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HORSFORTH | COOKRIDGE | ADEL | BRAMHOPE

NORTH LEEDS Life 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

Dear Readers, Well, who expected all that ice and snow? But, don’t let it get you down – Spring is definitely on the way!

This month, we’re delighted to bring you news of Meanwood’s Claire O’Hara’s fantastic success in the world of kayaking. Headingley’s fifth LitFest is about to roll into town and the programme is jam-packed with great events. And, in the centenary year of Antarctic explorer Captain Lawrence Oates’s death, Eveleigh Bradford takes a look at his life in ‘They Lived in Leeds’.

MEANWOOD’S WORLD CHAMPION CLAIRE O’HARA

HEADINGLEY’S FIFTH LITFEST COMES TO TOWN CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES IS REMEMBERED

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Claire O’Hara World Champion!

The girl from Meanwood who is World Champion in Freestyle Kayak, and World, European, and British Champion Squirt Boat Kayaking!

The whole area seems to have burst into song, with two major choral presentations, an opera and an operetta coming up. The Carriageworks has a couple of interesting shows scheduled, and the 13th Young People’s Film Festival has some fantastic new and unseen films from around the world for young people of all ages.

There are lots of other little newsy bits, a review of a meal at Medusa Bar in Horsforth and much more – so read on!

In April we hope that the weather will have picked up and we’ll have an expanded garden feature. The deadline for editorial is 1st March and for advertising it’s 9th March. So, do send us your news and suggestions.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the team

In This Issue 06

Show Some Flower Power for 2012

Horsforth in Bloom invites Horsforth businesses to enter the Leeds in Bloom Businesses Awards.

16 They Lived in Leeds – Captain Lawrence Oates

Captain Lawrence Oates, a true explorer and very brave man is remembered

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Headingley’s Fifth LitFest Comes Storming into Town!

The theme of the festival is ‘Lingo’ and All kinds of events will be taking place throughout March

18 Step it Up – Don’t Shut it Down Helpful Hints for business in the downturn

20 Review: Medusa Bar Horsforth A lovely meal in cosy surroundings

40 Young People’s Film Festival Turns 13!

Fantastic films from around the world for young people of all ages

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HORSFORTH BUSINESSES INVITED TO SHOW SOME FLOWER POWER FOR 2012

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Last year 33 Horsforth businesses responded to the Horsforth in Bloom Group’s encouragement to enter the Leeds in Bloom Businesses Awards. Now it’s time to prepare the 2012 Spring and Summer entries!

Gerry Ingham of Horsforth in Bloom (0113 258 6071) is hoping that all those who entered last year will enter again this year and hopefully be joined by many of the new businesses in Horsforth. Floral displays with hanging baskets and planters show the Yorkshire in Bloom judges just how the

partnership works in brightening up the town. He will soon be visiting companies to encourage them to take part and is delighted that Yvonne Gibson from Wilson’s Solicitors on New Road Side has already taken the initiative by declaring the company’s intention to support Horsforth in Bloom and enter Leeds in Bloom.

If you are interested in taking part, contact Richard Gill, Leeds Floral Initiative Officer on 0113 237 5301 who is currently accepting entries.

HOLT PARK ACTIVE GOES LIVE! Councillors Lucinda Yeadon and Adam Ogilvie were on hand with spades at the ready at the recent ‘breaking the ground’ ceremony at Holt Park – a special event to celebrate the start of building work at the new £27m fitness and wellbeing centre.

The official name of the centre was also announced, following the Council’s recent naming competition. Eleanor Gallon from Headingley came up with the winner, ‘Holt Park Active’, which reflects the range of activities that will be on offer. The centre will be one of the first of its kind in the UK combining services provided by the council’s adult social care and sports services under one roof.

“Holt Park Active really sums up the whole ethos of this project”, said Councillor Adam Ogilvie. “It will be a real ‘one-stop shop’ for people of all ages to access a wide variety of council services plus state-of-the-art leisure facilities, and is sure to be another great facility for the city to be proud of.”

