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Dear Readers, Well this year has been quite a rollercoaster and we have been distracted with financial crisis and uproar in the European Union. But Christmas has crept up on us and gives us all a chance to draw breath and get into the Christmas spirit – have fun, celebrate family and friends, and share a little with the many who may be bumping along the bottom right now.

This month we invite you to ‘Put a Local Author in Your Stocking’! Leeds Writers seem to have been coming out of the woodwork recently and what better time to acquaint a few more people with their work? We also had a word with a few great little eateries around our area and asked them for a recipe that could be part of an alternative festive meal (in case you get sick of turkey and Christmas pudding!).

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We are also delighted to welcome the beautifully renovated City Varieties Theatre back to the Leeds entertainment scene and to flag up Big Society! A Music Hall Comedy starring Phill Jupitus and Chumbawamba. Congratulations go out to Left Bank on winning a Heritage Angels Award. Northern Ballet launches its ‘Sponsor a Dancer’ scheme; Otley Victorian Fayre promises a bigger and better-than-ever event; and Hope Pastures suggests adopting a pony for Christmas.

Do send us your New Year news for our January edition (deadline 1st Dec). The focus, of course, will be fitness!

Wishing all our readers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and excellent New Year.

Kind regards

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LEFT BANK WINS ‘HERITAGE ANGELS’ AWARD Left Bank, the former St Margaret of Antioch Church on Cardigan Road, was recently awarded a ‘Heritage Angels’ Award for saving an ‘at risk’ building. The church was falling into ruin until Left Bank, with the help of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, restored the redundant building and transformed it into an arts and events venue.

The Heritage Angels Awards were the brainchild of Andrew Lloyd-Webber, who worked with English Heritage to develop a prize that would honour the efforts of local people working together to save important buildings in their communities. Left Bank, a Grade 2 listed building, was the only nominee of sixteen from the north of England. The judges commended the volunteers supporting Left Bank, who had ‘brought enormous energy, creativity and life back to their vast red brick hulk of an inner city church’.

endorsement of the years of slog that so many people have given to get Left Bank up and running. And it’s great encouragement to keep going with all the work we’ve still got to do.”

The judges – Simon Thurley (Chief Executive, English Heritage), Andrew Lloyd Webber, Melvyn Bragg, Historian Bettany Hughes, Charles Moore (Editor, The Telegraph), and Richard Chartres (Bishop of London) – said: “All 16 shortlisted groups were exceptional and the judges had a hard time deciding between them. But in the end the winners stood out for their passion, perseverance and imagination, for the scale of the challenges they had taken on and for the legacy they leave behind...”

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NORTH LEEDS LIFE 265A OTLEY RD, WEST PARK, LEEDS, LS16 5LN INFO@NORTHLEEDSLIFE.CO.UK WWW.NORTHLEEDSLIFE.CO.UK OFFICE: 0113 274 8776 Vik Banks of Left Bank (centre) Completed in 1909, the church was built in brick, but the vast interior was created in homage to the ‘gothic revival’ style by renowned architect Temple Moore. The building has also been nominated for a prize in this year’s Leeds Architecture Awards.

“This is a fantastic boost for us”, said Simon Hall, who started out as a volunteer and now works part-time for the project. “When Left Bank took over the building ten years ago it was only fit to house the many hundreds of pigeons that lived in the rafters. This award is a wonderful validation of the numerous hours that our volunteers have put in to making the building safe for the many visitors and users, who immediately fall in love with what might be the most surprising building in the city.”

“We were really thrilled to be shortlisted and when we went down to the awards ceremony in London, we were just happy to be there”, explained Left Bank’s project manager, Vik Banks.

“It didn’t really sink in until afterwards that we’d actually won. It’s such an incredible

was first inspired by the building in 1978, when it was in regular use as an Anglican church.

When the building was closed in 1995, Mike began to imagine how the building could be used.

Eventually, in 2002, a dedicated group of people set up a trust to buy the building. A lot of the original ideas for the building were dropped and Left Bank Leeds began to emerge as people got involved and asked to use the building for art and music events. With a much needed injection of Heritage Lottery funding, repair work began in 2007 and since then Left Bank has slowly taken shape.

2012 holds new challenges for Left Bank. They have just registered as a community interest company and are applying for an entertainments licence, so that they can hold more events and earn income to support the use of the building for arts and community activities. And, as everyone knows who’s been to Left Bank, the other big challenge is to sort out the heating! www.leftbankleeds.org.uk

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OTLEY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS FAYRE – THE BIGGEST YET! The 26th Otley Victorian Christmas Fayre is almost here! Another wonderful day is planned for Sunday 11th December, 12 noon – 6pm.

This will be largest Fayre in its history, with many old favourites and some great new attractions. Once again the Market Place will be the centre of activities for the younger children. Five local schools will be singing on the stage, as well as some adult choirs. Children will be able to see, pet and have their photographs taken with two beautiful reindeer, as well as enjoying a traditional Punch and Judy show and children’s rides.

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A variety of stalls on Kirkgate, Boroughgate, in the Black Horse Stable yard and Bay Horse Court provide an opportunity to buy beautiful Christmas gifts and support local groups. After his reindeer are settled in the Market Place, Santa Claus will be found in his grotto on Mercury Row. The Otley Victorian Christmas Fayre programme is on sale at over 30 local shops. It features a map showing where you will find everything, as well as a timetable for the stage events. And, this year there is an opportunity to win £200 just in time for Christmas!

If you are travelling by car look out for the extra car park signs. There will be plenty of room on the old Ashfield works on Westgate, Sinclair/Craftsman Tools off Pool Road, and the old cattle Market by the bridge on Billam’s Hill.

All will be lit and manned by stewards.

The Leeds- based charity ‘Save Babies Through Screening Foundation UK’ is hosting a Ladies Christmas Charity Event on Saturday 10th December at LA Fitness, Yeadon from 7pm.

You are encouraged to dress up in your best Black, White and Bling for this special occasion, which includes a fashion show, pamper stalls, various Christmas craft and gift stalls and, of course, a brilliant raffle.

Save Babies UK is a registered charity raising money for research into rare diseases in babies and young children.

It is also encouraging the Government to extend the UK newborn screening programme. If rare diseases are detected at birth, then immediate treatment can be offered to prevent severe disability or death. The UK is lagging behind many other countries in terms of the number of diseases we screen for at birth.

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Round Table’s Santa will be Out and About Every year the members of Bramhope Round Table tour the area with Santa in his Christmas Float to raise money for a good cause. This year they are supporting Hannah House in Rothwell, a ‘home from home’ facility providing planned or emergency short-break care for children with complex health needs.

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This is an important first step in getting this scheme off the ground, however funding is a problem. Headingley and Hyde Park lack green space for children to play and the new park proposals would increase this, allowing young families a great place to play and exercise. I believe that it would also act as an incentive for families to move into the area.

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Headingley campus proposed for Leeds City College We learnt recently that Leeds City College wants to move from its current home in Burmantofts to Headingley Office Park. The college plans to move into its new home by September 2012. The planned new facility will have space for around 600 students aged 16 – 18.

This is an interesting proposal, as we do need to bring the office park into full use and renovate the existing dilapidated set of buildings. However, I am concerned that the comings and goings of several hundred students may have an adverse impact on residents and add to parking problems in the area, which is already a big issue.

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Over 5,000 votes were cast, naming 100 people – and Greg Mulholland MP was named in the top 40.

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Rabbits, dead or alive, are a staple diet, but they will eat other carrion and take small mammals and some birds as well as worms and beetles.

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The bankers moving into the new development in West Park in the 1900s, were small change compared to those who moved out to Weetwood in the 19th century. One of these, James Walker Oxley, lived just across the road from the villas of West Park in Spenfield house.

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The bank of Nicholson, Brown & Co. was formed two years before the Battle of Waterloo in 1813, later changing its name to the Union Bank. In 1848 it employed Henry Oxley, who rose to become a senior partner. In 1861 he was joined by his son, James, who became Head of the Bank and who commissioned Spenfield House, using the services of the renowned architect George Corson.

The 1891 census records James as a ‘Master Banker’ living in Spenfield with his wife Margaret, son Henry and daughter Margaret, together with six servants. There were also two ‘visitors’ from the Hardwick family (more about them and James’ father who lived next door in Oxley Hall next month).

By the 1911 census, James and his son Henry had both retired from banking, but still lived in Spenfield. Their professions were recorded as director of railways and director of steel works respectively.

Similar to today, business life seem to have had its ups-anddowns. In the London Gazette of 1904 James was mentioned in a petition for the winding up of the Great Coolgardie Gold Mine Ltd. His address was given as Spenfield, Westwood, Leeds – an interesting description given Spenfield’s location on the edges of West Park and Weetwood.

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THEY LIVED IN HEADINGLEY EDWARD GROOCOCK, GROCER

For almost the whole of the last century Groocock’s the Grocers was a feature of the row of shops along the west side of Otley Road in the heart of Headingley, its white awning marking its position (where Azendi is now). It finally closed in January 1990, the end of an era for this family business which had survived two world wars and a revolution in shopping habits.

Edward Groocock, the founder of the Headingley shop, first came to Headingley in the 1890s, when he was in his twenties. He had been brought up in the grocery trade.

His father Henry John Groocock had first come to Leeds from Leicestershire in 1864, one of the many incomers to this booming town on the look out for a good business opportunity – feeding the growing mass of the population seemed to offer a guaranteed ticket to success. He set up shop in George Street, in the centre of town just behind the newly-built Town Hall. He found a house in St Peter’s Square, and was able to afford a serving girl to help his wife – he was prospering.

However a family tragedy struck and in 1872 he sold his business and became a commercial traveller in the provisions trade, often staying in lodgings. It is not clear what happened to his young son Edward, only two at the time. He was perhaps cared for by Henry’s younger brother Samuel Thomas, who had followed him to Leeds and opened his own grocery shop in Marsh Lane. Over the next twenty years he expanded and opened two more branches of Groocock’s grocery in town. His upward progress had its bumpy moments: in 1883 he was fined (along with several other grocers) with mixing ‘foreign fat’ into his butter – the adulteration of food 16 December 2011 | northleedslife.co.uk

was an ongoing problem in the town.

Maybe Edward began his working life in one of his uncle’s shops, but in his twenties he moved out of town to the rapidly-expanding, pleasant suburb of Headingley and took a job in a grocery shop which was already well established belonging to George Foster. The shop was in a prime position, with stables behind for the donkey and cart needed for the deliveries. When George Foster retired Edward bought the shop and set up as a high-class grocer, specialising in top-quality provisions and ‘fancy groceries, delicious teas and noted coffees’, as he proudly advertised.

There was plenty of competition: the Co-op just a few doors away (where Oxfam is now - look out for the foundation stone at ground level and the date stone high above), and William Butler ‘The

Practical Grocer’ round the corner in North Lane, but he established an upmarket, quality image which attracted many of the residents of this wealthy suburb.

In 1955, when he was 86, he was interviewed by the Leeds Evening News and recollected his early years in ‘the village’, when the horse trams were still running, his customers called in their carriages behind prancing pairs of horses, the maidservants came to order whole hams, and payment was made in guinea sovereigns.

Edward Groocock retired in 1935 and the shop was taken over by his son Cyril and later by Cyril’s son, Alan. They went on living in the family home, on the corner of Kirkstall Lane and Headingley Mount. The shop retained much of its atmosphere - the original gleaming brass scales, the sides of bacon waiting to be sliced, the wicker baskets with samples of cereal and dried fruit in the window, the range of provisions from all over the world, the order boxes ready to be filled and delivered. Its reputation for friendly personal service and quality was maintained, while every effort was made to keep upto-date, but in 1990 there was noone ready to carry on the tradition and so it closed. The shop is still remembered locally with affection, and has even been celebrated by the poet Lucy Newlyn in her book ‘Ginnel’ (Oxford Poets, 2005) in a poem called ‘Comfortable Box’, where the delivery of the fat, ordered, carefully packed box from Groococks is seen as an essential element in her Headingley childhood. Few grocers’ shops can have received such poetic recognition!

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GARDENROUND-UP ROUND-UP

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Keeping a gardening diary will help you keep track of what you have planted and when, which species did well and which failed sowing and planting dates. Note down flowering periods and other comments like this – they will all help you keep your garden in use year round.

