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NORTH LEEDS Life C O N N E C T I N G YO U TO T H E C O M M U N I T Y

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

OPENS LEEDS FILM FESTIVAL THE LEEDS GATHERING

A CELEBRATION OF IRISH ARTS

CHANTEL MCGREGOR YOUNG BRITISH BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Cover: Wuthering Heights

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Dear Readers, It’s always fascinating to see the variety of things going on in our area. The Leeds International Film Festival is about to get underway – launching with the fabulous new Wuthering Heights and screening over 300 other films.

It’s time again, too, for the Leeds Gathering – a celebration of Celtic music and arts. A new Ale Festival is planned for Headingley in December, celebrating Yorkshire beers. We take a light-hearted look at looking good for the festive season. And, we bring you news of new services, numerous Christmas fairs and charity events, exhibitions, performances and much more.

Christmas really is rapidly approaching and next month we are going to take a look at one of the things closest to our hearts during this season...... food! We look forward to hearing about what will be going on in your neck of the woods. Please send us your news by 1st November. The deadline for December advertising is 4th November Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the team

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A Black Heathcliff?

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28 Awards for We Are Poets Awards for We Are Poets

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31 Autumn at The Hepworth Wakefield New exhibition presents latest works by Clare Woods

32 Film Review ‘Drive’ – Does it live up to the hype?

34 The Leeds Gathering A ten day celebration of Irish arts and culture

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Over 30 Horsforth businesses and groups entered the Leeds in Bloom Business Awards and 25 of those received major awards in the Summer Judging Competition.

There were 13 Gold Winners: The Bartlett Group, Excel Dry Cleaners, G Beverley and Sons Ltd, Horsforth Carpet Centre, Horsforth Central Methodist Church, Horsforth Golf Club, The Bridge Public House, Woodlands Court, Bedford Court, Moore’s Bakery, The Old King’s Arms, The Queens and Turner Townsend.

The nine Silver Winners were: Cafe Marinetti, Richmond & Co Solicitors, Strand Hair, The Regent Fish Shop, Horsforth Village Museum, Woodside Tavern, Woodside Methodist Church, Deli Stop and Shaft Hair.

The Bronze Winners were: Hair World, Woodside Fish Shop, The Old Ball and Grove Methodist Church.

Gerry Ingham, from Horsforth in Bloom, who also received a Gold Award with Horsforth Central Methodist Church, said this was excellent for the township and reflected all the hard work that the many businesses and organisations had put in. It certainly helped Horsforth win a Silver Gilt award in Yorkshire in Bloom.

He expressed his hope that many more Horsforth businesses, organisations and schools would get involved in the Leeds in Bloom 2012. Entry forms can be registered with Richard Gill, Leeds Floral Initiative Officer, 0113 237 5301.

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Legion Calls on Government to Support Bereaved Families The Royal British Legion is the nation’s leading Armed Forces charity providing care and support to all members of the British Armed Forces, past and present, and their families. It is currently celebrating its 90th Anniversary Year. Many people don’t realise that it spends nearly £1.4 million a week on helping both the serving and ex-Service communities.

Campaigning for the Armed Forces family is as important now as it was in 1921. At the moment the Legion is calling on Government to do all it can for bereaved Armed Forces families, specifically by appointing a Chief Coroner to spearhead reform of the inquest system.

Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, attended a recent event at the House of Commons organised by The Royal British Legion to highlight the importance of supporting bereaved Armed Forces families and learnt more about the Legion’s work.

“The Legion does very important welfare work for some of my most vulnerable constituents in both the serving and ex-Service communities”, said Greg. “It is vital that we are there for those serving in current conflicts, and especially for the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. They deserve as much support as we can give them.”

For further information, contact Russell Murray, Legion County Manager South & West Yorkshire, on 0113 256 4477 or rmurray@britishlegion. org.uk

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Streetscene The Council has introduced a new schedule for cleaning the streets, emptying waste bins and leaf clearing. Please let me know of any areas that are not being cleaned so that I can ensure they are on the schedules. If they have been missed, I can chase up the department and ensure they get done.

Tree Preservation Order – Bodington Hall I was recently asked whether anything could be done to protect the trees around the Bodington Halls of Residence. The Tree Officer in-

Councillor Clive Fox Adel & Wharfedale Ward

We, the Adel & Wharfedale ward that is, are due to leave Leeds North West constituency, which is to be consigned to electoral history.

Not quite true though because under the new boundary arrangements this constituency is due to rise phoenixlike from the ashes under the guise of the new Leeds North West & Nidderdale constituency.

Where on Earth is Nidderdale? I hear you ask.

Well the idea is that in addition to the existing Leeds wards of Alwoodley, Roundhay and Moortown, we are

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formed me that the site was not protected but a felling licence would be required to undertake any significant tree removal. He will take a look and determine land ownership etc.

I asked if some form of Tree Protection Order (TPO) could be put in place and he confirmed that a TPO had been drawn up and would be served soon.

Harrogate Line Study From December there will be extra rolling stock on six peak services on the Harrogate Line.

A study and report have been drawn up (through the City Region Transport Strategy) for the conversion of this line to tram-train operation, including a link to the Airport. Unfortunately the tram-train development has been stalled pending a pilot in South Yorkshire, however an alternato be joined by the good folk of the Washburn Valley which stretches to Beamsley Beacon to the west, not that too many people actually live there. Furthest east lies Spofforth and to the north the new constituency reaches beyond Beckwithshaw almost as far as Pateley Bridge.

We even manage to pick up the odd reservoir and a castle on the way (Ripley) not to mention its 21st century golf ball equivalent, Menwith Hill. Covering some 182 square miles LNW & Nidderdale will be one of the most scenic constituencies in the country perhaps containing as many sheep as voters.

As to any affinity between the likes of ourselves and the other three Leeds council wards with Nidderdale, there’s clearly none whatsoever. But then again there doesn’t need to be any because the Boundary Commission’s remit is to come up with 600

tive proposal by Harrogate Chamber of Trade and Commerce has been put forward to introduce third electrical rail operation using surplus London Underground stock. This would enhance the frequency of the service and also a number of new stations would be introduced. This proposal is currently being evaluated.

Bus Shelter – Otley Old Road In respect of the above bus shelter outside the Methodist Church, I was recently advised that, following provision of statutory information for utility companies on the new site, installation of the bus shelter would take 8 – 12 weeks to complete.

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parliamentary seats all with broadly equal electorates leaving it little more than a numbers game.

Talking of numbers, the council has decided to extend its somewhat Orwellian sounding Citizens’ Panel to no less than 6,000 residents. About one in a hundred of us will be panel members, ever ready to be consulted on a variety of local issues. Like apple pie, consultation is officially a good thing.

That has to be better than council officers recently spending hours at the likes of the Holt Park shopping centre seeking shoppers’ views on the council’s Waste Disposal Strategy to 2026. Two people thought Owlcotes was a better shopping centre and the third complained her bin hadn’t been emptied for two weeks. Well not quite but you get the idea. clive.fox@leeds.gov.uk

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Horsforth Town Council The Council continues to work meeting the needs aspirations of Horsforth.

The history and character of our town is depicted in the recently developed Design Statement, which makes interesting reading. Copies can be obtained from the Town Clerk. For over two years, a host of volunteers, academics, and local organisations, including town and city councillors, worked to compile this document, which now provides guidelines to ensure that all future development in Horsforth respects the character of the town.

This month our annual Remembrance Day parade honours those who gave their lives to safeguard our future.

The parade leaves the top of Stanhope Drive at 10.15am, passes the Cenotaph on Stanhope Drive, and proceeds along the Ring Road to reach the main Cenotaph for the 11am Service on Sunday 13th November (followed by tea and biscuits at the Willows).

Last month, we had a reminder of dedication to duty when we commemorated the achievements of HMS Aubrietia, and the money Horsforth raised in 1941 to fund the corvette. This illustrates the generosity of spirit and sacrifice that motivates and drives Horsforth, and highlights the core duty of the Council to preserve the wellbeing of our community for the future.

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Silver Gilt Award for Horsforth in Bloom Horsforth in Bloom received a ‘Silver Gilt’ award in Yorkshire in Bloom – an excellent result for Horsforth and the small group involved.

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Dawn Collins, Chair of the group, would like to thank all those who helped and supported their efforts, particularly the 30 businesses and organisations which put on special displays and entered the Leeds in Bloom Business Awards.

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COMMUNITY NEWS Adel Association We are still very preoccupied with protecting the fields opposite Adel Church and have attended consultation meetings at Leeds City Council and nationally to discuss the proposals for the Localism Bill. Like many people and organisations all over the country we are very concerned that the power originally promised to local authorities to make planning decisions in consultation with organisations such as ours, does not appear to be what was expected. There is provision for saving sites of historical interest, which we will be focussing on to protect our Church fields, but we remain nervous that this Bill is largely a developer’s charter.

OPAL Honoured in Duke of York Community Initiative Awards The Duke of York’s Community Initiative held its annual award ceremony in Harrogate recently. The Duke presented the awards personally to Yorkshire organisations that have transformed lives in their community.

We strongly believe in development and the need to build new houses, but local concerns need to be recognised.

Developers have been land-banking and not building on sites where planning permission has already been granted. They find it more profitable to build on Greenfield rather than Brownfield sites. Permission has already been granted to build 20,000+ houses around Leeds – so where are they?

We need support from our residents to protect our community, so do please attend our meetings and raise your voices.

We agreed at our last meeting to fund local Cold Calling Control Zones to stop rogue traders and doorstep crime.

We are also close to finalising the updated Adel Neighbourhood Design Statement which will then be accessible on our website.

Please let me know in advance of any local issues that you would like to raise at our meetings. People are increasingly bringing ideas and concerns to our meetings for support and discussion.

Dr Barrie Hopson, Chairman Adel Association barriehopson@ashlingpartnership.com

A TUTORIAL ON JEWISHGEN – THE HOME OF JEWISH GENEALOGY JEWISHGEN is a genealogical website with hundreds of databases. On Sunday 27th November, the Leeds group of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain has organised a tutorial with Michael Tobias – the man who created most of them.

