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Dear Readers, Ah June....lovely long, sunny days! I’m so looking forward to them!

This month, we talk about Leeds Kirkgate Market – such a fabulous asset for the city – and the plans for its future. Leeds City Council is conducting a consultation, so make sure you have your say. Eve Bradford tells the story of the amazing Leonora Cohen who spent most of her life fighting for women’s rights. And, we talk to Anthony Clavane, whose book Promised Land, all about Leeds and its football club, is brought to the stage at The Carriageworks.

There’s a fantastic new exhibition about our lives on-line at the National Media Museum in Bradford. The Thackray Medical Museum is celebrating 15 years of telling the story of medicine, with lots of events planned, including a Jubilee Tea Party. It’s well worth a visit.

WHAT’S TO BECOME OF LEEDS KIRKGATE MARKET?

Plus, there are Jubilee teas and parties breaking out all over the place. Dragonfly Week launches from Rodley Nature Reserve; and Leeds Waterfront Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever!

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Let us know what’s happening around you for our July issue. The editorial deadline is 1st June, and for advertising it’s 8th June.

FEATURES

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What’s to Become of Leeds Kirkgate Market?

Leeds City Council is currently conducting a public consultation on the future of Leeds Market – one option is to cut the size of the market by 25%.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the team

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The amazing story of Leonora Cohen

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Thackray Medical Museum Celebrates 15th Anniversary Today the museum houses over 44,000 objects and 18,000 books, including the largest collection of medical trade literature in the world.

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They Lived in Leeds A Northern Love Story from Anthony Clavane

Promised Land chronicles Clavane’s experience growing up in Leeds in the 1970s

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CARING FOR LIFE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Caring For Life, a Christian charity based in Cookridge that has helped give an estimated 3,500 people a second chance in life, marks its 25th anniversary this year.

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On Saturday 16th June, Crag House Farm hosts a Family Open Day to celebrate this milestone. The day will include equestrian demonstrations, falconry displays, tractor safaris, and opportunities to watch country skills such as sheep-shearing and horseshoeing.

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The day will close with a performance by the St Aidan’s School Chamber Choir from Harrogate. All proceeds will go towards Caring For Life’s continued work in the community.

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“We hope it’s a day that will appeal to everyone”, said Peter Parkinson who founded the charity. “We are calling it a family day and that’s exactly what we want it to be.

“Our open day allows us to demonstrate the difference love and support can make in the lives of those less fortunate, and gives us an opportunity to say ‘thank you’ for the support we receive from the community.”

Caring For Life has been helping the homeless and victims of poverty, neglect, physical and mental abuse since 1987. It began by offering sheltered housing to the most needy in Leeds, coupled with therapeutic outdoor projects.

Since then, the charity has developed agricultural, horticultural, conservation, art and craft and woodwork projects along with adult literacy, office skills, and even a drama project. And, The Granary Tearoom and shop is now an established social enterprise, selling local produce, plants and herbs.

For more information, please contact Pam Parkinson on 0113 230 3610.

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A RIGHT ROYAL TIME TO CELEBRATE! Events are planned across Leeds to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Celebrations will focus around the extended bank holiday weekend, 3rd – 5th June. For many people, celebrations will take place in their local communities, but there are also great events taking place in Leeds.

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June’s Summer Showcase promises to be even bigger and better this year.

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The Shopping Trail attracted hundreds of visitors. Many independent retailers seized the opportunity to put on demonstrations, activities, discounts and freebies. From jewellery cleaning to sausage tasting, face painting to origami and woodcarving, it all happened that weekend.

wares and services of scores of local businesses and community organisations, enjoy demonstrations, and take part in interactive workshops.

The fair is expected to attract over 1,000 visitors.

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Finding new ways to ensure local enterprise thrives is what Ilkley Business Forum is all about – from organising the town’s first Shopping Trail in May, and third Summer Showcase on Saturday 16th June, to a series of seminars supported by the universities of leeds and Bradford.

The aim is to encourage people to buy locally and keep local business vibrant.

On Briggate there will be a Jubilee Jazz Jamboree on Sunday, 10am – 4pm, where people can enjoy big bands throughout the day On Briggate there will be a Jubilee Jazz Jamboree on Sunday, 10am – 4pm, where people can enjoy big bands throughout the day. And on Millennium Square, picnic tables and benches will be set up so people can bring their own picnics and become part of the nationwide Big Lunch event between 12 noon and 2pm on Sunday. They will then be able to stay and watch the national celebrations on the big screen.

For more information about these events and others, visit

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The WI is definitely more than ‘Jam and Jerusalem’! It is more about making new friends, boosting your knowledge, campaigning on important issues and having fun.

Pool in Wharfedale WI was recently presented with an award for increasing its membership. This busy branch has regular speakers, who range from being informative and educational to amusing and emotional.

In April Hanneka Dye gave an emotional talk on being born to Jewish parents in German occupied Holland in 1942. In May they discussed the resolution for Employment of more Midwives, and their vote goes to the AGM at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 30th May. In addition, there are walks, meals, crafts and much more.

Their next meeting is on 12th June, 2pm at Wharfedale Court, Main Street, Pool, when Hazel Stephenson’s topic will be ‘Landgirls and Lovers’. For further details please ring Sue Brown 0113 284 2983

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ROTARY’S CHARITY SONG AND DANCE EVENING The Rotary Club of Otley is holding a Charity Song and Dance Evening on Saturday 23rd June at Weston Lane Social Club, Otley, starting at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).

This year, Pool Feast will join the Village Jubilee Celebrations on Tuesday 5th June, 1 – 5pm, for a fantastic celebration!

Enjoy an evening of Ballroom, Latin American and Sequence dancing.

Soloist Liz Frankland and Ann Clarke (pianist), will also perform a selection of songs from popular musicals.

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Activities include a Climbing Wall, Soccer Skills, tennis, bouncy castle and much more

There will be competitions, quizzes, games, a complimentary gift of champagne truffles and a finger buffet. Dress to impress and dance the night away, all in aid of charity.

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This is the second major fundraising event held during Trevor Backhouse’s year as Otley Rotary President. The object of the evening, apart from having a good time, is to raise £1,000 for an orphanage in Cape Town. The first event, a chocolate exhibition, raised £1,000 for local community charities.

Admission is by ticket only. Tickets (£10) are available from Patisserie Viennoise, 34 Westgate, Otley. For further details, call 01943 467927 and speak to Janet or Trevor.

A JUBILEE TREE FOR ST. JOHN’S, MENSTON At the recent ‘Open Gardens’ in Menston, St. John’s Vicar, Revd.

Ruth Yeoman, planted a tree in the churchyard to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The tree, an Amelanchier Grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’, which will give a mass of white springtime flowers and autumnal red berries, was presented by Kathy and Christopher Roberts who have developed the delightful St. John’s gardens.

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THE POOL JUBILEE FEAST

For more information on St John’s, visit www.stjohnmenston.org.uk

Funded by Leeds Outer North West Area Committee, a wealth of activities is planned, including events and competitions, exhibitions in the Village Hall, all kinds of stalls, entertainment and refreshments.

You can look forward to a Fancy Dress Parade, Bonny Baby Competition, Dog Show, demonstrations, and races. Activities include a Climbing Wall, Soccer Skills, tennis, bouncy castle and much more. There will also be ‘Pool’s Got Talent’, Skateboard and Cycling Challenges and Wellie Wanging!

From 5pm the field will be open to anyone bringing their own picnic – perhaps you would like to buy a curry from the village hall where the Jewel of India will have some delicious food on sale.

Pool Feast Committee would be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to offer help – especially on the day when there is setting up to do. Please contact: Richard Parker 07764 684023, parkerinpool@ fsmail.net or Mel Jones-Gerrard 07738 011988 mel.gerrard@ btconnect.com

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As well as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Spring bank holiday weekend also marks Leeds Morris Men’s 60th anniversary and their Diamond Jubilee tour of the Yorkshire Dales.

To celebrate Leeds Morris Men will travel to towns and villages throughout the Dales (including Ilkley, Skipton, Cracoe, Linton, Grassington, Burnsall, Kettlewell, Aysgarth, Bainbridge, Hawes, Askrigg and more), treating residents and tourists to a feast of traditional English dance and music.

“Maintaining and expanding the Dales Tour over 60 years is a massive achievement”, said Norman Peacock, one of the club’s founder members, who has attended every Dales Tour and fully intends to attend this one! “The tour in 1953 was much smaller but the same enthusiasm for the dance is retained.”

This year’s tour will be based in Burnsall where Leeds Morris Men will be joined by around 200 dancers from over 13 teams across the UK before touring the Dales villages on Saturday 2nd and Monday 4th June.

“We always look forward to welcoming friends, old and new, to our annual Dales Tour”, Moss Ambrose, the club’s Fool, who has organised the Dales Tour for many years commented.

“This year we have been working closely with local Parish Councils to ensure that we can, where possible, contribute to local community celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee.’’

The highlight of the weekend will be the massed performance by all teams at 10am on Monday 4th June in the centre of Kettlewell.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

OTLEY OVER 60s CLUB IS 50!

Otley Over 60s Club, which started life as the Otley Aged People’s Welfare Club, is 50 this year. The building, on Crossgate, was funded by public subscription and the help of various sponsors, who raised £7,000 – which is what it cost to build in 1962.

An Open Evening, attended by the Town Mayor, Nigel Francis, town councillors, invited guests and many of the original sponsors, was held recently to celebrate the occasion.

Secretary Doris Porteous opened the evening with a potted history of the club and how it had progressed over the 50 years. Local historian, Elise Brumfitt, helped to find old photos and cuttings, and Danny Sloan, Chairman, proposed a toast to the club’s next 50 years!

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LEEDS WATERFRONT FESTIVAL On Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July the city will host its fifth Leeds Waterfront Festival!

This year it’s set to be bigger and better than ever with the return of the Leeds Community Foundation Dragon Boat Racing Spectacle and the new IWA Boat Gathering at Thwaite Mills.

The Festival also features live music, arts and dance, walk-on-water balls and canoe sessions, heritage boats, boat trips and much more, all at the coolest waterfront venues in Granary Wharf, Brewery Wharf, Clarence Dock and Thwaite Mills.

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The Dragon Boat Racing sees some of Leeds’ biggest employers taking to the water

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The Dragon Boat Racing sees some of Leeds’ biggest employers taking to the water to raise money for community initiatives. Forty foot long boats, each with 16 paddlers and a drummer in colourful fancy dress will be racing at Clarence Dock.

Leeds Waterfront Festival is coordinated by waterfront representatives and river management non-profit partnership Aire Action Leeds and is aimed at raising the profile of the regenerated Leeds waterfront.

Individuals, businesses, volunteers and organisations are encouraged to get involved - for information on opportunities on offer, contact Project Officer Rachel Clunas on 07917 780 151 or rachel.clunas@aireactionleeds. org.uk To enter or sponsor a Dragon Boat team contact Amanda Bennett on 0113 242 2426 or amanda@ leedscommunityfoundation.org.uk Find out more about the festival at www.leedswaterfrontfestival.com 14 June 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORES SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE INTERNET

BRING OUT THOSE OLD PHOTOS! Otley pub-goers are being called on to dig out their old photographs from nights out on the town to help create a unique photo archive.

Life On-Line, a permanent exhibition that opened recently at the National Media Museum in Bradford, is the first gallery of its kind in the world to explore the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet and the world wide web.

The project has been a long time in gestation and the subject is almost impossible to surmise as the story of the internet continues to unfold and technology evolves ever more rapidly.

In preparing the exhibition, curators at the museum would return to reference works published in the last few years only to find them already outdated.