Now’s the time, when three pairs of leaves have developed, to pinch out autumn sown sweet peas. Take cuttings of perpetual flowering carnations under glass and root in a propagating unit with bottom heat. Keep checking chrysanthemum stools and dahlia tubers for any sign of rot or disease. Lift rhubarb crowns and chicory for forcing. Protect hostas and winter and Spring bedding plants by scattering slug pellets.

Sow broad beans now if growing in mild areas, or under cloches in colder areas. Harvest Brussels sprouts, winter cabbage etc. and prune gooseberry and red currants if not already done. Inspect stored fruit, ripen pears at room temperature or add a banana to the bowl.

If you have children in an after school gardening club, you can keep up their interest by sorting out a space for them in your garden at home. Not a dark, damp corner, but one which gets some sun. If it hasn’t been dug over before, cut into the turf, turn the sods grass to grass and pile in a corner to rot down. Dig the ground over well adding some compost and leave over winter. On wet days get them to choose what they want to grow – perhaps a mixture of vegetables and flowers.

Next, give them a sheet of paper to plan out their plot.

They may make mistakes – like placing tall plants in front, but it is all part of the learning curve. They may even surprise you and grow some excellent produce! If they are really interested a children’s gardening book will make a good Christmas present.

Now’s the time too to order all your bulbs, plants and seeds for the Spring season.

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For each adoption the recipient will receive an adoption certificate, a photograph of their chosen horse or donkey, a history of the animal and the chance to visit 365 days a year. This could be the ideal Christmas or birthday present for animal lovers.

Hope Pastures also runs ‘Pony Days’, where children can spend a day at the sanctuary caring for the ponies during school holidays – gift vouchers are now available.

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THE TAX MAN COMETH……

Soon the Christmas haze of excitement will fade….. to be replaced with worries that you ate too much, spent too much and STILL haven’t done your tax return!

more important than ever to keep good records that can withstand the dread of an inspection.

Bookkeeping is a growing profession and as a result, when choosing your bookkeeper, you need to know that they are:

While they can’t help with the healthy eating or the credit card bill, there is a growing band of people who can quickly and effectively deal with the dreaded Self Assessment issue – Bookkeepers.

Bookkeepers can offer sole traders and small companies a cost effective alternative to battling through financial management themselves, or going to the expense of engaging an accountant. Bookkeepers with the correct qualifications can not only undertake self assessment, but also payroll, VAT returns, general record keeping, cash flow forecasts, final accounts for sole traders and draft accounts for limited companies, partnerships, clubs and societies.

With an hourly rate of between £20 and £30, a qualified bookkeeper can save you hundreds of pounds on your accountant’s bill – or, in the case of the sole trader, replace them entirely.

If your affairs are straight forward, you could find that giving a bookkeeper

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Bookkeepers can work for a few hours a week or month, a quarter or even a year, to keep you on top of your business finances. They can work from your premises or from their own, on your choice of software or theirs.

They can set you up with workable systems and procedures to cut down your workload and enable you to sleep just a little better at night as a result. And with HMRC clamping down increasingly on small businesses, it’s

is a significant deterrent – so light up the areas that you are most likely to be using.

Timer switches are a great way of turning on one or more lights when you are not in. As daylight hours decrease, reset the timers to activate earlier in the day. In mid winter, houses with someone at home often have lights on in the early afternoon, so set your timers accordingly. It is also important to vary both the time of day that your lights come on, and the room you choose to illuminate, as this will make the lighting seem more realistic.

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Burglars do not want to be caught and therefore do not want to be seen. Darkness allows them to feel comfortable and improvements in home lighting can make them feel exposed. Remember, it is the burglar’s impression that he or she can or might be seen that matters most, not whether someone is actually watching.

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An Audience with Alfred Wainwright Just over two years ago John Burland, founder of The Wainwright Society, was asked by Ilkley Literature Festival to present an evening about Alfred Wainwright, the famous Lake District guidebook writer.

John spent three months writing an hour long, illustrated presentation in which he takes on the role of Arthur Wainwright and talks about his life – from his humble beginnings in Blackburn through to the writing of the wonderful pictorial guides that have now sold in excess of two million copies. The presentation ends with Wainwright’s death in 1991 and the formation 11 years later of the society that now bears his name.

Over the last two years, John has presented this talk to over 20 groups and organisations across the North of England and in the process has raised many thousands of pounds for various charities.

He is now looking for bookings for 2012 and would be keen to hear from any groups who may be interested in meeting ‘Arthur Wainwright’.

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.......IS BEAUTIFUL TEETH! In the 1950s, according to the hit novelty song at the time, the wish was just for ‘two front teeth’ – today you can wish for so much more and actually have it happen. With the advances in materials and techniques in dentistry today, almost anything is possible,and the results are producing dramatic effects and for thousands boosting of people – and I can attest to that!

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A new veneers system Having completed an intensive course of lectures and workshops in Switzerland, Dr Chris Siddons of The Burley Dental Suite in Burley-inWharfedale,is one of the dental surgeons in the UK to use a brand new system of direct veneers called Componeer. These can be placed in just one visit to the surgery –giving you the smile you’ve always dreamed of, instantly! They are the perfect solution to correct minor imperfectionsand Chris has also used them to close small gaps between teeth.

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anxious patients in just one visit making it a much more relaxing and less intimidating experience.”

These extremely thin veneers (0.3mm) require less preparation of the teeth and Chris uses a special technique in bonding the Componeer to the tooth surface, ensuring that there is almost no risk of the veneers coming off. In addition, Componeer costs almost a third less than traditional veneers and that can’t be bad!

“Componeers are particularly good for patients who suffer from dental phobia”,Chris told us. “We can treat

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FESTIVE FOOD With A Twist We all look forward to Christmas and all that lovely, traditional food. It’s a time to celebrate, wallow in nostalgia, reminisce, and EAT! Lovely as turkey and Christmas pudding is, don’t you sometimes just long for something a little different?

We asked a few great little eateries around North Leeds for their take on festive food with a twist and they were kind enough to supply us with some interesting recipes.

Thai Sabai Apparently the words ‘Thai Sabai’ actually mean ‘a place to relax’ and that’s just what this little Thai restaurant on North Lane, Headingley is. The food, cooked by awardwinning chef Juree Barrett, is absolutely delicious and surprisingly reasonably priced. There is an extensive menu with lots of vegetarian options. They also cater for gluten free diets. Their suggestion to spice up your Christmas is this wonderful, spicy soup starter.

Tom Yum Gung Thai Hot and Sour Soup with Prawns 250g raw, headless, shell on prawns 26/30 size, peel off the shell but leave the tail on for presentation score along the back and remove the dark vein 100g button mushrooms quartered 1 bunch spring onion chopped 1 tomato cut into eight segments 4 sprigs coriander remove large stems and rough chop 1 litre fish stock 1 stick lemon grass chopped into large pieces 4 slices galangal root sliced thinly 2 kaffir lime leaves 2 tblsp fish sauce 2 tblsp fresh lime juice 1 tsp white sugar 1 tsp tom yum paste 2 small Thai chilli sliced very thinly 24 December 2011 | northleedslife.co.uk

Ingredients available at most Chinese supermarkets Put the fish stock in a pan and add the lemon grass, lime leaves, galangal, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, tom yum paste and half the chilli. Bring to the boil and cook for 1 minute.

Turn off the heat and taste – if too spicy or sour add a little sugar, if too mild add chilli, add a pinch of salt or a little fish sauce if desired. Remove the galangal, lime leaves and lemon grass (optional).

Bring back to the boil and add the prawns, mushrooms, spring onion, tomato and half of the coriander. Cook for 45 seconds to a minute and share into bowls. Sprinkle with the remaining coriander and serve immediately to prevent the prawns overcooking.

For a vegetarian version (Tom Yum Hed) replace the prawns with a selection of mushrooms and the fish stock with vegetable stock.

Serves four.

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The Cheerful Chilli A drive out over The Chevin will bring you to The Cheerful Chilli, a haven for vegetarian food and fabulous tea time treats. The Tea Room is open Saturday (11am – 4pm) and Sunday (11am – 5pm) and, as well as lovely lunches, there are fabulous desserts and puddings, including blueberry cheesecake, chocolate and beetroot fudge cake, pistachio and rosewater cake and bread and butter pudding. The restaurant (Tuesday – Saturday from 6.30pm) serves up exciting dishes from around the world, like Spanakopita, Chimichanga, Tacos, blue cheese burgers and aubergine Involtini.

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Beetroot and Stilton Tart 450g shortcrust pastry 4 medium beetroot 150g matured blue stilton 75g cooked diced potatoes 50g caramelised red onions balsamic vinegar salt and pepper 75g mature cheddar cheese 2 eggs

Wells Café and Bistro Tucked away on Wells Road in the centre of Ilkley is Wells Cafe and Bistro and, small as it may be, it’s well worth seeking out. Run by Richard Horne (previously Monkman’s, The Box Tree and Devonshire Arms Brasserie) The Wells Café serves up great coffee and lovely lunches from Tuesday – Thursday 10:30am to 3pm, Friday 10:30 to 2:30pm, and Saturday 11am – 3pm.

Wells Bistro is open from 6pm on Friday and Saturday with two sittings and serving up delights like lemon and thyme marinated roast poussin, herb crusted local trout fillet with warm plum tomato, potato and olive salad, and wild mushroom, spinach and stilton crepe with hollandaise sauce.

For seafood lovers, the last Friday of the month is Fish Night.

Add two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar and stir in.

Cut stilton into small cubes and stir into mixture. Season to taste.

Roll out shortcrust pastry and cut into 5.5inch diameter circles and fill six five inch tart cases. Blind bake pastry for 10 to 15 minutes at 180C. Fill cases with mixture and top with cheddar cheese, return to oven and bake until cheese has browned.

Serve with salad and chutney

Peel the beetroot and par boil for 25 minutes until softened, dice and place in a mixing bowl, mash with a potato masher. Whisk the two eggs and add to beetroot along with potatoes and caramelised onions.

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Cumin Duck Breast & Thai Butternut Squash Curry

Trim Duck breast, score fat, dust with cumin and set aside.

4 duck breasts

Squash Curry: Dice onion and sauté with chopped garlic and ginger until soft. Cube butternut squash and add onions. Add Thai curry paste and coconut milk. Simmer until squash is cooked.

1 medium butternut squash 1 small onion 1 yellow pepper & 1 red pepper 1 bunch spring onions 2 dessert spoons of Thai red curry paste

2 garlic cloves 1cm fresh ginger & 2 dsp Thai fish sauce

330ml coconut milk

1 bunch coriander 2 pinches of cumin & olive oil

Makes six.

Meanwhile, seal duck breasts in a frying pan, then put them in an oven at 160C for about 10 minutes. Allow to rest for a few minutes before serving.

When the curry is ready, add the finely sliced red and yellow pepper, the fish sauce, then throw in the chopped bunch of coriander reserving a little for decoration.

Serves four. Wells Cafe and Bistro, 7 Wells Road, Ilkley LS29 9JB 01943 601793, www.wellsbistro.co.uk

The Sunshine Bakery When you have the National Cupcake Champion in your area, it would simply be rude not to ask them for a festive cupcake, and David Bennett of The Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton has come up with a doozy! David, a former chef with Marco Pierre-White, opened the bakery just two years ago and has been thrilling people with his fabulous cupcakes, truffles, flavoured breads, sandwiches and fresh soups.

The Sunshine Bakery is open 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday. Its Supper Club runs Thursday – Saturday, offering delicious French cuisine for just £15 for two courses (bring your own wine).

Sunshine Bakery, 182 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton LS7.

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Drambuie, Cinnamon and Orange Cupcake 9 eggs 250g caster sugar 400g ground almonds 200g plain flour A pinch of bicarbonate of soda 400ml puréed orange Big pinch of cinnamon 200ml double cream Topping: Put 250g Mascarpone, 250ml double cream,

Method Cake: Whisk eggs and sugar until thick. Fold in rest of ingredients and bake at 180C for about 20 minutes.

Topping: whisk ingredients together until thick. Pipe on top of cupcake and crown with a truffle of your choice (great selection available at the bakery!).

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A Beauty of a Ballet

LIDOS DO CINDERELLA AT THE CARRIAGEWORKS Following the success of Jack and The Beanstalk last year, local amateur theatre group LIDOS return to The Carriageworks in January with Cinderella, the magical fairy tale Pantomime.

