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OLLY THE OWL KEEPS FLYING AWAY - HELP US FIND HIM!
06 BIRDWATCHING IN LEEDS The UK will be witnessing an avian exchange of epic proportions.
10 FUNNY PET PICS!
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WELCOME TO SUBURBAN LEEDS Welcome to edition 26 of Suburban Magazine. I will start this month by apologising to any parents that had to explain the spelling differences to their children in our puzzle last month. As a reader quite rightly pointed out to me, I had used an American puzzle with a few words spelt differently. l had not given that a thought and had obviously not noticed but, I will be very careful from now on to watch out for that!
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THE GREAT AVIAN EXCHANGE Over the next few weeks birdwatchers across the UK will be witnessing an avian exchange of epic proportions. Thousands of winter visitors including redwing, waxwing, brambling, swans, geese, ducks and waders will leave our shores to be replaced by spring migrants; many from as far away as Africa. The British countryside will be filled with the long-awaited sounds of swallows and martins, warblers, cuckoos and screaming swifts. Resident waders, such as curlew and lapwing, will move to grassland and moorland habitats to raise their young and our coastlines will once again play host to thousands of seabirds. Many have already arrived. Of course, it’s not always possible to take a trip to the coast or to the Yorkshire Dales so here are some places you can visit close to home to watch the winter departure and the arrival of our spring migrants. I’m using the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire to mark a linear route from Kirkstall to Calverley. Resident birds include grey wagtail, dipper, kingfisher, great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper and there are lots of warbler species in the spring and summer including blackcap, willow warbler, chiffchaff, whitethroat and garden warbler. 1.
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Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve: Accessed from the Leeds Liverpool Canal or from Redcote Lane, this Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve is nestled between the canal and the River Aire. Look for water birds on the river, resident woodland birds and visiting warblers. Kirkstall Goit: Footpaths off Commercial Road, on the other side of the river, lead down towards a tributary of the River Aire and overflow channels. Good for resident birds, warblers and dragonflies. Kirkstall Abbey: Just past the shopping area, off Bridge Road, you’ll find a path near the cenotaph that leads to the grounds of the Abbey. Follow the beck and you’ll find yourself at the weir on the River Aire. You can follow the river for a short section to look for water and woodland birds, swallow and martins. Hawksworth Wood, Little Hawksworth Wood and Newlay Wood: You’ll find these beautiful woods a little way up the A65 towards Horsforth. The Hawksworth woods are opposite the entrance to the new Kirkstall railway station, straddling Hawksworth Road. Newlay Wood is on the same side as the railway station down Rein Road towards the River Aire. Look for woodland birds, warblers and water birds on Oil Mill Beck and the river. This path leads over the river bridge and back up to the canal.
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Hollybush Conservation Centre: Pop into Hollybush for breakfast or a midday snack and look for birds in their garden before setting off down the canal towards Bramley. Watch for soaring red kite, buzzard and sparrowhawk above the valley. Canal walking: Scan the fields along the canal for skylark and lapwing and you may find heron, moorhen, mallard, reed bunting and Canada goose along the canal. The hedgerows and scrubland are home to visiting warbler species such as whitethroat, garden warbler and blackcap. Check out the lock overflow for grey wagtail and get close views of the River Aire from the tow path here. The bend provides calmer water and creates suitable feeding habitat for kingfisher, goosander, mallard and tufted duck. Bramley Falls Wood and station paths: At the first canal locks, climb the steps into this wonderful mature woodland which is home to jay, bullfinch, song thrush, goldcrest, nuthatch, treecreeper, wren and great spotted woodpecker. Listen out for your first spring migrant, the chiffchaff, singing high up in a tree. Exit the wood at the next locks and loop around the walkways to the station for more warbler species. Rodley Nature Reserve: On Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays you can visit this avian airport and tie in any of the sites mentioned so far. Check the fields for the last of the winter thrushes and look for the newly arrived swallow and sand martin. Finish your visit with coffee and cake at the visitor centre. Calverley Woods: Though adjacent to the canal, this wood is best accessed from Thornhill Drive. Here, in addition to great-spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, jay, treecreeper and goldcrest, you might be able to hear migrant blackcap singing.
