy sounds of bygone Soho to Leeds for a Christmas show with an edge. Their new album, ‘Cold Night in Soho’, is a series of snapshots of a vanished world of drinking dens, clip joints and the starched soldiers of the Salvation Army on a mission to save souls: a place where the gutter is never far away.

For full details, visit www.operanorth. co.uk/howard-assembly-room

stage on Saturday 2nd September in his one-man show, ‘The Devil in Disguise’, that apparently ‘defies description’.

Andy Parsons urges people to put on their lucky pants and party shoes, and get out for the night to see his show, ‘Peak Bullsh*t’, on Wednesday 20th.

And, comedian, poet, improviser and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus , will entertain with tales, laughs and diversions on Thursday 28th when he will drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it in ‘Juplicity’.

As well as both editions of North Leeds Life, you’ll also find many more interesting stories and events on our website, that have either arrived too late for inclusion, or we simply ran out of room in the magazine. We are adding new stories nearly every day. So don’t miss out!

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Absolute Bowie Fri 1 Sep, O2 Academy,

£17.85. Voted one of the best UK tribute bands with energetic, theatrical stage show faithfully performing the music of David Bowie.

Mo Pitney Sat 2 Sep, Brudenell Social

Club, £14. Country singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee.

Mdou Moctar Sat 2 Sep, Headrow House, £13.20. Tuareg guitarist from Niger who experiments with psychedelia & electronica.

Scott Hirsch & Michael Chapman Tue 5

Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £11. Alt/psych folk taking in ragtime, jazz & blues.

Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy Sat 9 Sep, Otley Courthouse, £16. Pan-generational Brit-folk excellence with legendary legacy.

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mixed with indie, jazz & tinges of dirty country.

The Petty Heartbreakers Thu 14 Sep, Duck & Drake, Free. Tons of Tom Petty classics played by top tribute band.

Steel Pan Fusion Fri 15 Sep, The HiFi Club,

£8-10. Polyrhythmic grooves & melodic arrangements with tons of percussion, steel drums, keyboards & sax.

Charly Bliss Sat 16 Sep, Headrow House, £8.25. 4-piece ‘bubblegrunge’ band from New York.

Lowkey Sun 17 Sep, The Wardrobe, £17.60.

Dead Naked Hippies Wed 27 Sep, Hyde

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Mon 18 Sep,

Brudenell Social Club, £9.90. Upbeat folk

Arts 1.30pm, £7/5 Bring your horn or your voice or just come down & watch the fun. The Seven Jazz trio will be there to support you!

The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

B Boys Mon 11 Sep, Brudenell Social Club,

Bright Light Bright Light Wed 13 Sep,

Academy, £28.75. American rapper known for his rapid-fire lyrical flow.

Lewis Watson Mon 25 Sep, Brudenell Social

Sun 17 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, free.

Vancouver-based duo combining rock n’ roll swagger with decades deep blues style.

Ryan Adams Mon 18 Sep, O2 Academy, £55. Guitarist/ singer/ songwriter infusing alt-country/folk with punk spirit.

Tue 12 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £13.75.

Expansive, genre-hopping ensemble taking in everything from soulful country-rock to jazz.

£8.80. Snarling punk rock’n’roll three-piece with lots of riffs & tons of attitude.

17 Sep, Inkwell, 1.30pm, £9/7 (NUS £5).

Bringing the sounds of late fifties jazz to life - Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon & more.

10 Sept, Seven Arts, 1.30pm £10/8 (NUS £5). New York pianist Michael Kanan & London saxman Sam Braysher playing acoustic music by Jerome Kern, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Victor Young, Duke Ellington & Tadd Dameron & more

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Baby Strange Sat 23 Sep, Headrow House,

Seven Arts Jazz Jam Sun 24 Sept @Seven

Le Toot & The Kansas City Four Sun

£7.70. Vibrant guitar melodies, undulating bass lines & deep swirling grooves. Frantic electro-punk that sounds like Devo jamming with Wire.

Brudenell Social Club, £8.80. Garage rock supergroup containing members of Slow Club & The Wave Pictures. Main influences include Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground & great surf guitar music of the 60s.

