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NORTH LEEDS Life FREE APRIL 2012

So, Spring has sprung! And, according to a number of our advertisers, things are looking up. Let’s hope so! Certainly our readers aren’t wasting time – there seem to be just as many events and celebrations happening as ever, and more and more people are getting involved in community projects.

C O N N E C T I N G YO U TO T H E C O M M U N I T Y

This month we talk to Kay Mellor about her new television series ‘Syndicate’ and about becoming patron of Friends of The Hollies. We also talk to Esther Rantzen as NSPCC’s ChildLine celebrates 25 years. Landscape designer Lindsay Bird gives a little advice in our garden feature; JRR Tolkien is the subject of ‘They Lived in Leeds’; and we review the film ‘The Descendants’.

KAY MELLOR TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST TV SERIES

This is also the month of ‘Treasures Revealed’ when places of worship around Leeds throw open their doors for you to explore; and St Chad’s celebrates receiving a third Eco-Congregations Award.

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Before you know it, it will be May! Our deadline for your stories and notices is 1st April, and it’s 6th April for advertising.

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Another Kay Mellor Drama to Look Forward to Kay Mellor talks about her latest TV series, her passion for the north and her role as patron of Friends of The Hollies

Kind regards

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Your Dream Garden – With a Little Help!

Lindsay Bird outlines how garden designers can help

St Chad’s joins ony a handful of churches with three such awards

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St Chad’s Wins Third Eco- Congregations Award

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ChildLine Celebrates 25 Years!

ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen talks to NLL about how the charity has grown

Mary Shelley at The Playhouse A bold new play about the author of Frankenstein by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson

Bradford’s 18th International Film Festival

This year’s event promises to present its usual eclectic mix of feature premieres, cult classics, international guests,

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ST CHAD’S RECEIVES THIRD ECO-CONGREGATIONS AWARD

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n January, St Chad’s were recommended for their third Eco-Congregations Award, joining only a handful of churches with three such awards.

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The assessors were particularly impressed by;

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• The excellent communications within the Green Team as well as with the church and wider community, and their willingness to share their achievements and encourage others.

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• The use of external organisations with involvement in national data gathering, community pay-back scheme, leisure activities and provision of learning environment for undergraduates (the use of the churchyard as a training venue).

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• Consistent application of environmental concerns, given that some constraints exist due to age and construction of the buildings and existing commitments for the use of the grounds.

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• Regular inclusion of environmental concerns in Intercessions.

• Excellent work in the churchyard to encourage and monitor wildlife, from insects to red kites.

• A wide range of completed and on-going projects.

The new plaque was made by the Grassmarket Community project, based in Edinburgh.

This project supports and nurtures people who feel disengaged or marginalised. Their activities include making wooden furniture and gifts from recycled church pews.

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OWLS HAVE A NEW PATRON

THE BIG ROYAL PARK SCHOOL COMMUNITY REFURBISHMENT CHALLENGE Royal Park Community Consortium (RPCC) remains in dialogue with Leeds City Council regarding the acquisition of the Royal Park School building. In the meantime, the group is planning a community-led refurbishment to return the building to use as a Hyde Park community asset.

Greg Mulholland MP was recently named patron of OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors), which provides activities for seniors living in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse and parts of Kirkstall, as well as helping them with day to day tasks, such as shopping.

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“It is great for OWLS and local older people that we now have our MP as our patron”, said Lee Ingham, Manager of OWLS. “I have worked for older people in this area for over 15 years and for most of that time Greg has worked to help local elders, first as a councillor and now as an MP. I know that Greg is keen to be an active patron and I am sure that he will help us achieve our plans to improve things for local older people.”

Greg has been a leading campaigner on older people’s issues for many years. He co-chairs the Ageing and Older Persons All Party Parliamentary Group, as well as having been the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on older people’s issues. He has led a number of campaigns for older people in the constituency, most recently fighting a spate of care home closures by the council across the city.

“I was absolutely delighted to be asked to become a patron of OWLS”, said Greg. “OWLS provides such an important service to older people in the Headingley, Burley, Woodhouse and Kirkstall areas. As patron of the group I will do everything I can to support them, to ensure they are able to continue providing this invaluable service.”

The first objective is to make the building weatherproof, then the interior can be tackled and gradually brought back into use. Water damage and vandalism mean that all sorts of building materials and plumbing items will be needed.

The caretaker’s house could be brought back into use in about eight weeks and could be used as the centre of operations or rented out to give the site more security, should the project be sanctioned by the council.

Once we have a list of offers and materials, we will draw up a plan and present it to the Council.

Can you help?

Paul Hudson Royal Park Community Consortium rpcc.charity.no.1144373@gmail.com or call Sue on 07796 784018

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RPCC is planning a community-led refurbishment to return the building to use as a Hyde Park community asset

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Greg Mulholland and Lee Ingham pictured outside HEART where the group meets

RPCC is looking for individuals and firms to help accomplish this. We will be contacting trades-people and businesses who might be willing to donate time and materials to help get the project accepted by the Council.

HEART AND CRAFT New dates for craft shows at HEART

After the record number of visitors to the December Christmas Art and Craft Fair, more fairs have been scheduled for 2012 at HEART on Bennett Road, Headingley.

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All the new dates coincide with the Headingley Farmers’ Market – which means they will take place on the second Saturday of the month in April, September, November and December.

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NSPCC’S CHILDLINE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS! NSPCC 1950’S JUBILEE BALL

Keith Fielding, ChildLine Volunteer, Esther Rantzen, and Darren Worth, ChildLine Supervisor Last month, Esther Rantzen, ChildLine founder and TV presenter, was in Leeds to celebrate the charity’s 25th anniversary. Down at NSPCC’s Leeds HQ, we asked her the same question that John Humphrys of BBC Radio 4’s Today Show asked her 25 years ago: “Did you know what you were taking on?”

Esther quickly admitted that she didn’t.

“No, but you’ve got to take a risk from time to time”, she told us. “We thought we would take the calls and immediately pass them on to the various bodies, like social services, to deal with.

“We got it wrong. We soon found out that we had to work at the child’s pace and make them feel safe. It was a matter of finding ways to give them hope. If social workers were to arrive at their door it could have put them at risk.

So the whole emphasis of ChildLine had to change.”

Of course, children’s services might eventually become involved, but only when the child was ready. It was interesting, too, to see how children’s concerns had changed over the years – 25 years ago their main concern was sexual abuse, later the emphasis shifted to physical abuse, and most recently it’s bullying.

In the last 12 months, ChildLine has counselled over 265,000 children and young people. The Leeds base alone received over 15,400 contacts from children from across the UK.

“ChildLine is a lifeline for thousands of young people who desperately need support and advice with problems they dare not share with anyone else”, said Esther. “Our trained volunteer counselors work around the clock to ensure that the most vulnerable young people can get the protection and support they need, transforming and sometimes even saving precious young lives.

“Up until now, some children had to try many times before they could get through to ChildLine. It makes me especially proud, in our 25th anniversary year, that we can say, for the first time in ChildLine’s history, we can now answer almost every call or email the first time a child tries to get through.”

NSPCC’s ChildLine, a free 24-hour confidential helpline for children and young people, has been providing support and advice across the UK since 1986. As Keith Fielding, one of 33 volunteer councilors working from the Leeds centre, commented: “ChildLine helps empower children and young people as it gives them an opportunity to express themselves and talk about their problems.”

Esther thanked the ChildLine staff and volunteers – as she said: ”Without them this vital lifeline for children and young people could not continue”.

Celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style at the NSPCC’s 1950’s Ball at the Rose Bowl, Civic Quarter, Leeds, on Saturday 26th May starting with a Champagne reception at 7pm. Then enjoy a four course dinner, live entertainment and dancing until late, all with a thoroughly 1950’s flavour. Tickets (£600 for a table of 10).

CHILDLINE’S THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE Friday 13th – Sunday 15th July Grab your walking boots for this fantastic National Three Peaks challenge and make a real difference to children’s lives. This guided walk takes in the three highest peaks in Scotland (Ben Nevis 1,344m), England (Scarfell Pike 978m) and Wales (Snowdon 1,085). Widely regarded as one of the UK’s most challenging events, it provides the ultimate test of mental stamina and physical endurance. Not for the faint hearted, but with prior training and professional support it can be the experience of a life time.

Registration fee: £50 (over 18s only) with a minimum sponsorship goal of £350.

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NEW FAR HEADINGLEY NDS GOES ON DISPLAY AT ST CHAD’S Peter Baker (architect and specialist in urban design), has completed a first draft of the revised Neighbourhood Design Statement (NDS) and this has been circulated to representatives of the various resident groups*. Feedback is currently being processed and a second draft will be displayed at a community consultation evening on Tuesday 24th April, 4 – 8pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre.

There will be large scale representations of each area and corresponding maps, providing maximum clarity. Peter Baker will be on hand, as well as the Council’s local planning officer and ward councillors, to respond to questions. Following this session, a further draft will go to the Council and statutory consultees for comment and approval.

The 2005 NDS was the first city-based Design Statement produced by community groups working directly with the Council. It has guided every significant planning application in the neighbourhood since its publication. It also put the case for an expanded Far Headingley Conservation Area and the creation of the West Park Conservation Area, both of which have since been adopted by the Council.

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Other changes in that time include the establishment of Friends of The Hollies, proposals for the New Generation Tram and new threats to some cherished green spaces. The new edition of the NDS will hopefully reflect all these changes and restate the important features which local people want to see protected, as well as highlight opportunities for high quality development in the future. *The NDS 2nd Edition is a partnership project involving Far Headingley Village Society, Weetwood, Becketts Park, West Park, The Drummonds and Church Woods, Moor Parks and Foxhills Residents’ Associations, and Central Park Residents Group, Friends of The Hollies, Leeds City Council and Ward Members. northleedslife.co.uk | April 2012 11

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PICNIC IN A COMMUNITY ORCHARD

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Local residents and supporters of the Orchard are invited to join the group for a community picnic on Sunday 29th April at 12.30pm

They have now planted a variety of fruit trees – apples (cooking and eating), pears, plums, cherries, a mulberry and a fig. A new beech hedge has been planted around the edge, and masses of daffodils. In choosing what to plant they combined some interesting local varieties with those that they were confident would do well on the site.

They have also weeded the existing herbaceous border and added more new plants.

The group has commissioned local artist, Sarah Dunton, to do a painting which will form the basis for an information board, and Horticap has been asked to make a circular wooden seat and a gate to finish off the site.