Cinderella is at The Carriageworks from 12th – 21st January. Tickets are on 0113 available from the box 224 3801 or www.lidos.co.uk

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“I wanted to create a family show which would be equally popular with both children and adults”, said David Nixon. “Beauty and the Beast is a classic fairytale of good versus evil, exploring the concept of beauty on the inside and the outside. This is not an adaptation of the Disney version – it is based on the original tale and will embrace the darker elements of the tale as well as the lighter moments.”

LIDOS won several awards at the Wharfedale Theatre Festival for their Pantomime last year, including Best Pantomime and Best Principle Boy.

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Choreographed by David Nixon, this new ballet is an exciting addition to the Company’s repertoire of family ballets. It rediscovers the enchanting and magical aspects of this traditional fairytale, exploring the values that lie at its heart – the battle between the forces of good and evil and power of true love.

by Duncan Hayler and haute couture-style costumes designed

by David Nixon. The show will be accompanied by an infectious score from Saint-Säens, Bizet, Debussy and Glazunov, played by the Northern Ballet Sinfonia.

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Northern Ballet premiers its second new production of the year, Beauty and the Beast, at Leeds Grand Theatre from 17th – 31st December.

Local actor David Collins from Adel plays one of the ugly sisters. “This is a huge change from my previous role in last year’s Bad Girls the Musical” said Dave.”But it’s proving to be great fun and there’s lots of fun involved for everyone.”

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Silver 70s – Can You Contribute? family pictures from the 1970s!

These pictures will be put on display in the ‘family portraits’ section of the exhibition. They only want pictures taken in the 1970s and they must contain at least one person.

Do you remember the decade that taste forgot? When the world changed from black and white to colour?

From glam rock to punk rock, space hoppers to chopper bikes, Starsky and Hutch to Star Wars, the 1970s had it all. Now you can travel back to a time when high-waisted flares were fashionable, Leeds United were FA Cup winners, furniture was brown and prawn cocktail was the height of sophistication!

Please send any pictures of yourself or your family to: Silver 70s Family Portrait, Leeds City Museum, Cookridge Street, Leeds LS2 8BH. The Silver 70s exhibition opens on 27th January and runs until 22nd April 2012 at Leeds City Museum. Or upload to www.flickr.com/groups/silver70s/

‘Silver 70s’ is an exhibition at Leeds City Museum which recreates a home of the 1970s and looks at the decade through its popular culture. From the music of the Bay City Rollers, to the Iron Lady’s assent to power, the 1970s was a decade of local and national highs and lows. The Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee and the nation covered their walls in paisley wallpaper.

Please note: the Museum cannot return any pictures or guarantee that your picture will be used. Please ensure that you read the museum’s terms and conditions before submitting your images at

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CAROLS FOR A CHORAL FUTURE

Gala Christmas Carol Concert features a choir of 200 singing to secure the future of a choral tradition that has been at the heart of Leeds for nearly 200 years The Friends of the Music of Leeds Parish Church present a Gala Christmas Carol Concert, in aid of the Church’s Choral Foundation Appeal, at Leeds Parish Church at 7pm on Wednesday 14th December. A massed choir of 200 and Rothwell Temperance Band aim to raise the roof with the magical melodies of your favourite Christmas Carols.

“Carols for a Choral Future has a very special place in my heart – involving as it does the cream of Leeds’ choral talent and the men and women of the Rothwell Temperance”, said Dr Simon Lindley, Master of the Music at Leeds Parish Church. “Our boy choristers give readings and presentations and David Houlder presides with his customary consummate brilliance at the mighty Parish Church Organ – one of the finest in Europe. I have been conducting Christmas Concerts at the Parish Church for over thirty years, and the singing of our wonderful audience at Carols for a Choral Future is, simply, awesome!”

This unique concert, now in its seventh year, has become as integral to the Advent calendar at Leeds Parish Church as Christmas itself. It is an excellent opportunity for all the family to hear exquisite singing from the combined choirs, as well as joining in with all your favourites.

Tickets (£5) are available from: Ann Chadwick, Newlaithes Manor, Newlaithes Road, Horsforth LS18 4LG. (0113) 258 8446 and the City Box Office at The Carriageworks, Millennium Square (0113) 224 3801.

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NORTHERN BALLET LAUNCHES ‘SPONSOR A DANCER’ CAMPAIGN

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Northern Ballet recently announced a new fundraising campaign to help fill the gap left by the 15% cut to its core funding for 2012 to 2015, announced in government funding cuts in March this year, and to ensure that the Company can retain its full complement of 40 dancers. Without this extra funding, the Company stands to lose up to a quarter of its dancers over the coming year.

The Sponsor a Dancer campaign comes at the end of a highly successful year for Northern Ballet. February saw the world première of David Nixon’s Cleopatra at Leeds Grand Theatre. The production won widespread acclaim and went on to tour 11 theatres and make nearly £1.2m at the box office.

Martha Leebolt, who created the role of Cleopatra, won Outstanding Female Dancer (Classical) in the National Dance Awards 2010.

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Northern Ballet is uniquely prolific, regularly creating new full-length ballets. Since 2001, Artistic Director David Nixon has added 12 new titles to the Company’s repertoire – more new work than any other British ballet company. In order to continue to create and perform this work, Northern Ballet needs to retain all its dancers.

The Sponsor a Dancer campaign invites you to sponsor a dancer of your choice. Sponsorship levels range from £30 – £10,000 per year and benefits include theatre seats, opportunities to see the dancer in rehearsal and meet them after performances, acknowledgement of support on the Northern Ballet website and invitations to special events.

The Monument Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation have already funded three dancers for two years.

They have been joined by James Hare Limited who is supporting one of the Company’s young apprentice dancers.

“We have had a very strong year artistically and our fundraising efforts have achieved a great deal, which reflects the belief in and passion for Northern Ballet”, said Mark Skipper, Northern Ballet’s Chief Executive.

“Nonetheless, we are actively seeking support and continue to be proactive in supplementing our funding. We encourage anyone who is interested in our Sponsor a Dancer campaign to contact us. Our dancers are our greatest asset.”

For full details visit www. northernballet.com/sponsoradancer or contact Jon Ingham, Director of Fundraising, on 0113 220 8000, jon.ingham@northernballet.com

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The show features Rebekah Caputo,a Leeds-basedPuppeteer and shadow theatre artist, and combines traditional tales from India, West Africa, and native Americans, bringing them to life with narrative, music and puppetry. Musical ARC has produced all the music to accompany the show in a recording to be played during the performances, as well as an illustrated book of the stories. A CD of the narrative and music will be on sale.

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“Our members have a huge range of disabilities”, said coordinator Julia de los Rios. “But no disability is too great to stop someone from getting involved. Members say it’s what they look forward to in the week and it really builds their Tickets (£7/£4) are available from Seven Arts on 0113 262 6777. For more information, visit www.musicalarc.org.uk or call 0113 275 5614

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humbawamba’s career spans nearly three decades, during which they have played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world and folk music. Their vocal anarchist politics exhibit an irreverent attitude toward authority, and the band has been consistently forthright in their stance on the evolving social issues of the day. With Big Society! they recreate Edwardian music hall’s singalong defiance and disapproval of authority

Phill Jupitus is the longest-serving member of the Never Mind The Buzzcocks team and regular panellist on QI (BBC 2). He launched the BBC’s digital radio channel 6 Music in 2002 and was the host of 6 Music’s breakfast show until 2007.

He has recently performed as King Arthur in the UK tour of SPAMALOT, which finished its run earlier this month. Other acting credits include the role of Edna Turnblad in the West End production of Hairspray! and Nick Reed’s Lifecoach (Trafalgar Studios.) Phill also regularly appears on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (BBC Radio 4).

Red Ladder is acknowledged as one of Britain’s leading national touring companies, producing high quality theatre contributing to social change and global justice.

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BEN’S ADVENTURES IN WINE MAKING CHARLOTTE’S CURTAIN CALL Ann Flint, who lives in Weetwood, published her first book this year .....30 years after she originally wrote it!

It began life as a bedtime story for her twin daughters who loved theatre and had appeared in numerous plays. They had exhausted all the theatrical children’s books and were complaining. “Don’t worry”, said Ann rather rashly, “I’ll write you one!”

And, so she did. It’s all about Charlotte, a sad, lonely girl who lives alone with her mother. She is friendless and bullied at school.

Then Lindsay arrives – she’s pretty, popular and, to Charlotte’s amazement, becomes her friend and protector. She persuades Charlotte to join the local Children’s Theatre classes and Charlotte becomes hooked.

It’s a lovely story of friendship, dreams and determination.

Definitely a story for those who like acting and animals and dream of having both.

Charlotte’s Curtain Call is available at Waterstones, Amazon and Philip Howard Books, Street Lane.

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Ben Hardy is a practicing lawyer living, working and brewing in Leeds, and this is the tale of his attempts to create delicious, interesting wines from unlikely ingredients.

He provides a set of instructions on how to, or how not to, make wine.

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You’ll learn quite a lot about Ben as you read about bottles that explode with alarming regularity, flavours never to be tried again, and journeys into the countryside armed with plastic bags and willing helpers. It’s warm, funny and leaves you wanting more.

His exploits and recipes are followed closely by the readers of Home Farmer magazine for whom he writes a monthly column.

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Ben’s Adventures in Winemaking is available at Waterstones, Amazon and Philip Howard Books, Street Lane LS8

TIMES PAST AND CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

Coming out shortly are two wonderful new publications.

Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture 1790-1914, is the story of Leeds and its architecture in the 120 years before the First World War. It’s a celebration of the outstanding buildings that have given Leeds its unique character. The book presents the remarkable development, industrial growth on a heroic scale and a stunning array of new buildings, sufficiently grand to reflect the city’s achievements as well as its aspirations.

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“Like many budding authors I found out quickly that literary agents were not quite as enthusiastic about my work as I was”, Chris told us.

“Although a couple did express some interest in my books and were kind enough to provide helpful advice and comments, it was clear that they felt my books just weren’t sufficiently commercial for them to take on. In the end I decided to publish myself, and after looking at several options I discovered that Amazon had developed a way for writers to publish their work as an e-book for the Kindle.”

The other is a book on the Leeds Waterfront, part of the Walkabout Series, which began in 2007 with Briggate: Yards and Arcades. It can be enjoyed as an account of the waterfront, past and present, or as an excellent guide to waterfront walks.

One of Leeds Civic Trust’s major aims is the encouragement of high standards of design, architecture and town planning. But it also exists to stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the city. It organises visits to major new buildings throughout the year, hosts a series of lunchtime talks on the history of Leeds, and in summer there is a programme of guided walks exploring the history of the city, followed by a buffet supper.

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All Chris’s books – Mandeville: A Novel of the War of the Roses; G – Loyalty Binds Me: A Novel of King Richard III; and Johanna – are now available from Amazon. Has he made a fortune? “Not quite, but sales are rising steadily and I have learned a great deal about how to promote my books online.

Publishing e-books is quick, easy and cheaper than traditional selfpublishing - finally I’m in control of my own destiny as a writer.”

Having completed the journey of self publishing, Chris now offers a service to other local authors who find themselves in the same position and who would like some help with the technical aspects of an e-book project. For more information, contact Chris at chris@cjrconsulting.co.uk or visit www.cjrconsulting.co.uk

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HOW LEEDS CHANGED THE WORLD By turns fascinating and mind boggling, Mick McCann’s encyclopaedia of Leeds is “a compendium of remarkable facts about Leeds”. Obviously a labour of love and exhaustively researched, the book is a fanatical celebration of our fair city and presents us with more obscure trivia than one could possibly hope for. It is also an intensely personal work, often revealing as much about the author as it does about the city it chronicles.

McCann expounds on subjects close to his heart such as the fortunes of Leeds United, his vested interest in the city’s music scene, regional accents and a wealth of other obsessions and preoccupations. Does he digress?

Does he ever! Many entries meander down tangential avenues until you’ve forgotten what the original point may have been and your head is spinning. This is more an observation than a criticism, McCann writes with wit and verve and his passion for his subject is palpable.