Good luck and if you need any help with bird identification, send in your sound recordings or photos. Linda Jenkinson teaches people about birds in and around Leeds. For details of bird song classes and walks email linda@startbirding. co.uk or call 07778 768719. Visit www.startbirding. co.uk or Start Birding on Facebook and Twitter
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WRITING ON THE WHARFE ‘Writing on the Wharfe’ are a Menston based writing group which aims to provide a friendly and nurturing environment for its members to share their poems and short stories. The writers club was formed in about May 2015 by Ruxandra Busoiu. In April 2016, the name ‘Writing on the Wharfe‘ was adopted. Once a fortnight there is a meeting in Menston, upstairs at the Menstone club in Farnley Road, on a Saturday at 1.30 until about 3pm. There are no ‘lessons’, just a relaxed get-together of writers and would-be writers of any genre. Generally, members read a piece of their work, a short story, a poem, a blog post, a song, an extract from a novel or other longer piece in progress.
We welcome contributions from our readers. Please tell us what’s going on in your area and send us your photos What do you like? Any gripes you would like to share? What changes you would make? editorial@suburbanleeds.co.uk
If you wish to attend a club session or want more information, please email Ruxandra: rbusoiu@yahoo.co.uk Suburban Magazine are really pleased to say that for the next few editions (and maybe more), the group have agreed to provide a variety of short stories and poems for us to enjoy. The topics and styles will be varied as they will be provided by different members but will always be appropriate for readers of all ages. We hope that you enjoy reading these over the coming months and welcome your feedback. We have had to keep it short this month due to the introduction but in future there will be greater space allocated (so more to read and enjoy!).
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ON THE PATHOS OF OLD AGE By David Machin
Old man, drowsing, wrapt in dreams Of callow triumphs, mighty teens; And as he drowns in memory flow Of glowing conquests long ago, The loves he hardly won, long waned, Life’s surging juice is wholly drained. He sits alone in wizening sun, Awaits the day when all is done; Ponders anew farvanished fun, And muses that, from life begun In mighty, towering optimum, He’s now reduced to comment glum With scarcely strength to scratch his bum.
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Funny Pet Pics!
Aww the lovely Fudge from Meanwood - getting into the spirit of the day.
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On behalf of our readers who kindly sent in their cute/funny pet photos, Suburban Magazine will be donating £40 this month to a local animal rescue charity – Hope Pastures based in Leeds 16. For further details on the charity, please visit www.hopepastures.org
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EMACIATED DOG ABANDONED IN FIELD IN POURING RAIN FINDS FOREVER HOME An emaciated dog that was found shivering and soaking wet in the pouring rain in a muddy field has found her ‘furrytail’ ending after heading off to her forever home The young Lurcher had been spotted by a member of the public just before 11pm in a field in Gildersome. She was taken to Dogs Trust Leeds by the dog warden and just days later, having read about her ordeal, Bianca Scollen and her family headed to the York Road rehoming centre and decided she was the dog for them. Bianca, from Whinmoor, said: "Our previous dog, Tilly, was a rescue dog and we had her for 15 happy years, but sadly she passed away last April. When we saw the newspaper article about Rain, the time felt right for us to give another dog a loving home. “When we heard about what Rain had gone through, it was heart breaking and we really hoped we could be the ones who could give her the life she and all dogs deserve." Now the one-year-old, who the rehoming centre team 12 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE
say had already had at least one litter of puppies, has been renamed Lola by her owners, and is settling into her new life and her cheeky personality is beginning to show. Bianca says: "We love her to bits. She is slowly putting on weight and the pressure sores and scars on her body are healing well. She is loving her walks, likes to cuddle up on the sofa with us and is becoming really playful. She is understandably still a little nervous in certain situations but is growing in confidence each day and is an absolute delight." Amanda Sands, Rehoming Centre Manager at Dogs Trust Leeds, said:
"She was in such a state when she was brought to us, very frightened and timid which is no surprise given she obviously hasn't been looked after for some time. It's always shocking when a dog arrives in such a state. The fact that she is now recovering both physically and emotionally and starting to enjoy life thanks to Bianca, Craig and Dakota is just brilliant. We couldn't have asked for a happier ending." To find out more about any of the homeless hounds looking for love at the centre, please call 0300 303 0292 or visit her at Dogs Trust Leeds, Woodlands Farm, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4NL. You can also find out more at www.dogstrust.org.uk
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FRIENDLY WAY TO TACKLE SPEEDING DRIVERS Speeding traffic is a common concern, contributing to deaths and injuries on our roads. Just a few miles an hour can mean the difference between life and death, so a lot of thought goes into how best to get people to slow down and abide by speed limits. Speed Indication Devices, or “SIDs”, are one such way. SIDs are designed to inform drivers and the wider community about the speed levels of passing traffic. They don’t lead to penalties for specific drivers, but they do provide a warning about their speed
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via an LED display, showing the speed and a smiling or frowning face depending on whether the driver is within or over the limit. They’re supposed to work by persuading or nudging drivers into reducing their speed. In Guiseley and Rawdon, Cllrs Graham and Pat Latty and myself, have used some of the community committee wellbeing funding to pay for three new SIDs sited at key locations, on Bradford Road, Netherfield Road and Queensway, three roads that have been the subject of concerns about speeding traffic. The data collected from these devices can help build a picture of what time of day speeding is taking place, and can be used to
request police intervention or other speed calming measures if no improvement in speeding is achieved. The other useful aspect of the devices is that they are moveable. So if speeding improves at the existing locations, we could ask for the SIDs to be relocated to other hotspots. Decisions on where they go need to be weighed carefully, but it’s good to have that flexibility. SIDs are just one option in a series of tools available to tackle speeding traffic, and we will be monitoring their effectiveness over the coming months. Councillor Paul Wadsworth Guiseley and Rawdon Ward
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struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’ Cloudy2Clear service the Guiseley, Otley, Menston, Yeadon, Rawdon and Apperley Bridge areas and Joel is finding that his approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I
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LOCAL NEWS NEW INHERITANCE TAX ALLOWANCE – WHY IT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOUR CURRENT WILL CREATES A DISCRETIONARY TRUST Article by JH Wills & Powers of Attorney
As more and more family estates are becoming liable for the tax (a 40% tax payable on the portion of a person’s estate above the Nil Rate Band, which is currently £325,000) the government are set to reduce the IHT burden on people who may wish to pass their family home to their direct descendants (children, stepchildren, adopted children, grandchildren or foster children), the government is phasing in a new top-up allowance – the Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) – from April 2017. This will allow some estates to benefit from an additional tax-free allowance of up to £175k per individual (£350k per couple) by 2020/21. However, if your current will creates a discretionary trust
as a tax-efficient way to leave your property to your children, the new top-up allowance may not apply to you. Here’s why Currently, when the first spouse dies, all their assets can be passed to the second spouse tax free and their Nil Rate Band (NRB) allowance of £325k can be transferred to the second spouse. This means that when the second spouse dies, there is a total NRB of £650k. In other words, no Inheritance Tax is payable on the first £650k of the second spouse’s estate. Prior to October 2007, it was not possible to transfer the NRB allowance. Therefore, many people set up planning within their wills in order to ensure that they benefit from both NRB allowances. This involves transferring the assets (up to the NRB) of the first spouse to die into a discretionary trust so that, for Inheritance Tax purposes, these will not be included in the estate of the second spouse when they die. If you have arranged for your