To celebrate, local residents and supporters of the Orchard are invited to join the group for a community picnic on Sunday 29th April at 12.30pm.

TREASURES REVEALED IN HEADINGLEY There are many beautiful and interesting places of worship in Leeds, ranging from old parish churches to modern developments, brightly decorated mosques to Hebrew synagogues and Buddhist centres, quiet Quaker houses to Greek Orthodox churches, Sikh temples and even a pagan stone circle!

For ten days, 28th April – 7th May, a variety of these will be open to enable you to explore what is inside these buildings that you pass by on a regular basis.

St Chad’s will be hosting Treasures Revealed on Saturday 28th April (10am – 4pm) and Sunday 29th (2 – 4.30pm).

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recitals on the refurbished Harrison organ (Saturday 1.30 and 3.30pm, and Sunday 4pm).

On Saturday, the churchyard will be one of The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s ‘Open Churchyards’, with guided walks both morning and afternoon. These will focus on the geology of the building and some memorials (11.45am and 2.45pm), and the management and wild flowers of the churchyard (10.30am and 2.45pm).

The Churchyard Officer from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will give a presentation on the importance of Yorkshire churchyards for wildlife at 2.15pm. Selfguide trail leaflets are available and members of the church Green Team will also be on hand.

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Throughout the winter Headingley Community Orchard members, supporters and helpers have been working hard to prepare and plant up their new site around the St Chad’s War Memorial.

Bring some food to share and a chair or blanket to sit on. There will be live music and you will have an opportunity to find out more about the orchard project.

If you have any plants you would like to donate for a new flower border, please bring those along too! They are hoping that as many people as possible will join them to celebrate this lovely, newly restored greenspace in Headingley.

For further information visit www. headingleycommunityorchard.org.uk For children, there will be craft activities from 10.30am on Saturday and Wildlife Safaris round the churchyard at 11am and 2.30pm. In addition, a children’s geology walk will take place at 2pm.

Refreshments will be available throughout the day on Saturday and on Sunday afternoon. Picnics can be held on the field adjacent to the churchyard.

St Luke’s Lutheran Church, Alma Road, Headingley, will be open on Thursday 3rd May, 10am – 2pm; St Michael’s on Headingley Lane and South Parade Baptist on North Lane will be open 11am – 3pm on Saturday 28th April and Friday 4th May, and 10am – 12 noon on Saturday 5th May. Left Bank Cardigan Road 28th & 29th 10am 4pm.

A booklet giving full details of the all the open places of worship all over Leeds is available from Headingley Library, or visit www.treasuresrevealed.co.uk and follow the link to Leeds.

Councillor Jamie Matthews

The high volume of bars and associated anti-social behaviour continues to be a major issue in Headingley and this was discussed at a recent Headingley Network meeting.

Unfortunately the Headingley community has faced these problems for a great many years – too many licensed premises competing to get customers as drunk as possible and not caring about the effect on the local community. This leads to a lot of rowdy behaviour, noise nuisance, violence and traffic and is one of the main reasons it’s difficult to attract families.

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This isn’t to ignore a number of measures that have helped us keep some sort of a lid on this issue, most noticeably the Cumulative Impact Policy. This policy means that as long as an objection is received, the council will usually oppose applications for new alcohol licences or hot food takeaways within the area of Headingley where this problem is at its worst. Unfortunately we’re finding that licence applicants are increasingly able to get round this policy and win cases on appeal.

The government has recently introduced new laws on planning. Although there has been a lot of controversy about aspects of the reforms, there are measures that will give local communities more say over future development.

I would hope that there is potential in this for us to have greater control over the number of bars and takeaways. I hope we will see significant progress over the course of the year and will keep residents informed as things develop.

I know we still have ongoing battles, such as recently with Voodoo (formerly Citrus), but rest assured your local councillors will continue to do all we can to push for a family friendly Headingley.

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THEY LIVED IN LEEDS John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 Writer, Poet, Scholar, Philologist

When JRR Tolkien arrived in Leeds in 1920 to take up the post of Reader in English Language at the University, he was an unknown young man of 28 on the threshold of his career. He had survived the horror of war, and had already begun to write poems and stories about his imagined world of Middle Earth, its mythology, unique languages and fantastical inhabitants. But it would be many years before his work appeared in print and established him as one of the most popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century.

He was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein South Africa, where his father, a Birmingham bank clerk, had gone to improve his prospects. When he was four his father died, and his mother moved back to Birmingham with the two children. Money was short, and she had little support – she had alienated her family when she converted to Catholicism (Tolkien and his brother remained devout Catholics all their lives).

Tolkien adored his children and every Christmas wrote them a ‘letter from Father Christmas’, wonderfully illustrated, with tales of adventures with the Snow-elves and other characters (published in 1976). He clearly loved telling his children stories and inventing characters to amuse and thrill them, together with magical drawings and paintings.

Many of these stories and images found their way into his later work.

Tolkien won a scholarship to King Edward’s School and was prospering when suddenly his mother died from diabetes, untreatable before the discovery of insulin. She was 34, he only 12. He and his young brother were left penniless orphans, but were cared for by a compassionate Catholic priest who had befriended the family.

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Tolkien left Leeds in 1925 to take up the post of Professor of AngloSaxon at Oxford, where he remained for the remainder of his working life. His first published book, The Hobbit, appeared in 1937, followed in 1954/5 by the three books of The

The salary from the University was low, his office cramped, the English department small, but Tolkien was happy at Leeds

was appointed. Edith followed him to Leeds, with their newly-born second son, and they settled in a small terrace house, 11 St Mark’s Terrace, near the University. It was dingy and dark, and the sooty air rotted the curtains and covered the baby with smuts outside in his pram! In 1924, with a third child on the way, they moved to greener, pleasanter surroundings at 2 Darnley Road, West Park, a tall Edwardian red-brick semi next to fields (still there).

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Tolkien persisted in his studies, displaying a remarkable gift for languages, and won a scholarship to Oxford where he focused on Middle and Old English and Old Norse, rich sources of inspiration. Here, when he reached 21 in 1913, he renewed his romance with Edith Bratt, whom he had met and fallen in love with three years before. They got engaged in 1914 just as war was declared, and married in 1916 when Tolkien had completed his degree and enlisted – they knew he might never return.

He fought in the devastating battle of the Somme, an experience that affected him deeply. In late 1916 he contracted trench fever and was invalided home. His recurrent poor health prevented his return to the Front, where all but one of his closest friends died.

The salary from the University was low, his office cramped, the English department small, but Tolkien was happy at Leeds, liked the students and found a congenial colleague in E.V. Gordon. Together they produced an acclaimed new edition of the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. They shared a sense of fun too, and founded a University Viking Club – a feature of which was the composition of bawdy songs in Old Norse!

Lord of the Rings, which became an international best seller and inspired an Oscar-winning cycle of films.

The Silmarillion, edited by his son, was published after Tolkien’s death in 1973, as were many of his other works and papers. The extraordinary world he created continues to attract commentators and researchers, enthusiasts and critics.

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obinsons’ Leeds Directory (1904-5) lists, alongside the residents of West Park, a Cottage Laundry on Horsforth Lane operated by a Walter Ellis. Cottage laundries were not uncommon – another one operated on Brookfield Road, Headingley, where they took in washing for ‘better off’ people.

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The only surprising thing about the one on Horsforth Lane was its size – it was tiny. The 1911 census shows it being managed by Frederick and Sarah Rockcliff. The four roomed cottage (two up, two down) was also home to four laundry maids. The actual employer is shown as Leeds City Council.

In 1893 the Leeds Mercury reported that the Bath and Wash House Committee of the Council were planning the development of large wash houses on Kirkstall Road (near the viaduct) and Union Street (on land known locally as ‘the midden’). The public baths were to include a Turkish bath, whilst the wash houses were to employ the latest technology with ‘wringing, drying and mangling all driven by an overhead shaft’.

The Bath and Wash House Committee and all three wash houses are long gone, but the cottage on Horsforth Lane (now Spen Road) remains with evidence of what might have been the boiler house. ‘Wringing and mangling’ have gone, and West Park now enjoys the services of two busy, efficient laundrettes – West Park Laundry and Spen Lane Laundrette.

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LOOK OUT! IT’S HELP BEHIND YOU! SWARTHMORE ‘RAISE THE ROOF’ It seems that every time you turn around another Sainsbury’s Local or Tesco Express has sprung up. Not content with luring shoppers to larger shopping centres, the supermarkets have been surreptitiously moving on to every high street and local parade of shops.

In the last couple of months I have noticed new Sainsbury’s Locals on Street Lane, Roundhay, (the old Oddbins site) and Harrogate Road, Moortown (where the Jade Dragon used to be), the Yorkshire Bank in Chapel Allerton is to become an M Local (Morrisons), there’s a Tesco Express opening on King Lane, Alwoodley (on the site of a small, independent garage), and apparently, ground level at the old Lounge Cinema on North Lane in Headingley is also about to become a Sainsbury’s Local.

Councils and the Government are always delighted – crowing that the supermarkets are bringing lots of new jobs. Low paid, part time jobs. While we sit by and watch, the all-powerful supermarkets are turning this ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’ into a nation of shelf stackers.

Property developers have bought up large sections of high streets and raised rents so much smaller entrepreneurs can no longer afford to rent retail space. They welcome supermarkets with open arms – it’s sure cash. Only they can afford the large amounts that developers demand up front.

Headingley has had a bit of a resurgence recently. Once again there is a butcher (Headingley Farm Butchers), and a baker (Artisan Bakery). Then there’s the long established Harris’s Greengrocers and the Natural Food Store just across the street – all of these on North Lane, clustered around what is to be this new Sainsbury’s Local.

Leeds City Council loves to boast that Leeds is a fantastic shopping destination – no it’s not. City centre rents are so high, and the Council is so set on building huge shopping centres, that soon all Leeds will be able to boast is national chain stores and designer names that exist in every other town and city. What’s great about that? No character, no individuality, no enterprise, no creativity. Stop them please!

Now, as the all-powerful supermarkets muscle in on our communities, corner shops and newsagents are rapidly disappearing. Everyone operating or thinking of opening a local business today desperately needs the support of their local community to help keep and build a vibrant local economy.

Look around you, you’ll be surprised by the variety of independent, local businesses there still are. Think local before heading to that national or multi-national chain. You’ll get far more out of life when you Live Life Local!