As many visitors to the exhibition will be unable to remember what the world was like before the world wide web, the first exhibit displays the technology and means of communication we used before computers and the internet infiltrated nearly every aspect of our lives. Younger visitors will likely be amused and surprised that before e-mail people relied on the telegram and post, before search engines like Google people looked up information in a book called an encyclopaedia. Even for those of us who recall life before the dawn of the Information Age, the primitive, archaic technology shown here seem like artifacts from prehistory.

From there the exhibition takes us on a journey charting the evolution and development of the internet we know today, from the first gargantuan computers which look like they were

steam-powered right through to the latest hand-held technology such as smart phones and tablets.

Along the way we learn about the visionaries and pioneers who have made our brave new world possible.

Inevitably, attention is paid to the rise of social media and the potential for such platforms as an instrument of social change, as seen in the use of Twitter in the recent Arab Spring.

The problems and controversies that continue to plague the internet are also addressed with sections dealing with computer viruses, privacy and the security of intellectual property.

As one would expect, the exhibition is highly interactive, allowing visitors to take a hands-on approach to learning more about the most important technological development since the printing press.

In addition to the permanent ground floor gallery space, Life On-Line includes [open source], situated on the top floor of the museum and featuring work by contemporary digital artists exploring the future of the internet, particularly whether it will remain an open and free resource or if its democratization will be compromised by commercial interests.

Life On-Line is an innovative, timely and exciting exhibition that impressively helps us get to grips with the dominant media phenomenon of our age.

The call comes from Otley Pub Club which wants to build an online record of pub life over the years. Photos will be scanned and uploaded to the club’s Facebook page, before being returned to their owners.

“All the books on Otley tend to show the same old pub photographs, which is a real shame as the town has such a rich alehouse heritage”, said Peter Jackson, Otley Pub Club chairman. “There must be thousands of photographs lying forgotten in drawers and suchlike which deserve to be seen. It doesn’t matter when or where they were taken – we want that photograph taken in 1957 in the New Inn of a group of teddy boys; the day trip to Blackpool in 1963 outside the White Swan and the Christmas works do in the Woolpack in 1974!”

In addition to supporting the town’s hostelries, Otley Pub Club communicates what the pubs are doing to customers, and gives pub lovers of Otley a means to campaign together against pub closures and other local pub issues.

Anyone who would like to contribute to the photo archive, please contact Peter on 07799 465070 or chair@ otleypubclub.co.uk northleedslife.co.uk | June 2012 15

LIFE & STYLE

WHAT’S TO BECOME OF LEEDS MARKET?

At a recent public meeting organised by the Friends of Kirkgate Market, we were made aware of various suggestions being put forward by Leeds City Council regarding the future of the Market. The one apparently favoured by the Council advocates cutting the size of the market by 25%, reducing the number of stall holders from 400 to 100, demolishing the newer halls and selling off this prime real estate that’s smack, bang in the middle of the city.

With pound signs in their eyes, it appears the Council is ready to sacrifice one of the city’s most valuable assets. We have watched it being systematically run down over the past 20 years. Rents (now the highest market rents in the UK, 16 June 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk

including London) have priced regular market traders out of the market, or forced them to downsize – many of whose families have traded there for decades. Walk through the market today and you will be struck by the number of boarded up stalls.

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Yes, of course it does. For years it has suffered from lack of investment and promotion. The Market makes around £1.5 - £2 million a year for the Council – surely some of this should have been ploughed back in?

What we have here is a fantastic asset. Let’s make it thrive, not cut it back. As the rest of the city centre turns into a faceless high street favouring national brands, let’s

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FULL OF COLOUR AND VARIETY Where else will you find weird and wonderful Afro Caribbean vegetables and Indian spices? A whole row of

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LIFE & STYLE sanitised ‘foodie’ market that caters only for the middle class – didn’t they try that at the Corn Exchange?

Look what happened there: a vibrant, beautiful space with a variety of local entrepreneurs that was just buzzing at weekends, was turned into a desert overnight.

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Where else in Leeds will you find fabrics and haberdashery? Samuel Taylor’s is the only such shop remaining in Leeds, but at the market you’ll find a number dotted around. There are curtain traders, bed linens, second hand furniture, clothing, shoes, phone and computer accessories, nail bars, hairdressers, fish pedicures – the list goes on.

UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE AND PERSONALITY In reducing the number of stalls to 100, this fantastic variety and choice will disappear - competition will be a thing of the past, prices will rise and the unique atmosphere and personalities of the market will be lost. As Liz Laughton, Chair of the Market Traders told us at the meeting:

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“People matter in the market. I love the market humour and personalities.

I love the noise and the colours of market life; the code of honour that exists; the weird and wonderful people of Leeds. And, I experienced first hand the friendship when I celebrated the 100th anniversary of my business.”

It’s true. Over the years we too have built up a rapport with a number of people we shop with regularly. “We like to get to know our customers”, continued Liz. “A market stall is a small stage. We can be comedians, counsellors or teachers. We serve families, office workers and TV personalities. We say hello to the homeless and lonely. We embrace the strange and loopy and help those having difficulties. That’s what the market is all about. It’s special and can’t be replicated. It needs protecting so that money, greed and short-sightedness don’t destroy it.”

CATERING FOR ALL The beauty of the market now is that it is big enough to cater for all tastes and purses. We don’t want a

People matter in the market. I love the market humour and personalities. I love the noise and the colours of market life; the code of honour that exists; the weird and wonderful people of Leeds

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butchers? Several fishmongers?

Where else will you find dressed crabs?! There are all kinds of bakery products (some day-old to benefit the less well off). There are Polish stalls, Greek and other nationalities. One stall specialises in nuts and dried fruit, another cheeses.

The beauty of the market now is that it is big enough to cater for all tastes and purses

A little reorganisation at the market could capitalise on the available space. Have an open ‘plaza’ area in each hall where people can sit and eat and chat. Where there can be live performances that would draw more people in. Where students, young designers or existing stall holders can put on a fashion show. Stage special food tastings highlighting the huge range of ethnic foods available.

Have a dedicated number of stalls available at very low rents to help new entrepreneurs get started.

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COULD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BE THE ANSWER? Perhaps, as someone suggested at the public meeting, the way to go would be to operate the market as a social enterprise. All traders would be stockholders and membership could be thrown open to the wider Leeds community. With a bit of imagination and commitment Leeds Kirkgate Market has all the ingredients to become a world-class, successful attraction.

Leeds City Council is launching a public consultation on the future of Leeds Kirkgate Market which will run until mid June.

To have your say, complete the online questionnaire at www.leedsmarkets. co.uk/strategy.

Paper copies of the survey are available at the Kirkgate Market information centre and in libraries across the city.

For full text of Liz Laughton’s comments at the public meeting, please visit www.northleedslife.co.uk

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LIFE & STYLE

THEY LIVED IN LEEDS Leonora Cohen, 1873 -1978 JP, OBE, Militant Suffragette

On Saturday 1 February 1913 an elegantly dressed woman followed a group of school boys into the Jewel House at the Tower of London. The Beefeaters assumed she was a teacher until she suddenly pulled an iron bar from her coat and flung it over the boys’ heads, smashing a glass showcase. She was forced to the ground and arrested. Wrapped around the bar was a piece of paper declaring: ‘This is my protest against the Government’s treachery to the working women of Great Britain’. Her name was Leonora Cohen, a housewife from Leeds.

Leonora was born in 1873 in Hunslet. Her father, Canova Throp, a sculptor, died of TB when she was only five, and his widow Jane struggled to bring up their three children alone, working as a seamstress.

At 14, Leonora was apprenticed to a city centre milliner and worked long hours without pay until she was upgraded as a probationer, then paid 2s 6d a week. By 16, having proved herself skilled and efficient, she was promoted to head milliner. In her mid-twenties she became a millinery buyer in Bridlington, and in 1900 she married Henry Cohen, her longterm sweetheart from Leeds.

Neither family approved. The Jewish Cohens were dismayed that their son was marrying an outsider, and cut him off. Leonora’s mother felt that her daughter should not marry at all, but devote her life to improving the lot of her fellow women, ill-paid, exploited, and with no political voice.

Leonora and Henry set up house in Leeds. Their first baby died, but a son followed, and for the next nine years Leonora devoted herself to being a wife and mother.

Henry prospered in his jewellery business and their life was happy and comfortable. But Leonora did not forget her earlier experience and her mother’s sense of injustice: she took an increasing interest in campaigns to improve women’s pay and conditions and in the women’s suffrage movement. Henry and her brothers encouraged and supported her political activities.

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Leonora was put on trial but acquitted on a technicality. Back in Leeds, she continued her militant activities alongside other fervent loyalists. Asquith’s visit to Leeds in November 1913 was a red rag.

In spite of tightened security, two suffragettes tried to set fire to the Headingley football stand, and violent demonstrations took place around the Hippodrome where Asquith was to speak. Leonora was arrested for smashing windows and was sent to Armley Gaol. She declared a hunger and thirst strike.

Two days later, near collapse, she was released on licence under the notorious ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act. Desperate and angry, Henry wrote to the Home Secretary in protest, but was persuaded to take Leonora away to avoid further life-threatening imprisonment.

They moved to Harrogate, where Leonora set up a vegetarian boarding house, once giving sanctuary to a suffragette fleeing from the police.

Women’s Social and Political Union. In November the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, broke his commitment to votes for women by announcing a manhood suffrage bill. This betrayal inspired Leonora to fight on. Although terrified by the prospect of violence, she joined a deputation to Westminster, and a huge demonstration ensued, ending with window-smashing and stonethrowing. She and many others were arrested and imprisoned. She served seven days in Holloway, an experience which only hardened her resolve. Her family staunchly stood by her, though they lost all their friends.

Under the leadership of the Pankhursts, suffragette guerrilla activities spiralled and in Leeds Leonora addressed meetings and rallies, exposing herself to constant abuse and threats. In 1913 she joined demonstrations in London, where she chose the Tower of London for her own dramatic protest. She was so nervous that she travelled round twice in the tube before entering the Tower with her hidden weapon.

The outbreak of war in 1914 interrupted the suffragette campaigns and brought about a change of heart in government.

In February 1918 women over 30 were given the vote, and 10 years later women over 21 finally attained full voting equality with men.

Leonora remained energetic and active during and after the war, and in the 1920s the family moved back to Leeds, to Clarendon Road (marked by a blue plaque).

Awarded an OBE in 1928, she served as a Leeds magistrate for over 30 years. She never lost her ideals, devoting much of her time to the Trade Union movement, campaigning for better working conditions.

Her devoted Henry died in 1949, but Leonora, fighter as she was, lived on until she was 105.

By Eveleigh Bradford

The Lifelong Learning Centre at the University of Leeds is organising a programme of summer workshops which will run from Monday 25 - Saturday 30 June inclusive.

Creative Writing ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Characterisation in the short story Growing a novel Writing crime Poems are other people’s photographs…

Writing scripts The single-page-comic

Film

Religion In search of the historical Jesus

Science Performance enhancement in health and disease: ethical issues and dilemmas

Environment You, your green bin and the bigger picture

Blurred identities? The changing face of national cinema

Literature Scandinavian children’s literature

Music Wagner with feeling and understanding

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ARTS & CULTURE

PROMISED LAND – A NORTHERN LOVE STORY FROM ANTHONY CLAVANE

This month Red Ladder Theatre company, in a co-production with Leeds Civic Arts Guild and The Carriageworks, brings Anthony Clavane’s book, Promised Land, to the stage.

Written as a personal memoir and cultural history of Leeds, Promised Land chronicles Clavane’s experience growing up in Leeds in the 1970s with particular emphasis on the turbulent fortunes of the city’s football club.

that the optimism engendered by the cultural and economic regeneration of Leeds since the 60s suggests that LUFC may well rise again and gain entry to the ‘promised land’ denied them when they lost the European Cup Final to Bayern Munich in 1975.

