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DEAR READERS,

As we hurtle towards Christmas, November is definitely the month when we all seem to shift up a gear and try and focus on gift giving….while trying to also take in some of the numerous shows, pantos, concerts, fairs and charity events that mark this time of year.

We urge you to shop local and take advantage of the excellent independent shops in our area and the many Christmas fairs. Christmas is also a great time to support your favourite charity and most have great gift suggestions on their websites, including Fairtrade gifts.

This month we celebrate Claire O’Hara, our very own World Champion kayaker, whose progress we have been watching over the past few years. The

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Leeds Gathering is bringing Irish music and culture to the city once more; Jake Chapman comes to Chinwag to chat about his life and art; and Northern Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ returns to enthrall audiences.

In December we hope to take a look at seasonal food. We look forward to receiving all your news and events – please ensure news and notices reach us by 1st November and advertising by 6th November (1st & 4th December for January edition).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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Physicists for day on the science of earthquakes.

A celebration of Irish arts and culture, dozens of events across Leeds.

Claire O’Hara is the most successful female freestyle paddler of all time after taking Gold in

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World Freestyle Kayaking Championships.

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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal continue to be a wonderful destination in the Winter. There are guided Winter Tours every weekend, and a walk through the medieval deer park on 7th November. On 21st November a Family Star Gazing Evening is planned, with York Astronomical Society lending a helping hand, and that morning you could take part in a Winter Bird Walk and discover all the birds that make Fountains their home in Winter.

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n Saturdays and Sundays from 28th November – 27th December wander through the estate to see the trees twinkling with light and the Abbey all aglow, then stop by the abbey to catch some live festive music.

The elves’ have organised Christmas workshops at Swanley Grange at weekends from 28th November – 20th December, where you can make Christmas decorations, write your wish list and send it off to the North Pole. And, of course, there’s Father Christmas’s Grotto to visit at the same time.

And, there’s still time to catch Folly! (until Sunday 29 November). The garden’s whimsical buildings have been transformed by some of the country’s most inventive artists and designers, inspired by the history of the garden and the opulence of the eighteenth century.

For full details of their Winter programme and opening hours, please call 01765 608888 or visit www. nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey/ things-to-see-and-do/

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ELIZA CRAVEN GREEN (1803-1866) POET, WRITER, ACTRESS

With one famous exception her work is now forgotten, but in her day Eliza Craven Green, born and resident in Leeds most of her life, was a prolific and well-loved writer, her poems and stories published regularly in journals and newspapers. Hers was a life of light and shadow: success and tragedy, poverty and menial work, and finally quiet seclusion. Her poems reflected her experience: sometimes topical but mainly focussed on the trials, griefs, joys and hopes of every day life. They had a wide appeal, particularly for women across all walks of life. he was born Elizabeth Craven in 1803, the first child of Elizabeth and John Craven. He was a Leeds auctioneer and valuer, who set up an ambitious new business in Briggate, while his well-educated wife planned to start a school. But this comfortable start to Eliza’s life ended in trauma. By 1809 her father was in Leeds Workhouse, the fate of debtors who deserted their families. He absconded and vanished, under threat of imprisonment. Did he escape to the haven of the Isle of Man, safely outside English jurisdiction?

Did his family follow? No one knows, but the story goes that Eliza spent part of her youth there, and by 1823 she and her sister Ann were popular young actresses at the theatre in Douglas. Eliza was just 20, Ann 16.

A year later, Eliza moved as an actress to Manchester, but she retained a strong emotional attachment to her ‘fairy island’.

In 1825 she published in Douglas ‘A Legend of Mona’, a romantic tale in verse – poetry had been a childhood love. So her literary career began, and she was drawn into a circle of Manchester poets and writers who were to remain her friends. But everything changed in 1828 when she married James Green, a fellow actor from London, and they moved back to Leeds.

James Green continued touring as a comic actor but between engagements worked as an innkeeper. Life must have been hard, particularly as over the next years Eliza bore six children. Three died in infancy. In her later writing she often returned to the poignant theme of the loss of a child, a common experience at that time when so many babies died and cholera and other diseases were rife.

The family lived in one of the cramped inn yards off Kirkgate, where conditions were appalling, dark and fetid, with open drains and only a shared pump for water.

Worse followed. By the 1850s, James Green had disappeared to a new life in London. He changed his name and acquired another ‘wife’. He took with him their young son Henry (later to become a top theatrical designer) and abandoned Eliza and their two daughters in Leeds. They had to work as milliners/dressmakers to make ends meet, but Eliza could make extra money from her poetry and short stories, which found an appreciative audience in national journals like the women’s fashion magazine ‘Le Follet’. In Leeds the ‘Intelligencer’ newspaper (forerunner of the Yorkshire Post) also published her poems regularly – their style and subjects suited the editor, Christopher Kemplay, who wanted his paper to reflect cultured family values. He may have assisted her move around 1857 to a more comfortable house in St John’s Place, near his own home.

Eliza’s poems often covered topical subjects – the Queen, Florence Nightingale, Sir Peter Fairbairn, the Crimean War – but her inspiration mainly came from

‘simple thoughts rising spontaneously from solitary walks or by the household hearth… amid humble home duties, delights and sorrows.’ Poems on ‘Children Sleeping’, ‘The China Tea-cup’, ‘Sunset’, ‘Flowers’ set the tone. To the modern reader her poems may seem sentimental and florid, but they struck a chord of comfort, hope, and understanding. Her poem on a hawthorn branch as a symbol of hope for girls working in a dreary workroom ‘through the night of toil’ inspired several factory girls to write to thank her. Her work won widespread recognition and royal approval – a bursary from the Queen.

In 1858 she published a collection of poems: ‘Sea Weeds and Heath Flowers or Memories of Mona’, including many of her published poems and her ‘golden memories’ of the Isle of Man, most potently the nostalgic ballad ‘Ellan Vannin’. Set to music, it was to become and remains an emotive anthem for the island. (See www. manxliterature.com.)

She died in 1866 at 80 Meanwood Street, and was buried at Woodhouse. There were many appreciations of her graceful style and ‘true and noble sentiments’. In her own words - ‘So Death walks with me, an Angel Friend/ The Guide to the Land where all Sorrows end’.

Eveleigh Bradford [With thanks to Spencer Needs, Eliza’s great great grandson, who is researching her life and work.]

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Kirkstall Road is almost unrecognizable from what it was ten years ago.

The road has been improved, old buildings are being brought back into use, new buildings have sprung up, and and there has been an outbreak of development all around it. itting comfortably just ten minutes from the city centre, is Airedale House Business Centre which sprung into life four years ago. It has become a busy little hub for business and it recently expanded its fully serviced, air-conditioned offices from 23 to 30, with occupancy in each ranging from two to 14.

The Duffield family has made it easy for progressive businesses to afford a professional, contemporary environment, with all the highly specified IT and facilities any business, large or small, could need.

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vibrancy and buzz about it”, said Adam Duffield, director. “We have worked hard to achieve that – I like to think of us as a Malmaison for business!”

The imposing, 120 year old industrial building has huge windows with fabulous views over the River Aire and 80 parking spaces. In addition, Airedale House has built the North’s flagship new design concept 1,750 sq. ft. drive through SUBWAY restaurant right next door – a great fit to the Centre as a break out, informal meeting place.

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“We’re in such a convenient location”, said Simon Duffield, director. “Airedale House sits right on the River Aire. There are lunchtime benches with magnificent river views, and just a short walk away is the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Kirkstall Nature Reserve. Plus, literally next door, there are childcare facilities, three gyms, a supermarket, an M&S is opening down the road and, of course, there’s also a large cinema complex.”

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On 22nd September Leeds City Council published its ‘Site Allocations Plan Draft’. These documents set out detailed plans for housing, employment, retail and green space until 2028.

Included in this is a ‘review’ of Leeds’ Green Belt land.

The Site Allocations Plan Draft is currently available for public consultation and comments

Green Belt sites to be lost In all, 246 Green Belt sites are set to be lost to development. The ‘review’ makes provisions for replacing these, but the newly added sites are worthless as Green Belt. They include three small sites which, by the Council’s own assessment, do not serve the purposes of Green Belt as outlined by government. The bulk of replacement Green Belt will come from a large area of rural land near Wetherby in Outer North East Leeds. The enormity of this area means that, despite losing 246 sites across the district and adding just three, the net size of Leeds’ Green Belt will actually increase!

Preserving the character of towns The Council claims that the addition of the rural land to the Green Belt will fulfill one of the government defined purposes of Green Belt by ‘preserving the setting and special character of historic towns’. However, the land itself consists mainly of flat agricultural fields and is not adjacent to any buildings. Indeed, portions of the new Green Belt will be over a mile from the nearest town, so it is hard to see how an area this large and rural is necessary in preserving the character of towns. When the proposal was initially announced last year, Wetherby Councillor John Procter said: “As far as anyone on the ground is concerned there is no material change.”

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The Council further claims that by designating this rural land as Green Belt and hence protecting it from housing construction, they are forcing planners to look to brownfield sites elsewhere for future developments. This can hardly be seen as significant as a planning application for large-scale housing on the rural land has never had submitted. There is no indication that this land would be built on in the future.

In any case, the swathes of Green Belt being built on in the Site Allocations Plan Draft discredit any notion that Green Belt status affords effective protection.

Leeds City Council’s approach can be seen as part of a national trend encouraged by central government. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, George Osborne commended Cambridge Council for taking the initiative to restructure their Green Belt, commenting: “Those powers already exist, but they’re not widely used. I’d like to see more of that.”

The Site Allocations Plan Draft is currently available for public consultation and comments can be submitted online.

Relocating Leeds’ Green Belt is a region-wide issue that has slipped under the radar thus far. If you would like to see the entire Site Allocation Plan, visit www.leeds.gov. uk/council/Pages/Siteallocations-plan-publication. aspx, where you can also leave your comments. Leeds risks losing valuable Green Belt sites all over the city.

The consultation is open until 16th November – so have your say now!

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YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BY JULY! For me, I need that nip in the air and the growing sense of anticipation to kick start me into Christmas shopping mode. Each year I try to discover new shops and find unusual, unique items. This really is the time to shop local, stroll down arcades, and venture a little further afield.

Horsforth’s Town Street and New Road Side have a plethora of fascinating little shops; Chapel Allerton is well worth a mooch; and Otley could easily keep you occupied for the best part of a day! Of course it all has to be broken up with coffees, cakes, and lunches to keep your strength up and there is no lack of tempting destinations for those.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND HANDMADE Places we return to again and again include Our Handmade Collective in the Grand Arcade – an Aladdin’s cave of handmade treasures. This award winning shop brings together more than 60 local designers to provide a total handmade shopping experience.

You’ll find exclusive ranges and one off designs – from contemporary to vintage, and up-cycled wares, including jewellery, soft furnishings, artwork, cards, stationary, home wares and craft kits. And, if you really can’t decide with all that choice, you can always choose a gift voucher!

The shop holds a Number One rating on Tripadvisor for Shopping in Leeds – and was voted ‘Best Place to Shop in Leeds’.

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Its ‘Mulled Wine, Mince Pies & Mistletoe’ event is back on Thursday 29th October – a highlight of the season! View the Christmas ranges and snap up unique handmade offerings to nestle under your tree, while enjoying a glass of Mulled Wine. And, there’s a festive 10% off most products! Visit www.ourhandmadecollective.co.uk for details.

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My Vibrant Home, also in the Grand Arcade (and Victoria Road, Saltaire) is a source of inspiration for people who would like to introduce something different to their interiors.

For the gardener in you life, pop along to York Gate Garden on Back Church Lane in Adel. Although the garden is closed for the season, the shop will be open at weekends in November and December leading up to Christmas. They have a lovely selection of gifts, including lots of gardening gadgets, and an extensive Golden Pear range, you can enjoy light lunches and delicious homemade cakes in the Tea Room.

“I love sourcing different items that you can’t get on the high street”, explained owner Kim Bunton. “All of them are small UK producers, just like me.”

You’ll find carefully selected modern home wares, including woollen throws from a family run mill in Donegal, lamps with hand-turned bases by a Yorkshire carpenter and lampshades made by Kim herself, locally made cushions, lights made in Birmingham, and candles and diffusers from Derbyshire, alongside painted and upholstered furniture and art from local artists.

Complimentary festive refreshments will be served from 10am – 4pm on 21st /22nd and 28th/ 29th November, and 5th/ 6th and 12th / 13th December.

For further information, call 01372 869934 or visit www.perennial.org.uk/garden/york-gate-garden/

Both shops are official stockists of Chalk Paint™, a decorative paint by Annie Sloan and the team is happy to offer advice and tips on how to use the paint to create different paint effects.

Regular Painting workshops take place at both stores.