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Swarthmore is going all out to ‘Raise the Roof’ and is appealing for as many people as possible to support them in the next few months.

There is still a long way to go before work commences in the summer. They are currently awaiting listed building consent for the installation of photovoltaic solar panels in addition to a full roof refurbishment. The cost will be in excess of £200,000.

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• Text “ROOF09 10” to 70070 to sponsor a roof tile for £10 • Attend Modern Jive Night on Thursday 12th April, 7.30 – 11pm. Beginners class: 7.30-8.30pm. Tickets £8 in advance £10 on door.

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ANOTHER KAY MELLOR DRAMA TO LOOK FORWARD TO

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Was setting The Syndicate in Leeds important to you?

Very – it’s my home town. It’s where I live and this is the world I know, the world I grew up in. For me it had to be northern working class, about ordinary people whose lives had changed. I think it’s vital that the north of England is represented in mainstream drama.

What inspired you to write The Syndicate?

The times we are living in today, where people are desperate, holding on to the dream that winning the lottery is the only solution available.

When can we expect to see it?

Look out for it later this spring…

Kay Mellor talks to North Leeds Life about her latest TV series for BBC, her passion for the north and her role as patron of local community project Friends of The Hollies. She is currently working on a new, Leedsbased drama called ‘The Syndicate’.

Your new TV series is based in Leeds - can you tell us a bit more about it?

Will we be seeing any familiar faces and locations?

The series is about five employees of a small, cut-price supermarket whose lives are turned upside down when they hit the lottery jackpot. It follows the winners’ individual stories and how their lives, loves and relationships are changed ... some for the better, some for the worse.

We’ve got a wonderful cast including Timothy Spall, Joanna Page, Matthew McNulty, Matthew Lewis and Lorraine Bruce. We filmed the whole series in and around Leeds. So yes, there will be familiar locations to look out for!

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Kay Mellor, one of Britain’s leading TV writers and has written a host of highly acclaimed television dramas, including Band of Gold (1995), Playing the Field (1998), Fat Friends (2000), Between the Sheets (2003), Strictly Confidential (2006), The Chase (2006) and A Passionate Woman (2010). She is renowned for her gritty realism, strong characters and for flying the flag for northern talent. Born and raised in Leeds, Kay was awarded an OBE in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to British broadcasting.

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KAY MELLOR JOINS FRIENDS OF THE HOLLIES

Living close to The Hollies in Weetwood, Kay Mellor was delighted to be asked to become Patron of Friends of the Hollies.

“I walk through The Hollies on a regular basis… I watch the seasons change and it keeps me sane”, said Kay. “Sometimes I have my best ideas walking through the woodland.”

The Friends of The Hollies was formed almost year ago and has already achieved a great deal. The group meets on the second Saturday of the month in The Hollies car park at 10am and works for about two hours under the guidance of the Leeds City Council gardeners, who donate their time. To date the group has cleared drainage ditches and overgrown areas, re-planted national collection shrubs and uncovered and restored a ‘lost’ path. The volunteers always wind down at the end of each session with home baked cakes and coffee!

“I may not be as hands-on as I would like, but I see the work that the Friends achieve every month and it’s lovely to think that I’m one of a collective that really appreciates the natural beauty of The Hollies”, continued Kay. “Careful, judicious pruning will help to retain the woodland’s natural beauty and allow re-growth, and the project will help to ensure that the streams are kept free flowing.

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CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE MORECAMBE MERMAID Leeds-based theatre company Captain Mermaid presents Captain Murderer and The Morecambe Mermaid at City Varieties on Friday 13th April.

Created and performed by Lisa Howard and John Barber, this twoman exploration of addiction, sexual exploitation, immigration and kissme-quick seaside cheekiness tells the story of a drunken end-of-the-pier show owner and his star attraction ‘The Morecambe Mermaid.’

Lisa Howard in 2010, following years of previous collaborations. Based in Chapeltown, it makes small-scale touring shows aimed at theatre and cabaret audiences. Captain Mermaid is driven by a desire to create intelligent funny populist theatre, and to promote theatre skills within the region, through delivery of integrated workshops in masks and puppetry and skills sharing.

For more information, visit www.captainmermaid.co.uk

MUSIC TO DIE FOR The courage of the members of the Titanic’s band on 14th April 1912 is legendary. As with most legends, some are based on fact, others on fancy.

There is no real evidence that the hymn Nearer My God to Thee was ever played, but many convinced themselves that it was, and most of the 40,000 people who attended the funeral of the Titanic’s bandmaster, Wallace Hartley, in Colne seem to have joined the choir in singing it. His body had been recovered with his initialled music case still strapped to it – so it was said.

Could those musicians have actually contributed to the number of passengers who drowned? Could the numbers of those saved have been more than the 712, despite the fact that there were only enough lifeboats for half of those on board?

Having conducted the Barcarolle from Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman as afterdinner entertainment for first-class passengers, and as the seriousness of the situation developed, Hartley was called upon to play on deck. He chose the latest popular melodies. At first it was not certain that the lifeboats would have to be used. Most people were still below deck in their cabins.

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Why did the music continue when it became apparent that urgent action was needed to save lives? People seemed reluctant to get into the boats.

Could this have been partly due to the fact that the music was soothing nerves a little too much? Was the message being sent out that it was unnecessary for people to actually get moving?

Music can stir the soul and sometimes it can be the equivalent of hot cocoa.

In this case, it might have been better if the musicians had simply packed up their instruments and made their way to the lifeboats.

When all the boats had left and they knew they were going to die, they continued playing until they were waistdeep in water – yes, that was heroic.

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ALWOODLEY ART CLUB CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN YEAR Alwoodley Art Club was founded in 1962 by a small group of people wanting to meet and share their common interest.

Over its 50 years, the group has developed into a thriving, dynamic club with a current membership of around 40. Some of those early members are still actively involved in the group today and others have become professional or semi professional artists.

Their Spring Exhibition is on Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April, 10am – 5pm at The Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 7NZ For further information, contact 0113 225 1546 or info@5dpublicity.com or visit www.alwoodleyart.btik.com

The club’s annual programme includes monthly evening workshops, full day workshops, talks, demos by professional artists, and practical sessions. Input from the group is strongly encouraged so that everyone feels a sense of ownership.

The Alwoodley Group exhibits at least twice a year, holding Spring and Winter exhibitions in the Community Hall where they meet, and frequent exhibitions at other local venues.

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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebratory Concert

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Handel Coronation Anthems Mozart Piano Concerto No 18 in B flat, KV456 Mozart Mass No 15 in C major, KV317 (Coronation Mass)

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MARY SHELLEY A bold new play by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson on Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is currently showing at The West Yorkshire Playhouse.

A co-production between The Playhouse, Shared Experience and Nottingham Playhouse, this beautiful play explores the remarkable life, radical beliefs and relationships that led the author of Frankenstein to write one of the greatest novels in history when she was just 19 years old.

Having lost her mother, feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, at an early age, young Mary finds comfort in reading the family memoir written by her father, the radical philosopher William Godwin. However, his free-thinking account of her mother’s suicide attempt, extra-marital affair and birth of her illegitimate elder daughter are regarded by society as shocking.

Sharing her father’s controversially liberal outlook, Mary is herself drawn into scandal when she falls in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married poet, and elopes at 16.

Delving into Mary Shelley’s turbulent personal history this striking production sheds light on the life of a bold young woman who came to write a novel so radical in its ideology, she changed the literary landscape forever.

Mary Shelley is at West Yorkshire Playhouse until Saturday 7th April.

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Armed with skills ranging from spatial awareness and extensive plant knowledge, to familiarity with the huge range of garden products available today (not to mention a flair for design!), a garden designer can transform your outside areas into an extension of your living space – an area that you will enjoy relaxing and working in, that changes with the seasons and constantly fascinates.

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Throughout the design development process, the design brief is constantly in the back of the designer’s mind, so expensive mistakes can be avoided – for example, plants keeling over and dying because they have been planted in the wrong place! This is one of the most obvious benefits of working with a professional.

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Hard materials form the basic structure of the garden. The designer can achieve a unique look without blowing the budget or making maintenance of the garden a chore, by combining materials in a certain way.

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We are now coming into the busy period when everything appears to be happening at once and needing our attention – propagating, seed sowing and pruning!

For those who have over-wintered dahlia tubers, now is the time to place them in some moist compost in a warm place.

Shoots will soon appear, which can be detached and set into pots to grow and make new plants. Sow vegetable seeds outdoors in well prepared beds. To avoid a glut of produce, try sowing small quantities in succession. Main crop potatoes can now be planted outdoors or, for those with no room, in tubs. The same goes for runner beans, beetroot, Chantenay carrots, peas, spring onions and a lettuce or two in trough planters. There really is no excuse for not growing a few vegetables of your own. Remember to protect seedlings as they will be vulnerable to birds – put a criss cross of cotton or netting over them.

Complete any bare root planting alongside any evergreen trees and shrubs, making sure the area is well dug over, removing any weeds and large stones. Dig a large, deep hole and line the base with compost finally planting and back filling making sure that there are no air pockets.

Early flowering shrubs like spiraea, berberis and forsythia need pruning after flowering. This is an opportunity to shape them too, also prune the less hardy shrubs ceanothus and fuchsias.

Clematis is starting its long flowering season. Place obelisks in borders or beds with clematis growing up and round them.

This will work for sweet peas too. Keep dead-heading spring flowers, daffodils in particular. Leave the leaves to turn yellow before removing them – to allow all the nourishment to go back into the bulb, along with a sprinkle of slow release fertilizer so that you get good flowers next year. Once primulas have finished flowering, its time to divide them and discard any old woody pieces. Re-plant and put spare plants elsewhere in the garden, making sure the area has been dug over and adding a mulch of compost around them. Where you have loosened the soil or weeded around the garden a layer of mulch won’t go amiss, mulching not only helps suppress weeds but is a good soil improver.

Water lilies can be planted now and special baskets are available at garden centres. Don’t forget to put a layer of gravel on top to stop soil releasing into the pond. Make sure that you plant at the right depth according to the instructions.

If you have a small pond, make sure that the lily you are buying is of a pigmy variety, otherwise the pond will be swamped.

Lastly, keep up mowing the grass and make sure the edges are tidy.

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Males are white with an orange-pink tinge in spring and a greenish-black head and black back. By contrast, females are greyish with a dark red-brown head and a sharply demarcated whitish lower neck.

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If you would like to brighten up your community, home, garden/allotment shed or bench, get on down to Seagulls for a bargain!