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Clavane has lived away from Leeds for twenty years and considers himself a ‘Loiner in exile’, however, as Promised Land and his frequent pilgrimages to Elland Road attest, his love for the city and his devotion to Leeds United remain undimmed. Being the descendant of Russian Jewish immigrants, the book also addresses Clavane’s ancestry and illustrates the role of Leeds’ Jewish community in shaping the history of the city.

As with many formerly industrial northern towns, the sense of community that surrounds the local football club (especially in a one club city such as Leeds) is integral to the identity of the city. As Clavane puts it: “football is the last bastion of working class communal solidarity”.

Clavane feels that with a city such as Leeds, the story and character of the city is inexorably linked with the triumphs and failures of its football club. He feels

The play, like the book, looks set to be an exuberant celebration of Leeds, its football club and its communities. The passion and loyalty of Leeds fans is legendary and, in addition to the live band playing original music also written

by Clavane, the production will feature the singing of Leeds fans who act as a kind of Greek chorus.

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As an aspiring writer growing up in Leeds, Clavane was deeply influenced by the work of Keith Waterhouse and strongly indentified with the dilemma of Billy Liar, whether or not to leave his home city to pursue the enticing opportunity of London. Throughout the book there are many nods to Waterhouse’s hero and in developing it theatrically Clavane continues his homage with new embellishment to his love letter to Leeds.

For the stage version of Promised Land, which Clavane has adapted with Nick Stimson, a parallel love story has been introduced concerning the flourishing romance between Nathan and Caitlin, two Leeds youngsters divided by their religious and cultural backgrounds.

As well as presenting a story which hits close to home for many of us, the production is also a showcase for local talent and a rousing expression of civic pride. As Anthony Clavane himself says: “I’m really excited about the opportunity to bring this story to life with such a large cast of local performers – in a month when Leeds is celebrating sport with the arrival of the Olympic torch – I think it’s a great chance for us to recognise the ambition and self belief that built our city – the Don Revies, the Cuthbert Brodericks and the pioneering immigrants, who aimed for the top.”

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THE MAN OF 10,000 VOICES Best known as Sgt ‘Motormouth’ Jones from the Police Academy movies, Michael presents an astonishing and hilarious vocal display of amazing sound-effects and beatboxing.

Sun 3 June 8pm

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JACK THE RIPPER Retired Murder Squad Detective, Trevor Marriot presents a revealing cold case investigation into The Whitechapel Murders of 1888.

Mon 25 – Sat 30 June (times vary)

GIRLS NIGHT

WRITTEN BY LOUISE ROCHE A warm-hearted look at the friendship of a group of fortysomething women with an all-new cast featuring Eastenders’ Gillian Taylforth and her sister Kim.

ALL ABOUT ME Aided and abetted by Norman Lovett

Legendary singer-songwriter and Squeeze frontman chats about his life and performs hits from his hugely successful career.

Sat 9 June 8pm

KEVIN BRIDGES WORK IN PROGRESS

Kevin will be trying out new material from his forthcoming UK and Ireland tour.

Thurs 5 July 8pm

TOM STADE LIVE Don’t miss hugely talented Canadian émigré Tom Stade on an extended leg of his nationwide tour.

Tues 19 June 7.30pm

THE PARSON’S PIRATES OPERA DELLA LUNA

Much loved Gilbert & Sullivan favourites Opera della Luna are back – with one of their most hilarious shows ever!

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ARTS & CULTURE

INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ENTERTAINMENT IS HEADING THIS WAY!

OTLEY AND ILKLEY SINGERS SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA! Otley Singers and Ilkley Moornotes are singing together for the first time on Friday 1st June, 7.30pm at The Sanctuary, Christchurch, Ilkley, and on Friday 15th June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

The Ilkley concert is in aid of Oasis Cafe – a cafe run by adults with learning disabilities, and proceeds from the Otley performance will go to the charity Singing for the Brain.

Tickets (£7/£6) available from 01943 467466 or www. otleycourthouse.org.uk for Otley concert, and 01943 604003 or on the door for Ilkley.

Doo Wap Girls A dynamic programme of international Jewish music, drama and comedy is heading this way! This year’s International Jewish Performing Arts Festival comes to Quarry Hill in Leeds from 25th June to 1st July.

and a whole load of explosive world music energy. The band won two prizes at Amsterdam’s prestigious International Jewish Music Festival in 2010, during which they performed to crowds of thousands.

Four evenings of high quality UK and international shows will hit the stages of Northern Ballet and the Leeds College of Music, both on St. Peter’s Square, Leeds.

Now in its 12th year, this entertainment showcase, bursting with versatility, will celebrate Jewish related performing arts and talent on a huge scale!

For drama buffs, award winning US television and stage actress, Deborah Jean Templin, brings her celebrated one woman show ‘Unsinkable Women’ to the Festival. Playing nine female characters, Deborah Jean tells how Molly Brown and other extraordinary women on board the Titanic not only survived that night... but changed their own lives and the world around them.

The majority of artists coming to Leeds this year are from the US, Poland and Israel, including the talented Doo Wap Girls from Jerusalem. This vocal Vintage Trio offers a fresh musical perspective on all-time classics combined with unbeatable harmonies.

Other highlights include Cities of Light – drama/cabaret performed by New York actress Rebecca Joy Fletcher; Graffiti Classics – outrageous comedy music theatre; Tina Law sings Streisand – a tribute show to the music of Barbra Streisand; and Mark Maier.

Presenting a young energetic take on popular Klezmer music is Klezmafour from Poland. Inspired by their region’s Klezmer traditions, they take an innovative approach to the music adding in rock beats, Balkan sounds

To see the full festival programme, visit www.leedsjewishfestival.co.uk, call the Festival Office on 0113 268 0899 to request a brochure, or email info@makor.co.uk

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ARTS & CULTURE

ODD DOLL PRESENTS THE TRICK AT THE CARRIAGEWORKS

CANTORES OLICANAE PRESENT GERSHWIN AND BERNSTEIN AND INVITE NEW TENORS TO JOIN THEIR RANKS

Cantores Olicanae perform the last concert in their 2011 – 2012 season at St John’s Church, Bolling Road, Ben Rhydding, on Saturday 16th June at 7pm.

Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s The Shadow and Franz Kafka’s Obeying the Law, this contemporary fairytale combines puppetry and object theatre with a live original music score. Featuring angry pegs, dancing scissors, magic taps and flying creatures, The Trick is playful, bizarre, beautiful and tragic.

Driven by a desire to create something original, a man releases control of his own shadow in the hope that it will discover the kind of beauty he can only dream of. Instead, it reveals to him a stark reality, as creative success swiftly degenerates into a moral battle between light and dark.

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Company, and with combined training from The London School of Puppetry and Bretton Hall (specialising in physical theatre), Odd Doll focuses on fusing live original music with puppetry and object manipulation to tell stories. www.odddoll.co.uk

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Odd Doll, an emerging, Leeds-based puppetry company, presents their latest production, The Trick, at The Carriageworks on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th June at 7.45pm.

‘Summertime’ is a celebration of American 20th century stage classics, including a medley from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and choruses from Bernstein’s West Side Story, and a guest appearance by the Sapphire Saxophone Quartet.

Cantores Olicanae is a small, friendly chamber choir, currently with 50 members. At the moment they are urgently seeking to recruit additional tenors. This is a particularly exciting time to be involved with Cantores as they recently expanded their repertoire and now perform in different venues in and around Ilkley.

If you enjoy singing, have experience of singing within a choir or musical group and would like to join, do get in touch.

They have an audition policy, but you are welcome to join for a few weeks to experience singing with them first.

Rehearsals, under the leadership of Musical Director Robert Marsh, are on Tuesdays, 7.45 – 9.30pm at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Ilkley.

For further information, and details of their summer concert, visit www. cantores.ilkley.org/home.html, or call Sarah Berkoff on 01943 874447/ 07956 388907

CREATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE ARTS West Yorkshire Theatre Network (WYTN) aims to create connections between those involved in the arts and the public, to facilitate the formation of a local, creative community by providing networking opportunities.

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“I realised that very few creative groups were effectively working with each other or the public”, said WYTN director Stephanie Upsall. “That’s why I set up West Yorkshire Theatre Network. Our region regularly hosts a wide range of art-based events, but they don’t seem to get the publicity or attendance levels they deserve. There’s always a lot of information available for gigs and plays at the larger theatres, but little for small exhibitions and oneoff events.

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“Good promotion can be tough for those without a big budget. By running networking socials and workshops, we hope that we can pull the creative community together.

We also want our website to be a ‘one stop shop’ providing details of all upcoming events in our region, in the hope that we can bring local talent to a wider audience.”

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With internationally acclaimed writer John Godber as their patron, and having already been voted Leeds Uncut ‘Business of the Month’ in December 2011, WYTN has big plans for the future. They are currently working on a whole host of upcoming events, including workshops run

by Steve Huison (of ‘The Full Monty’ fame).

WYTN offer membership packages which include discounts on theatre tickets, food and drinks, workshops and their own networking socials. For more information, visit www.wytn.co.uk northleedslife.co.uk | June 2012 27

ARTS & CULTURE

A CONCERT TO END POLIO Members of Rotary International are staging a charity brass band concert at Christchurch on The Grove, Ilkley, 7.30pm on Friday 22nd June.

Last year this concert raised over £1,200 for the Thanks for Life/End Polio Now campaign. Since making the pledge in 1985 to eradicate polio - its most ambitious programme to date - Rotary International, in partnership with health agencies,

has brought the number of cases of polio down by 99 percent.

The world has progressed from having 125 polio endemic countries to having just four; India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Regular immunisation activities in these countries, supported by Rotary members from Great Britain and Ireland and across the world, are having a positive impact, particularly

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in India where only one new case was recorded in the first eight months of 2011.

Because there is no cure, the best protection against polio is prevention.

For as little as 25p worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.

Tickets for the event (£8 including refreshments) are available from Bob Smith on 01943 877244 or Ilkley Tourist Information Centre.

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HOME & GARDEN

A MESSAGE FROM ALAN TITCHMARSH ILKLEY FLOWER SHOW SOCIETY PRESIDENT

More years ago than I care to remember I walked to the King’s Hall with a basket full of assorted flowers and a miniature garden in the hope of winning a prize at the Ilkley Flower Show. Along with all the other hopefuls - most of them around four times my age - I staged my offerings with care and nervously awaited the results of the judges’ deliberations.

I didn’t win a prize - not even a Highly Commended - but the disappointment was short lived since the fun of entering and the friendliness shown me by the other exhibitors more than made up for the lack of a prize.

Encouraged by folk like Harry Rhodes my teacher at junior school and a keen and accomplished gardener - I continued to grow things in our back garden on Nelson Road and in the small polythene greenhouse I’d made there. My idol was Percy Thrower. “One day”, I said, “I’m going to be like him.”

It was wishful thinking rather than boastfulness. Not in a million years did I really imagine that such a thing was

remotely possible. I’m only happy that my dream came true. We all need ‘enablers’ in life. Harry and his fellow exhibitors, and some of the men I worked with in the Parks Department at Ilkley, fell into that category and I shall forever be grateful for their patience with a young lad who loved growing things, and for their endless encouragement.

Shows like this do not happen by chance.

They are the result of hard work and tireless dedication by a group of generoushearted souls whose painstaking care and attention go into their creation and their

ability to run smoothly. They deserve our congratulations and our support - which is a bit rich coming from me since I cannot be there!