After Hours Quintet Sun 17 Sep,Golden

Leeds Jazz Orchestra Sun 10 Sep,

Sam Braysher & Michael Kanan Sun

The Surfing Magazines Fri 22 Sep,

Machine Gun Kelly Sun 24 Sep, O2

£8. Inventive Swiss guitar virtuoso.

Lotherton Hall, 2pm - 4pm, £5. An eclectic mix of repertoire from Bebop, Blues & Ballads through to cutting-edge modern Jazz Orchestra numbers.

All female 5-piece blasting infectious, rattling high energy tunes in the vein of Patti Smith, Kim Gordon, PJ Harvey, Courtney Love et al.

Award-winning rapper, poet, playwright & political activist challenging hip hop stereotypes.

Acre Park, 2:30pm - 4:30pm, free. Versatile Hot-Jazz outfit.

Attila Vural Sat 9 Sep, Headingley HEART,

Yassassin Thu 21 Sep, The Library, £5.50.

Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. Melodic, exuberant indie rock.

Little Barrie Wed 20 Sep, Brudenell Social

Club, £13.20. Stripped down RnB/Soul/ Funk/Blues/Garage rock jam band.

Mads Mathias Quartet Thurs 21 Sept,

Seven Arts, £16. Danish sax player & vocalist interprets the music of the swing era in the style of from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick Jr.

Club, £13.75. Guitarist/singer-songwriter with open, relaxed personality, affecting voice & confident performance style.

Park Book Club, £5.50. A gritty post punk trio from Leeds.

Living Colour Thu 28 Sep, Brudenell Social Club, £20.35. Hendrixian guitars & heavy-duty rhythm section crossing over effortlessly between hard rock & funk.

Hassan Erraji Fri 29 Sep, Seven Arts, £10/

£20 Renowned singer/ songwriter bringing a touch of jazz to traditional sounds of Morocco & Turkey, leading to exciting Arab/ African rhythms & danceable melodies.

Joe Goddard Fri 29 Sep, Headrow House, 10pm, £11. Hot Chip member, one of the 2 Bears, producer, DJ, & multi-instrumentalist takes you on a journey through disco, house & electro.

Leeds’ Goth Festival Returns oth City Festival returns to Leeds from 5th – 22nd October. This city-wide festival celebrates the gothic and post-punk heritage of the city and of Yorkshire generally.

Events include, gigs, clubs, discussions, spoken word, acoustic and social events and features more than 20 different bands and performers.

In keeping with the DIY and underground spirit of the event, the festival will be held at the best alternative venues across the city, including Wharf Chambers, The Fenton, Packhorse, Fox & Newt, Cafe LS6 and The Hyde Park Book Club. It also features events like Carpe Noctum, West Yorkshire’s longest

running Goth Club Night and the largest event of it’s kind in the North.

All proceeds from Goth City Promotions events during the festival are donated to PAFRAS (Positive Action For Refugees and Asylum Seekers), a charity for destitute refugees and asylum seekers. Last year the festival raised over £3,500 for the charity.

Headliners in this year’s festival include legendary Bradford postpunks 1919, ‘90s Goth survivors Manuskript and world-renowned, dark industrial pioneers Attrition. Also appearing will be David Wolfenden (former Mission, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Expelaires guitarist), recently reformed Sheffield dark-wave greats Libitina, and some of the very best acts on the UK Goth scene today such as Terminal Gods, Luxury Stranger and In Isolation.

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Sarah Tackles A Walk Montane Lakeland 100 for St Vincent’s Around

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n 28th July, solicitor Sarah Smith set off on the Montane Lakeland 100 race, hoping to cover 105 miles in under 40 hours. The route is in the Lake District National Park, starting in Coniston and working its way around via Seathwaite, Boot, Wasdale Head, Black Sail Pass, Buttermere, Braithwaite, Blencathra, Dockray, Dalemain, Howtown, Fusedale, Haweswater, Mardale Head, Kentmere, Ambleside, Chapel Stile, Tilberthwaite and finally back to Coniston. It includes 6,856 metres of ascent, and the weather alternated between rain, a little sun, then more rain and wind. She completed the route in 37 hours and 23 minutes.

Sarah was raising money for St Vincent’s Support Centre in Leeds, a charity that supports people whose lives are blighted by poverty. It offers practical and personal support to the community in many ways.