Michael Tobias, Vice President of Programming JewishGen, was recently honoured with the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in setting up the JewishGen databases.

His tutorial will include an example on how he used the databases to re-unite two Holocaust survivor cousins.

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OPAL chairperson, Grace Clark, receiving the award on behalf of OPAL

This year 30 organisations – ranging from a Kung Fu club in Hull and Snappy in York, which works with children with learning difficulties and disabilities, to Scuba Diving for All in Ripon and Sheffield Volunteering – received awards.

One of this year’s recipients is Older People’s Action in the Locality (OPAL). “It’s a real honour for us to be recognised by the Duke of York’s Community Initiative”, said Ailsa Rhodes, OPAL Coordinator. “We have a fantastic team of volunteers, staff and committee members who all work incredibly hard to help improve the lives of older people living in the Leeds 16 area. Having this accreditation will hopefully open doors for us when we are seeking funding opportunities.”

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ADEL CRAG’S FUN DAY SUCCESS Adel Crag Community Association’s recent Fun Day was a great success and raised over £200, which was shared between Ward 94 Bexley Wing (teenage ward) at St James’s and our association.

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Join hundreds of Santas for a fantastically fun and festive day on Sunday 11th December.

It was nice to see so many smiling faces. Many adults turned out in fancy dress too to support the children and a number of residents from Holt Park also supported the event.

Ronnie the Rhino was on hand to judge the fancy dress competition and congratulations go to the winners – Aimee, Andrew and Charlie – who each received high street vouchers.

A big thank you to the children who dressed up for the occasion and to everyone who worked so hard in preparing for the event. We’d also like to thank Kidzinkampz for the use of their tombola drum and local residents for allowing us to use the site.

Francis G Garbutt, Chairman Adel Crag Community Association

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Brain tumour research is vital, yet remains desperately underfunded.

Recently 34 women from all over Yorkshire, all of whom had been affected by brain cancer in some way, got together through Brain Tumour Research and Support (BTRS) and produced an elegant, semi-nude calendar, using little more than hats for cover! Their aim is raise funds to enable the recently launched Translational Neuro-oncology Group at Leeds Institute for Molecular Medicine (LIMM) not only to continue, but also to grow and develop.

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Less than 1% of funds raised for research into cancer is dedicated to brain cancer. It is vital that we progress brain tumour research to be able to make a difference to the patients of the future.”

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There’s still plenty to do in the garden! Leaves, which started falling in September and are still dropping, need to be cleared. Punch holes in black plastic sacks, fill them up and set aside to rot down. Add some to the compost heap. If they are wet, you’ll often find worms – add them too.

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Garden ponds need attention too – clear end of season debris, cut down surrounding perennials and fork over the soil. Pumps can be removed, serviced and stored until next year. Stop feeding fish, if there are any, until Spring. Place a ball on the surface to stop ice forming over the whole surface.

There’s still time to plant tulips but don’t leave it much later! Plant them either in pots or in the ground. If squirrels are about, cover with wire netting until the shoots appear.

Clean out the greenhouse and bring in any pots of tender plants for over-wintering. If unheated, wrap the pots with bubble wrap and cover with fleece (especially if we are in for a winter like last year!). Give beds a good covering of mulch from the compost heap to keep weeds at bay – winter or no winter they always manage to survive!

There’s still the odd flower and vegetable show around – the last ones of the year. Do visit these as they are a good window for what can be grown. There is always someone on hand to give advice and who is more than willing to help.

BUILDING A GARDEN FOR CHELSEA Friends of Roundhay Park Illustrated Talk

For the past three years, Leeds has submitted gold medal-winning entries at the RHS’s Chelsea Flower Show, the most prestigious horticulatural event of the year. Two of these gardens have been recreated at Roundhay Park, alongside a previous silver medal winner and two other previous entries.

The year-long journey from concept to construction of a gold medal-winning show garden will be the subject of a talk, arranged by the Friends of Roundhay Park (FoRP).

This will take place on Tuesday 15th November, 7pm in the Education Centre, adjoining the Mansion. Martin Walker, a horticulturalist and garden advisor who was a senior manager with Leeds City Council’s Parks department, will discuss the complexities of designing, delivering and exhibiting at Chelsea.

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Time for Some Tapas!

It could have been Barcelona! Cast your mind back to that fabulous week at the end of September. Temperatures were breaking records and everyone had jumped back into their summer clothes. We wandered down Greek Street in Leeds and you really could have thought you were in some sunny Spanish city – people poured out into the street sipping on cold beer and wine, the restaurants had thrown open their doors, everyone was all smiles. Time for some tapas to accompany that cold beer! And look at that........there’s La Tasca, Spanish music drifting out the door, adding to the temporary holiday atmosphere on Greek Street.

Inside the restaurant seemed brighter – gone were the red walls. Taking advantage of the warm evening we sat by the open doors and started examining the menu. The worst thing about tapas is it is so hard to choose! The great thing about it is you can try so many different things!

They suggest choosing three dishes each – which we did, then threw in another for good measure!

There were king prawns sizzling in chilli and garlic-infused oil; salt baked langoustines; and corn-fed chicken breast, cooked with smoked paprika, chorizo, mixed peppers, and onion in a white wine and cream sauce. Then a ‘superfood’ salad with red quinoa, lentils, avocado and tomatoes, marinated in infused lemon oil; mushrooms sautéed in garlic and white wine; and a fabulous mixed bean, orange and mint salad.

The king prawns were suitably spicy and the langoustines delicious (although I do sometimes wonder if all that peeling is worth the trouble – on second thoughts, yes it is!). The smoked paprika and chorizo gave the chicken a unique, rich flavour and the ‘superfood’ salad was a revelation. I admit I expected miracles after eating it, but I’m still waiting! I loved the mixed bean salad – so cool and fresh and perfect for that Indian Summer evening.

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Only the mushrooms were a slight disappointment – I’m sure some people would love them, but I craved a little more ‘umph’.

All in all it was a very enjoyable evening. The service was amazing and we were lucky enough to hit upon one of their ‘tasting’ evenings and were treated to tastes of paella, manchengo cheese, cured meats and sherry.

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Bird Watch with Stan Kenyon

Flocks of rooks and jackdaws, separately or together, perform acrobatic flight manoeuvres as they assemble to forage in the autumn fields.

Rooks are off-black medium-sized birds with greyish-white skin round the bill base and ragged thigh feathers. In contrast, jackdaws are smaller and more compact with shorter legs and bill and a grey patch on the back of the head but otherwise black.

Two of the commoner members of the crow family, they are birds of open cultivated country. They roost in large gatherings in woods from which they disperse daily to agricultural land.

Rooks nest colonially in their rookeries in tree tops in open country or in villages or the edge of towns. Also colonial, jackdaws nest in holes in old trees and cliffs and often in towns and villages, typically in chimneys

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All Hail Headingley Ale Festival!

With the growth of independent breweries in the local area, and the fantastic reputation that many of them already have, is it any wonder that Ruth Edwards (previously landlady at The Chemic Tavern), and her partner Kevin Cooke, who runs 309 Studios on Meanwood Road, decided to stage the Headingley Ale Festival?

The festival is being held at St Michael’s Parish Hall, St Michael’s Road, in Headingley on 9th, 10th and 11th December and will serve only Yorkshire brews.

“There are loads of amazing new local breweries emerging and the micro brewery industry is bigger than ever at the moment”, said Ruth. “We have opted to select our range from Yorkshire breweries only. Even within the boundaries of the county, there is so much variety and so many wonderful flavours that narrowing the selection down to 45 ales is not easy!”

Yorkshire also boasts a fantastic selection of real cider producers, and there will be a number of ciders to tempt people too. Local selected breweries include: Ridgeside Brewery – Meanwood; Kirkstall Brewery; Burley Street Brewhouse; Leeds Brewery Wharfebank Brewery – Otley.

Other Yorkshire favourites are Ilkley, Saltaire, Elland and Copperdragon, and newer include Revolutions, Magic Rock Brewery, Brass Castle and Geeves. The list continues to grow! To keep up with developments, visit their website at www.headingleyalefestival.co.uk and be sure to drop into the festival to enjoy this celebration of Yorkshire beer.

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A Winter Appeal for Hope Pastures In winter, Hope Pastures’ feed and bedding bills treble. There is no grass so the horses’ diet has to be supplemented with hay. The animals are stabled, which means more clean, dry bedding is needed, and the older horses need lots of special feed to keep them happy and healthy through the cold weather. Some horses need warm waterproof coats and these regularly need cleaning and repairing.

The day to day running of the sanctuary costs a lot of money. Just to give you an idea: painkillers to ease arthritis in an old horse costs 60p per day, they use 50 per week. A sack of carrots costs £1 and they use a sack per day. They use five sacks of pony nuts a week at £6 a sack. A sack of chopped hay, for horses with few

or no teeth, costs £8 (four a week).

Horses hooves need to be trimmed and balanced – £375 every eight weeks. Winter straw costs £50 per week; shavings bedding for horses with dust allergies - £30 per week; waterproof horse coat £60-£100; transport to collect a needy horse or donkey – £50 per journey.

You can see how quickly the expenses mount up. If you would like to help, you can make a donation by calling Hope Pastures on 0113 261 4344, dropping in to the sanctuary on Weetwood Lane (at the junction with the Ring Road), or visiting www.hopepastures.org

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BOOST CONFIDENCE Change your hairstyle – there’s nothing like a new hairstyle to put some pep in your step. It doesn’t even need to be a drastic change but a touch of colour or a hot new cut will give you a boost. Obviously, choose a hairdresser you can trust to avoid any pre-Christmas hair disasters – no one wants those photos to live on forever on Facebook!

Compliment others – something we hardly do enough of. Think someone looks good today? Did a good job? Is wearing a nice pair of shoes? Tell them! It’s pretty much guaranteed you’ll make the person’s day and you’ll boost your own confidence in the process by fighting your fear of speaking to strangers.