But I’m with you in spirit and I send my apologies and every possible good wish for a successful and enjoyable show whether or not you are one of the prize winners. If you have come to look round and offer your support, welcome to our world. Perhaps next year you’d like to enter; it’s more fun than you’d ever imagine!

Alan Titchmarsh

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HOME & GARDEN

YORKSHIRE IN BLOOM JUDGES DODGE RAIN IN OTLEY

Spring judging for Otley in Bloom looked like it was going to be very wet, then suddenly the sun came out. The judges toured a variety of places, including the spruced up corner of Bremner Street, a revamped old Gas Works corner, and The Whartons Primary School, where pupils were hard at work in their garden and allotment.

The second part of the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, the Summer judging, will take place on Thursday 12th July, 9.30am – 12 noon.

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As I write this piece, it is teeming down and my garden is flooded! Already we gardeners have been set back doing various jobs.

Now is the last time to finish off pruning flowering shrubs.

After taking off a couple of branches stand back and have a good look before going any further – that way there are fewer chances of a lopsided shrub.

In the meantime, the group is involved in the Otley Walking Festival (23rd June – 1st July). They have planned a special walk, which will follow some of the judging route for Otley’s entry in Yorkshire in Bloom 2012. Meet them at the Jubilee clock at 7pm on 29th June.

If you’d like to get involved in the team’s activities, contact Secretary Mary Klemm on 07718 073 839, visit www.otley. co.uk/oib/ or check www.facebook.com/pages/otley-in-bloom for the latest news, events and activities.

DRAGONFLY WEEK LAUNCHES AT RODLEY NATURE RESERVE

On Saturday 9th June, the British Dragonfly Society will launch National Dragonfly Week at Rodley Nature Reserve, on Moss Bridge Road just off Rodley Town Street, LS13. The Reserve is combining this with its annual Springwatch and an exciting day of events is planned from 8am, including building a giant willow dragonfly that will remain at the dragonfly ponds throughout the summer.

The British Dragonfly Society (BDS) promotes the study and conservation of dragonflies and their natural habitats and runs a national recording scheme to map the diversity and distribution of species in the UK. In the past 60 years Britain has lost two species of dragonfly and a third of the remainder are in decline.

The society is working to reverse these trends and encourages the construction of ponds and improvement in the quality of existing water bodies and rivers. On the positive side, no fewer than four species of damselfly and three of dragonfly have been found in Britain for the first time in the last 20 years.

The BDS is currently collecting records of dragonflies and damselflies for a National Dragonfly Atlas. This year is the final year to collect records for the atlas so, if you spot a dragonfly, please let the BDS know.

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It seems a long way off, but you can start sowing biennials polyanthus, winter pansies and hellebore seeds now. Look out for new plants, gently dig them out and pot up. Tidy oriental poppies after flowering and leave seed heads to ripen, then store the seeds in used envelopes or scatter ready for next year. Keep some seed heads for use in dried flower arrangements.

Keep on top of trailing, rambling and climbing roses. Getting at the branches where you need to tie them is not an easy task – try using sweet pea rings rather than ties until you can manage to tie in properly. Try planting clematis, choosing ones which bloom throughout the year, and let them intertwine with the roses. If you don’t want to under plant roses, lay clematis down round the bushes for a carpet of colour.

Keep an eye on pests and treat accordingly. A piece of carpet at the base of cabbages will stop cabbage root fly which likes to lay its eggs close to the stem. Salad crops are doing well and hopefully you will have sown in succession so that you won’t have any waste. Strawberries are fruiting well and raspberries will soon be ready – there’s nothing nicer than freshly picked berries with clotted cream!

Keep on top of dead-heading, to encourage more flowers. If you don’t want to pull out wallflowers cut them back and they will bush out making good plants for next year. Antirrhinums can be treated the same way after saving seeds – this saves sowing for another year and cuts the cost of compost.

Hopefully it will be a ‘flaming June’ so that when all the chores are done you can sit back with a cool drink and admire your labours.

Bird Watch with Stan Kenyon

One of the recently arrived summer visitors giving added interest to country walks is the sedge warbler.

It is a small active bird. Above it is olive-brown with darker streaks and crown and a whitish stripe over the eye. Below it is whitish with buff on the chest and flanks.

A bird of lowland marsh and waterside habitats, it prefers reedbeds with bushes and hedges beside wet ditches, but breed also in dry scrub vegetation such a bramble thickets and occasionally in crops like oil-seed rape. Fairburn Ings is a good place to see sedge warblers.

Sedge Warbler

Ilkley Flower Show Society This year, several classes in Ilkley Flower Show have a Royal theme to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and preparation of the Show Schedule is well underway.

One class is especially for schools, and is open to both junior and senior schools. This competition, the theme of which is ‘Celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee’, will be judged before the Flower Show and the closing date for entries is Wednesday 11th July.

All the local schools have been circulated with details, however, if your school has not received a copy please contact Bob Smith, Flower Show Secretary.

Prize winners will be presented with their trophies at the Flower Show, on Saturday 4th August at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley.

The complete Show Schedule and entry forms will be available at the end of June. Details of the Flower Show classes are available now. Please contact Bob Smith on 01943 877244 or rsmith6pj@btinternet.com

Their loud, fast and varied song is delivered from a reed stem or branch, but they will launch themselves into short fluttering song flights.

Sedge warblers in their chosen places are fairly common migrants, showing a slight decline in numbers nationally.

This is thought to be related to conditions in their African wintering grounds. When rains fail there, the volume of visitors reaching us can fall dramatically.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

OTLEY’S CELEBRATION OF CYCLING

and faster road routes. All leave Otley Cycle Club at 9.15am. Later in the day, Joseph Cullen will lead a Discover Otley by cycle path ride.

For those who want to pedal, but not go anywhere, Otley Cycle Club is holding another of its successful ‘Roller Racing’ competitions, where riders take each other on in adrenalin-pumped racing on stationery bikes. Free bike checks and basic repairs, children’s games, Olympic cycling art, a display by Otley Museum and the world famous Ron Kitching cycling memorabilia library will also be on offer. Plus there will be refreshments at the Otley Cycling Clubhouse and a BBQ.

Wharfedale plays host to an exciting new event this month with the first Otley Cycling Festival on Sunday 8th July. The event is a day-long celebration of cycling in what is sure to be a massive year for cycling at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The action-packed, all-day festival, organised by Otley Cycle Club, includes a series of events in the town and across Wharfedale. There will be seven organised cycle rides to choose from, designed to suit all abilities, and including a cross country mountain bike route, a women-only ride, rides for all the family, social leisure rides

Organisers hope the festival will become an annual event and will encourage more people to take up cycling and enjoy Wharfedale’s beautiful countryside on two wheels.

For more information, visit www.otleycyclingfestival.com, or email Stephen Gallagher sjgallagher67@gmail.com

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WALKERS ARE WELCOME OTLEY Walkers are Welcome Otley will be unveiling plaques to mark the start and end of the popular 38 mile Six Dales Trail which starts in Otley and finishes in Middleham.

The ceremonies will be held during the Otley Walking Festival which will take place between 23 June and 1 July 2012. The plaque in Otley, which is at the Buttercross close to the Jubilee Clock, will be unveiled at 9.30am on Sunday 24th June, immediately before the first stage of the Six Dales Trail Walk being undertaken as part of the Walking festival.

The plaque at Middleham, which marks the end of the trail, will be unveiled on Tuesday 26th June, when the third stage of the walk is completed.

For more information about Walkers are Welcome (Otley) and the Six Dales Trail visit www.waw-otley.org.uk. For details on Otley Walking Festival see www.otleywalkingfestival.btck.co.uk or www.chevintrek.co.uk

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HEALTH & FITNESS

WOMEN V CANCER FUNDRAISING DAY AT LA FITNESS

Karen Burton and Christine NorthMinchella are organising a Women v Cancer fundraising day at LA Fitness Health Club, Haworth Lane, Yeadon, LS19 (0113 2391155) on Saturday 23rd June from 9am – 1pm.

Non-members as well as members are welcome and bookings can be made for Zumba, Spin, Body Pump, Ricochet, the 5k walk/run (starting at 9.30/10am), and indoor rowing competitions. You can also take advantage of physio consultations, hand reflexology,

massage, and nail polishing on the day. Plus there will be posh frocks, fascinators, shoes and jewellery for sale, and children’s activities.

All instructors are giving their time free of charge and all donations and class fees will go to the charity.

Karen recently registered with Action for Charity to take part with other women in a challenge this November which involves cycling 350km in India over five days in support of Women v Cancer. “In 2009 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy”, said Karen. “So far I have been clear for two years. This is my way of giving something back.”

To find out more about Karen’s personal challenge, visit her Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/Karen-Burton3

MORE SUCCESS FOR OTLEY BADMINTON CLUB Otley Badminton Club has had a successful season, with teams attaining higher positions than expected - the 1st Team was promoted to Champions of Division 2 of the Harrogate League.

The Leeds Mixed team played in the final of the Fryer Hallam Trophy and was runner up, despite winning on points on the night to Farsley. The Men’s B team exited the Anchor Trophy against Ilkley, but managed to get to the semi finals, and the Men’s A team consolidated their place in Division 3 of the Leeds League.

Otley Badminton Club now has teams competing at all levels and is looking to recruit new members over the summer, when they are running a series of open nights. Sessions are held at Prince Henry’s Grammar School. If you are interested in attending, the timings are: Monday nights 7.30-9.30pm and Friday nights 7 – 9pm.

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GRAHAM PREPARES FOR A SUMMER CHARITY CHALLENGE

A member of Otley Athletic Club has devised his own triathlon that will take three months to complete and help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Graham Lake begins his ‘homemade’ triathlon on 2nd June with the Wharfedale Marathon, an off-road event starting in Threshfield, just outside Grassington.

On 15th July he will take part in the 500-metre Epic Lakes Swim Series at Ullswater, in the Lake District, ahead of the York Sportive, a 100-mile cycle ride on August 19th.

“This is very much a homemade triathlon”, said Graham, “and I’m calling it ‘Graham’s Summer Charity Challenge’. The run and bike ride are both further than I’ve ever done before, and I haven’t swum in open water previously – in fact, I’ve only learnt front-crawl in the past few weeks! Anyone who’d like to sponsor me can do so at www.charitygiving.co.uk/ grahamlake”

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SOUND & VISION The film opens with a pair of company officials in the employ of some shadowy organization tootling about a sprawling, vaguely governmental building complex discussing the logistics of a work project, speculating as to whether or not other departments are up to speed and so forth. The action then cuts to a group of college kids gearing up for a weekend at a remote cabin where they will try and have sex with one another and … well, you know the rest.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS DIRECTED BY: DREW GODDARD STARRING: : BRADLEY WHITFORD, RICHARD JENKINS, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, ANNA HUTCHISON, BRIAN WHITE, JESSE WILLIAMS CERT: 15 LENGTH: 95 MINS The conventions of horror movies are now so familiar and well worn it’s becoming ever more difficult to do anything original with the genre. The grim predictability of events is often part of the fun and, oddly for a style of filmmaking that relies so heavily on shocks and surprises, it’s comforting that you pretty much know where you are with a horror movie. You know the drill; a group of pretty but vacant teens try and have sex with one another and are gorily dispatched one by one by a deranged axe-wielding psychopath/ supernatural being/backwoods inbred cannibalistic hillbillies (delete as appropriate).

Well, as the tagline for The Cabin in the Woods exclaims, “You think you know the story … think again.” Co-written

by Buffy creator and genre-twisting fanboy favorite, Joss Whedon, the film amusingly toys with ones expectations and preconceptions of this strain of horror movie. Whedon isn’t the first to attempt this, Wes Craven had his post modern take on the genre that made his name with his New Nightmare and, later, the increasingly poor Scream movies (themselves lampooned in the woefully abysmal Scary Movie 36 June 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk

franchise). So, what new tricks can Whedon bring to a genre that has so willingly embraced self-satire? Well, if not actual scares then more than a few decent laughs.