“I have seen the difference the work of this charity makes to people’s lives”, said Sarah, “and I know that every pound donated will really make a difference. This is a national charity but the money I raise will go to the project in Leeds.”

The Leeds branch has a charity shop that sells good quality clothes and furniture, a food bank, support with job seeking, IT training, advice on benefits, and there is also a café, a place for people to meet.

The facilities provided by St Vincent’s (which also offers training and roles to volunteers) massively improves people’s lives.

The project also provides help for asylum seekers and immigrants arriving in Leeds, enabling them to learn English, and helping them to attend meetings at their children’s schools and become part of the community.

Sarah recently exceeded her £350 sponsorship target but would love to give it one last push – if you would like to contribute, please visit her JustGiving page

A sponsored walk to raise funds for St Vincent’s is planned for Sunday 24th September. The walk will be around Eccup Reservoir and promises to be a great day of fun and fundraising.

There is a choice of two routes, either 7.5 miles or 3.5 miles; both have midway stops for refreshments and toilet breaks. The short walk is wheelchair and pushchair friendly with activities for children along the way.

Walkers should meet at St Paul’s Church Hall on King Lane (LS17 7ES) for registration at 1.30pm for 2pm start.

All sponsorship will go directly to community support projects in Leeds. St Vincent’s Support Centre and St Jude’s Furniture Store are Special Projects of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP), providing essential help and support for families in Leeds living in poverty.

For more information, contact Natalie on 0113 248 4126 or Natalie. tiu@stvincents-svp.org.uk

Matty Lee Takes World Championship Silver atty Lee (19) from the City of Leeds Diving Club recently won Silver at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

His first event was the 10m Platform Mixed Synchro with diving partner Lois Toulson from Huddersfield. Facing the top 17 mixed 10m divers in the world, Matty and Lois held their nerve, slowly moving up the field with consistent diving to eventually claim a World Championship Silver Medal! This Silver was one of the only three medals won by GB at the Championships – they were just pipped to the post by the Chinese.

Matty also competed in the 10m Individual Platform, along with fellow GB diver Tom Daley. In a prelim against 42 of the best divers in the world he secured a seventh place, taking him into the semifinals where he moved up into fifth place.

The final was won by Tom Daley, but Matty achieved his goal of making a World Championship Individual Final for the first time.

Earlier this year, Matty held off two Chinese divers to take 10m Platform Gold in the FINA Diving Grand Prix (Puerto Rico). In the European Championships (Kiev) he claimed a10m Individual Platform Silver, and with partner Pictured: Lois Toulson & Matty Lee Lois became 10m Mixed European Champions taking the Gold! He also gained the title of British 10m Platform Champion at the British Championships.

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Shaheen Gives Community Cohesion a Sporting Chance een swimmer Shaheen Alghofari (17) is well aware of the benefits of regular exercise, so he jumped at the chance to help youngsters in his community reap the same rewards.

Shaheen, who trains most days with the City of Leeds Swimming Club, applied to the volunteering organisation vInspired for funding to run circuit training sessions for young Syrians. His application was successful and he used the £500 grant to purchase equipment.

A Y-12 student at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), Shaheen recruiting a team of volunteers from his fellow students, promoting the sessions through Facebook and obtaining venues free of charge.

The hour and a half training sessions at Ebor Gardens Community Centre and Hyde Park Methodist Church regularly attracted

around 15 Syrian teenagers, all working hard to learn English and study after the trauma of leaving their home country.

The benefits to participants and volunteers were beyond Shaheen’s wildest expectations. “Most volunteering has an impact on experience but this had a personal impact”, said Shaheen. “We’d do the exercises and halfway through we’d have a break and just talk - that was unplanned but it was good. I felt it was good for us all to talk to each other and learn about our different cultures.”

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At this time of year, schools all over Leeds are holding Open Days and Evenings and inviting parents and prospective pupils in to have a look around and get a feel for the school and what they offer – from Primary Schools to Sixth Form Colleges.

It is a great opportunity to compare what is available – from the excellent state schools in North Leeds, to a number of high achieving private schools that continue to offer an alternative route, and all vying to enhance learning and broaden young minds.