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Take a Class – You don’t even need to join a gym anymore. There are fitness instructors doing all sorts of classes all over the city. You’re bound to find one that’ll interest you and at the fraction of the cost of a gym membership too. Try one of the hot new fitness crazes like Zumba, or Kettlebells where you use a cast iron weight with a handle. Holding the weight in both hands, you start by swinging it between your legs, then progress to moves that include swapping hands when the bell is in mid-air. This type of exercise is great for improving strength without bulking up. It also improves circulation, balance and coordination.

Watch What You Eat – If you start following a healthy eating plan now, you won’t be faced with the mammoth task of losing extra pounds in the new year. The constant stress of feeling as though you’re over eating or shouldn’t eat something often makes Christmas

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Christmas is a time of celebration and we all too often get so caught up in the little details, we forget to enjoy it.

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A BLACK HEATHCLIFF?

The 1939 film version of Wuthering Heights starred Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and Merle Oberon as Cathy. It is a love story with added ghosts, full of well-dressed characters talking posh. Olivier gives us a Heathcliff starkly different to the one in the enigmatic, original novel.

It was certainly not ludicrous, like the one played by Cliff Richard in a musical version, but it was not the one in Emily Brontë’s mind, the one we can only guess at that is, because she was an intensely private woman not given to explanations.

Her Heathcliff is violent, obsessive and consumed by a desire for power and revenge. He beats Isabella after he marries her and hangs her dog. A romantic hero or what?

So how did Emily picture him?

Would it have been someone like Tom Hardy, Timothy Dalton, or Ralph Fiennes, just three of the many white actors who have played the part? Sometimes they had black hair, sometimes faces darkened a little with makeup. I think that Andrea Arnold might be close to the mark with James Howson star of the recent award winning film adap-

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tation. Mr Lockwood says in the first chapter that he is ‘a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect’ and Mr Linton says in Chapter Six:

built with the enormous wealth which came from slave–powered plantations – Harewood House for example.

‘Oho! I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool—a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.’

She may well have known about black anti-slavery campaigners like freed slave Olaudah Equiano, whose autobiography was a bestseller in the late eighteenth century, and the American Frederick Douglass, who spoke in Leeds in the year before the first publication of Wuthering Heights in 1847. More black people lived in England in her time than people realise. A black Heathcliff subjected to racism and beatings is very credible.

A Lascar was a seaman recruited from places like Bengal. Thousands lived in England in the Brontës’ time, many with white British wives.

The young Heathcliff speaks ‘gibberish’ when he first comes back with Mr Earnshaw. So which language is it? Bengali? Roma? An African language? A strong patois from Jamaica?

Emily would have been well-acquainted with the evils of the slave trade (Liverpool was a slaving port) through her father Patrick, an admirer of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce MP, who had sponsored him when he was a poor student at Cambridge University, and she would have known about the magnificent Yorkshire houses

Wuthering Heights has won Best Cinematography at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and will screen on Thursday 3rd November at Leeds Town Hall as part of the 25th Leeds International Film Festival.

Contributed by Richard Wilcocks Richard Wilcocks is ex-Chair of the Brontë Society who runs a blog at www.bronteparsonage.blogspot.com

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Awards for We Are Poets Benjamin Zephaniah says “Amazing...the film itself is a poem. Poetry is an art, film making is an art, it takes great sensitivity to bring them together – this film shows us how it’s done!”

poets prepare for a journey of a lifetime. Forty five teams, with over 400 individual poets converge on downtown Washington, all competing for the title of Slam Champions.

ART OF GOLD SUPPORTS SAVE THE CHILDREN EAST AFRICA APPEAL Art of Gold, on New Road Side, Horsforth, is hosting a sparkling Christmas Show featuring 20 of the UK’s most collectible and creative jewellery designers from Friday 4th November – 21st January, and 10% of the profits will be donated to Save the Children for their East Africa Appeal.

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We Are Poets, a striking film about six remarkable young poets who represent the UK at the world’s most prestigious poetry slam in the US, won the Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc Fest, 2011, nominated alongside established directors like Werner Herzog (Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, 2011).

The film, by debut directors Alex Ramseyer-Bache and Daniel Lucchesi is cinematic, honest and deeply personal. It is a moving testament to the power of creativity, community and the dynamism of young people.

Over the course of a year, We Are Poets follows six members of Leeds Young Authors (LYA), a grassroots youth organisation founded in 2003 in Chapeltown.

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Leeds Young Authors promotes active literacy, social, political and cultural awareness and offers the opportunity for young people to develop their abilities as confident writers and performers across race, class, gender, culture and sexual orientation.

For the last eight years LYA have offered free literature and creative writing workshops. They participate in ‘Poetry Slams’ and won the 2010 UK national slam. Every year they organise their own local individual slam and high school team slam with teams of poets from high schools in Leeds. At the individual slam the winner of the event is given a place on the team that will travel to America to compete at Brave New Voices.

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Whenever they can, Art of Gold supports Fair Trade and local charities, but this year they opted to support this vital appeal.

In addition to 18ct handcrafted gold designs by Seth Gardener (who set up Art of Gold seven years ago), the show will also feature the work of other local and national silversmiths.

This year Seth has also produced a silver ring and pendant for the Save the Children Charity, loosely based on his iconic cascade ring and etched with the words One World.

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FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION FOR FURNITURE DESIGNER AT LOTHERTON HALL ‘Enriching the Language of Furniture’ is the first-ever solo exhibition of by world-famous furniture designer John Makepeace and it will run at Lotherton Hall until Sunday 20th November.

Drawing on a 50-year career, which has seen his work exhibited in London, Germany and the USA, the exhibition features 23 pieces of furniture taken from collections in the UK and abroad. Key exhibits include ‘Ripple’, a chest with wave forms carved into the surface of an oak tree originally planted in 1740, and the ‘Phoenix’ chair which combines

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the Learning Studios into an exhibition of sculptures inspired by Clare’s exhibition and works in the collection.

Day trip to Brimham Rocks 12th November, 9.30am – 5pm. £45 full day or £7/£5 talk only. Explore the inspirational Yorkshire landscape with a guided tour at Brimham Rocks followed by a talk at the gallery with Dr Christine Finn, introducing the work of Jacquetta Hawkes in relation to the Clare Woods exhibition.

Since opening in May this year, The Hepworth Wakefield has welcomed over 250,000 visitors! In addition, it was recently awarded Best Architectural Achievement at The British Design Awards 2011.

This autumn, The Hepworth presents an exhibition of new works by British painter Clare Woods, The Unquiet Head, which runs until 29th January 2012. Using photographs taken at Brimham Rocks and Ilkley Moor as a starting point for her large-scale paintings, Woods’ work responds to the size of the gallery spaces, measuring up to 10.5 metres long and six metres high. They transcribe what she sees as magical elements of the landscape, such as rock formations, natural pools and twisted vegetation.

An integral part of the exhibition is a collection of works by Barbara Hepworth, Paul Nash, John Piper and Graham Sutherland from the Wakefield,

Tate, Arts Council and British Council collections selected by Clare Woods.

A series of events and activities is planned to complement the show, including – The Family Sculpture Show 5th/6th November, 11am – 4pm. Free. Families can drop-in and help to transform

Artwalk: Nu Folk 30th November, 5 – 9pm. Free. An evening of Nu Folk music in the galleries, plus Yew Tree Youth Theatre – a perfect opportunity to see Clare Woods’ exhibition after hours as part of Artwalk. Sharing platters and bar service in gallery cafe.

Entry to the gallery is free. Opening hours are 10am – 5pm Tuesday – Sunday. Closed Mondays (except bank holiday and school holiday Mondays). For further information, contact 01924 247360 or hello@hepworthwakefield.org

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SOUND & VISION Unless you’ve been residing in a remote cave for the last few months it’s unlikely to have escaped your attention that Ryan Gosling is pretty hot property at the moment. The guy is everywhere and exuding the kind of Hollywood hunk mojo that has been clogging up internet message boards and reducing grown men and women alike to giddy, giggling schoolgirls. His is the name on everyone’s nervously trembling lips.

DRIVE Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Ron Pearlman.

100 mins Cert: 18

In this ultra stylish LA crime caper Gosling plays a man with no name, referred to only as ‘The Driver’, an enigmatic, intense (and intensely cool) stunt driver for movies who also moonlights as a getaway driver for local hoods. Despite his butterwouldn’t-melt demeanor ‘The Driver’ is shown to have a heart not entirely made of stone when he develops a fondness for his neighbour, Irene (Carey Mulligan), and her young son.

Unfortunately, this burgeoning relationship is complicated by the fact that Irene’s jailbird husband, Standard, is soon to be released. When he arrives home we learn he still owes protection money to some really bad guys who require him to pull off a pawn shop heist to settle his debt. Wanting to do the best thing for Irene, ‘The Driver’ offers his services to help out. However, Standard and ‘The Driver’ are double crossed and the heist goes awry. And then things get bloody. Really bloody.

I must say that after the effusive hype that preceded its UK release, I expected more from Drive. It’s not a bad film by any stretch but nor is it a modern pulp fiction crime classic.

There is much to like here, the excellent cinematography for one thing.

Los Angeles hasn’t been so sumptuously and lovingly depicted on screen since Michael Mann’s films Heat or Collateral. Also pleasing are solid performances by Albert Brooks as the local crime boss and Ron Pearlman as his brutal, thuggish enforcer. Since I last saw him Brooks seems to have morphed into a thick set, craggy Gene Hackman type and the always-watchable Pearlman is a

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joy, his oversized cartoonish features making you realize how little make-up work was required to transform him into Hellboy.

And Gosling does strike an iconic figure as ‘The Driver’ channeling a bit of vintage Steve McQueen cool. But Bullit this ain’t.

Firstly, this is hardly Gosling’s best performance, for that check out his superb Oscar nominated turn in Half Nelson. It may just be that his role in Drive doesn’t have him doing a great deal. ‘The Driver’ is a pretty tight lipped kind of guy so the dialogue is pretty thin on the ground but, most infuriatingly, he doesn’t actually do that much driving! I’m a bit of a sucker for a good car chase and I’m afraid to say Drive left me wanting. That said, I’m unlikely to do as one US moviegoer did recently and attempt to sue the distribution company because it wasn’t like The Fast and the Furious (true story).