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NEWS FROM YOUR COUNCILLORS Councillor Clive Fox Adel & Wharfedale Ward The Localism Bill is now an Act so someone must have paid it. But hands up all those who really understand what it’s all about. A whole host of changes is proposed. However the details are distinctly lacking because the ministers empowered to make the associated Orders have yet to get round to doing so.

Councils now have what is called the ‘general power of competence’, not to be confused with the incompetence they are sometimes accused of. It simply means councils can now do what they like, or rather they are free to do anything that an individual can do that’s not specifically prohibited.

Put simply, if so minded, Leeds could now endeavour to send a man to the moon, though to be sure that is not in next year’s budget.

There’s more. Under the Act, Leeds and nine other cities will hold a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor on 3rd May, the same day as the local elections. Now again, hands up all those who can explain the difference between a Lord Mayor, an elected mayor and the leader of the council, as well as perhaps detail what exactly an elected mayor is supposed to do.

That apart, we also get what are described as new rights and powers for communities, with voluntary and community groups now having the right to express an interest in running any local authority service. Note the phrase ‘express an interest in’. They

will still need to compete with others for any contract.

Under the Act’s planning proposals local communities can draw up a neighbourhood plan. It sounds good, but in reality it’s pretty much one way traffic. You can suggest where new homes and business premises should be built locally, but you can’t oppose already approved development, nor advocate anything contrary to national and local planning policies.

To end on a perhaps more populist note, if in future a local council proposes to raise council tax above a set limit, it will first have to hold a referendum. As to what that limit is, well you’ve guessed it, parliament has yet to decide. clive.fox@leeds.gov.uk

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF HORSFORTH TOWN COUNCIL Jude Arbuckle Chair

This is the time of year when the work of the Environment Committee literally begins to bloom!

The colourful Spring baskets will soon be out, as will the daffodils along the roadsides (road works permitting!).

As the weather improves, the Town’s chances in the ‘In Bloom’ challenge will be on everyone’s mind – either through working in their own gardens, joining the many volunteers who are out and about, or through financially supporting the Town Council’s efforts to make Horsforth a pleasant and popular place to live.

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The Council committees continue their work - particularly Planning, as developers look with interest at any available green space in Horsforth.

Planning Committee members are always aware of the needs of the community, especially when making their recommendations and lists of concerns to Leeds Planners.

Towards the end of February, the Police and the PCSOs were to open a drop-in centre in the Old Library building. There will be an opportunity for community volunteers to work with the Police to help make their presence more visible in the town.

The Police are also recruiting Special Constables to work with them. The Council’s joint funding for the PCSOs,

through the Public Safety Committee, will continue. The Police are moving their Response Team to Weetwood Police Station, but in the near future, the Police hope to have a more permanent base in Horsforth.

Plans for The Diamond Jubilee continue apace – if any local organisation, business or Horsforth resident wishes to help, either ‘hands-on’ or through sponsorship, please contact the Town Clerk.

Jude Arbuckle

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CARE VISITS AT HOME Declare your Independence

In conjunction with Yorkshire Energy Services, the Council’s Wrap Up Leeds Team is promoting free cavity wall insulation and loft insulation, or extra loft insulation if your current insulation is less than 160mm deep. Very large properties may be subject to a small charge. This is available to homeowners or private rented homes in the Leeds City Council area. A free technical survey will be carried out prior to installation of the cavity wall insulation, which has a 25 year guarantee. You can contact them on 0800 052 0071 or visit www.wrapupleeds.co.uk Care and Repair Leeds Care and Repair Leeds have received funding to improve heating systems by carrying out free repairs and improvements in the homes of vulnerable people. This is available to people living in their own homes or in privately rented accommodation. There are no age or income restrictions. You can contact Care and Repair on 0113 200 9165.

Proposed Changes to Speed Limit on A660, Otley Road, Adel I have been advised by Highways about proposed changes to the speed limit on the A660.

