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CONTENTS 06 SILHOUETTE PHOTOGRAPHY How do you distinguish between a rose and a daisy or a cow and horse or even a person and a gorilla?

18 SUBURBAN GARDENS If you’re looking for some “green-fingered” tips - then look no further!

32 WHAT’S ON GUIDE Your one-stop-guide for all the events and activities in the local area.

36 CLASSIFIEDS Looking to use the skills of a local business? Look no further!

Disclaimer The opinions expressed in Suburban Magazine do not necessarily reflect those of the editor, publisher or their agents. Whilst every reasonable care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information included within this publication, the publisher takes no responsibility for errors or omissions in Suburban Magazine. The content of Suburban Magazine is not to be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. This magazine has been printed on materials from sustainable sources. Please pass to a friend, recycle or compost after reading. Visit: www.recyclenow.com to find your nearest recycling site.

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Welcome to edition 9 of Suburban Magazine. Firstly our thanks as always to our greatly valued advertisers for choosing Suburban Magazine to promote their goods and services. Also to our many contributors whose articles bring varied and helpful information for us all to enjoy. As you may have seen on the front cover of this edition, we are inviting 12 to 17 year olds to use their artistic skills to draw and submit a picture for the front cover of our Christmas edition. The theme will be Christmas in Leeds. We really look forward to seeing the entries and the winning picture will feature on our front cover next month with

£75 prize money – entries please to rachel@suburbanleeds.co.uk or by post to 43-45 Oxford Road, Guiseley, LS20 8AB. The closing date for entries will be 26/11/15. Any submissions for editorial consideration can be forwarded to editorial@suburbanleeds. co.uk or by post to the above address. If you would like to give feedback on articles that you enjoy or perhaps don’t. Please let us know if there is any particular topic that you would like to see covered in Suburban Magazine. We look forward to bringing you edition 10, which deadlines on Friday 27th November 2015.

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SILHOUETTES BY AIREBOROUGH CAMERA CLUB How do you distinguish between a rose and a daisy or a cow and horse or even a person and a gorilla? Easy, you recognise the different shapes. This is the first and most fundamental step in identification. The recognition of individuals that have the same shape then comes from details. Some shapes are so strong and characteristic the individual object or person can be identified immediately for example the ‘Angel Of The North’, Blackpool Tower or Bruce Forsyth in pose. Shapes are very strong determining features in any view and this is made good use of in photography in silhouettes. Silhouettes, solid black shapes without detail against a lighter background are a very good way to convey drama, mystery, emotion and mood, and often stand out because of their simplicity. The basic process is to place your subject in front of a light source and expose for the light, which will be the background and not the subject, the lighter the background the darker the silhouette will appear. To photograph silhouettes first you will need a strong subject with a clearly recognisable shape. Remember silhouettes are 2 dimensional and so the shape needs to hold the interest. If you are taking silhouettes of people you want to choose their profile, not full face, as this will pick out their features so they will be more easily recognised. Secondly you do not want to light the subject so turn off the flash. 6 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE

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The best times of day to take silhouettes are around sunrise and sunset when the Sun is low in the sky. This is not so arduous at the moment with autumn and winter day lengths. When the Sun is low it gives a range of colours and some feature to the background. Having said that any bright light source will do and you do not want too much in the background as it may be distracting. Keeping the foreground simple is also important. If there is more than one element to the subject keep them separate to make the most of their individual shapes. When shooting in ‘AUTO’ mode on your camera you are letting the camera make all the decisions, it will work out the exposure as it focuses and so will light the subject. To avoid this you have expose on the background by pointing your camera at the brightest point pressing the shutter button halfway and holding it, you can then move the camera back to frame the subject and fully depress the shutter. Using a

small aperture (f14 or higher) will keep everything in focus. With phones and tablets where all you do is point and shoot you will have to look for your silhouettes, as it is more difficult to create them as you can with a camera. The same basic rules apply, strong, solid shapes against a bright background. If the Sun is the source of light then try to cover it with part or all of the subject. If your phone or tablet will not show a silhouette on the screen just ‘tap’ on the brightest part of the image and this should put the subject in silhouette. ‘App stores/shops’ do have a number of camera Apps that will help you be more creative and extend the abilities of your camera. You have nothing to lose so start experimenting. Chris Owens Aireborough Camera Club www.aireboroughcameraclub.co.uk