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So I was a little underwhelmed, no doubt due to the high hopes I had going in. It looks great and the sporadic action is handled with verve and assurance. It’s pretty good, not great, not terrible but, y’know, pretty good. I’d probably see it again but I’m not sure if I’d run a red light to do so.

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THE LEEDS GATHERING: A CELEBRATION OF CELTIC MUSIC & ARTS The Gathering, a ten day celebration of Irish arts and culture kicks off in Leeds on 10th November. Dozens of events including music sessions, film, literary and educational events will be taking place at venues across Leeds, bringing some of Ireland’s finest artists to the city.

Organised by the Irish Arts Foundation, the programme is designed to appeal to both those of an Irish background and the wider community with an interest in music and the arts. It features some of the most dynamic local, national and international performers and artistes in the world of Irish and Celtic arts.

Belfast- based traditional supergroup ‘At First Light ‘, described by the Irish Times as a ‘dream team line up’, will play Seven Arts on Sunday 13th November.

Otley Courthouse features virtuoso guitarist and button accordionist Tim Edey (formerly of the Sharon Shannon Band & Lunasa) on Sunday 20th November. Tim has an exceptional musical ear which allows him to play the most demanding instrumentals in any style you throw at him. Alongside him is Kiwi harmonica player and composer Brendan Power, with support from piano accordion legend, Karen Tweed. Eddi Reader and Alan Kelly, with special guest Kieran Goss, will play the City Varieties.

Two community ceilidhs will be taking place with a fine line up of visiting session musicians (including Ciara O’Sullivan, Vanessa Millar and Kevin Corbett), a lecture from Professor Harry White of University College, Dublin, and the UK Premier of the Irish Film The Other Side of Sleep.

For further information and full details of the programme, contact Irish Arts Foundation on info@ irisharts.org.uk or visit www. irisharts.org.uk

CHANTEL MCGREGOR - YOUNG BRITISH BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR Universal Music’s recent centenary album ‘100 Years of the Blues’ features a host of the world’s most iconic blues artists - Eric Clapton, BB King, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson – the list is an impressive roll call of household names. The final (and longest) track of the album, Help Me, is from a name you might not know yet, but should certainly look out for: Chantel McGregor.

At just 24 years old, Chantel has just been voted Young Artist of the Year by the British Blues Awards, an amazing achievement and testament to her outstanding talent. She certainly challenges any preconception you might hold of a blues guitarist: she’s young, gorgeous and from Yorkshire!

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Described as a prodigy, she wields her ‘strat’ with an effortless dexterity that leaves you breathless.

Listen to one of her tracks or look her up on YouTube immediately and prepare to be surprised.

Probably one of the most accomplished guitarists in the country, she could turn her hand to any genre of music but she has been honing her blues skills in jams since she was 14, and it shows.

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LIFF25 Opens with Stunning Wuthering Heights

The new version of Wuthering Heights, filmed on the North Yorkshire Moors will open the 18day (3rd – 20th November) Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF), with a gala screening at Leeds Town Hall on Thursday 3rd November.

The film which stars Leeds newcomer James Howson as Heathcliffe and Kaya Scodelario, star of ‘Skins’, as Cathy, has already been hailed as ‘stunning’ by film critics and picked up the award for Best Cinematography at the Venice Film Festival.

“I’m delighted that the 25th Leeds International Film Festival will open with one of the most talked-about films of the year, and one with strong associations to the Yorkshire region”, said Chris Fell, Director of Leeds International Film Festival.

“Andrea Arnold’s raw interpretation of Wuthering Heights is a powerful experience and like none that has come before.”

Over 300 films from around the world will be screened in this 25th anniversary year. Paul Merton will be one of the big-name guests appearing – he will present a night devoted to silent film comedy.

LIFF25 features a superb programme of over 300 films, including breathtaking British cinema, outstanding world cinema, cult archive presentations, spine-tingling live music events, thought provoking documentaries, ‘wondermental’ experimental cinema and a selection of special events – from Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday 9th November, to the Thought Bubble Festival which celebrates comics and graphic novels, gaming and storyboarding.

Other highlights include the popular horror-themed Fanomenon Night of the Dead XI which returns on Saturday 5th November to Hyde Park Picture House, and Fanomenon Day of the Dead 5 at the City Varieties.

Tickets for LIFF25 are available in person from the City Centre Box Office at The Carriageworks Millennium Square, by phone on 0113 224 3801, and at www. leedsfilm.com The 25th Leeds International Film Festival is presented by Leeds City Council and funded by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the British Film Institute and Screen Yorkshire.

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Tribes Tues 1 Nov, Brudenell Social Club LS6.

Camden four-piece heavily influenced by bands such as Nirvana & Pixies.

Huong Thanh Fri 4

Nov at Otley Courthouse.

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Toumani Diabaté Sat

5 Nov, 7.45pm at Howard Assembly Room. Master of the kora (Malian harp) with feet set in 21st century. £15

Stevie Jackson Sun 6

Nov at Brudenell Social Club. Best known as lead guitarist & singer in Belle & Sebastian.

Kathy Dyson & Firefly

Sun 6 Nov, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Guitarist playing the music of American jazz guitarist Emily Remler.

Steve Earle & The Dukes + Allison Moorer Thurs 10 Nov at

The Irish Centre, York Rd. Country folk legend with his band & Allison’s Southern soul & country. She cowrote ‘A Soft Place to Fall’ from The Horse Whisperer, Oscar nominated for Best Original Song 1999.

Music & Words for an Autumn Evening

Fri 11 Nov, 7.30pm at HEART Cafe, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Classical music & literary readings. Free.

Rockin For The Kids!

Sat 12 Nov, 7pm – 11pm at Royal Park Cellars, Hyde Park. Black Water, Hearts & Souls, Esper Scout, Jade & the Jilted Lovers, Iona Dhrum play to raise funds for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice in Huddersfield. £3.50 www. forgetmenottrust.co.uk

The Miserable Rich

Wed 9 Nov at Temple Works. Baroque indie quintet using cello & violin as the lead instruments.

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by NME as ‘heartbreakingly beautiful’.

Bandiera Rossa Family Ceilidh Sat

12 Nov, 7pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. All ages welcome. £8/4/2

The Wild Hogs + Wang Dang Doodle + DJs Paul Conner & Gip Damone Sat 12

Nov, 8pm at Meanwood Working Men’s Club (opp.

Aldi, Stonegate Rd). Tickets (£6 advance/ £6 on door) available from 1 Nov from Oxfam Books, Headingley.

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The Hallé, Leeds Festival Chorus, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Sat 12 Nov, Leeds Town Hall. Bruckner Motets & Mahler’s Symphony No 2.

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Kevin Holbrough Bone Band Sun 13 Nov, 1pm at

Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

The Deadstring Brothers Sun 13 Nov at New Roscoe, Sheepscar, LS7. Wistful Americana from Detroit.

Janis Ian Mon 14 Nov,

8pm at City Varieties. Her ethereal vocals, poetic wordplay & sublime melodies stand the test of time.

The Low Anthem + William Elliott Whitmore Mon 14 Nov

Irish Centre, York Rd. Stunning music ranging from evocative folk ballads to garage. Plus WEW’s dramatic sound rooted in bluegrass, blues & folk protest music.

Kris Drever Tues 15 Nov, Brudenell Social Club. One of Scotland’s finest singer/ guitarists.

The Silent Bells Tour: Sleepingdog + Conquering Animal Sound + Farewell Poetry Wed 16 Nov at Left

Bank, Cardigan Rd. LS6 For more info on the musicians and for tickets, see www. wegottickets.com. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £6.

The Shufflemonsters

Fri 16 Dec, 8pm – midnight at Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3. Licensed bar. Tickets £3 in advance from Swarthmore, £4 on door.

St Vincent Wed16 Nov

at Brudenell Social Club.

Annie Clarke is joined by full band, featuring Toko Yasuda (mini moog), Matt Johnson (drums) & Daniel Mintseris (keyboards).

James Hamilton’s Big Band Thurs 17 Nov,

8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

The First Farewell Tour: Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds Fri 18 Nov at

City Varieties Music Hall.

Abdullah Ibrahim Sat

19 Nov, 7.45pm at Howard Assembly Room, Grand Theatre. Solo piano, he combines rich harmonies & traditions of South African Township music with the creativity of jazz & proficiency of classical music’. £20

Warsaw Philharmonic

Wire Sun 20 Nov at Brudenell Social Club.

Masters of experimental punk. £14 Lau + The Deadly Gentlemen Mon 21 Nov

at Brudenell Social Club.

Lau - Best Folk Group at BBC Radio Two Folk Awards three years on the trot.

The DGs play cutting-edge bluegrass with roots deep in the American acoustic tradition.

Leeds Bluegrass Club

Last Thurs of each month, from 8.30pm at The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane, below City Square). Live, acoustic, Americana/ Bluegrass/ Country music. Resident Bands + Guests. £3 on door. Picking sessions in back rooms, musicians welcome. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040.

Roots: Steve Phillips & Brendan Croker Fri 25

Nov, 8pm New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Another fabulous night of blues. £5

The Necks + Harold Budd Fri 25 Nov, 7.45pm

at Howard Assembly Room, Grand Theatre. Double bill featuring ‘pioneers of mesmerising music, exploring improvisation, groove, texture & motif’. £12.50

Autumn Jazz cafe Sun

27 Nov, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton

Sat 19 Nov, Leeds Town Hall. Moniuszko Overture: Paria; Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto; Górecki Three Pieces in the Old Style; Beethoven Symphony No 5. Details:224 3801, www. leedsconcertseason.com

Leeds Town Hall. Barber Violin Concerto; Mahler Symphony No 5. Details: 0113 224 3801, www. leedsconcertseason.com

Phil Meadows + Stuart McCullum Sun

Group Inerane + Flower-Corsano Duo

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Orchestra of Opera North Sat 3 Dec,

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Richmond House Awarded Links Mark for Innovative Foreign Language Teaching The award is part of the Department for Education’s ‘Links into Languages’ initiative which offers financial support for innovative curriculum development projects that help to transform language learning for pupils.