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They have paint banks (large, very pink metal containers) at nine of the Council Household Waste Sites, where householders can leave their leftover paint.

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Kevin Payne of Renov8 Builders has always taken a long view of dealing with customers.

“I realized early on in this profession that if you treat people right, they’ll come back to you for more. So I’ve always concentrated on doing the best quality job possible, using the best materials available. It may cost a bit more sometimes, but the end result is always worth it. And our customers really notice the difference; that’s why a small job can often lead to much more work for the same customer over a period of time.”

It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that Kevin and his business partners discovered the guiding philosophy of American chocolate bar magnate Milton Hershey, who said, ‘The best form of advertising is… give them quality.’

When Kevin saw those words he thought, “That’s it! That’s exactly how we operate at Renov8; it’s why so many of our customers recommend us to their friends - so I’ll use it in our advertising!”

A family run business Renov8 Limited is a family run building business located off York Road in Leeds (behind Great Clothes), with a wealth of experience and a history of getting it right first time, with a minimum of fuss and disruption.

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HEAD FOR THE TOP OF THE WORLD AND HELP ST. GEMMA’S In this tough economic climate, St. Gemma’s Hospice is finding it more and more difficult to raise funds. With current running costs at over £22,700 a day, your support is so important.

St Gemma’s would love you to take part in one of these challenges to help raise funds towards caring for terminally ill people in Leeds. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.

For details of all these and other fundraising opportunities, please contact Michelle on 0113 218 5570 or michelleb@st-gemma.co.uk

Why not make this a year to remember?

Take up one of St Gemma’s physical challenges, and help them raise those vital funds. The charity is running a whole host of events, including: • Sponsored Parachute Jumps in North Lincolnshire – take to the skies on 29th April, 17th June and 9th September (plus other dates) • Leeds Half Marathon – push yourself that extra mile on 13th May • Leeds 10k Run For All on 8th July • Great North Run - 16th September • Everest Base Camp – scale the world’s highest mountain on 28th September • North Pole Challenge – trek to the North Pole on 3rd March 2013

JAMES WILLSTROP IS WORLD NUMBER ONE! After winning three tournaments back to back at the end of 2011, Leeds-based professional squash player James Willstrop, who has been consistently in the top 10 in the world since 2003, made it to the top of the world rankings.

James continued his winning streak at the Davenport North American Open in Richmond, Virginia the end of February.

The timing was perfect, as it coincided with the launch of his book, ‘Shot and a Ghost’, which chronicles a year in his life as a travelling professional.

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critical of himself as of others, he talks about his relationship with his father and coach, Malcolm, who coached at Pontefract squash club for many years and, at the age of 75, is still producing top class players; the devastating death of his mother; and his fierce rivalry with fellow Yorkshireman and former world number one Nick Matthew.

As we go to press, James is preparing to play the Canary Wharf Classic in London. From there he travels to Egypt for another World Series event, and in May he plays the last tournament of the season, the prestigious British Open which will be held at the London O2 Arena.

‘Shot and a Ghost’ is available from www.willstrop.co.uk and an e-version is available from Amazon.

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The dates (weather permitting) are: Monday 14th, 21st, 28th May; 11th, 18th, 25th June; 2nd, 16th, 23rd and 30th July; 6th and 13th August. The British Cycling Regional Championships are on the 9th July and there will be a BC National Men’s and Schools’ competition on Saturday 22nd July where the best racers in the country will compete for National medals.

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Children (12 and under) can ride any bike as long as it is in good working order with brakes. Those over this age will need a fixed wheel track bike. The club may have some available to borrow.

For further information, contact Mandy Parker on 07917 860 292 or visit www.cycleroundhay.co.uk

YOGA FOR ALL 7.30-9.00pm Wednesdays Iveson Primary School LS16 6LW New term starts 11th January.

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Blowers, HARROGATE ‘Shaken, Not TIGERS BASEBALL CLUB Stirred’ Harrogate Tigers Baseball Club was established just three years ago and won the British North AAA League Championships in its first year!

‘Test Match Special’ legend, Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld will appear at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Road, Headingley, on Friday 27th April at 7.45pm.

Hosted by St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club, Blowers talks about his family, his time at Eton and Cambridge, his entry into the world of journalism and broadcasting – and there are great stories along the way.

There are hilarious reminiscences from the Test Match Special commentary box involving John Arlott, Brian Johnston and the others. The name-dropping continues with Ian Fleming in Jamaica and Noel Coward, Lawrence Olivier and Alec Guinness. ‘Shaken not Stirred’ is an hour and a half of fun and laughter, which leaves everyone feeling a great deal better.

The club, which has both adult (16 & up) and youth (5 to 15) teams, offers expert coaching in a safe and friendly atmosphere.

“We are really looking forward to the start of the 2012 season”, said David Criss, Team President and Manager. “We are focusing on getting the word out to schools and communities in Yorkshire that baseball is being played in Harrogate. As numbers increase, the club will form more teams. Baseball is a great team sport that really pushes one’s abilities.”

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Sunday training sessions start again on 1st April at Harrogate High School playing fields (Ainsty Road, Harrogate HG1 4AP) from 12 – 3pm. Players of all levels and abilities are invited to come along. Current Tiger players and coaching staff will be on hand to offer basic instructions on throwing, fielding, hitting, pitching and base running. Sessions cost £5.

The team is looking for ancillary staff, including umpires and scorers (full training will be given and volunteers will be paid £10–25 per game).

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The National Media Museum in Bradford will play host to the 18th Bradford International Film Festival from Thursday 19th – Sunday 29th April.

Celebrating all things cinematic, from the briefest short to 3D IMAX and widescreen epics screened in glorious Cinerama, this year’s event promises to present its usual eclectic mix of more than 25 UK and international feature premieres, cult classics, internationally recognised guests, tributes, themed programmes, industry events, documentaries and family features.

This year’s highlights include: a Ray Winstone Retrospective (in the presence of the ‘Sexy Beast’ himself!); a tribute to animation giant, Chuck Jones; silent film pianist Neil Brand with film critic Mark Kermode’s skiffle band The Dodge Brothers accompanying Beggars of Life. And, Widescreen Weekend (27th – 29th April) will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cinerama.

“Eighteen is pretty mature in film festival years, and we think we’ve come to know ourselves: we’re a celebration of cinema in all its forms”, said Tom Vincent, joint Festival Director with Neil Young. “BIFF’s special mixture of worldclass facilities and sheer enthusiasm for film means that a single day could involve taking in epic spectacle, wild experimental provocations, candid interviews, live music, unearthed gems, and a hot new preview.”

In addition to specially selected medleys of Jones’s films being screened, BIFF’s family weekend events (21, 22 & 28, 29 April) feature activities for all ages inspired by the animator’s delightfully unique sense of entertainment. Free drop-in family workshops at the National Media Museum include Looney Tunes Sound Effects and Cartoon Creations, allowing visitors to bring their own animated characters to life.

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For more information and tickets, visit www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ biff or call the National Media Museum box office 0844 856 3797.

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The Dodge Brothers (Saturday 21 April, 5pm) - Featuring BBCTV Culture Show’s film critic Mark Kermode on double bass, accompanied by renowned pianist Neil Brand, will provide a live soundtrack to the classic 1928 melodrama, Beggars of Life (1928), starring Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery.

A NEW VARIETY NIGHT IN HEADINGLEY A new ‘Headingley Variety Nite’ is planned for Friday 6th April, 8pm at The New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Road, Headingley.

Mark Wilson will deliver new and original material that has a hand in a French cafe, a toe on the rock’n’roll bandstand and a heart in Headingley, interlaced with insights into the people and life of LS6. He recorded his first BBC Radio One John Peel session as one of the Mekons. He also wrote and performed as Vince Berkeley with Pink Peg Slax, releasing several albums and winning five star reviews in the NME, Melody Maker and Sounds.

Mark will appear along with Katy Raine (of the Asa Hawks), comedian Ronald Arthur Dewhirst (much applauded host of the late ‘Cabaret Heaven’) and rock ‘n’ roll cowboy River Moon. The Living Jukebox compères ‘n’ croons.

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I’m a fan of writer-director Payne’s work, his films often taking a sensitive and subdued approach to characters with very human foibles and failings, dealing with complex emotional situations as best they can. As such, Payne’s films seem tricky to market. Usually inaccurately pitched as comedies, they tend to be somewhat light on laughs, more likely to elicit a wry, bittersweet smile than a thigh-slapping guffaw.

THE DECENDANTS DIRECTED BY: ALEXANDER PAYNE STARRING: GEORGE CLOONEY, SHAILENE WOODLEY, AMARA MILLER CERT: 15 LENGTH: 115 MINS Some have described the films of Alexander Payne as belonging to a genre that could be called ‘coming of middle-age’ and a quick look over his previous features bears that out.

Films such as Election, Sideways and About Schmidt all centre around men who are approaching or have reached a turning point or crisis in their lives, and in this respect, The Decendants is no exception.

George Clooney plays Matt King, a wealthy Hawaiian land baron whose wife is in a coma following a boating accident. Throughout this difficult time, Matt has remained the dutiful husband while struggling to do his best keeping his two wayward daughters in line.

The tough times get tougher when, the day after he’s informed that his wife in unlikely to recover he learns that she’d been having an affair in the period leading up to her accident.

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down the man who had made him a cuckold.

The trip affords Matt the opportunity to bond with his daughters but also to confront his wife’s lover, surprisingly, not to knock his lights

It’s probably the fact that The Decendants deals with themes of tragedy and loss that saw it nominated for a clutch of Oscars including Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Of course, in the Best Film category it stood little chance against the allconquering The Artist but I felt, in terms of Best Actor, Clooney was a viable contender.

I’ve always considered George Clooney to be more a movie star than a film actor. Naturally, he’s a watchable actor, with the necessary star power and charisma to carry a picture, but I had yet to see him push

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Jazz Café & Jam Session

Sun 1 April, 1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Enjoy music by Seven Jazz workshop band & many others. £5/£4, under 16 free.

The Riley Stone-Lonergan Trio Sun 8 April, 1pm at

Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Riley on sax, Max Sterling double bass & Steve Hanley drums. £5/£4 under 16 free.

Gaslight Club presents: Wilfull Missing, Pip Mountjoy and Turing Plates

Feast of Fiddles Mon 9

Those Darlins Mon 2

Jagermeister Music Tour: Skindred + Therapy? + The Black Spiders + Hawk Eyes

Mon 2 Apr at Oporto from 8pm. Free.