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Hope Pastures (the horse and donkey sanctuary on Weetwood Lane) has numerous suggestions for animal lovers. Adopt a horse for £15, or sign children up for Pony Days (£27). Get to know the animals with Hope Pastures Experiences (for anyone) £30 for two people – this includes a personal ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the sanctuary, plus ‘hands-on time’ grooming an animal. Most experiences run for about an hour, but longer sessions can be organised.

After last year’s huge success, volunteers are busy once again knitting ponies (£4 - £9)! And they have a lovely Hope Pastures Calendar this year too. For details, visit www.hopepastures.org

ART & CRAFT FAIRS Keep your eyes peeled for any mention of Art and Craft Fairs because that is where you will definitely uncover some treasures. Roundhay School Art Fair with lots of locally made gifts, jewellery, clothing, photography and other interesting things is on 5th December, 9am – 1pm. Design at HEART in Headingley is on 14th November and 12th December from 10am – 4pm – gifts galore from local designermakers. Leeds Fine Art Print & Printed Textile Fair is at Leeds Corn Exchange on 7th November.

And, The Hepworth Wakefield Christmas Market is on 21st/22nd November.

The Beck Arts Trail returns on 6th December. It takes place in the Meanwood/Highburys area (1 – 4.30pm) and you’ll find original pottery, prints, drawings, paintings, jewellery and unique art dolls at reasonable prices. Maps and further details will be available on the day from No 37 former shop on the corner of Monkbridge Road and Highbury Lane.

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MORE THAN JUST A CHRISTMAS PRESENT… Christmas is also a great time to support your favourite charity. St Gemma’s Hospice has a new range of virtual gifts available at the Hospice and online. Prices range from £5 – £75. For £10 you could give ‘More than Just a Tasty Dinner’ – a tasty meal or snack can be a great morale booster and this gift could fund the extra care needed to make meal times special. At £20 ‘More than Just a Work of Art’ could allow St Gemma’s patients to enjoy some art therapy.

Virtual gifts can be ordered online at www.st-gemma.co.uk/ onlineshop or call 0113 218 5506 for a catalogue. The hospice is also holding one of its popular Vintage Fairs at the hospice (329 Harrogate Road, Moortown) on 14th/15th November.

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We recently came across a clutch of personal items neatly secreted under drawer lining paper in a 1950’s freestanding kitchen unit that came our way. These included four old photographs and a driving license belonging to the couple that presumably owed both the unit and the photos.

Apart from feeling touched and curious about the lives of these people, we were also left with a huge sense of responsibility, and an urge to return this treasure to the rightful owners or their family. he photos give a time-traveling glimpse of moments in the couple’s life. One shows what appears to be multi-generational trio of ladies enjoying a happy jaunt on the sea front while tucking into a bag of sweets (or is it chips?), and is entitled ‘Morcambe 1953’ – perhaps the young female owner of the sideboard with her mother and aunt or grandmother. Another shows a young, handsome chap – the owner’s husband as a youth, sporting an awesome 1940’s double-breasted zoot suit on the threshold of a front door with his friend looking equally as dapper in a Fairisle slip-over.

We then time travel several decades ahead to another photo entitled ‘St Annes 1983’ to find the couple looking older, wiser and dare we say happier?

Once again it’s on the sea front but with the sea behind them and the tide receding.

Okay, so why are we getting all misty-eyed about a bunch of old photographs? At Blackbird Vintage we deal primarily with ‘old stuff’ as some of our customer’s call it, and we often have experiences like this. For example we are regularly asked if we buy things, the seller is usually middle aged, they refer to a parent who has recently died, or who

is no longer able to live independently.

It is not uncommon for them to be in tears, and the experience is invariably brimming with poignancy. It reminds us that we’re not just dealing with old stuff, but with items are imbued with someone’s memories, and of lives lived.

And so, we appreciate the beauty of the lining paper the owner chose for her kitchen drawers, the signs of wear and use on the Formica. That and the fact that she also loved and looked after it needs to be understood in the context of the item’s history.

We are dealing with items imbued with someone’s memories

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Boasting a fantastic atmosphere, spectacular views and the finest action over the jumps, it promises to be an outstanding day for all. So, get out those fancy tweeds, pull on your poshest wellies, join Sue Ryder Wheatfields in their private marquee, and start the festive season in style. You will have a fantastic day whilst helping the hospice to raise funds to continue delivering care to numerous families over Christmas.

Tickets cost £70 per person, or £650 for a table of ten. This includes Paddock Enclosure admission, access to the exclusive Sue Ryder marquee, a three course meal, race card, entertainment, auction and festive raffle.

(As a staff celebration, these tickets would be VAT deductible, therefore costing the business just £59 per person or £542 for a table of ten!)

Book online at www.sueryder.org/wheatfieldsraceday or contact Roohi Lupton on 0113 203 3360, roohi.lupton@suerydercare.org

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Chinwag, the monthly, laid back evening at Outlaws’ Yacht Club, that features unstructured chat with distinguished cultural icons about life, the universe and everything, will engage artist Jake Chapman of the Chapman Brothers in conversation on Thursday 12th November. ake and Dinos Chapman make iconoclastic sculpture, prints and installations that examine, with searing wit and energy, contemporary politics, religion and morality and they have exhibited all over the world.

They first received critical acclaim in 1991 for a diorama sculpture entitled ‘Disasters of War’ created out of remodeled plastic figurines enacting scenes from Goya’s ‘Disasters of War’ etchings. Later they took a single scene from the work and meticulously transformed it into Great Deeds Against the Dead (1994), a life-size tableau of reworked fibreglass mannequins depicting three mutilated soldiers tied to a tree.

Their most ambitious work ‘Hell’ (1999), an immense tabletop tableau, peopled by over 30,000 remodeled, two inch high figures, was tragically destroyed in the MOMART fire in 2004. But they made another, even more ambitious in scale and detail to replace it! Since then they have gone on to produce a fascinating variety of sculpture and graphic work.

To date, Chinwag guests have included the likes of Irvine Welsh, record label owner Alan McGee, Viv Albertine from The Slits, musician Andrew Weatherall, writer and broadcaster James Brown, producer/DJ Justin Robertson, film director and DJ Don Letts and many more.

Chinwag was founded by host Chris Madden, who grew up in the music industry becoming a DJ and pop video director. He left the music industry to become a psychotherapist and Chinwag gives him the opportunity to explore both.

Chinwag is all about just getting people to chat about their experiences

“Chinwag is all about just getting people to chat about their experiences”, said Chris. “I never know what I’m going to say or how it will begin. Each guest is free to bring as much of themselves as they are comfortable with, stories just evolve naturally.”

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Handel’s Messiah Comes to St Aidan’s Harrogate Choral Society will perform Handel’s Messiah in St Aidan’s Church, Roundhay Road, LS8, on Saturday 5th December.

The life and work of St Aidan offer an arresting counterpoint to The Messiah

he church is exceptional in that it has extensive mosaics illustrating the life of St Aidan, a 7th century Irish monk who was approached by the King of Northumbria to help in converting his subjects to Christianity. Aidan took up the challenge, and the murals show four phases of his life: his landing in Northumbria; feeding the poor; preaching the gospel; and his death.

The mosaics, by eminent artist Frank Brangwyn, were achieved by using small pieces of coloured glass and were completed in 1916. Originally he had intended painting the scenes, but he realised that the polluting atmosphere in Leeds would soon disfigure

his work, so he suggested the more durable mosaic format.

The life and work of St Aidan offer an arresting counterpoint to The Messiah, which is composed around a selection of texts from the Bible. The chorus ‘Their sound is gone out to all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world’ underlines the Saint’s reason for going to Northumbria.

The second panel is illustrated musically by the contralto solo ‘He shall feed his flock like a shepherd’, whilst the chorus singing ‘The Lord gave the Word’ conveys the truth behind the third. Aidan’s death

is covered in the whole of the oratorio’s Part III, from the chorus ‘Since by man came death’ through to the mighty concluding chorus ‘Worthy is the Lamb’. In the two lateral walls of the chancel leading to the altar Brangwyn portrayed two groups with expressions of sorrow and toil: ‘Come unto me … and I will give you rest’.

The Harrogate Choral Society, which is 150 strong, has a tradition of giving superlative performances of The Messiah. The professional soloists, and the resonant acoustics of St Aidan’s are sure to do it full justice. Brangwyn’s mosaics provide a visual focus, and the ambience of the church should lead to a profound musical and religious experience.

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Baked Alaska...time to change the temperature

This year is a crucial one in the battle Riding Lights Theatre Company presents ‘Baked Alaska’, a against climate change deliciously entertaining new show, at St Edmund’s, Lidgett

Park Road, Roundhay, on Friday 6th November at 7.30pm. he show is touring the UK ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. Interconnecting stories of the wild and unpredictable effects of climate change from the four corners of the earth are combined into a rich recipe of hope with lashings of vibrant music, high energy storytelling and laughter that will surprise you.

“This year is a crucial one in the battle against climate change, which is

already hitting poor people hardest”, said Anna Burden from Christian Aid. “The national Baked Alaska tour with Riding Lights will be an amazing opportunity to bring this message to thousands of people in the run up to the Paris talks and encourage every one of us to get involved, raise concerns with our local MP and be part of the answer.”

Riding Lights is working in partnership with Christian Aid and Christian charity Operation Noah, both

members of the Climate Coalition, and the Diocese of Lichfield.

Tickets (£12 adult, £9 concessions, £7.50 groups of 8+ & under 18s) are available from 01904 655317. For further information, visit www. ridinglights.org/bakedalaska

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A celebration of Irish arts and culture kicks off in Leeds from the 7th – 29th November. ozens of events, including music sessions, literary, film and educational events will place at venues across Leeds, bringing some of Ireland’s finest artists to the city.

Organised by the Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation, events are designed to appeal to Pictured: both those of an Irish Talisk background and people from the wider community with an interest in music and the arts.

“The thinking behind the Leeds Gathering is to provide a platform for the Irish community in Leeds to showcase their rich and vibrant cultural traditions”, said Alison Childs, IAF Development Officer. “We are also interested in developing new audiences for Irish arts and culture.”

This year the festival welcomes winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, Talisk, who have already made a big impression on the folk music scene.

Mohsen Amini (concertina), Hayley Keenan (fiddle) and Craig Irving (guitar) use their individual backgrounds in Irish and Scottish music to create an award winning sound. The trio’s energetic performances have landed them slots at some of Britain’s biggest festivals, including Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections, Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival and now the Leeds Gathering!

In support will be singer-songwriter Ellie Coast, a recent graduate from Leeds

Amahl and The Night Visitors at The Corn Exchange orthern Opera Group is a community organisation set up to enable people of all abilities and experiences to get involved and enjoy exciting opera.

College of Music who is fast gaining a following on the Leeds unplugged scene.

This takes place at ‘Inkwell’, Chapel Allerton, on Saturday 7th November.

Irish super-group, The Cara Dillon Band, play the Victoria Hall, Saltaire on Friday 27th, and the emerging Irish band Lynched play HEART, Headingley, on Saturday 28th November. There will also be adult and junior workshops on fiddle, tin whistle, bodhran and guitar accompaniment, two film screenings, live dance displays and a number of traditional Irish music sessions.

2015 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats. To celebrate this Daniel Mulhall, Irish Ambassador to Britain will deliver a lecture on W.B. Yeats at the Leeds Irish Centre and officially launch The Leeds Gathering on 10th November at 7:30pm. All are welcome.

For further information and a full programme of events, visit www. irisharts.org.uk, or email info@irisharts. org.uk

Its first production will be Gian-Carlo Menotti’s magical Christmas opera, ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’, the perfect introduction to opera for audiences of all ages, which will take place at Leeds Corn Exchange on 4th and 5th December. The community chorus will be joined by a full professional orchestra, led by Martin Binks OBE. “We’re really excited to be able to share our love of opera and provide opportunities for people in Leeds to take part”, said director David Ward. “Amahl and the Night Visitors is a great opera for first time audiences and families, and performing it in the Corn Exchange will be a really magical experience at Christmas time.”

For further information, and for tickets (£7/£5) visit northernoperagroup.co.uk, e-mail info@northernoperagroup. co.uk, or follow them on Twitter (@northernopera) and Facebook (facebook.com/ northernoperagroup).

Time to Make Your Voice Heard on Climate Change - Mark II here is mounting evidence of the growing impacts of climate change. Last year was the warmest on record globally with 13 of the 14 hotest years now having occurred since 2000.

The state of the climate in the second half of this century will depend on decisions made this year in Paris.

The Paris talks aim to find a workable, international way forward to address climate change approach.

