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With Eric Wells of Horsforth Allotment and Garden Association
Take a lovely tour of the woodlands around Bramley
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GARDENS IN LEEDS Pg 24
suburban food: healthy hummus
a woodland tour
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CONTENTS 06 BIRDWATCHING IN LEEDS Take a lovely tour of the woodlands around Bramley
08 WHEN LIZ MET PHIL The love affair of two lurchers who met at the Dogs Trust Leeds...
24 SUBURBAN GARDENS If you’re looking for some “green-fingered” tips - then look no further!
27 CLASSIFIEDS Looking to use the skills of a local business? Look no further!
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WELCOME TO SUBURBAN LEEDS Welcome to edition 24 of Suburban Magazine. We have received some great editorial contributions this month for which we are grateful. It would be good to see even more local people getting a mention for their achievements and contributions to our local area, so please keep these coming in. It would be nice to have a couple of new sections in the upcoming editions (any suggestions on what you would like to see are welcome). I would like to introduce a small section for your funny and cute animal photo’s, Suburban Magazine will donate £10 to local animal rescue centres chosen each month for each photo printed. If anyone would like
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A WOODLAND TOUR Thanks to the development of the new Kirkstall railway station, it’s now possible to take a lovely tour of the woodlands around Bramley, Hawksworth and Newlay. The whole area is reminiscent of a John Atkinson Grimshaw painting with its stone walls and densely tangled undergrowth. My starting point is Bramley Falls Wood on Leeds and Bradford Road. On a fine day in January, some of our resident birds, including great tit, wren and dunnock, will be singing. Heading straight down to the Forge Locks, look and listen for great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper and look for grey wagtail on the canal overflow. Cross the Leeds and Liverpool canal and turn left. Here the River Aire bends sharply towards the canal and the river bend provides a great spot to look for kingfisher, dipper and goosander. The new Kirkstall station approach takes us through a previously inaccessible part of the woodland which provides some low cover for wrens, goldcrest, dunnock and, from the early spring, blackcap and garden warbler. The new Kirkstall Forge development is in its early stages and already has an exciting vibe. By this Autumn it will be a small village with public transport nestled between protected woodland. The development also provides a new view of the River Aire to watch for dipper, kingfisher and otter. Walk up the hill and reach the main A65. Take the new pedestrian crossing to Hawksworth Woods. Take the main lower path through the woodland periodically checking Oil Mill Beck for dipper, grey wagtail and kingfisher. Mistle thrush and song thrush will be singing on warmer winter days and great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper can be seen from these woods. At the end of Butcher Hill, cross Hawksworth Road and take the steep path into Little Hawksworth Wood. Turn sharp left and down the hill taking the path that runs parallel to Hawksworth Road. This wood isn’t as disturbed by dog walkers and woodcock can be found here in winter. As the woodland ends, look for greenfinch and goldfinch on garden feeders on Outwood Lane. Check the open sky for soaring red kite and sparrowhawk. Back at the A65, cross over and turn left onto Rein Road. This densely wooded path takes us back
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A Dipper in the River Aire
down to the River Aire then bends down to Newlay. Look for dipper, heron, mallard, goosander and kingfisher on the river. Grey wagtails often show on the goit that runs parallel to the bottom of Rein Road. Walk past the houses and take a left turn onto the iron footbridge that links Newlay Lane and Pollard Lane. Climb the hill on Pollard Lane, pass the Abbey Inn and take the path on the left signposted for the canal walk. Look for bullfinch, robin, dunnock, long-tailed tit, great tit, goldcrest and blue tit and check the open sky again for birds of prey. The hedgerows are good for whitethroat in spring and willow warbler, chiffchaff and garden warbler will be singing from Hunters Green. At the canal, turn left and follow the path to the Lock. Here we cross the canal into Bramley Falls Wood again and follow the old railway track to the left. This is a great place to see jay and treecreeper. At the first signpost to the car park, check the trees around the rocky area for treecreeper and nuthatch before climbing the steps into the parkland. Here you may be able to find stock dove, mistle thrush, redwing and fieldfare. 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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WHEN LIZ MET PHIL… When Lurchers Liz and Phil arrived at Dogs Trust Leeds, nobody could have predicted the love affair that would follow. Both dogs had been found separately wandering the streets and given their condition, the team suspect they had been without a home for some time. Although they had had a tough time and were both in need of some TLC, from the moment they set eyes on each other they became the best of friends, just like their royal namesakes. But Liz’s furry-tail ending has come sooner than Phil’s as Liz
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has headed off to her forever home. Now the team are hoping Phil’s special someone will walk through the doors of the Rehoming Centre soon so he can follow in her paw-prints. Amanda Sands, Rehoming Centre Manager at Dogs Trust Leeds, says: “This has never happened before, that two dogs that arrived as strays became best buddies from the moment they met. Phil in particular was in quite a bad condition and really lacked confidence, but as soon
as he met Liz he became a different dog which was lovely! “When we saw they got on so well, we put them together in a kennel so they could keep each other company and then someone came along and offered Liz her forever home which was fantastic, but Phil is still waiting.” Although Phil’s canine companion has headed home, he has continued to come on in leaps and bounds and made lots of new doggie friends, so the team would love to find him a forever home where another dog is already part of the family. Amanda says: “He is a lovely, gentle boy and we’re really hoping that we can find some Lurcher fans out there who fall in love with him so that he too can have the long and happy life he deserves at the heart of a forever home.” If you think you could offer Phil his ideal home, please call the centre on 0300 303 0292 or visit them at Woodlands Farm, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4NL. You can also find out more at www.dogstrust.org.uk
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‘NEIGHBOURS’ IS NOT AN AUSTRALIAN SOAP At the last meeting of the city council we had a debate about the network of neighbourhood schemes that has grown up in Leeds. In the last ten or fifteen years these organisations have largely taken over the provision of local social activities from the council. They rely on hundreds of volunteers in every part of Leeds to provide the stimulus, companionship and friendship that goes with the old-fashioned concept of being a good neighbour. As the last two generations in England have left home and settled further from their parents and friends than ever before, our neighbours are no longer just the people who live next door who you have known for years. MAECare (Moor Allerton Elderly Care) is our local ‘neighbourhood network’. It is an indispensable part of our community and we cannot now imagine how we could ever
RAF and the Royal Navy, aim to inspire the next generation of engineers and increase girls’ interest in science, technology, maths and engineering. The industry as a whole is facing a huge deficit of engineers over the next 10 years and are working together to inspire young people to pursue careers in this vast and hugely rewarding field. Headteacher, Mr Roper, said “We have all been incredibly impressed by what we’ve seen here today. It is so important that we engage with opportunities in partnership with external organisations who can come in and inspire our students who may then go on to be the next great inventor or engineer to support advances in technology. At Allerton Grange, we encourage our students to achieve their full potential and the show today may have made them consider a future career they hadn’t previously thought of.”
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THE LEEDS NORTH AND WEST FOODBANK The Leeds North and West foodbank is a franchise of the Trussel Trust. We launched our first foodbank in Moortown in 2013 and since then we’ve fed 21,161 people, and collected and distributed 185231kg of food. Over the years, we’ve expanded our foodbanks and now have centres in Woodhouse, Lower Wortley, Bramley, Horsforth, Ireland Wood and Pudsey. A new centre recently opened in Rawdon too, although this is run under the Bradford North Foodbank franchise.
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