It transpires that the organisation we glimpsed at the start of the film is in the business of orchestrating these familiar horror scenarios and bumping off nubile youngsters as sacrificial offerings. The whole thing is an intricately stage managed set up. So, basically, we’re talking Evil Dead meets The Truman Show. Ever wondered why the kids in horror movies are so dumb and continue to make increasingly irrational decisions no matter how much you yell at the screen “No, wait, don’t go in there!

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Well the explanation offered here is that the organisation pumps in mind altering chemicals that impair the cognitive reasoning of the soon to be deceased. The cabin itself is fully wired up with cameras and microphones and when a bugging device is discovered by one of the group he excitedly assumes he’s in a reality TV show.

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PLANET LEEDS RETURNS TO BRIGGATE ALASKA PLAYING PLANET LEEDS 2011

Planet Leeds, the multicultural street festival, returns to Briggate, Leeds City Centre, on Saturday 16th June, 11am – 4pm.

This free, annual street festival showcases performers from diverse cultures and communities across the city. Previous festivals have featured Iranian guitarists, homeless theatre groups, belly dancers, Congolese drummers, Chapeltown poets and hiphop artists, Irish and Indian dance, Eastern European klezmer music, folk, rock and much more.

Leeds is the most culturally diverse UK city outside London, but we rarely get the opportunity to appreciate that diversity. Planet Leeds provides a positive platform for a wide range of performers – new and established, young and old, mainstream and niche, bringing different people together to enjoy a vibrant, community-led event.

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MUSICLISTINGS Jazz at HEART Fri 1June, from 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Monthly Jazz Jam. Join in with some of the best local musicians or just enjoy listening in friendly setting with good food & drink.

Beatlemania Fri 1 June, 7.30pm at King’s Hall, Ilkley, with internationally touring Them Beatles.

Kathryn Williams Presents The Pond Fri1June, from 7:30pm at Brudenell Social Club. KW has teamed up with Simon Edwards & Ginny Clee for a pop project – more Gorillaz than Guthrie - that will take many by surprise. £16.50 Dave Challis Trio First Sun of month, 1pm at The Wheatley Arms, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley.

Jubilee Jazz Jamboree – a Big Band Boogie on Briggate Sun 3 June, 11am – 4pm.

Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee weekend. Fantastic line-up incl. New York Brass Band. Free.

Anais Mitchell Sun 3 June, from 8.15 at Brudenell Social Club. American folk/alt country musician, described as one of the best under 30 singer-songwriters. Plus The Young Man Band. Tickets £11 from Jumbo Records DB Toots Sun 3 June, 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Saxman & flautist Jon Taylor with singer Kate Peters. £5/£4 under 16s free.

Serious Sam Barrett Tues 5 June, The Junction, Bondgate, Otley. Great acoustic folk/ blues.

Megson Wed 6 June, 7.30pm at Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall. University of Leeds. Stu & Debbie HannaPalmer in concert. Described as ‘two of the freshest, most original performers in the latest folk revival’.

Colleen’s Fancy Wed 6 June, 8pm at the Falcon Club, Beech Hill, Otley. Great Irish/Country duo. Details: 01943 461 024

Plumhall Wed 6 June, Otley Folk Club at Korks, Bondgate, Otley. Formerly of Chumbawamba, Waking the Witch & Accidental Tourists, Michelle Plum has teamed up with Nick Hall of The Hall Brothers. Powerful, emotive, original songs, gorgeous harmonies & dynamic guitar playing. Launch night of debut album.

Gypsy Fire Sat 9 June, 8pm at Otley Courthouse. Stunning instrumental performances, reviving music from the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin, rock, blues. £10/£8 advance, £11/£9 on door Journeys Home: Otley Singers & Moornotes Fri 15 June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

Two of the region’s finest community choirs together for the first time. £7/6.

Django Django Thurs 14 June at The Cockpit, Leeds.

‘Psychedelic art pop at its brilliant best’ -The Guardian.

Tickets £9.50 Jumbo Records.

Paul Buckley Thurs 14 June, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Singer/Songsriter playing folk, blues, jazz.

Al Morrison’s Blues Experience Fri 15 June, 8pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Celebrating the music of great blues artists.

The Diamonds Sat 16 June at The Swan, Addingham. Great 60s covers band.

Michael de Souza Quartet Sun 17 June, 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. One of the new crop of Leeds College of Music guitarists with his group. £5/£4 under 16s free.

Airedale Symphony Orchestra Sun 17 June, 7.30pm at King’s Hall, Ilkley.

Programme includes Rossini, Dvorak & Sibelius. Tickets from Ilkley Tourist Office Alan Price & his Band Wed 20 June at King’s Hall, Ilkley.

Playing well-loved hits from 60s & new music.

COMA (Contemporary Music for All) Wed 20 June, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Premiering new work by composer Alison Wrenn Warsaw Village Band Thurs 21 June, 7:45pm at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Grand Theatre. Unique sound incorporating strings, furious drums, trance, improvisation, experimentation & elements of roots music. Winners of Best Newcomer BBC World Music Awards 2004.

British Wildlife presents A Grand Day Out 2012 Sat 23 June, 6 – 11pm at Otley Courthouse. Indie-pop starlets Post War Glamour Girls, Chicago soloist Juffage & synth veterans Runners. £6 Last Orders Sat 23 June at The Swan Addingham. Classic rock ‘n’ roll and country rock.

Live at The Lido Sat 23 June, 5.45 – 11pm at Ilkley Lido.

Line up: Shatter the Skies, Quentin’s Basement, Boys off the Bench, Clear, Unity Code, Ice Cream for Activists, Sound Engine, Simple Abhoration, The Concetines, Colette Hawarth, Ben Floyd, Jack & Giles, Sam White, Safehouse, George & Dan, Black Clover, Between the Lines. Tickets £10/£6 from Ilkley Swimming Pool.

The Impossible Gentlemen Sat 23 June 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton Anglo American superstars help celebrate Seven Jazz’s 5th anniversary. One of the most exciting jazz collaborations for a long time. Tickets £20/£18 from Seven Arts 262 6777 Boo Hewerdine+ Brooke Williams Sat 23 June, 8pm Brudenell Social Club.

Frontman of 80s band The Bible, songwriter & accomplished performer is joined by brilliant guitarist & singer/songwriter from Boston.Tickets £11 from Jumbo Records.

Lightyear Sun 24 June, from 7pm at Brudenell Social Club.

Derby’s finest punk outfit performs a select few final explosive shows. £10 from Jumbo & Crash Advance

Yorkshire Brass Quintet Sun 24 June, 2.30pm Wharfemeadows Park, Otley The Dennis Casson Family Concert Sun 24 June, 3pm at King’s Hall, Ilkley. Sinfonia of Leeds plays Glinka, Prokofiev, Barber & Bernstein.

Beverly Beirne Sun 24 June, 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Swinging Leeds jazz singer with the Graham Hearn quartet. £5/£4 under 16s free.

Encore!! Thurs 28 June, 8pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Soirée of fabulous French music from Piaf to Brel & beyond. Tickets £8/6.50 from HEART 275 4548 Leeds Bluegrass Club Thurs 28 June, from 8.30pm at The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane). Live acoustic Americana roots/ Bluegrass/Country music.

Resident bands + guests.

Picking sessions in back rooms, musicians welcome.

Lots of Real’ Ales. £3 on door.

Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040 Valkyrie Sat 30 June at The Swan Addingham. Five piece rock band playing everything from Chuck Berry to Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix & The Clash.

Endellion String Quartet Tues 3 July, 7.30pm The Venue, Leeds College of Music. Playing Haydn, Beethoven Smetana. Tickets £19.50/£17.50 from 224 3801 Journey into India: Manasamitra Fri 6 July, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

World Music/Dance featuring classical Carnatic Indian music & Bharathanatyam dance. £10/£8 in advance, £11/£9 on door.

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YOUNGER LIFE

ST. MARY’S CROWNED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

St. Mary’s Catholic High School Year 10 Football team recently played Roundhay School in the final of the Leeds League Playoffs at the John Charles Centre for Sport and won!

After a tense opening 10 minutes where goalkeeper Tom Brady made two superb saves, St. Mary’s took the lead through Aaron Roberts, who added a second goal ten minutes later. At full time, with the score still at 2-0, they were crowned Leeds League Champions 2012. A brilliant end to an excellent season.

A FAIRYTALE KINGDOM AT EUREKA! Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax is holding a right royal week of magical fairytales from Saturday 2nd June to Sunday 10th June, to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Drawing on a mix of fairytale traditions and stories, the whole week is designed to help children discover dashing heroes, wicked villains, charming princes and beautiful princesses.

There will be regular Princess Workshops where aspiring young hopefuls can learn what it takes to be a royal for a day, while children aged five and under can make crowns and coronets and get a taste for wearing royal headgear!.

Around the museum two very ugly sisters will be searching for their elusive prince (to no avail), while dashing knights battle it out to win the affections of an equally elusive beauty who might just, if her dreams come true, become a princess.

Will everyone live happily ever after or will it all end in tears? Join the unfolding story at the Fairytale Kingdom of Eureka!

All events and activities are free with standard admission.

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MAKE THIS YEAR A RECORD BREAKER FOR CHILDLINE!

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The ChildLine Big Birthday week (8-12 October) will see schools across West Yorkshire take part in a host of fun and quirky fundraising activities to celebrate the milestone and raise £250,000. As part of this, ChildLine is hoping to break a GuinnessTM World Record by inviting every school to send in their birthday greeting for inclusion in the giant card.

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ChildLine, the free confidential helpline and online service for children and young people, has counselled almost 2.7 million children and young people since it was set up. “When ChildLine was launched back in October 1986, it received 50,000 attempted calls on the first night from desperate young people” said ChildLine Founder, Esther Rantzen. “Today it is able to answer almost every call and provides help and advice to thousands of children every day, about issues such as bullying, bereavement, abuse and family problems.

“Twenty five years on we’re still providing comfort and protection for children and young people who contact us by phone and online. But we need to raise funds to pay for the service.

Taking part in the ChildLine Big Birthday week is a fantastic way for schools to show their support, helping us to continue our service for another 25 years.”

To find out more about ChildLine’s Big Birthday week, visit www.nspcc.org.uk/thebigbirthday

Artstars Saturday Art Club, 10am – 12 noon at Otley Courthouse. For children aged 5 – 12 (under 8s with an adult in the building). £5 per session.

Baby Rascals Are you a new Mum? Would you like to meet others & enjoy a cup of coffee? Come to Otley Parish Church, Wed 1 – 2.45pm (term time). Details: 01943 463 815.

Chevin Wildlife WATCH Group Fun kids & parents group run by volunteers in partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust & one of the longest running WATCH Group in Yorkshire. Activities every 1st Sat & 3rd Sun. Details: Jennifer Watts on 0113 237 5320, chevinwildlifewatch@ hotmail.co.uk Half Term Activities @ Otley Courthouse Wed 6 June: Clay Creations with Sandra Flitcroft; Thurs 7 June: Magical Concertina Books with Kate Bowles; Fri 8 June: Rag Weaving with Aneeta Milligan.10:30am – 12:30pm, £5 per child, under 7s must be accompanied by adult. Details & to book: 01943 467466, admin@otleycourthouse.org. uk Little Rascals meet Wed 9.30 – 11.15am (term time) in Otley Parish Church. A group for pre-school children, parents & carers. Toys, drinks, crafts. Free. Details: 01943 463815 Otley Children’s Centre Provides free groups & information for parents & carers of children aged 0 – 5.