Richmond House is committed to teaching foreign languages and, this year, has introduced French to Reception and Year 1 classes. It is now taught throughout the school, and Spanish has been added to the curriculum in Years 5 and 6.

The school has some exceptional linguists who reached the final stages of the National Junior Language Challenge for the last three years. This year 12 pupils were in the semi finals, making up 40% of the top 30 qualifying entrants. This is the highest percentage of semi-finalists from one school in Yorkshire. Last year there were tree final places available for Yorkshire entrants and Richmond House pupils took all of them.

“We pride ourselves on our forward thinking in languages and believe that learning a foreign language from an early age benefits our children in so many ways”, said Katie Lucas, Modern Foreign Languages Coordinator.

Richmond House Families Get Out and About Paul Oldham, Deputy Head at Richmond House School, has arranged several weekend camping trips and scenic walks in the Yorkshire countryside to encourage families to do fun activities together.

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Paul. “Too often children want to spend all their time in front of games consoles and television sets and don’t appreciate the world around them.”

Surveys have shown that children actually prefer being outside and playing with friends to any other activity.

Paul continued: “The children have great fun on our trips, mixing with children of all ages, running around, playing in streams and woods and the parents love to see them enjoying themselves outdoors and with friends and of course they like the fact that most of these trips usually end up in the pub!”

“I have had a lot of positive feedback from parents who have said that, after the walks, their children have had high energy levels, were keen to do similar activities again and that they didn’t realise some of the beautiful places visited existed. For many it has been the start of a new family hobby.”

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Record Results at Horsforth School

Record GCSE and A Level results ensured that Horsforth School was, once again, placed among the top state schools in the country.

Over 90% of Year 11 students achieved at least five A* - C GCSE grades, with over 75% achieving five A* - C grades including English and Maths. Over 40% of all the GCSE grades were either A* or A – by far the highest for any Leeds School and better than other high

performing schools in neighbouring education authorities.

A level achievement was equally as impressive, with almost 63% of all the grades in the A*, A or B categories. This was also the highest of any Leeds school and higher than schools in neighbouring authorities. It was a great pleasure on Results’ Day to see so many happy students who had gained the qualifications which they needed to access the next step in their lives.

The results at GCSE and A level were a credit to students, their dedicated teachers and the excellent parental support. Senior Prize Evening will take place on Tuesday 13th December when certificates will be presented and the fantastic successes of the students celebrated.

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Notices Adel Pre School has a 50 year history & is OFSTED registered. Places available for children 2 ½ - school age.

Daily sessions 9am – noon at Adel Methodist Church.

Details: Lesley 281 7979.

Adel Toddler Group Fri 10 – 11.45am during term time at The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Just £1.50 per family, incl refreshments for children & adults. A warm & welcoming group always pleased to welcome old & new faces!

Grove Pre-school, Horsforth for children from age 2. Good OFSTED report. No more than 20 children. Lots of fun & learning. Funding for 3/4 year olds. Tues 9am – 12 noon & 12 – 3pm; Wed 9am – 12 noon. Details: Jean 258 9093.

Horsforth 7th Brownies seeks new members Girls aged 7 – 10. Meetings Tues, 6.30 – 8pm at Woodside Methodist Church, Outwood Lane; Woodside Rainbows also seek new members (girls 5 – 7). Meetings Mon 5.15 – 6.15pm at same venue. Details: Yogi Bear: email froggyned@gmail.com Messy Church Sun 20 Nov, 2 - 4pm at St Giles Church, Bramhope. An event that welcomes the whole family with crafts, celebration & food!

MultiMonkeys 10.30am – 12 noon last Wed of month.

Monthly stay & play session for parents & preschool multiple births children. Join them at Kirkstall Abbey for messy creative fun with natural art materials. Wear suitable messy clothing! No booking necessary. All materials provided. Free.

Details: 230 5492 Mums & Toddlers Wed 9.30 – 11.30am at St Giles Church Hall, Bramhope. Details Nicci Shay 267 4884.

Parent & Toddler Group every Fri (term time only), 1.30 – 3pm at St Mary’s School, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth. Come along for a drink & a chat. Everyone welcome. Details: Francesca D’Arcy 07838 753166 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.

Toddler Praise Wed 2 Nov, 10am at St Giles Church, Bramhope. Sing, dance & make a noise in praise! Followed by refreshments. Details: Janice Smith 0113 203 7523 or just turn up.

Toddler Time Mon 9am – 10.30am at the Froebelian School, Horsforth. For children aged 1 – 3. Free playtime, structured activities & refreshments. Free. Details: Julie West 258 3047.

Woodside Rainbows seeks new members For girls aged 5 – 7. Meetings Mon 5.15 – 6.15pm at Woodside Methodist Church, Outwood Lane.

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GUISELEY GIRLS JFC SCORE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION GRANT Guiseley Girls, the female section of Guiseley Juniors FC providing football for girls aged five to 14, was recently awarded a £5,000 Grow the Game grant by the Football Foundation, the country’s largest sports charity. A totally non-profit FA Charter Standard Community football club, Guiseley Juniors is run solely by local volunteers.

Over the past four years, Guiseley Girls JFC has grown from one team with 12 members to eight teams with approximately 90 members.

Last season, the club was awarded the West Riding Girls Football League Club of the Year Award, in recognition of its development, retention

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and quality of service. This grant will enable the club to continue its expansion plans and develop new teams at U7.

It will also be able to recruit more coaches and ensure the new teams have the facilities for the future.

It is envisioned that with this and other development schemes, the number of girls participating will increase by approximately 30% during the next season and almost double over the next three years. The requirements of the Charter Standard will also be maintained, with the provision of coach training, first aid and safeguarding children courses.

“This grant is a great boost for the club”, said Donna Stringer, Girls Football Mentor. “The benefits will be seen for many years by the girls of the local community.”

For more information about the girls’ team, please contact Donna Stringer at donna@ guiseleyjuniors.co.uk or visit www.guiseleyjuniors.co.uk

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St. Gemma’s Zumbathon St Gemma’s Hospice is planning a Leeds Zumbathon on Sunday 19th February 2012. The hottest fitness craze at the moment, the Zumbathon will be held at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, 10am – 1pm. Not only could you be taking part in a fun and exhilarating Zumba session - it will be for three hours and it will be sponsored!

Leeds’ growing Masters Rugby League community converged on Old Modernians, Cookridge, on Sunday 23rd October in aid of local schoolgirl Annabelle Rose Wardleworth.

The Masters’ format - a modified version of the game for players over the age of 35 - has made rapid strides this year and around 100 of the city’s rugby league ‘legends’ assembled in Cookridge to compete in the Annual Annabelle Rose Challenge. The event was first held as a cross-code fundraiser in 2010 to help raise money for six year old Annabelle, who was born with Quadriplegic Spastic Cerebral Palsy, to travel to America for life-changing surgery.

Thanks to the support of many donors and sponsors and the tireless efforts of her parents, Annabelle successfully underwent surgery in January this year and, as a result, was able to walk for the very first time. In order to maintain her progress, Annabelle needs regular intensive physiotherapy. “Unfortunately there’s no provision for the level of support that Annabelle needs”, explained her dad and Leeds Akkies Masters player Ben Wardleworth. “It’s down to us to raise the money so she will be able to lead a normal and active life.”

Don’t panic though – the workouts are interval (slow then fast) and there will be lots of chances to get your breath back and ready for the next section. You don’t need to be able to dance, you can even be a complete beginner in dance and fitness – it’s perfect for those who don’t exercise and want to get involved. The event is open to both male and female participants and you will burn up to 2,400 calories!

The event was hosted by Leeds Akkies RLFC in conjunction with Leeds Rugby Foundation. As development manager Sam Horner commented: “We’re proud to be able to come together to help one of our own. The Masters format has been hugely successful in recent years and much of that is because of the camaraderie and pride shared between all the competing players.”

This is a sponsored only event. By signing up you are committing to raising funds towards the vital care St Gemma’s offers its patients. These services are provided free of charge. The hospice costs over £22,000 a day to run, so sponsorship is a vital part of their fundraising.

For more information please visit www.leedsakkies. co.uk or contract pottsrob@hotmail.com 07980 625 497, or www.annabellerosetrust.org

Places are limited, so make sure you doz’t miss out!

To book your place, call 0113 218 5505 or visit www.leedszumbathon.co.uk

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Pete undertook the swim to raise money for Penny Field Special School on Tongue Lane in Meanwood, where his severely disabled son Archie (8) is a pupil. He set out to raise £8,000 but to date has raised just shy of £12,000! It is

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ACTIVE Abbey Runners Tues, 7.45pm, Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, for local run & Thurs, 7.30pm at Leeds Met Beckett Park campus for coached track sessions. All standards of runner welcome. Details: www.abbeyrunners.co.uk After Eights Badminton Club Mon 8.30 – 9.30pm at Holt Park Sports Centre.

New members welcome.

Turn up & try our friendly club – free. Pay by term.

Details: Helen, 0113 305 3327 Badminton Anyone?

Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players. Fri 7.30-9.30pm at Trinity University, Horsforth. Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham on 258 4532

Bramhope Table Tennis Club. Meets Mon 8 – 10pm & Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm at Robert Craven Hall.

New members welcome.

Details: Stewart 267 3311 Circle Dancing Group meets 1st & 3rd Tues of the month at St.Giles Church Hall, Bramhope.

Gentle dancing to beautiful music from all over the world. Great fun, therapeutic, & friendly group. All welcome. Details: Joan 284 2549.

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: Barbara 267 1522 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) New members invited. All ages & abilities welcome.

Practice Mon 7.30 –

9.30pm, Brownberrie Lane Preschool, Horsforth.

Details: Katie 07890 754115, www.briggatemorris.blogspot.com.

Dance Scottish in Adel Scottish Country Dancing, Mon 1.45 – 4.45pm & Tues 7.45 – 9.45pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). Beginners welcome.