On Thursday 29th October, REAP will show ‘The Age of Stupid’ - still the best film around on the impact of climate change - 7.30pm at Oakwood Church, Springwood Road. Part of the Oakwood and Roundhay Festival.

And, on Friday 6th November Riding Lights Theatre Company presents ‘Baked

Alaska’ - a play about climate change – at St. Edmund’s Church, Lidgett Park Avenue. Call Jenny Paton-Williams on 0113 266 4532 for tickets.

Look out for more polar bear themed antics at the Oakwood Farmers’ Market on 21st November, including special activities for children. You’ll also find details of REAP’s vigil at the Oakwood Clock 4/5 December.

REAP’s September piece provoked a response from Stevie Orlson, who believes that the science on climate change is not settled. But the 2014 IPCC Report concluded that climate change is set to inflict ‘severe, widespread and irreversible impacts unless carbon emissions are cut sharply and rapidly’.

So can we really afford to wait and see? As Kofi Annan said in May 2015, “We must challenge skeptics who deny the evidence and spread disinformation”.

You can keep in touch with REAP via www.reapLeeds.org.uk

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Once again, Northern Ballet will present its magical Christmas favourite, The Nutcracker, at Leeds Grand Theatre from 16th December – 2nd January 2016. s the fire crackles and the pile of presents grows ever higher, Clara is caught up in the warmth and excitement of Christmas, becoming enthralled by her new Nutcracker doll. As the clock strikes midnight, her Nutcracker proves to be no ordinary toy and Clara is whisked away on the magical journey through a Winter wonderland of dancing snowflakes.

Set to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score, performed live by the Northern Ballet Sinfonia, The Nutcracker features spellbinding choreography and beautiful costumes by Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director David Nixon, stunning Regency style sets by Charles Cusick Smith and lighting by Mark Jonathan.

The Nutcracker holds a special place in the hearts of audiences young and old

“The Nutcracker is one of the world’s most popular classical ballets and holds a special place in the hearts of audiences young and old”, said David Nixon “We are delighted to revive this charming story once again and add that extra bit of sparkle to the festive season.”

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A Tribute to Natalia HIVE (Harrogate International Visual Arts Expo), a new annual art weekend is coming to Harrogate International Centre from 20th – 22nd November.

resented in association with Artfinder, the online art marketplace for original, affordable art, the weekend will include exhibitions from emerging artists, a programme of workshops, talks and artist meet-up events, as well as a range of family activities. In addition to Yorkshire artists like printmaker Helen Peyton and Sledmere-based artist Stef Mitchell, there will be artists and galleries from the Far East like Hanoi Art House, that specialises in contemporary Vietnamese art, and Galas Art Gallery from Bulgaria.

York-based David Cooper and Sheffield-born Mark Haywood will be exhibiting and the Artfinder pop-up gallery will include original artwork from a selection of Yorkshire-based artists from the site’s 6,000 artists.

HIVE is Artfinder’s first regional event in the UK and will include exhibitions from the Royal Photographic

Society and National Open Arts Competition.

“We have been running Cambridge Art Fair for three years and Harrogate felt like the ideal location for our next event”, said organiser Fleur Kerrecoe.

“Harrogate has a thriving independent art community and we wanted to host an event that would have a really friendly community feel to it.”

Jonas Almgren, CEO of Artfinder commented: “As the global online platform for art, Artfinder supports 6,000 artists in 97 countries. Yorkshire is a thriving hub for our artists, so we can’t wait to share their amazing work in Yorkshire!”

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The White Rose Orchestra will perform a concert at Richmond House School, Otley Road, on Thursday 12th November, 7.30pm.

The concert will be a tribute to international piano star Natalia Strellchenko, who tragically died earlier this year. Natalia played her last concert in the UK with The White Rose Orchestra last May and it was such a success that another was arranged immediately. Sadly it will be without Natalia, but her son Leo Strelle, an up and coming violinist, has confirmed that he would like to play.

Leo will play the Henri Vieuxtemps violin concerto Leo, a former Richmond House pupil is now studying at Chetham’s Music School in Manchester. He will play the Henri Vieuxtemps violin concerto. The rest of the programme will be made up of a selection of light classical music, which has become the orchestra’s forte. Tickets available from Richmond House School.

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Leeds’ apparent bid for the title of ‘European Capital of Meat’ continues apace with the opening of premium steakhouse, Stockdales, on South Parade. Thankfully, although the city may be fast approaching ‘peak meat’, Stockdales gives the insatiably carnivorous among us ample reason to rejoice. t’s becoming increasingly difficult for new restaurants to distinguish themselves in Leeds’ ever more crowded and beef-fixated marketplace. Stockdales, however, has a few tricks up its sleeve that give it an edge. Chief among them is the fact that the company is established as a food producer and by owning and operating farms here in Yorkshire, they are their own suppliers. This lack of middleman gives Stockdales unrivalled control over their stock and its quality, particularly the star attraction - the delicious, sumptuous Wagyu beef. Due to its intense marbling that helps give the meat its rich flavour, Wagyu beef (which originated in Japan), is widely regarded as one of the finest meats in the world with a melt-in-the-mouth texture that other cuts simply cannot compete with.

While their extraordinary beef cuts and that fantastic Wagyu are arguably Stockdales’ raison d’etre, the diligent kitchen team certainly aren’t slacking in the snacks, starters or dessert departments either.

To whet one’s appetite in the bar before heading to the dining area you’d be hard pressed to do better than the Hendrick’s Gin Cured Salmon which provides a subtle and surprising twist on the familiar. The Black Pudding Loughnane Croquettes served with mustard mayo have a wonderfully rich flavour and a pleasing coarseness of texture. The outlandishly moreish Truffle Hollandaise served with sourdough soldiers is a creamy delight with the sharp pungency of the truffle infusion proving irresistible.

Of the trio of starters we sampled only the King Prawn Cocktail fell slightly short of excellence while the Fillet Steak Tartare with ‘Umami’ Yolk had a lightness to it that revealed a surprising

Wagyu beef is widely regarded as one of the finest meats in the world

complexity and depth of flavor. The Potted Chicken Live Parfait with Damson Jam perfectly balanced its rich gamey and fruity constituents.

The rare Roast Wagyu Sirloin was a refreshingly generous portion of perfectly cooked beef (complemented, or should I say ‘condimented’ by some more of that outstanding truffle hollandaise) delicious to the last mouthful and accompanied by a triumvirate of superb sides: dripping chips, creamed spinach and a flavor packed heirloom tomato salad.

With its elegantly stylish décor, superlative menu offerings, relaxed, friendly and efficient service and unexpectedly reasonable prices, Stockdales of Yorkshire has emerged as the breakaway frontrunner of local steakhouses and is well worth a visit.

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heatfields’ Winter Wonderland promises to be fun for everyone, with craft stalls with lots of gift ideas, delicious festive food and mulled wine.

There will be festive games for all the family, including helping Santa find the lost presents hidden in the garden, and choirs singing traditional Christmas carols.

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley will be transformed into an enchanting Winter Wonderland on Saturday 21st November from 11am – 3pm.

“We have a great selection of Christmas cards, decorations and festive gifts”, said Katie Bell, Fundraising Assistant. “The hospice grounds will have a truly magical atmosphere with seasonal decorations and sparkling lights.”

The event is a great opportunity to find interesting gifts, and to learn how to make your own Christmas crafts – from tree decorations to a welcoming wreath for your front door.

Fundraising events like this are so important to Wheatfields, as they ensure that the hospice can continue to provide superb hospice care. All care is free of charge. However, it costs £4m to run the hospice and only part of this is covered by statutory funds. Every year the hospice needs to raise over £2.5 million to continue to provide its specialist care services.

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Prices include a 3 course meal, race card, auction and a racecourse paddock enclosure admission badge.

Tickets Adult: £70 Table of 10: £650 If you are coming as a corporate group, the tickets will be VAT deductible.

Visit www.sueryder.org/wheatfieldsraceday to find out more and book your tickets.

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Ho! Ho! Ho! People – it’s time to dust the snow of your running shoes, limber up, gather the elves together and join in the St Gemma’s Santa Dash through Leeds City Centre on 13th December. ou can choose to dash from one to five kilometres and the route is suitable for Santas and Elves of all ages and abilities. It is also wheelchair and pram friendly. This is such a fun way to start the Christmas season and a great way to raise vital funds for St Gemma’s Hospice.

There’ll be lots of seasonal cheer to help you on your way, a real red nose warm up to loosen those limbs, brass bands and choirs to get you in the mood and hundreds of other Santas to dash along with. Plus there are hot drinks and free food at Little Tokyo after the dash.

It costs just £10 to register and your Santa Suit is provided. Children under 12 are free and are encouraged to wear festive fancy dress (prizes for best dressed).

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News From Your Councillors Cllr

BILL URRY Rounday

Local Shops It was sad to see the recent closure of the Oakwood Coop. As a family we moved to Roundhay 23 years ago, and frequently used it in its different incarnations as Safeway, Somerhill, and the Cooperative. Early on, with our then small children in tow, it was a quiet and cosy store where you could quickly find the basics.

The closure was particularly hard for the staff, many of whom had worked there for many years. But it was obvious

Cllr

DAN COHEN Alwoodley

Thank you to all of you who have been in touch about the process currently underway of identifying potential sites for houses across the city. May I take this opportunity to remind you that the public consultation on the proposed sites closes on 16th November 2015. You can find it online by googling ‘Site allocations plan publication (current consultation)’.

If you would like more information on this consultation process, or anything to do with the sites proposed, please get in touch with me (I have visited a number of residents to talk about this and am happy to visit as many as is needed).

One of the main reasons I became a councillor for Alwoodley was that, as

to any shopper that the store was not trading well, however much everyone wanted it to survive. But the fate of one business in a shopping street does affect the footfall for others – especially with the parallel loss of the short lived Morrisons nearby. It is therefore good that another Supermarket will take on the premises in the coming months.

There are many reasons for business closures – not least poor profit margins.

But how much better would it be to see more small independent businesses starting up, to increase variety. A small fish shop sitting close by a small greengrocer means a shopper at one is likely to shop at the other, making them mutually supportive provided they sell interesting, quality goods, at sensible prices. And that will encourage more shops to open nearby.

And small businesses are likely to plough their money back into the local economy rather than into remote corporate bank accounts. Surely that is a better way than cloned shops on cloned high streets selling identical goods

someone born and bred in Alwoodley and who has always lived here, it is my honour to work for you and to try and improve both the city as a whole and our part of the city in particular. Part of that involves having a two-way conversation with those I am trying to assist.

For the first time in five years, I recently started receiving anonymous letters either complaining about neighbours (I don’t know if they are neighbours as the sender has withheld their name and address), or raising local issues. I always treat concerns and complaints as confidential (my solicitor background makes this second nature), but to

Small businesses are likely to plough their money back into the local economy everywhere, even if you have to go to several shops to get what you need?

Small parades may benefit from a small supermarket, but communities need independent small businesses too, and that is more than nostalgia for a lost retail world.

Bill.urry@leeds.gov.uk 07891 278 717 / 0113 247 6927

really do a good job on your behalf, I often have one or two questions. Not knowing who has written to me means I can’t do that, I also can’t ensure a matter is resolved to your satisfaction.

So please, no more anonymous letters.

If you are truly concerned about leaving a paper trail to your door ... just give me a call.

Finally, I was heartened to see that Leeds City Credit Union has opened an Information Point at Northcall Community Centre on Cranmer Bank to offer details on its various accounts and low-cost loans. Open every Wednesday from 10am to 12 noon, it’s staffed by trained volunteers from Churches Together in Moor Allerton and Shadwell who initiated the scheme. Anything that helps people avoid needing to take on unfair, high cost, short-term loans, is to be applauded.

Have a great month.

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RVS – Ensuring Companionship for Older People he Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) has started a campaign to ensure that all older people have access to companionship and social activities.

RVS organises a range of activities in North Leeds, and also makes successful befriending matches between its volunteers and older people. Bob and Ted (pictured) enjoy each other’s company weekly under this scheme and both report how beneficial it is to them. Volunteers are also happy to accompany older people to hospital

appointments etc.

The current campaign is aimed at people who do not access or are unaware of the RVS services. These may be people who have recently retired, have only recently moved to the area, lost a partner, are physically inactive, caregivers or maybe just a little shy.

If you know someone who fits this picture and who would benefit from the services offered by the Royal Voluntary Service, please encourage them to get in touch.

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Playing Out in Chapel A! Norfolk Mount in Chapel Allerton recently held its second, ‘Play Street’ – coaxing neighbours out into the street and issuing a open invitation to surrounding streets to come and play.

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“The purpose was to reclaim our street, to allow children to play and provide an opportunity for local residents to socialise and get to know each other”, said organiser Sarah Turner. “The first session was a great success, with about 50 local residents and children taking part. We put out a good selection of toys but people also brought their own, including bikes. Plus there was plenty of coffee and cakes for the adults and snacks for the children.”