The existing speed limit is 40/60mph and it is proposed to reduce this to 30/50mph. Traffic engineers believe a 50mph limit along the rural section and 30mph through the built up area would be more achievable and acceptable, and recent speed surveys in the area indicate the same.

These proposals have gone to the Council’s Highways Board for consideration. I would be pleased to have your views.

Funding for Off Road Bikes As Ward Councillors we are asked to fund a number of projects through the Area Committee. One of the projects we have helped to fund is off-road bikes for the Police. The bikes are deployed across the area to help tackle anti social behaviour and low level crime, particularly on green spaces and in parks. A dedicated phone number has been set up for people to report incidents, particularly nuisance bikes being ridden in woods and parks. The number is 0113 239 5092. www.barryanderson.yourcllr.com

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LEEDS LAUNCHES AUTISM STRATEGY Leeds City Council has launched a new strategy to raise awareness and improve the wellbeing of adults living with autism in the city. The National Autistic Society estimates that as many as one in a hundred people in the UK may be living with autism.

This statistic was a key factor in the Council’s decision to produce the new strategy, and to make sure that appropriate care and support is in place.

“Autism is a very misunderstood condition, and with more cases than ever before being diagnosed, the council has acted positively by developing this strategy with its partners”, said Lucinda Yeadon, executive board member with responsibility for adult health and social care.

Leeds Plugs in to Initiative to Recycle Kettles and Toasters

“The strategy aims to address the fact that adults with autism have

New bottle bank-style containers are being introduced in Leeds to increase the recycling rates for small electrical items.

70% of kettles, toasters and other small electrical items are buried in landfill each year, and this scheme will encourage people to dispose of these in the mobile containers.

Paul Adderley from Change with Councillor Lucinda Yeadon One of the main aims of the Leeds Adult Autism Strategy is to raise awareness and ensure that specialist support is available within public-facing services. A partnership board, made up of representatives from council departments, the health service, the voluntary sector and including people on the autistic spectrum and their carers, has been set up to monitor progress and make sure that the needs of people with autism are being met.

consistently fallen through gaps in the system. It will help services, including health and social care, education, employment, the justice system, sport and leisure, and wider society to have a better understanding of the condition.”

The Leeds Adult Autism Strategy can be found at www.leeds.gov.uk

The joint recycling initiative named ‘WEEEBATS’ (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment incorporating Battery recycling) between Leeds City Council and the company Weeelink have recently installed the new containers at 11 sites across Leeds and more sites may be added to help Leeds achieve a 55% recycle rate by 2020.

The new containers are located at Sainsbury’s Otley, Colton and White Rose. Morrison’s in Kirkstall and Wetherby, Waitrose in Meanwood, The Headingley Taps pub on North Lane, and Leeds University, Lifton Place.

For details of your nearest site visit www.leeds.gov.uk/recycleforleeds

THE ADEL ASSOCIATION We are still awaiting final decisions from Leeds City Council on the David Wilson Homes Holt Avenue application and will attend the Council planning committee meeting in March to emphasise the points that we still want to address. We have persuaded Council planners and the developers to build in stone rather than red brick, but there are other issues that we hope to negotiate.

In my plea for volunteers to help set up a Neighbourhood Forum last month, I emphasised that it is our total community that we are concerned about. One way of easing traffic on our roads is to encourage flexibility and home working. This will be more attractive if we have high speed broadband. Virgin is rolling this out already and BT have done so in a few areas of the country. They are waiting to see what demand there might be in local communities. I strongly urge you to ask for this. You must register interest, but there will be no obligation

to follow this up if you are not a BT customer or simply do not wish to pay for the extra costs. At our last meeting a number of people urged the desirability of this, including people who currently work from home and need high speed internet access.

Go to the BT website. Look for BT Infinity. You will be asked to put in your telephone number. Having done that you will be told that it is not currently available in your area. You are then asked to register interest. You will need to fill in your details but you are not committing yourself to anything.

On a pecuniary note – having access to very fast broadband also increases the value of your property.