No partner necessary.

Details: Don Andrews 01535 605065, donald@ hbandrews.fsnet.co.uk or Irene Dracup 263 1310 www.rscdsleeds.org.uk Horsforth Fellandale Running Club trains 6.30pm every Wed. Summer on Otley Chevin.

Winter at Trinity University, Details: Martin 239 4801, secretary@fellandale.com

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.

Leeds Contra Ceilidh meets 8 - 10.30pm at Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Rd. (near the Skyrack). 2nd & 4th Tues of month. Live band!

No partner or experience required. Newcomers welcome. Details: Liz 284 3282, www.leedscontra. freeuk.com Leeds HF Rambling & Social Club. Walks on a Sunday geared to public transport from Leeds. Social events in winter. Details: Send SAE to John Maltman, 52 Vesper Gate Mount, Leeds LS5 3NN.

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Leeds YHA Walking Group organises walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities. Over 160 members aged 20-74. Try before joining. Details: Mary 228 6766, Phil 268 9996, www.leedsyha.org. uk Lindy Fridays Lindy Hop classes for complete beginners onwards at The Carriageworks Theatre, Millenium Sq. No partner required, Beginners class 7pm (Level 2 Room1) £5.

Details: www.lindyfridays. com Phoenix Folk Dancers English Country Dancing, Adel Methodist Church Hall, (behind Lawnswood Arms), Wed 8 – 10pm.

Beginners welcome, partner not necessary.

Details: 2611902 Sailing Crew of Six Wanted for competitive sailing on east coast. Purpose built sports sailing boat, safe & stable in all weathers.

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Details: 269 1791, pathynes001@tiscali.co.uk Senior Badminton Mon pm at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall –– new members always welcome.

Details: Chris 2671829 Sequence Tea Dancing Mon 2 – 4pm, Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. You don’t need a partner just enthusiasm. Keep fit in fun & friendly atmosphere.

Details: Marjorie 267 9802 St Chad’s Tennis Club Join our friendly club & play tennis throughout the year - fun club sessions &

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New members welcome.

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Yarnbury Angling Club Matches 1st Sun of month.

Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues.

Details: Adrian Addy 07956 964713.

Flower Arranging Classes 1st Thurs of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Horticultural Society, 186 Kirkstall Lane. Beginners welcome.

Details: Kath Hall 275 2436, kaybeehall@talktalk. net

ARTS & CRAFTS Bramhope Arts Club meets Mon, 7.30pm at Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. 7 Nov: Alwyne Gardner will give a talk on ‘Rhythm in Pictures’; 21 Nov: Barbara Place will hold a workshop ‘Loosening up with Flowers’; 14 & 28 Nov: Practical evenings. New members very welcome.

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 12/ Sun 13 Nov: Painting workshops with Xiao Bai Li from Plymouth. All workshops at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool, 10am - 4pm. New

Home 3 General home improvements 3 Painting and decorating 3 Door hanging and joinery 3 Kitchen fitting and refurbishment 3 Bathroom fitting and refurbishment 3 Laminate and wood flooring 3 Wall and floor tiling 3 Replacement of fixtures & fittings 3 Assembly and installation

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.

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Autumn Art Exhibition & Sale Sat 19 & Sun 20 Nov, 10am – 5pm at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Free admission. Details: www. handnart.co.uk

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Horsforth Arts Society meets Wed, 7.30pm at The Studio, Back Lane, Horsforth. 2 Nov: glass painting; 23 Nov: picture framing demonstration & sale of art materials. All welcome. Details: 259 0259.

Hazel’s NSPCC Christmas Fair & Coffee Morning Tues 1 Nov, 10am – 12pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Jewellery, cards, handbags, scarves, bric a brac, cakes new stalls, tombola & raffle. Adm £2 incl. coffee & mince pie.

Headingley Flower Club Christmas Workshop Fri 4 Nov, 7 30pm St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Learn how to do a Christmas decoration. All abilities welcome. Details: call 293 3154 for details of what to bring along.

Christmas Shopping Evening Thurs 17 Nov, 7-9pm at Cookridge Holy Trinity C of E Primary School. Find all your Christmas essentials under one roof – gift wrap, decorations, greetings cards, festive food, cakes, chocolates, hampers, beauty gifts, jewellery, toys, books & much more.

Tickets £2.50 include glass of wine & mince pie.

Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 9 Nov: National demonstrator Derek Armstrong, 7.15pm at Harrogate High School, Birstwith Rd. (off Knaresboro Rd) Harrogate.

Details: 01423 872617.

Wed 7 Dec, Christmas Demonstration by Eileen Barraclough, 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby, LS17. Details 01943 863172 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Artsmix Markets 2nd & 4th Sat, 11am – 5pm on Albion Place, LS1. Fabulous crafts & gifts. More dates in runup to Christmas – Nov: 12, 19, 26; Dec: 3, 10, 17.

Book Sale Sat 26 Nov, 10am – 1pm at Cookridge Methodist Church (corner of Otley Old Rd/Tinshill Rd) Cookridge. Large selection of paper & hardback books. Refreshments.

Bramhope Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, 10am – 2pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane. Home baking, organic meats, sausages & pies, free range eggs, bread & cheese, plus veg produced by local farmers.

Wheelchair access.

Bramhope Methodist Church Coffee Shop Every Tues 10am-noon. Delicious homemade scones & friendly fellowship – all welcome.

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

Grove Methodist Church Christmas Bazaar Sat 19 Nov,10.15am – 1pm at Grove Centre, New St. Horsforth. Christmas crafts & gifts, jewellery, wooden crafts, books, Phoenix Greeting Cards, bric a brac, & ‘Jamie at Home’ – Jamie Oliver cook & tableware.

Pickles, preserves, pates & cakes. Plus Santa’s Grotto, tombola, raffle & more!

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.

National Trust (Leeds Group) Christmas Fair Sat 19 Nov, 10am – 12 noon at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. LS16. Coffee, stalls etc. Bring your friends. All welcome.

UNICEF Special Gift Fair Sat 12 Nov, 10am – 3.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. An excellent variety of unusual stalls & gifts St Margaret’s Church

Autumn Fair Sat 12 Nov, 10am – 2pm in St Margaret’s Hall, Church Rd. Horsforth. Stalls, games, refreshments & lunches.

GROUPS Adel Crag Community Assoc. keeps you informed about what is happening in your neighbourhood, with up-to-date information on local news, events etc.

Details: Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag. org.com Adel & District Horticultural Society meets 2nd Mon in month, Sept – May, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane.

New members welcome.

Next meeting 14 Nov: AGM, followed by ‘The Sensory Garden’ by Gordon Kirby.

Details: Mrs Tarn Everett 261 3095 Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips and social events. Details: Dave Senior 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk Aireborough Duplicate Bridge Club meets Tues 7pm, Rawdon Conservative Club. New members welcome. Details: 261 2139 beverley.harfield@ ntlworld.com Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs, 8.30pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 391 0403, www.alwoodleymc. org.uk.

Bramhope Bridge Club Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Mon 12.45 – 4.15pm & Tues & Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm.

Lessons for novices on Wed evenings. Details: Bob 225 7495 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 Budgie Sitters Circle Do you worry about your budgies when you’re away? Join the Budgie Sitters Circle – then you can hand your budgies over to another member & return the favour when they go away, & you’ll know your pets are being well cared for. Details: Lilliane 275 5479, lilliane98@hotmail. com Cat loving volunteers wanted! Join friendly new cat welfare group supporting feral & stray cats. Fundraisers needed to raise funds for food, cat kennels & vet costs.

Fosterers also needed - full support given.

Details: 07876 212 518, feralcarwelfare@aol.com, www.feralcatwelfare.org.uk Chevin Antique Society meets 1st Tues of the month (Sept – May), 8pm at West Park Rugby Clubhouse, Bramhope.

Speakers on a wide range of subjects. Annual Membership £25. Details: Lis Loach 0113 267 4843, Sally Wilkinson 0113 267 1721 Cookridge Camera Club Wed 7.30pm, Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane/ Moseley Wood Lane junction. Excellent guest speakers & in-house competitions. New members welcome.

Details: Stephen 268 7429 Cookridge Gardening Club meets Wed 16 Nov, 7.30pm in Cookridge Methodist Church Hall.

There will be a short AGM, followed by a presentation

by Alan Wilson – ‘When I joined the Garden Club’. All welcome.

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Holt Park Residents’ Association Provides a voice for all residents & tenants in the Holt Park area. Regular monthly meetings at Ralph Thoresby School. Details: Alan Mann 07901 656886, www.holtparktra.btck.co.uk Horsforth in Bloom meet Sat 5 Nov, 10am in the Museum. Plans will be made for future planting & tidying work round Horsforth. Anyone able to help will be very welcome.

Details: Hilary Taylor 258 3521 Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds, The Horsforth Club, New Road Side, 7.15pm & Thurs 1.30– 4.30pm. New members welcome. Mike Bent 258 1580 Horsforth Photographic Club meets Weds, 7pm in the Stable Block behind the museum. New members very welcome.

Details: 258 9149, rjoyful@ yahoo.com Horsforth Retired People’s Club meets 2nd & 4th Thurs of month, 9.30 – 11am at St Margaret’s Parish Centre. Speakers on a wide variety of subjects, plus refreshments & time to socialise. Visitors & prospective members very welcome. Details: Everett Cooke 258 9149, Beryl Harland 258 6907 Italian Section, Bradford Circle for Foreign Languages, meets Tues 7.30 - 9pm (from 13 Sept), 10 Eldon Place, Bradford. BD1 3AZ. Events include speakers, debates, quizzes, music, games & conversation in Italian. Details: Chris Thomas 07900 988345, www.bradfordcircleforforeignlanguages.org.uk 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

Leeds Caledonian Society The ever popular St Andrews Dinner/Dance is on Sat 26 Nov at Castle Grove, Far Headingley.

Tickets from 267 4141.

Annual Church Service at Headlngley, St Columba URC, Sun 27 Nov, 10.45am.

Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: 265 0651, www.lps1852.co.uk

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

Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends. org.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 Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues on month, 8pm at St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Tues 1 Nov - illustrated talk on Winter Flowers & Wildlife Photography by John Gardener. Visitors welcome. Members free.

Membership £10 pa single/ £15 pa couples.

Details: Pat 0113 225 0030 www.leedshs.org.uk

Leeds U3A A vibrant organisation with 19 interest groups & regular monthly meetings for anyone not in full time occupation, Details: Bill 07552 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meeting Thurs 17 Nov, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495

Mercury Movie Makers meet Weds, Rawdon Conservative Club, 7:30pm.

The club is for camcorder owners. Advice, regular film & practical evenings, & occasional outdoor events.

Details: www.communigate. co.uk/brad/mercmove

Leeds Lions meets 2nd Mon, Holiday Inn Express, Cavendish St. LS3, 7.30pm.

Details: 0845 833 7428, www.lionsclubs.org

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

Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making.

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance), Fri 7:30pm. Details: George Woolley 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

Paxton Horticultural Society Late Autumn Show Sat 26 Nov, open to public 2 - 4.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane LS5.

Schedule available from Graham Wheatley for those interested in exhibiting.

Details: 256 3055, wheatleygraham@yahoo. co.uk The Other Bridge Club Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome.

Details: Sandra 01943 463332

Social & Activities Club New members welcome.

Mainly over 30s. Meals, pub nights, theatre/films/ music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away & more. Monthly new members’ night in north Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025 www.leedsivc.org.uk 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 Tinshill Tenants’ & Residents’ Association New group. Interested in getting involved & improving the area you live in? Details tinshilltenants@hotmail. co.uk, 07730 369 663 Wharfedale Speakers Club meets 1st & 3rd Wed of each month at Cross Green Community Centre, Pool Rd, Otley. New members welcome. Speakers of all ages & backgrounds.

Come along & improve your speaking skills. Details: Tony Morris 0113 258 3507 White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 8pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd, Farsley LS28. On 14 Nov Lindsay Dutch, an outstanding speaker, will give a workshop. Nov 28 will concentrate on impromptu speeches. All women welcome. Details: Stephanie Hanson 07903 687625, www.the-asc.org. 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.

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.

Fairfax Singers (Burley-inWharfedale) sing for charities & have helped raise significant funds. If you would like to book a concert please contact Marjorie Hall 01274 597024, marj.hall51@yahoo.co.uk. www.fairfaxsingers.org.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 Flute Group Tues 7 – 8pm, Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s House, St Mark’s Ave. For Grade 4 standard & above. Details: 243 1605 Horsforth Choral Society Autumn Concert Tues 15 Nov, 7.30pm St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth. Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’, conducted by Kathryn Woodruff. Organist Simon Lindley, soprano Una Barry, alto Jennifer Westwood, tenor Stephen Muir, baritone Neil Baker. Tickets (£8/£6 children under 16) from 250 2203 or on door.

Lawnswood Singers Female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to come & try us out. Wide repertoire of music & friendly people!

Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk.

Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Road, Rawdon.

Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989.

Leeds Organ & Keyboard Club meets Wed, 7.30 – 10.30pm at Guiseley Factory Workers Club, 6 Town St. LS29. Come along & listen to or play the Club’s Roland AT900c organ & Yamaha PSR S900 keyboard. Concert by Robert Davies Wed 2 Nov, 8pm. Guests £4. Details: 0113 226 5671, www. leedssocialclubs.co.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 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 Singing is Fun Day Join some of the Harwood Singers with their Conductor, Kath Harwood, to sing at Oxford Place Methodist Church, next to Leeds Town Hall, on Sat 26 Nov, 10am – 3.30pm. £5 per person. Bring sandwiches for lunch.

Drinks provided. Money goes to charity. Details: 0113 274 2458 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 Wesley Singers Concert Sat 3 Dec, 7.30pm Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth. A programme of entertainment for Advent & Christmas. Tickets £5 from Chris Seller 0113 258 2662.

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 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 Horsforth Live at Home Bacon Butties served Tues 11.30am- 12.30pm, followed by dancing ‘til 3pm. Thurs: coffee morning (9.30 – 11am), indoor bowls (10am – 12pm), & lunch 11.30am – 1pm). Details: 259 1511 OPAL Coffee Afternoon Fri 1.30 – 3.30pm at The Old Post Office, 10 Silk Mill Drive, Cookridge. Details: 261 9103.

OPAL Tea Dances held fortnightly on Tues, 1 – 3pm, Adel & Ireland Wood Community Centre, New Adel Lane. Ballroom, old time, sequence, line & fun dance. Details: Ken 230 1213, Sheila 217 9136.

Sequence Tea Dances Mon 2 – 4pm, Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. Everyone welcome. Refreshments & raffle. Details: Marjorie 267 9802.

Woodside Luncheon Club (Outwood Lane) Meets Thursdays & is open to all elderly Horsforth residents. Details: 258 3184

SPIRITUAL Adel Baptist Congregation invites you to Sunday services, 10.30am in Adel Primary School, Tile lane, LS16. Worship style is informal with mixture of contemporary & traditional songs. Also, a variety of day time & evening groups. Details: Revd Richard Pollard 275 4989, Richard@spbc.org.uk Adel Methodist Church, corner of Holt Lane & Gainsborough Ave, invites you to Sunday Services at 10.30am. Junior Church also meets at 10.30am Adel St John the Baptist Sun 30 Oct 6.30pm: Memorial Service for all those we have loved & lost. Sun 13 Nov 10am: Remembrance Sunday service. All welcome.

Informal Family Service every 3rd Sun 10am. Junior Church other Sundays at 10am, plus other services. Details: Rev. Ian White 267 3676, www. adelstjohnchurch.org.uk Alpha Course at St Giles, Bramhope Want to know more about Christianity & think about the meaning of life? Find your answers through an Alpha course. Details: www. stgilesbramhope.org.uk

Bramhope Methodist Church Midweek Worship in Low Room also on the 2nd Tues in the month at 10am & 4th Thurs in the month at 7.45pm.

An opportunity to listen to scripture, hear a brief message about our faith & share in holy communion.

Followed by coffee & conversation. All welcome.

Bramhope St Giles - Welcomes you to an informal & lively all age service, 9.30am 2nd Sunday of each month, followed by refreshments.

6 Nov 3pm: Memorial service to remember those we have loved. 13 Nov 11.15am: Remembrance Service. 20 Nov 9.30am: St Giles 130th anniversary week end – Celebration service with preacher Rev Gordon Dey. Details: www. stgilesbramhope.org.uk

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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 Christian Science ChurchServices in Headingley: Sun 10.30am.

Testimony meetings 2nd Wed of month, 7.30pm, & 4th Wed 2.30pm. Reading Room open 11am - 2pm Tues, Thurs & Fri - 40 Otley Road. Details: www. christianscience.org.uk FREE 8 week Raja Yoga Meditation Course Wednesdays commencing 9 Nov, 1 – 2.30pm.

Booking required. Details: 275 7727, leeds@ uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu. org/uk/leeds FREE Drop-in Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun of month: 6.30-7.30pm). 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 Horsforth Churches Together meet Wed 2 Nov in Grove Methodist Church to finalise arrangements for Christmas activities.

Christmas cards will be given to representatives for distribution before Advent. Advent Service, 27 Nov in St Mary’s Church, Broadgate Lane, led by Fr Pat Smythe. Details: Hilary Taylor 258 3521 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.

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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.

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Details: 07985 121810, 01274 617700, www. leedshealingcentre.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, (The Power of Now & A New Earth). Join likeminded people to watch footage of Eckhart Tolle talk followed by silent meditation. Small donation appreciated. Details: 07884 332644, www. peacenowhere.com Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 13 Nov: Atma Trasi presents ‘The Story of the TS: A Star is Born’ on the formation & early years of the Theosophical Society. Sun 27 Nov: Janet Hoult on The Dhyani Buddhas – looking at some aspects of this hierarchy of celestial beings.2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2. Free.

Everyone welcome. Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk Meditation Classes at Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood (Tues 1 Nov, 12.30 – 1.30pm & 7.30 - 9pm) & Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane (Thurs 7.30pm). Guided relaxation meditation techniques suitable for all 7.30-9.30pm. £5. Day course in Harrogate Sat 26 Nov. Details: www. meditationinleeds.org, 0113 265 8164 St Paul’s Church, Ireland Wood, LS16 Sunday Services 8am &10am. Kidz Club 3rd Sunday.

Teachings of the Fourth Way The spitiual 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 The Wharfedale Vineyard Sunday services 10am at Ralph Thoresby School, Holt Park with refreshments). Details: 245 9111 www. wharfedale-vineyard.org SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds Branch Meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Entry £2 incl. refreshments & raffle.

New members welcome.

Details: Pat 0113 275 7694 Carers’ Support Group Friendly group meets 1st Tues of month at Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth LS18. Join them for a cuppa & a chat.

Details: Angie at Carers Leeds 246 8338.

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. Weds 1.45 – 3.45pm Adel Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Includes an hour of exercise.

Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 Families Need Fathers 7.30pm, every 2nd Wed, Victoria Hotel, Great George St. Leeds. Support & advice for parents trying to maintain & develop relationships with their children, following divorce.

Details: Don 07981 710179, Ray 07921 728747.

Leeds Diabetes Support Group meets 1st Mon of month, West Yorkshire Playhouse 7 – 9pm.

Variety of speakers on all aspects of diabetes care.

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Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, nonjudgemental 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.

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The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of each month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road, Headingley. Details: Nikki 231 1727 The Owls New city-wide informal childminding group offering support, training & info, & social events. Membership £5 pa. Details: 240 2956.

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 Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (affiliated with British Heart Foundation) is open to former cardiac patients & their partners. Opportunity to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors.

Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Clive Wilkinson 0113 267 1721

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Forum 2000 Wed 10am, Grove Centre, New St, Horsforth. 2 Nov: Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford, on ‘The Arab Spring & the Future of Al Qaida’. 9 Nov: the speaker is Andrew Challinor, Professor of Climate Change, Leeds.

