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Make Christmas a Grand Experience!

We like to champion the independent shops around Leeds. Have you explored The Grand recently? You may be surprised!

24 Save Red Ladder Campaign Goes into Overdrive Save Red Ladder joins the Localgiving.com ‘Grow Your Tenner’ campaign.

Dear Readers,

Just as we were starting to enjoy Summer it’s gone and we’ve been thrown back into work and the countdown to Christmas!

Always supporters of independent shops, this month we are urging you to step away from online shopping and investigate some of the interesting shops you’ll find in the smaller arcades around the city – we give you a quick tour of The Grand Arcade.

We also bring you up to date on the ‘Save Red Ladder’ campaign; introduce the city’s newest television station, Made in Leeds, which launches this month; catch up with Leeds Bread Coop, who have now been trading for over a year; and celebrate great exam results from both Lawnswood and Ralph Thoresby Schools.

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Two art exhibitions that are a must this month are the St Gemma’s annual Leeds Art Exhibition at The Grammar School at Leeds, and David Lyon at The Atrium in the Bexley Wing at St. James’s University Hospital. And, there are loads more interesting little tidbits of local news and events.

And so we face November! Get all your news to us as soon as you can – the deadline for news etc. is 1st October (7th October for advertising). For December, those dates are 1st and 7th November respectively.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

06 Made in Leeds is on the Way The city’s newest television station prepares to launch. A place where new talent finds opportunities, local businesses find customers, and ordinary people’s stories find an audience.

20 Leeds Art Exhibition Introduces…The Secret Art Project!

The annual Leeds Art Exhibition and Sale in aid of St Gemma’s introduces a new twist this year. Be prepared to bid!

32 Leeds Bread Co-op is Thriving Having launched a crowdfunding campaign to get started, Leeds Bread Co-op has now been trading for just over a year and seems to be doing pretty well.

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Life & Style

EDITORIAL

If you’re not a regular traveller through Chapeltown, you’d be forgiven for not knowing what’s been going on behind the scenes at the Leeds Media Centre over the last three years. Tucked away on Savile Mount, just off Chapeltown Road, is what’s about to become the city’s newest television station, Made in Leeds. aunching on Freeview channel 8, Sky 117 and Virgin 159, Made in Leeds is the place to be for news, sport, entertainment and what’s on in this proud old city of ours. We have a packed 24-hour schedule, with our evening news bulletin on the air at 6pm followed by a nightly what’s on show and a roster of shows.

Our flagship programmes are made in our studios working We with passionate, dedicated people who know this turf and want to are helping us to broadcast shows on everything from rugby celebrate league and football to local music and culture. all the You’ll get to know the team, as you welcome a host of new great faces and characters into your living room night after night. things We want to make the channel a place where new talent finds that opportunities, local businesses find customers, and ordinary Leeds is people’s untold stories find a voice and an audience. about This is why we want to hear from you – to help us make the

Carole Carey-Campbell

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station your own. From events down your street and charitable causes, to people who simply deserve a pat on the back, we want to celebrate all the great things that Leeds is about when we are at our best. So the next time you’re driving along Chapeltown Road, look out for the signs for Made in Leeds and come tell us your story.

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OWEN BROOKS (1863-1947) PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER AND MOTORCYCLIST FOUNDER OF COTTAGE ROAD CINEMA

There’s a wonderfully flamboyant photograph of Owen Brooks in 1906, with handlebar moustache and tight-fitting leather flying helmet, posing proudly by his motorcycle, the first to be registered in Leeds. He looks every inch a bold pioneer, and so he was. From humble beginnings as a grocery assistant he launched out into the new field of studio photography, developed his own cine-camera and worked on improved projection equipment, built himself a prototype motor-cycle, and in 1912 founded a new venture, an ‘electric picture palace’, in the expanding suburb of Headingley. His Cottage Road cinema survives today, the oldest continually operating cinema in Leeds. illiam (Willie) Owen Brooks

with its wicker side-car, became a familiar sight, terrifying the

was born in Stony Stratford,

residents of Hunslet and Beeston as it raced noisily around

one of four children of Richard Brooks,

the streets with anyone brave enough to ride along. He was

an agricultural labourer from rural

first to register his motorcycle when registration began,

Northamptonshire. The family moved

acquiring the coveted U 1 number plate (a separate series

to Leeds around 1870 when he was

from motorcars). He took part in rallies and hill climbs.

seven, drawn by the prospect of work

But photography remained his first interest, and like

in the booming industrial town, where

many others he became increasingly engrossed in the

his father got a job as a gas meter

feasibility of taking and projecting moving pictures. He

inspector and his mother worked as a

developed his own cine-camera and around 1900 rode in a

dressmaker. They lived in Hunslet, in

horse-tram down Boar Lane taking shots of passers-by – a

a back-to-back terrace in Ebony Street,

piece of Leeds cinema history which now seems to be lost. He

He and Reg Smith’s widow bought

then Mario Street. Owen (the name he

worked with the music-hall entrepreneur Thomas Barrasford

the freehold of the building in 1922,

preferred) started work as a grocery

developing new projection equipment (the Barrascope), which

when a new company was formed with

assistant, but took his first plunge,

was used to show short films and newsreels at Barrasford’s

another partner, but after two years

as he called it, when he was 19 and

Tivoli Theatre in Leeds (it often broke down!). He looked for

Owen Brooks left the company. He

bought a grocery shop in Dewsbury

exciting news items to film. One of his biggest scoops was

remained in the cinema business, still

Road for £150. He only had £19 but

in 1903, filming the great statue of the Black Prince, meant

working into his eighties at the Ritz

he borrowed the rest and set up in

for City Square, being precariously unloaded from the barge

Cinema at Cross Gates, even sleeping

business. That was not the end of his

which had brought it from Belgium.

there during WW2 when an air raid

ambitions. Increasingly fascinated by

In 1912 he plunged into a new project: to set up one of

threatened. Interviewed aged 81, he

recent developments in photography,

the new picture houses, which were springing up around

said ‘A man is as old as he feels – and

he divided his shop to create a studio

Leeds, showing short films and newsreels. A growing suburb

I feel about 40, perhaps a bit younger.’

for portrait photography. Once the

like Headingley would be ideal. One of his motoring friends,

He died in 1947, still at work until near

preserve of the wealthy, here working

a young engineer called George Reginald (‘Reg’) Smith,

the end.

folk could afford to sit for their portrait,

knew a suitable building in Cottage Road: a garage purpose-

He was a cinema pioneer, less

which he presented in fine style. He

built for the cars of the wealthy Kirk family of Castle Grove,

known than Le Prince and others,

prospered.

now unused and available to rent. Owen Brooks and Reg

but remembered as the founder of a

His other passion was for the

Smith teamed up, converted the building and after rigorous

cinema that has survived more than a

new technology of motor engines: he

inspection by the Watch Committee were granted a license.

century, which holds a place in people’s

built himself a motorcycle, importing

Brooks was to manage the new cinema, and so he moved with

affections and memories, and thanks to

a top-of-the-range Buchet engine from

his wife and two children to 18 Winston Gardens, Headingley,

another enthusiast continues to provide

France, and getting local cycle makers

his home for the rest of his life.

pleasure and entertainment.

to provide the parts. His red motorcycle,

The cinema flourished, in spite of increasing competition.

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owman Antiques Fairs bring their popular Yorkshire Antiques and Art Fair back to the Great Yorkshire Showground at Harrogate on 15th & 16th November.

This will be the eleventh outing for this biannual event at this venue. Run by the Bowman family, who have been running antiques fairs since 1973, the fairs have become an important fixture on the calendar of antiques enthusiasts.

Each Bowman Antiques Fair has over 350 dealers selling a wide range of antiques, art, vintage and collectable goods. Specialties include early 20th century art

The fair has over 350 dealers selling a wide range of antiques, art, vintage and collectable goods

pottery, including Burmantofts and Doulton Lambeth, silver from almost all periods, a fantastic array of jewellery, and furniture from the 1650s to the 1950s.

You’ll also find original art from the classical to the contemporary, a fantastic selection of sculptural art glass, and a specialist dealer in walking sticks and canes who has over 300 individual sticks on offer at each fair. Clocks and watches are well represented, as well as dealers specialising in the decorative arts, Persian carpets and tapestries, and the fascinating area of trench art, alongside traditional bronzes from the early 20th century. And, you’ll

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Safety and convenience in the home are paramount for people with mobility issues or a long term disability, to ensure that they can lead their lives as independently as possible. his is particularly important in bathrooms. It was with this in mind that The William Merritt Disabled Living Centre invited MoreAbility and AKW (one of their suppliers) to give a presentation to a group of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants, who regularly assess the needs of individual clients’ and advise on the most suitable equipment available.

Tony Passmore, Director, and Dave White, a surveyor specialising in adapting bathrooms, gave a comprehensive presentation of the advantages and pitfalls of various installations – including the dos, don’ts and what to look out for with regards to the installation of wet floor showers and wet rooms.

“With 25 years’ experience of fitting bathrooms and adapting the rooms to suit people with limited mobility, we have come across just about every problem imaginable!” said Tony. “What we have definitely learnt is that the bathroom must be designed around the individual’s needs and abilities and not around the fittings and equipment.”

The William Merritt Disabled Living Centre, based at St Mary’s Hospital in Armley, has been providing impartial information, and expert advice and assessment on equipment and the practical aspects of

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date with equipment, how it is used,

us to provide safe, long term solutions

and how it can help people with

to better meet our clients’ needs.”

disabilities is essential.

MoreAbility specialises in

“MoreAbilty are very supportive

adapting bathrooms for those with

in our

of the Centre”, said occupational

limited mobility. “Uppermost in

therapist, Rachel Hirst. “Tony gave

our minds is ease of use for each

minds

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individual, whilst also providing

was fitted from the installer’s point of

safety, freedom, dignity and

is ease of

view, while technical surveyor Dave

independence”, said Tony. “In

provided tips on the most common

working with the William Merritt

use

reasons for failure – all of which

Centre we aim to help more people

we need to know when assessing

achieve just that.”

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ith Le Tour de France still fresh in our memory, you can easily guess what is on many people’s Christmas wish list this year!

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With so much choice out there, it can be a bit daunting. Start by choosing between Road (light and agile), Mountain (sturdy with chunkier tyres, great for hitting the Yorkshire Dales and Trails) or Commuting bikes – hybrids are the perfect commute machine, designed to be comfortable, easy

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to ride, and with the capacity for those important mudguards and pannier packs.

Sizing is the most important part of buying a bike and is this where visiting your local bike shop and talking to staff really pays off. An incorrectly sized bike can be uncomfortable to ride and can even cause

long-term posture problems and result in injuries!

And, don’t forget to get properly kitted out! With our weather being so unpredictable getting the right gear will keep you comfortable and safe in the saddle. A good quality helmet is most important, and padded shorts could become your new best friend! And, if you’re riding at night, a good set of lights is a must to keep you safe and visible.

Finally, look after your bike and it will look after you. Keeping it clean and regularly maintained will increase your enjoyment and extend the life of your bike. Aim to have it serviced twice a year to keep it running smoothly.

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Would you like to make changes in your life There’s a

to reduce your carbon footprint? n February, Headingley resident Lynn Thornton joined a Carbon Conversations group. “There were six of us, plus facilitators Tony Herrmann and Cath Muller. Using the Handbook produced by the Surefoot Effect, we looked at how we could reduce our carbon footprint in areas such as transport, home energy and food. The sessions were very practical, friendly and supportive.”

Lynn and another group member, Jim Kieran, found the sessions so useful they went on to train as facilitators. Along

with Tony and Cath, they are now planning to set up Carbon Conversations in Headingley. Six two-hour sessions will be held over a twelve-week period.

If you would like to find out more, there’s a free taster workshop from 7-9pm on Thursday 23rd October at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. Please contact Tony Herrman Tel: 0113 373 1751 Email: leedsconversations@gmail.com For more about Carbon Conversations and The Surefoot Effect visit www.carbonconversations.org

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We always like to champion the wonderful independent shops around Leeds. Last year we highlighted Headingley, Chapel Allerton and Horsforth – and they are certainly worth investigating again. This year we are saying….. ‘Have you explored the small, city centre arcades recently?’

Thornton’s, Queen’s, Central or The Grand Arcade? You may be surprised!

The Grand Arcade has exploded into life this year. The demise of Handpicked Hall has been the arcade’s gain, as a number of its independent retailers switched to the arcade, creating a unique, vibrant shopping experience. Today it’s home to original fashion, a vintage tearoom and vegetarian café, Casa Columbiana coffee shop and restaurant (be sure to pop upstairs to The Loft for designer jewellery, crafts and vintage), and some of the most exciting gift, craft and decorative shops in Leeds.

ur Handmade Collective has been described as an ‘Aladdin’s Cave of handmade treasures’ and was recently voted ‘Best Place to shop in Leeds’ in the Leeds Love Affair Awards. It brings together the work of 55 local designers to provide a shopping experience with gifts to suit every occasion – from contemporary to vintage and upcycled wares, jewellery, soft furnishings, cards, confectionery, craft kits and more. There are bespoke options, exclusive ranges and one off designs.

And, if you really cannot decide what to buy, they also do a lovely range of gift vouchers!

On Thursday 30th October, Our Handmade Collective is holding a Mistletoe Event. Enjoy mulled wine and mince pies as they showcase their Christmas ranges and snap up some unique, handmade offerings to tuck under your tree! www. ourhandmadecollective.co.uk

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Arts & Culture

The Noise is a programme of

Leeds cultural organisations are coming together

workshops

in October for one weekend of free events,

and an

bringing together arts, family fun and science.

exhibition

un Palaces’ was a fabulous vision dreamed up by legendry theatre director Joan Littlewood in 1960s for a ‘University of the streets’ where Everyone is an Artist, Everyone a Scientist. Now on the weekend of the 4th and 5th October, that vision is coming to life in Leeds, part of national Fun Palaces project to celebrate 100 years from Joan’s birth.

It all kicks off with Leeds

Light Night on Friday 3rd October. Audiences will enjoy a poetic tour around Quarry Hill, created and performed by young people with Playhouse writer in residence Zodwa Nyoni, and then move on to The Tetley to take part in The Noise – a programme of workshops and an exhibition celebrating the work of nationally acclaimed new artists.

On Saturday 4 October at 2pm Slung Low will be parking

celebrating the work of nationally acclaimed new artists.

the gorgeous Emporium of Knowledge outside West Yorkshire Playhouse; this classic, silver Airstream caravan will be the backdrop for the performance of The Big Book of Knowledge, written by people from all over the UK and accompanied by cooking (and eating!) tortilla for five hours. They are asking chicken and allotment owners and attendees to bring eggs, potatoes and onions to the Playhouse for this marathon Tortilla making, and to share in the making and eating.

There are also Arts Tours of Leeds on Saturday, curated by Leeds Arts Crawl, workshops on ‘making and mending’ by the brilliant Scrap Leeds, dressing up in costumes, fun (and messy) science experiments for kids, workshops, talks and discussions.

And it is all free!

For further information see http://funpalaces.co.uk/ discover/leeds-fun-palace/

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Kathleen Ferrier Award Winner at The Venue

The annual Leeds Art Exhibition and Sale, the well established showcase for both professional and up and coming artists from around the country, will be held from 23rd – 26th October at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley.

ow in its 14th year, the exhibition will display over 900 pieces, ranging from large, dramatic landscapes, to soft pastels and abstract contemporary pieces.