We continue to move ahead on setting up cold calling zones and once up and running will be asking for volunteers to drop leaflets in your nearest streets to see if residents wish to participate.

YOUR PORTRAIT IN WORDS

Have you ever felt like commissioning a portrait of a friend or relative, or sitting for one yourself? Here’s your chance – except the portrait will be in words.

Poet Peter Spafford has worked as a professional writer for over twenty years, in various media, including theatre, television, and radio. His poems have appeared in a range of publications and been performed in many different settings, and he regularly performs his poems and songs under the name ‘Edible Tent’.

How does it work? Peter interviews the subject for an hour, then ensconces himself in his garret and writes a poem.

What then? Frame it for your wall or commission it for a friend or relative – it could be for a birthday, anniversary, wedding, or retirement.

Or, turn it into a Photo-Poem Portrait.

Peter is working with professional pho-

tographer Lizzie Coombes who has a keen interest in photographing people and their spaces and has exhibited widely. She, in turn, will spend time with you and create a portrait incorpo-

If you do, you will be given a sticker to put in your window which will make it clear that this is a cold calling free zone and that anyone who does this can be prosecuted.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

THE ‘BIG 30’ – CELEBRATING SYLVIA WRIGHT’S WORK IN INDIA The Sylvia Wright Trust is inviting individuals and groups to help them celebrate the ‘Big 30’ – to mark Sylvia Wright’s 30 years of selfless dedication to her projects in India.

Over the 30 years since she left her job as senior lecturer in Nursing Studies at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Metropolitan University), sold her home and possessions in Adel and moved to India, she has established a modern 220 bed hospital, a boarding school for 210 profoundly deaf children, two day centres for severely disabled children, vital community health projects, and a nursing college which now has 60 students.

The Lord Mayor, Church leaders and other community representatives will be there.

that 97% of all funds raised go directly to helping Sylvia continue her work. All donations, however small, are gratefully received.

There will also be an Open Meeting with Sylvia on Thursday 19th April, 10am in Otley Methodist Church Hall. Everybody is welcome.

At 74, Sylvia is working as hard as ever.

In April she will be in Leeds and there will be a special Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving at Leeds Cathedral at 2.30pm on Sunday 22nd April.

For further information visit www.sylviawright.org, or contact Tony Allinson, Chairman on 0113 2675735 or chairman@sylviawright.org Sylvia Wright

For the ‘Big 30’ the Trust is suggesting that people aim for 30 – hold 30 coffee mornings, fund 30 hearing aids or laptops for the school, find 30 new venues for their speakers, etc. The trust, based in North Leeds, has no paid staff or premises; this ensures

YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE LAUNCH MOBILE APP

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) has launched an official iPhone App to enable supporters to keep up to date with the latest news and activities.

The App is downloadable via the iTunes App store for just £1.99. Features include a mission tracker, which gives you exclusive information about where both YAA helicopters have flown each week. You can also access the charity’s latest facts, figures and information, and there is a special sound board featuring radio communications and clips of the YAA helicopters and team.

“We have designed the App to appeal to all ages”, said Abby McClymont, Marketing and Communications Manager. “Social media has become a really important communication tool for the YAA in recent years – we are seeing increasing numbers of followers on both Facebook and Twitter, and for us, the next step in developing our social media strategy was to launch an iPhone App.” Photo: Paramedic Lee Davison, Chief Pilot Andy Lister and Paramedic Graham Pemberton launch the new YAA iPhone App at their base at Leeds Bradford International Airport.

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GREAT SUPPORT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES We have been really gratified by the many messages of support and encouragement for our ‘Live Life Local’ campaign to support our local businesses. We’ve heard from both readers and businesses that the timing is ideal for such a win-win initiative. We can all play our part by just using our local shops and businesses a bit more each week.