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Eveleigh Bradford’s columns in our Headingley, Meanwood, Weetwood and West Park edition of North Leeds Life are among our most popular features. Every month there are fascinating details about an individual who made his mark on Leeds. Up to now she has focused on people who have lived in Headingley, but in future she will be casting her net wider and taking in the whole of Leeds.

Eveleigh’s fascinating history of the Headingley area, Headingley: This Pleasant Rural Village, is beautifully presented and full of interesting facts and people, period photographs and maps. It traces how Headingley grew in the 19C from a country village to a lively bustling centre.

One such character, Hamed the Iraqi mercenary, became a favourite with readers of Hot Knife. He should’ve been included in Blowback, but the genesis of the book precluded that. However he will be back in the third book, and taking a leading role. Meanwhile, the other main characters continue to play their parts in the evolving story of the north Leeds community.

“What I want to say in these books is that the under-wolves of society have lives too”, said John. “Their stories can be as compelling as the middleclass stories of much mainstream fiction. I’d like them to be recognised as stories about the good and the bad, gritty crime novels, but with a human heart, and a few laughs and horrors along the way.”

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Blowback reunites the dodgy, foul-mouthed but likeable characters from the first book as they get mixed up in a plot that juggles stolen drugs, gun running and some nasty veterans of the Soviet-Afghan war. Drugs are everywhere behind the social life of the nation. Wars continue to break out, so military characters also feature throughout.

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“Hot Knife contained everything I knew about Leeds 6, where I’d lived up to the mid-1990s”, said John at the recent launch party at LS6 Cafe. “I wanted to paint a picture of a much larger community, but on the advice of the agent I had at the time, a whole sub-plot was pulled out, it got stripped down to a grubby crime tale in a socialrealist setting and vernacular, and it worked!

“After it came out, I had a meeting with a film company, but because they had Russian backing, they wanted a story with parts for Russian actors.

I played around with recasting the story but soon realised I was writing a different book.

I turned this into a sequel, Blowback, with a set of Ukrainian characters.”

Whether unearthing secret or forgotten history or singing the praises of overlooked local heroes, the wealth of information here is staggering. Occasionally tenuous, frequently daft but consistently enlightening, How Leeds Changed the World is a great book to dip in and out of, with each excursion into its pages guaranteed to yield another nugget of surprising info to reinforce one’s appreciation of the city we call home.

Pick up your copy (paperback £13, hardback £20) from North Leeds Life offices at 265a Otley Road, LS16 5LN.

November saw the release of the new book from Armley Press. Blowback, a thriller by John Lake, is a sequel to his 2008 book Hot Knife.

OTHER LOCAL BOOKS Also available from North Leeds Life’s office are Val Crompton’s History of Adel which is packed with photographs, sketches and interesting facts about Adel; and Film History and Mystery at Ellerby Lane by Mary Milner, which looks back at the making of the film ‘Brought to Justice’, made by the children at Ellerby Lane School in 1953.

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In it, the old Wakefield comedy Mak the Sheep Stealer takes us into the legend of the crippled boy trying to reach Bethlehem - the storyline of the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors - and on to Scrooge in his counting house, about to see life in a whole new way in A Christmas Carol.

Dates are Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 14th, 15th and 17th December (not Friday) at 7.30pm. This is a professional show of two hours, including interval. Tickets (£10/£8) are available from HEART in advance and on the door. For more information call HEART on 0113 275 4548, or Theatre of the Dales on 0113 274 0461.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a powerful and deeply unsettling film which explores the age-old Nature versus Nurture debate in a disturbingly macabre context. Among the difficult and confounding ideas presented here are the complexities of the relationship between mothers and their sons and the uncomfortable notion that perhaps not all women are cut out for motherhood.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Directed by: Lynne Ramsay Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller Cert: 15, 112 mins We are shown that, from the very start, Eva fails to form any kind of bond with her son.

Even during the pregnancy, her trepidation about becoming a parent is apparent and shot through with sorrow and even anger at having to relinquish a life of independence and freedom she has known and loved.

As a toddler, Kevin’s behavioral difficulties begin to take a sinister turn. Even in early childhood he exudes an air of malevolence. Eva’s attempts to establish a connection with her son are met with defiance and contempt, an affront made all the more galling by the developing bond between the boy and his father, in whose company Kevin is never anything but sweetness and light.

Lionel Shriver’s acclaimed 2003 bestselling novel has made it to the screen with a ringing endorsement from the author, masterful direction

by Lynne Ramsay and an intensely affecting, possibly career-defining performance from Tilda Swinton.

The film revolves around Eva (Swinton) a haunted and traumatized woman struggling to cope after her son (the Kevin of the title) has committed an atrocious act of violence.

The precise nature of Kevin’s crime is communicated through a slow reveal, piece by piece until its full horror is made known. It transpires Kevin has orchestrated a Columbine-style school massacre.

We follow Eva in the aftermath of the event and, through flashbacks, her desperate and agonizing attempts to make sense of what led to it. Her sense of guilt and responsibility is obviously crushing and the audience is as much at a loss as she as to whether Kevin is inherently evil or if some maternal misstep on her part resulted in the creation of a monster.

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Director, Ramsay handles the troubling subject matter with an assured touch and scrupulous attention to detail, which culminate in the film’s gut-wrenching impact. She has also elicited the very best from her cast, notably Swinton, whose portrayal of Eva is a grimly captivating study of an emotionally drained woman, a hollowed out shell of a person trapped in a prison of memory from which there seems no escape. This is undoubtedly Swinton’s film but she is aided by able support from the solid and reliable John C. Reilly as her husband and a chilling, unnerving performance from newcomer Ezra Miller as the teenage Kevin.

As befits the story, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a distinctly downbeat and heavy going affair, undeniably bleak but nonetheless implacably compelling. It may seem an unlikely one to recommend but a film as expertly made and with such lasting resonance is a rare thing and deserves to be seen and appreciated.

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CHANTEL MCGREGOR FIBBERS, YORK. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14TH 2011. this is simply not what one expects from a petite, cherubic blonde all of 24 years of age.

Having been stunned by McGregor’s guitar mastery, I looked forward to seeing her live. However, before setting out to her gig in York, I gave her debut album, Like No Other a listen and I must confess, I began to have my doubts.

Some of you may have read the piece about Chantel in last month’s magazine regarding her recently being named young British blues artist of the year. I should begin by addressing the prejudice (and some may say, sexism) in my initial assumptions about this gifted musician. Upon hearing about Chantel and her impressive accolades, I instinctively presumed her to be a vocalist, perhaps also a pianist. What I wasn’t prepared for, as I settled down to watch a live performance on You Tube, was a blistering rendition of Stormy Monday with Chantel unleashing some frankly frightening riffage on electric guitar.

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While there is some great playing on the album, some of the self penned material falls a little flat and fails to live up to the instrumental excellence on display. It could be the over-produced feel of the recording or the of MOR rock-pop direction, in which she seems to have been steered, being an uncomfortable fit, but whatever the case, my first impression of Like No Other was a little more filler than killer.

Nevertheless, I entered Fibbers that night hoping to see Chantel bring her blues-rock magic to the stage. I was only halfways disappointed. McGregor is a captivating performer, a genuinely natural musician whose ease and fluency with her instrument is an awesome thing to behold.

Clearly in her element playing in a blues-rock vein, Chantel channels such guitar heroes as Jeff Beck,

Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan and, especially Hendrix. Living up to these comparisons would be a tall order for anyone but, as her inclusion on a recent 100 Years of The Blues compilation testifies, she can hold her own among such blues heavyweights.

In heavy rock parlance, the girl can shred!

For all her consummate musicianship, though, I found the gig a mixed bag.

While a competent singer, Chantel’s vocals can’t help but play second fiddle to her outstanding guitar skills and her confident axewielding only serves to highlight the shortcomings her songwriting.

If Chantel wasn’t the youngest person in the room at the Fibbers gig, she certainly was the youngest on stage. Her backing band supported her well enough but seemed like a rent-a-rhythm-section line up, which almost undermined her stage presence due to a lack of a cohesive band presentation. Some of the highlights of the gig were when she performed solo, including an excellent performance of album track, I’m No Good For You. This may sound quibbling, but I would very much like to see Chantel McGregor find her niche with a group more her own age (perhaps a rocking, all-girl, Runaways-like band) where, relieved of the burden of being chief songwriter and frontwoman, she is able to concentrate on what she does best; ripping it up and flooring all within earshot with her coruscating guitar stylings.

It’s early days yet for this blues virtuoso with talent to spare and it’s bound to be interesting to see where she takes it from here.

MUSICLISTINGS The Jamm Thurs 1 Dec, from 8pm at New Roscoe. £9.

The Jamm have continuously been delighting fans of Paul Weller’s original group in sell out performances.

Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald & The Sam Payne Band Thurs 1 Dec, The Wardrobe. £12.50. Skip has played with the likes of Wilson Picket, George Clinton & James Brown. Sam Payne draws on the old blues masters whilst taking the music forward.

Fleet Foxes + Vetiver Thurs 1 Dec, O2 Academy. Fleet Foxes ‘baroque, harmonic pop jams’ with Vetiver – who have nurtured musicians like Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom & Alissa Anderson.

Paul Thomas Saunders + The Staves Thurs 1 Dec, Nation Of Shopkeepers, from 8pm. £6. The Staves: three sisters whose soaring harmonies hark back to the sounds of Crosby, Stills & Nash.

The Passion of Franz Liszt Fri 2 Dec, 7:45pm at Howard Assembly Room. £15. Freddy Kempf offers repertoire including Liszt’s personal take on themes from Lucia di Lammermoor & Don Giovanni.

DJ Shadow Fri 2 Dec, O2 Academy, £19.50. The Jimi Hendrix of sampling & a true pioneer in modern hip-hop & dance music.

Malcolm Middleton + Human Don’t Be Angry Fri 2 Dec, Brudenell Social Club, £12.50. Middleton’s solo career provides a perfect outlet for his personal, harrowing & heartfelt songwriting.

Group Inerane + FlowerCorsano Duo Sat 3 Dec, 7:45pm at Howard Assembly Room. £10. Ecstatic & electrified Saharan guitar modes entangle/disentangle themselves around vocals & propulsive trap kit drum attack.

Orchestra of Opera North, Dmitry Sitkovetsky Sat 3 Dec, 7:30pm at Leeds Town Hall, £10.00 - £29.00, (pre-concert talk 6:45pm).

Programme includes Barber: Violin Concerto & Mahler: Symphony No 5.

The Beat Sat 3rd Dec, Brudenell Social Club, £15, from 7:30pm. Combining some of the old classics with some brand new material.

Worth going to see live to hear ‘Mirror In The Bathroom’ in all its glory.

The Music of the Angels: St Peter’s Singers Sat 3 Dec, 7:30pm, The Venue (Leeds College of Music), £12. Bringing the festive season to life through some of the bestloved & spiritually uplifting works of the Baroque period Stephen Fretwell Sat 3 Dec, The Cockpit, £10. Manchester -based singer/songwriter.

Dan Beesley + Lisa Marie Glover + Harry George Johns Mon 5 Dec at Gaslight Club @ Oporto, Leeds. Free!

Leeds Blues Nights Tues fortnightly at the Chemic Tavern, Johnston Street, Woodhouse, LS6. Dec 6: Blues Positive.

I Am The Avalanche + Hostage Calm + Apologies I Have None Tues 6 Dec, The Cockpit, £10. I Am The Avalanche: melodic & blisteringly raw Brooklyn quintet. Hostage Calm: Punk US five-piece.

Apologies, I Have None: upbeat, punk influenced songs.

Zebrahead Sat 3rd Dec, The Cockpit, £11. Californian punk-rockers.

The Travelling Band Tues 6 Dec, Brudenell Social Club, £6. Folk & country band who won 2008 Glastonbury New Talent contest.

Acoustic Revolution: The Woven Project Sat 3rd Dec, The Adelphi, 4pm-8pm. Lo-fi, acoustic, experimental musicians, playing folk-inspired heartfelt melodies & laid back vibes.

Chris T-T + Franz Nicolay Wed 7 Dec, The Well, Chris T-T: lo-fi songs with tales of love, life & bus routes. Franz Nicolay: exceptional accordionist formally of The Hold Steady. £6.