As usual, the art is available to purchase, with prices from £20 to over £1,000. A percentage from each sale will go to St Gemma’s Hospice to support the work they do in providing patient care to people when they need it.

The Secret Art Project St Gemma’s is also running a national campaign called The Secret Art Project. This is a fun, quirky way to really get involved in this year’s exhibition and gives you the opportunity to bid for a piece of art created by high profile celebrities and famous artists, as well as emerging talent.

The artists and celebrities have all contributed postcard-sized creations – including art by Stephen

Bid for a piece of art created by high profile celebrities and famous artists, as well as emerging talent

Fry, Sir Ian McKellen, Danny Dyer, Prime Minister David Cameron, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ashley Jackson, Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs), Katherine Jenkins, A P McCoy and many more. A full list of the contributors is available, but you don’t know who submitted which piece! The cards will be on show at the Art Exhibition, but the bidding will be hosted on eBay. You can bid for your favourite at www.st-gemma.co.uk. Bidding will be open from 22nd October – 31st October at 8pm. All proceeds from the auction will go directly to St Gemma’s Hospice. The works are all signed, but you will only find out who the artist is when you receive the item! So, join in the fun and bid, bid, bid!

The Leeds Art Exhibition and Sale runs from 23rd – 25th October (10am – 6pm) and 26th October (10am – 4pm). For further information, contact 0113 218 5296 or tracieh@st-gemma.co.uk

The Kathleen Ferrier Awards celebrate the best young singers in the Lieder tradition. It is one of the most prestigious and influential in the world and Leeds Lieder+ is delighted to be able to bring the winner to sing in Leeds every year.

Last year’s winner, baritone Gareth Brynmor John, and multi-award-winning pianist Simon Lepper will be giving a recital at The Venue, Leeds College of Music, on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm. The programme includes songs

by Handel, Schubert, and Brahms, as well as a wonderful romantic repertoire by Ravel, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.

Tickets available from 0113 222 3434 or www.leedslieder. org.uk

Horsforth Art Society Autumn Exhibition Horsforth Arts Society’s annual Autumn Exhibition runs from 18th – 26th October at The Studio, 15 Back Lane, Horsforth, LS18 4RF. Admission is free.

The exhibition showcases a wide variety of members’ artwork, along with craft items, wood carvings and photographs, and most items are for sale.

Opening times are: Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm; Weekdays 1 – 3pm, and Wednesday 6-8pm.

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usical Arc performed ‘The Mango Tree’ at the Leeds College of Music in June. The show combined Indian dance, shadow theatre and original music and left

Musical Arc’s magical ‘Mango Tree’ production is to reach new

its audiences pleading for more! Now, thanks to a grant from Leeds Inspired, Musical Arc is offering a workshop

audiences across the city.

version of the show in October and November at five new locations - Leeds Federated Housing Association, LS3 (Mon 6 Oct); St Chad’s Parish Centre, LS6 (Mon 20 Oct); Compton Centre, LS9 (Mon 27 Oct); West Yorkshire Playhouse (Wed 12 Nov); and Leeds City Museum (Tues 18 Nov).

The workshops will target a variety of audiences, including seniors, asylum seekers and their families, vulnerable adults, primary school children and children from a special school. Local residents are also welcome to attend most of the workshops. For further information, contact Julia de los Rios at Musical Arc via info@musicalarc. org.uk or 0113 275 5614.

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t is Yorkshire in 1885. Two generations ago heather bloomed on the fell, now 17 soot-covered cones of a huge glassworks stand there, its furnaces belching fumes and smoke over the homes of the workers in the valley below.

Profits have melted away through foreign competition and debts to the

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Hailed as a drama rivaling the plays of Ibsen when first performed in 1912, ‘Rutherford & Son’ by Githa Sowerby is based partly on the history of the glassworks that belonged to her grandfather Sowerby is based partly on the history of the glassworks that belonged to her grandfather.

bank have built up. John Rutherford’s

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areth Bailey will star as Johnny Castle. He started his Dirty Dancing journey in the first UK tour when he played Robbie. He went on to play Johnny Castle in South Africa as part of the international tour of Dirty Dancing,

If you missed Dirty Dancing at Leeds Grand Theatre last year, here’s your chance to catch it as it returns to The Grand from Tuesday 11th November to Saturday 6th December.

prior to joining the West End company.

Roseanna Frascona plays the idealistic Baby Houseman, who discovers love and life in the Summer she will never forget. And, Claire Rogers is Penny Johnson.

The first ever UK tour smashed box office records in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, Leeds and Stoke-on-Trent, and subsequently ran at London’s Piccadilly Theatre until 23 February this year, prior to launching a new UK tour.

The tantalising dance sequences and brand new choreography come alive on stage, set to the unforgettable soundtrack, including ‘Do You Love Me?’, ‘Hungry Eyes’ and the Academy Award Winning ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’, plus additional songs – making it a truly extraordinary live experience.

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Arts & Culture Pictured: A scene from We’re Not Going Back

A couple of months ago, Red Ladder Theatre supporters Phill Jupitus and Paul Heaton launched the ‘Save Red Ladder’ #GisATenner campaign, which has raised over £12,000 to date, including £5,000 from Judith Kirton-Darling, MEP for the North East. Now, on 14th October the campaign goes into overdrive as it joins the Localgiving.com six month ‘Grow Your Tenner’ campaign. ocalgiving is dedicated to providing funding opportunities and advocacy for local charities and community groups. Throughout the campaign, they will match donations pound-for-pound up to £10. You can also take advantage of Gift Aid, adding a further 25% to your donation at no cost to you.

Earlier this year, Red Ladder lost £160,000 of Arts Council funding in one fell swoop. So a team Red of supporters started a campaign Ladder’s to save the UK’s leading radical down theatre company. The #GisATenner campaign was based on the fact that to earth if each Red Ladder Twitter follower approach gave £10, that would cover the full production budget of one UK tour to the arts (£80,000). is exactly “Red Ladder is that rare thing within UK theatre – a company why it that has successfully continued to should produce theatre that is energetic, entertaining and angry at a time continue when it needs to be angry”, said Phill it’s vital Jupitus, who starred in Red Ladder’s 2012 show, Big Society. “But role more importantly, it consistently produces work that speaks to the

Pictured: Paul Heaton & Phill Jupitus wide majority of people who don’t consider themselves ‘theatre goers’.

“Red Ladder’s down to earth approach to the arts is exactly why this small but mighty company should continue it’s vital role in the cultural landscape of Leeds, of Yorkshire, of the United Kingdom and the world! Red Ladder’s work is important. To lose them at a point in British history where the fight against everyday inequality and everyday injustice is being lost all around us would be a genuine tragedy.”

Red Ladder champions new writing, particularly that which

challenges or agitates. It is acknowledged as one of Britain’s leading national touring companies producing high quality theatre contributing to social change and global justice.

We can look forward to two Red Ladder productions in Leeds in the new year – ‘We’re Not Going Back’

by Boff Whalley at City Varieties (19 – 21 Feb), a hard-hitting musical comedy that follows the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, determined to set up a branch of ‘Women Against Pit Closures’; and ‘Nicobobinus’ at The Carriageworks (27/28 Feb) - a new family musical based on Monty Python star Terry Jones’ much loved children’s book.

To support the ‘Grow Your Tenner’ campaign, visit http:// www.localgiving.com/redladder from 14th October.

For further information, visit www.saveredladder.co.uk, www. redladder.co.uk, or follow @ saveredladder

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Pillbox Debuts at Workshop Theatre Pillbox Theatre is a brand new theatre company set up by Rachel Ashwanden and Adam Z Robinson, both Leeds University graduates. Their first production is ‘Conscientious’ written by Adam and performed by Rachel and it premieres on 1st October at Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds before going on tour.

It is directed by Alex Chisholm, who has just left West Yorkshire Playhouse where she was Associate Director for New Writing for 12 years. The young design team of

A newly completed version of Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, by German composer and musical academic Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, will be given its UK premiere by Opera North at Leeds Town Hall on Sunday 26th October at 7.30pm.

Sam Chase (set and costume) and Natalie McLoughlin (lighting) are also from Leeds University, having just graduated in 2014.

‘It is fantastic to be working with such a talented group of young people”, said Alex. “This production really showcases what brilliant young artists we have in Leeds.”

ozart’s Requiem is one of the most famous and widely performed pieces of choral music, but mystery and intrigue surround the composer’s final work.

Left incomplete following Mozart’s early death at the age of 35, it was quickly completed by his pupil, Süssmayr, and some parts were performed at Mozart’s own funeral.

Dissatisfaction with Süssmayr’s additions led to several other versions, with many composers and academics creating their own interpretation of the missing parts.

Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs is a highly respected musicologist and conductor who also supplied a finale to Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony and a finished version of Mozart’s C minor Mass. Cohrs’ new edition of

The concert will include the Prelude to Act I from Wagner’s Lohengrin and Sibelius’ Symphony No.4 in A minor

the Mozart Requiem received its world premiere in Germany in 2013.

The full Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North will perform the new Cohrs’ completion. Dutch maestro and music director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen, conducts, having worked previously with Opera North on Britten’s Peter Grimes in 2013.

The concert will include the Prelude to Act I from Wagner’s Lohengrin and Sibelius’ Symphony No.4 in A minor. Soloists are the young Irish soprano Aoife O’Sullivan, mezzo soprano Rosie Aldridge, tenor Rupert Charlesworth and bass-baritone Matthew Brook.

Tickets (£16 - £31.50) are available from 0113 224 3801 or leedstownhall.co.uk

‘Conscientious’ is the story of Rebekah, who has just landed her first job. She’s everything they should want. Young. Keen.

Conscientious. But Michelle, her office ‘buddy’, is also the office bully and Rebekah’s dream job turns into a nightmare. In desperation, she seeks help in the ideals of her hero, her great-grandfather, a First World War conscientious objector.

Conscientious is a thrilling onewoman show which asks what you would do if pushed to the edge.

Conscientious is at Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane on 1st & 2nd October at 7.30pm. Tickets available from 0113 343 8730, stage@leeds. ac.uk .

We hope to reach new audiences or the fifth year running, the 160-strong Leeds Festival Chorus will take to the streets on Friday 3rd October to celebrate Leeds Light Night. They will be performing throughout the evening to passers-by at various spots around the city.

Pictured: our talents”, said Simon. “We hope to reach new audiences who have not previously experienced the pleasure of listening to singers like us.”

Reading the music has posed a slight problem, but the chorus solved this problem by wearing head-torches. These, together with white scarves and black clothes, have become the Chorus uniform for this annual event.

Leeds Festival Chorus rehearses on Wednesday from 7pm in St Chad’s Church, Headingley. Visitors and potential new members are always welcome. Details of concerts can be found at www.leedsfestivalchorus. co.uk

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The Chorus has carefully explored its extensive repertoire to find pieces to entertain audiences of all ages. Last year conductor Simon Wright adapted ‘Nellie the Elephant’ and Julius Fucik’s famous ‘Entry of the Gladiators’ specially for Light Night. Classical pieces like extracts from Rachmaninov’s ‘Vespers’ also went down very well.

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When Catriona Moore’s father passed away at St James’s Bexley Wing, she and her husband, artist David Lyon, wanted to give something back for the superb treatment he had received there. To date they have raised thousands, including £10,000 on Trek India in 2011, and have travelled half way around the world doing it. or their latest venture, David is exhibiting his newest paintings, ‘Wildflowers’, in the beautiful, light-filled Atrium of the Bexley Wing and giving the commission from all sales to Yorkshire Cancer Centre to help provide specialist medical equipment, research and development and ‘home comforts’ to 2,000 patients each day.

David has created a series of bright, intensely colourful images which are both inspirational and uplifting. The exhibition hangs on the 26m x 5m gallery wall in the entrance area and aims to stimulate patients, staff and visitors alike in a life-enhancing celebration of the natural world.

The organic shapes and forms of the Wildflower series

are painted with areas of detail contrasting with open areas of pure colour and texture. Sizes vary from larger acrylic on boards 4ft x 3ft (1219mm x 915mm) to smaller acrylic on boards 1.5ft x 2ft (457mm x 610mm).

David is inspired by the shapes, symbols and ideas that surround him. His work is very intuitive and, working from his studio on

A lifeenhancing celebration of the natural world.

Dock Street in Leeds city centre, he continues to explore the properties of favoured media: acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal and crayon.

David built a career as an illustrator and designer, developing designs, brands and images for IONA, the company he formed in 2000. Many of his images and designs have been reproduced and licensed worldwide on stationery, children’s products and home wares. He began exhibiting his paintings and drawings in 1997.

Wildflowers continues at The Atrium, Bexley Wing, St. James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, LS9 7TF until 31st October.

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It strikes me as somewhat ironically strange that Red’s self-styled ‘Church of True Barbecue’, with the quasi-religious lingo that adorns their menus, decor and branding, should be so enthusiastic in the promotion of one of the seven deadly sins; that of gluttony! ut so it is.

In their dedication to authentic stateside c u i s i n e Red’s seem focussed on one particular element of the American culinary experience, n a m e l y pigging out to an almost obscene degree. On the plus side this means that you’ll never leave Red’s hungry, or more accurately, you’ll struggle to leave at all once the meat-heavy stuffing you’ve indulged in has rendered even basic bodily movement arduous.

American style restaurants have enjoyed popularity on these shores for some time, mostly in the guise of crass and cheesy chains such as TGI Friday’s or Frankie & Benny’s. Recently, with the rise of the street food revolution, and following the fetishisation of the ‘gourmet burger’, it seems the demand for US style food has been leaning toward something dirtier, scuzzier, tastier and altogether more hip.

In this regard, Red’s, a small

indie chain whose city centre location on Call Lane has been doing a roaring trade for the last year or so, delivers in spades. The disclaimer ‘vegetarians need not apply’ should really have appeared at the top of this article. This place is all about the meat. And then some! If it’s a carnivorous, BBQ sauce drenched chow down you crave then this should be your first port of call.

In the true spirit of barbecue dining we thought it would be remiss not to complement our meat odyssey with a goodly amount of booze and so we began with a pair of ‘Picklebacks’ (bourbon shots served with a pickle juice chaser. Sounds gross, actually delicious) and some beer, the Snake Dog IPA proving a

heady and flavoursome brew.

For starters we went for the Jumbo BBQ Wings which were enormous, served with a creamy blue cheese dip and really pretty tasty, and the Rib Tips; trimmed ends from their St Louis pork ribs which were smoky and saucy, but perhaps a tad too chewy. On reflection I thought the BBQ Ribs Taster would have been a better choice.

For mains we felt obliged to try Red’s signature burger, The Pit Burger. What arrived was a formidable, towering stack of meaty excess. To be fair, all the various elements they crammed between that brioche bun worked well together (sliced brisket, pulled pork, bacon, double beef patty, dirty sauce and BBQ sauce) there was just so damn much of it! We must’ve spent a good

ten minutes considering a tactical approach as to how to tackle the thing and in the end were forced to go at it with knives and forks. The Pit Burger was undoubtedly impressive, almost intimidating and it’s a testament to its tastiness that no trace of it remained, but there’s still something about the employment of utensils with a burger that strikes me as somehow wrong.

The other main course, and probably the best thing we had If it’s a that night, was the Beef Long Ribs.

We opted for two bones and were carnivorous, again taken aback at the size of BBQ sauce the dish that was delivered to us.