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YEADON SAILING CLUB - ALL SET TO GO FOR 2017 Yeadon Sailing Club opens its doors to the public this month. With a refurbished clubhouse, Yeadon Sailing Club starts its 2017 training and racing programme. Tuesday Night training sessions start on 18 April. Aimed at those new to sailing, with our weekly COME AND TRY sessions, or those who want a bit of practice before entering the hurly-burly of Club racing, Tuesdays are for you. Starting at 6.30, getting boats ready to be on the water for 7.00, our Tuesday Nights offer a mixture of on-the-water experiences and sailing theory, all run by our experienced Club members, many of whom are qualified RYA (Royal Yachting Association) Dinghy Instructors. Check out our website and videos at www.yeadonsailingclub. co.uk. From here you can book
your Come and Try session, get directions to us, learn more about the club, and much more. Also check out our PUSH THE BOAT OUT Open Day on May 13, where you can come along and have a go at sailing, join us for a cuppa and a chat and see what we do. As well as racing and training, we run ‘Social Sailing’ sessions. This is just a chance for you to come and have a sail, just for the fun of it. What better than a late Saturday afternoon sail - all the jobs are done, its sunny, and you come for a sail at Yeadon – followed by a barbie, or fish and chips from the local chippy. Well, as a member, this can be yours – every Saturday from early June. Looking forward to seeing you, either to train, to race, or just calling in for a chat to find out more about us. www.yeadonsailingclub.co.uk T : @yeadonsailing F : @yeadonsc
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April showers will bring May flowers, together with lots of exiting new growth. The seeds you have sown, or starting, will soon have little green shoots and a promise of things to come. The garden soil temperatures are very unpredictable, so do not plant out anything which may be spoilt by cold soil or frost. This month is the usual time for planting early and second early potatoes, which have been sprouted indoors. Make a deep planting drill dusted with fertiliser, and then bring the soil into a mound on the top. Keep an eye out for the foliage pushing through the soil, and be ready to protect this with extra soil if frost is forecast.
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Indoors, have a go at growing tomatoes, cucumbers, chillies etc, as they all need a long season to crop successfully. These plants then may stay indoors, or be planted out in the garden or pots in late May. The taste of fresh home grown fruit and veg is wonderful, and well worth the effort. The same goes for pots of herbs, mint, basil, rosemary and many others, as the smell will lift your spirits enormously.
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A HIDDEN GEM First time visitors to Rodley Nature Reserve invariably say “We never realized how big it was”. Many probably thought it was just a pond in a field but, as the Reserve map shows, it is a rich tapestry of wetlands, wild flower meadows, dragonfly ponds, coppice and a crop field – and just four miles from the centre of Leeds. April is a busy month on the Reserve for the birdwatchers as summer migrants start to arrive from Africa. Large bramble patches provide valuable breeding habitat for Common Whitethroats and Grasshopper Warblers. The Coppice provides a home for Blackcaps, Garden Warblers and Willow Warblers and both Sedge
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Warblers and Reed Warblers will be announcing their presence on the wetlands in the latter part of the month. Learning all the different songs can be a challenge. Why not join the Reserve’s Spring Bird Walk on Sunday 21st May at 9.00am to learn some of them. Other birds are also arriving in April with the first few Sand Martins from sub-Saharan Africa in the last days of March. Sand Martins excavate their nest holes in sandy river banks but they have particularly taken to the Reserve’s man-made nesting bank on the Lagoon where 186 pairs nested last year. Common Terns spend the winter off the coast of West Africa but they will be arriving around the middle of April to nest on manmade rafts on the Lagoon. Good views of them can be obtained