Adel and Bramhope have a fine range – from hair and beauty to a deli, butcher and bike shop. Horsforth, of course, is blessed with three shopping areas in New Road Side, Town Street

and Station Road. Otley has delightful independent traders round every corner and Menston and Burley-in-Wharfedale are characterful villages in their own right. And, Ilkley justly takes pride in its wide variety of stylish shops, coffee shops and restaurants.

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I feel we have seen enough wind! As the saying goes of March: ‘in like a lion, out like a lamb’ and vice versa. Which are we in for?

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Start your lawn care by removing the debris from the winter and setting the mower blades high to cut it on a dry day. Cut back ornamental grasses to ground level – they will soon renew. Prune roses to an outward bud to give air and shape and complete by feeding and mulching. Also prune willows, dogwoods and salix hard, to encourage strong new growth ready for the colourful winter show.

Some plants in pots may need re-potting, or the top couple of inches may need to be replaced with new compost. Make sure you protect new shoots of herbaceous plants and clematis from slugs.

It’s time now to start off over wintered dahlia tubers by watering and bringing them into the light. Sow half-hardy annuals, shallots, onion sets, and early seed potatoes can now be planted too. Remove any debris from ponds, checking carefully for for frog or toad spawn. If it is warm enough fish will have started coming to the surface to feed.

With it being so wet and mild over the winter, moss will have taken root in many places. If you have a blank spot in the garden, think about encouraging the moss and planting clumps of celandines, violets, primroses, oxlips, wood anemones and bluebells. Don’t take these out of the wild – there are nurseries that sell wild flowers, bulbs and corms.

Cultivated plants can also be used, such as hepatica and fritillaria meleagris. There is a possibility that you may already have some violets and celandines in your garden thanks to the birds. A fallen log can be added so that moss can grow over it to add interest.

Well, fellow gardeners, this year’s work has really begun and no doubt will not stop until December!

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THEY LIVED IN LEEDS CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES, 1880-1912

Soldier and Explorer - member of the Scott Antarctic Polar Expedition, 1910/12 ‘A Very Gallant Gentleman’ This month marks the centenary of Lawrence Oates’ death, which established him as an inspirational model of courage, self-sacrifice and understated heroism. His final words, recorded by Captain Scott in his diary, remain etched in the world’s memory 100 years on.

Lawrence was born in Putney on 17th March 1880, the eldest son of William and Caroline Oates, both from Meanwood, Leeds. His father, William (1841-1896) was brought up at Meanwoodside, the house built by his grandfather in what is now Meanwood Park, and his mother, Caroline (1854-1937) was the daughter of the foundry owner Joshua Buckton of nearby West Lea, Meanwood. (Both houses are gone now).

Lawrence’s father came from a wealthy background and could afford to pursue his gentlemanly interests in travel and natural history.

The family lived initially in London and then bought Gestingthorpe Hall, an idyllic Georgian manor house in Essex. However there were frequent visits back to Leeds, and Lawrence spent time as a child and a young man at Meanwoodside with his uncle Charles Oates, and also at nearby Hollin House which the family owned. (On his uncle’s death in 1902 he inherited a half share in Meanwoodside.)

After prep school, Lawrence was sent to Eton, but had to leave after two years because of illness. Then, when he was only 16, his father died suddenly of typhoid on a family visit to Madeira. His uncle at Meanwoodside became his guardian, but his formidable mother was his mainstay and their relationship was especially close.

Lawrence’s heart was set on a military career, but despite intense cramming he failed to get into Oxford, the usual route to a commission. Instead he joined the volunteer militia, and in 1900 the Boer War provided the opportunity of a commission in the elite 6th Inniskilling Dragoons.

He served with distinction, and subsequently served in Ireland, Egypt and India, winning promotion to Captain.

He was a keen huntsman, horseman and yachtsman, with a thirst for action and adventure. Army life in India was beginning to pall when he read of Captain Scott’s proposed Antarctic expedition in 1910. He applied to join, offering £1,000 towards expedition funds. He was accepted on the strength of his military record and his expertise with horses, as Scott planned to use ponies to haul the sledges. But he had no part in the selection of the ponies, which he later described as ‘cripples’, the first of several sources of discontent.