Now, I loves me some ribs and drenched this was the first time I’d tried chow down this particular variety. I must say they were superb; the tender meat, you crave sticky with BBQ glaze came away then this from the bone effortlessly and had a delicious smoky flavour of should be surprising depth and richness. As your first for the sides, they’re divided into port of call Humble and Divine so we had one from each; the mayo-free, tangy slaw (humble) and the smoky,

spicy BBQ Pit Beans containing burnt ends (divine) both of which were very good and suitable accompaniment to the mains.

In terms of ambience, the place had quite a buzz to it when we visited, the small dining room surprisingly full for mid-week.

The service was prompt and efficient and the staff upbeat and accommodating. Also, a very agreeable music policy added to the atmosphere. Any playlist that takes in Bowie, Zeppelin and the

Beastie Boys gets two thumbs skyward from me.

Red’s certainly seems to know what it’s about and what it’s there for. The booze-friendly food menu is heavy, hearty, smoky and BBQ saucy. What sets it apart from the competition (which is growing ever more legion) would have to be their in-house smoker and those fantastic ribs. I will most definitely be heading back to get me some more of that action.

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Some time ago we featured a crowdfunding campaign for a new community bakery for Leeds on our website. The founders of the initiative required funding for ovens and an appropriate industrial unit and hoped to attract local investors. If, like us, you value really good handmade bread you’ll agree it seemed like a cause well worth supporting.

Pictured: Phil Dacey Leeds Bread Co-op

he project soon morphed into Leeds Bread Co-op and has now been trading for just over a year. We decided to check in and see how things were going, and it seems they’re going pretty well.

Word of the co-op’s wondrous baked goods is spreading rapidly throughout the region and they now supply a number of Leeds’ finer food establishments such as The Reliance, The Greedy Pig, Laynes Espresso, Friends of Ham, Outlaws Yacht Club, The Bridge

Pub in Kirkstall, and Mill Kitchen in Farsley to name but a few. It’s easy to see why, once you’ve tried it you won’t want bread from anywhere else. One of their specialities, which you could perhaps call their signature loaf, is the fantastic sourdough – you’re either hopelessly addicted to this bread or you’ve never tried it.

The Co-op doesn’t have a shop, nor do they have any plans to open one in the foreseeable future.

They’re currently concentrating on expanding their wholesale business, but they do run a subscription scheme through their website. Once you sign up you can order the bread you want every week and collect it from one of their many pick up points dotted around

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the Leeds area. You can also find Leeds Bread Co-op at the regular farmers markets in Horsforth and Kirkstall.

Although the co-op has been venturing further afield (such as to Pontefract for its annual liquorice festival), they are mindful of keeping things local and Leedscentric. Its ethos focuses on the importance of handmade, additivefree produce and also on how to share their knowledge and skill.

They are currently running baking classes which are fully booked but they will be announcing new dates for 2015 so keep an eye on their website and social media if you’d like to get involved.

As we love to champion local independent food producers and traders we’re properly chuffed to see Leeds Bread Co-op thriving.

With their ethical approach, their commitment to quality and craft and, above all, their outstanding bread they’re a shining example of what makes Leeds’ food and drink scene so great.

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eeds Lions recently hosted their latest exchange holiday, welcoming a group of disabled German young people to Leeds.

The Leeds Lions have been ‘exchanging’ for over 40 years.

Over the years, young people have been joined by disabled adults too. This trip has been the first real holiday for many of their guests.

This year four Leeds Lions groups participated in organising the holiday- Leeds, Leeds Skyrack (Headingley), Garforth and District, and Otley Lions all worked together to give the group days out to remember. They stayed at Hinsley Hall in Headingley and went bowling, boxing (at Hunslet Boys Club), to the seaside and to

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Four Leeds Lions groups participated in organising the holiday the Deep (Hull), and enjoyed many meals out.

“This was the first time I had been able to participate in the exchange and, as I enjoyed it so much, I sincerely hope it won’t be the last!” said Caroline Fields, who also hosted one of the events at her home. “I hope to accompany our Yorkshire disabled children over to Germany in the near future.”

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eadingley Neighbourhood Plan aims to promote and improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of Headingley. Once adopted, it will have the same status as key city-wide planning documents like the Core Strategy, which lays down general policies on housing, greenspace, and so on.

Another such document is the Site Allocations plan, which identifies particular sites for development.

This is currently being drafted, but has been paused to enable Neighbourhood Plans, like Headingley’s, to offer additional site suggestions.

A major group of identified sites are those for housing. Not surprisingly, there are few in Headingley itself, as it’s already so intensively built-up.

Pictured: Sparrow Park

Sparrow Park is very welcome

Another group is allocated green spaces. Our Neighbourhood Area is bounded by two, Beckett’s Park to the north-west, and Woodhouse Ridge to the northeast. But within the Area (which is about a square mile) there is little else, due to the density of

housing - which makes it all the more important to hang on to what we have. The recent adoption of Sparrow Park (on the junction of Cardigan Road and Chapel Lane) is very welcome, and will be included in Headingley’s proposals.

The final two groups are sites for retail development, such as Headingley Town Centre itself, and sites for employment, like Headingley Office Park.

For further information, visit www. headingleyneighbourhoodplan. org.uk/, or contact Richard Tyler, Headingley Neighbourhood Plan, c/o HEART, Bennett Road, LS6 3HN, or info@ headingleyneighbourhoodplan. org.uk

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Leeds for Change invites you to get connected, share skills and join in action for change on 8th November, at Summat New!

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Volunteer Minibus Driver The Donkey Sanctuary on Swan Lane, off Blackhill Lane, Eccup LS16 8AZ is seeking a new volunteer minibus driver to transport children with additional needs to donkey assisted therapy sessions.

ou may have attended The Leeds Summat Gathering in 2011 – Summat New sees the same dynamic and thought-provoking, all-day event returning to Leeds University Union. It will feature workshops hosted by community groups and organisations from across the city, stalls, guest speaker panels, films, music, art, children’s activities and lots in between.

Guest speakers lined up for the event include Eleanor Lisney from Disabled People Against The Cuts, and Clara Osagiede, a campaigner for the Living Wage.

There will also be a celebration in the evening, with a pay-as-youfeel dinner from The Real Junk Food Project, music courtesy of Summat New’s own workshop choir, and comedy.

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Leeds for Change is a collaboration between Leeds Tidal, Taking Soundings and Together For Peace, and works to promote social change across the city. They aim to connect groups, facilitate cooperation and collaboration; improve access for individuals who want to campaign, take action or get involved at any level, whether on an issue in their local area, or further afield; and create a hub for sharing resources and skills amongst those who hold a similar vision for Leeds.

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The driver would be required to drive the bus a just few hours a week. They would need a PCVD1 style license and be qualified in MiDAS. PATS is an advantage but not essential.

“We’d like to have a driver who could join us for ideally for two days a week”, said Cathryn Dixon, centre manager. “It’s a very rewarding job and a great place to work. You’d be helping children with additional needs reach the centre, where they benefit from donkey assisted therapy - riding, grooming and spending time with the donkeys.”

The Donkey Sanctuary provides donkey assisted therapy to 190 local children with additional needs from Leeds and the surrounding area each week, as well as outreach visits to care homes. For further information, please call 0113 261 9249 or visit www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/ donkey-assisted-therapy

ast Christmas, Vicki Burton from Ilkley lost her mum, Maggie Gilbert, to an unusual, devastating cancer. Marie Curie nurses cared for not just for Maggie, but for the whole family. Nothing was ever too much trouble.

So, in order to give something back, Vicki has signed up to do a trek with them next year and has also organised a Fashion Show and Glamour evening, featuring Attic Womenswear, at Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, on Friday 10th October, starting at 6.30pm.

There will be over 40 stalls to peruse (including jewellery, cosmetics, fashion, candles and much more), whilst enjoying a

complimentary glass of bubbly and canapés – a great opportunity to do a little Christmas shopping!

In addition, local singer/ songwriter Rupert Stroud will give a special performance. There will also be a great raffle and silent auction. It is set to be a fantastic evening.

Vicki aims is to raise £18,000, which would have been the cost of her mum’s care. Maggie was well known and loved in Ilkley.

She taught aerobics for 30 years to 100s of women (& men) until she was 67, and won Ilkley in Bloom on more than one occasion. Over 300 people attended her funeral!

She was a local institution and massive supporter of both IRUFC

Vicki aims to raise £18,000, which would have been the cost of her mum’s care

and Bracken Ghyll golf club in Addingham, raising over £70,000 for the clubs during her time with them.

Tickets are just £27.50 and are available from Vicki Burton on 07793 049858 or email trek4care@hotmail.com

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By October 1914, the beds that had been installed in the Great Hall and library in the wartime hospital at Beckett Park were filling up fast. The buildings that had opened as a new training college for teachers the previous year, had now been taken over by the army and were renamed the Second Northern General Hospital.

Holds Tea Party for Marie Curie Cancer Care Inner Wheel Leeds has chosen Marie Curie Cancer Care as its charity for the year and recently held a Mad Hatter’s Blooming Great Tea Party in Adel to raise funds for the charity.

he first wounded men arrived at Leeds Station in September, to be greeted by the Lord Mayor and well-wishers who threw presents of tobacco and cigarettes whenever they could.

“They came with the soil of France upon their great-coats”, wrote the hospital chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel J F Phillips for Leeds in the Great War (1923) “A few with support walked from the ambulance to the wards, the rest the stretcher-bearers carried.

Some were entirely covered from view and these would not have been recognized by those who knew them best.”

Some of the extraordinary stories from the hospital are told in the book Stories from the War Hospital, written and compiled by Richard Wilcocks, which was launched during the Headingley LitFest in March and has received a number of glowing reviews.

“The achievements of the medics at Beckett Park should be remembered and celebrated”, said Richard, Secretary of Headingley LitFest. “They worked extremely hard in difficult circumstances and saved many lives. The stories are mostly about survivors, but there are some inspiring romances there as well. Most of them come from descendants, because most of the official records have been lost.

“I have included some of them in an illustrated talk for groups – this includes schools.”

This month, Richard will be telling extraordinary true stories from the book at the Ilkley Literature Festival, in a free event at the Ilkley Playhouse on Tuesday 14th October.

Contact Richard Wilcocks at headingleyhospital@gmail.com. Book details at www.firstworldwarhospital.co.uk

“We had a fantastic time at our Blooming Great Tea Party and were delighted to have raised over £995”, said Jenny Jones, President of Inner Wheel Leeds. “It was a great day with some fabulous hats and we had a lovely day with friends new and old. All the money we raised will help Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to terminally ill people in West Yorkshire as well as vital emotional support for their families.

We are delighted to support Marie Curie Cancer care for the whole year” To get help from the Marie Curie Nursing Service, talk to your GP, district nurse or discharge nurse. For more information, please visit: www. mariecurie.org.uk

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News From Your Councillors CLLR

BARRY ANDERSON

Adel & Wharfedale Ward

Holt Park Active A number of residents have asked me about issues relating to Holt Park Active – for example, maintenance of the grassed areas, signage, pathways and parking. When I raised these issues, I was passed from one person to another – Council officers seemed unaware who had responsibility for which areas.

There are five different areas within the Council

CLLR

NEIL WALSHAW Headingley Ward

The City Plans Panel recently turned down the application to build 380 homes on Breary Lane East, Bramhope, and I seconded the motion against the development.

Planning is interesting (no really, stay with me!) Whenever I’m faced with a decision about development, I remember that our children won’t thank us if we don’t build houses or provide jobs.

We’ve got a housing crisis nationally, and locally, that we need to solve. But I also remember that they won’t thank us if we allow development without attention to green space, to the quality of the environment in which they live – if there are no school places, clogged roads, poor public transport, if we build houses but not communities.

Planning is all about people and priorities. In Headingley, one planning priority is green space. In the inner city even the smallest space matters – that’s

that deal with Holt Park Active and the space around it. I am advised that the PFI contractor is responsible for the centre’s maintenance and the upkeep of the grounds immediately outside.

However, the contract is managed by someone else on the Council’s behalf.

Regarding the land in the immediate vicinity of Holt Park Active, there’s Children’s Services (Ralph Thoresby School), Parks & Countryside (open space) and Civic Enterprise (cleared land and buildings) - depending on which area and what the problem is – which is fine if you know exactly which piece of land the problem is on. It is still possible that the query will be passed around with nobody taking responsibility.

Despite all of this, I am pleased to say that the Centre is a resounding success and I am keen to see it well maintained.

Hackney Carriages/Taxis

why we’ve worked so hard to save Sparrow Park. Wonderful name, isn’t it! It’s almost all that remains of the old Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Cardigan Lane. It’s big enough for sparrows – but it’s also a resource for local residents and children.

The old Royal Park School site will also provide green space.

We’ve been consulting local people about the plans for that.

The request to redevelop the Rose Court School site, however, could mean the loss of mature trees and a threat to the Headingley conservation area. We’re keeping a careful eye on that.

At Breary Lane I think we’ve got the right decision. But the developers could still lodge an appeal – and win it. Developers get more than one bite of the cherry under present rules. That’s why the Council has called for changes to those rules and also for ‘a return to a national presumption

of using appropriate brownfield sites first’. Now that would benefit the residents of Breary Lane, of Headingley – and the sparrows!

I was recently asked about taxis using short cuts through narrow roads to get to the Airport and I took this up with the Council.

They advised me that there were no restrictions and no legal way of placing conditions on a local authority license. The law relating to Hackney Carriages (black and whites) states that they must take the shortest possible route. Failure to do so is a summary offence that could lead to prosecution. And, the private hire sector is in a market that is cost driven by the customer.

Furthermore, the Council feels that if they were to take a longer way round, the travelling public would complain to the Council about overcharging. www.barryanderson.yourcllr.com Twitter @barryanderson19

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MP GREG MULHOLLAND

Too many homes

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The number and siting of new homes is a contentious issue locally. It is my firm view that we must ensure that our precious green fields are protected, whilst brownfield sites are available for development.

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British Architects’ recommended minimum. This allows little space for storage. I have heard of people forced to keep household items such as vacuum cleaners and ironing boards in their cars as there is simply nowhere to store them! I am pleased that the Government is creating a national space standard, giving local councils the power to bring an end to these ‘rabbit hutch’ homes.

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Community Facilities Needed Our vision is to ensure that Adel is a healthy, vibrant, safe and caring community. So, this month we look at the community needs in the area.

A consultation last year identified the need for children’s play provision; a community centre for all ages; additional GP health provision; transport links across Adel to Holt Park; and garden allotments.

Parents want to see more play facilities but there is a shortage of public and private space. One option suggested by the Council was for a play area at Golden Acre Park which the Council would part fund.

There is also a need for more community activities for different age groups. Discussions will take place with existing providers about

the demands for these new services.

Residents have identified a capacity issue concerning GP practices and the Forum has written to the managers of all local practices.

They advise that they are still taking patients but we understand that a nine-day wait for appointments is not unusual for some.

There are no public transport links from the north eastern side of Adel to the facilities at Holt Park, such as the new Health and Wellbeing Centre, Asda Superstore and two GP surgeries. This puts elderly residents without access to private transport at a serious disadvantage.

Gardening is popular in Adel and a demand for allotment provision has been identified in

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public consultation. However, the scale of demand has not been tested and no ready source of land has yet been identified.

The introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy on developers may well help the Forum achieve some of those community facilities. It would help considerably to have your comments and ideas, particularly on whether these proposals would be welcomed in the area.