Playing Out is a national scheme that was established in reaction to the fact

that children no longer played out due to safety issues etc. If the idea appeals to you, there is lots of advice on how to get started available on their website (www. playingout.net).

Norfolk Mount’s event, a residentled temporary road closure that requires the approval of Leeds City Council, will be held on the first Sunday of each month, 10am – 1pm. They stress that it is not just for children, but for everyone on the street (and surrounding streets).

It really is a great way to get to know your neighbours and enjoy a cuppa and a chat.

As part of the new scheme, Council tenants will be able to use free electricity during the day, with any extra being sold to the national grid to help fund the scheme. Those eligible to apply have been contacted and some of the panels are already being put up.

“Solar Power shouldn’t just be something just for home owners”, said Councillor Eileen Taylor. “This scheme allows Council tenants to also benefit and it’s great that we have been able to ensure that residents in Chapel Allerton can take part. I have seen some of the panels being installed, so I hope tenants will shortly be enjoying some free electricity thanks to this brilliant scheme.”

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As Winter approaches, colour in the garden is more valuable than ever. Here are some ideas for creative garden projects to ensure you have interesting planting to lift your spirits until the Spring.

Winter Pots and Containers It is difficult to find flowers that will continue to stay bright and cheerful all through Winter. Even trusty Winter Pansies take a break from flowering during cold spells. But your pots and containers can still look marvellous if you add some exciting coloured foliage, berries or stems.

Good candidates include Dogwood for stem colour in large containers, Bergenia for large, leathery leaves often tinged with red, Heuchera for yearround coloured foliage, and evergreen sedges such as the lovely coppery Carex testacea or stripy cream and green Carex ‘Evergold’. Skimmia is normally grown as a shrub in the borders, but little plants with berries appear in the garden centres at this time of year and make excellent subjects for containers.

Don’t forget that the containers themselves can bring colour too, and look very stylish when they tone in with the colours of the planting.

any possible problems such as late flowering.

In other words if you haven’t already put in some bulbs that will flower in Spring, then do it now! Large groups make the best displays, and if you choose carefully you can have beautiful bright flowers from January right through until May. The earliest include Snowdrops and lovely golden-yellow Winter Aconites, soon followed

by Crocuses and small bright Anemone blanda in March and April

Bulbs for Spring Colour Did you know that the recommended planting time for Tulips is November, whereas other Spring bulbs like Daffodils and Crocus should go in earlier? I am like many people in that I prefer to plant all mine at the same time and I am prepared to risk

Did you know that the recommended planting time for Tulips is November?

Even trusty Winter Pansies take a break from flowering during cold spells

along with Hyacinths and Narcissi.

Fashionable purple globes of Alliums appear in May. All of these can naturalise and emerge year after year.

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We recently popped along to Duke Studios on Sheaf St for the launch of Come Play With Me - a brand new singles club releasing split 7” vinyl and aiming to showcase the most exciting artists from the Leeds area with a few surprises thrown in here and there. he launch event featured excellent, stripped down live sets from Deadwall, Post War Glamour Girls and local legends, The Wedding Present/Cinerama. Wedding Present frontman, David Gedge was on hand for an entertaining and enlightening interview with Guardian music journo and local lad, Dave Simpson.

With a mix of the new and more established across all genres, the label will be demonstrating the awesome diversity of great music coming out of this part of the world.

The singles themselves will also come in beautifully designed sleeves, packaged to look as well as sound great.

Even better, Come Play With Me has been set up as a Community Interest Company, a social enterprise that reinvests all profits to identify ever more exciting talent from this part of Yorkshire and help them on the road to getting their music out to a wider audience.

The first split single set for release on 6th November comes from Cinerama and Harkin. Harkin, well known as part of Sky Larkin, has also worked with Wild Beasts and Sleater-Kinney. She recently took time out to record a cover of one of her favourite songs: ‘National Anthem of Nowhere’, originally recorded by Canada’s Spanish-infused indie rock

darlings Apostle of Hustle. The track was produced by Jeff T. Smith of Juffage.

Harkin’s portion of the proceeds from the single will be going to Sensory Leeds (www. sensoryleeds.com), an organisation set up to offer high quality sensory experiences for people with disabilities.

With similar members across both bands, Cinerama has co-existed alongside The Wedding Present for nearly two decades and recently took the novel step of ’re-imagining’ the Wedding Present’s last studio album ‘Valentina’ in a cinematic, loungepop style to some great reviews.

Pictured: Harkin

The singles themselves will also come in beautifully designed sleeves

Pictured: David Gedge

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It’s also very flattering that the club is named after one of The Wedding Present’s singles, even though I stole the title myself from a 70’s soft porn film! Maybe that’s the cyclical nature of pop culture!” www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ come-play-with-me

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THE WALK DIRECTED BY: ROBERT ZEMECKIS STARRING: JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT, CHARLOTTE LE BON, CLEMENT SIBONY, CESAR DOMBOY, JAMES BADGE DALE, BEN KINGSLEY

CERT: PG - RUNNING TIME: 123 MINS I was particularly sceptical when I heard of the imminent release of The Walk. I failed to see how a dramatised feature film retelling of the story of Phillipe Petit’s 1974 high wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Centre could possibly surpass James Marsh’s excellent, Oscar winning documentary, Man on Wire.

News of the principals involved assuaged my doubts somewhat; Petit to be played by Joseph Gordon Levitt – a likeable screen presence with some decent credits under his belt, and Robert Zemeckis to direct; adept at driving storytelling momentum and a dab hand with CGI special effects, which would be imperative in delivering the vertiginous impact of The Walk (also, being the director of Back to the Future earns you an awful lot of good will in my book).

While my assertion is that Man on Wire remains the definitive account of Petit’s extraordinary, almost superhuman achievement, The Walk does provide what that film could not; putting the audience up there on the wire with Petit and offering a bird’s eye view of the journey from tower to tower. As such, The

The Walk succeeds through sheer novelty and the powerful effect of the 3D Imax spectacle

Walk succeeds through sheer novelty and the powerful effect of the 3D Imax spectacle.

Whereas Man on Wire framed Petit’s exploit as a heist movie, focussing chiefly on the execution of ‘le coup’ for its taut and thrilling narrative, The Walk broadens its scope to include a more biographical aspect, providing more background and context and depicting Petit’s development from clownish street performer to masterful high wire walker.

This expanded perspective surrounding the main event is, to my mind, an assortment of mixed blessings some of which work well, others less so.

The black and white flashback scenes set in Paris exhibit a striking visual flair which distinguishes the film’s best aspects, whereas Gordon Levitt as Petit telling his story direct to camera from atop Lady Liberty’s torch struck me as slightly lame and unnecessary. Likewise the inclusion of Ben Kingsley as ‘Papa Rudy’, Petit’s circus mentor – an exercise in pure caricature with an accent that’s all over the shop. Though Kingsley’s far from the only one guilty of dialectical inconsistency; there’s a pervasive ropeyness of accent that plagues the central cast and sometimes jars one out of being fully invested in a scene. Also, the love story aspect between Philippe and his girlfriend, Annie, seems shoehorned in and is handled half-heartedly.

These are, however, minor quibbles and mostly serve to enhance the fairy-tale sheen they give the story, which is clearly the intention of the filmmakers. It would be churlish to dwell on the film’s inconsistencies or points where it misses its mark as they are far outweighed by what it does right. The use of CGI and 3D is pretty much flawless throughout, 1970’s NYC is convincingly recreated and the digitally rendered twin towers look spectacular.

If one still harboured any reservations regarding the broad, storybook nature of the film’s presentation they completely evaporate by the time we arrive on the roof. It is here, with the rigged wire strung between the buildings the culmination of Petit and his accomplices’ clandestine plot and with those first few steps ‘into the void’ that The Walk really takes off and goes beyond the trappings of conventional movie storytelling becoming something truly magical. It is during the titular walk that the film achieves the emotional freight that Man on Wire managed through the testimony of participants in ‘the artistic crime of the century’ and the inclusion of Petit himself. The technical wizardry adds another dimension to the recreation of the event, justifies the making of The Walk and reiterates Petit’s miraculous feat as a bona fide moment of wonder, a visceral and transcendent experience. To be given the opportunity to join Philippe Petit up there on his wire is more than enough reason to take in The Walk, though sufferers of vertigo should probably steer clear.

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The great folk-rock band Steeleye Span will be at Leeds Town Hall on Friday 4th December. teeleye Span is not just a legendary name in British music but also a link to the classic days of rock and folk music. The band took folk from small clubs and festivals into the world of chart topping albums and international tours.

The band provided a home for a long list of fine musicians. The current line-up consists of Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Liam Genockey, Julian Littman and Peter Zorn. With the departure of fiddle player and long-standing member Peter Knight, the band introduced Jessie May Smart, a young, vibrant talent who trained with Richard

Ireland at Trinity College of Music before going onto The University of Nottingham and whose CV includes working on The X Factor and with Katie Melua.

Last year saw the release of a deluxe version of their album ‘Wintersmith’, in collaboration with Sir Terry Pratchett, which includes four new studio tracks.

This has introduced the band to a new audience and broken new creative ground, capturing the band at its best. From beauty (‘The Making of A Man’), to menace (‘Dance the Dark Morris’) and all emotional points in-between, Wintersmith is a record that finds this veteran band exploring a vital new chapter both on record and live.

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With this confident and accomplished release, People’s Poems demonstrate that they can easily hold their own amongst the most acclaimed of contemporary acoustic-folk artists. he half dozen songs laid down here deliver a forceful impact, both sonically and emotionally, that belies their apparent stripped down minimalism and outwardly genteel seeming nature.

They manage to explore a broad scope while remaining within the framework of a single guitar and two voices.

Vocally, People’s Poems somewhat resemble a dream pairing of Antony Heagerty and Joanna Newsom, their distinctive, complementary tones at once both tremulous yet assured, mutually simpatico and expressive with an idiosyncratic approach to harmony.

Listening to Duologues one quickly realises how apt the moniker People’s Poems is; here are intensely personal story-songs, characterised by a raw humanity and expressed through thoughtful and emotive lyricism. These literate and poignant tales of lost love and heartbreak are filtered through a prism of bittersweet remembrance and underpinned by intricately arranged guitar lines rich with rhythmic nuance.

It’s powerful, soul-bearing stuff, a rewarding listen and possessed of an uncommon and individual beauty.

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Tom Rivière’s Family Band Sun 1 Nov, 1.30 – 4pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton £7/5

Lucy Rose Sun 1 Nov, Leeds University Union, £16.50. Acoustic based blissful pop with a hint of Kirsty Macoll.

Richard Hawley Sun 1 Nov, O2 Academy, £27.50. Songs melding classic Americana with true grit Northern Britain.

The Lake Poets Mon 2 Nov, Brudenell

Social Club, £6.60. Delicate finger-picked guitar, gorgeous melodies and moving, intelligent and thought-provoking lyricism.

Soak Tue 3 Nov, Brudenell Social Club, £11.

Raw & emotional singer-songwriter/ multiinstrumentalist.

Hugh Cornwell Wed 4 Nov 7.30pm at The

Carriageworks. £20. Original guitarist, singer & main songwriter in The Stranglers.

Deerhunter Wed 4 Nov, Brudenell Social

Club, £17.60. Electro outfit with rock, industrial, psyche & punk influences. A live act that is truly mesmerising.

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The Magic Band Wed 11 Nov, Brudenell

Social Club, £19.25. Captain Beefheart’s wildly influential band re-visiting the classic Beefheart tunes with renewed fervour.

Manana Collective Sun 8 Nov, 1.30 – 4pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton £7/5.

Led by pianist James Clark & featuring Cuban flautist Jose Zalba-Smith. This is a powerhouse of Latin rhythm.

Chas & Dave Wed 11 Nov, City Varieties Music Hall, £26.50 / £29.50. Exceptionally witty songs about life in London with a strong affection for all things English & reminiscent of many of the great Music Hall artists

Russell Van Den Berg Quartet Thurs 12 Nov, 7.45pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £14/£12

The Moulettes / Nizlopi Fri 13 Nov, Brudenell Social Club, £18.48. Folk world favourites Moulettes join forces with number one selling folk/hip-hop duo Nizlopi,

Brodsky String Quartet Sat 14 Nov,

Hot 8 Brass Band Thu 5 Nov, The Wardrobe,

£16.50. Extraordinary, raw & funky brass band from the streets of New Orleans.

Howard Assembly Room, £19.25. A programme of works comprising: Beethoven: String Quartet No 16 in F major, Shostakovich: String Quartet No 15 in Eb minor.