Apr at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Hard rocking country/punk/garage from this Tennessee-based band. £7 from Jumbo Records.

Freshman 15 Tue 3 Apr at

The Well. Infectious poppunk. £6.

Encore! Wed 4 – Fri 6

April, 7.45 Upstairs @ Carriageworks. Maggi Stratford & Daniel Bowater – fabulous French Music from Piaf to Brel & beyond, featuring voice, piano & accordion. £9/£7 from 224 3801, 07706 427606, or maggistratford@gmail.com The Fix Thurs 5 Apr at

Musiquarium, Wyther Lane, Leeds. The Fix is the latest project from Rhianna Kenny, partnering up with key wiz Bill Laurence.

Orbital Fri 6 Apr at O2

Academy. British electronica legends touring with their first new album in eight years. £24.

Sue Richardson’s ‘Too Cool’ - the music of Chet Baker Thurs 5 April, 8pm at

Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Sue on vocals & trumpet, Andy Williams guitar, Neil Richardson piano, George Trebar bass & Sam Glasson drums. £12/£10 from Seven Arts 262 6777 or on door.

Acoustic Revolution Feat.

Rosie Doonan + Micky P. Kerr Sat 7 Apr, 4-7pm at

The Adelphi pub. £2.

John Otway & The Big Band Sat 7 April, 8pm at

City Varieties. Legendary eccentric & two-hit wonder.

Show will be filmed to gather clips for his forthcoming film Otway The Movie. £18.

Apr at City Varieties. This 11-piece band features six of the UK’s finest fiddle players. £16.60/£17.60.

Tue 10 Apr at O2 Academy.

The 2nd year of this hard rock/alt metal tour.

Sea of Bees + Stealing Sheep

Wed 11 Apr at The Cockpit.

Unique indie-folk from Julie Ann Baenziger otherwise known as Sea of Bees & modern folk all-girl trio Stealing Sheep. £9.50 from Jumbo Records.

Howard Alden & Jeanne Gies Thurs 12 April, 8pm at

contemporary electronics into world music. £5/£, under 16 free.

Ellen & The Escapades

Sun 15 Apr at Brudenell Social Club. Launch night for Escapes debut album ‘All The Crooked Scenes’ plus support from Paper Aeroplane. £7 from Jumbo Records.

Francois and the Atlas Mountains Mon 16 Apr

at Brudenell Social Club.

Sweet sounds from Frenchborn Francois Marry. £6.

The Endellion String Quartet Tues 17 April,

7.30pm The Venue, Leeds College of Music, one of the finest quartets in the world playing Beethoven Quartet Op 18, No 6, Mozart Quartet K464, Mendelssohn Quartet Op 44, No1. £19.50/ £17.50.

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America’s best known jazz guitarist & New York jazz singer Gies, with Gary Jackson bass, Caroline Boaden drums. £15/£12 from 262 6777 or on door.

Barn Owl + A-Sun Amissa

Cloth Cat Open Mic Night Thurs (ex 1st Thurs

Piaf The Songs Wed 18 April,

of month) from 8pm at The Chemic Tavern, 9 Johnston St, Woodhouse, LS6. Headliners: 12 Apr The MoMo’s. 19 Apr: Daniel Bath & Razwan Sarwar. 26 Apr: Les Vegas & The International Playboys of Rhythm.

Performers welcome. www. clothcatleeds.org.uk Modern Faces Fri 13 Apr

at Milo Bar. Swaggering Scottish 5-piecem bring back the Britpop indie sound. Tickets £5 in advance.

‘Roots of Dubstep’: Mad Professor Sat 14 Apr at

The Wardrobe. Sonic dub master Mad Professor’s live ‘Roots of Dubstep’ show is a sensory-altering journey. £12.50.

‘Kefaya’ with Giuliano Modarelli Sun 15 April,

1pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Exciting new UKbased collaboration with an exploration through jazz &

Wed 18 Apr at Brudenell Social Club. Guitar drone from San Franciscans Barn Owl and A-Sun Amissa a recently formed Leedsbased project. £6.

7.30pm at City Varieties.

Eve Loiseau sings the songs of Edith Piaf with Fiona Barrow (violin) & Edward Jay (accordion).

Michael Janisch & New York Standards Quartet

Thurs 19 April, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

NYSQ strives to develop its own language by radically reinterpreting music from the standard jazz repertoire. Tickets £15/£12 from 262 6777 or on door.

Various Cruelties Fri 20 Apr

at The Cockpit. “Shabby Motown pop” from Leeds/ London band. £10 from Jumbo Records.

Jazz workshop/ Improvisation Group Fri

20 & 27 April, 7.30-10pm Methodist Centre, Chapel Allerton. £5.Contact dominicgmoore@hotmail. com The Despoilers Sat 21 Apr

at The Black Bull, Horsforth.

Popular covers band.

The Fureys & Davey Arthur

Sun 22 April, 7.30pm at City Varieties. Legends of Irish music.£18 / £20.

The United States of the North mark Sun 22

April, 1pm at Seven Arts Chapel Allerton, marking 90th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Mingus & combining new settings of the composer’s works with audio-visual responses. £5/£4, under 16 free.

Gaslight Club at Oporto

Mon 23 Apr with guests Christian Webb & Joshua Caole. Free.

Uh Huh Her Mon 23 Apr at

Brudenell Social Club. US dance pop duo with guitars and synth-driven electro on their UK tour. £12 from Jumbo Records.

Sir Richard Bishop Tue 24

Apr at The Fox & Newt.

Experimental US guitarist and former member of rock band Sun City Girls. £7.

Miles Kane Wed 25 Apr at

O2 Academy. Solo work from co-fronter of The Last Shadow Puppets. £15.

Leeds Bluegrass Club Special 30th Anniversary Night Thurs 26 April, from

8.30pm at The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane, with lots of ‘Real’ Ales). Live acoustic Americana/ Bluegrass/ Country. Resident Bands + Guests + Picking sessions - musicians welcome. £3.

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Renbourn & Williamson

Fri 27 April, 8pm at City Varieties.Founder member of Pentangle with founder of The Incredible String Band. £17.50 Roots: Rory McLeod Fri

27 April, 8pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. ‘Modern troubadour, one man band, poet & storyteller playing his own upbeat dance stories’ with a bite. £8.

The Sunshine Underground

Sat 28 Apr at Leeds Metropolitan University SU (LMUSU). Indie/dance music from this Leedsbased fourpiece. £11.

YOUNGER LIFE

LEOPARDS WIN 66 – 0!

Matthew Robinson made North Leeds Leopards history by claiming the club’s first try in a league fixture as his under 12 side won 66-0 at home to spirited Dearne Valley Bulldogs, on the Leopards’ Yorkshire Juniors League bow.

Full back Robinson was one of a number of star performers, finishing with two tries and two goals as well as the tackle of the match, in an impressive 14-try exhibition; Cail Cookland and centre Tom Wood also bagging doubles.

Showing expansive flair from the off, Archie Franks, Sam Morris, home player of match Eric Mobbs, Luke Punton, skipper Louis Parkinson, Ben Burrows, Jasper Tomlinson and Joe Fahy all claimed four-pointers; Punton with two, and Cookland also adding conversions.

The Leopards play at Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Bank and train Wednesdays from 6pm. For further information, contact the Secretary, Madeleine Hegarty, on 07813 561090

JUNIOR CRICKET RETURNS TO OLD MODERNIANS’

Thanks to the efforts of senior cricketers Mark Ripley, Matt Walker and Anthony Harrison, Jay Atkinson and Dave Clark, Old Modernians’ is once again able to provide junior cricket for Cookridge and the surrounding communities. For the forthcoming 2012 season they are fielding four teams: at U9, U11, U13 and U15 in the Wetherby and District Junior League. Three of the age groups have been running for the last couple of seasons but the U15s is new this year.

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The club mainly recruits through its excellent links with local schools and by word of mouth but they are always on the lookout for new players. The new U15 team is particularly keen to recruit.

“The Club is a safe, friendly environment, boasting great facilities for any youngster wishing to learn and develop cricketing skills” said Mark Ripley, Head of Old Modernians’ Junior Cricket. “We are able to offer all local children high quality tuition from ECB qualified and CRB checked coaches.”

Training sessions are held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

For more information contact Mark Ripley on 07970 566139 or markripley@btinternet.com

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The Old Modernians’ Cricket Club has been established in Cookridge for over fifty years. For a large part of their history they ran junior cricket teams at all age levels. Eleven years ago their pool of adult volunteer coaches and managers dried up and junior cricket disappeared.

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BURLEY LODGE KIDS CLUB SO SUCCESSFUL THEY’RE DOING IT AGAIN! Fun First Kids Club, the new holiday club that ran during February half term at Moorlands School in Weetwood, was such a success that Burley Lodge Centre is doing it again! The next Fun First Kids Club will run over Easter from 10th – 13th April.

and is run by experienced play workers, who know when to ‘get involved’, and when to stand back and observe, while still allowing children to explore on their own - trying out their own ideas, making mistakes and developing both social and practical skills.

The club will provide good quality childcare focused on fun, outdoor activities and adventure allowing 5-11 year olds to explore and play exciting games whilst making friends and having fun.

All the children who attended the first club and their parents were delighted: “This is the best holiday club I’ve ever been to”, and “Can we go on another adventure soon?” were just two of the comments.

The staff at Burley Lodge is interested

in hearing from people who are interested in working with children as there are volunteering opportunities available – 60% of their play volunteers went on to get paid work last year.

For further information, contact Helen Simpson on 0113 898 0955 or visit www.funfirstkidsclub.co.uk

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SPRING BANK GOES DAFFODIL CRAZY! Pupils at Spring Bank Primary in Headingley recently raised a staggering £1,005.47 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Each child planted a daffodil bulb and cared for it throughout the winter months until it was finally ready to bloom. On Friday 24th February the children held a Mini Pots of Care Fair in the School Hall. They came to school dressed in yellow and sold yellow items on yellow tables to raise as much money as possible for Marie Curie Cancer Care, which provides high quality nursing to people with terminal cancer and other illnesses.

The daffodil is widely recognised as a symbol of renewal and optimism.

Mrs Lewis, who organised the event, commented: “I am really proud to be part of a school community which has taken this charity to its hearts and raised so much money in such a short amount of time.”

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Notices Baby & Toddler Group Wed 1.30 - 3pm (term time only).