For further information contact Joint Chairmen Ian Bond on bondster@btopenworld.com or Nick Brown, nick.brown@ nickbrownarchitects.com www.adelneighbourhoodforum. co.uk

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Freemasonry in North Leeds is thriving and, in these uncertain times, the principles which underlie Freemasonry have never been as relevant and important.

Founded on three great principles of brotherly love, relief and truth, it’s the charitable side of Freemasonry that will, perhaps, come as a surprise to many. After the National Lottery, Freemasons are responsible for the most substantial donations to charitable causes. A great many worthy causes in our local community have benefitted from very substantial donations from Freemasons.

Freemasons are, generally, a conservative bunch and very rarely shout about their achievements or contributions to society. Local Freemasons (many of whom meet at Lodges at Castle Grove Masonic Hall

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in Headingley) have made donations to 14 local hospices in the last year, and to the Yorkshire branch of the British Red Cross to go towards the purchase of two non-emergency ambulances.

Since April 2008, Freemasons across the West Riding of Yorkshire have given 20,000 teddy bears to children attending accident and emergency departments in local hospitals as part of our TLC (Teddies for Loving Care) campaign.

Masonry welcomes members from all backgrounds and religions and information about Freemasonry in our region can easily be obtained by visiting the Province of Yorkshire West Riding’s website at www. wrprovince.net For those who are genuinely interested in finding out more, they

There’s an Awareness Evening on 20th October

are holding an Awareness Evening on Monday 20th October, 7:30pm at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr, Far Headingley LS6 4BP (Tel: 0113 275 2526). This is an opportunity for gentlemen to ask questions of members and learn more about this ancient and honourable organisation.

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This year’s Headingley Apple Day is on Saturday 18th October, from 1 – 5pm at HEART, Bennett Road, Headingley. pple Day is held across t h e co u nt r y ea c h year to celebrate apples, orchards and the fruits of our common spaces, gardens and allotments. It was initiated by Common Ground in 1990 as a way of demonstrating that variety and richness matter to a locality and it is possible to effect change where you live.

Following on the success of last two years, Headingley Apple Day on 18th October will bring together many groups for a fun and celebratory festival for children and adults alike.

HEART will again be the heart of the community as it hosts a myriad of events and activities. There will be apple pressing to live music, Morris dancing, a children’s entertainer and lots for children to do, stalls with everything from the pick of Yorkshire apples and plants to apple cakes, apple drinks and cider. They are also hoping to have sessions of bee-friendly gardening and cider making.

The theme this year is ‘Waste Not….’ and there will be a discussion on food waste – with contributions from Urban Harvest and Real Junk Food Project. This is a chance to hear more about the global issue of food waste and discuss what difference we can all make in our purchasing and consumption. Come along and share your views and get some very different ‘take-aways’ from the discussion!

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There are just two names that Andrew ollowing a trip to Ypres and the First World War battlefields in 2000, Andrew Walker of Becketts Park wanted to know more about the ordinary people who had given their lives in the War and had lived in his area. He decided to research the names on the Far Headingley First World War memorial outside St Chad’s.

houses and had professional jobs, or who had attended public school and Leeds University Officer Training Corps.

There were 77 men from very diverse backgrounds. He trawled through archives and discovered that about a third of them lived in the terraced houses around the Highburys and worked in a variety of unskilled jobs. Then there were those that lived around Far Headingley, in the large Victorian

Terrace, had moved overseas before the war, and then

Several men received bravery awards – in particular, David Phillip Hirsch who lived in Weetwood Grove. He was awarded the Victoria Cross after he was killed in 1917 near Arras. There were also the three Calvert brothers, Cyril,

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Some men, like Derwent Vaughan who lived in Victoria joined the Forces of the British Empire. A stretcher bearer in Belgium, he was unfortunately killed in 1917. There are also the two sons of the landlord of the Three Horseshoes, Edward and George Scott, Edward was killed in 1917 and George died after he was discharged in 1919 having been wounded at Passchendaele.

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There are just two names that Andrew has drawn a blank on – Thomas Craven and HL Lawrence.

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omen’s friendship website, www.togetherfriends. com, run by Ilkley resident Helen King, has just launched its first two togetherfriends clubs, in Ilkley and North Leeds.

As well as linking women on a one to one basis, where women are matched with each other based on age, location and interests, members will now have the opportunity to chat to other local women as a group and arrange get togethers such as walks, coffees, meals out, trips to the cinema etc.

“Togetherfriends has really taken off in Ilkley and North Leeds”, said Helen. “Many members have made good friends and meet up on a regular basis and there is talk of a book club being set up.” togetherfriends.com is free to register. The clubs are open to paid-up members only.If you are interested in making new friends in your area, visit www.togetherfriends. com

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eeds City Council operates a community meals service 365 days a year to support older and vulnerable people living in their own homes. For some, this service may be short-term support after illness, hospital discharge, a spouse’s bereavement, or respite care for Carers. But, longer term support is also provided to ensure and maintain independence in the community.

Community Meals Leeds has been delivering hot meals city-wide for over 40 years. Providing a hot, nutritious meal delivered directly to your door, not only helps to maintain nutritional wellbeing, it also ensures a daily visit from Community Meals Leeds who can check on the wellbeing and safety of the resident, providing reassurance and peace of mind.

The service offers hot lunches and cold teas that meet most dietary

Providing

a weekly menu so people can choose what they would like. These selections are collected later in the week to ensure the customer receives the meal of their choice the following week.

There is also a frozen meal delivery

requirements. The two-course hot

service, providing a wide selection of

meal provides a third of an older

meals, delivered on a fortnightly basis.

person’s daily nutritional needs. The

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Home & Garden

A month for planning and planting to give your garden the best start for next year.

Cut Flower Patch My garden is only small but for the past few years I have devoted a little patch to growing some flowers for cutting. Hardy annuals are great for this. Many have a long flowering season and it’s possible to make it even longer by doing Autumn sowings as well as Spring ones. The seeds planted in Autumn will be large enough to flower much earlier than the Spring sown ones.

Seeds can be sown directly into soil that has been raked and weeded during September, and if the weather is mild, in early October too. Here are some lovely ones to try: Cornflowers,

Seeds can be sown directly into soil that has been raked and

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Plant your bulbs this

Calendula, Nigella, Scabiosa, Godetia, Candytuft, Ammi, Eschscholzia and Larkspur.

month

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rewarded

Bulbs are the most wonderful way to add splashes of colour to the Spring garden. I use them in all my planting schemes to start the season as early as possible often matching them to the colour scheme of the rest of the planting.

In a pink and purple border I might use white and pink Anemone blanda and white crocuses for early interest, followed by Tulip ‘Purissima’, purple/pink ‘Maytime’ and the lovely double

to be

with lovely colour when you need it most

surprise you to learn that you can also plant your garlic this month.

pale pink ‘Angelique’. Later tall mauve Alliums would make a statement with their spherical heads of starry flowers.

A bed with a ‘hot’ colour scheme could start off with golden Crocus and little yellow Narcissi then Tulip ‘Prinses Irene’ or ‘West Point’. Fritillaria imperialis (Crown Imperial) can be added to bring dramatic shape and colour in late Spring.

You can plant your bulbs this month to be rewarded with lovely colour when you need it most. So what are you waiting for?

On the Veg Plot

weeded during September

It won’t surprise you to learn that you can also plant your garlic this month. It is worth buying special garlic from a seed supplier or garden centre rather than using garlic from the supermarket - the reason being that supermarket garlic often comes from warmer climes and may not do well in our Yorkshire conditions. Garlic specially bought for planting is also free from diseases and fresh so it should grow well.

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Its International Jazz Concert series welcomes the stunning Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi Trio on Thursday 16th October, Indo Jazz saxman Jesse Bannister’s new band ‘Play Out’ featuring pianist Zoe Rahman on 6th November, the Nigel Price organ trio with saxman Alex Garnett on 2nd October, electro jazz from ‘Partisans’ with Julian Siegel /Phil Robson on 20th November, and finishing with one of the greats of the UK jazz scene, Stan Sultzmann with his Neon Quartet on 4th December.

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I imagine

FILM

REVIEW

BY BRENDAN CAMPBELL

drawn much comparison to

OBVIOUS CHILD DIRECTED BY: GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE STARRING: ::JENNY SLATE, JAKE LACY, GABY HOFFMANN, DAVID CROSS CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 84 MINS don’t know if it’s a result of Obvious Child being referred to in the media as ‘the abortion rom-com’ or a particularly meagre marketing budget, but I found it somewhat telling that when I caught this film only a week after its release it was tucked away on the smallest screen in the multiplex and I had the cosy auditorium all to myself.

A shame, really, as this charming, honest and funny picture deserves a bigger audience (well, at the very least, bigger than just me).

Jenny Slate (whose stint on Saturday Night Live was cut short when she accidently swore on air) is superb as Donna, a young Brooklynite who works in a second-hand bookstore by day (Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books – best name for a bookstore ever!) and performs raw, confessional stand-up comedy by night.

Donna’s already somewhat squalid life begins to unravel further when she’s unceremoniously dumped by her jackass boyfriend and soon thereafter loses her job.

Following an alcohol-fuelled bitter, vitriolic and mortifying to watch post-break up onstage meltdown, she runs into a genuinely pleasant chap, shares some more beverages with him and, well, I think you can see where this is heading.

Not too long after, Donna begins exhibiting pregnancy symptoms and casts her mind back to that boozy evening (“I remember seeing a condom, I just don’t know exactly

it has

what it did”) and is gently chided by her friend Nellie (Gaby Hoffmann) for “playing Russian roulette with your vagina”.

At this point Obvious Child reveals itself to be interesting, brave and important in an understated kind of way. You see, what happens next is Donna decides to have an abortion. What’s more, she makes the decision as a sensible, pragmatic

Lena Dunham’s series, Girls, chronicling as it does, the messy lives of characters muddling their way through

choice that is entirely hers to make. More astounding still, she actually goes through with it. She isn’t shamed or guilt-tripped into changing her mind and she doesn’t suffer any terrible consequences as a result of her decision, in fact (spoiler alert) everything works out okay.

Just why this is such a big deal is because it’s such a rarity (virtually unprecedented, in fact) for an American film to deal with such a scenario and have it play out in this manner.

Something that irked me somewhat about Juno and

Knocked Up (both good movies that I otherwise enjoyed) was that when, in those films, the notion of termination gingerly reared its head it was pretty much dismissed out of hand as if that option simply isn’t on the table. Admittedly, they would have been much shorter movies had those pregnant characters decided to abort and their dramatic narratives would have been derailed, but stay with me here.

What it comes down to is the studios bankrolling these pictures being terrified of angering the American religious Right and bending over backwards to make sure they don’t risk losing the god-fearing dollar.

It’s probably just as well then that Obvious Child was made on a shoestring and is unlikely to be expected to make a great deal of money. It’s a quiet kind of landmark movie; low-budget and low-fi, managing to make its point by flying under the radar and avoiding incurring the deranged wrath of

the bible belt nut-jobs. Also, as it’s written by, directed by, starring and about a woman and dealing with its subjects the way it does, it’s a small but significant triumph for feminism in film.

But, perhaps I’m making too much of what the film skilfully plays down. In the end, Obvious Child is a romantic comedy, albeit an unlikely one. I imagine it has drawn much comparison to Lena Dunham’s series, Girls, chronicling as it does, the messy lives of characters muddling their way through.

It’s funny, astutely observed, very crude and disarmingly, surprisingly sweet. Slate’s irresistible leading performance alone is worth the price of admission and hopefully means we’ll be seeing a lot more of her. And, it features the great Paul Simon song with which it shares its title.

Sold? I hope so. I’d hate to think I’m one of only a handful of people to see it.

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Album Reviews Serious Sam Barrett – Anyroad X-Ray Cat Trio – Bloody Deeds Brudenell Social Club

An evening of superb performances by some of the best musicians in town succeeded in conjuring up an atmosphere redolent of the American Deep South in the Brudenell’s main room to mark the launch of a pair of excellent albums. n amusing sight on the night was what amounted to a crowded cloakroom-like depository for skateboards. It was on the skating scene, after all, where Serious Sam earned his nickname, due to his single-minded determined approach to honing his boarding skills. The Yorkshire Rambler’s supportive buddies The climax from the scene were obviously to that out in force. thrilling It’s this same seriousness and devotion that Sam has night at the evidently also applied to his Brudenell guitar chops and songcraft.

‘Anyroad’, released on his saw the Roots/Americana orientated stage label, Yadig, is a superb longplayer, which successfully pulls crowded off the feat of presenting classic, with a old time country-folk-blues plethora styles in a manner that feels authentic and at the same time of guests fresh and contemporary. and friends With album opener, Back on the Jack, Sam sets his stall out for an allearly with a booze-soaked ditty together jam underpinned by an Appalachian out fingerpicked guitar style that runs throughout the album.

The likes of She’s My Only One,

Better Give it Up and title track, Anyroad, also incorporate some very tasty, slinky slide guitar that intertwines beautifully with Sam’s picking and strumming. The stripped down, straightforward arrangements, acoustic instrumentation and rhythm work are all laid down here with sparkling production that makes every element shine.

Over the album’s eleven tracks Anyroad sustains an upbeat, bittersweet mood of nostalgia, poignancy and optimism.

It’s a compelling listen and a particularly accomplished piece of work.

Having caught X-Ray Cat Trio once or twice before, it seems this no-nonsense outfit has morphed into a different kind of beast. The rockabilly song stylings have been somewhat dialled down in favour of dirty, swamp-blues instrumentals. The scuzzy, reverb heavy guitar of tracks like Miss October (Serious Bogart) have a Waitsian (that’s Tom Waits, if you’re unclear)

quality and could conceivably soundtrack a Jim Jarmusch movie (obviously a good thing).

The trio seems newly energised by the addition of Joe Love on drums, whose rumbling, rattling rhythm work fuses perfectly with the almost terrifyingly muscular and intense double bass playing of Adam Richards and frontman Nico’s growly vocals and dynamic fretwork.

The notion that XRCT’s punk-blues remit has been broadened to incorporate more of a surf-rock ‘n’ roll element is confirmed by Bloody Deeds’ closing track, a version of Dick Dale’s Taco Wagon.

Both live and on record X-Ray Cat prove themselves to be on top form and one hopes that the members other projects (among them Nico’s role in heavy, gothmetal powerhouse Black Moth) allow them sufficient time to pursue this further.

The climax to that thrilling night at the Brudenell saw the stage crowded with a plethora of guests and friends for an alltogether jam out, throwing accordion, harmonica and more besides into the mix (duelling double basses, anyone?). Thus was brought to a close an evening of sterling work by some of our finest home grown talent.

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Thu 2 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £19.25. Former Amen Corner vocalist belting out blues & gospel.

Future Of The Left Thu

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Academy, £20.70. Genuine punk rock superstars

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Wed 15 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £14. Hip-hop loops & grooves overlaid with trombones & sousaphones underpinned with epic drumming & funky bass.

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The South Sun 12 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £22.

Members of The Beautiful South perform hits such as ‘Song For Whoever’, ‘Rotterdam’, & many others.

Danny & The Champions Of The World Mon 13 Oct,

Brudenell Social Club, £11.

Blend of folk, pop & rock invoking the spirit of Ronnie Lane’s ‘Passing Show’ or Joe Cocker’s ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’.

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Brudenell Social Club, £13.75.

Influences from Congolese ‘soukous’ & Malian blues to Flamenco & minimalism, create a rare cross-cultural musical expression that blends song & groove.