Dinosaur Pile-Up Sat 7 Nov, Key Club,

High & Lonesome Festival Sat 14 Nov

£8.80. Heavy duty Grunge revivalists.

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express Sat 7

Nov, The Wardrobe, contact the venue for ticket info. One of the foremost exponents of Hammond organ & one of the first jazz fusion artists to make it big in the jazz & rock worlds.

Ex Hex Sat 7 Nov, Headrow House, £12.10.

A band siting near the middle of a Go-gos/ Ramones/Sleater-Kinney Venn diagram knocking out succinct, speedy, riff-happy gems smothered in snarling backtalk & shameless, glorious guitar solos.

The Mañana Collective Sun 8 Nov, Seven

Arts Leeds, 1:30pm, £5 - £7. Incredible tunes from Africa, Brazil, Venezuela & beyond!

Michael Rault Sun 8 Nov, Oporto, £6.60.

A gifted multi- instrumentalist playing a hooky blend of pop rock, jukebox R’n’B, & acid psych.

The Wytches Mon 9 Nov, Headrow House,

£9.90. Dark 50s surf riffs & melancholic shuffles.

Brudenell Social Club / Left Bank, £15-£20.

A one-day, multi-venue folk, country, blues, Americana festival. See highandlonesome. co.uk for more details.

Dreadzone Sun 15 Nov, Brudenell Social Club, £15. One of the country’s top reggae & dub acts.

Al Wood Quintet ‘Benny Carter meets Gerry Mulligan’ Sun 15 Nov, 1.30 – 4pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £7/5

Kurt Vile Tue 17 Nov, Leeds University

Union, £16.50. Former member of The War on Drugs now solo & putting out top quality indie-pop-rock ‘n’ roll. Also appearing: Waxahatchee

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Fri 20 Nov, Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50. New York Hip-Hop collective combining brass, jazz, Afropop, funk, soul & R&B.

Cheatahs Fri 20 Nov, Wharf Chambers, £6.60. Blissed out indie-rock & pop-tinged psychedelia.

Portico(formerly Portico Quartet) Sat 21

Nov, Headrow House, 3pm, £7.15. Like an Indie band playing post-jazz their unique sound has won them fans from Gilles Peterson to Radio 4 & made them Time Out’s Jazz, Folk & World music album of the year.

Huun-Huur-Tu Sat 21 Nov, Howard

Assembly Room, £16.50. One of the first groups to combine overtone ‘throatsinging- techniques with ancient acoustic stringed instruments and percussion to thrilling & otherworldy effect.

Maciek Pysz Sun 22 Nov, 1.30 – 4pm Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £7/5. Polish composer & guitarist Maciek Pysz is joined by the brilliant double bassist Yuri Goloubev & drummer Asaf Sirkis.

Andy Sheppard Quartet Thurs 26 Nov,

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Legendary British saxman presents music from his latest ECM recordings.

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27 Nov, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. LS6, from 8pm. Maggie’s voice goes from joyous mood to heart rending blue against the cascade of Mark Creswell’s guitar ringing over the consummate Bowie bass

Cantabile Chamber Choir Sat 28, Nov, 7.30pm,St Edmunds Roundhay. Vivaldi Gloria. Schubert Mass in G. £10. Tickets on the door

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Contemporary jazz, funky grooves & their take on standards by Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard & Wayne Shorter with the acid house/rave movement that swept the UK in the early 1990s.

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Campaign Raises Awareness of Bowel Cancer Screening he uptake for bowel cancer screening in the UK is at just 58%, so United European Gastroenterology is urging people to support the colorectal cancer campaign, #FaceUp2CRC, in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of screening.

Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer (CRC), is the most common type of gastrointestinal cancer across Europe, with estimates of more than 300,000 new cases recorded in the EU every year and incidence expected to rise 12% by 2020.

Although most cases are diagnosed in the over 50s, recent findings have suggested that the risk of young people developing CRC is increasing at an alarming rate. With early detection, survival rates are around 90-95%.

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People are being asked to post a ‘selfie’ on social media with the hashtag #FaceUp2CRC and a short message on why they are supporting the campaign.

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stablished in 1992, this year’s Ilkley Triathlon on 20th September was the biggest ever, with 450 athletes from all over the country taking part.

This challenging event, comprising a 500m swim, 15km bike route and 5km run along a hilly route taking in Carter Lane and Curly Hill, attracted athletes in all age groups – from 16 to over 60 – as well as complete novices.

Craven Energy’s Mark Quinn was the first male home, completing the course in fifty seven minutes.

Angela Knowles, a teacher from Ilkley Grammar School, was the first female – finishing in one hour and four minutes.

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Claire O’Hara recently won Gold in Squirt Boat and Bronze in Freestyle Kayak in the 2015 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships in Ottawa, Canada. laire started competing in freestyle kayaking in 2001 and made the British team in 2006. Since then she has paddled the world, becoming the most successful female freestyle paddler of all time, clocking up seven World Championships – two in Freestyle Kayak, three in Squirt Boat Kayak, and two in the Mystery World Championships.

She is the only freestyle kayak athlete ever to have Doubled the Double and currently holds the world record for the highest competitive women’s scores in both disciplines.

From Meanwood, Claire attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College, and went on to graduate in Sport and Recreation Development from Leeds Metropolitan University. Since then she has worked as senior instructor and technical advisor for Bradford Council, Nottingham City Council and Nottingham County Council’s Adventure Activity teams, and as a freelance instructor for a number of individuals and organisations, including Leeds Beckett University, the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham and the Kelly White Water Park in the USA.

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On 26th September, over 6,000 people descended on the Harewood Estate for the 2015 Brownlee Tri - Alistair and Jonny’s largest triathlon to date, with over 1,600 registered participants

‘Be a Hero’ Organ Donor Campaign Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is running its ‘Be a Hero’ campaign to raise awareness of the shortage of organ donors and MP Greg Mulholland is backing the campaign and urging people to join the organ donor register.

Last year saw 114 people in Yorkshire donate organs after their death, which led to 294 patients receiving a transplant. However, 800 people in the region are still on the transplant waiting list. In Leeds, 29 people donated organs, which enabled 76 patients to receive a transplant.

Last year saw 114 people in Yorkshire donate organs after their death “It was a fantastic day for all involved”, said Alistair Brownlee.

“It was great that so many participants returned from last year, but it was also important to us that the Brownlee Tri inspired new triathletes. Over 30% of our participants had never competed in a triathlon before and The Collective Kids Duathlon was always busy.”

The free Kids Duathlon, delivered

by British Triathlon Trust, was in high demand with over 300 children of all ages trying out running, cycling and transitions.

The Brownlee brothers started the first wave at 9:30am, with Jonny completing the swim leg for his team in the Corporate Challenge relay wave at 10:30am. Participants took part in Sprint, Super Sprint and Relay races throughout the day.

Following the grand finish everyone enjoyed the Entertainment Village which offered a variety of activities and catering options.

For the full results, please visit www.brownleetri.com/results/

The ‘Be a Hero’ campaign is also backed by many high-profile figures, including Leeds United FC, actor Sir Patrick Stewart, and Joe Root from Yorkshire County Cricket Club. “’Be a Hero’ is an important and inspiring campaign”, said Greg.

“I would really encourage local residents to sign up to the organ donor register. Taking just a couple of minutes to sign up could change the lives of so many people.”

For further information and to sign up visit here: www. organdonation.nhs.uk/

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Younger Life

Pictured: Head of Physics Mr Harrison assists GSAL students

cience pupils and staff from The Grammar School at Leeds and Batley Girls’ High School recently joined Fulneck Physicists for a day of specialist teaching and practical training on the science of earthquakes.

Fulneck’s Physics Department, which runs a thriving Seismology club, was delighted to share its expertise. The department also works in partnership with schools in Naples, Nice and Torquay. Fulneck physicists are involved in outreach activities that benefit other schools. They developed the teaching materials and produced a lot of the equipment required to help teach aspects of Seismology.

Students and teachers learned about different types of seismic waves, designing seismometers, locating earthquakes by triangulation

and searching for patterns in where earthquakes occur. They also looked into discovering the frequency of the different magnitudes of earthquake.

Speakers included Paul Denton, Manager of UK Schools Seismology Project, representing The British Geological Survey, who spoke about possible careers in Seismology and outlined types of Seismology equipment and their development over the centuries; and Jurgen Neuberg, Professor of Physical Volcanology at Leeds University, who explained and gave examples of Volcano Seismology.

“The workshop is a prime example of the cutting edge science in which our students are engaged”, said Mrs Newman, Principal at Fulneck School. “I am very proud of their

The department also works in partnership with schools in Naples, Nice and Torquay involvement in hosting and presenting their knowledge and expertise at this event. I hope that our visiting students will be motivated into studying Physics and Science in general at A level and beyond.”

Mimika Theatre brings its entrancing show ‘Small Worlds’ to Left Bank Leeds on Cardigan Road, from 30th November – 6th December. mall Worlds is a visual pleasure that will delight the whole family. Step inside Mimika’s big white tent and experience an intimate, atmospheric and spellbinding show made up of five intertwining stories, five small worlds and five very different journeys.

Using an immersive soundtrack, puppetry, digital animation and miniature landscapes Mimika creates a gentle theatre experience full of magical, poetic imagery. Doors are opened to reveal moving images, a wooden set transforms into a riverbank, a tiny fox plays in a pop-up meadow and a cat and girl dream their stories. All without a word being spoken.

Mimika Theatre, based in Meanwood, is an internationally acclaimed company that has been creating performances for young audiences for over 30 years and has performed all over the world.

From 30th November – Friday 4th December performances are at 6pm. On Saturday 5th/ Sunday 6th December there are three performances – 11am, 1 & 3pm. Tickets (£5) are available from Eventbrite http://bit.ly/swmimika. Places are limited – so book now! www.leftbankleeds.org.uk

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Gateways Raises over £10,000 for St Gemma’s ast year’s U-6 and Community Outreach prefects, Vicky Lindsay and Esther Wood returned to Gateways School to present Tara Bean, Senior Community Fundraiser at St Gemma’s Hospice, with a cheque for £10,098.68. This was the total raised through various activities and events organised throughout the school year.

“It is such a fantastic amount for a school to raise, I can’t believe how well the Community Outreach Prefects have done”, said Tara. “It costs £470 to care for one patient for just one day, so the money raised will pay for 21 days of care. On behalf of the patients and staff at the hospice, I am very grateful.”

Vicky and Esther hope to continue their charity work at university, with Esther already planning a charity fashion show at Durham!

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ouis Sidebottom (14) a pupil at Horsforth School, started gymnastics with the Leeds Gym-minis and moved progressively through the Council scheme. Today he is an Elite Gymnast training with Leeds Gymnastics six days a week with his heart set on future medals.

Louis’ achievements in the past six years have been impressive

On 20th September he was crowned Elite Yorkshire Champion for his age group for the sixth year in a row! The Yorkshire Championships are a qualification championship to gain entry to the National Elite and Club Grades in November, where he will be competing at the highest Elite level for the sixth and final time. He is hoping to place highly in order to be picked for the Great Britain Junior squad.

His coach, Dave Murray, coaches the Junior Elite boys at the club, alongside Nile Wilson (prospective Olympic Gymnast)

He recently competed in the prestigious London Open Under 14’s category, where he came fourth overall, second on Rings, and second on Vault. Louis warmed up on parallel bars alongside Olympic medalist Max Whitlock!

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Betty Lupton’s Ladle Laikers

Alwoodley Community Association Badminton Club Friendly group

welcomes all abilities for badminton & social events Mon from 9pm & Wed from 8.30pm. Details:

Vicky 07561 292699, Phil 268 9996, acabc@gmx.co.uk, www. alwoodleycommunityassociation.co.uk

Alwoodley Community Association Indoor Carpet Bowls Section Meets Fri, 7.30 – 9.30pm. Mixed membership, mostly aged 60+ but younger age groups most welcome.

Friendly social atmosphere & good light exercise. Drop in & give it a try. Details:

Brian K. 07527 730022

Irish Set Dancing meets Tues,

8.30pm at the Irish Centre, York Rd. It’s a lot of fun & a good aerobic workout. Social gathering open to all, regardless of age or dancing ability.

All dances are taught. Free. Details:

Female Morris dancing team welcomes new dancers of any ability.

Good exercise. Friendly, sociable team. Practices Wednesday nights.

Details: Sue 07475 435853, www. bettyluptonsladlelaikers.org.uk

Aizlynn Johnston 07731 376773, Caleb Jenkinson 07585 962002, LeedsSetDancer@gmail.com, www. leedsirishsetdancing.co.uk

Chapeltown Cougars Junior Rugby League Club seek new

recruits to join pack from Y-1 to Y- 8, girls & boys, Beginners & experienced players welcome. Qualified coaches & staff, all DBS checked. Details: Sam

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Do you have a condition where

swimming could help? LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active.