Come along & let the kids play while you have enjoy coffee & a chat. Everybody welcome. £1.50 per family. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Harrogate Rd, Moortown Battlefront Leeds Fri 7 – 8.30pm at The Grove, New St. Horsforth. Beginners – advanced welcome. £3. All staff CRB checked. Pokemon Trading Card Game & Pokemon Wifi Battles Yu-Gi-Oh! Exclusive pre-release events. Exclusive promo cards given out every week. Details: mark.hirst3@ntlworld. com, 07877 120145 Beechtree Steiner Parent & Child Groups A warm & supportive environment for children & parents/carers.

Imaginative play, songs, stories, baking, seasonal crafts.

Groups Mon–Fri am Old Tetley Hall, Headingley, & Tues am Stainbeck Community Hall, Stainbeck Lane. Details: 269 0262, enquiries@leeds-steiner.org.uk Brownies (For girls aged 7-10). Hawksworth Wood – Tues; Kirkstall & Far Headingley – Wed; Headingley – Thurs; Burley – Fri. A fantastic place to make new friends, have new experiences & build self-esteem. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Football North East Leeds Under 13 (Current Year 9) require players for Sunday morning league. Training Tues 7 – 8pm at Thomas Danby. Home games on Scott Hall fields.

Details: Ian Jones 07956 573676

Tel: 0113 230 4700 www.thefancydressexperience.co.uk

88 Otley Road Far Headingley LS6 4BA

Guides (for Girls aged 10-14) who want to share new experiences with new friends. Spend 1 evening a week being creative, choosing what you want to do & building your self confidence in an all girl environment. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Junior Rugby Moortown Rugby Union Club, a brilliant club for youth development with squads from U7s up to adult open-age rugby, is recruiting for their Under 7s & 8s squads (current Year 3 classes). The teams train & play against other local clubs Sundays 10:30am. Details: Damian Curtis 07860 454701 or 274 94014. www.moortownrugby.co.uk Rainbows (For girls aged 5-7). Kirkstall – Wed; Headingley - Thurs. Local Rainbow groups are having loads of fun with their motto Live, Laugh, Love & Learn. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Toddler Group for babies to pre-school children, Tues 10 – 11.30am (term time) at West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. 50p per person incl. refreshments. All helpers CRB checked. Lovely play area with lots of ride-on toys Details: 278 5373 Wrangthorn Baby & Toddler Group Parent run group Tues 1 – 2.30pm & Thurs 10 – 11.30am, at Wrangthorn Church Hall, Hyde Pk Tce. £1. Refreshments & lots of toys & craft activities.

Open Mornings

Academic Excellence Vitality & Flair

Fri 27th April 2012 9am-12noon Take a tour to see a typical school day Sat 28th April 2012 10am-12noon Join us at 10am for an address by the Headmistress, followed by enterprising activities For more info and to register, contact the Admissions Office on:

 0113 2886345  admissions@gatewayschool.co.uk  www.gatewayschool.co.uk

YOUNGER LIFE

Preserving the Balance of Nature at GSAL

In the face of current drought warnings, environmental works at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) are going ahead to maintain perfect equilibrium whatever the weather brings.

Work at two balancing ponds will thin bulrushes and create additional wetland areas to regulate ground water levels and preserve the habitat of some rare wetland fauna and flora that have colonised the ponds.

lesser spearwort. An occasional bird visitor is the secretive snipe.

“The ponds are also the perfect environment for common newts, so we introduced their spawn from a local source five years ago and were delighted that they become established. The works are carefully planned and timed to minimise disturbance during their hibernation.”

Thanks to this rich variety of species the ponds provide an important illustration of local biodiversity that enhances the learning of scientists at all levels – both GSAL students and teachers on professional development courses at the National Science Learning Centre, York University.

“When the school was built and the site landscaped, the balancing ponds were created to control run-off after heavy rainfall and ensure the sports fields remained playable”, explained Mark Smith, GSAL Head of Science. “However, as an added bonus the ponds are now an important habitat with a wide variety of plants and animals having naturally colonised the two areas.

“Species now found in and around the ponds include a variety of dragonflies whose larvae live in the water for two years before emerging and two unusual plant species - lesser centaury and

Lulu Howson and Olivia CourtneyAshton helping Head of Science Mark Smith

Madeline is Groom for a Day In February, Madeline from Newcastle visited Hope Pastures Horse and Donkey Sanctuary in Weetwood and became ‘groom for a day’, an experience organised as a birthday present by her aunt in Leeds.

She had a great day grooming ponies, mucking out, walking miniature Shetland ponies through nearby woods and doing general stable tasks. “The best bit of the day was walking Dotty and Angel through the woods”, said Madeline. “I can’t wait to go back. Even mucking out was fun.”

Nursery & Reception Open Morning : Wednesd ay 25th Apr il 9am-12n oon

Like most charities, Hope Pastures is struggling to raise money for the upkeep of the sanctuary and care of the animals.

They are introducing more interactive and educational days for children as part of a scheme to raise these much needed funds.

The best start

Pony Days start again on 12th April and continue every Thursday, 10am – 3pm during the school holidays until 1st November. The day costs £25 per child – a packed lunch and suitable clothing are required. They are happy to arrange more ‘groom for a day’ days for individual children and birthday parties. And, a pony, horse, donkey or mule can also be adopted for a minimum donation of £15 a year – an unusual birthday or Christmas present!

Independent preparatory school providing a high standard of education for boys and girls aged 3-11 years old.

Hope Pastures Open Day will be held on Sunday 20th May, a great day out for all the family – entry 50p for adults and children free. There will be a sponsored dog walk on Sunday 29th July. Further information available from www.hopepastures.org or phtrust@fsmail.net

Guided, nurtured and encouraged

• Small class sizes • 10 acres of sports fields • Specialist teaching in a • Happy, confident and successful children wide range of subjects Richmond House School Where children are happy to learn

170 Otley Road, Leeds LS16 5LG enquiries@rhschool.org www.rhschool.org

To arrange a visit please call 0113 275 2670

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Ballroom & Sequence Dance Wed 1.30 – 4pm at Queenswood Social Club, Queenswood Dr. LS6. £1.50.

Bar open. Will play requests.

Details: Tom & Gwen 0113 258 1835 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Brownberrie Lane Preschool, Horsforth. New members welcome. All ages & abilities, no experience required.

Details: Katie 07890 754115, www.briggate-morris.blogspot. com Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun, 9.30am in the car park of Cookridge Village Hall for walks of approx 6/8 miles.

Transport can be provided when required. Details: Shirley 267 9452.

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

Are you disabled or recovering from a condition where swimming/exercising in water could help? We provide a safe, sociable private pool session where you can work to your own ability to gain strength & confidence. Details: Roger 267 4716, Sarah 287 6250 www. ladsc.co.uk Leeds English Folk Dancing Society Weds, Meanwood Methodist Church (School Room), 7.30 – 9.30pm.

Details: Derry Fletcher 07792 319744 Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon & Wed 5.45pm, Fri 7pm, Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome.

Details: 07914 506691 Pudsey & District Rambling Club: Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sundays & alternate Thurs.

Friendly, long established club with members from all around

area. New members very welcome. Annual membership £5 (£1 juniors). Try before you join. Details: 01943 430657 or pat_barnett@yahoo.com with PDRC as subject

- 4pm at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@cbpsyorks.co.uk

St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club plays in Headingley & runs 5 senior & 5 junior teams.

Indoor nets start shortly. They are looking for new players to join the club as well as help from volunteers & sponsors.

Details: Paul 07795 154444 or www.stchadscc.com

Flower Arranging Classes 1st Thurs of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS6. Beginners welcome. Details: Kath Hall 275 2436 kaybeehall@ talktalk.net

Leeds 10K 2012 On Sun 8 July 11,000 people will be running the Leeds 10k.

Register for your place by contacting Leeds Children’s Hospital Appeal on 0113 392 6803 or download a form from www.leedschildrenshospital. org.uk St Chad’s Tennis Club Join our friendly club & play tennis throughout the year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne Wallace 274 9917 Salmon & Trout Association (West Yorkshire) Sat 21 April: Beginners’ Day, fly fishing course at Kilnsey Pk, Nr Grassington. Details: Stephen Cheetham 250 7244 Singles’ Dance Night Tues 7.30pm Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gardens LS17. £3.

Join them for a great night of fun, music & dancing.

Details: Paul 07724 460317, pauldjdom@btinternet.com or 268 5039 Weetwood Walking Group Walk to a healthier life! Lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol, enhance mental wellbeing, control weight, improve flexibility, reduce risk of heart disease & stroke.

Details: Rachel Hepton 07528 252412, rachel.hepton@ wysport.co.uk ARTS & CRAFTS Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 14 & Sun 15 April: Workshops on painting bamboo & pots with vegetables & fruit with Pauline Cherrett. All workshops 10am

Flower Arranging Classes Wed 7 – 9pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, LS17. Beginners & experienced arrangers welcome! Details: Judy Watker 07538 132053, 261 2379, watkers@btinternet.com Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Spring Art Exhibition & Sale Sat 5, Sun 6 & Mon 7 May at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Open 10am – 5pm each day, admission FREE. Details www. handnart.co.uk North Leeds Calligraphers Tues 10am – 12 noon at St Andrews URC, Devonshire Crescent, LS8. Calligraphy lessons for absolute beginners & those with a prior knowledge of this wonderful art form.

Individual tuition given.

Details: 269 6414 Wednesday’s Headingley Community Art Group now meets at HEART, Bennett Rd, 10am – 12.30pm. Old & new members welcome. We share our creative abilities. Call in on the day – be surprised!

Details: Michael 07923 106084 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Car Boot & Table Top Sale Sat 19 May, 10am – 2pm at Shire Oak Primary School, Wood Lane, Headingley. To sell at a table £4 / £5 from your car boot. Details: 07768 390695 Coffee Morning with toasted tea cakes, 10.30am 1st Sat of month, West Park United Reformed Church. Proceeds to Caring For Life, Cookridge.

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Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc on North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Hyde Park Community Shop Open Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 1 – 4pm at Hyde Park Methodist Mission Church, Woodsley Rd. LS 3. Ladies, men’s & children’s clothing, books, toys, bric-a-brac & more. 90% of things cost just £1.

Plant Sale Sat 28 April, 10am – 1pm at Cookridge Methodist Church (corner Otley Old Rd/ Tinshill Rd). Very popular sale with tomato plants, petunias, geraniums, begonias, French marigolds. Also herbaceous plants, alpines & shrubs. Stock up your garden & tubs for the summer. (Same day as book Sale) Saturday Coffee Morning 10am – 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley LS6.