Howard Assembly Room, £22.50. Grammy awardwinning tabla maestro.

Roller Trio Thurs 23 Oct, The Wardrobe, £10. Jazzpunk.

Sage Francis Fri 17 Oct,

Flamenco Diez & Mestisa

Patsy Matheson + Ukelele Bitch Slap Fri 17 Oct, 8pm

Dead Prez Fri 24 Oct,

Brudenell Social Club, £15. A unique, politically charged, brand of emo-hop.

Seven Arts, Chapel A. £8 advance/ £10 door.

Steve Buckley’s ‘The Wagon Train’ Sun 19 Oct,

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Blend of contemporary Jazz, cinematic inspired tunes, psychedelia & elements of dustbowl country.

Teleman Sat 18 Oct,

Brudenell Social Club, £9.90.

Formerly Pete & The Pirates.

Exquisite pop songs with a simple, sonorous brew of guitar, & synths.

Georgie Fame Sun 19 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £22.

Legendary rhythm & blues keyboardist/vocalist.

Prides Mon 20 Oct,

Brudenell Social Club, £7.70.

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Coco Lovers + Hot Feet

Tues 21 Oct, Oporto Bar, £9.

Cross-cultural folk, blues, psychedelia & gypsy jazz.

Luke Daniels Wed 22 Oct,

Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

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Thurs 23 Oct, 8pm Seven Arts, Chapel A. Dazzling Flamenco & South American music. Advance £8/ door £10 Brudenell Social Club, £14.85. Hip-hop duo with confrontational style, focused on social justice & positivity.

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Skelton Grange Environment Centre recently received funding from the Big Lottery and National Grid for ‘access2nature’, a five year project to improve the wellbeing of people in Leeds, by providing a range of social, learning and volunteering opportunities in the outdoors.

un by the charity The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the team at Skelton Grange has long recognised that looking after green places isn’t just about caring for nature, but also about caring for people.

“We welcome thousands of people every year to take part in environmental education and play activities”, said Manager Caroline Crossley. “We also support adult trainees and volunteers to lead education sessions, conservation and biodiversity projects. This gives people the opportunity to learn new things, make friends, build confidence and develop skills for further training or employment.”

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Children and adults have learnt about nature, bushcraft skills, being active outdoors and volunteering. The site is full of ponds, woodlands and wildlife.

People have commented that they feel happier, more confident and healthier outdoors than they did before and understand more about what they can do to look after the environment.

For more information about Skelton Grange Environment Centre and the access2nature project, visit www.tcv.org.uk/skeltongrange or www.facebook.com/Skelton GrangeEnvironmentCentre

‘One Day’ Aims to Improve Treatment and Support for Trauma Patients Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation recently launched ‘Day One’ a new fundraising initiative designed to support trauma patients across Yorkshire.

Leeds is one of 22 Major Trauma Centres in England, providing around-the-clock lifesaving treatment for seriously injured patients.

Major trauma is the sixth highest cause of death across the globe and the fifth highest cause of disability in all age groups.

Day One aims to improve treatment for patients who have suffered major trauma; provide support for their families; support staff with training and education; fund state-of-the-art medical equipment; and fund research and innovation here in Leeds.

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t’s a little known fact that, as a worldwide participation sport, badminton is second only to football in popularity! In South East Asia and China the sport is huge, with crowds of 15,000 watching matches between players who have a similar status to soccer players in Europe.

In the UK the sport has been growing in popularity since its Olympic debut in 1992. In England alone there are over 2,100 clubs.

At a local level, the Leeds and District Badminton League has been active since 1933 and runs men’s, ladies’ and mixed league doubles competitions from October to April.

Farsley Celtic Badminton Club was formed in 1989 and plays in the sports hall adjacent to Farsley AFC. The club has five teams (2 mixed, 2

men’s, 1 ladies’) that participate in the Leeds and District Badminton League. The club holds an open club night every Monday from 8 – 10pm (excluding bank holidays) and on occasional Fridays during the match season. People can pay and play for just £5 per session or join the club for £160 per year (£120 senior citizens).

A normal club night will include a good mixture of abilities and see various friendly games taking place. Ages range from the very young to the very experienced and an all-inclusive, sociable ethos is maintained. Farsley also holds occasional social evenings and events.

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he England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) recently planned to surprise a local cricket club by having Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance arrive, totally unannounced, at a training session – and they chose St Chad’s Broomfield!

They told the club that they had received an enquiry from two players looking for a club in Leeds,

and arranged to go down and film them welcoming the new players. They had no idea that two England players were going to show up!

Fifty senior and junior players bowled at them, there was a junior Q&A, shirt/bat signings, photos, catching competitions, fielding drills and prizes. It was a remarkable evening with two great England players, who gave the impression they didn’t want to leave.

“I had a feeling that there was more to the visit then they let on”, said Paul Berry from the club. “So I contacted all our players and junior parents and

suggested they should come along, even if they were not training that evening! Fortunately for me, it wasn’t two unknown cricketers!

“On the back of this we have received interest from new players, volunteers and sponsors, something we are always looking for. It has given the club a huge boost. And, since then we have become champions of the Headingley & District Twenty20 Evening Cricket League and the 2nd XI won their cup final.”

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HS Blood and Transplant is asking people to make giving blood a part of their routine, and is urging donors to make an appointment to donate and help keep stocks healthy throughout the Autumn months.

Although overall blood use within the NHS has reduced, hospitals and patients still rely on more than 7,000 people attending a donation session every day across England and North Wales.

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Izzy Plays Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical

Pictured: Ella Goulding & Ellie Houlton

ollowing a ‘Good’ judgment from Ofsted in October 2013, Lawnswood School has sealed this judgment with the best GCSE results they have ever had. Bucking the national trend, 64% of students achieved A*-C in English Language and 70% in Maths.

The national figures are 61.7% and 62.4% respectively. The school saw a meteoric 12% rise in the all important measure of five or more A*-C grades including English and Maths.

“This is a significant step towards our aim of becoming an outstanding school”, said Jo Bell, Acting Head teacher. “Students and staff have worked incredibly hard to achieve these results and I am delighted their dedication has been rewarded.”

As well as overall success, there have been some notable personal Students performances, including Azzedine Kadiri who gained seven A* grades and staff and four A grades, Theo Bennett with have worked four A*s and six As, Max Milburn with two A*s and eight As, Joe incredibly Goff with two A*s and six As, Ella hard to Goulding with two A*s and six As, and Elliot Tait with two A*s and six achieve As. these results Lawnswood has always had a and I am successful sixth form and this year’s results were once again a credit to delighted both students and staff. 52% of their students attained A*-B, 28% A*-A and 11% attained A* or equivalent in dedication A levels and/or BTEC qualifications. has been This was the first cohort of students that was no longer able to sit exams rewarded in January and therefore unable to benefit from a re-sit opportunity.

Most importantly, 89% of students were accepted at their chosen universities, with just five students looking to secure places through clearing. All now have a place at university to study their chosen courses.

As well as exceeding the national averages in the headline figures, there were some also notable performances to celebrate in the sixth form, including: Jin Fei Yang, A*A*A; Becky Leung, A*A A; Alice Tobias-Green, A* AA; Anne Russam, A*AB; Xiao Jun Ye, A*AB; Lauren Martino, AAB; Sarah Chandler, AAB; Stephanie Wright, A* BB; Aqim Jaffary, ABB; Cerys Jones, ABB; Molly Richards, ABB; Evie Rollinson, ABB. All the staff at Lawnswood School would like to offer their sincere congratulations to all of the students. They are looking forward to more celebrations in the coming academic year.

Isabella Squires (11), a student from Stagecoach Horsforth, recently took centre stage in Shrek The Musical® at Leeds Grand Theatre. She sailed through the audition to secure the part of the Young Princess Fiona, one of the lead characters.

“Izzy was delighted to be performing in the show”, said Stagecoach Principal, Ken Davison. “She has trained very hard over the past year and this is a great reward for her efforts.”

Izzy’s Stagecoach School is part of a network of more than 600 part-time Theatre Arts Schools Worldwide. Early stages classes are available for children aged 4 – 6 and Main School classes take place for 6 – 18 year olds.

“Rehearsals were so much fun and I couldn’t wait to get on stage for the first show”, said Izzy. “I was really lucky to have this opportunity and would like to thank my parents, teachers and Stagecoach for all their support.’

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The Exhibition will include work from Year 6 primary school children who attended ‘art workshops’ run by the Lawnswood Art Department earlier this year.

More than double the number of children expected arrived for the workshops but the Art Department took it all in its stride and the children enjoyed a very creative day.

Entry to the Exhibition is free. There will be live music and refreshments, and the audience will be asked to vote in five different prize categories. It promises to be an inspirational and celebratory event.

awnswood School is holding its sixth annual Art & Design Technology Exhibition on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th October, from 6-8pm.

The exhibition will showcase the very best of Lawnswood talent in paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, 3D and multimedia from across all year groups.

This joint project between school staff, students and the ‘Friends of Lawnswood’, provides a unique opportunity for any year group to gain experience in curating and taking responsibility for key elements of the show. The standard of work is exceptional and, as in previous years, there will be the opportunity to commission and purchase particular pieces.

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Family Arts Festival at The Students and staff at Ralph Thoresby School are celebrating an improvement in exam results for the second successive year as the school continues to go from strength to strength.

The percentage of students gaining C grades or better in both English and Maths rose to 55% which represents an increase of 8% over two years. The number of students making expected or more than expected progress in the core subjects has also increased dramatically, with English results this year rising above the national average.

A level targets were also comfortably exceeded again. The We’ve school recorded a 100% pass rate with 33% of grades at A* or A. Every student in Year 13 introduced achieved the grades required to attend University with the vast more majority reaching their first choice institutions. rigorous, One student with an even greater cause for celebration than most was Emma Boyes, one aspirational of the first students in the country to achieve what exam boards targets have termed the ‘Super Grade’, which celebrates outstanding for our achievement in mathematical ability.

GCSE Further Maths is in students its third year at Ralph Thoresby and is part of the department’s and strategy of delivering ‘Ambition and Achievement for All’. A small they’re group of students was selected to take the qualification after they achieved the best Maths GCSE responding results in the school’s recent history. really Head teacher Will Carr attributed the improvements to ‘incredible commitment and well hard work from both students and teachers’. “We’ve introduced

Pictured: Emma Boyes

more rigorous, aspirational targets for our students and they’re responding really well”, he said.

The school recently invited consultants B11 Education (including an Ofsted inspector), to visit the school. They graded the school as ‘Good’ in all areas and were impressed with the rapid improvements taking place and the ambition shown by staff and students.

“We are all determined to maintain this upward trend and go on to become an ‘outstanding’ school’”, said Will Carr. “We are a school on the up and Ralph Thoresby is a great place to work and study.”

Carriageworks This half-term (17 October – 2 November) the Carriageworks Theatre is bringing entertainment for the whole family to the city centre, as part of the nationwide Family Arts Festival.

Award-winning writer Michael Morpurgo is this year’s festival patron and more than 500 organisations are hosting over 2,000 family friendly arts events. The festival aims to build on last year’s success and present a mix of high quality music, theatre, dance and visual arts events to attract families.

The Carriageworks Theatre has programmed a week of shows for all ages – from the interactive Draw Along with Nick Sharratt (27 Oct, age 5+) and The Clean as Possible Comedy Show (29 Oct, age 12+), to well-loved tales brought to life by Old MacDonald had a Farm (30 Oct, age 4+), and Hugless Douglas (29 Oct, age 3+). All daytime events will have an hour-long pre-show activity for even more family fun.

Tickets are available from City Centre Box Office on 0113 224 3801, or online at www. carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Family tickets are available for some productions but must be purchased over the phone.

Find us online VOLUNTEERS NEEDED To evaluate the effect of diet on metabolic health The University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition needs volunteers to take part in a 4 week trial to understand the effect of consuming natural ingredients on markers of the metabolic syndrome.

What is the metabolic syndrome?

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You will receive a £20 gift voucher as reward for completion For information, contact: Samantha Sutulic University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition Telephone: 0113 343 0064 Email: food27@leeds.ac.uk This project is funded by the European Commission, Grant Agreement Number 311876. Ethical review and approval was provided by the faculty of MAPS and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (Reference MEEC 13-027 on 30 July 2014) and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust R&D (Reference CP14/11315 on 22 August 2014). Principal Investigator: Dr Caroline Orfila (c.orfila@leeds.ac.uk; 0113 343 2966).

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Community Notices

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Adel Badminton Club

meets Mon, 8pm at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A mixed & a men’s team in Leeds & District Badminton League. New members welcome. If you have some experience go along on Monday. Details:

Chris 225 9426, Dave 267 0572

Adel Crown Green Bowling Club (next to Adel

Church). Bowling Apr – Oct. New members welcome.

Details: Phil 267 6152, www. adelbowlingclub.co.uk

Adel Squash Club meets

at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A fun/ competitive way to keep fit.

Details: Jon Hodgson 07761 608598, or for Racketball John Bennett 267 0761, www.adelsquashclub.com

Adel Tennis Club Enjoy social or competitive tennis on 3 carpet & 2 tarmac courts. Ideally situated at AWMA sports ground next to Adel Church. All standards welcome. Junior coaching available. Details: John Micklethwaite 267 4071

Badminton Anyone?

Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players. Fri 7.30 – 9.30pm, Trinity University, Horsforth.

Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham 258 4532

Bramhope Bowls Club

Social bowling, friendly & league matches. Experienced players & beginners welcome, Good social activities. Details:

Stewart 267 3311, Jaci 267 9761

Bramhope Table Tennis Club meets Mon 8 – 10pm & Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm, Robert Craven Hall. New members welcome. Details: Stewart

267 3311

Briggate Morris is looking

for new dancers & musicians for next season. Try it for free!

Female dancers from ages 8 – 80, all abilities. Practice Mon 7.30pm at Central Methodist Church, Horsforth. Details:

briggate@hotmail.co.uk

Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun 9.30am in car park Cookridge Village Hall. Walks 6/8 miles.

Transport can be provided.

New members welcome.

Details: Barbara 267 1522, cookridgeramblers@ outlook.com

Holt Park Bowls Club

Farrar Lane, LS16. Crown Green bowling is for everyone. Super sport for the whole family, good fun & good exercise. New members welcome. Details: Jim

Mcquade 225 4503

Horsforth Tennis Club

welcomes new members for social & competitive play all year round. Details: Hillary

West 258 6021

Junior Footballers Wanted Quality players for

North East Leeds Juniors U17s for 2014-15 season.

Training & games at Scott Hall. Details: Mark Bramfitt

07970 863483, bramfitt_m@ yahoo.co.uk

Kirkstall Harriers Running Club meets Mon & Wed, 6.50pm Kirkstall Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome, must be able to run 3-4 miles. Club takes part in events & challenges

all over Yorkshire & UK.

Details: kirkstallharriers@ googlemail.com

Kirkstall Abbey Tennis Club Friendly, welcoming

club with reasonable membership rates. Details:

Roger Harris, 07806 789580, rharris999@hotmail.co.uk

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Are you

disabled or have a condition where swimming could help?

LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active.

Safe & relaxed environment.

Details: Roger 267 4716, Paul 225 7035

Leeds Cycling Campaign meets Thurs 2 Oct, 7pm at the Adelphi, 3-5 Hunslet Rd LS10 1JQ

Leeds Naturist Group

meets Sat, 5 – 6.30pm at Bramley Baths & is open to all. Naturist swim & Russian steam bath, followed by refreshments in the studio.