Safe & relaxed environment. Details:

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Grand Canyon Trek 14-21 May & &

Roger 267 4716, Paul 225 7035

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Leeds Folk Dance Group meets Wed (term time), 7.30 – 9.30pm at Baptist Church, Moortown LS17 6AA. Friendly group – all ages & abilities welcome.

Adm £1.50 Details: 268 0266/ 01977 510508

Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club

trains Mon 7.15pm at Adel, matches Saturdays. New & experienced players welcome. Details: leedslacrosse@

hotmail.co.uk

Leeds Softball Indoor training Wed

7 – 8.30pm at Notre Dame College, St Mark’s Ave. Softball is a fun, friendly sport. New players very welcome - first session free! Details: LeedsSoftball@

gmail.com, www.LeedsSoftball.com

Loidis International Folk Dance Group meets Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd (opp fire station), LS17 6EL. Dances from Europe & beyond in lines, circles or set formation, with & without partners. £3.50 incl

refreshments. Details: Lorna Ramsden

293 7645, Jean Willson 01423 505006, ianrwillson@tiscali.co.uk

Mindfulness Through Qigong

Wed pm, St Edmund’s Church Hall, Roundhay. Mindfulness through gentle exercise in the Chinese tradition. Beginners welcome. £5/ £4.

Details: Sue Dunham 0772 961 7471, suedunham2@hotmail.com

Moortown Rugby Union Club All

junior age groups (6 –17) welcome to train & play Rugby Union. Located at Far Moss Sport Ground, off The Avenue, LS17 7NT. Details: Damian

Curtis 07703 755645, www.pitchero. com/clubs/moortownrufc

North Leeds Leopards are looking

for new players for their U15 team (Year 10) for 2015. Details: coach Lee

Pudsey & District Rambling Club

Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs.

Members from all around the district & new members welcome. Annual membership £8. Try before you join.

Details: 01943 430657, pat_barnett@ yahoo.com

Ramgarhia Sports Centre Adults: Circuit Training (Mon & Wed 6.30 – 7.30pm; Fri 6 – 7pm). £5 per class.

Children: Cricket (ages 8-16, Sun 10am – noon); Hockey (Fri, 5 – 6pm). £2 per class. All abilities welcome. Details:

262 5657, ‘Ramgarhia Sikh Centre’ on facebook.

Roundhay parkrun Sat 8.45am for

9am start, at the bandstand near The Mansion. Free 5k timed run for all ages & abilities. Details: www.parkrun.org.

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70 Scottish Country Dancing Mon 1.45 - 3.45pm & Tues 7.45 - 9.45pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall, Gainsborough Ave LS16; Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm at Lidgett Pk Methodist Church, Lidgett Pl. LS8, & St Columbas Church Hall, Headingley Ln. LS6. All abilities welcome. Details: Irene 2631310,

Community Notices sessions held monthly. Details: www.

whiterosecc.org.uk, wrcc-committee@ googlegroups.com

Yorkshire Cancer Centre Places

available in range of worldwide challenges. Trek, cycle or sled to raise funds for cancer patients at St James’s Hospital. Details: Tif 206 8620, tifaine.

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Skydive for St Gemma’s Hospice!

ARTS & CRAFTS

Dates available each month. Raise minimum of £400 & jump for free!

Details: 218 5570, www.st-gemma. co.uk/skydives

Tai Chi Classes Mon & Wed, 7 8pm Chapel Allerton Primary School, Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD. Details: 07581 217074

University of Leeds Staff Walking Club organises at least one walk (5-12

miles) most weekends. All welcome & no membership charge. Details: David

Shaw 285 7480, d.c.shaw@leeds.ac.uk

Walkabout! Alwoodley-based friendly group enjoys short, medium or long walks, at weekends, evenings & midweek, both local & further afield.

Social activities too. All welcome.

Details: Barbara Wakefield 285 7136, Sarah Barnes 261 9212, Nicky Whitfield 267 9867 www.alwoodleywalkabout. org.uk

White Rose Canoe Club meets

Roundhay Park Lake & Fearnville Sports Centre swimming pool. Club sessions Sat afternoons & Tues pm.

Beginners to World Champions! ‘Try It’

Craft Workshop Tue 3 Nov, 10.30am1pm in Hope Pastures’ visitor centre with Pat Bruce of Snowflake Crafts.

Opportunity to develop new craft skills & make Xmas presents. £20 including materials. Details & to book: Pat at

snowflake.crafts@yahoo.com

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Autumn Art Exhibition & Sale Sat

21/ Sun 22 Nov, 10am – 5pm at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley HG3 3AX. Adm free.

Details: www.handnart.co.uk

Alwoodley Art Group Exhibition & Sale Sat 14/ Sun 15 Nov, 10am –

5pm at Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley LS17 2NZ. Members’ original artwork, framed or mounted, plus prints & cards in a wide variety of styles.

Homemade refreshments. Adm free.

Details: 2251546, info@5dpublicity. com, www.alwoodleyartgroup-leeds. com

Alwoodley Bobbin Lacemaking Group meets Tues, 1.15 – 3.15pm at

Alwoodley Park Methodist Church Hall, The Lane, Alwoodley, LS17 7BX. Tuition given. Details: 269 5512

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 7/ Sun 8 Nov, 10am – 4pm at Poolin-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. Painting trailing plants with swallows & insects (Sat) & using special effects to paint animals & birds in Winter (Sun) with Maggie Cross. New members welcome. Details:

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

Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed 7 – 9pm at the Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Rd. (off Chapeltown Rd) Details: leedsmarquetry.org.uk

Make It Free craft drop-in Thurs

12.30 – 2.30pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7 2PP

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon

7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share skills.

Regular demonstrations by local artists.

New members with some experience welcome. Details: John Irving 293 1465

Sewing Workshop Tues 10am – 12.30pm at Inkwell, 31 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3LW. Learn machine sewing, hand sewing & creative sewing. Make toys, accessories, clothes & home accessories. Drop-in session. £5/ £3.50 concessions.

Shadwell Art Group meets Tues, 2 – 4pm at Methodist Church Hall, Main St. Shadwell. Join this friendly group for sketching & painting classes, with tuition and demonstrations. Details: 265 5598

Stainbeck Art Club 2nd & 4th Tues,

1.45 – 4pm Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton.

Practicals & demonstrations. 10 Nov: Practical with Pam McFetridge New members all abilities welcome. Details:

Pam McFetridge 268 4734, www. stainbeckarts.co.uk

Craft Café Thurs 2 - 4pm at Inkwell,

31 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3LW. Crafts include paper crafts, pottery, jewellery & painting. People of all ages, & abilities welcome. £3.50 adults/ £2 children.

Craft Workshop Tues 3 Nov,

10.30am -1pm in the Hope Pastures visitor centre with Pat Bruce of Snowflake Crafts. Opportunity to develop new skills & make Xmas presents. £20 incl. materials. Details:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Primary School Christmas Market Thurs 19 Nov, 6.30 - 9.30pm at Queen’s Hall, 294 Harrogate Rd. LS17 6SX. Great selection of stalls incl. jewelry, crafts, books, bags, accessories. Plus mulled wine & mince pies. Stall enquiries: ihomsa13@gmail.com

Leeds Feline Friends Chistmas Fair Sat 21 Nov, 10am - 1pm St Margaret’s Church Hall, Horsforth LS18 5LQ. Something for everyone, lots of stalls & delicious refreshments.

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

Details: www.oakwoodfarmersmarket. com, Twitter @oakwoodmarket

St Gemma’s Christmas Market 4 Dec (3 - 8pm)/ 5 Dec (10am - 4pm) at the Hospice, Harrogate Rd, Moortown.

Mulled wine, stalls, games, Santa & quality non-drop Nordmann Christmas trees at great prices! Details: 218 5570,

nicolah@st-gemma.co.uk

Chippendale Society – widely

dispersed membership centred around Otley welcomes those interested in decorative arts, particularly mid/ late 18th century. Lectures, study days, visits. Details: 275 9562, www.

thechippendalesociety.co.uk

Friends of Allerton Grange Fields Friendly group of volunteers

working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome.

Details: foagf@outlook.com, www. friendsallertongrange.org

Friends of Gipton Woods meet monthly to preserve & enhance the 8 hectares of ancient woodland on Roundhay Rd at Oakwood. Nearly 40 bird species can be spotted + lots of flowers...famous for its carpet of bluebells. New members welcome.

Details: Christine 266 7569 & Facebook.

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings Sun (1 Nov, 6 Dec)

Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12

9.45am –12 noon. Meet where Gledhow Valley Rd meets Gledhow Ln. Activities include meadow planting & litter picking. Details: www.fgvw.co.uk

Yorkshire Cancer Centre Christmas Cards New range of festive

Friends of Wigton Moor Woods

Adel Memorial Hall. Details: www.

Christmas Fayre & Labyrinth Day

yorkshirecancercentre.org.uk

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COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Charity Auction Sat 14 Nov at hopepastures.org, info.hopepastures@ gmail.com Sat 21 Nov, 12 – 4pm St Edmund’s Church, North Pk Ave, Roundhay.

Stalls, games, refreshments, flower demonstrations, plus learn about & walk a labyrinth.

Community Cafe Thurs 11am – 2pm

at Stainbeck United Reformed Church.

Bookstall, ENEHL Debt & Benefit Advice, Police Contact Point, free wifi & help available. Followed by craft club.

Coffee Mornings Thurs 10am – 12

noon at the Polish Centre, Newton Hill Rd (off Chapeltown Rd). Speakers on health issues, gentle exercise, arts & crafts, & chance to socialise with other people from the community. Free.

Everyone welcome. Details: 262 1013

noon run jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

designs available. Proceeds to YCC Appeal, supporting cancer patients at St James’s Hospital. Details: www.

GROUPS/CLUBS Air Yorkshire Aviation Society

Friendly group meets monthly at Wigton Moor UR church hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks. New members welcome. Details:

Debs 07943 277867, Anne 07530 040349, friendsofwigtonmoorwoods@ gmail.com, & Facebook

Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Regular guest speakers, trips & social events. Details: Dave

Gledhow Valley Conservation Area Group Voluntary group focusing on

Senior 282 1818, www.airyorkshire.org. uk

gvcag@yahoo.co.uk, www.gledhow. org.uk

Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

Greenpeace Leeds meet 1st Mon

7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www. alwoodleychessclub.org.uk

heritage of area. All welcome. Details:

of month, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2 (by The Calls). Join the growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details:

Joe 07929 610773, www.greenpeace. org.uk/groups

Community Notices

72 IVC Social & Events Group Leeds & Harrogate A social activities & events group for over 45s, singles or couples.

New members & guests welcome at monthly Bar Nights. Details: Text Paul

07504 760104, LeedsIVC.org.uk

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over

50s & unattached. Improve your social life & make new friends. Not a dating agency. Details: 217 1747/ 267 0282,

please contact them. Details: 268 0488,

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

Leeds Elmet Probus Club provides

a social gathering for retired men from professional & business backgrounds.

Meets last Tues of month, 12 noon at Leeds 17 Restaurant, Nursery Lane, for lunch followed by guest speaker & short business meeting. Details: Keith

www.kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com

Robson 230 1559

Leeds Budgerigar Society meets

Leeds Feline Friends Can you give

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. Details: www.

leedscaledonians.org.uk

Leeds Cat Rescue rehabilitates lost, neglected & forgotten cats & kittens.

If you can offer a cat a loving home,

a rescue cat a safe & loving home well away from a busy road? Details: 216

0593, mail@leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends.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 at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Next meetings: 19 Nov, 7 Dec. Details: 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds Oxfam Group have raised

thousands of pounds over the past year.

All welcome to join their programme of interesting & informative events.

Details: www.oxfamleeds.org.uk & facebook

Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, LS8. New members welcome. Details: www. lps1852.co.uk

Leeds Probus Club for retired

professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane LS7 for social gatherings with speakers. Details: 266 2310

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ROUNDHAY Wish Everyone a Very Happy Christmas Immaculate Heart of Mary (R C) www.stjohnvianneyleeds.org.uk Lidgett Park Methodist Church www.leedsnandemethodist.org.uk/lidgett.php Society of Friends (Quakers) www.leedsquakers.org.uk St Andrew’s Roundhay U R C www.standrews.cc St Edmund’s Roundhay C of E www.stedmundsroundhay.org.uk

Please see individual websites above for full details of Christmas Services

Leeds N.E. Probus Club meets 2nd Mon, 10am – 12 noon Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr. Oakwood, LS8 4AB for speaker’s meeting on interesting topic, & other Mondays for bowls or snooker.