West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra Sat 3 Dec, 7.30pm St Chad’s Church, Otley Rd. LS16. A Concert of American Music. Tickets on door or www.wyso.org.uk/concerts

Twin Atlantic Wed 7 Dec, The Cockpit, £8. Glaswegian quartet playing heavy rock with vocalist Sam McTrusty’s charming style.

Sandinista! 1st Wed ‘Late Night Colour’ hosted by Grain Division, 10pm; 3rd Wed: ‘Strange Fruit’ hosted by No Title Magazine, 10pm; 2nd & 4th Wed: ‘Sandinista! Live’ 10pm. Sun Live music hosted

by Ross Millar, 8:30pm.

Rebel Truce + Pirate Love Sun 4 Dec, New Roscoe, £5.

Tribute to The Clash, Rebel Truce perform all the classics & more. Pirate Love Tribute to the Heartbreakers.

Aloe Blacc Sunday 4 Dec, O2 Academy Leeds, £15.50. Following the success of ‘I Need A Dollar’ & Top 10 album, Blacc is one of 2011’s most in-demand artists.

The Dizzy Club Sun 4 Dec, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Django & swing.

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Karen Sharp’s Quartet Thurs 8 Dec, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Details: www. sevenjazz.co.uk Daniel Higgs + Oxes Thurs 8 Dec at Brudenell Social Club.

From Baltimore, Oxes have become one of the most innovative bands recording & touring today. £6.

Red Kite Thurs 8 Dec, Milo Bar, ‘An original wealth of soulful & emotive songs that will draw you in & chill you out’. £4.

The Undertones Fri 9 Dec at The Cockpit. Formed in 1975, renowned for combining lyrical invention & musical flair with intelligent simplicity. £17.50.

Iceage Sat 10 Dec at Brudenell Social Club. Danish punk band. £6.

Kate Peters Septet Sat 10 Dec,8pm in Shire Oak Room, HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Familiar songs with jazzy backing. £8/£4 Nick Browne’s Cannonball Band Sun 11 Dec, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. www.sevenjazz.co.uk Lindsey Buckingham Sun 11 Dec at O2 Academy. Revered producer, songwriter, singer & guitarist of Fleetwood Mac. £27.50 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Mon 12 Dec, The Cockpit. Classic rock icon Steve has written & recorded 11 albums & a number of Top 20 hits. £22.50.

Jon Windle Fri 16 Dec at The Cockpit. Former front man of Little Man Tate. £8.

David Ford Fri 16 Dec at The Empire. First achieved prominence with the indie rock group Easyworld, now a master at the layered/looping effect.

The Shufflemonsters Fri 16 Dec, 8pm – midnight at Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3.

Tickets £4 adv/ £5 on door.

All funds to Swarthmore’s Roof Appeal.

The Hall Brothers 20th Anniversary Show Sat 17 Dec at Otley Courthouse. Line-up includes Nick B. Hall & Michelle Plum. Tickets £10/£8 from 01943-467466 Ronnie Bottomley’s All Star Big Band Sun 18 Dec, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Details. www.sevenjazz. co.uk The Solicitors Sun 18th Dec, New Roscoe. 9-piece quality R’n’B & soul band with brass. £12.

The Wedding Present Fri 30th Dec, O2 Academy.

Favourite songs & new material from David Gedge & his band. £6.

HEALTH & FITNESS

Minotaurs Celebrate Successful First Outing – Even Though They Lost!

Leeds Minotaurs, the Cookridge-based Aussie Rules team, recently faced two-times AFL North Grand Finalists Huddersfield Rams at their home ground, Lockwood Park. This was their first match since formation and after some quick introductions and the borrowing of a spare kit from the Rams, the Leeds Minotaurs were ready to rumble.

end the first quarter.

After an uneasy start they began to get their hands on the ball more and create more opportunities and Full Forward Rob Potts snagged a goal to

Throwing caution to the wind, the Leeds outfit put Captain Alex Brown up forward to try and snatch a cheeky

A few long goals from Keiran Holland put the Minotaurs ahead. However, in third quarter the Rams kicked six goals in comparison to the Minotaurs’ one. The long quarter, together with the Minotaurs’ lack of training, left the team with a five goal deficit to overcome in the final quarter.

win. This move proved a success with the big fella kicking a few early goals.

Leeds narrowly won the last quarter with a second goal from Potts right at the end, but the home side held on for a 10.12.72 to 8.8.56 win.

“After a successful debut (even though we lost!), the club is buzzing full of excitement and looking for more fixtures”, said player coach Rhyss Long. “We are currently in need of a major sponsor and a permanent home ground, which hopefully will be sorted very soon.”

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Annabel Rose Trust Leeds Akkies RLFC and Leeds Rugby Foundation recently staged a hugely successful gala day of rugby league at Old Modernians, Cookridge, raising nearly £450 for the Annabelle Rose Trust.

Ben Wardleworth, Annabelle and Amelia with Akkies Masters captain Rob Potts and Sam Horner

Masters teams from the host club, Farnley Falcons, West Leeds Eagles and Ossett Trinity all took part in the Annabelle Rose Challenge, along with players from Wetherby Bulldogs, Milford Marlins and Blackpool Stanley. Each player donated a £5 match fee towards the trust fund, which was set up to provide six-year-old Annabelle, who was born with Quadriplegic Spastic Cerebral Palsy, with life-changing treatment to enable her to walk.

The day began with a junior rugby league taster session conducted by Leeds Rugby Foundation Development Manager Sam Horner, and attended by local youngsters as well as members of the neighbouring North Leeds Leopards Junior Rugby League Club. Over 500 players and supporters were also treated to special visits by Ronnie the Rhino and the Engage Super League trophy.

Annabelle’s proud dad, Akkies centre Ben Wardleworth, was overwhelmed by the support of all of his fellow masters players: “It was a great effort and a fabulous day. All the rugby lads have choked me a little as they are all somewhat of a ‘family’ and so willing to muck in for a good cause.”

His enthusiasm was shared by Sam Horner, who added: “There’s a genuine camaraderie between Masters players in Leeds. It’s fantastic that our sport can bring people together in this way and it’s a credit to the host club for staging such a fantastic event.”

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Leeds City Juniors Go from Strength to Strength Leeds City Juniors Football Club, based at Adel War Memorial Association, is the junior section of Leeds City Football Club, formed in 2006 from the merging of Adel FC, Abbey Grange FC and Leeds City Vixens FC. The club is an FA Charter Standard Community Club catering for children aged 5 – 16. This standard requires that the club a) meets FA criteria ensuring that opportunities are available for children irrespective of age, gender, religion and ability, and b) provides qualified coaches, first aiders and child protection officers.

Additionally, Leeds City Juniors proudly observes the FA Respect & Racism – Kick it Out campaigns.

There are 14 teams competing in the Garforth Junior Football League, five playing seven-a-side matches (under 8 – 10s), and nine playing eleven-a-side (under 11 – 15s). The two under 16s teams play matches in the Craven Aire & Wharfe Junior League. Matches are played on Sunday mornings or early afternoons. Training is generally on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings on the floodlit Astroturf facilities at Adel War Memorial Association, or on grass at Bedquilts Recreation Ground, Adel.

The club is proud of its involvement in the local community and recently opened the Adel Co-Op, and completed a bag pack at ASDA Holt Park where the funds raised were split between the club and ASDA’s charity of choice – Tickled Pink. Last season, the club raised in excess of £500 for Sports Relief.

Leeds City Juniors is ambitious and always interested in welcoming new members. Follow them on Facebook by searching ‘Leeds City Juniors Football Club’ or Twitter @leedscity1.

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Notices Baby & Toddler Group Wed 1.30 - 3pm (term time only).

Come along & let the kids play while you have enjoy coffee & a chat. Everybody welcome. £1.50 per family. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Harrogate Rd, Moortown Beechtree Steiner Parent & Child Groups A warm & supportive environment for imaginative play, songs, stories, baking, natural crafts. Mon – Fri am at Old Tetley Hall, Headingley, & Tues & Wed am at Stainbeck Community Hall, Stainbeck Lane. Details: 269 0262 Battlefront Leeds Fri 7 – 8.30pm at The Grove, New St. Horsforth. Beginners – advanced welcome. £3. All staff CRB checked. Pokemon Trading Card Game & Pokemon Wifi Battles Yu-Gi-Oh! Exclusive pre-release events. Exclusive promo cards given out every week. Details: 07877 120145 mark.hirst3@ntlworld.com, Brownies (For girls aged 7-10). Hawksworth Wood – Tues; Kirkstall & Far Headingley – Wed; Headingley – Thurs; Burley – Fri. A fantastic place to make new friends, have new experiences & build self-esteem. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Toddler Group for babies to pre-school children, Tues 10 – 11.30am (term time) at West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. 50p per person incl. refreshments. All helpers CRB checked. Lovely play area with lots of ride-on toys. Details: 278 5373 Football North East Leeds Under 13 (Current Year 9) require players for Sunday morning league. Training Tues 7 – 8pm at Thomas Danby. Home games on Scott Hall fields.

Details: Ian Jones 07956 573676 Guides For Girls aged 10-14 who want to share new experiences with new friends. Spend 1 evening a week being creative, choosing what you want to do & building your self confidence in an all girl environment. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Junior Rugby Moortown Rugby Union Club, a brilliant club for youth development with squads from U7s up to adult open-age rugby, is recruiting for their Under 7s & 8s squads (current Year 3 classes). The teams train & play against other local clubs Sundays 10:30am. Details: Damian Curtis 07860 454701 or 274 94014. www.moortownrugby.co.uk Rainbows (For girls aged 5-7). Kirkstall – Wed; Headingley - Thurs. Local Rainbow groups are having loads of fun with their motto Live, Laugh, Love & Learn. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com St Paul’s Church, Ireland Wood, LS16 Kidz Club 3rd Sunday.

Tues - Cubs meet at 6.30pm; Thurs - Rainbows at 5.30pm; Brownies at 6.30pm (term time). New members welcome.

Wrangthorn Baby & Toddler Group Parent run group Tues 1 – 2.30pm & Thurs 10 – 11.30am, at Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Pk Tce. £1. Refreshments & lots of toys & craft activities.

Yarnbury RFC Junior Section Horsforth Welcomes new players 5-18yrs (girls up to 12). Family club stressing inclusion for all. Coaches are qualified & CRB checked. Details: Paul Marshall 07711 648704

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Bring your friends along and enjoy as many classes as you like on the day.

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AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR VISITS CARDINAL HEENAN Meanwood

School Pupils Cut ASDA’s Ribbon

Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor, and The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Reverend Alan Taylor, pictured with pupils Joe Myland and Beth Kay. Photo: Ben Taylor.

Eva Schloss, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, visited pupils at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School recently to answer pupils’ questions following the performance of an award winning play about her life.

people don’t know very much about what happened in the last century, how hatred and prejudice prevented people from resisting evil. We are trying to prevent a repetition of such horrors by knowledge of what happened then.”

Now 82, Eva, the stepsister of Anne Frank, was freed from Auschwitz in 1945 at the end of the Second World War.

The play was recently performed in China, where a direct descendent of the Chinese philosopher Confucius, James Kong, took the lead role.

Kong joined British, Dutch, Israeli and Australian actors.

The play, And Then They Came for Me, was set in Germany during World War II. The performance wove video interviews of Holocaust survivors with live performances recreating scenes from the war.

“I am pleased that the play was performed at Cardinal Heenan”, said Eva. “Unfortunately, many young

Diborah Meets Princess Anne!

Diborah Gebru (10) has been a Brownie with 95th Leeds Brownies in Hyde Park for the past two years.

In September her mum gained her British Citizenship, having moved to England some years ago from Eritrea. The Citizenship Award Ceremony was held at Leeds Civic Hall and HRH Princess Anne was in attendance.

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“It was a great honour for Cardinal Heenan pupils to meet Eva”, said Cathie Brown, Assistant Headteacher, “and a real coup to host such an acclaimed play with a cast of actors from across the world.

Its impact resonated strongly with our pupils.” flowers to the Princess! After nervously curtseying and presenting the flowers, Princess Anne had asked her all about the badges on her sash etc. Unfortunately, Diborah realised afterwards that the Princess hadn’t seen her Royal Wedding Badge as it had been on the back of her sash!

Pupils from Meanwood C of E Primary School officially helped to cut the ribbon at the recent opening of the new Asda Supermarket in Meanwood.