He joined the expedition ship in London in Spring 1910 for the long voyage south. They landed at Cape Evans to lay down depots of stores in early 1911. During this exercise and the following winter he won admiration for his hard work and care of the ponies. Though independent and taciturn, he was well liked and respected, but was often at odds with Scott. Nevertheless in January 1912 he was selected by Scott to be in the final party of five to make for the Pole.

The five men never returned. The rest of the team had to wait through the winter before a search party could set out. In November 1912 they found the tent in which the bodies of Captain Scott and two of his companions lay, starved and frozen, only 11 miles from supplies. Evans and Oates were missing. The diary Captain Scott left told the tragic story: their arrival at the Pole, only to find that the Norwegian Amundsen had got there before them; the agonies of the return journey, hauling their sledges through crippling weather; the death of Evans, and Oates’ appalling suffering from frostbite; his final decision to leave the tent in the midst of the blizzard and walk to his death, hoping to save his comrades. The diary recorded his now famous last words – ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time’. The search party could not find Oates’ body, but erected a memorial cairn to commemorate ‘a very gallant gentleman’.

News of the fate of the expedition reached the world in February 1913.

The international press fell upon the story: the tragic outcome was translated into victory and ‘deathless glory’. Oates’ death in particular struck a powerful emotional chord.

Many memorials were erected to him - two in Leeds, in the Parish Church and at Meanwood Church.

At Gestingthorpe, Oates’ mother remained in mourning all her life; she preserved his letters and diaries but ordered them to be destroyed when she died. However, extracts from his diaries and letters were published in the 1970s, when his critical comments on Scott and the expedition’s organisation opened the door for revisionist views of Scott’s competence and even of Oates’ own death. Later writers like Ranulph Fiennes have redressed the balance, giving particular value to Scott’s scientific programme, and underlining the enduring emotive power of Oates’ chosen end. His quiet heroism will be remembered and celebrated in many places this year, including at the site of the Oates home in Meanwood.

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“Captain Lawrence Oates was a true explorer and very brave man. Most explorers today can call on support from satellite phones and helicopters but in Oates’ day they were completely alone as they trekked the frozen Antarctic wastes. Few men have laid down their lives to give their friends a better chance of survival. I’m delighted that the centenary of this hero’s death is to be remembered in his family home in Meanwood, Leeds.”

Ranulph Fiennes The people of Meanwood are commemorating the 100th anniversary of Captain Oates’ death on 17th March with an Open Day at Meanwood Institute on Green Road, starting with a coffee morning, 9.30 – 11.30am: followed by afternoon tea from 2.30 – 4.30pm; and a quiz night at 7.30pm. A Blue Plaque commemorating the centenary will be unveiled at 2.30pm in Meanwoodside car park. An exhibition of pupil projects, history and Oates memorabilia will run from 10am – 4pm at Green Road Primary School.

At 2pm on Wednesday 14th March, the films ‘Scott of the Antarctic’ starring John Mills, and ‘The Great White Silence’, the original silent film made by Scott’s team in the Antarctic, will be shown at the Meanwood Institute, and repeated at 7pm on Thursday 15th Wednesday 14th March Seating is limited. Tickets £2 from Christine on 0113 247 7720. All funds go to Help for Heroes

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STEP IT UP – DON’T SHUT IT DOWN! I often hear companies blaming the economy for their business woes. “People aren’t buying right now”, they say. Or, “With the economy this bad, we can’t...”

Or, “When the economy improves, we’ll...”

But what if the economy doesn’t improve any time soon? What if the conditions we are experiencing are the conditions for the foreseeable future? What might that suggest about how you should be marketing your business?

Of course, economic recessionary conditions and the cycles from consumer confidence to gloom and doom are not new. Some of us have seen it all before.

But, what if these conditions persists for years, at what point do you simply accept them as the way things are?

Perhaps that point should be right now. Instead of waiting for an economic recovery to turn your business around, you could begin to turn it around yourself.