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FEEDING GARDEN BIRDS PART 1: AKA “I ONLY EVER GET PIGEONS” People are always coming to tell me that they put out food to attract birds but they only ever get pigeons. If this sounds like you then you’ll be pleased to hear that you can change that. Here’s what could be happening. Firstly, I’m guessing that you’re trying to cut costs. That’s understandable, bird food isn’t cheap and, once you’ve started putting food out for the birds you’re bound to feel that you want to keep doing it. Am I right? So you shop around for the least expensive food you can find in the hope that you can keep your feeders full all the year round. Well my bird loving friends, I can see that this is well intentioned but by buying that inexpensive food (from your local garden centre or discount store) you can almost guarantee that it is packed with wheat, corn and flaked maize. The very thing that pigeons love! Most of the inexpensive bird food sold by large retail outlets is bulked up with wheat, corn, biscuit meal and flaked maize, The high energy seed, preferred by the small wild birds that you’re wanting to attract, is only found in low proportions. Your little birds will throw out all the food they don’t like and will only eat the good stuff. You’ve probably seen them doing this. Here’s another reason...The inexpensive food is likely to be stored in large warehouses for a very long time. There is no guarantee that the storage conditions are cool enough to keep oil rich foods from turning rancid and dry enough to deter moulds from growing. Your small birds may find this food unpalatable and may bypass your garden feeders in favour of someone else’s. If you’re buying peanuts from the same place, then your feeders could be a source of aspergillus mould which creates the deadly aflatoxins responsible for killing wild birds. And here’s another reason... If you’ve filled up your feeders with predominantly wheat

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and corn and all your target species have turned up their little beaks at what’s on offer at your feeding station, your food will certainly go off very quickly and further deter the birds from visiting. You’ll watch in earnest in the hope that something stops by but your food will be on the least wanted list. So, what’s the solution? Well, if you think about how much food is going to waste by continuing to buy bird food in this way, and how little you’re actually helping the small birds, it may not surprise you to hear that you can make a big difference by changing your supplier. Buy high quality bird food from a reputable dealer. Check out my blog Duckwoman’s Diary for more on this topic and details of suppliers. The food bought from them will contain a variety of oil rich seeds which have been carefully sourced and stored in optimal conditions. Pretty soon you’ll be encouraging a range of garden birds to your feeders which will give you no end of enjoyment over the winter months. Don’t worry if you still get one or two pigeons, they’ll clean up underneath your feeders and deter rodents. In Part 2, we’ll look at the types of food available, how to attract different species to your garden and when to put out food. Linda Jenkinson teaches people about birds in and around Leeds. For details of classes email linda.startbirding@gmail.com or call 07778 768719. Visit www.startbirding.co.uk or Start Birding on Facebook and Twitter.

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IT'S EASY TO IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE Did you know that by wiggling your toes and stretching your feet each morning and swaying from side to side it can help prevent stiffness and balance issues? Most people suffer from dizziness at some point in their lives; but while our instinct is to sit down to resolve the problem, in fact we should keep moving. Top advice from a Leeds Neuro-physiotherapist is to ‘gradually return to physical activity rather than trying to prevent episodes of dizziness by becoming inactive.’ This will not give the balance system the input it needs to learn to compensate for the problem, instead by still continuing to do as much as we can (without triggering severe dizziness) we allow the system to learn to compensate. It is worth noting, however, that a few people who have sustained balance problems may benefit from medical investigations and/or physiotherapy treatment.

“Maintaining balance is a complex function,” said Jill Fisher, Principle physiotherapist from Leeds Neurophysiotherapy.

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“Information comes from three main sources; the inner ear, vision and position sense from muscles and joints, particularly in our spine and legs especially feet.” “These systems give us an awareness of where our body is in relationship to the environment. “In different circumstances different weighting is given to the different senses so in the dark we must rely more on our inner ear system and information from the muscle and joint systems less from our visual system.” Jill shared that a top tip if your balance is poor, is to help your visual system to compensate by keeping some lights on at night and be aware that in visually unstable environments (such as in crowds) your balance will be more compromised as vision will not be able to compensate so well

Another top tip is to ‘pep up’ the information coming from muscles and joints by preventing stiffness, by carrying out gentle exercises in moving feet and toes through a full range of movement. Also, standing and swaying side to side is an exercise that can be really effective at improving balance especially if carried out with the eyes closed; initially carry out touching a stable support in front of you. The advanced form of this exercise is standing with feet close together or standing on one leg. If you feel physiotherapy may help you with balance problems, you can ask your doctor to refer to an NHS service, or go directly to a private neurological or vestibular specialist physiotherapy practice.