The centre is open 9am – 5pm all year round. Groups include: stay & play sessions, baby signing, mini-movers, baby cafe, parenting courses & many more. Details: 01943 467379, hargrad02@leedslearning.net Otley Junior Orchestra (ages 8 – 12) Thurs 3.30 – 4.30pm. Details: 01943 462826 Otley Rhythmic Gymnastics Thurs 4.45 – 5.30pm (ages 3-6); 5.30 – 6.30pm (age 7+). Details: Karen 07947 123293 Otley Youth Theatre (13 – 18) Mon 6 – 7.45pm. Details: 01943 466256 Performance Drama School (Age 4+) Wed 5 – 9pm, Sat 10am – 12 noon. Details: 01943 602265 Saturday Artstars 10am – 12 noon at Otley Courthouse.

Exciting Art activities for 5 - 12 year olds (under 8 with adult). £5 per session.

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THACKRAY MUSEUM CELEBRATES FIFTEEN YEARS OF TELLING THE STORY OF MEDICINE equipment, books and trade literature which was the company archive. Over the years, this has grown to over 44,000 objects and 18,000 books, including the largest collection of medical trade literature in the world.

An award-winning museum

Housed in a unique, 150 year old, Grade 2 listed building, which was formerly the Leeds Union Workhouse, the Thackray Medical Museum has its origins in the Beeston-based medical supply company, Chas F. Thackray Ltd. Paul Thackray, a former director and major shareholder, established a charitable trust with the aim of building a medical museum based around the small collection of medical

The Museum, conveniently located next door to St James’s Hospital and just five minutes from the city centre, first opened its doors in 1997. Since then it has won an Interpret Britain Award, a Museum of the Year Award, has been nominated for European Museum of the Year and received a Sandford Award for Excellence in Education.

Set over two floors, with nine interactive galleries for people of all ages, you can step back in time and experience the sights, sounds and smells of the streets of Leeds in 1842; discover how medicine has changed our lives through fun activities; and try fantastic games; there are even live leeches!

Learning about medical advances The award-winning galleries look at how improved living conditions and medical advances have helped to extend life expectancy by about 50 years since 1840. In Pain, Pus and Blood you can learn about surgery without anaesthetics, and see how childbirth has become safer in Having a Baby. InThe Life Zone you can enter a giant gut and

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explore the human body – great for mini-medics!

The education centre has great school sessions and family drop-in activities – free all year with annual tickets and catering for children of all ages. The Museum Café is all about healthy eating, and the Victorian gift shop sells interesting items, ranging from retro toys to leech jars, giant pill boxes and blood filled slime bags!

A fantastic programme for its anniversary year As part of the year long anniversary celebrations, museum staff have created a ‘best bits’ calendar of themed events, drop-in activities and exhibitions, which are open to the public all year around, seven days a week, (apart from a few days over Christmas and New Year).

The Thackray is an independent charity dedicated to telling the story of medicine. For further information visit www.thackraymusuem.org or call 0113 244 4343. Tickets now last all year and on-site car parking is only £1 for museum and café visitors.

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ACTIVE Addingham Yoga Circle Meets Mon 7.30 – 9pm at Addingham Primary School, Bolton Rd. (term time). All welcome, including beginners.

Friendly club for all who want to benefit from practising Hatha yoga. Details: Margaret 01943 431248

Buttercross Belles Women’s North West Morris Dance team. New dancers (experience not necessary) & musicians always welcome. Details: www. buttercrossbelles.com or squire@buttercrossbelles.com Father’s Day Skydive Sun 17 June in aid of St Gemma’s Hospice. Jump for your dad or with your dad. Raise the minimum of £395 & you jump for free! Details: Michelle 218 5570, michelleb@st-gemma. co.uk Grove Hill Tennis Club, Otley runs a year-round social programme. Club plays 3 mixed doubles teams in Wharfedale league, a men’s team in the Yorkshire league & a Leeds medley team.

Excellent coaching for both adults & juniors. Details: www. otleytennis.webs.com Grove Hill Crown Green Bowls Club Welcomes new members – all ages, beginners or experienced. Get fit & have fun. Details: Judith 01943 462963 Ilkley Yoga Club Meets Thurs, 7.30 – 9pm in Riddings Hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley. A friendly club where both beginners & those with experience can enjoy Hatha yoga. All welcome. Details: Margaret 01943 431248 Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10K Run For All Sun 8 July. St Gemma’s has 20 guaranteed places for this popular run.

Join their team and help raise funds for the hospice. Details: Michelle 0113 218 5570, michelleb@st-gemma.co.uk

Last Man Stands are looking for additional teams to enter their cricket leagues. They cater for all standards. Details: Paul 07795 154444, leeds@ lastmanstands.co.uk Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Mon 7 - 8pm at Holt Park Leisure Centre.

Are you disabled or recovering from a condition where swimming/exercising in water could help? We provide a safe, sociable private pool session where you can work to your own ability to gain strength & confidence. Details: Roger 267 4716, Sarah 287 6250 www. ladsc.co.uk Otley Athletic Club is your local running club. It caters for everyone, so don’t be afraid to go along to one of their training session – Tues & Thurs, 7.15pm at Otley Cricket Club, Cross Green. Reduced membership for first year – £15 rather than £25. Details: www.otleyac.org.uk/ Otley Badminton Club meet at Prince Henry’s Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm & Fri 7 – 9pm. Junior Club coaching available Sat 9.30 – 11am. New members welcome. Details: Steve Norfolk 07860 242089, info@ otleybadmintonclub.co.uk, www.otleybadmintonclub. co.uk Otley Walkers Twice weekly walks, 5 – 20 miles.

Weekends away & special events. New members welcome. Annual membership £5. Get the programme & try before joining. Details: 01943 875 995, otleywalkers@ talktalk.net Pudsey & District Rambling Club: Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sundays & alternate Thurs.

Friendly, long established club with members from all around area. New members very welcome. Annual membership £5 (£1 juniors). Try before you join. Details: 01943 430657 or pat_barnett@yahoo.com with PDRC as subject

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trek to Everest Base Camp, climb Mt Kilimanjaro, run the Great North Run, Leeds 10k or walk 10 miles. There’s something for everyone.

Details: 0113 218 5555, www.st-gemma.co.uk/events/ events.html Wharfedale Wayzgoose Tues 8.30 – 10pm, Wesley Hall, Walkergate, Otley. Energetic Mixed Border Morris. New dancers & musicians welcome. No previous experience necessary.

Details: Anita Walker squire@ wharfedale-wayzgoose.co.uk, Malcolm Hills 01943 462605/ 07918 611614, bagman@ wharfedale-wayzgoose.co.uk Yarnbury Angling Club Matches held 1st Sun of month. Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues.

Membership details: Adrian Addy on 07956 964713.

ARTS & CRAFTS Chinese Brush Painters Society Sun10 June, 10am – 4pm at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool, Painting workshop run by Anne Allan on ‘Tigers’ in half freestyle/ half meticulous style. New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@cbpsyorks.co.uk Ilkley Art Club meets Tues, 7.30pm at The Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Rd. No meeting 5 June because of Jubilee celebrations. June 12: ‘Location, Location’. June 19: Lecture evening. Visitors welcome. Varied programme throughout June & into July.

Details: Keith Ives 07787 831941 Otley Art Club meets Wed, 7.30pm at People’s Welfare Centre, Crossgate. Variety of activities, incl. exhibitions in July & Nov. 2 May: Pastel Drawing workshop. New members welcome. Details: Phil Taylor 01943 467029 ba_phil@hotmail.com

Pool Art Group Fri 10am12pm, Pool Methodist Church.

Support & encouragement from fellow artists at all levels.

Details: Pat Walker 0113 203 7952.

Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 27 June, 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby LS17 ‘Sizzling Summer’, demonstration by Pamela Alexander. Visitors welcome.

Details: 01943 863172.

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Coffee Morning Every Sat, Otley Methodist Church Wesley Hall, 10am–12 noon.

Homemade cakes, scones etc & a friendly atmosphere.

Access Boroughgate & Walkergate (disabled access).

Coffee Morning 1st Sat every month, 9.30 – 11.30am Burley in Wharfedale United Reformed Church, Main St. Lots of stalls, incl. home baking, handcrafted cards, bric-a-brac, books & nearly new clothes – all at bargain prices!

Country Market Fri 22 June, 10am – 12 noon at Riverside Hotel, Ilkley, & Fri 1 & 15 June, 9.30 - 11.30am at St John Ambulance Hall, Gay Lane Otley (please note change of venue). Homemade, home grown & handcrafted produce - range of breads, biscuits, preserves, cakes & pastries, plus variety of craft items & cards.

Indoor Carboot Sale Sat 23 June, 10am – 1pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd. Moortown. Free parking. Entry by donation.

Refreshments.

St. John’s Parish Church, Menston with Woodhead Sat 30 June, St. John’s Summer Fair ‘Menston by the Sea’ 2pm at Menston Primary School.

St Gemma’s Hospice Fitness Challenges Make this the year you help the hospice. Skydive,

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West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society Annual Display & Plant Sale Sun 10 June, 10am – 3pm Blenheim Courtyard, Golden Acre Park, Bramhope. Sat 16 June, 10am – 3pm: Open Day at Chevin Nurseries, East Carlton, LS19 6BG. Find out more about the propagation & growing of these fascinating plants & the Society.

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

Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs 8.30 – 9pm at The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane, Pool in Wharfedale. All welcome. Details: 0113 391 0403 www.alwoodleymc.org. uk Ben Rhydding Bridge Club meets Mon, 9.30am at Ben Rhydding Methodist Church.

New members always welcome. Details: Molly 01943 466605 Burley in Wharfedale & District Probus Club New Members Needed! Retired or semi-retired men welcome.

Fortnightly meetings in Salem United Reformed Church hall. Varied programme of speakers, social events, quizzes & outings. Details: Rod McKenzie 01943 865561 Chevin Division Trefoil Guild meets 7.30pm on 1st Mon of the month in Otley or Guiseley. The group offers a varied calendar of events, with opportunities for travel, adventure & broadening your horizons, & supports Girl Guiding UK. Details: 01943 872892.

Friends of the Earth meet monthly in Ilkley. They campaign on global issues such as climate change, & local issues like waste & recycling & developing a sustainable community.

Details: www.wharfedalefoe. org.uk Friends of University Art and Music (Leeds) helps to foster the musical & artistic outreach of the University of Leeds.

Membership open to all.

Regular activities. Sun 1 July: Garden Party. Details: 343 2584, www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam Ilkley & District Motor Club 1st & 4th Wed every month, Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green, Otley, starting 8pm. Everyone welcome. Also meets 2nd, 3rd & 5th Wed at other locations.

Details: www.ilkleymotorclub. org Ilkley & District U3A an educational self-help group offering wide range of interest & activity groups for retired. There’s something for everyone who would like to keep learning & socialising.

Day-time sessions. Drop-in sessions 10.30am 1st Mon of month at Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley. Details: 01943 465059, www.IlkleyU3A.org Ilkley Rotary Club meets Tues 12.30pm (6.30pm on last Tues of month) for meal & speaker at Craiglands Hotel.

Global network of local and international community volunteers. Details: Kelvin Newberry 01943 863752, kelvin.newberry@btinternet. com Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club Small friendly club welcomes both male & female members.

Meetings held at Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Tues 8pm.

Details: Georges Lepelley 01943 600712 or www. ilkleywharfedale.rotary1040. org 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 Kirklands Bridge Club Menston rubber bridge club meets at Kirklands alt Tues evenings.

Details: Dorrie Waugh 01943 872771/ Carol Cowell 0113 267 0426.