The children were invited as guests to open the store on Green Road by store manager, Gill Howen, and received a £50 gift card in thanks.

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Abbey Runners Tues, 7.45pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, for local run & Thurs, 7.20pm, Leeds Met Beckett Park campus for coached track sessions. All standards of runner welcome. Details: www.abbeyrunners.co.uk Aerobics/Body Conditioning Classes Thurs, 8.15pm& Sat 8am at Meanwood Parochial Hall. All ages & abilities welcome. £3 per session.

Details: meanwoodaerobics@ yahoo.com/ 07970 713372 After Eights Badminton Club Mon 8.30 – 9.30pm, Holt Park Sports Centre. New members welcome. Turn up & try our friendly club – free. Details: Helen, 0113 305 3327 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Brownberrie Lane Preschool, Horsforth. New members welcome. All ages & abilities, no experience required.

Details: Katie 07890 754115, www.briggate-morris.blogspot. com Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun, 9.30am in the car park of Cookridge Village Hall for walks of approx 6/8 miles.

Transport can be provided when required. Details: Shirley 267 9452.

Haida Yoga Class Sat 3 Dec, 2.30 – 4.30pm at Adel Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane, LS16. Free. Bring comfortable clothing, mat & soft flexible footwear. Details: Jan 01943 850351 Kirkstall Harriers Running Club Mon & Wed, 6.50pm, Kirkstall Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome! Details: www.kirkstallharriers.org.uk, kirkstallharriers@googlemail. com Last Man Stands are looking for additional teams to enter their winter indoor & summer outdoor cricket leagues. They cater for all standards. Details: Paul 07795 154444, leeds@ lastmanstands.co.uk

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Are you recovering from a stroke or other condition where swimming could help? A friendly, safe environment where you can swim & gain confidence. New members welcome. Mon 7 -8pm at Holt Park Leisure Centre. Details: Roger 267 4716, Sara 287 6250

Sailing Crew of Six Wanted for competitive sailing on east coast. Purpose built sports sailing boat, safe & stable in all weathers. Racing most Sun, Feb – Oct 2012. Transport available from Leeds. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Details: 07973 512562 adelsailing@gmail. com www.euronautica.net/ tecnica/phuket-sports8.asp

Leeds Contra Ceilidh meets 8 - 10.30pm at Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Rd. (near the Skyrack). 2nd & 4th Tues of month (Sept to June). Live band! No partner or experience required.

Newcomers welcome.

Details: Liz 284 3282, www. leedscontra.freeuk.com

Scottish Country Dancing Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm, St Columba’s, Headingley Lane.

No partner necessary. £2.50 incl refreshments. Details: 269 1791, 278 2300, pathynes001@tiscali.co.uk

Leeds English Folk Dancing Society Weds, Meanwood Methodist Church (School Room), 7.30 – 9.30pm.

Details: Derry Fletcher 07960 335926 Leeds YHA Walking Group Walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities. Over 160 members aged 20-74. Details: Stephen 368 0417, www. leedsyha.org.uk Lindy Fridays Friday night Lindy Hop classes for complete beginners onwards at The Carriageworks, Millennium Sq. No partner required.

Beginners class 7pm (Level 2 Room1) £5. Details: www. lindyfridays.com Lindy Hop Dance Mon, Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gardens, LS17.

Beginners 8pm, Intermediates 9.15pm. No partner needed.

Swing music. £5/£4. Details: Joyce 278 9891/ 07748 702102 www.swingjiveleeds. com Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon & Wed 5.45pm, Fri 7pm, Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome.

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St Chad’s Tennis Club Join our friendly club & play tennis throughout the year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne Wallace 274 9917 Singles’ Dance Night Tues 7.30pm at Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gardens LS17. £3. Do you want to make new friends? Join them for a great night of fun, music & dancing.

Details: Paul 07724 460317, pauldjdom@btinternet.com or 268 5039 Weetwood Walking Group Walk to a healthier life! Lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol, enhance mental wellbeing, control weight, improve flexibility, reduce risk of heart disease & stroke.

Details: Rachel Hepton 07528 252412, rachel.hepton@ wysport.co.uk ARTS & CRAFTS Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 3 Dec, 10am - 4pm: Paper cutting workshop & Christmas buffet - with Brian Morgan. All workshops at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. New members welcome.

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Flower Arranging Classes 1st Thurs of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS6. Beginners welcome. Details: Kath Hall 275 2436 kaybeehall@ talktalk.net Flower Arranging Classes Wed 7 – 9pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, LS17. Beginners & experienced arrangers welcome! Details: Judy Watker 07538 132053, 261 2379, watkers@btinternet.com Headingley Flower Club Christmas Demonstration Fri 2 Dec, 7 30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Famous national flower arranger, Ian Buxton’s demonstration is entitled ‘Christmas Comes’.

Cost £8. Details: 293 3154 Wednesday’s Headingley Community Art Group now meets at HEART, Bennett Rd, 10am – 12.30pm. Old & new members welcome. We share our creative abilities. Call in on the day – be surprised!

Details: Michael 07923 106084 Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 7 Dec, 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby, LS17 0EG. Christmas demonstration

by Eileen Barraclough. Details 01943 863172 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Artsmix Markets 2nd & 4th Sat, 11am – 5pm on Albion Place, LS1. Fabulous crafts & gifts. More dates in run-up to Christmas – Dec: 3, 10, 17.

Beechtree Steiner Christmas Fair Sat 10 Dec,12–4pm at Old Tetley Hall, Moor Rd, Headingley. Stalls, crafts, festive food & drink, Santa’s grotto & more. All welcome!

Christmas Fayre Sat 3 Dec, 11am – 2pm at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugarwell Rd, Meanwood, LS7. Santa, stalls – incl. cakes, bric a brac, Christmas wreaths, tombola etc.

Coffee Morning with toasted tea cakes, 10.30am 1st Sat of month, West Park United Reformed Church. Proceeds to Caring For Life, Cookridge.

City Church Christmas Market Sat 3 Dec, 11am – 2pm at Ashwood Centre, 44a Headingley Lane, LS6. Relax with a mug of mulled wine & browse the various quality arts, crafts, gifts & food stalls. Unique gifts. Activities for children, including card making & Christmas quiz. Free Admission.

Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc on North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Health & Wellbeing Day Sat 3 Dec 10.30am – 3.30pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3. Experience tasters & treatments in alternative therapies & purchase gifts for Christmas. Proceeds towards roof appeal.

Hyde Park Community Shop Open Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 1 – 4pm at Hyde Park Methodist Mission Church, Woodsley Rd. LS 3. Ladies, men’s & children’s clothing, books, toys, bric-a-brac &

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Lineham Farm Christmas Fayre Sat 10 Dec, 11am – 3pm at the farm in Eccup.

Adm £1adults/50p children.

Festive songs from Castleton Primary School plus plenty of stalls & fun things to do.

Adopt an animal for that last minute present! Lineham Farm provides active, week-long holidays for around 1,000 Leeds children a year. Details: Clare 0113 281 7880, clare@ linehamfarm.co.uk Moorlands School Christmas Fair Sat 3 Dec, 2 – 5pm at the school on Foxhill Dr. Weetwood Lane LS16. Come along & join in the fun. Santa’s Grotto, loads of great stalls selling perfect Christmas gifts, refreshments, raffle & much, much more. Adm £1 adult, children free.

Oxfam Books, Music & Christmas Fair Sun 4 Dec, 12 – 4pm at the Brudenell Social Club, Queens Rd, LS6. Free entry! Your chance to get your unusual Xmas presents!

Santa’s Coffee Morning Sat 3 Dec, 10.30am – 12 noon at Stainbeck United Reformed Church, Stainbeck Rd. Meet

Santa & enjoy coffee & a chat. Also cakes, books, Fair Trade goods & crafts for sale.

All welcome. Proceeds to ‘Children in Distress’. www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk

Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs 8.30-9pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 0113 391 0403, www. alwoodleymc.org.uk

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

Delicious homemade cakes, teas, coffees, juice & lots of chat every Saturday. Everyone welcome.

Bramhope Round Table Every 2nd Tues. Fun, friendship & fundraising (in that order!).

All men between 18 & 45 welcome. Details: www. bramhoperoundtable.co.uk, info@bramhope844.co.uk

St Chad’s Primary School Christmas Fair Sat 3 Dec, 1 -3pm. Small entry fee.

Santa’s Grotto, craft stalls, raffle, cakes, toys & books, tombola, bran tub, children’s games, refreshments. Lots of fun. Everyone welcome.

Details: Sarah Peacock 07981 506654 or sarahpeacock@ cormasol.co.uk GROUPS/CLUBS Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips & social events. Details: Dave Senior 0113 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Friends of University Art & Music helps to foster the musical & artistic outreach of the University of Leeds.

Membership open to all, regular activities arranged.

Next event: recital by Cassia String Quartet, Wed 21 Dec 7.30pm at the School of Music. Details: 0113 343 2584, www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Sat 3 Dec, 10am – 3pm – work party led by LCC Countryside Ranger, Dave Blackham. All welcome (under 16s accompanied). Meet in car park opposite main gates, Otley Rd. Stay whole period (bring packed lunch) or any part thereof. Even a short stay is welcome. Fresh air, exercise, good company & cheaper than a gym subscription! Also 7 Jan, 4 Feb, 3 March & 7 April.

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached with a zest for life. Monthly programme of events. Not a dating agency. Details: 262 1455 or 261 2619, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com Lawnswood Bridge Club 1.15pm Tues, YMCA Otley Road. Small friendly club playing Chicago. New members welcome with a partner if possible. Details: 07771 610350 Leeds Anglo German Club Sat 3 Dec, 7.30pm The Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. A Christmas Party with music by Cardinal Heenan musicians. Great food, Glühwein (mulled wine) & good company. Contact 0113 2687697 by 30 Nov. Mon 9 Jan, 7.30pm at Headingley St Columba’s URC: ‘Dresden’ an illustrated talk by Open University Lecturer Eddie Lawler. Details: 0113 268 7697 Leeds Bridge Club, Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre (MASSC), Stonegate Rd. LS17.

Beginners: Mon 2 - 4.15pm, Fri 7 - 9.15pm. Improvers: Fri 10am - 12.15pm. Details: www.leedsbridgeclub.com Leeds Caledonian Society Social Evening Wed 7 Dec, 7.30pm at The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Annual Burns Dinner at Castle Grove, 28 Jan. Details: 267 0424, www.leedscaledonians.org.uk

Leeds Feline Friends Can you give a cat a good home away from a busy road?

Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends.org.uk Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meeting Thurs 8 Dec, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.

Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495 Leeds Lions meets 2nd Mon, Holiday Inn Express, Cavendish St. LS3, 7.30pm. Details: 0845 833 7428, www.lionsclubs.org Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making. Fri 7.30pm, Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance). Details: George Wooley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972 Leeds National Trust Autumn & Winter programme now underway with monthly lectures at St Chad’s, a lunch with speaker, the Christmas Fair, & December coffee morning. Details: Pam 0113 258 8178 Leeds Oxfam Group meets 1st Wed of month, 7pm at the Civic Hall. Lively group campaigning on issues around global justice. Next meeting 7 Dec. Everyone welcome.

Details: Pauline Neale 269 3542, www.oxfamleeds.org.uk Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm, St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: the Secretary 0113 265 0651 or www.lps1852.co.uk Leeds Skyrack Lions Club meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7.45pm at the New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. Headingley. New members & helpers welcome. Help the needy of Leeds & create new friendships. Details: 01943 510106, Granville.barker@ sky.com, www.105c.org.uk/ leedsskyrack

Leeds U3A is a vibrant organisation for anyone not in full time occupation. Over 25 interest groups & regular fortnightly meetings. Details: Bill 07552 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk Leeds University Old Students’ Association welcomes all former students of the University. Festive Lunch Thurs 15 Dec, 12.15pm at Devonshire Hall. Speaker: Dr Geoffrey Tabbron. Details: The Secretary 0113 261 4564, gmroche@btinternet.com The Meanwood Players a new amateur drama group, meets Thurs 7 – 9pm at the Meanwood Institute, Green Rd. Details:07791 129068 Mark & Spencer’s Sunday Roast New North Leeds LGB professional social networking Sunday afternoon events.