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The Froebelian School is enormously proud of its admirable academic record and also its strong, closelyknit family community. The Froebelian School’s ultimate aim is to foster a life-long thirst for learning in all children and giving them a flying start as the citizens of tomorrow.

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The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery ethos is driven by Miss Burton who is very experienced in the early years sector, including time as a fully qualified teacher and an Ofsted inspector. This, along with the support from the highly renowned Froebelian School, sets our nursery apart from the rest.

FROEBELIAN VIP LAUNCH PARTY On Thursday 15th October the First Steps Nursery at Froebelian held a VIP launch party for the school’s Governors, staff and businesses Carter Towler Chartered Surveyors, OS12 marketing and Cherry Builders who have been instrumental in the development of the new nursery. Other invited guests included local press from Suburban Magazine, Councillor Simon Dowling from the Horsforth Hall Park Ward and local businesses such as The Honey Pottery. Speeches were made by Rachel Burton Head of the Nursery, Ravi Naru Chair of Governors at the Froebelian School and John Tranmer the Headmaster who has recently left the school this year after 24 years in the Headship. Mr Tranmer cut the ribbon and officially launched the nursery 14 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE

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The North wind will blow, and we shall have snow, so make sure your garden is ready for this winter weather. Continue to cut down any perennial plants which have finished flowering, removing weeds and fallen vegetation as you work. Are your supports, fences, sheds etc in good condition to withstand winter gales. If you are receiving bare root plants and shrubs for planting now, make sure you prepare the planting hole properly – incorporating plenty of organic matter, old compost or manure. Then add a dressing of long acting fertilizer, such as bone meal or similar to provide the best situation for your new arrivals. If you have a favourite shrub, consider taking cuttings after the last leaves have fallen. Find a shoot about 12” long, then make a straight cut just below a leaf joint. This is followed by a sloping cut, about 8” above. Make a slit trench, with sand in the bottom and place the cutting in to a depth of 6”. Firm the soil down, water if very dry, leaving the area undisturbed until next year. Fruit bushes which have finished fruiting should be pruned now, with new raspberry and blackberry canes tied to their supporting canes. Autumn fruiting raspberries are normally cut down at the end of next month. All stone fruit should be left unpruned until new growth emerges in the spring. The grass growing on in your lawns will have slowed down with the cooler weather, although if it is growing too long, give it another cut with the lawnmower blades raised slightly higher. Then take your mower to be serviced, or do it yourself. This is also a good time to clean and sharpen all your other garden tools. Finally house plants, reduce their watering to coincide with the darker days, and make sure they are not too close to a window pane as they may be damaged by any cold spells in the night.

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CHAPTER THREE: THE WORST DAY Written by Alison Craven (extract from an un-published novel)

Miss said I could read my story out to the whole class because I had a very vivid imagination. I had to stand in front of the blackboard next to her desk. My story was about a girl whose mam had just been given a brand new house with underfloor heating and an inside lavvy and the mam’s friend had a catalogue. She let the mam and the girl chose loads of new stuff for their new house from the catalogue and they didn’t even have to pay one penny for it because the lady with the catalogue, who was called Joan, had gone to live in Australia and Empire Stores would never send a mister all the way to Australia to get the money. When I’d finished everybody clapped and Miss said, ‘Well done, Susan.’ I was just like the queen bee in the hive. At playtime Carol Ingham came up to me and said that her mam got stuff from Aunty Joan’s catalogue as well and that she never even told them she was going to Australia. She said her mam would be really mad because she was going to order a Teasmade. I’ve never heard of a Teasmade whatever, they are, and I don’t think Aunty Joan’s catalogue would have them, so I think she was lying. Me and our Linda decided to go see the new house on our way home from school. We ran like billie-o, so mam wouldn’t worry where we were. The door was open so we went in because it was our house anyway so why should we knock? A man was there wallpapering the downstairs room and it looked