Leeds Anglo German Club Wed 27 June 7.30pm at St Columba’s URC, Headingley Lane. ‘Komm Mit Nach Tirol!’

Illustrated talk on different aspects of the Austrian Tirol (in German & English) with Chris & Ishbel Willey. Sat 30 June: Sommerfest – Summer meal at Castle Grove. Details: 268 7697

Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group meets 1st Wed of month, 1.30pm at Pudsey Civic Hall LS28 5TA. Friendship & activities for people of retirement age. Speaker or entertainment at 2pm. Days out, dining, walks, computers, etc. New members welcome.

Details: 258 5955.

Leeds Caledonians Sat 9 June: Burns World Federation Yorkshire District, AGM, Bowling & Quiz Finals in Leeds.

Mon 25 June: Annual Bowling Match, Harrogate v Leeds.

Details: 0113 267 0424, www. leedscaledonians.org.uk Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meeting Wed 30 May & Mon 2 July, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. Headingley LS6. Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495, info@leedshospitalalert. org.uk Leeds Oxfam Group Lively group campaigns on issues of interest to anyone concerned about global justice. Everyone welcome. Details: www. oxfamleeds.org.uk/, or Facebook Leeds University Old Students’ Association welcomes all former students of the University. Next event: visit to Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, on Wed 13 June, 2pm. Details: 261 4564, gmroche@btinternet.com Looking for a 41 Club? Ilkley Olicana 41 Club meets at Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, 7.30pm on 3rd Wed of each month. Open to all those who have been in Round Table.

Details: Paul Kitching 01943 604683. paulk152@gmail. com 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: 0113 257 7274, www. mercurymoviemakers.com National Trust Supporter Group (Leeds) supports National Trust properties & places in Yorkshire & the North East. The summer programme of visits, walks & holidays is underway. Indoor meetings

at St.Chad’s, Far Headingley, begin again in Oct. Details: Pam 258 8178 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 Otley in Bloom A friendly group of volunteers who work to improve the green environment of the town. New members welcome. Meetings at Otley Courthouse, 7pm first Tues of every month.

Otley Chevin Rotary Club Meets at Chevin Country Park Hotel, York Gate, Mon, 7.30pm. Dinner followed by interesting speaker. Rotary provides a wide range of services - local, national & international, plus a good social programme. Details: Bill Baker 01943 462400 Otley Film Society Presents Into the Wild Thurs 28 June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

Written & directed by Sean Penn, showing as part of Otley Walking Festival. £3 Otley Home Grown Thurs 7 June, 7pm at Otley Courthouse, a talk by David Allison Secretary of the National Vegetable Society, on ‘Twelve Months in a Vegetable Garden’. Non-members welcome. Refreshments available.

Otley Lions Club meets 1st & 3rd Mon, 8pm in Horse & Farrier, Bridge St. Bookshop 5, Mercury Row, Tues, Fri & Sat, & Otley Market Sun am. New members & helpers welcome. Full social programme. Details: David McDowell 01943 467551 brantwoodconsultant@aol. com, Patrick McCauley 01943 466917 pg@mcatkins.co.uk Otley Little Theatre Live theatre & musical events in Otley. New members welcome – acting, singing, dancing & anyone who can help with technical backstage. Details: Lee Wells 01943 464982, info@olt.org.uk, www.otley. co.uk/littletheatre

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Otley Poets meet 1st Tues of month, 8pm at Korks Wine Bar, Bondgate, Otley, for poems, drinks & occasional guest poets. Details: Sandra Burnett 01943 465372, Sandra@s-burnett.fsnet.co.uk Otley Rotary Club meets weekly at Westbourne House, Bradford Road, Otley, Thurs 12.30 – 1.45pm. Open to active or retired professional or business people. Lunch followed by guest speaker.

Details: Keith Thompson 01943 879329 ktswoop@ talktalk.net Pool Bridge Club meets on Mon (excl bank holidays),1.15 – 4.30pm at Pool Methodist Church.

Social Events Club Meals, pub nights, theatre/film/music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away, holidays & more. Mainly over 30s.

Monthly new members’ night in North Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025, www.leedsivc.org. uk

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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

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.

Wharfedale Gardeners’ Group Meets 7.30pm 2nd Tues of the month (Sept - May) at Otley Methodist Church. Guest speakers, plant sales & trips.

Annual membership £10.

Details: Thelma Harrison 0113 225 6405.

Burley in Wharfedale Probus Male Voice Choir, Burley Catholic Church Hall, Bradford Rd. New rehearsal times: Mon 2.15 - 4.15pm, not mornings as of old.

Wharfedale German Circle meets around 15th of month at 8pm, Burley-in-Wharfedale.

Events include speakers, films, debates, quizzes, music, parties & conversation (English & German). Details: 01943 464087, wgcircle@ gmail.com, www.germancircle. ilkley.org Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s

MUSIC

Charity Concert Sat 7 July, 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Burley in Wharfedale. Neath Male Voice Choir from South Wales join Burley in Wharfedale’s ‘Shine’ Youth Gospel Choir in a one-off spectacular concert. In aid of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Tickets: £8/£4 from Becky Berry 01943 865805 The Chippendale Singers Mixed voice choir, rehearses Wed, 7.45 – 9.30pm Methodist Church, Boroughgate, Otley. Madrigals,

folksongs, spirituals & sacred works, & songs from shows.

Vacancies for male singers (music readers essential).

Details: Chris Denton 0113 284 3744 chrisjdenton@ gmail.com To book choir: Jan Wilkinson 01943 461318 www.chippendalesingers.co.uk Fairfax Singers (Burley-inWharfedale) sing for charity & corporate events. If you would like to book a concert please contact Marjorie Hall 01274 597024, marj.hall51@yahoo. co.uk. Waiting list for singers, contact Dorothy Hawkshaw Musical Director 01943 877464 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 Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band A friendly, community brass band welcomes new players. Possible instrument

loan, if needed. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds Trinity University College, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.

Details: Hannah Rowlands 250 0208, Betty Emberton 267 6529

Seven jazz Improvisation Group Fri 8 & 22 June, 7.30 – 10pm at the Methodist Centre, Chapel Allerton, LS7.

Run by Dominic Moore. £5 per session – just turn up & play! www.sevenjazz.co.uk

Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon, 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon. Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989.

Seven Jazz Summer Workshops Sat 9, 23, 30 June, 2.30 – 4.30pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £10/£8 Details & booking: Jean Watson 0113 237 0700 jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail. com

Opera North in Rawdon Mon 4 June, 7pm St Peter’s Church, Rawdon. An evening of musical celebration in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with 12 of the company’s top artists. Favourite operatic excerpts, songs from the shows & something patriotic!

Tickets (£10/ £7.50 incl. glass of bubbly & nibbles) from 07956 879 726.

Society of Recorder Players – meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley.

Different conductors take each meeting. Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome. Details: Caroline 01943 467348

Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearses fortnightly on Sundays, 7 - 9pm at Otley Courthouse. New members (especially upper strings) welcome. Details: john_ restorick@hotmail.com Otley Little Theatre Orchestra rehearses 1st & 3rd Wed of each month, 7.30pm at Otley St John Ambulance Station near Sainsbury’s. They play a range of music including musicals, popular & classical & would welcome more musicians. Details: Neil Briggs 07900 050346, aliandneil@briggs6566. freeserve.co.uk Otley Ukulele Orchestra meets Mon at the Woolpack Music & Arts Studio, 14 Bondgate, Otley. Under 16s (£3) 5 – 5.45pm, over 16s (£4) 6 – 7pm. All abilities welcome.

Some Ukuleles available to borrow. Join them for informal strum & singalong! Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk or Facebook.

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

Soroptimists’ Midsummer Prom Sun 24 June, 7pm at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Singing for the Brain’ project. Featuring City of Bradford Brass Band plus soloists Joanne Wagstaffe & Lucy Bates. Tickets £10 plus 50p postage from 07543 098 987, midsummerprom@yahoo. co.uk West Riding Opera has vacancies for chorus members to participate in concerts & staged opera selections. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Rehearsals Wed, 7.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@sky.com The White Rosettes Female barbershop chorus (four part unaccompanied harmony), 12 x national champions, rehearse Wed 7.30 – 10pm at Moorlands School, Foxhill Dr, Weetwood Lane, LS16 5PF. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@ whiterosettes.org.uk Yeadon & District Male Voice Choir Would welcome new members to take them through to their 100th anniversary in 2013. Rehearsals Thurs 7.45pm at Yeadon Methodist Church (side entrance), next to Yeadon Town Hall. Details: John Atkinson 0113 294 9095.

SENIORS Ilkley Senior Citizens Club meets Tues, 2pm in the Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley, for fellowship, entertainment & outings. Just turn up to join in the Concert Hall.

Jubilee Tea Dance Sat 2 June, 1.30 - 4.30pm at Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Rd, Ilkley.

Dancing to the New Horizons Dance Band, afternoon tea, raffle. Jubilee Dress optional!

Admission £6. Tickets in advance from Clarke Foley Centre or 01943 607016 Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group Friendship & activities for people of retirement age.

Meets 1st Wed of month at Pudsey Civic Centre 1.30pm.

Also days out, dining, walks, holidays, computer & play reading groups. New members welcome. Details: Barbara 01943 875208.

Menston Retired Men’s Forum Meetings 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 10am at Kirklands.

New members welcome.

Details: Ken Chadwick 01943 874530, Geoff Winter 01943 877832.

Otley Over 60s Club at Crossgate (opposite Rose & Crown) open Wed to Sat, 9am–12 noon, serving refreshments. Sequence Dancing on Wed 2 – 4pm; Gentle Exercise to Music on Thurs, 10.15–11.15am; Sat Bingo,1.45pm; bric- a-brac stall Fri & Sat 9am–12noon.

Otley Action for Older People Chair based exercise class 1.45 – 2.45pm at Otley Methodist Church, or 10 – 11am at Bennett Court. £3.

Details: 01943 463965 www. otleyactionforolderpeople. org.uk Sequence & Ballroom Dances Sat 9 June & 28 July, 8 – 11pm at Hollygarth Social Club. £3.50. Details: Michael 01943 608871 Sequence Tea Dance Old Pool Bank Village Hall, Fri 2 – 4pm.

A great way to exercise & socialise. All welcome. Details: 0113 284 2126.

Skipton Friendship Group Social group for active over 50s. Programme includes monthly meetings with talks at Broughton Rd Community Centre, Skipton, theatre trips, meals out, coffee mornings, book club & walks, plus annual day trip. Details: 01756 700992.

SPIRITUAL Bethel Evangelical Church Otley & Ilkley meets every Sun,10.30am at Whartons Primary School (off Newall Carr Road), Otley & 6pm at Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road, Ilkley. Details: Pastor Martin Woodier 01943 464631 www. bethelotleyilkley.com Guiseley Baptist Church is a growing welcoming community.

A mixture of ages, including children & young people meet at Sunday services at 9.30am & 11.15am. Details: 01943 884 233, www. guiseleybaptistchurch.co.uk Fourth Way Philosophy & Meditation Group Introductory meetings & readings from ‘In Search of the Miraculous’ by P.D. Ouspensky. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, info@gurdjieff-leeds. com The Leeds Gurdjieff Society Free Meditation at Ilkley Happiness Centre, Leeds Rd. Ilkley (above Veggie Cafe).

9.30 – 10.30am Mon – Fri, or 6.30 – 7.30pm Mon – Thurs. Meditations range from guided visualisation, to shamanic drumming, Sufi chanting & healing meditations. All welcome.

Details: 01943 601517, www. ilkleyhappinesscentre.co.uk Meditation Classes Tues, 7.30 – 9pm in Friend’s Meeting House, Queen Rd. Ilkley. Explore how Buddhist meditation can be used to solve daily problems, improve health & find meaning & purpose in life.