The club is for retired professional & business men. Details: 265 7064,

dongoodman48@msn.com

Leeds Writers` Circle meets

alternate Mondays, 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Carriageworks, Millennium Sq. Friendly, lively group of writers, fiction, non fiction, poetry etc. New members, experienced or beginners, very welcome. Details: www.

leedswriterscircle.co.uk

Moortown Community Group.

Friendly volunteers working to maintain & enhance the local environment including proposed Moortown Park. New members welcome. Details: 266 8480,

moortowncommunitygroup@hotmail. co.uk, wwwmoortowncommunitygroup. co.uk

Moortown Social Club Cranmer

Gardens LS17. Mon 7.30pm Lindy Hop; Wed 7.30pm Rock ‘n’ Roll (£2); Thurs 8pm Bingo; 1st Fri of month Northern Soul & Motown; Sat 7.30pm Free & Easy with drummer & organist plus Bingo (£1.50); Sun - Artist & bingo.

National Vegetable Society meets Tues 10 Nov, 8pm Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln. Headingley, LS5 2AB Speakers Olive & David Peel present ‘A box, a bed & a few other bits’.

Refreshments, raffle. Free entry All welcome.

North Leeds Friendship Centre

Friendly group for retired & over 50s – outings, lunches, ten pin bowling, theatre visits & more. Social afternoons with speakers 2nd Fri, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd. New members welcome.

Details: Eileen 269 0084

NSPCC Annual Dinner Fri 27 Nov, 7pm at Castle Grove Masonic Hall LS6.

With entertainment by multi-talented comedienne, singer & actress Juddith

Hibbert. Tickets £25 incl 3-course dinner. Also, Ladies Luncheon every 3rd Tues 12.30pm followed by speaker, £16. Details & tickets: Gwynneth

Owen 266 1800, Joyce Graham 273 4241

Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events. Looking for new members. Details or to book a

speaker: 261 3758/ 01943 467299

Roundhay Planning Forum works

with local people, councillors & City Council Officers to influence local planning decisions & deliver key actions & aspirations from the Roundhay Ward Neighbourhood Design Statement. New members welcome.

Details: https://sites.google.com/site/ roundhayplanningforum/nds

Shadwell Horticultural Society

welcomes new members. Membership includes monthly Guest Speaker evenings Oct – Apr, quarterly newsletters, society shop & free entry to annual Flower Show. An opportunity to meet people & access expert advice.

Writers Group (Leeds Borders

erstwhile writers group) Meets every other Monday at Bridget’s Bar, Victoria Hotel, Leeds. All kinds of writers in all styles. Currently looking for new members. Details: text 07804 191189,

vince.mihill@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk

MUSIC African Drum Class Tues 8 – 10pm,

Inkwell Arts, Potternewton Lane.

Learn African rhythms on Djembe & Percussion. Beginners welcome (drum loan available) £5 per session (1st class free). Details: 07765 943107,

ianto.knockonwood@gmail.com

Alwoodley Community Choir meets Wed, 5.45 – 7.15pm in Lord Darcy, Harrogate Rd. Friendly group, all ages & abilities, singing pops, standards, shows songs. New members welcome.

Details: Jean 07855 059990

Alwoodley Singers are looking for

new members. All welcome, especially sopranos. Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue, LS17 7NZ. Details: Alan 294

Details: Susan 273 8821

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Slaid Hill In Bloom Working Party

Collingham Training Band

Sat 14 Nov, 10am – 12 noon. Friendly group. No experience necessary.

Meet outside the Dexter Pub LS17 8TX. Lunch 12.30 at pub. Details:

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The 52 Club provides a social gathering

Daeglith Music Group (Oakwood) 3rd Sat every month. Any playing ability welcome. Details:

Margaret & Geoff 268 7448, www. slaidhillinbloom.org

for retired & semi retired men from professional & business backgrounds.

Meets 2nd Mon of each month, 12 noon at Leeds Golf Centre, Wike Ridge for lunch, followed by guest speaker. Details:

Peter Spence 269 4269

West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society

(Silver Gilt winner Harrogate Autumn Show) meets Wed 18 Nov, 7.30pm at Moorside & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. LS13. AGM followed by discussion about fuchsias & Faith Supper. This is our last meeting of 2015. Visitors welcome. Details: 256

3055

for beginners on wind or brass instruments, children & adults. £20 per term. Details: www.collinghamband.

Lois@daeglithmusic.org.uk

Instrumental Jazz Workshop - alt Sat 2.30 - 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7. Classes for people who want to play jazz & improvise.

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

jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail.com

Community Notices

74 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. Details: 293 1779, www.

jfconcertband.com

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident

sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details:

secretary@leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

Jazz Improvisation Group with Dom

Moore meets fortnightly on alt Tues & Fri, 7 – 10pm 1st Floor, Providence House, Authorpe Rd, Meanwood LS6 4JB. £8 per session. Details: 07800 816

086, dominicgmoore@hotmail.com

Leeds Folk Fiddle Group is urgently seeking more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave. Details:

Iveta 07547 112171, leeds.violin@gmail. com

Mixed Voices Choir Mon 7.45 – 9.45pm Tree Tops Community Centre, Shadwell Lane, LS17. Singing musicals, pop & light classical songs. Perform concerts throughout the year. Details: Anne or Tracy 07914 833394

Phoenix Concert Band Community concert band for players of Grade 6 standard & over. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm The Grammar School at Leeds, Tebb Room. Details:

secretary@phoenixband.co.uk, www. phoenixband.co.uk

Players for Pleasure offer playing

tutors interviewed & have enhanced DBS disclosure. Details: 269 7754,

Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble

Roundhay Ukulele Group

Details: Deborah Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld.com

enquiries@roundhaymusic.org, www. roundhaymusic.org Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup.wordpress.com

Seven Jazz Voices Choir Alt

Mondays, 7 – 9pm St Matthew’s Church Community Hall, Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton. Sing your favourite jazz tunes.

Led by Tessa Smith, jazz singer & choir leader. No previous experience necessary, just a love of singing & jazz. £5 per session. Details: Steve Crocker

crockersteve@ntlworld.com

Sinfonia of Leeds Sat 14 Nov, 7.30pm at St. Edmund’s Church, Roundhay LS8 1JN. Programme includes: Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead; Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1; & Shostakovich’s Symphony No.1. Conductor: David Greed. Soloist: Ashley Wass. Tickets:

224 3801, sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite. com or on door

Society of Recorder Players –

meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley. Different conductors take each meeting. Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome.

Details: Caroline 01943 467348

Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm 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.

Details: Tracy 07914 833394

opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, instruments & ages over 18. New performers welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www.

Yorkshire Late Starter Strings

Roundhay Music Lessons for any age,

ylss.org

playersforpleasure.co.uk

standard, instrument or style in 1-2-1, ensembles & accompaniment sessions.

Help with GCSE & A-Level music. All

(YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm.

Friendly, informal string orchestra of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners’ group for those new to playing. Details: www.

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

SENIORS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours welcomes local seniors 1st Tues, 2pm.

Interesting speakers, refreshments & laughter. Also Games Group Wed, 2 – 3pm. Both at Methodist Centre, Town St. Details: Heather, Royal Voluntary

Service, 887 3596, chapelallertongn@ royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk

Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the

Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details:

Vivienne & Paul 268 2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_chaplin@hotmail. com

Don’t Act Your Age A social improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome – just go along.

Details: Ron Wiener 266 7722

Games, Giggles & Gossip Wed, 2 -

4pm at Methodist Church Hall, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Enjoy anything from dominos & bridge to Snakes & Ladders or Snap! Plus a chat with tea/ coffee & a biscuit or bun of course! £1.50. Details: Royal Voluntary Service

887 3597

Lunch Club & Over 55s Club Wed 12 – 3pm. Two course meal £3.50 followed by fun activities. Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank, LS17. Details: 268 9993

RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours Dementia Café

Mon 12.30 – 2pm at Inkwell Café, Potternewton Lane, LS7. Also Singing for the Brain, arts & crafts, Tai Chi, & Knit & Natter sessions. Details: 887

3595

RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elders (CARE) welcomes

people over 65 on Thurs, 1.30-3.30pm at Brackenwood Community Centre.

Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & special interest clubs.

Details: Andrew or Sue 887 3595

RVS MENA Community Café Fri

am Meanwood Community Centre.

Activities include Tai Chi, tea & dance, knit & sew, & soon walking & poetry clubs. Currently seeking volunteer walkers to support group. Details: Gina

or Sarah 887 3596

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Tues

1.45 – 3.30pm at Terry Yorath House, Devonshire Ave. Club for over 65s who would like to make new friends & take part in wide range of activities. Details:

Carole 269 6632

Stainbeck URC Lunch Club

Stainbeck Rd. Mon & Wed, 11am – 1.30pm (£4). Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided.

Volunteers welcome. Details: Avril or

Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766, www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk

Wigton Moor Friendship Guild

meets 3rd Wed, Wigton Moor UR Church, High Ash Dr. LS17. Speakers, slide shows, presentations, & outings.

Try them out for just £2 (incl refreshments). Details: Maureen 268

0815, Alan 294 3370.

SPIRITUAL Alwoodley Park Methodist Church, The Avenue, LS17 7BX

Christian Science Church Sunday Services & Sunday School 11am.

Testimony Meeting 1st Wed 8pm.

Devonshire Ave. (next to Texaco petrol station) off Street Lane LS8. Bible based, Everyone welcome.

Chapel Allerton Methodist Church Sunday Services: 10.30am & 6.30pm.

Aĺl welcome. Monthly Explorers’ group for children on Tuesdays.

Chapel Allerton Youth Project meets in Methodist Centre (opp church) weekday evenings.

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 Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Share Eckhart’s DVDs & silent meditation. £3 - £5 suggested donation.

All welcome. Details: 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com

Julian Meetings 1st & 3rd Tues, 2pm at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. Silent meditation in the Christian tradition. Details: 240 3048/ 273 5865 Kagyu Buddhist Group Tues,

7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Drop-in meditation class practising calmabiding, reflective meditation suitable for all. £4. Details: 01282 841570,

Sunday service: 10.45am. All welcome. Weekly activities. Details:

yorkshire@dechen.org, www.dechen. org

All Nations Community Church,

Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management. Details: 244 5256, www.

www.leedsnandemethodist.org.uk/ alwoodley.php

Roundhay meets Sun, 10.45am at Talbot Primary School, Talbot Rd. LS8 1AF. Experience a different kind of atmosphere, free from denominational doctrines. Get involved in social justice programmes like feeding the homeless & caring for vulnerable people in the community. Details: www.allnationscc.

org

leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Leeds Theosophical Society Sun

1 Nov, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. Talk by bestselling author Richard Lawrence on ‘The Path of the Karmic Athlete’, explaining that healing, prayer & meditation are key practices but service is the greatest path & outlining five steps to spiritual freedom. Details:

www.ts-leeds.org.uk

Leeds Stillness Group Mon 7.30

- 9.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Ln, Roundhay LS8 2BW. Based on teachings of Eckhart Tolle.

Experience the peace of joining likeminded people & periods of silent meditation. Watch footage of Eckhart Tolle talk. Small donation to cover costs. Details: 07884 332644, www.

peacenowhere.com

Lidgett Park Methodist Church,

Lidgett Place, Roundhay. Sunday Service & Junior Church 10.30am. For evening services mid-week activities, see website. Community Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10 – 11.45am. Details:

www.leedsnandemethodist.org.uk/ lidgett.php

Meditation for Beginners Tues 12.30 – 1pm & 6.15 – 7.15pm; Thurs 12:30 – 1pm at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, 31 St Paul’s St LS1. Details:

07866 760 460, www.jamyangleeds. co.uk

Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel (City

Sq Leeds) Sunday Services 10.45am; Contemplative service 6pm; Mid-week Recharge Wed 1.15pm - a half-hour reflection. A space of spiritual enquiry sanctuary for the soul

Moortown Baptist Church 204 King Lane, LS17. Sunday services 10.30am & 6pm. Range of toddler, children’s, youth, house groups & senior projects through week. Details: 269 3750, www. moortownbaptistchurch.org.uk

Natural Healing Centre Healing offered Thurs by members of NFSH Healing Trust. 7pm - 8.30pm at The Friend’s Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay, LS8. Details: 07949

972690, www.leedshealingcentre.org

Community Notices

76 Drop-in Buddhist Meditation Classes Tues 3, 10, 17 & 24 Nov,7.30 - 9pm Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood. £6 per class. Half Day Course ‘Breaking Bad Habits’ Sun 1 Nov, 10am 1.30pm. £12. Weekend retreat to the country 6 - 8 Nov. Details: 265 2118,

meditationinleeds@gmail.com, www. meditationinleeds.org

Roundhay Evangelical Church

Sun services 10.30am & 6.30pm at Roundhay Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Drive (near Oakwood Clock). Friendly, informal & bible-centred. All welcome.