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really lovely. We’d chosen an ever so with-it pattern in brown and orange swirly swirls to match the new three piece. The man looked a bit mad and said, ‘What do you to want? You should knock, you know.’ Our Linda said, ‘You should knock, you know, because this is our new house. So there!’ I squeezed our Linda’s arm and told her to stop being so cheeky. She pulled away and stood there all cocky with her chin sticking out. ‘Sorry about her,’ I said, ‘she doesn’t mean to be rude, it just comes out of her gob like fresh air. It looks really, really nice and my Mam will be really happy.’ ‘You’ve put that piece on upside down,’ our Linda said, pointing. We all moved closer to have a look. She pointed again, ‘There!’ The man stepped back, then forward, then back again, looking. He took his hat off and scratched his head. ‘I don’t think I have,’ he said, ‘in fact, I know I haven’t!’ ‘Well, if you’re sure…’ said Linda, ‘if you’re sure, then I’ll take your word for it.’ ‘Get out! Clear off, you cheeky little blighter,’ he said, ‘before I give you a good hiding!’ We ran out and laughed all the way home. --------It seemed like forever waiting for the new house to be ready and then when it was ready, we still had to wait because there was a problem with the bath.

Mam had sorted everything out; the stuff we were taking was piled on top of the boxes from Aunty Joan and the stuff we were leaving was piled in the kitchen. We were still sleeping in our old beds and sitting on the horrible old sofa but it didn’t matter because we knew it wouldn’t be long before we were ladies of the manor with our onyx ashtray and moquette cushions. After another week of waiting, Mam said she was going to go to the Housing Area West Office while we were at school and give them what for. She was so sick of waiting and she wasn’t the only one. Our Linda said we should have the day off and go with her, but she just said, ‘Off you go, see you this aft.’ Mam was waiting for us at the school gates because it was Wednesday and we always go to our grandma’s for our tea on a Wednesday. We still didn’t know when we could move in to our new house. Mam said that now here was a problem with the underfloor heating, but it was best to have everything tickety boo right from the start. ‘Yes, well, we want everything to be perfect, we don’t we?’ I said, ‘We don’t want to be taking all our swanky new stuff into a rotten house, do we?’ ‘We alreadiy live in a rotten, stinking house,’ said Linda, ‘so I don’t care about the stupid underfloor heating, I just want to get out it and have all our new bunk beds and stuff.’ ‘I’m glad you reminded me, Linda,’ Mam said, ‘don’t either of you breathe a word to Grandma or Granddad about the catalogue stuff. I don’t want them to know about it just yet… so keep it dark.’ It’s a good job she told us because I’m as sure as eggs is eggs, we would

SHORT STORIES have told them. Mam always had little secrets from Granddad and so did Grandma. We’d get a biscuit and Grandma would say, ‘Don’t tell your granddad.’ Or Mam would say, ‘Can you lend us a pound, Mam, but don’t tell Dad.’ Me and our Linda got tied in knots wondering what was a secret and what wasn’t! We had neck of lamb with carrots and pearl barley, then rice pudding with jam for our teas and it was so delicious I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. After tea me and our Linda went to watch telly with Granddad while Grandma and Mam made a cup of tea. We watched Casey Jones, which we didn’t like at all, but Granddad did. Then Mam and Grandma came in with the tea and a Blue Riband each and we all watched The Magic Roundabout. It was dark when we walked home. As we got nearer our street, it got darker and darker and really scary because nobody at all was about. There were no lights in any of the houses and no people in any of the houses. It was a ghost street and I hated it. We were really pleased that Mam had banked the fire up before she’d left the house and the fire was still in, so it was lovely and warm, even if it looked like a tip. The next morning I was taking the wee bucket to empty down the lavvy when a car pulled into the street. A man in a suit and a hat got out and smiled at me. I smiled back, even though I hadn’t to talk to strange men, nobody said anything about smiling at them.

‘I’ll just empty the wee bucket and I’ll take you,’ I said. ‘That’s fine, I can see number 12,’ he said. He got out his briefcase and locked his car. I flew down the ginnel, wee sloshed up the sides of the bucket and down my legs into my sock and shoe but I didn’t mind. It must be the man from the Council telling us our house was ready. I tipped the bucket down the lavvy and raced back.