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Horsforth School’s ‘outstanding’ Ofsted graded Sixth Form is consistently one of the top performing in Yorkshire and has a proven track record for delivering excellent academic results. In 2016, over a third of A Level grades awarded were A or A* and the school supported successful applications to Russell Group Universities including Oxford and Cambridge.

Horsforth School Sixth Form offers over 30 A Level courses, personalised guidance including tailored Oxbridge support, bespoke careers’ advice and a wide range of enrichment opportunities to make students stand out from the crowd. Students can get involved in the debating club, student council, mentoring, school productions and have the opportunity to go on trips to places like Peru, Japan and Borneo. It aims to ensure that all students enjoy learning and achieve their potential, not only in their studies but also in sporting, creative and practical endeavours.

See for yourself at its Sixth Form Open Evening on Wednesday 18th October at 6pm. If you are a current student at Horsforth School or at another school and wishing to join its Sixth Form from 2018 onwards, go along – no need to book, just drop in.

Get a feel for what life at Horsforth School Sixth Form is like by visiting horsforthschool.org/ sixth-form

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With over ten acres of land, which include an outdoor yurt classroom and a range of sports pitches and tennis courts, the school has a superb sporting reputation, and its strong culture of music and drama is demonstrated in impressive performances and concerts throughout the year.

From the Autumn term, outdoor learning lessons will be scheduled for all children from nursery to Year 6, providing an alternative method of delivering the curriculum and helping to improve skills such as teambuilding and communication.

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The school is renowned for its outstanding standards of education. It received the top grade of ‘excellent’ across the board in its most recent ISI inspection, and consistently has outstanding 11+ examination results.

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Ranked as ‘one of the ten best value private schools in the UK’ (Telegraph) with a ‘first-class, academic and outward looking approach’ (Good Schools Guide), BGS is one of the UK’s leading independent schools, providing an ‘outstanding education’ (ISI 2012) for more than 1,050 girls and boys aged six to 18.

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“We gear ourselves up for success all the time, and as parents and teachers, we encourage this in our children too”, said Sue Woodroofe, Principal. “Recently, there is a lot of research about the lack of resilience in young people today – the fear of failure is greater than it has ever been. We need to focus on the importance of resilience and the need to ‘have a go’, so that they are not deterred by setbacks.”

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families can feel pressured and out of their comfort zone.

“School should always be a safe place, including being a safe place in which to fail or make mistakes”, she said. “If pupils are worried about the pressures of life, we aim to make sure that they know they may face tough times, but we are here to support them. In my experience, they will be stronger for it and might achieve things they never thought possible!”

Former GSAL student Caroline Newton, now in her final year studying philosophy at Durham University, agrees. “There were times at school when I was definitely pushed beyond my comfort zone, but knowing I had the support of staff and fellow pupils helped me to take risks. Have a go. You’ll be amazed at what you can achieve.”

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Community Notices ACTIVE Alwoodley Tennis Club Saturday morning coaching for juniors (age 5 -17). Adult coaching 2pm. Friday indoor coaching for under 8s at 4.30pm all year.

Details: Carolyn on 07786 828 740, Alwoodleytenniscoaching@gmail.com

Badminton Club Mon 9pm & Wed 8.30pm at Alwoodley Community Association, The Avenue. Friendly group.

New members welcome. Details: Penny

national Walking for Health initiative. The walks take place 2nd Sat of each month.

To register, email foagf@outlok.com or phone/text 07590 510499

PHGC Snooker Club at Oakwood Clock Friendly, community focused club keen to welcome new members.

Open Mon - Fri, 5 -11pm. Three tables, licensed bar, social events throughout the year. All abilities welcome.

Coaching available. Details: 212 0194,

294 3376

secretary@thesnookerclub.co.uk, www. thesnookerclub.co.uk

Chapel Allerton Snooker & Social Club 19 Town St. LS7 4NB.