Here are some thoughts on how to get started.

1. Set sales goals and make a plan to reach them.

2. Sell got-to-haves instead of niceto-haves.

This sounds simple, but I’m always surprised by how many companies set a sales goal without making a plan, or make a plan without setting a goal, or neglect both. Establishing a goal is the only way to know what sort of plan you need. When you don’t declare the level of sales you want to reach, your marketing can stray off track. When you err in the other direction, and set a goal without building a realistic plan, it’s too easy to be deterred from going after what you want by thoughts like “I’ll work toward that after the economy picks up”. A slower economy indicates you should plan smarter and sooner, not later.

In lean times, people and organisations spend only to get what they need, rather than on what they want. To make sales, you have to sell what people are buying. This doesn’t necessarily mean you need to change what you sell, but you may need to change how you sell it or what you say.

Help your prospects see how what you offer can help them earn more, spend less, or overcome their current challenges more readily. For example, change your advertising messages.

Get specific about the results you produce or the value you provide.

3. Keep advertising and marketing The next time someone tells you “no one is spending on marketing and advertising right now”, ask them how they know that. It’s a common misconception that when times are tough businesses cut their marketing budgets. Many do not. In fact a lot of businesses actually increase their marketing efforts knowing that they are very likely to gain higher market share at the expense of their competitors.

What matters is to keep a presence with potential customers and to do this on a regular basis…perhaps by booking a series of advertising spaces rather than just one-offs. (You may even get a reduced advertising rate if you do!). If advertising is working for you, and you can tell by asking the people who enquire about your products or services where they heard about you, then keep advertising on a consistent basis.

Take charge of your advertising and marketing, find out who is buying, determine what they need, set a clear goal, and make a plan to get there.

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MEDUSA BAR – THERE’S MORE THERE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Luke Pankard, Manager & Chef, Roy Dickinson We’d heard good things about Medusa Bar on Town Street in Horsforth, so we decided we’d pop in one evening recently.

What a great little place! Well ‘little’ hardly describes it – it’s a bit of a tardis. Rather than the wide open space of some bars, Medusa is warm, welcoming and splits off into cosy, intimate little areas with comfortable leather couches and coffee tables.

No wonder Leeds Book Club, a wine club, and local networking group have chosen Medusa for their meetings.

Make your way past these and you come to their little restaurant area which has about 30 covers. Of course you can eat anywhere in Medusa, but if you fancy being a little more formal – it’s there. The decor is very seventies – with walls covered with cabin drawer fronts, like from an ocean liner from the ‘50s – not that I’ve ever been on an ocean liner in the ‘50s, but I imagine the drawers were like this!

One thing that had tempted us in was hearing that Roy Dickinson, who was head chef at Brasserie 44 for some time (winning two rosettes and ‘Best Restaurant in West Yorkshire’ while he was there), was now in charge of Medusa’s kitchen. Well, you can’t go wrong, can you?

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We settled in (imagining life on an opulent ocean liner) and perused the menu. Not extensive, but I like that.

I’m always suspect of a place that offers too much. I was seduced by the specials of the day – Moules Meunière with crusty bread and lots of luscious, creamy sauce, followed by halibut on a bed of linguini with a rich bisque sauce and surrounded by mussels and baby clams – mm mmm! The green beans with chilli and garlic were the perfect accompaniment.

Jack managed to eat his pan fried King scallops on pea purée with crispy pancetta (£7.95) far too quickly as I didn’t even get a taste! To make it worse he told me how succulent they had been! Always tempted by a bit of pork, he opted for the slow cooked pork shank on truffle mash, with a subtle cider and thyme sauce (£13.95). The tender, juicy pork just fell off the bone.

He did go on about it – but I was too busy savouring my halibut to listen!

You might think that we would stop there – wrong! Not when banana and chocolate cheesecake and apple crumble are on offer (£5.75). I thought the cheesecake sounded a bit too sweet and heavy, but I was wrong – light and delicious – as was the apple crumble. The perfect ending to a lovely meal.