Identity documents required on 1st visit. Details: www.

leedsnaturistgroup.com leedsnaturistgroup@gmail. com,

Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club trains Mon 7.15pm at

Adel, matches Saturdays.

New & experienced players welcome. Details:

leedslacrosse@hotmail. co.uk

Like to Walk? Join group

that meets 10am Tues twice a month for 10 – 12 mile walks.

Details: Richard 267 3623

Phoenix Folk Dancers

Wed 8 – 10pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms).

English Country Dancing.

Beginners welcome & you don’t need a partner. Details:

01943 467851

FREE FOR charities, churches, social clubs & non-profit community groups

Pudsey & District Rambling Club meets Sun

& alt Thurs for walks of 5 - 10 miles. New members welcome. Members from all around the district. Annual membership £8. Try before you join. Details: 01943

4306571, pat_barnett@ yahoo.com

St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club The club plays in Headingley & runs 5 senior & 5 junior teams. Looking for new players. Details:

Paul 07795 154444, www. stchadscc.com

St Chad’s Tennis Club

Play tennis all year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne

Wallace 274 9917

St Christopher’s Cycling Club Friendly club. Rides

start Sun 9am from car park opposite Lawnswood Cemetery, for rides of 30-40 miles. All welcome (U-18s should be accompanied).

Details: 278 603, www. facebook.com/LSCCC

Try Korfball! Free tryouts

for men & women Mondays 7pm at Notre Dame College, St Marks Ave. LS2 9BL (opp Leeds University). Details:

leedskorfball@gmail.com

ARTS & CRAFTS Bramhope Arts Club

meets 7.30pm Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane. Mon 6 Oct: Practical – drawing people. 13 Oct: ‘Tropical flowers’, acrylic demonstration by Carol Sorhaindo. 20 Oct: Practical ‘Autumn Scene’. 27 Oct: Picture night, bring finished/ unfinished pictures for help & advice. New members welcome. Details: Jeff 01423

508867

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Community Notices

74 Chinese Brush Painters Society meets Sat 4/Sun 5

Oct, 10am - 4pm at Pool-inWharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane for an Eric Ng workshop on painting peonies & a landscape. New members most welcome.

Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@cbpsyorks. co.uk

Cookridge Village Art Group meets Wed, 1.30

– 3.30pm.Just a couple of places available for new season. Friendly, helpful group for anyone interested in art (water colour, oils, acrylic, pastels or drawing). Regular workshops & demonstrations by professional artists.

Details: Mick 267 9170

Farsley & District Art Club Meets Mon/Wed/

Thurs for drawing & painting at the studios, Westroyd Pk, New St, Farsley LS28. Oct 1st- Landscape in watercolour

with Richard Gawthorpe. Oct 4th- Still life using tone with Peter Frank. Oct 29: Review of members’ paintings.

Details: www.farsleyartclub. org.uk

Headingley Flower Club

meets 1st Fri, 7.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Hall, Otley Rd. Guests & new members welcome. Details: Mrs Young

267 9445

The Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 29 Oct, 2pm at

Almscliffe Village Hall, Huby LS17 6EG. Demonstration

by Sue Spencer ‘A Rhapsody of Flowers’. Visitors £5.

Open Evening Wed 12 Nov, 7.15pm at Gateways School, Harewood. National demonstrator, Sandy Bailey, will present ‘Celebrating in Style’. Details: 267 1886

Horsforth Art Society

meets 7.30pm Wed at The Studio 15 Back Lane. 1 Oct: Landscape in watercolour

with Alan Smith. Also open Mon 10am – noon; Tues & Thurs 1.30 – 3.30pm.

Non members welcome.

Coffee Morning Sat 10am

Life Drawing Art Group

Coffee Morning & Art Exhibition Sat 4 Oct,

Details: 2588496, www. horsforthartsociety. wordpress.com

Mon 7 – 9pm at HEART Bennett Rd. Headingley.

New members & all abilities welcome to come & draw a variety of life models. Details:

Laurence Limon 07856 735179

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Adel Parish Church Charity Coffee Morning Sat 4 Oct, 10am – 12 noon at the Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel, in aid of Alzheimer’s. Homemade cakes & scones.

– 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley. Delicious homemade cakes, teas, coffees & lots of chat.

Everyone welcome.

10.30am - 12noon at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd, Far Headingley, in aid of the Mission to Seafarers.

Cakes, tombola, Phoenix Cards & more.

Coffee Shop Tues 10am

– 12 noon at Bramhope Methodist Church. Delicious homemade scones every week. Friendly atmosphere all welcome.

Craft Fair 1st Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Creativities Courtyard opp Horsforth Farmers’ Market, 96a Town St. Horsforth. Details: 258 1484

www.albatyres.co.uk

Friends of Guiding Coffee Morning Sat 1 Nov, 10am – 12 noon at Central Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth.

Cake stall, books, bric-a-brac, cards & tombola.

Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat, 9am –

12.30pm in The Rose Garden in front of The Arc, North Lane.

Hope Pastures Autumn Fayre Sun 19 Oct, 10.30am –

3pm at the sanctuary, corner of Weetwood Lane/Ring Rd. Great fun for all the family.

Wide selection of goods & refreshments plus plenty to see & do. Bring your apples & make your own juice. 50p adults/ children free.

Hope Pastures Charity Auction Sat 4 Oct Viewing

from 11am, start noon at the sanctuary, corner Ring Rd & Weetwood Lane. Wide range of collectibles & new items.

Horsforth Farmers’ Market (sponsored

by Horsforth Churches Together), Sat 4 Oct, 9.30am – 12.30pm on Town St.

Plant Sale Fri 3 Oct, 9.30am – 6.30pm/ Sat 4 Oct 9am – 2pm Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. Professionally Grown Pansies, Wallflowers, Violas & Cyclamens for bedding & containers.

Selection of Alpines & perennials, Winter baskets & patio pots

St Gemma’s Hospice Indoor Car Boot Sale Sat

25 Oct, 10am - 1pm at 329 Harrogate Rd, Moortown.

50+ stalls selling wide variety of items at bargain prices!

Entry by donation. Stalls fully booked. Details: Jenny Dixon

218 5565, jennyd@st-gemma. co.uk

Table Top Sale Sat 25 Oct, 10am – 12 noon at Cookridge Methodist Church (corner Otley Old Rd/Tinshill Rd).

Homemade cakes, bric-abrac, jewellery, videos, toys, jigsaws. Charity stalls. In aid of Church funds Victorian Christmas Fayre Sat 22 Nov, 2 – 6pm at

Victoria Court, 224 Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, LS6. Lots of stalls (stalls available £20), refreshments, Lawnswood Community Choir. Donations to Yorkshire Air Ambulance & Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Details: Gillian Green Scheme.VictoriaCourt@ mha.org.uk

West Park United Reformed Church Coffee Morning (Spen Lane) 1st Sat, 10.30am. Bacon butties & toasted tea-cakes. All welcome

GROUPS/CLUBS Adel Bridge Club meets

Fri, 7.15pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane. Relaxed Chicago Bridge club. New members all abilities welcome. No partner needed.

Details: Janice 230 6387 or 07713 402405

Adel Crag Community Assoc. keeps you informed

about what’s happening in your neighbourhood. Local news, events etc. Details:

Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag.org.com

Adel & District Horticultural Society

meets 2nd Mon, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane. Next meeting Mon 13 Oct: Talk ‘National Collections in Leeds Parks’

by Martin Walker. New members welcome. Details:

Mrs Tarn Everett 261 3095

Adel Lodge meets at Castle Grove Masonic Hall Tuesday evenings. Details: David Hancox 228 0771

Aire Valley Dolls House Club meets 2nd Mon. New

members welcome. Details: Natalie Wilson 287 6272, airevalleydollshouse. blogspot.co.uk

Cookridge Camera Club meets most Wednesdays in Cookridge Village Hall.

Details: Richard on 230 1853, www.cockridgecameraclub. co.uk

Cookridge Gardening Club meets Wed 15 Oct,

7.30pm in Cookridge Methodist Church Hall, for a talk by Angela Henson entitled ‘Alpine Meadows in Bloom’. She is a Friend of Harlow Carr, to which she donates her fees. Come along & bring a friend! £2 incl refreshments/ members 50p.

Cookridge & Horsforth U3A meets 6 Oct 10.30am-

12pm at Cookridge Village Hall, & 20 Oct 10.30am – 12pm at St Margaret’s Parish Centre, Horsforth. Details:

07876 562 686, www. u3asites.org.uk/cookridge

Cookridge Methodist Community Film Society

Season starts 8 Oct with ‘Philomena’ starring Judi Dench & Steve Coogan, at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall. Showings 2nd Wed each month, 7pm (refreshments & chat 6.30pm). Members enjoy 7 films for £20 or 5 for £17.

Guests welcome (£4) Details:

Shirley 267 2464

Friends of Hunger Hills Woods meet 2nd Sat, 10am

on Hall Lane to carry out various practical tasks in the wood. Wear suitable clothing & gloves. Details: 258 3140,

www.hungerhillswoods.org

Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Action Days 1st

Tools & hot drinks provided.

Details: Mike Simpson lawnswoodcemetery@ yahoo.co.uk

Greenpeace Leeds meets 1st Mon, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2.

Join growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details: Joe 07929 610773, www. greenpeace.org.uk/groups

Holt Park Tenants & Residents Association

Provides a voice for residents & tenants in Holt Park area.

Regular monthly meetings at Ralph Thoresby School.

Details: rhinos4ever@ hotmail.com , www. holtparktra.btck.co.uk

Horsforth in Bloom

Friendly, active group meets 1st Sat,10am in Horsforth Museum. New members welcome. Details: 258 3521

Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds 7pm at St Margaret’s Hall & Thurs 1pm at Grove Methodist Church Hall. Good car parking & no stairs! Visitors welcome.

Details: Mrs Zoe Bent 258 1580

Horsforth Retired People’s Club meets 2nd

& 4th Thurs, 9.30 – 11am St Margaret’s Parish Centre.

Speakers & time to socialise.

Visitors & new members welcome. Details: Everett

Cooke 258 9149, Beryl Harland 258 6907

Human Writes in Leeds

(HWIL) meets Fri 17 Oct, 1pm in café of West Yorkshire Playhouse. Participants bring short pieces of their own writing for discussion.

Details: humanwritesinleeds. wordpress.com

Sat. Help tidy the cemetery, under supervision of Parks & Countryside Ranger. Meet 10am in car park, Otley Rd.

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76 ‘I’m From Meanwood’

Community group for anyone in LS7 or surrounding area.

Photos & memories of old & new Meanwood. Over 1,000 photos. Details: I’m From

Meanwood on Facebook

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached.

Improve your social life & make new friends. Not a dating agency. Details:

217 1747/ 267 0282, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly. com

Kirkstall Community Garden Grow your own

food, learn new skills & share ideas with others.

All welcome. Free access to educational resources & growing facilities.

Volunteers welcome. Details:

kirkstallgarden@gmail.com

Lawnswood Bridge Club

Tues 1pm Lawnswood YMCA. Small friendly club playing Chicago. New members welcome. Details: 285 2522

Leeds Anglo German Club meets Tues 21 Oct,

7.30pm at St Columba’s URC, Headngley. Eddie Lawler, The Open University, will give an illustrated talk about Caspar David Friedrich, 19Th century German Romantic landscape painter. Details: 268 7697

Leeds Budgerigar Society meets 1st Tues, 8pm at Troydale Recreational Club, Troydale Grove, Pudsey, LS28 9LA. Old friends & new members welcome. Details:

Ronnie Simpson 252 0976, www.leedsbs.webs.com

Leeds Caledonian Society New members welcome. For information on activities visit www.leedscaledonians.

org.uk

Leeds Cat Rescue

rehabilitate lost, neglected cats & kittens. If you can offer a cat a home, contact them. Details: 268 0488,

Community Notices leedscatrescue@googlemail. com, www.leedscatrescue. btck.co.uk

Leeds Combined Arts Book Reading Group

Mon 8 Sept, 4pm at HEART Headingley. New book ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ by Tan Twan Eng. £1.50 (incl refreshments) Details: www.

leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues,

8pm St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple – includes all events & admission to Leeds Flower, Vegetable & Craft Show. Details: Pat 225

0030, www.leedshs.org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert

Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets Mon 6 Oct at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.

Details: 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds Oxfam Group has raised thousands of pounds over the past year. Everyone welcome to join their programme of interesting & informative events. Find them on Facebook Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm

St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, LS8. New season packed with talks/ lectures, competitions. New members welcome. Details:

www.lps1852.co.uk

Meanwood Men’s Society

Mon 6 Oct: Visit - York Pubs,Taverns & Snickleways, meet Parochial Hall, 6.30pm.

13 Oct: Supper Night at The Royalty, meet Meanwood Shopping Centre, 7.30pm.

27 Oct: Talk - Leeds Artist, Atkinson Grimshaw, Meanwood Institute, 7.30pm.

Details: Mark 274 7611, Colin 274 6316

Meanwood Valley Partnership Local people

The Other Bridge Club

Details: www.meanwood valleypartnership.co.uk

Details: Sandra 01943 463332

helping to preserve, protect & enhance the Meanwood Valley.

Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

National Trust Association Leeds You

Yorkshire Animal Shelter Many cats &

can now join your local branch without being a member of the National Trust. Just £8pa for local membership. Next meetings: 14 Oct, 11 Nov, 10am at St. Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Details: 01924

kittens desperate for new homes! Donations welcome.

National Vegetable Society meets 14 Oct, 8pm

Details: John Hey 263 7885

892681, cmsherborne@ btopenworld.com

at Paxton Horticultural Hall, Kirkstall Lane, LS5 2AB. Rex Geldard of Skipton gives an illustrated talk on ‘ A Year on my Allotment’. All Welcome.

Paxton Horticultural Society Early Autumn Show

Sat 27 Sept, open to public 2 – 4.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Adm free.

Plant sale & refreshments.

Details: Graham Wheatley 256 3055

Pool Bridge Club meets Mon, 1.15pm at Pool -inWharfedale Methodist Church (blue door on Manor Gns off Main St.). Relaxed Chicago bridge. No partner needed. New members all abilities welcome. Details Chris 284 3069

Robert Craven Bridge Club meets Fri, 7 – 10pm,

Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

Tuition available for at least four players if required.

Details: Ewart 267 8001

Rotaract 18 – 30s club

meets 2nd & 4th Wed, 6.45pm Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lower Briggate. All welcome.

Details: Tony Cleminson 07779 007671, tony_ cleminson@hotmail.com

Details: 07968 817803, www. yorkshireanimalshelter.org. uk

Yorkshire Heraldry Society meets Wed 29 Oct (26 Nov, 17 Dec), 7.15pm at Headingley Parish Centre, St.Michael’s Rd, LS6 3AW.

MUSIC The Amici Singers, friendly mixed voice choir with no auditions, restarts 11 Sept, 7pm Adel Methodist Church.

New members, experienced or beginners, welcome.

Details: Elizabeth King 228 5932

Cookridge Primary Intergenerational Choir of

children & older members of the community meets Mon 3 – 4pm at the school. Singing modern & traditional songs.

Looking for more adults!

Details: Debbie Fletcher 386 2500

Fairfax Singers have

vacancies for a tenor & an alto. Repertoire includes songs from shows, madrigals, spirituals & other sacred pieces. They perform lovely concerts. Rehearsals Tues pm at Thomas More Catholic Church, Burley-inWharfedale. Details: 01943

877464, 01274 597024

Horsforth Choral Society Friendly, enthusiastic choir rehearses Mon, 7.30 St Margaret’s Parish Centre.