Wheels 4 Fun Disability Cycling Group meets Sat 11am – 1pm at

Four competition class snooker tables, food nights, live music events, games & competitions all year. Social membership from £5 pa. Details: 262 4269, www.

thecaclub.webs.com or Facebook

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm to offer advice, support & social cycling for adults with physical disability. Tandems, tricycles & other bikes available. Volunteers needed to help in various roles. Details: Trish 269

Meanwood Boxing Club Boxing &

5028, http://leedscyclingcampaign. co.uk/wheels-4-fun

fitness classes Mon, Tues, Thurs. Juniors (9 – 16) 5.30 – 6.30pm £1; Seniors (17+) 6.30 – 7.30pm £2. Prince Philips Community Centre, Scott Hall Ave. LS7 2HJ. Details: Head Coach Wayne

Cunningham 07784 998799, www. meanwoodboxing.com

Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station).

Snooker players for social & league play welcome. 2 tables & bar open every evening. Details: John Stancliffe 294

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Moor Allerton Bowling Club (Stonegate Rd. LS17 6EL opp fire station) Great opportunity for men & women of all ages to enjoy healthy, light exercise & make new friends. Details: Geoff Rowland 295

5861

North Leeds Walking Group Join a series of free short walks between parks & green space in north Leeds as part of

ARTS & CRAFTS Alwoodley Art Group meets Thurs, 7.30pm at The Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, for drawing, painting, demonstrations, workshops, tea, biscuits & exhibitions (twice a year). New members welcome. Details: 269 5512, www.

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

Details: John Irving 293 1465

Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. 2 Sept: Annual exhibition Chapel Allerton Arts Festival; 12 Sept: DVD practical; 26 Sept: Practocal workshop with Pam Mcfetridge.

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Chapel Allerton Allotments & Gardens Association Autumn Show Sat 9 Sept, 3-4pm Methodist Centre, Town St. 100th Autumn Show! Competition classes: Flowers, Veg, Home Produce & Beekeeping. Plants, gardening supplies & cards on sale, & honey from own bees.

Refreshments. Auction of Produce 4.15pm.

Adm. £1. Children free. All welcome.

Hope Pastures Community Coffee Morning Tues 3 Oct, 10.30am - 12 nooon at the sanctuary (corner Ring Rd & Weetwood Ln) A relaxed morning – meet friends for a chat & homemade cake, meet ponies if you wish. Details: office@

hopepastures.org

Oakwood Farmers’ Market Third Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

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Life Drawing starting 11 Sept, 7.15pm

GROUPS/CLUBS

at Otley Cricket Club. Friendly & informal group who draw from live model, male & female. Bring own materials, no tutor. Cost £6-£8, depending on numbers. Details:

Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

Anne-Marie 07427 679035

7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon

7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www. alwoodleychessclub.org.uk

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.

Friends of Gipton Wood meet 10am last Sat of month, & some Sunday afternoons. Join them for a fun & interesting hour including wild flowers, birds, toadstools, tree recognition &

archaeology. Details: Chris 266 7569 &

Facebook

Full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, book groups.

Details: enquiries@leedsivc.org.uk

Friends of Roundhay Park organises

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regular volunteer working parties to help with maintenance of this beautiful park on 2nd Sat & 4th Thurs each month. Members can enjoy a variety of outdoor work & meet new friends. Details: secretary@forp.

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Friends of Wigton Moor Woods

Leeds Microscopical Society Meets

meet monthly at Wigton Moor UR Church Hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days with litter picks, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks.

New members welcome. Details: Debs

two Thurs per month, with a Summer break. Talks, demonstrations & practical evenings. Enjoy the microscopical world of nature. Visitors welcome. Details: Mike

07943 277867, Anne 07530 040349 or Facebook

campaigning for preservation of NHS. Next meetings: Tues 12 Sept (3 Oct; 16 Nov; 5 Dec) at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: 278 5495, info@

Smith 293 5991, leedsmicroscopical. org.uk

National Trust Association Leeds Gardening for Health with The Conservation Volunteers Tues & Thurs am in Oakwood. Want to learn new skills or just meet people & get some fresh air.