Delicious homemade cakes, teas, coffees, juice & lots of chat every Saturday. Everyone welcome.

West Park United Reformed Church Spring Plant Sale, Spen Lane. Sat 5 May, 10am – 1pm. Large selection of locally grown plants, plus tea/coffee & toasted tea-cakes. A warm welcome to all.

GROUPS/CLUBS Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips & social events. Details: Dave Senior 0113 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk Chevin Antique Society meets 1st Tues of the month (Sept – May), 8pm at West Park Rugby Clubhouse, Bramhope.

Speakers on a wide range of subjects. Annual Membership £25. Details: Lis Loach 0113 267 4843, Sally Wilkinson 0113 267 1721

COMMUNITY NOTICES Friends of The Hollies Working Party Sat 14 April, meeting 10am in The Hollies car park.

More clearing & (weather permitting) some Spring planting. Followed by coffee & home-baked cakes. Plant Sale Sat 12 May, 10am in The Hollies car park.

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached with a zest for life. Monthly programme of events. Not a dating agency. Details: 262 1455 or 261 2619, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.com Leeds Anglo German Club Mon 23 April, 7.30pm at Headingley St Columba’s URC. Illustrated talk in German & English by Dr Gary Chambers, Leeds University ‘Preparing teachers of German for life in the classroom. A curate’s egg?’

Details: 268 7697 Leeds & Bradford Friendship Group meets 1st Wed of month, 1.30pm at Pudsey Civic Hall LS28 5TA. Friendship & activities for people of retirement age. Speaker or entertainment at 2pm. Days out, dining, walks, computers, etc. New members welcome.

Details: 258 5955.

Leeds Book Club 2nd Sun, 6pm at The White Swan, Leeds City Centre. 3rd Sun, 5 – 7pm at Arcadia in Headingley.

2nd Wed, 7pm at Medusa Bar, Horsforth. Details: www.leedsbookclub.com, leedsbookclub@gmail.com Leeds Combined Arts Poetry Evening Wed 18 April, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Hosted by Emma Decent. All welcome to read in second half. Entry £3/ £1.

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meeting Tues 17 April, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495 Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making. Fri 7.30pm, Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance). Details: George Wooley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972 Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm, St Edmund’s

Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: The Secretary 0113 265 0651 or www.lps1852.co.uk Leeds Oxfam Group Lively group campaigns on issues of interest to anyone concerned about global justice.

Everyone welcome. Details: www.oxfamleeds.org.uk or Facebook Leeds Skyrack Lions Club meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7.45pm at the New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. Headingley. New members & helpers welcome. Help the needy of Leeds & create new friendships. Details: 01943 510106, Granville.barker@ sky.com, www.105c.org.uk/ leedsskyrack Let’s Go LEEDS! Free, volunteer run social group organising a variety of events in North Leeds, city centre & around. All ages & friendly people welcome. Details; www. lets-go-leeds.co.uk Meanwood Men’s Society Mon 2 April: Supper Night, meet Ace Taxis, 7.30pm. Mon

16 April: Talk ‘Leeds’ Golden Chelsea Garden’ 8pm at Meanwood Institute. Mon 30 April: Talk ‘Travels in North India’, 8pm at Meanwood Institute. Details: Mark 274 7611 or Colin 274 6316.

Mercury Movie Makers meet Weds, 7:30pm at Rawdon Conservative Club. Advice, regular film & practical evenings, & occasional events.

Details: 257 7274, www. mercurymoviemakers.com National Trust Leeds Summer Programme of walks, day visits & holidays begins April.

All National Trust members welcome to join this 400 strong friendly & lively group who raise money for the N.T. whilst enjoying the company of like minded people. Details: membership secretary Pam 258 8178 New Weetwood Writers Group at Weetwood Hall.

Whether you want to write for publication, profit or pleasure, you’ll be very welcome.

Evening & weekend workshops planned. Details: Liz 0113 267 9894.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES North Leeds Model Flying Club New members very welcome, experienced or beginners. Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice.

Regular meetings at Horsforth or airfield at Almscliff Crag.

Details: 0113 217 8348, www. nlmfc.org

MUSIC

Oxfam Book Club now meets 1st Tues of month, 7.30pm at The Chemic Tavern, Johnson St. Woodhouse LS6. Details: jessgoodacre@hotmail.com

Bell Ringing at St Chad’s Thurs 7.30 – 9pm Beginners & experienced ringers welcome.

Details: Simon Futers 230 0186, t.s.futers@leeds.ac.uk

Paxton Horticultural Society Spring Show Sat 7 April at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Open to public 2 – 4.30pm. Details & Schedules: Graham Wheatley 256 3055

The Chippendale Singers Mixed voice choir, rehearses Wed, 7.45 – 9.30pm Methodist Church, Boroughgate, Otley. Madrigals, folksongs, spirituals & sacred works, plus lighter music & songs from shows. Vacancies for male singers (music readers essential). Details: Chris Denton 284 3744 chrisjdenton@gmail.com To book choir: Jan Wilkinson 01943 461318 www. chippendalesingers.co.uk

Royal Park Community Consortium meets regularly.

Details: Sue 07796 784018, Paul 07962 255621, huayhuash@rock.com Social Events Club Meals, pub nights, theatre/film/music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away, holidays & more. Mainly over 30s.

Monthly new members’ night in North Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025, www.leedsivc.org.uk Trackrod Motor Club Meets 1st Tues of each month, 9.30pm at Old Modernians Club, Cookridge Lane. New Members welcome. Details: www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd, Headingley. Anyone involved in the Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation in 50s & 60s most welcome. Represents all units of the armed forces.

Details: Eddie Seville 0113 263 7583 White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.45pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd. Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills, including Powerpoint, while having fun.

Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, or just turn up.

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Amici Singers Friendly mixed voice choir welcomes new singers, experienced or not.

No auditions. Rehearsals Thurs pm at Adel Methodist Church. Details: 228 5932 or 267 1292.

Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band A friendly, community brass band welcomes new players. Possible instrument loan, if needed. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds Trinity University College, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth.

Details: Hannah Rowlands 250 0208, Betty Emberton 267 6529 Jubilee Concert Sat 28 April, 7.30pm at Meanwood Methodist Church, Green Rd. Last night of the Proms style cΩncert presented by Meanwood Village Association & featuring the Elland Silver Brass Band, conductor David Essex (no, not that one!). Tickets £5 from 275 8421/ 274 1449 or on door.

Supporting Royal British Legion.

Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to try us out.

Wide repertoire & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon, 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon. Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989

Leeds Organ & Keyboard Club Meets Wed 7.30 – 10.30pm at Guiseley Factory Workers Club, Town St. Guiseley.

New members (player/ non player) welcome. Club has a Roland AT900c & a Yamaha Tyros 3. Regular concerts by professional artists. Guests welcome. £4. Details: 0113 267 9865, www.organfax. co.uk, www.leedssocialclubs. co.uk Leeds People’s Choir Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, 2 - 7 Woodhouse Sq. LS3.

Details: 243 2210 www. leedspeopleschoir.org.uk

West Riding Opera has vacancies for chorus members to participate in concerts & staged opera selections. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Rehearsals Wed, 7.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@sky.com The White Rosettes Female barbershop chorus (four part unaccompanied harmony), 12 x national champions, rehearse Wed 7.30 – 10pm at Moorlands School, Foxhill Dr, Weetwood Lane, LS16 5PF. Details: Jan Spencer 07852 210640, membership@ whiterosettes.org.uk

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

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

Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Friendly, informal string orchestra made up of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners group for those especially new to playing.

Details: www.ylss.org

Players for Pleasure offers playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, beginners to advanced.

All instruments & all ages over 18. New performers especially welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www. playersforpleasure.co.uk

Lunch Club Mons & Weds 111.30pm (£4). Stainbeck United Reformed Church, Stainbeck Rd. Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided.

Volunteers always welcome.

Details: Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766

Seven Jazz is looking for singers interested in singing blues, gospel & jazz, for fun, but ending up with a performance. First workshop, tutored by top Leeds jazz vocalist Nikki Allan, at Seven Arts 2.30-4.30pm Sat 14 Apr. Details: 0113 237 0700, jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail. com 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 We Can Help Your Charity Organise a musical evening & we will bring some lovely music to help raise those much needed funds. With a 14 year reputation, we cover charity fundraising & corporate events. Details:01274 597024, 01943 877464 www. fairfaxsingers.org.uk

SENIORS

Luncheon Club meets 12 noon Tues at Headingley Methodist Church Hall, Church St. Open to anyone over 60 for food & friendship. New members welcome. Two course hot meal £3.50. Please order in advance. Details: 275 5615, 275 1592 MENA (Meanwood Elders Neighbourhood Action) Local community scheme which offers befriending services, exercise classes & social activities, plus information & signposting to local services.

Membership free for over 60s.

Quarterly newsletter is sent out with information about all activities. Details: 278 5777, mena@wrvs.org.uk OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) provides activities for seniors living in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall. Membership free to those aged 60 or over.

Details: 369 7077, infoowls@ gmail.com

St Chad’s Lunch Club Weds 12 - 1.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal, tea/coffee, biscuits & good company for just £4!

Open to all those of retirement age living locally to St Chad’s.

Transport provided. Details: Anne 274 9917, Claire 275 2917 STEP (for the over 60s in West Park & Far Headingley) at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Butcher Hill LS16. Mon 1 – 3pm afternoon tea, cakes & bingo; Tues 10 – 11.30am Gentle Exercise & a cuppa; Thurs 10 – 11.30am cuppa & toasted teacake, followed by Bingo & Brunch 11.30am - 1.00pm.

Details: 275 7988, www. stepleeds.org.uk SPIRITUAL Catholic Churches Our Lady of Kirkstall parish covers Leeds 16, Horsforth & Kirkstall.

Churches: Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (Parish office: 267 8257); Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (Parish secretary: 258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane. Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe M.A.,Ph.D; Assistant Priest: Fr BK Akpoigbe MSP. www.ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk Fourth Way Philosophy & Meditation Group Introductory meetings & readings from ‘In Search of the Miraculous’ by P.D. Ouspensky. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, info@gurdjieff-leeds. com The Leeds Gurdjieff Society Free Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (ex 3rd Sun: 6.307.30pm). Experience peace & calm with guided meditations.

Brahma Kumaris, West Park.