Next concert 11 Nov includes Mozart ‘Vespers & Haydn’s Nelson Mass. Details: info@

horsforthchoralsociety.co.uk

Horsforth Leeds City

Brass Band Friendly, community band welcomes new players. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm Leeds Trinity UC, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Details: Betty Emberton 267 6529

Instrumental Jazz Workshop alt Sat 2.30

- 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7.

Play jazz & improvise.

Enjoyable, supportive atmosphere. £10/£8 per class. Details: Jean Watson

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Irish Musician(s) Wanted! for 20/30 minute opening slot for evening of Irish Music, hosted by Seven Arts Chapel Allerton. From 8pm Wed 11 Nov. Part of Irish History Month & The Leeds Gathering. Deadline 30 Sept. Details: send mp3s

or links to your music sevenunplugged@hotmail. com

James Farrell Concert Band rehearses Tues 7.45 –

10pm at Dewsbury Rd Social Club. Friendly community band playing show/film music, marches & more. New players welcome. Current vacancies for trumpet/cornet, horn, tuba & percussion.

Details: 293 1779, www. jfconcertband.com

Jazz Improvisation Group meets alt Fri, 7.30 -10pm in Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre, Town St. Play jazz to your heart’s content. £5.

Details: dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com

Leeds All For One Choir

New community choir meets Mon, 7.30 - 9.30pm in Mary Hallaway Lecture Hall, Leeds Trinity Campus, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Part of growing network of choirs singing rock, pop & gospel.

Everyone welcome. Book a taster session at maria.

mullin@allforonechoir.com, www.allforonechoir.com

Leeds People’s Choir

meets Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm (term time) Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Sq. Leeds, singing songs from around the world, under direction of singer Lorraine Cowburn. Ability to read music useful. New members welcome. Details: www.

leedspeopleschoir.org.uk

Phoenix Concert Band Rehearsals Thurs 7.30

– 9.30pm The Grammar School at Leeds (Grade 6+ level) Details: secretary@

phoenixband.co.uk, www. phoenixband.co.uk

Seven Jazz Voices Choir meets alt Mon 7-9pm at Inkwell 31 Potternewton Lane Chapel Allerton LS7.

Fun blues, jazz, cuban & gospel numbers, led by singer Nicki Allan. £5.

Details: Jean Watson jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Singing Mums Tues (term time) starting 9 Sept, 10 11am at St Paul’s Church Ireland Wood. Fun, friendly singing group for Mums to enjoy with their babies. £5 per session if booking term/£6 drop in. Details:

georgina.lashbrook@ hotmail.com or Facebook. com/singingmums

Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Hse, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Singing songs from classical to pop. Ability to read music preferable. Vacancies for 2nd soprano & altos. Details:

Tracy 07914 833394

Community Notices

78 Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse

Sat, 10am – 12.30pm.

Friendly, informal orchestra of adult learners. All abilities welcome. Specific beginners group. Details: www.ylss.org

Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses

alt Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome. Details: Deborah

Alzheimer’s Soc 231 1727, Horsforth Live at Home 259 1511

Headingley Methodist Church Hall, Church St. New members welcome. 2-course hot meal £4. Please book.

Details: 275 5615, 275 1592

Meanwood Luncheon Club meets Thurs, 12.15pm

SENIORS

1.30pm Cookridge Methodist Church, Tinshill Rd. Good food, good company. £4.50.

Details: 267 5510

of month 10 – 11.30am at Horsforth Live at Home Scheme, Town St. £1 incl refreshments. Details:

Luncheon Club for Over 60s meets Tues, 12 noon

Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld. com

Cookridge Luncheon Club meets Wed, 12 –

Lively Singing Group for people with dementia & their carers. 2nd Wed

Meanwood Methodist Church (next to Waitrose). 3 courses £5. Details: Anne Matthews

268 1131

OPAL (Older People’s Action in the Locality) supports over 60s in Cookridge, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Holt Park,

Adel & Bramhope. Activities include exercise classes, coffee afternoons, luncheon club, shopping trips & dropin. Details: 261 9103

OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) provides activities for seniors in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall.

Membership free to 60+.

Details: 369 7077, infoowls@ gmail.com

Sequence Tea Dancing

Mon 2 - 4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church. You don’t need a partner, just enthusiasm! Refreshments & raffle prizes. Details:

Marjorie 267 9802.

St Chad’s Lunch Club

Weds 12 - 1.30pm St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal & good company £4.50.

Open to all of retirement age close to St Chad’s. Transport provided. Details: Anne 274

9917, Claire 275 2917

St Giles Bramhope Luncheon Club Delicious home-cooked meal just £4.

Details: Mary Burnell 267 1742

STEP (Supporting The Elderly People) based at St Andrew’s Church, Butcher Hill, LS16 5BG. Activities & outings for people over 60 in West Park & Far Headingley. Details: 275

7988, www.stepleeds.org.uk step.2.step@btconnect.com

Willows Tuesday Club

Fink Hill, Horsforth. 1.45 – 3.45pm. Friendly group for over 60s. Various activities, & outings. Mini bus available in Horsforth. Don’t feel lonely, join them! Details: Jean 258

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SPIRITUAL Adel Baptist Congregation Sunday services 10.30am Adel

Primary School, Tile lane, LS16. Informal with mixture of contemporary & traditional songs. Variety of daytime & evening groups. Details: 275

4989

Adel Methodist Church

(corner Holt Lane/ Gainsborough Ave). Sunday Services 10.30am, incl Junior Church.

Bramhope Methodist Church Sundays Services: 10am Morning Worship.

Prayer Breakfast 2nd Sun 8.30am. Alive@9 on 4th Sunday, informal worship for young families. Evening Communion 4th Thurs 8pm.

Morning Communion 2nd Tues.

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Buddhist Meditation Classes in Leeds City Centre & Horsforth.

Details: 265 2118, info@ meditationinleeds.org,

Catholic Churches

Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (267 8257); Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane. Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe, Assistant Priest: Fr. Marc Homsey. www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk

Cookridge Methodist Church 10.30am

Morning Worship. All ages welcome. Crèche facilities & refreshments. 1st Sun of month: Family Parade Service - informal, friendly worship for all ages.

Drop in Group Meditation (free) Sun

7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun: 6.30 – 7.30pm) Experience peace & calm with periods of

silence & guided meditations.

Brahma Kumaris, West Park.

Details: 275 7727, leeds@ uk.brahmakumaris.org, www. brahmakumaris.org/uk/ leeds

Eckhart Tolle Stillness Group meets Mon, 7.30

- 9.30pm at The Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. £3 - £5 suggested donation.

All welcome. Details:

07884 332644, www. peacenowhere.com

Hare Krishna Programme

Tues 7 – 8.30pm Cardigan Centre, 145 Cardigan Rd. LS6.

Mantra Meditation, Kirtana Yoga, Enchanting Music, Ecstatic Dancing, Discourses on Bhagavad Gita & great vegetarian food. All welcome.

Details: 07726 688778, gouranga108@gmail.com

Grove Methodist Church (Horsforth) Harvest Celebrations 4 Oct, 6pm:

Harvest Supper & Concert at Grove Centre, New St. Tickets £6 from stewards or 258 1726. 5 Oct, 10.30am: Harvest Thanksgiving & Parade Service. 6pm: Circuit Harvest Thanksgiving Service. Revd.

Peter Shilling (Burgess Hill, Sussex) is guest preacher at both services.

Headingley Methodist Church Sunday Service

9.30am. Short Mid-Week Service Thurs 10.30am.

Entrance in Chapel St. All welcome.

Headingley St. Columba United Reformed Church 70 Headingley Lane. Sunday service 10.45am. Details:

www.headingleystcolumba. org.uk/

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Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style).

2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion. All Welcome.

Details: 275 7885, www. holytrinitymeanwood.org.uk

Horsforth Churches Together meet Wed 5 Nov,

7.30pm at Grove Methodist Church.

Kagyu Buddhist Group

Tues, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Dropin meditation class practicing reflective meditation suitable for all. £4. Details: 01282

841570, yorkshire@dechen. org, www.dechen.org

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Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition.

Classes in yoga, chronic pain & stress management.

Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Leeds Reformed Baptist Church Sunday services

10:30am & 6pm. Activities through week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details:

275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org

Leeds Theosophical Society Free talks – Sun

12 Oct ‘Discover How Money Can Help Us Reach Enlightenment’ with Olivia Stefanino & Simon Yates.

Sun 26 Oct: ‘Wassily Kandinsky, Alice Bailey, & the Astrological Psychology of Bruno & Louise Huber’ with Sue Lewis. 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. Details:

www.ts-leeds.org.uk

Leeds Vineyard meets

Sundays at Headingley Methodist Church, LS6 3HZ.10.45am for coffee, 11am

Community Notices start – all welcome. Details:

245 9111, www.leedsvineyard. org

Meanwood Methodist Church (junction Stonegate/

Monk Bridge Rds) Sunday Worship 10.30am with Holy Communion on 4th Sun. Children’s, young people’s & seniors’ activities during week, incl. senior’s luncheon club, Mothers & Toddlers, folk dancing, scout & guide groups. Details:

St Chad’s Church, Far Headingley Sunday Services 8am (1st, 3rd, 5th Sun), 9.30am & 6.30pm. Parish Praise (worship for all ages) 2nd Sun, 9.30am. Warm welcome for all. Mid week services too. Details: Parish Office 274 4322, www. stchads.co.uk

St John the Baptist Church (Church Lane, Adel)

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Sunday Services: 8am, 10am & 6.30pm, Weds 11am. All welcome. Harvest Festival Sun 12 Oct, 10am. Join them for this Thanksgiving Service

Meanwood Valley Baptist Church Meanwood

St Luke’s Lutheran Church Alma Rd,

Community Centre, Stainbeck Ave. Sunday service 11am, coffee 10.30am. Details: 275

7215, www.mvbc.org.uk

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd,

LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751

www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk

Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am

Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 & Friends’ Meeting House, New Adel Lane LS16 6AN Details:

www.leedsquakers.org.uk

Rawdon Parish Church St

Peter Pet Service Sun 12 Oct, 2pm - All welcome (with or without pets).

South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane,

Headingley. Lively services Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm.

St Augustine’s Church

(Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner 10.30am Sunday services. 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday shorter family service. 6.30pm evening service. All Welcome.

Headingley. Worship Sun 10.30am, followed by refreshments. All welcome.

St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church Services: Wed 10.30am Communion Service; Thurs 8am Communion Service; 2nd & 4th Sun 8am Communion Service; Sun Parish Communion 10am; Communion Service 12.30pm; Evensong 6.30pm.

All welcome. Details: www.st-

michaels-headingley.org.uk

Tinshill Free Church

(corner Holly Ave & Tinshill Lane, Cookridge) Sunday services: 10:30am & 6:30pm.

Children’s clubs, tots, bible studies & more throughout week. Details: Joseph

Cresswell, 267 8250, www. tinshillfreechurch.org.uk/

Weekly Buddhist Meditation Classes

7.30 - 9.30pm in Oakwood (Tue), Leeds City Centre (Wed) & Horsforth (Thur).

Details: 265 2118, info@ meditationinleeds.org www. meditationinleeds.org

West Park United Reformed Church, Spen

Lane. Sunday Worship 10.30am with crèche.

Communion 1st Sun. All welcome. Babies & Toddler Group Tues 10 – 11.30am.

Drinks & biscuits 50p.

Details: 278 5373

SUPPORT Arthritis Care meets 3rd Tues, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694

Dementia Café 2nd Mon, St Paul’s Church Harvest Festival Service (Raynel

Dr. Ireland Wood) Sun 5 Oct,10am. Speaker from Water Aid (donations please).

As usual, food items will be given to Caring For Life.

Taizé service Sun 26 Oct, 6.30pm. All welcome to take part in this quiet, meditative service.

St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6.

Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225

9751 www.dioceseofleeds. org.uk

1.30 - 3pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Chance to talk to people who are living with dementia. £1. Details: The

Alzheimer’s Society 231 1727

Headingley Mindfulness Group Meet 2nd Mon,

7 – 9pm. Support group welcomes people interested in mindfulness meditation practice for stress reduction (MBSR). Details: Geraldine

01943 873843/ 07740 649082

IBS Leeds Friendly, informal monthly meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Details: matt@ letscureibs.com, www. letscureibs.com

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Support & advice to those diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Next event: Fri 10 Oct, 7pm at the Skyliner Fish & Chip Restaurant, 15 Austhorpe View, LS15 8NN. Gluten-free fish & chips.

Details: 07711 768850, sandra.mclean@btinternet. com

Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Society uses Armley Leisure Centre for activity classes (transport available). MS Chat every two weeks. Over 300 members. New members welcome. Details: 07895

515471

Leeds Samaritans

Confidential, nonjudgemental support 24 hours for those experiencing distress or despair. They listen for as long as you need.

Details: 245 6789, 08457 909090

Moortown. Details: Linda Thompson, 01943 461640

Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA)

Respite care for families with children with complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one home-based care.

Details: 216 5133, angela. roberts@lwca.co.uk

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Support group meets 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Details: Pam

Bower 258 8143

Little Hiccups Outreach is a support network for children with a disability & their families. Run by parents. Details: 07831

230741, outreach@ littlehiccups.co.uk, www. littlehiccups.co.uk

Open Door Café For

people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon (ex bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. Details: 231 1727

Parkinson’s UK meet 2nd

Wed, 2pm St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth,

SNAPS (Special Needs &

Parent Support) welcomes families of children with special needs to Sat support group at Penny Field School, Tongue Ln. Meanwood.

Take part in hydrotherapy, swimming, dance & coffee.

Details: 07964 847 775, angie@snaps-vol.org.uk, www.snaps-vol.org.uk

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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Cafe Philosophique

Theme: The Big Issues.

7.30pm Sports Pavilion, Richmond House School, Glen Rd. Weetwood. 16 Oct: Hon Alderman Michael Meadowcroft on ‘Is our democracy corrupted?’

30 Nov: Stephen Clarke on ‘What is the purpose of education?’ Requested contribution £4 to cover room & refreshments.

Details: 278 5577, metleeds@yahoo.co.uk

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club

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friendly, practical meetings to help you reduce your carbon footprint. Join a facilitated group of like-minded people starting in Headingley. Free taster workshop Thurs 23 Oct, 7-9 pm at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley.

Details: Tony Herrmann leedsconversations@gmail. com

Did Man Design God or God Design Man? Sat 25

Oct, 3 & 6pm, Tinshill Free Church, Holly Ave, LS16.

Two free talks with Professor Andy McIntosh, (University of Leeds) – ‘Creation or Evolution – looking at the evidence’ & ‘The Human Body: mind & matter’.

Buffet tea between talks.