Monthly children’s & youth groups plus special events. Details: www.

roundhayevangelicalchurch.com

Roundhay Quaker Meeting for Sunday Worship, 10.45am at 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Enjoy an hour of generally silent worship.

Children welcome to Sunday School at same time. Details: 293 3684, www.

leedsquakers.org.uk

Shadwell Methodist Church Sunday Services: 9.30am. Creche for under 5s & Junior Church (9.45-10.30am). Coffee after each service. Details: Margaret

Walker 225 1826

St Edmund’s North Park Ave,

Roundhay. Sunday services 8am, 10am (with children’s groups) & 6.30pm.

Exploring faith, building community.

Many groups & activities. Details: 266

4532, www.stedmundsroundhay.org.uk

St Andrew’s Roundhay URC

(Shaftesbury Ave) Sunday worship 10.30am - family worship with children & young people’s groups followed by refreshments. Communion 1st Sunday; Evening service 6pm 2nd Sunday; Early communion 9.30am 3rd Sunday.

Details: www.standrews.cc; Facebook, @standrewsurc

St Barnabas C of E Church The View, LS17 7NA. Sunday Services 10am (with children’s activities) Families welcome. Coffee drop-in 3rd Wed, 10.30am – 12; Busy Bs, 10.30am – 12.30pm for good company, conversation, activities; Church Lunch, 12.30 – 1.30pm (details: 268 2591/ 226 8269) Details: 265 4926, www.

St John’s Church Moor Allerton

(junction Harrogate & Ring Rds).

Sunday Services: 8am &10am.

Evensong 6.30pm 2nd, 3rd, & 4th, Sunday. Children’s Fun@4 service 4th Sunday 4pm. Groups & activities. All welcome. Details: www.

stjohnsmoorallerton.org

St John Mary Vianney Parish Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, LS17 6LE. Masses: Mon - Fri 9.15am, Sat 10am, Sun 8am, 9.30am, 11am & 6.30pm. St Paul the Apostle Church, Buckstone Cres.

Masses: Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am.

stbarnabasleeds.org.uk

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SUPPORT

St Martin’s Church, St. Martin’s

View, Potternewton, LS7 3LB. Sunday Service 10am – Parish Communion, Sunday Club & refreshments.

Wednesday Service 9.30am – Holy Communion. Open Afternoon Tues 2 – 4pm for quiet reflection & prayer.

All welcome. Details: 262 4271, www.

it’s 2nd Mon. Speakers on different aspects of diabetes. All welcome.

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

7694

st.martinleeds.org.uk

Association of Blind Asians Leeds is looking for volunteers who could provide a valuable sighted guiding service to reduce isolation & increase independence of visually impaired people in Leeds. Details: Sonal 210

St. Matthew’s Church (Wood Lane,

Chapel Allerton, LS7 3QF). Sunday services 8am, 10am & 6.30pm. Details:

Revd David Robinson 268 3072, www. stmatthewschapelallerton.org.uk

3347

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck Rd. Sunday

Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@ crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, www.groups. crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Leeds

www.stainbeck.urc.org.uk

IBS Leeds Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Monthly meetings.

Details: matt@letscureibs.com, www. letscureibs.com

Leeds Coeliac Group offers advice

& support to those with Coeliac disease.

Thurs 26 Nov: gluten-free Christmas Dinner at Leeds City College Food Academy. Details: 07711 768850,

sandra.mclean@btinternet.com

Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & their families in North & West Yorkshire. Regular meetings.

Worship 10.45am - family worship & Sunday Club followed by refreshments.

Communion 2nd Sunday. Praise & reflection: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm. Details:

Details: 07840 686618

Leeds LAS (Living After Loss Through Suicide) Peer support meetings in Leeds. Details: Sue Watts, Leeds Bereavement Forum 225 3975, sue. watts@lbforum.org.uk @Leeds_LAS

Diabetes UK Support Group meets

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Community Notices

78 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, non-

judgemental support 24/7 for people experiencing distress or despair. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need.

Details: 245 6789, 08457 909090

Leeds Weekend Care Association

(LWCA) provides respite care to families with children who have complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one home-based care. Details: 216 5133,

angela.roberts@lwca.co.uk

Little Hiccups Outreach Support network for children with a disability & their families. Run by parents. Details: 07831 230741, outreach@littlehiccups. co.uk, www.littlehiccups.co.uk

Marigold Wellbeing Centre Day

Therapy Centre, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate, two Saturdays a month.

Support for people with cancer & other chronic conditions. Details: Karen

01937 573166, or John & Ann 274 9074. www.marigoldwellbeingcentre.org.uk

Panpals - Yorkshire Pancreatic Cancer Support Group meet every

3 months, in Headingley. Supportive, friendly & informative self-help group copIng with this devastating illness. Also offers expert speakers & signposting to other agencies. Details:

panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk

Parkinson’s UK Leeds meet 2nd

Wed, 2pm at St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Support for anybody affected by Parkinson’s. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details:

Linda Thompson 01943 461640

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

(PSP) Support group meets 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Details: Pam Bower 258

8143

The Owls New citywide informal

child-minding group offering support, training & information, & social events.

Membership £5 pa. Details: 228 8509

SNAPS (Special Needs & Parent

Support) welcomes any family with a child with special needs to their Saturday support group at Penny Field School, Tongue Ln. Meanwood.

Hydrotherapy, swimming, dance & coffee. Details: 07964 847 775, dean@

snaps-vol.org.uk, www.snaps-vol.org.uk

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club Open to former cardiac

experience of her son. Adm free but by ticket only. Details: LCI 391 7928,

events@leedschurchinstitute.org

Leeds Astronomical Society

meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome. Details:

info@leedsastronomy.org.uk, www. leedsastronomy.org.uk

Leeds Geological Association Thurs 5 Nov, 7.15pm Conference Auditorium 2, University of Leeds Campus (rear of Sports Centre). Lecture: ‘Bubble, burp, bang! Big experiments in volcano physics’ by Dr Ed Llewellin, Durham University. Visitors welcome. Details:

www.leedsga.org.uk

patients & their partners. Exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Details: 07949 307 955,

Royal Meteorological Society

wghcardiacclub@gmail.com, www.

WharfedaleCardiacClub.org.uk

Details: http://tinyurl.com/rmetsyc, rmetsoc_yorkshire@hotmail.co.uk

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

WOMEN’S GROUPS

Art History Study Group 7pm at

Alwoodley Townswomens’ Guild

(Yorkshire) Monthly informal public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all.

HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley.

Lecture series on Art History & the Social History of Art with Dr Lara Eggleton. Details: Angela 01937

meets 4th Mon, 7.15pm at the ACA, The Avenue LS17 7LT. Variety of speakers, outings, coffee mornings. Friendly group. New members/visitors welcome.

587948, Jonathan 07771 598435

Details: Pat 225 0030

Café Economique aims to inform people about economic topics & possible actions so that our economic system benefits all. 7.30pm at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton.

Tues 1 Dec: Dr John Puntis asks ‘If the NHS is Sick is Privatisation the Cure?’ £4.

Chapel Pie WI Friendly, fun women’s

2015 Hook Lecture: Fragile Creation Tues 10 Nov, 7.30pm at

darlingroseswi.org

Leeds Minster. Presented by Leeds Church Institute. Frances Young talks about the vocation of people with severe learning disabilities, drawing on the

group for all ages. Visitors welcome (£3). Annual membership £33. Details:

chapelpiewi@gmail.com, www. chapelpiewi.com

Darling Roses WI meet 2nd Sat,

11.30am at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, Moortown. Details:

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80 Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs. 10.15am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Leeds (next to Samuel Taylor’s). Friendly group supports local charities. £3. Details: Joan McShane 225 1166

Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257

9381

Roundhay WI meets Thurs 12 Nov,

7.15pm in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Ave, LS8. They’ll be laughing as Ben Richardson regales them with Police Tales. Visitors & new members welcome. Details: Hilary 266

5648

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd

Mon, 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi.org/leeds

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected

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

universityofleedsladiesclub.co.uk

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon (9 & 23

Nov), 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum, LS18 5JB. Welcomes all women who want to improve their public speaking skills, boost self-confidence & have fun! Details: Pauline 269 3542,

pauline.neale@ntlworld.com, www. leedsladiesspeakers.co.uk

YOUNGER LIFE CLASSS (Community Leeds After

School Study Support) has places for secondary school pupils needing help with their school work. Thurs 5.45 - 7.30pm at Technorth Centre, 9 Harrogate Rd. LS7 3NB. Details: Anne

257 0827

Harehills Movement & Music Playgroup Parent run playgroup at

Harehills Lane Baptist Church Hall (access via Hilton Pl), LS8. Tues: music & parachute fun; Wed: movement & developmental play. 10 – 11.15am term

Community Notices time. £1 per family incl refreshments.

Everybody welcome. Details:

Lipreading Classes for anyone with hearing loss. Details: Susan Lee 07910

harehillsplaygroup@gmail.com

831646 susan@susanleelipreading.com

WANTED! Volunteer Cubs Leaders

Mamalingua - Italian conversation groups, Leeds, Harrogate, & short language courses. Details: 07862

St Edmund’s Church Roundhay. If you enjoy working with children & want a rewarding pastime Details: Ross

Ferguson on 266 2403.

Leeds Junior Chess Club Meets

Sun 5.30 – 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue. Ideal for ages 7-18 of all standards. Coaching from accredited coaches, competitive & friendly play, fun tournaments.

Details: John Hipshon 226 7759, www. leedsjuniorchessclub.co.uk/

7th Moor Allerton Brownies

841708

National Media Museum Lates:

Space Thurs 19 Nov, 6.30 – 9.30pm.

Inspired by the exhibition ‘Revelations: Experiments in Photography’, join them for an evening of fun just for adults, & journey into the fascinating world of space. Explore out-of-thisworld science & technology & access to the brand new exhibition! Free www.

nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/lates

Seek New Members A number of Brownies have gone up to Guides so the group has places available.

They meet Mon 6 – 7.15pm. Details:

St. Martin’s Community Kitchen

Parent & Tots Group Tues (term time) 1.30-3pm Queen’s Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. £2 per family. Everyone welcome.

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Details: Raegan saintraegan@yahoo. co.uk, Sam mumba40@gmail.com

RJC Dance Gymnastics For Young

People Tues 3.45 – 4.45pm (ages 6-10); 4.45 – 5.45pm (age 11+) at Mandela Centre, Chapeltown Rd. LS7. All abilities welcome. £4. Details: 239 2040, stef@

rjcdance.org.uk

Gledhow Woodcraft Folk welcomes new members aged 6 – 9, Thurs 6.15 –7.15pm at Gledhow Primary School.

Games, songs, craftwork & outdoor activities. Places limited so book now.

Details: gledhow.woodcraft@gmail. com, www.woodcraft.org.uk

MISC/ EVENTS Have a Ball with St Gemma’s!

Tickets (£45) now on sale for annual Winter Ball Sat 28 Nov at LUFC Centenary Pavilion. Drinks reception, 4-course meal, live band, raffle, auction & prizes! Perfect as office Christmas party or a great get together with friends & family. Details: Jenny 218 5537,

jennyd@st-gemma.co.uk

Provides hot meals Sat 12 – 2pm at St Martin’s Institute, St Martin’s View, LS7 3LB. Details: Rev David Stevens 262 4271 February 2016 at Queen’s Hall, Harrogate Rd. Moortown. Show your talent while raising money for St Gemma’s! Any talent welcome.

Participants are asked to raise at least £200 in sponsorship. Details: 218 5570,

nicolah@st-gemma.co.uk

Sue Ryder is Recruiting Volunteer Collectors to support their fundraising

efforts around Leeds. All they require is the enthusiasm to make a difference to people’s lives & the ability to be a good ambassador for the charity. Details:

Roohi Lupton 203 3360, roohi.lupton@ suerydercare.org

Volunteers needed! Could you offer some time to help older people in LS17?

There’s a range of opportunities at Moor Allerton Elderly Care (Maecare), including friendly visiting; helping at activity groups & outings; driving & IT support. Details: Wendy 266 0371 or www.maecare.org.uk

Win a Car in St Gemma’s Christmas Raffle! You could be

driving a brand new Suzuki Celerio this Christmas! Tickets (£1) available from the Hospice in Moortown, St Gemma’s shops or 0113 218 5555.

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Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’

Cloudy2Clear service the Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown & Roundhay areas and Joel is finding that his approach is a major factor

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which just goes to show how much a little bit of effort is appreciated.’

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