Refreshments & gloves provided & some bus fares reimbursed. Details: Pauline

Pickett 07816 225535, p.pickett@tcv. org.uk

Leeds Decorative and Fine Arts Society Talks, visits, study days. Meets

meets 2nd Tues of month, 10.30am in St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. for coffee & a talk. All welcome. Details: Phil

McShane 225 1166, phil_mcshane@ yahoo.co.uk

RoCo Dramatic Society at St Andrew’s Roundhay, Shaftesbury Ave. LS8 1DS seeks new members for acting, back stage & front of house activities. Fun & fellowship guaranteed! Junior RoCo also welcomes new members (fhenderson.jroco@gmail. com) Details: Andrea 266 2132/ Jill 293

3rd Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, LS6 4BP. Forthcoming talks include ‘Sixties Photography’ (Sept). Details: 808 6313,

8343, www.rocodrama.co.uk

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Shadwell Horticultural Society meet

Leeds & Harrogate Social Club Monthly Club Night 3rd Mon (18 Sept), 8.30pm at The Toby Carvery (Queen’s Arms), Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton.

Slaid Hill in Bloom meets 1st Sat at 10am outside The Dexter, Wigton Ln. for 2 hours. Followed by lunch. Details: www.

2nd Thurs, 7.30pm in Methodist Church, Main St. for interesting talks on gardening topics. Details: Susan Frost 273 8821

White Rose Speakers Club meets every 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.30pm at Horsforth Museum, LS18 5JB. Helping people improve their public speaking skills, boost their self-confidence & have fun. Everyone welcome. Details: Pauline 269 3542

MUSIC Alwoodley Singers Seek New Members All welcome, but especially sopranos.

Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue LS17 7NZ. Details: 294 3370

Cantabile Chamber Choir Small, friendly chamber choir based in Chapel Allerton. Broad repertoire & regular performances throughout year. Rehearse Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm in Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Enquiries from new singers welcome (especially tenors).

Details: info@cantabile-choir-leeds. org.uk

Fading Cells 4-piece electro-acoustic ukulele combo offers free easy listening/ sing-a-long entertainment with wellknown pop tunes from 60s onwards, for charity work, fundraising etc. Details: Bob

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Friday Night Live 15 Sept at Crag House

Thackrah Court, Shadwell Lane). Details:

Farm, Otley Old Rd. Cookridge - Fine dining with music by Laura Kindelan, breakout star of the York music scene. See website for menu. Details/reservations:

268 9844

RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elderly welcomes people

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230 3618, www.craghousefarm.com/ events

over 65 at their clubs - Mon, 2pm at Oakwood Church & Thurs, 1.30pm at Lidgett Lane Community Centre.

Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & other special interest clubs. Details: Andrew 887 3595

Family History Section, Yorkshire

The Tea Cosy+ Dimentia Café.

Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society Thurs 21 Sept, 7 for 7.30pm

Folk Fiddle Group meets Thurs 7pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, LS2 9BN. A relaxed group of enthusiastic folk musicians it welcomes new members on any instruments, violinists especially welcome. No previous experience with folk music necessary. Details: Iveta 07547

112171, www.leedsfolkfiddlegroup.co.uk

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

Leeds Methodist Choir Rehearsals at Oxford Place Methodist Centre for concert at St Chad’s 16 Sept. All singers welcome, particularly tenors & basses. Excellent mixed selection incl. Suite from The Armed Man, Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana & John Rutter’s Feel The Spirit.

Details: 237 0389/ dudleymax34@ gmail.com or William 268 4723

Specifically for people with dimentia & their carers. Open 1st Wed each month, 11am - 1.30pm, Lidgett Lane Community Centre, LS17 6QP. Tea & coffee, homemade sandwiches & cakes, support for carers, Singing for the Brain. £2.50 per person.

Tea Dance for the Over 60s Every Friday afternoon at Old Pool Bank Village Hall, Quarry Farm Rd. LS21 3BT. Very popular event running for over 30 years.

Includes ballroom. New faces welcome to dance or just socialize. £2.50 incl raffle ticket. Details: Barbara 07840 133332

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Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided.

Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne &

at University House (University of Leeds). Talk by David Sellers on ‘William Gascoigne, Leeds Astronomer’. All welcome. Details: www.leedsphilandlit. org.uk/events.html

Leeds Theosophical Society 24 Sept, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ (opp.