Make your weekends more interesting, meet Headingley, Chapel Allerton, Meanwood & Roundhay based gay & lesbian professionals. Details: mandssundayroast@gmail. com Meanwood Men’s Society Fri 2 Dec: Annual Shindig, 7.30pm at Meanwood Institute. Mon 19 Dec: Christmas Darts & Doms, 8pm at the ‘Stute’.

Tues 27 Dec: Christmas Family Walk, 10.30am, Burley Woodhead. Details: Mark 274 7611, Colin 274 6316.

Mercury Movie Makers Club for camcorder owners.

Weds, Rawdon Conservative Club, 7:30pm. Advice freely available. Regular film & practical evenings, & occasional outdoor events.

Details: 0113 257 7274, www. communigate.co.uk/brad/ mercmove New Weetwood Writers Group at Weetwood Hall.

Whether you want to write for publication, profit or pleasure, you’ll be very welcome.

Evening & weekend workshops planned. Details: Liz 0113 267 9894.

North Leeds Model Flying Club New members very welcome, experienced or beginners. Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice.

Regular meetings at Horsforth or airfield at Almscliff Crag.

Details: 0113 217 8348, www. nlmfc.org

Oxfam Book Club now meets 1st Tues of month, 7.30pm at The Chemic Tavern, Johnson St. Woodhouse LS6. Details: jessgoodacre@hotmail.com Paxton Horticultural Society est 1886 The final event in their 125th anniversary year was a celebration lunch on Sat 22 Oct. After a splendid lunch they were entertained by guest speaker & local historian Michael Meadowcroft, who gave a first class presentation on Leeds in the late 19th century. Details: 256 3055, wheatleygraham@yahoo.co.uk Royal Park Community Consortium holds regular meetings every Tues, 7pm at the Burley Lodge Centre, Burley Lodge Rd. LS6.

Meetings are open to anyone who would like to get involved in the project to turn Royal Park School into a community centre. Details: Sue 07796 784018, Paul 07962 255621, www.royalparkschool.org Trackrod Motor Club Meets 1st Tues of each month, 9.30pm at Old Modernians Club, Cookridge Lane. New Members welcome. Details: www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd, Headingley. Anyone involved in the Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation in 50s & 60s most welcome. Represents all units of the armed forces.

Details: Eddie Seville 0113 263 7583 White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 8pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd. Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills. Also on YouTube. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, hansonstevie@hotmail.com.

MUSIC Amici Singers Friendly mixed voice choir welcomes new singers, experienced or not.

No auditions. Rehearsals Thurs pm at Adel Methodist Church. Details: 228 5932 or 267 1292.

54 Bell Ringing at St Chad’s Thurs 7.30 – 9pm Beginners & experienced ringers welcome.

Details: Simon Futers 230 0186, t.s.futers@leeds.ac.uk Friends of University Art & Music helps to foster the musical & artistic outreach of the University of Leeds.

Membership open to all.

Regular activities arranged.

Details: 0113 343 2584, www. leeds.ac.uk/fuam Harrogate Band Sat 10 Dec, 7.30pm at Meanwood Methodist Church. Featured in the hit Yorkshire broadband advert on TV. Playing seasonal & not so seasonal music with plenty of laughs & banter.

Sponsored by The Leeds Oddfellows friendly society. All proceeds to charity. Tickets £5. Details: Tracey 0113 242 4003.

Harwood Singers Concert Sat 3 Dec, 3pm at Meanwood Methodist Church (corner of Monkbridge & Meanwood Rds), followed by tea. Adm. £6.

Details: Brigitte 278 4988 Horsforth Choral Society Christmas Concert Tues13 Dec, 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Church Horsforth. Christmas entertainment for all with carols & other seasonal music. Featuring The Yorkshire Evening Post Brass, conductor Kathryn Woodruff, leader Rebecca Todd. Tickets (£8) incl. refreshments from 0113 250 2203 or on door.

Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band A friendly, community brass band welcomes new players. Possible instrument loan, if needed. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds Trinity University College, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.

Details: Hannah Rowlands 250 0208, Betty Emberton 267 6529 Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to try us out.

Wide repertoire & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon, 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon. Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989

Leeds People’s Choir Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, 2 - 7 Woodhouse Sq. LS3.

Details: 234 32210 www. leedspeopleschoir.org.uk New Direction exciting new female choir (all ages). Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Will be performing in concerts, competitions & charity events throughout the year. West End musicals, pop & folk songs, & classical pieces. Details: Tracy 07914 833394 Phoenix Concert Band A community wind band rehearses weekly at West Park Centre, Spen Lane, Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm. No audition.

Players of a suitable standard welcome (Associated Board Grade 5). Details: secretary@ phoenixband.co.uk, www. phoenixband.co.uk Players for Pleasure offers playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, beginners to advanced.

All instruments & all ages over 18. New performers especially welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www. playersforpleasure.co.uk Society of Recorder Players Friendly adult group meets 2nd Sat of month, 2 – 5pm at United Reformed Church, Headingley, to play a variety of styles of music. New members welcome. Details: Caroline Payne 01943 467348 Sunday Night Live Sun 4 Dec, from 7pm at Costa Coffee, Headingley. Great music from Danny Gough & friends with a festive feel & a twist of faith! Everyone welcome. Free Admission Details: 275 8466, mail@citychurchleeds.net, www.citychurchleeds.net West Riding Opera has vacancies for chorus members to participate in concerts & staged opera selections. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Rehearsals Wed, 7.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@sky.com

The White Rosettes Female barbershop chorus (four part unaccompanied harmony), 12 x national champions, rehearse Wed 7.30 – 10pm at Moorlands School, Foxhill Dr, Weetwood Lane, LS16 5PF. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@ whiterosettes.org.uk Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Friendly, informal string orchestra made up of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners group for those especially new to playing.

Details: www.ylss.org SENIORS Beaus & Belles Christmas Dance Sat 17 Dec, 7 – 11pm at Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane, LS16. Get out your dancing shoes & have some fun! Ballroom/Sequence & Fun Dance. Plus buffet, raffle, and licensed bar. £5 on door. Details: Sheila 217 9136, Ken 230 1213, & Edna 267 9670 Carpet Bowls Thurs, 1.45 - 3.45pm at St. Stephen’s Church, Cranmer Rd, off King Lane, Moortown. Join us for exercise & fun! £1.50 incl. tea. Details: Sheila 275 7965 Lunch Club Mons & Weds 111.30pm (£4). Stainbeck United Reformed Church, Stainbeck Rd. Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided.

Volunteers always welcome.

Details: Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766 Luncheon Club meets 12 noon Tues at Headingley Methodist Church Hall, Church St. Open to anyone over 60 for food & friendship. New members welcome. Two course hot meal £3.50. Please order in advance. Details: 275 5615, 275 1592 Mena Exercise Classes ChairBased Exercises: 10 -11am Bentley Court; 11.30am – 12.30pm Memorial Dr; 1.30 – 2.30pm Astura Court. Tai Chi classes Tues 2 – 3pm & Thurs 12 – 1pm at Meanwood Community Centre, £2.

Details: 278 5777 OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) provides activities for seniors living in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall. Membership is free for those aged 60

or over. You will receive a quarterly news sheet with information about all activities etc. Details: 369 7077 or infoowls@gmail.com St Chad’s Lunch Club Weds 12 - 1.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal, tea/coffee, biscuits & good company for just £3.50!

Open to all those of retirement age living locally to St Chad’s.

Transport provided. Details: Anne 274 9917, Claire 275 2917 STEP (for the over 60s in West Park & Far Headingley) at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Butcher Hill LS16. Mon 1 – 3pm afternoon tea, cakes & bingo; Tues 10 – 11.30am Gentle Exercise & a cuppa; Thurs 10 – 11.30am cuppa & toasted teacake, followed by Bingo & Brunch 11.30am - 1.00pm.

Details: 275 7988, www. stepleeds.org.uk SPIRITUAL Alpha Course Wed 7.30pm at South Parade Baptist Church, Kirkstall Lane, Headingley. For anyone interested in learning about the Christian Faith.

Details: 0113 275 4989 Blue Christmas Thurs 22 Dec, 7.30pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church. A short period of quiet prayer & song & a time to remember those no longer with us.

Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve, from 6pm on the steps of Ashwood Centre (City Church), 44a Headingley Lane, LS6 Warm up your vocal chords with some mulled wine & join in singing some well know carols together. Everyone welcome.

Carols at Left Bank Sun 11 Dec, 6pm at Left Bank, Cardigan Rd. Traditional(ish) Nine Lessons & Carols service, to put you in true Christmas mood. Bring a blanket to keep warm!

Catholic Churches Our Lady of Kirkstall parish covers Leeds 16, Horsforth & Kirkstall.

Churches: Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (Parish office: 267 8257); Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (Parish secretary: 258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane.

Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe M.A.,Ph.D; Assistant Priest: Fr BK Akpoigbe MSP.www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk

55 Christian Science Church Services, 40 Otley Rd, Headingley: Sun 10.30am.

Testimony meetings 2nd Wed of month, 7.30pm & 4th Wed 2.30pm. Reading Room open 11am - 2pm Tues, Thurs & Fri. Details: www.christianscience. org.uk City Church Leeds Ashwood Centre, 44a Headingley Lane, LS6. Family Christmas Service Sun 11 Dec, 10.30am. Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas & enjoy festive refreshments together. Everyone welcome.

Details: 275 8466, mail@ citychurchleeds.net, www. citychurchleeds.net Family Christingle Mon 19 Dec, 7pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church. Make your own Christingle, hear the story, sing carols around tables & share mince pies, other Christmas goodies & a chance to chat. Come along, bring your family, invite a friend.

FREE ‘drop in’ group meditation Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sunday of month: 6.307.30pm). Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727, leeds@uk.bkwsu. org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds Headingley St. Columba United Reformed Church (70 Headingley Lane) Sun 11 Dec: Christmas Nativity Service.

Sun 18 Dec: Lessons & Carols. Sat 24 Dec: Christingle Service. Sun 25 Dec: Christmas Morning Service.

Details of times & services will be displayed on outside notice board. Join us for worship on these days & each Sunday of the year.

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

All welcome. Details: www.stmichaels-headingley.org.uk Holy Trinity Meanwood Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style). 2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion. Everyone Welcome. Details: 275 7885, www.holytrinitymeanwood. org.uk

Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. A contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition.

Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management.

Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org Leeds Healing Centre Now at Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Road, LS6. Healing by members of The Healing Trust (NFSH) to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing. Fri 11am – 2.30pm.

Healing also at Friends’ Meeting House, Roundhay, Thurs 7 – 8.30pm. Donations appreciated. Details: 07985 121810, 01274 617700, www. leedshealingcentre.org Leeds Reformed Baptist Church meets for Sunday services at the West Park Centre, Spen Lane (10:30am & 6pm). Many other activities through the week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details: 275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org Leeds Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm at Quaker Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now & A New Earth. Watch footage of an Eckhart Tolle talk followed by a period of silent meditation. Small donation appreciated. Details: 07884 332644 or www. peacenowhere.com Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 11 Dec 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2. A talk - Shinto & The Web of Life by Aidan Rankin. Shinto, the primal, indigenous wisdom of the Japanese, draws on universal spiritual motifs & has a special relevance to today’s urban, technological societies.

Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk Meanwood Methodist Church Monday Fellowship Meetings held fortnightly, 2pm in The Schoolroom. Varied programme, interesting speakers. Warm welcome.

Details: Marjorie Hopwood 275 6913 Meanwood Valley Baptist Church meets at Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Ave. Sunday service 11am, coffee 10.30am. Details: Church Office 275 7215, www. mvbc.org.uk

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd, LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk

Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 www.leedsquakers.org.uk Ratnasambhava Centre Events Meditation Day: Sat 3 Dec. ‘The Lightness of Being’ – overcome worry, guilt & remain joyfully in the present.

All welcome, £25. Prayers for World Peace – free event Sun 11 Dec, 10.30 – 11.45am at Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Wetherby Rd. Oakwood.

Evening meditation classes in Oakwood & Woodhouse Lane. £5. Details: 0113 265 8164, www.meditationinleeds.org South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane, Headingley.

Lively services every Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm. All welcome.

St Chad’s Parish Church, Far Headingley Parish Communion 9.30am every Sunday in church, & Evensong at 6.30pm in church. All welcome. Details: 274 4322, www.stchads.co.uk St Paul’s Church, Ireland Wood, LS16 Sunday Services 8am &10am. Kidz Club 3rd Sunday.