Guided meditations, how to meditate & discussion. £5.

Details: 01535 958189 www. enjoymeditation.org

Sequence Tea Dances at Winter Gardens Ilkley most Thurs, 1.45 – 3.45pm. Pay at door. Details: Michael 01943 608871 northleedslife.co.uk | June 2012 47

COMMUNITY NOTICES Menston Methodist Church would love to see you at their 10.30am service each Sunday. A busy Church with various activities, they are planning some special events to celebrate London 2012 Olympics. Details: 01943 871909.

Otley Methodist Church welcomes newcomers & visitors to their weekly services, Sun 10.30am.

Holy Communion 1st Sun of month & 9.30am 3rd Sun. Family Service 2nd Sun. Refreshments after each morning service. Fri shoppers service 10 – 10.30am. Disabled access on Boroughgate & Walkergate.

Otley Quakers meet 1st & 3rd Sun of the month, 10.45am – 12 noon. Details: 0113 318 8084, otley.quakers@ virgin.net. www.otley.co.uk/ churches/ Otley Spiritualist Church Church services: Tues healing 7.30pm; Wed healing 2.30pm; Sat Service 7pm (clairvoyance); Sun Service 6.30pm (divine). 38 Newmarket Street, Otley.

Rise & Shine @ 9 Everyone welcome. 30 minute cafestyle worship, ideal for all ages. Informal, friendly, light breakfast every Sunday, 9am at United Reformed Church, Main Street, Burleyin-Wharfedale. Details: Mirella 01943 465 353 St.John’s Parish Church , Menston Sunday Services: Holy Communion 8am; Parish Eucharist 10am on 1st, 3rd & 4th Sun, 10.30am 2nd Sun; Let’s Worship 9.15am 2nd Sun (children & young families); Evensong 4.30pm except Dec. St. John’s Parish Church, Menston with Woodhead Sun 10 June, Jubilee Celebration Service at 6pm. Sat 30 June, St. John’s Summer Fair ‘Menston by the Sea’ 2pm at Menston Primary School. Sat 14 July, The Follow the Fleece Theatre Company returns to present its dramatisation of Bradford’s woollen industry.

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1st Wed of month, 2 – 4pm.

People of all ages with arthritis, or an interest in it, most welcome. Details: 01943 466428.

Courthouse Inclusive Support Group Coffee morning Fri 11am – 12.30pm in Otley Courthouse Cafe for those experiencing, or who have experienced, emotional distress – including loss, loneliness or sadness. Friendly space to meet & chat. Details: Gill Roughley 01943 462816 or Allan Luxton 07891 272 077 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 Leeds Coeliac Group GlutenFree Indian Meal Fri 15 June, 7.30pm at Sheesh Mahal, Kirkstall Rd, Leeds. Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850, sandra.mclean@ btinternet.com Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090.

Lymphoma Association Support Group A friendly group that meets the last Mon of each month, 2pm at Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Information Centre, St. James’s Hospital, LS9 7TF. All who have experienced Lymphoma, their family & friends, are welcome. Frequent guest speakers. Details: Roy 01765 692132, Jane 0113 2811226, Norman 0113 267 3388.

Memory Lane Café 4th Thurs of month, 1.30 – 3.30pm, Otley Rugby Club. A supportive & welcoming environment for older people with memory problems or dementia. Enjoy some musical entertainment

& pass a sociable couple of hours. Refreshments. Support for carers. Transport available for small fee. Details: Otley Action for Older People 01943 463965

guests welcome (£5). Details: Ann Lightman 261 1363.

Overeaters Anonymous Do you struggle with compulsive eating or dieting? Meetings held Tues 7pm at HEART Headingley; Weds 6.30pm at Roundhay Friends Meeting House; Sat 10am at Rawdon Friends Meeting House. All welcome. Details: 07981 940603, www.oagb.org.uk

Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire) Interested in weather & atmospheric phenomenon? Monthly informal talks on all aspects – from extreme weather to climate change. Next meeting: Wed 20 June, 7pm at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Topic: ‘Antarctica from the Ocean’.

Free & open to all. Details: snorris@env.leeds.ac.uk, http://tinyurl.com/rmetsyc

Singing for the Brain Second Mon of each month, 1.303.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

A new singing group for people with dementia & their carers.

A fun, friendly & relaxed group with a trained facilitator.

Details: Rachel Feldberg 01943 462826, feldberg@ arthouse.demon.co.uk

Science Café Thurs 21 June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

An evening of science where speakers explain their theories on specialist subjects.

Speakers include awardwinning scientist Dr Katie Slocombe of York University on ‘Primate communication & Riots!’ £4/£3.

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.

WOMEN’S GROUPS

The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones. Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www.ychc.org.uk TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome, first visit free. Details: info@ leedsastronomy.org.uk, www. leedsastronomy.org.uk Leeds Decorative & Fine Arts Society (DFAS) Wed 20 June, 2pm at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Moor Rd. Far Headingley. Denise Heywood presents a talk on ‘The Art of Cambodia - from the Hindu temple complex at Angkor, to the modern day’. Pre-booked

Aireborough Soroptimist International meets 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm at Guiseley Methodist Church, Oxford Road, Guiseley Organisation for professional women addressing issues of importance to women worldwide. If you would like to volunteer in an atmosphere of support, friendship & fun, contact them. Details: Janet Lockwood 07947 695093.

Askwith with Weston Women’s Institute meets 2nd Thurs of month, 7.30pm at Askwith Village Hall. Very friendly group with interesting speakers each month. Come & find out for yourself. Details: Sue Appleyard 01943 839292.

Baby Rascals Are you a new Mum? Would you like to meet others & enjoy a cup of coffee? Come to Otley Parish Church Wed 1 – 2.45pm (term time) Details: 01943 463 815.

Ben Rhydding Women’s Institute Meets 2nd Thurs of each month, 2pm at B.R. Methodist Church Hall. All welcome.

COMMUNITY NOTICES Buttercross Belles A women’s North West Morris Dance team. New dancers (experience not necessary) & musicians always welcome.

Meet Thurs, Sept to May, 8 o’clock, St Joseph’s School, Otley. Details: www. buttercrossbelles.com or squire@buttercrossbelles.com Ilkley Soroptimist International Meet 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7.30pm at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Rd Ilkley.

Speakers, projects, networking & socialising for professional & community minded women.

Details: Loraine Powell 07966 247152 La Leche League of Wharfedale meets 1st Fri of month, 10am to noon, lower hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley. Breastfeeding help & support. Details: Becky on 01535 633788 Otley Townswomen’s Guild promotes the interests of women & raises money for charities. It meets 1st Thurs of each month, 7.30pm in the Lecture Room, Otley Methodist Church. Speakers plus wide variety of interest groups.

Visitors welcome. Details: S. Herbert 01943 468741 Reaching Out Group for widowed women young at heart & in years who would like to meet others in similar position. Meets Thurs 6.30 – 8.30pm, St John Ambulance Hut, Gaye Lane, Otley. A safe place for friendship & support.

Details: Lesley 07931 892747.

MISC/EVENTS Bee Swarms will be collected, free of charge, if accessible.

Details: Terry Beddows, 268 8231, 07964 517608

mammal survey, dragonfly walks, pond dipping & botany walk. Help build a giant willow dragonfly at make your own peg dragonflies. Free.

Jewish Heritage Centre for Children is at 168 Shadwell Lane, LS17. Open to general public 1st Sun of month, 12 – 4pm (excl.Sept). Group bookings Sun – Thurs. Details: Ruth Bell 0113 379 2606/ 0113 266 3311, jhcc613@ gmail.org, www.jhcc.org.uk Jubilee Dance Sat 2 June at Kirklands Community Centre, Menston. Featuring Live Band ‘Time Warp’, playing music from the 50s, 60s, 70s & later.

Tickets £15 (incl buffet). Bar & raffle. Admittance by ticket only – available from 01943 72016, or Menston Post Office & The Village Bakery, Main St, Menston.

Leeds Civic Trust’s Guided Supper Walks Thurs 7 June – Holbeck Urban Village; Thurs 14 June: Leeds Waterfront; Tues 26 June: Musical Leeds.

Walks start 7pm from Trust office, 17 Wharf St. LS1, & last about 1½ hours, ending with supper at Wharf St. Cost £10 per walk. Details: 243 9594, office@leedscivictrust.org.uk Mark Steel’s In Town Fri 29/ Sat 30 June, 8pm at Otley Courthouse. BBC favourite Mark Steel creates a special show for Otley, incorporating elements of local history. £15/£13.

Open Garden Sat 30 June, 10am – 2pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, Harrogate Rd. Moortown. Visit the Hospice’s award winning garden.

Gardening specialist Joe Maiden will speak & the gardening team will be on hand with advice. Cake stall, entertainment, plant sale & refreshments. Adults £2, children free

Otley Museum Documentary & Photographic Archive Wellcroft House, (The Cycle Club) Otley. Open Mon, Tues, Fri, & 1st Sat of each month 9.45am – 12.15pm (excl bank holidays). Research Otley’s heritage – call in or phone for an appointment.

Details: 01943 468181, otleymuseum@btconnect.com, www.otleymuseum.org Otley & Wharfedale Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events.

Looking for new members.

Details or to book a speaker: 0113 261 3758/ 01943 467299 Rodley Nature Reserve Summer Fair Sat 18 Aug. Book your stall now & help raise funds for this beautiful Reserve which provides a free haven for families & wildlife.

Just £10 a table. Details: 256 2375 Save the NHS Public Meeting Thurs 21 June, 7pm at Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane LS1.

The fight continues. Speaker: Dr John Lister. Join in the discussion on how we can save the NHS from the attack of the privateers. Organized by Leeds Hospital Alert & Leeds Keep our Health Service Public. All welcome. Details: leedshospitalalert@org.uk Science Café Thurs 21 June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

Eevening of science with speakers, including awardwinning scientist Dr Katie Slocombe of York University on ‘Primate communication & Riots!’ Q & A. £4/£3.

The Big Jump 2012 Wanted! novice parachute jumpers to jump in aid of Leeds Children’s Hospital, at the LGI. Sun 22 July at Bridlington Airfield. Details: Stephanie 392 5140, fundraising@ leedsth.nhs.uk

The Tempest: Paper Zoo Theatre Company Fri 22 June, 7.30pm at Otley Courthouse.

Energetic storytelling & visual inventiveness to a new production of Shakespeare’s play. £9/£7 advance, £10/£8 on door Volunteer at Otley Children’s Centre If you enjoy working with children under five, would like to share your skills and receive professional volunteer training from Homestart, call Otley Children’s Centre on 01943 467379 & book an informal chat about volunteering. All candidates will complete an enhanced CRB check. www. otleychildrenscentre.co.uk Volunteer for Scope Otley!

Scope is looking for volunteer shop assistants. Perfect for anyone, especially if you are looking to learn new skills, have fun & meet new people.

Training provided & travel expenses paid. Details: Carol 01943 467676 or just pop in.

WANTED! Accomplished Organist or Choir Leader To join experienced team of musicians at Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth. Strong choir & musical tradition.

Three manual Rushworth & Dreaper organ. Commitments may be arranged to suit availability & personal circumstances. Details: 258 9093, 258 3807, 258 2678, music@grovemethodist.org.uk Wesley Hall at Otley Methodist Church Available to local organisations & charities for fundraising purposes every Fri, 9.30-11.30am. Cost: £20. Details: Pauline Dobson 01943 466 751.

Dragonfly Day & Springwatch Sat 9 June from 8am at Rodley Nature Reserve. Full day of activities for all the family including moth traps, small ...................................................... .......................................................... ....................................................................................................................

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