Leeds Arena). A talk by Tim Wyatt (School of Applied Wisdom) on ‘Why Am I Here & Where Am I Going?’ Reflections on the Ageless Wisdom as applied to practical living. Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk/ Royal Meteorological Society

327287, Leeds.coeliac@gmail.com

Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-

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Leeds Coeliac Group Fri 29 Sept, 7pm at Del Verde Mediterranean Restaurant, Park Ln, Roundhay, LS8 2EJ. Gluten-free social meal. Details & to book: 07462

judgmental support 24 hours for those experiencing distress or despair. They listen for as long as you need. Details: 245

6789 or 116 123, www.samaritans.org/ branches/samaritans-leeds

Parkinson’s UK Supporting all Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the

Historical & Archaeological Society Sat 9 Sept, 11am at Swarthmore Centre, 2 – 7, Woodhouse Sq, LS3 1AD, a lecture entitled ‘History of Rothwell’ by Simon Bulmer.

Visitors welcome

Monthly public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds.

Next talks: 27 Sept: ‘60 Years of Climate & Weather in Upper Teesdale; 1 Nov: Analysis of a severe hailstorm over Yorkshire. Free. All welcome. Details:

Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

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affected by Parkinson’s disease. Meets 2nd Wed, 2pm St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Details: Christine 226 3847,

WOMEN’S GROUPS Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall (off The Vine).

Learn, chat, laugh, make friends & help the community. Aged 18-180 – you are more than welcome. £37.50 a year or come as a guest for £4. Details: Facebook/

Alwoodley WI

cannesmith46@gmail.com

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

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club For former cardiac

Lunch & Chat First Monday of each

patients. Friendly, evening exercise classes with qualified Phase 4 instructors. Details:

Darling Roses WI Meets 2nd Sat, 11am - 3pm at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, LS17 7BZ. Learn new skills, meet new friends, get involved in your community & have lots of fun. Details: debbie@

month, 1pm at Tree Tops Centre (next to

07949 307955, wghcardiacclub@gmail.

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Hope Pastures Knitting Group

Soroptimist International of Leeds

Oakwood Cinema returns 30 Sept with

Wed 10.30am – 12 noon at Hope Pastures Sanctuary. Chat & knit ponies!

Refreshments & wool provided. Expert knitters on hand to help beginners. The knitted ponies raise vital funds for rescued horses, ponies & donkeys. Just turn up.

meets 2nd Mon, 7.30pm at Weetwood Hall Hotel, LS16 5PS. Visitors welcome. www. sigbi.org/leeds/

‘Hidden Figures’, the story of the black women who worked on the NASA space programme in the 1960s. Details: www.

Details: office@hopepastures.org

Cafe Economique meets at Seven Arts,

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs, 10.30am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. 7 Sept: ‘Chasing Million Eyres’ with Jacquiline Depelle; 5 Oct: ‘Murderous Medics & Naughty Nurses’ with Prof Mike Green.Details: Joan

31A Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3PD. Tues 3 Oct: Dr Julia Wright, Coventry University, talks about ‘Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security’; Tues 7 Nov Dr Iain Clacher, University of Leeds, addresses ‘The Changing Landscape of Pensions’. £4.

MISC/ EVENTS

Pasta Masterclass 12 Oct at Crag

McShane 225 1166

Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs, 7pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. So much more than Jam & Jerusalem! In addition to monthly meetings, they run a wide range of activities & social groups (day & evening).

Visitors £4. Details: Pauline 268 6704,

oakwoodcinema.org

Hope Pastures Community Action Day Sat 30 Sept, 10am – 2pm at the sanctuary (corner Ring Rd & Weetwood Ln). Volunteers needed to help with regular maintenance jobs – painting, fence repair, clearing & gardening. Major jobs tackled last Saturday of each month (FebOct) Details: office@hopepastures.org

House Farm, Otley Rd, Cookridge LS16 7NH. Salvo’s Gip Dammone demonstrates dishes. Taste & pick up specialist tips on cooking perfect pasta dishes. Plus 3-course Italian supper with glass of Prosecco £22.50 pp. Limited places. Details & to

book: 230 3618.

Special Stable Supporter Afternoon Sun 3 Sept, 4 – 6pm at Hope Pastures (corner of Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd.) Tour & information about work of sanctuary. Opportunity to get close with the animals & meet the team. If you’re interested in becoming a Stable Supporter contact kim@hopepastures.org

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