‘Is it ready, Mam?’ I said, ‘Is our house ready? Can me move in today? Shall me and our Linda have the day off? I can’t believe—‘ ‘Shush, Susan,’ said Mam. ‘No, it’s not that.’

‘Thank you,’ Mam whispered in a little voice. ‘If you could make arrangements to pay for the clothes etcetera, that would go a long way in your favour.’

‘Good, good,’ said the man, ‘That’s it then, as I said, a van will be round later today, so make sure you’re in and everything’s ready for removal.’ ‘Removal?’ said our Linda, ‘You can’t remove it, it’s ours! Aunty Joan gave us it as a celebration present! You can’t just barge in and take people’s stuff, you… you… big pig!’ ‘Linda!’ said Mam, ‘I’m sorry, she’s upset that’s all.’ ‘Well, he can’t just—‘

Everybody looked really serious and I couldn’t work it out. ‘You do realise that receiving stolen goods is extremely serious and can carry a prison sentence?’ said the man. Mam went a bit white and had to hold on to the coal scuttle. Me and our Linda looked at each other with our mouths wide open.

‘That’s my mam! She just lives there, at number 12.’ ‘Well! That’s splendid, splendid, my dear, thank you,’ he said.

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‘It’s up to them higher up than me to decide whether the police will be involved, but I’ll do my best to get it sorted out as soon as possible, in view of the circumstances.’

‘I’ll do my best,’ said Mam. Our Linda’s eyes were really wide and she looked shocked. Mam was on her knees as she’d been raking out the cinders from the fire and our Steven was pulling at the man’s trousers and holding his arms up.

‘A van will be sent later today to collect all the furniture and housewares. The clothes are another story. I’d suggest you make some arrangements to pay for them.’

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‘LINDA! Be quiet. Go get ready for school you two. Go on, NOW!’ I could tell Mam’s voice was all wobbly and I thought she was going to cry. Me and our Linda went up the first two steps and sat down to listen. ‘Ah, one more thing,’ the man said, ‘you wouldn’t happen to have an address for Mrs Joan Thornton, would you?’ I squeezed our Linda’s arm and she squeezed mine back. ‘She’s on her way to Australia. I’ve no idea, I’m sorry,’ said Mam. ‘Well, bear in mind any information

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IN REMEMBRANCE OF A LOCAL BOY The Bridge, Low Lane, Horsforth, has sent a Poppy to the British Legion to be planted by the Menin Gate Memorial, Flanders Field, Ypres, Belgium.

their services in a relaxed and informal environment. The meeting was set up by Shari Sant, who lives in Guiseley and runs RedRite UK, a virtual administration company. Shari said, “I started the networking group in order to get local businesses together to swap ideas, share services and in general to create a network of businesses that work together for the better of the local ‘little man’ rather than the corporate man.” The meeting took place from 10am to 12 noon, making it an ideal time for businesspeople with family commitments which make attending early morning networking groups

The meetings are to be held on the first Wednesday of each month in Tod’s Treats initially, with a view to meeting in other locations in North Leeds in the future to allow more local businesses to become involved. For further details and to keep up to date on future meetings, you can join the Facebook Group ‘Networking in North Leeds’ or contact Shari Sant on 07704 290937.

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This is in Remembrance of a local boy Frank Simpson. Frank lived most of his short life, at 62 Quadrant Street, Leeds, now the site of the ITV studios on Kirkstall Road. During WW1 he served and died on HM Submarine G8.

Amongst these belongings Christine came across her Uncle Frank’s sketchbook (featured on the front cover) that her mother had treasured for over 80 years. These pictures have now been reproduced and are on display in The Bridge along with a letter Frank had written to his “little sisters”.

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QUALITY HANDCRAFTED UPHOLSTERY Brendan Jordan has lived in Leeds all his life. He worked at Bridgecraft for eighteen years before starting up Jordan Upholstery. “I’ve been manufacturing suites for the best part of 30 years. Although we’ve traditionally supplied to trade, recently we made the decision to open our doors to the general public. With us you’re buying direct from the manufacturer, so you can have the choice of style, size and fabric without paying astronomical prices.

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0113 2554806 or 0781 279 8913 Unit 2a, Hill Top Commercial Centre, Houghley Lane, Bramley, Leeds LS13 2DN Email: enquiries@jordanupholstery.co.uk

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