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Christmas Services: Sun 18 Dec, 10.45am: Family Service. Sun 18 Dec, 6.30pm: Carols by Candlelight, followed by mince pies. Christmas Eve, 11.30pm: Midnight Communion. Christmas Day, 10am: Family Christmas Celebration. Details: www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk St Augustine’s Church (Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner 10.30am services every Sunday. 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday shorter family service.

6.30pm evening service. All Welcome.

St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6. Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds. org.uk

Teachings of the Fourth Way The spiritual way brought

by G.I.Gurdjieff has been recognized as one of the most original, enduring & penetrating teachings of our time. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, info@gurdjieff-leeds.com Leeds Gurdjieff Society West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane. Sunday Service at 10.30am. Crèche for young children where they are looked after for part of the service. Tea/coffee & a chat after service. A warm welcome to all.

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

New members welcome.

Details: Pat 0113 275 7694 Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), their friends & families throughout North & West Yorkshire.

Four educational & support meetings a year, plus regular informal meets. Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@ crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, www. groups.crohnsandcolitis.org. uk/Leeds Different Strokes Invites stroke survivors to join them, Wed 1.45 – 3.45pm, Adel Stables, Back Church Lane. Incl. an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 DREAM (Disability, Recreation, Education & Advisory Meetings) has a new website with details of all their activities for people with disabilities in NW Leeds. Visit www.dreamnwleeds.btck.co.uk Families Need Fathers 7.30pm, 2nd Wed of month, Victoria Hotel, Great George St, Leeds. Support & advice group for parents trying to maintain & develop relationships with their children, following divorce or family breakdown. Details: Don 07981 710179, Ray 07921 728747

56 Headingley Friday Support Group meets Fri, 1.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. Self-help & social support group for adults who may feel lonely or isolated as a result of mental health issues. Carers & anyone with an interest in mental health welcome (unless day trips arranged) Details: Carol 230 6043, www. headingleyfridaysupportgroup. org.uk or drop in.

Leeds Coeliac Group Thurs 1 Dec, 7pm at Farthings Restaurant, Leeds City College, Thomas Danby Campus, Roundhay Rd, LS7.

Gluten-free Christmas Dinner.

Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850, sandra. mclean@btinternet.com Leeds Diabetes Support Group 1st Mon of month, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 7– 9pm. Variety of speakers. All welcome. Details: Joan Wells 225 4528 Leeds Lymphoedema Link, a support group for patients, meets Sat 3 Dec, 10.30am at Headingley St. Columba United Reformed Church, 70, Headingley Lane, LS6. Details: 0113 392 1807 (via the hospital), www.lymphoedemaleeds. co.ukleedslymphoedemalink@ hotmail.co.uk Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090.

The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road. Details: Nikki 231 1727 Wheatfields Carers Support Group Small friendly group meets at Wheatfields, Grove Lane, 2nd Wed of month, 1.30 – 3pm. Chat over coffee & share experiences. Details: Chris Ellis 203 3342, Angie Thompson, Carers Leeds, 246 8338

The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones.

Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www. ychc.org.uk TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Café Philosophique (Weetwood Residents’ Association)Thurs 15 Dec, 7.30pm in the Sports Pavilion, Richmond House School’s Playing Fields, Glen Rd, Weetwood. Steven Carver addresses ‘Does Wilderness need us?’ £3.

Leeds Microscopical Society (LMS) meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7pm at Alwoodley Methodist Church Hall. Varied programme of talks & practical evenings, open to all with an interest in natural history & who wish to learn about microscopy. Dec 8: Beginning Microscopy & ‘Gossip’. Jan 12: Minerals & Micromounts. Jan 26: Bring & Buy Microscope Bargains.

Leeds Naturalists’ Club & Scientific Association meets alternate Mon, 7.15pm in Museum & Seminar Room, Miall Block, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. Enjoy a series of talks on natural history subjects in winter, field meetings & exhibit evenings in summer. Details: Peter Larner 261 2589, sites.google.com/ site/leedsnaturalistsclub Leeds RSPB Group AGM Weds 7 Dec, 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane. Includes illustrated talk by Steve Warrilow, warden Denso Marston Nature Reserve, on ‘Dragonflies’. A chance to learn more about these fascinating predators of the insect world. All welcome. Details: rspbleeds@googlemail.com The Thoresby Society, Leeds Local History Society. Tues 6 Dec, 7.15 pm, Celebrating Christmas in Victorian Leeds.

Meet at Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Or, visit their wonderful local history library at 23 Clarendon Rd. 10am – 2pm Tues & Thurs. Details: 247 0704 or www.thoresby.org.uk

Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 10 Dec, 2pm at 23, Clarendon Rd, Leeds – a lecture by Kitty Ross entitled ‘Music & Theatre in Leeds’.

Free drop-in sessions every Tues, 2-4pm for anyone needing help with family history research. Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113 263 9540

Wednesday Women 1st Wed of month, 8 – 10pm at Parochial Hall, Meanwood.

Building relationships & supporting women in the community. New members are invited to join for friendship, support, conversation & varied programme of activities.

WOMEN’S GROUPS

Beck Arts 6th Annual Art Trail Sun 4 Dec, 1 – 4pm. Visit local artists in the Monkbridge Rd area. See their work, chat & maybe find a Xmas present bargain! Artwork, craft, photography, poetry, short story, music & refreshments – the arts show with a friendly welcome. Map & details: From ‘37’ Cake Shop, Monkbridge Rd / Highbury Lane corner.

Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed of month at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. Wed 7 Dec: The Nativity Play – a humorous overview, with Clodagh Tweedale. Wed 4 Jan: ‘The Work of Street Angels’ with Paul Blakey, MBE. Details: Muriel Huntley 0113 230 1584 British Federation of Women Graduates (Leeds Association) Regular meetings & activities.

Details: Mary O’Regan 0113 262 4131, leedsawg@ntlworld. com Four Seasons Needle Workers meets fortnightly 1.30 – 3pm, Four Seasons Cafe, Mark Lane (behind St John’s Church, Briggate) to knit & crochet items for charity. All welcome.

Lessons given. Friendly people. Details: 262 0250 Leeds Women’s Luncheon Club meets 4th Wed of month for lunch, 12.15pm, Cosmopolitan (formerly Golden Lion), Swinegate, Leeds.

Interesting speakers. Details: 267 9316 Muslimah Mums’ Group A hub of sisterliness. Details: MuslimahMums@yahoo.co.uk, www.muslimahmums.co.uk Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi. org/leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Rd, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch 12.30pm, followed by visiting speaker. Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437, hharrison578@btinternet.com University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads of the Uni. Regular events. Details: uleedslc@ gmail.com

MISC/ Events

Blood Donor Session Fri 9 Dec, 2 – 4pm & 5 – 7.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. LS16 Carol Service Tues 13 Dec, 7.30 – 8.30pm at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugarwell Rd. LS7. Featuring Salvation Army Band & Nativity Scene by the Stainbeck Junior Church.

Christmas Extravaganza of Musical Entertainment Organised by Leeds Group of UNICEF UK. Thurs 1 Dec, 7pm at Ripley Castle. Tickets (£15) include mulled wine & mince pies. Details & tickets: 01943 851257.

Come Join Us! Enthusiastic, friendly people needed to volunteer in Leeds Children’s Hospital fundraising Department, based at LGI. Details: Stephanie Burland 0113 392 5140, volunteer@ leedsth.nhs.uk for volunteer application pack. www. leedshospitalsfundraising. org.uk Gala Christmas Carol Concert Wed 14 Dec, 7pm at Leeds Parish Church. Featuring a choir of 200 & Rothwell Temperance Band. In aid of the Church’s Choral Foundation Appeal. Tickets (£5) from City Box Office at The Carriageworks 0113 224 3801 Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Westwood Lane, LS16. Visitors welcome 10am – 2.45pm.

Free admission. Donations welcome. Details: Karen 0794 894 8158. www. hopepastures.org

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Large Room for Hire West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. Weekdays & some evenings. Details: 278 5373 Mulled Wine, Mince Pies & Christmas Shopping! Tues 13 Dec, 6 – 9pm at The Mustard Pot, Chapel Allerton.

Christmas carols from 7.30pm with Rev Chunky & the Voices of the Day Choir. Definitely not to be missed! Want a stall at the market? Details: ladymustard@themustardpot. com Musical Arc presents World on a String Fri 16 Dec at 7.15pm & Mon 19 Dec 2.30pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Storytelling, music, shadow theatre & puppetry to captivate all ages. Details: 0113 262 6777 www. musicalarc.org.uk Oxfam Book Quiz Tues 6 Dec, 7 – 9pm at the Nation of Shopkeepers, Cookridge St. LS2. Test your knowledge of literature! Entry £1 per person, 5 per team. Prizes to win!

Paxton Horticultural Society Rooms for hire at competitive rates at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Details: Doreen Sergent 266 5237.

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Roundhay Park Geology Trail 2nd Sat alternate months. Led by a geologist & starting from the Mansion Visitor Centre at 1.30pm. No geological knowledge necessary. Please wear suitable footwear. Trail leaflets on sale at visitor centre & Lakeside Restaurant.

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Aerials & Satellites 11 Digi-tel Appliances 11 ASD Art Supplies 31 Dinsdales Baby Gifts 47 Hugs & Stuff Bathrooms 21 Jason Child 60 MB Maintenance Beauty Treatments 21 Horsforth Beauty Suite Book Shop 37 Philip Howard Books Builders 10 Hearthstead Construction Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners 10 FabriClean 41 Clean Care Cleaning Services 31 Kay Cunningham Caterers 26 Castle Grove Computer Repairs 39 Adel IT Dance Classes 47 Dance Inc. Decorators 60 Lewis Loftus 60 Russ Gaunt 62 Sean Danes Dentist 51 Burley Dental Suite

Electrician 10 REC Electrical 39 David Gunby 61 Wireworks Electrical 62 57 Electrical

Locksmiths & Security 11 Andy’s Locksmith

Solicitors 59 Hallam Solicitors

Music Tuition 41 Accord Arts

Stained Glass 31 Leeds Stained Glass Studio

Estate Agent 28 David Moor

Office Space 17 Pulse @ HEART 33 Airedale House

Financial Planning 17 Ben Frost

Oven Cleaning 15 Ovenu

Theatre 34 - 35 City Varieties

Fitted Furniture 63 Reg Banks

Paving & Driveways 18 C & S

Garages 02 Grove Lane Garage 09 ES Motors 57 Alba Tyres 67 Motor Marque

Photographer 41 Paul Dishman

Tiler 63 Ceramic & Stone Tiler

Gardeners 18 Barrow’s Garde Services 19 John’s Gardening Services Hairdresser 07 The Hair Studio Handyman 15 Handyman to Hire 49 Helping Handyman 61 Mr Fix-It Health & Fitness 44 Kettle-Belles 45 Jo Parry Zumba Jewellers 29 Anthony Blakeney 53 Queensbury Jewellers Joinery 63 Graham Bell Kitchens 39 Caldaire Kitchens Laundry & Dry Cleaning 59 West Park Laundry

Plumbing & Heating 14 Trust Gas 15 John the Plumber 60 Bell Property Services 63 Norton Plumbing

Swimming Classes 60 Water Babies

Taxis 05 Ace Cars 64 Premier Private Hire Tree Services 19 Bartlett Tree Experts

Printer Cartridges 65 Cartridge World

Tuition 61 Viraf Fitter

Removals 61 Man with a Van

Upholstery 61 MC Designs 62 Abbey Upholstery

Restaurants 13 Brasserie @ West Park 17 Heart Cafe 23 Divino 26 Haley’s Hotel Roofers 14 R&D Sheridan 49 Action Roofing 61 VJR Roofing 61 Halls Roofing & Builders

Vets 41 Yorkshire Vets Windows & Conservatories 03 Rainbow 09 Armour Glaze 12 Tate Windows Ltd Window Cleaner 62 TF Window Cleaning

Security 21 CASAC Self Storage 68 Ready Steady Store Solar Energy 63 Think Solar PV

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Local micro breweries’ success

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Local festivals attract 1000s

44th year for West Indian Carnival DECEMBER 2011

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Harewood House exhibits Gormley

Wuthering Heights opens Leeds Film Fest

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