All welcome. Details: Joe

Cresswell 07851 623778, www.tinshillfreechurch.org. uk/

Forum 2000 Wed, 10am – noon, Grove Centre, New St. Horsforth. 1 Oct: ‘Medical Research without Animal Testing’ - Dr Kay Miller; 8 Oct: ‘Name Dropping’ John Wilford; 15 Oct: ‘The European Union’ - Ian MacFaddyan; 22 Oct: AGM & ‘Horsforth Part 3’ - Nancy de Dombal; 29 Oct: ‘Poetry of the Great War’ - Peter Gilbert. Details: 258 3521, hm.taylor1@ntlworld.com

‘Healing Stitches: therapeutic needlecraft at times of conflict’ Thurs

2 Oct, 5.15pm at ULITA (St Wilfred’s Chapel). A talk by Jacqueline Hyman of The Textile Restoration Studio to mark the reopening of exhibition ‘Around the World in 80 Textiles’. Limited places. Details & to Book:

Jill Winder 343 3919, ulita@ leeds.ac.uk

Leeds Astronomical Society 2nd Wed. Guest

speaker & regular telescope nights at Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome. Details: info@

leedsastronomy.org.uk, www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

Leeds Geological Association Thurs 9

Oct, 7.15pm in Conference Auditorium 2, University of Leeds (rear of Sports Centre).

A lecture on ‘The Middle Permian Extinction in High Latitudes’ by Prof. Paul Wignall, Leeds University.

Visitors welcome. Details:

www.leedsga.org.uk

New Art Discussion Group in Leeds. Will

discuss a different prominent artist each month. Relaxed opportunity to have a drink, meet new people & exchange ideas...Details: Text Vince

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‘On the Home Front’ Tues 21 Oct, 2pm at Cookridge Village Hall. A talk by Ian Dewhirst (Yorkshire Raconteur). £3 incl. refreshments. Tickets from 267 3621, 267 4706

Talking Allowed in Leeds (TAIL) meets Mon 13 Oct, 1.45pm at Veritas, 43 Great George St. Topic: Does the ’self’ exist? Details:

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U3A Leeds has over 24 interest groups held in various locations. Fortnightly Tues talks, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Club, Stonegate Rd, LS17.

Details: 07752 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk

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Grove Dr. LS6. Wed 1 Oct: ‘A Walk Down the Theatre Aisle’ with Suzanne Ayers.

5 Nov: AGM & ‘Darwin in Ilkley’ with Prof Mike Dixon.

Details: Mrs Muriel Huntley 230 1584

Bramhope Rolling Scones

WI New Women’s Institute meets 1st Thurs, 7.30 – 9.30pm St Giles Church Hall.

Make new friends, learn new skills & have a good old chin-wag! Visitors welcome.

Details: Jill 07984 287803

Cookridge WI Lively,

mixed age group meets 1st Tues, 7.30pm Holy Trinity C of E School, Green Lane.

Various activities, talks & outings. Everyone welcome.

Details: cookridgewi@ yahoo.co.uk

Horsforth WI meets

monthly, 7.30pm in St. James’ Parish Centre, Low Lane, Horsforth. Visitors welcome. Details: Pat 258

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club has moved to Horsforth. Meet 13 & 27 Oct in Horsforth Museum, The Green. Details: Pauline

Neale 269 3542, pauline. neale@ntlworld.com, & Facebook.

Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association 2nd Thurs,

1.30pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope.

New members welcome.

MISC/ EVENTS Craft Evening Every Thurs

7-9pm at The Courtyard Café 96 Town St. Horsforth Open to all. Bring your craft & have a natter. Details: 259 0301

Don’t Act Your Age Social improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome. Details: Ron

starters September 2015 Raynel Gardens, LS16 6BW. Thurs 2 Oct (27 Nov, 15 Jan 2015), 9.30 – 11.30am & 1.30 – 3pm.

women & children who are homeless, been affected by domestic abuse & need emergency refuge. All donations gratefully received.

Leeds Dental Institute Family Fun Day Sat 11 Oct,

St Gemma’s Hospice Winter Ball Sat 29 Nov at

9am – 3,30pm at the School of Dentistry, University of Leeds (Worsley Building).

Try your hand at being a dentist. Test your dexterity.

Build playdoh teeth. And resuscitate Annie! Have a go on their state-of-the-art Simodonts (drilling teeth) or scaling. Details: dentistry@

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Meeting Rooms for Hire Paxton Horticultural

Society, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5 2AB. One large hall & 2 smaller rooms can be hired separately or opened up to make one larger hall. Private parking, disabled facilities, well equipped kitchen. Ideal for business training. Details:

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Doreen Sergent 266 5237

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs

Evening of Clairvoyance

Potty Cottage Halloween Garden 25 – 31 Oct, 10am

(except Jan). 10.15am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Leeds (next to Samuel Taylor’s). 2 Oct: Talk ‘DNA Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow’ by Gillian Donnelly. £3. Friendly group supports local charities. New members welcome. Details:

Joan McShane 225 1166

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes

women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or graduates. Regular events. Details: www.

universityofleeds ladiesclub. co.uk/

Soroptimist International

Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi.

org/leeds

12 Nov, 7.30pm at Muirs Court, Sagar Pl, St Michael’s Lane, Headingley. Featuring top psychics Julie & Adrian Clarke. In aid of PDSA. Tickets £12.50 incl. refreshments. Details:

Melissa 224 9720

Kath’s Bingo! Fri, 8pm at

Meanwood Club, Stonegate Rd (opp Aldi). Friendly social event raising vital funds for the Children’s Air Ambulance. Cash prizes & raffle. Free adm. Details:

Kath 294 6510

Horsforth WW1 One

Hundred Group repeats its walking trail through Horsforth & at the Cemetery in November. Guide sheets available from Museum & Library, horsforthwar.com or horsforthmuseum@hotmail. co.uk

Ireland Wood Primary Open Days for Reception

– 6pm, weather permitting.

Fabulous award-winning garden at 21 Aberford Rd. Garforth LS25 1PZ. Filled with interesting flowerpot characters dressed up for Halloween. Entry by donation to St Gemma’s Hospice.

Details: Jenny Dixon 218 5565, jennyd@st-gemma. co.uk

Radiotherapy Open Day

Sat 11 Oct, 10am – 2pm, Level B2 Bexley Wing, St James Hospital. The department is opening its doors to help raise awareness about radiotherapy. There will be talks from staff & patients & a tour of the department.

Everyone welcome! Details:

206 7603, philip.mitchell@ leedsth.nhs.uk

Sainsbury’s Moortown Food Drive Fri 10 Oct. In

support of Leeds Women’s Aid local food bank for

LUFC Centenary Pavilion.

A truly magical evening.

Fizz reception, four-course meal, entertainment & band.

Tickets £45. Details: 218

5537, jennyd@st-gemma. co.uk

St John’s Church, New

Briggate, Needs volunteers!

Roles include welcoming visitors, explaining the history & organising events.

Opportunity to join national heritage organisation (Churches Conservation Trust) & meet people with a passion for history & heritage.

Details: 07867 974738, gwhite@thecct.org.uk, www. visitchurches.org.uk

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Down Syndrome Network Great Charity Book Giveaway Returns! Sat 25 Oct, 10am – 4pm, Queen’s Hall, 294 Harrogate Rd, LS17 6LE. Entry by donation – choose as many free books as you can carry from the thousands available! Details: 226

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Take Heart Quiz Night

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Details & entry forms: Paul Kaufman 267 0767/ 206 4759

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collects on behalf of PhysioNet & Margaret Carey Foundation. Any condition.

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High Class Decorator 40 Years Trade Experience Friendly, reliable service

Anton 07896 049066

Fast Drying Times, Fabric Protection, Spot, Stain & Odour Removal

(8am - 9pm) • Fully insured.

www.fabricleansolutions.co.uk

CLEANERS

Eco Clean

01132 120 450 / 07983 421 720

“A quality cleaning service you can depend on” Domestic and office cleaning One-off cleans: moving house or office?

Weekly, fortnightly or monthly cleans We use ‘eco-friendly’ products Call us today, book a clean and receive a 10% discount!

0113 212 0450 / 07983 421 720 www.ecocleanleeds.co.uk

Marie Martin Cleaning Not an Agency - Just Me!

07734 901723 0113 3682133 marie@mezzle.com

Over 20 years hotel, domestic and care experience, references are available.

Personal Cleaning Since 2009

I will try to beat any genuine quote.

Reference available on request.

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PAINTER & DECORATOR

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PAINTING & DECORATING

Painters & Decorators Interior & Exterior Free Estimates

Tel: 0113 269 6193 www.mjmelling.co.uk mjmelling@aol.com

Call Don Wood

Mob: 07702 238 328 Tel: 0113 261 0605

M.J. Melling est. 1991

28 Mavis Lane, Cookridge LS16 7LL

DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION 5TH OCT

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SERVICES

Masonry coatings Wood staining Brick/stone tinting

INTERIOR

Emulsioning Glossing Lining & wallpapering

BIRTHDAYS | STUDENT NIGHTS WEDDINGS | OFFICE PARTIES BARS & CLUB NIGHTS

Over 30 years experience Quality service Associated property maintenance Coving & dado rails fitted Free estimates Horsforth based Phone: 0113 258 6143 Mob: 07921 000 151

We are now taking bookings over Xmas and throughout 2015

No VAT

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FURNITURE RESTORATION Upholstery, Repairs & French Polishing

0113 267 5483 Abbey Upholstery, 7 Carr Bridge Ave, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 7JZ Reupholstery specialists.

Parker Knoll, Cintique, Ercol, Bridgecraft and all other good quality furniture.

From a small dining chair repair to a full suite re-upholstery. Sentimental items welcome.

+Replacement Foam Cushions Service Reupholstery and French Polishing Specialists.

Parker Knoll, Cintique, Ercol, Bridgecraft, Vale, G-Plan, MultiYork and all other good quality furniture.

From a small dining chair repair to a full suite re-upholstery.

Sentimental items welcome.

Examples of local work we did recently.

To see more go to our website: www.abbeyupholstery.co.uk | info@abbeyupholstery.co.uk

GATES & RAILINGS

DH Electrical

Dave Hargreaves - Fully Qualified Electrician • Rewires/Part Rewires • All Minor Works • Extra Sockets/Lighting • Part P Registered • Fault Finding E: needasparky@talktalk.net W: www.d-h-electrical.co.uk

TEL: 07742 923 643 Cookridge Based

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Andy Abbey • Home & Garden Services

HANDYMAN

HOUSE & GARDEN IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, CARE & REPAIR General household repairs and installation of fixtures, flat pack furniture, laminate flooring, joinery and door hanging. Also kitchen fitting, bathrooms, gardens, patios and fencing.

For all those jobs you never get around to, or don’t know who to get to do them!

• From fitting a small shelf to a new kitchen • Jet washing your patio or painting • Gardening • Or even a helping hand with something heavy Charged by the hour not the job, so no hidden costs!

Tel: 07443 872551 JOINERS

We can help - no job too small

ALL JOINERY UNDERTAKEN INCLUDING FENCING AND DECKING

Contact Keith to use our experienced and skilled tradesman.

Tel.07860 237 619 or 0113 224 2733 Email: kw.west@tiscali.co.uk www.helpinghandyman.co.uk

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07515 454040

FULLY INSURED

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Rob Davison

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Kitchen Replacement Doors A New Look Kitchen at a fraction of the cost!

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• Standard Sizes or Made to Measure • Wide Choice of Doors & Matching Accessories in Hardwood, Painted, Meanwood Rd Vinyl & Melamine • Great Range of Designs & Over 400 Colours • For an Appointment Turn Your Dream please phone into Reality!

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Tel: 0113 266 5638 without Obligation Mobile: 07957 987333

email: paulwhitehouse100@gmail.com

Paul Whitehouse

KITCHENS & BEDROOMS Roevale Court, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2DU

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FRANKS PLASTERING Locally based plastering specialists.

FREE QUOTES on all aspects of internal and external plastering: skimming, boarding & rendering. Patching and repair work also delivered.

• City & Guilds qualified • Clean and tidy work guaranteed • 18 years experience

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Tel: 07756 906 916

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PLUMBING & HEATING

PLASTERERS

TOM HALL HEATING & PLUMBING Boiler installations & repairs Bathrooms & all other plumbing work Landlord certificates FREE competitive quotes – no job too small Boiler installations, servicing & repairs 07983 406Bathrooms 555 / 0113&274 5224 plumbing all other tom.hall145@gmail.com Landlord certificates

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GAS Gas CENTRAL HEATING, GENERAL PLUMBING Central Heating, General TILING, BATHROOM INSTALLATION

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UNVENTED HOT WATER SYSTEMS • Boiler and • Landlord safety gas certificates FORappliance ALL YOUR PLUMBING & HEATING NEEDS IPPING TAPS TO FULL INSTALLATIONS, NO JOB TOO installation, repair • Unvented hotSMALL S CENTRAL HEATING, GENERAL PLUMBING andBATHROOM servicing TILING, INSTALLATION CORGI REGISTEREDwater systems ______________________________________________

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For all your plumbing and heating needs, from dripping taps to full FOR A FREE ESTIMATE PLEASE CALL DAVE LOWE installations, no job too small.

GAS APPLIANCE INSTALLATION, REPAIR & SERVICING ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED LANDLORDS SAFETY CERTIFICATES UNVENTED HOT WATER SYSTEMS FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING & HEATING NEEDS NG TAPS TO FULL INSTALLATIONS, NO JOB TOO SMALL CORGI REGISTERED TEL: 0113 2679004

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MOB: 07961 432404

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Leeds Local Plumbing Experts For all general plumbing including: • Bathroom installation incl. tiling • Leaks, bursts, repairs & maintenance • No call out fee • Fixed price quotes Fully qualified & insured local plumber

Call Alex 07730 560 422

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GPS Plumbing & Heating • All plumbing work undertaken • Discounts for OAPs • Free 24 hour call out service

WRAS & bpec unvented certified

Call Sean on

07900 49 49 08 0113 267 0419 GPS Plumbing & Heating

PSYCHIC

Melissa Medium, Healer & White Witch

Clairvoyant, Tarot Reader & Crystals Member of the Psychic Circle BAPTA Accredited Tel: 0113 224 9720 Vesper Road, Kirkstall, Leeds

ROOFING CONTRACTORS

Slate & tile new roofs/re-roofs Topseal GRP flat roofs Fascias, soffits & guttering Velux windows Roof repairs Free, no obligation quotations Insurance backed guarantees

Tel: 0113 273 2888 www.greenhillroofing.co.uk Unit C, Oaktree Business Park, Leeds LS14 1NF

ROOFERS

DON’T LET FIDDLERS ON YOUR ROOF! Local family-run business All roofing work undertaken (flat & pitched) Free insurance-backed guarantees

UP ON THE ROOF You want experts doing the repairs

A FAMILY BUSINESS 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Call the experts on 0113 217 5983 View recently completed work at: actionroofinguk.co.uk

G. HORNE ROOFING CONTRACTORS LTD “Quality workmanship at a fair price”

What We Do:

Domestic re-roofs & repairs Slating & tiling Built-up felt Guttering Soffits & fascias Chimney repairs

Why Choose Us:

Established 1976 Small family firm Fully qualified No-fuss work Competitive prices 10 yr guarantee for re-roofs

Local Roundhay-based company Tel: 0113 240 3515 • Email: g.horneroofing@hotmail.com

Full Strip & Recovers • Slating & Tiling Flat Roof Repairs • Dormers/Garage Roofs Full Fascia & Soffits Replacement All repair work undertaken including insurance work All work fully guaranteed

VJR ROOFING SERVICES CALL PETER

0113 294 6383 / 0790 562 5512

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FREE honest quotations All work guaranteed Over 30 years experience Tel/Fax: 0113 278 3472 Mobile: 07747 110582 Email: rsheridan1234@aol.com

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We have our own dedicated window and door manufacturer - our close business relationship ensures the best quality and value for our customers.

For a free quote please call us on:

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