16 Nov: ‘A Pilgrim with a Camera’, Derek Grasby, speaks about Jerusalem.

23 Nov: Darren Bowen on ‘NHS Blood & Transplant’.

30 Nov: Alan Firth’s subject is ‘Geocaching’. Details: Hilary Taylor 258 3521, hm.taylor1@ntlworld.com Headingley Cafe Scientifique Mon 7 Nov, 7.45pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St. Michael’s Rd. LS6. Dr Anthony Payton, University of Manchester, will talk about ‘Genetics & Intelligence’. All welcome.

Adm £2. Details: ann. clarke17@yahoo.co.uk Horsforth Civic Society Tues 8 Nov, 7.30pm at Horsforth Parish Centre (adjacent to St. Margaret’s Church) – a Public Meeting. The Speaker will be Barbara McLaren from the Horsforth Live At Home Scheme.

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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.

Nov 10th: Leeds Museum’s Slide Collection. Nov 24th: Pollen Analysis in Archaeology. Details: Mike Smith: 293 5991, mikesmith_ls176sh@yahoo. co.uk Inaugural Hook Lecture Thurs 17 Nov, 7.30pm Leeds Parish Church.

Baroness Mary Warnock DBE FBA will talk about ‘The Foundations of Morality’.

The Right Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, will chair proceedings & Living Oasis will operate a book stall & book signing

by Baroness Warnock. Adm free but by ticket, available from Leeds Church Institute

245 4700, general@ leedschurchinstitute. org or contact@ leedsparishchurch.com Leeds Geological Association Thurs 10 Nov, 7.15pm in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University. Lecture : ‘Large – scale Carbon Dioxide Storage: Geological Reservoirs’ by Prof Bruce Yardley, Leeds University.

Visitors welcome. Detailed directions: www.leedsga. org.uk 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 0113 261 2589, http// sites.google.com/site/ leedsnaturalistsclub The Thoresby Society, Leeds Local History Society. Tues 1 Nov, 7.15pm. An audio walk around Holbeck, 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 12 Nov, 11am at 23 Clarendon Rd, Leeds, lecture entitled ‘Edward Baines & the Leeds Mercury’ by David Thornton.

‘Free drop in sessions Tues 2 - 4pm for anyone needing help with family history research. Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113-263 9540 Women’s Groups Adel YCA (Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association) usually meet at 7.15pm at Adel Primary School, Tile Lane.

New members & guests welcome £2.50. Mon 14 Nov the speaker is Nicola Down, & Mon 28 Nov Eric Houlder talks about ‘Sutton Hoo Ship Burials’. Details: Val Crompton 225 9142

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Athill WI meets 1st Tues of month, 1.30pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, Adel. Interesting speakers. Visitors welcome (£2). Details: Margaret Whitaker 2611969 Cookridge Crumpets WI 1st Tues of each month, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity C of E School, Green Lane, Cookridge. Newly formed W.I. Lively mixed age group. New members welcome. Website ‘Cookridge Crumpets’ 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.

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Pat 258 7062, Christine on 258 9501.

Leeds Women’s Luncheon Club Meets 4th Wed of the month, 12.15pm, The Cosmopolitan (formerly Golden Lion), Swinegate, Leeds. Interesting speakers. Details: 0113 267 9316 Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month (Oct – May). Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257 9381.

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: http://soroptimist-gbi.org/ leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Road, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch at 12.30pm,

followed by talk. 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 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.

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon of month, 7.45pm at Farsley Library Community Room, Old Rd, Farsley LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills

We can also be found on YouTube. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, hansonstevie@ hotmail.com Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association meets 2nd Thurs each month, 1.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome.

MISC/EVENTS Auction of Promises Fri 11 Nov, from 7pm, bidding starts 8pm, at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Far Headingley. Light buffet, bar & produce stall, plus wide range of promises to bid on (catalogue available on line). In aid of St Chad’s Church. If you are unable to attend but would like to bid, proxy bidding forms are online. Details: www. stchads.co.uk.

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Cookridge Amateur Dramatics Society presents ‘When the Reaper Calls’, a comedy thriller by Peter Colley, Thurs10 – Sat 12 Nov, 7.30pm at Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane, LS16. Tickets £6 adults/ £5 concessions from 0113 239 0800 or on the door.

Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Remembrance Day Walk Sat 12 Nov, 12 noon outside the waiting room next to the Chapel.

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The local team you can trust

M. WELLS

Building, Joinery & Roofing Contactors • • • • • •

Extensions House renovations & alterations New kitchens & bathrooms installed New roofs and roof repairs Fascias & guttering replaced All other aspects of building work undertaken

Local company with 30 years experience.

References available. All work guaranteed.

For a free inspection and quotation call:

07895 459 542

REG BANKS YOUR LOCAL JOINER —————— SPECIALISING IN FITTED WARDROBES, PC DESKS, LOUNGE FITMENTS —————— INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS —————— FREE ESTIMATES & PLAN DRAWINGS ——————-

Phone 0113

266 3310 Mobile: 07722 172441

2A Shaftesbury Avenue, Leeds 8

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Clairvoyant, Tarot Reader & Crystals Member of the Psychic Circle BAPTA Accredited Tel: 0113 224 9720 Vesper Road, Kirkstall, Leeds 62 November 2011 | northleedslife.co.uk

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REUPHOLSTERY FRENCH POLISHING Parker Knoll, Cintique, Ercol REPAIRS and all good quality furniture.

QUALITY SEAT FOAM SUPPLIED 7 Carr Bridge Ave Cookridge, Leeds LS16 7JZ

0113 267 5483

Est. 30 years

www.abbeyupholstery.co.uk

Plasma / LCD TV wall mounting service

TV fitted including bracket £90.00 (Excludes power points, leads and TV)

Call 01924 478 222

Email: craig@thinkhouseautomation.co.uk

THINK CCTV

Domestic CCTV systems 2 full night vision cameras, 500GB hard drive, all supplied and installed from £995.

System includes remote monitoring/recording via internet or iPhone anywhere in the world.

For a free quote

Call: 08000 787 728

Email: info@thinksolarpv.co.uk

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S. NICHOLLS PLASTERING

All aspects of plastering work including:

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Rendering Patching Re-skimming

Call Steve on: 07940 119 081 / 0113 230 1702 Cookridge Based

64 November 2011

LIST OF ADVERTISERS

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Aerials & Satellites 33 Digitel Appliances 47 ASD Appliances Art Museum 31 The Hepworth Wakefield Auto Body Repairs 48 Chips Away Baby Gifts 41 Hugs & Stuff Bathrooms 11 Coral Bathrooms 67 B & K Passmore 67 MoreAbility 46 Jason Child Beauty Treatments 23 Enhance 25 Prity Blinds & Curtains 40 Apollo Blinds 47 Hillarys Builders 09 Hearthstead Construction 55 DPM Building & Joinery 62 M Wells Carpets 51 KD Carpets Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners 09 Fabriclean 27 Clean Care Cleaning Services 57 Kay Cunningham 62 EcoClean Complementary Therapies 23 The Bowen Technique 23 Seven Arches Computer Repairs 27 Adel IT 63 Flat Fee for PC

Decorators 09 Anton 27 Barry Passman 44 Gareth Thompson 55 Christopher Deane 56 Philip Richardson 60 Sean Danes 61 Russ Gaunt Delicatessen 19 Cranberries Dentist 13 Burley Dental Suite Driveways & Patios 17 Pawson Paving Electrician 48 REC Electrical 55 DH Electrical 62 BW Electrical 63 57 Electrical Estate Agent 47 David Moor Fitness 24 Kettle-Belles Fitted Furniture 62 Reg Banks Garages 05 Grove Lane Garage 68 Motor Marque Garage Doors 19 ABI Gardening Services 14 MRL Grounds 14 DL Garden Services 15 Full Circle 17 JHG Gardening Gas Engineers 44 J. Ramsden 62 Rawdon Gas & Electrical Handyman 49 Helping Handyman 57 Handyman to Hire 61 Mr Fix-It

Home Electrical 59 Woollett Service Hospice 58 Hospice Lottery 66 Light up a Life Jewellers 65 Queensbury Jewellers Joiners 14 RD Joinery 63 Graham Bell Letting Agent 02 KeyMove Locksmiths & Security 25 Genesys CCTV 44 Andy’s Locksmith 56 The Lockdoc 63 Think CCTV Mobility Aids 20 Hawkin Pharmacy Office Space 37 Airedale House Pantomime 29 The Carriageworks Pet Shop 27 The Pet Stop Photographer 12 Paul Dishman Plasterer 61 Kristian 63 S. Nicholls Plumbing & Heating 12 Trust Gas 33 Adel Plumbing & Heating 48 John the Plumber 56 DML Home Services 57 GPS 60 OTS 61 Paul Cole 61 Bell Property Services Psychic 62 Melissa

Restaurant 29 Haley’s Hotel 30 Brasserie @ West Park Roofer 60 Halls Roofing 63 VJR Roofing Schools 39 Grammar School at Leeds 43 Fulneck School Solar Energy 07 Eco Living 60 Think Solar PV Taxis 64 Premier Private Hire Television Repairs 60 Horsforth TV Repairs Tiler 61 Ceramic & Stone Tiler Tree Surgeon 15 Bartlett Tree Experts 17 Treesaw Tuition 41 Kip McGrath TV Fitting 63 Plasma/ LCD Wall Mounting Upholsterer 63 Abbey Upholstery Windows & Conservatories 03 Rainbow 19 Armour Glaze 21 Tate Windows 33 Adrian C Addy 60 James Lonsdale

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Time for a new bathroom?

We make it easy for you – giving you peace of mind

Passmore’s do it all • • • • • • •

Survey and design Supply and installation Full project management Plumbing, tiling, electrical Joinery, plastering No sub-contractors used No salesmen

As a local family business since 1965 we have installed thousands of bathrooms for local families. You can see references from delighted clients on our website at www.bandkpassmore.co.uk

To arrange for a survey, design and estimate

Phone: 0113 201 5030 Email: info@bkpassmore.co.uk Web: www.bandkpassmore.co.uk Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm, other times by appointment

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