Details: 275 7727, leeds@ uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/ uk/leeds St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church Service times: Wed 10.30am Communion Service; Thurs 8am Communion Service; 2nd & 4th Sun of month 8am Communion Service; Sun Parish Communion 10am; Communion Service 12.30pm; Evensong 6.30pm.

All welcome. Details: www.stmichaels-headingley.org.uk

Headingley St. Columba URC (70 Headingley Lane) celebrates Tenebrae at 9pm Maundy Thursday (5 Apri); Palm Sunday (1 April) service at 10.45am (jointly with Headingley Methodists), & Easter Sunday service also at 10.45am. You are warmly invited to join them any Sunday for worship.

Holy Trinity Meanwood Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style). 2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion. Everyone Welcome. Details: 275 7885, www.holytrinitymeanwood. org.uk Leeds Healing Centre Now at Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Road, LS6. Healing by members of The Healing Trust (NFSH) to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing. Fri 11am – 2.30pm.

Healing also at Friends’ Meeting House, Roundhay, Thurs 7 – 8.30pm. Donations appreciated. Details: 07985 121810, 01274 617700, www. leedshealingcentre.org Leeds Reformed Baptist Church meets for Sunday services at the West Park Centre, Spen Lane (10:30am & 6pm). Many other activities through the week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details: 275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org Leeds Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm at Quaker Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. Details: 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com Meanwood Methodist Church Monday Fellowship Meetings held fortnightly, 2pm in The Schoolroom. Varied programme, interesting speakers. Warm welcome.

Details: Marjorie Hopwood 275 6913 Meanwood Valley Baptist Church meets at Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Ave. Sunday service 11am, coffee 10.30am. Details: 275 7215, www.mvbc.org.uk

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Mind, Body Spirit Workshop Wed 25 April, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. Maria Brooks Multi-Dimensional Healer & Spiritual Teacher gives an enlightening talk about fulfilling her Soul Purpose as a Holy Shaman, plus a short, powerful meditation drawing you closer to the Divine Spiritual Self. Entry £3.50 / £3.

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd, LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk

Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 www.leedsquakers.org.uk

Stainbeck United Reformed Church - Services for Holy Week & Easter: Thurs 5 April - Maundy Thursday Communion, 7.30pm; Fri 6 April - Good Friday Tenebrae, 9pm; Sun 8 April - Easter Communion, 9am, followed by breakfast at 9.30am & Easter celebration at 10.45am. All welcome www.stainbeck.urc. org.uk West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane. Good Friday Service (6 April) 10.30am. Easter Sunday (8 April) 10.30am. Crèche for young children where they are looked after for part of the service. Tea/coffee & a chat after service. A warm welcome to all.

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South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane, Headingley.

Lively services every Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm. All welcome.

Arthritis Care Leeds Branch meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley.

New members welcome.

Details: Pat 0113 275 7694

St Paul’s Church, Raynel Drive, LS16 Said Eucharist Sun 8am; Sung Eucharist 10am.

1st Sunday – family Eucharist with Band – families warmly welcomed; 3rd Sunday – Kidz club during service. Details: Revd Linda Ludkin 230 1564,www.stpaulirelandwood. org.uk

Carers Leeds New service offering support for young adult carers aged 18-30. First social event Thurs 19 April, 6pm – a nineties & noughties quiz & traditional pub snacks.

Call to book your place.

Details: Nikki 07854 481061, Nikki.pattinson@carersleeds. org.uk

St Augustine’s Church (Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner 10.30am services every Sunday. 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday shorter family service.

6.30pm evening service. All Welcome.

Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), their friends & families throughout North & West Yorkshire.

Four educational & support meetings a year, plus regular informal meets. Details: 0845 130 6809, Leeds@ crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, www. groups.crohnsandcolitis.org. uk/Leeds

St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6. Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk

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Different Strokes Invites stroke survivors to join them, Wed 1.45 – 3.45pm, Adel Stables, Back Church Lane. Incl. an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744

Leeds Coeliac Group Local support group for people with Coeliac disease. Details: 07711 768850, .leeds@ coeliac.org.uk Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090.

The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road. Details: 231 1727 The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones. Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www.ychc.org.uk TALKS & DISCUSSIONS ‘Interpreting Our Past from Local Place Names’ Fri 20 April, 6.30 for 7pm at the Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. A talk by Professor Joyce Hill. Sausage & mash supper.

Tickets: Sylvia Halliday, 267 1708 Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome, first visit free. Details: info@ leedsastronomy.org.uk, www. leedsastronomy.org.uk

Leeds Geological Association meets Thurs 19 April, 7.15pm in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University.

Lecture : ‘Understanding the Tectonic Evolution of Central Europe : a Seismological Perspective’ by Prof. Graham Stuart, School of Earth & Environment, Leeds University.

Visitors welcome. Details: www.leedsga.org.uk Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Are you interested in weather & atmospheric phenomenon? Monthly informal public talks on all aspects, from extreme weather to climate change, at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open to all. Thurs 19 April: Two Perspectives of Weather forecasting. Details: snorris@ env.leeds.ac.uk, http://tinyurl. com/rmetsyc Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 14 April, 2pm at 23, Clarendon Rd, Leeds – a lecture by Di Drummond entitled ‘Railway Ancestors’.

Free drop-in sessions Tues 2 – 4pm for anyone needing help with family history research.

Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113 263 9540 WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed of month at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. Wed 4 April: ‘Chatsworth: a Personal View’ with Christine Robinson, Visitor Services Manager. Wed 2 May: Sue Woodcock from Yorkshire Post presents ‘From Copper to Shepherd’. Details: Muriel Huntley 230 1584

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Muslimah Mums’ Group A hub of sisterliness. Details: MuslimahMums@yahoo.co.uk, www.muslimahmums.co.uk Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 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 of the Uni. Regular events. Details: uleedslc@ gmail.com Women’s Group Fun & frolics. Creche available.

9.30 – 11.30am at Northcall Community Centre, 53-55 Cranmer Bank, LS17. Free.

Details: 0113 268 9993 MISC/ EVENTS Bee Swarms will be collected free of charge. Details: Terry 0113 268 8231 Easter Cake Competition Sun 1 Apr at Iveson Primary School, Iveson Rise LS16.

Bring your cakes at 11am, judging 11.30am. Open to all.

Cakes will be sold by the slice in the Palm Café. Details: 225 6868, www.iveson-primary. co.uk Easter Eggstravaganza Sun 1 Apr, 11-2pm at Iveson Primary School, Iveson Rise LS16.

Nature trail quiz, snail racing, craft stalls, egg & spoon races, face painting, raffle, hook-aduck & more! Details: 225 6868, www.iveson-primary. co.uk

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Easter Eggstravaganza at St Barnabas Church, Alwoodley LS17 Sat April 7, 2 - 5pm (last entry 4.15pm). Bouncy castle, egg hunt, egg decorating, rabbit petting. Entry children £3 to include all activities, adults free. refreshments available. All welcome. Details: www.stbarnabasleeds.org.uk, celebrate@stbarnabasleeds. org.uk Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Westwood Lane, LS16. Visitors welcome 10am – 2.45pm.

Free admission. Donations welcome. Details: Karen 0794 894 8158. www. hopepastures.org Large Room for Hire Meanwood Methodist Church, Monkbridge Rd. Excellent floor, adjacent kitchen & disabled facilities, plus smaller room for meetings of 12-15 people.

Weekdays & evenings. Details: 293 9564 Large Room for Hire West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. Weekdays & some evenings. Details: 278 5373 Paxton Horticultural Society Rooms for hire at competitive rates at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Details: Doreen Sergent 266 5237.

Pub Quiz for NSPCC Wed 19 April, 9pm start at Woodies, Otley Rd. Organised by Lee Ingham. £20 per team (up to 5). Teams can be entered on night, individuals will be put into teams. Team captains receive a free drink & winning team a gallon of Woodies fine ales.

Raised in Leeds Mon 2 – Fri 6 April, 4-8pm at LeftBank, Cardigan Rd. 19 detailed illustrations of the Easter story, relocated to present-day Leeds, by local artist Si Smith.

First night party & pictures will have accompanying prayer stations on Easter Day. Free admission. Details: www. leftbankleeds.org.uk Rodley Nature Reserve Bird Walk Sun 29 April, starting 8.30am at the visitor centre.

Join Peter Griffin & Peter Colley for a walk round the reserve to look for summer visitors & learn how to identify them from their song.

Rodley Nature Reserve Summer Fair Sat 18 Aug. Book your stall now & help raise funds for this beautiful Reserve which provides a free haven for families & wildlife.

Just £10 a table. Details: Amy 204 0441.

Rooms for Hire Headingley Methodist Church has rooms of various sizes which can be used for meetings, activities & celebrations. Details: Margaret Appleyard on 257 6547 Rooms for Hire at Swarthmore Wide range of rooms for hire accommodating up to 140 people. Meeting rooms, hall/ dance studio, computer rooms, art rooms, crèche & café with roof garden. Details: Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3. 0113 243 2210, info@swarthmore. org.uk, www.swarthmore.org. uk

Volunteer with MENA (Meanwood Elders Neighbourhood Action) Become involved in your local. MENA provides support to older people through befriending, social activities & monthly Sunday Lunch Club.

Volunteering opportunities in MENA Office also. Support & training provided. Details: 278 5777 or mena@wrvs.org.uk West Park Residents Association AGM Wed 25 April, 7.30pm in the rehearsal room of the West Park Centre. All residents are cordially invited.

World Book Night Mon 23 April, 6 – 8pm at LeftBank, Cardigan Rd. Huge book swap (bring plenty of books), plus kids activities & - of course free books! Free admission, refreshments.

St Chad’s Scouts Looking for fun, adventure, or a new challenge? Why not join our leadership team – No prior knot tying experience required!

Details: gsl@stchadsscouts. org.uk.

The Big Jump 2012 Wanted! novice parachute jumpers to jump in aid of Leeds Children’s Hospital, at the LGI. Sun 22 July at Bridlington Airfield.

Details: Stephanie 392 5140 fundraising@leedsth.nhs.uk Two Function Rooms for Hire at Yarnbury RFC, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Ideal for parties, naming ceremonies, receptions, funeral gatherings, meetings, exercise/dance classes etc. Bar & kitchen available. Ample parking.

Details:258 1346/ 07792 2762248 Treasures Revealed Sat 28 – Sun 29 April, 10am-4pm.

Opportunity to explore Left Bank for everyone interested in the building, its history & its future. Part of citywide event making our places of worship more accessible. Free.

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