from the new Lagoon Hide which was opened in May last year. You don’t need to be an avid birdwatcher to enjoy the Reserve. You can have a pleasant walk on well-maintained paths; there are plenty of seats and you can call in for a cuppa at the Visitor Centre. If you are or know someone who is a wheelchair user, it is worth knowing that most of the hides do have special facilities for wheelchairs. The Reserve is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year from 9.00am (Visitor Centre from 10.00am) and there is no charge for entry. Dogs, other than registered assistance dogs, are not allowed. Further details can be obtained on the Reserve’s website at www.rodleynaturereserve.org
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ADEL PLAYERS PRESENT "BROKEN GLASS" BY ARTHUR MILLER Arthur Miller (1915 - 2005) is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. His best known plays include 'All My Sons,' 'A View from the Bridge,' 'The Crucible' and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Death of a Salesman.' "Broken Glass" was written in 1994 and the London production won the Olivier Award for Best Play. It is set in Brooklyn in November 1938 at the time of "Kristallnacht" or "the Night of Broken Glass", when marauding Nazi mobs in Germany broke windows, burned synagogues, looted stores owned by Jews and humiliated Jewish residents. The play centres on a Jewish couple Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg who, after years of marriage come to realise that they hardly know each other. Phillip, obsessed with work and his desire to assimilate, has little time for his wife. When Sylvia suddenly develops a mysterious paralysis after reading newspaper reports of "Kristallnacht", local GP Harry Hyman is called in and soon realises that Sylvia is traumatised by the horrific news from Germany. Through meeting Phillip, Dr Hyman begins to uncover the deceptions and hostilities that he and Sylvia have both buried beneath the façade of a happy marriage. In "Broken Glass" Miller deals not only with his own personal experience of prejudice against Jews living in 20th Century America but also with that of any immigrant group struggling with rejection and misunderstanding.
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He cleverly entwines this with a story about fragmented personal lives mirrored by a world on the verge of collapse. Adel Players is an award-winning amateur drama company based in North Leeds. Producing “Broken Glass” is a particular challenge but one we are delighted to be taking on. We hope our audiences will agree that this is a play with obvious relevance for our times and one not to be missed. The play will be performed from Wednesday, 26th to Saturday, 29th April, 2017, at Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, Adel LS16 8DE, and performances start at 7.30 pm. You can order tickets (£8) by e-mailing boxoffice@adel-players.org.uk, and pay on the night. The Adel Players website can be found at www.adel-players.org.uk.
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ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, GROUPS AND SOCIETIES AIREBOROUGH CAMERA CLUB Guiseley Theatre, The Green, Guiseley Wednesdays 7:45pm from September to May. A small friendly camera club with a varied programme of talks and competitions-new members are always welcome. For further information please visit: www.aireboroughcameraclub.co.uk GUISELEY ART CLUB Meet every Monday from 1.30 - 3.30 at Guiseley Methodist Church hall, Oxford Rd Guiseley. LS20 9EP. www.guiseleyartclub.co.uk - artguiseley@ hotmail.co.uk Carol 0113 2503023 GUISELEY AND DISTRICT WI, The Scout Hut, The Green, Guiseley 2nd Wednesday of the month, 1.30 - 3.15pm We are a friendly group of ladies who would love to have some new members Each month there is a different Speaker and topic or other activity. We have outings and also a craft meeting on the 4th Wednesday for 9 of the 12 months. LEEDS MUSIC CENTRES Classes and ensembles on Saturday mornings during term time at Guiseley School, Horsforth School and Allerton C of E Primary School. All ages and abilities – learn an instrument or join a group. More info: www.artformsleeds.co.uk or 0113 378 2850. LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Rawdon Library, Micklefield Park, LS19 6DF Last Thursday of the month, 10:30am onwards. All welcome. Enquiries: 0113 3910440 MERCURY MOVIE MAKERS 7.30pm every Wednesday at Rawdon Conservative Club. If you have a camcorder then this is the club to join. Learn how to make your holiday film come to life or create your own documentary style film. There is a varied programme of speakers and regular competitions. For more info visit: www.mercurymoviemakers.com OTLEY CAMERA CLUB Club meeting every Thursday evening 7.15 at Otley Town Partnership Rooms, Mercury Row. Visitors are very welcome regardless of experience. www.otleycameraclub.co.uk
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