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JORDANS SOLICITORS OPEN NEW OFFICE IN HORSFORTH

Jordans Solicitors recently celebrated the opening of their new office at 9 Kerry Street, Horsforth. The firm offers the complete range of legal services and, being based in Horsforth, they are perfectly placed for clients in North Leeds. This new office complements and strengthens the services they already provide from offices in Dewsbury, Wakefield and Castleford.

Partner Lynn Durham is also a qualified family mediator, a particularly useful service as emphasis is being placed on mediation in family disputes. The mediator can help to facilitate reaching an agreement that suits both involved parties.

Cathy Cook, also to be based at the Horsforth office, is an experienced commercial lawyer with a background in big business, which will benefit the local business community.

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“We are really looking forward to working with the Horsforth business community and Horsforth residents”, said Christine Sands, Partner, who specialises in personal injury. “We have a highly experienced team covering all aspects of the law, many of them members of specialist bodies within their particular field, and our new location means we can bring this expertise to a wide, new area.”

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LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS PRESENTS DVORÁK’S STABAT MATER AT LEEDS TOWN HALL

Leeds Festival Chorus’s relationship with Czech composer Antonín Dvořák dates back to 1886, when he conducted St Ludmila, the oratorio the Chorus had commissioned, in Leeds Town Hall.

The Leeds Festival Chorus of 2012 will perform his Stabat Mater with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Wright, in the same Town Hall on Saturday 10th March at 7.30pm. It is one of his most beautiful works, with great emotional intensity.

Stabat Mater is wonderfully uplifting, with dramatic shifts of mood in which grief and despair are transformed into hope.

The soloists on 10th March are Katherine Broderick soprano, Daniela Lehner mezzo, Paul Nilon tenor and James Rutherford bass.

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The Stabat Mater is based on a thirteenth century Latin poem which opens with the Virgin Mary’s grief at Christ’s crucifixion, then turns into a prayer to the Virgin.

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A CHARMING BEDTIME STORY FOR GROWN UPS Following a successful run at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival, Chris Goode brings his acclaimed one man show, The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley, all about friendship, bravery and growing up to The Carriageworks on Thursday 22nd March, 7.30pm.

Drawing on the tonality of comic books and bedtime stories, the show combines intimate storytelling and an eclectic soundtrack featuring Tricky, The Flaming Lips and Westlife, to tell the tale of superhero Wound Man, and his sidekick Shirley, a teenage boy with a girl’s name.

Nothing makes much sense to Shirley except his comic books, and his heart belongs to a classmate who barely knows he exists. Wound Man is an unconventional superhero, sprung from the pages of a 14th century medical book, with an alarming assortment of weapons sticking out of his body. The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley tells the story of these unlikely friends, and the adventures they share. It is a charming bedtime story for grown ups that has delighted audiences in Edinburgh, London and around the UK. For tickets, call 0113 224 3801 or visit www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

Messiah as Handel First Heard It St Peter’s Singers, accompanied by the National Festival Orchestra, present a special Good Friday performance of Handel’s Messiah on Friday 6th April, 7pm in Leeds Parish Church.

A number of the composer’s first versions of famous numbers he subsequently altered will be given a rare outing on this occasion, including the lyrical And lo! the angel of the Lord

came upon them and the original, lengthier, setting of Rejoice greatly in Part One and, in Part Two, the duet and chorus account of How beautiful are the feet, followed by the tenor solo Their sound is gone out into all lands.

Joining members of the resident solo team of St Peter’s Singers (on this occasion Sarah Potter, Lucy Appleyard, Paul Dutton and Quentin Brown) will be young treble Cameron Stanley from the Choir of Leeds Parish Church.

Cameron, from Oakwood, is a student at Abbey Grange Church of England Academy.

At the organ will be David Houlder, and the performance will be conducted by Dr Simon Lindley, Music Director of St Peter’s Singers since the group’s formation in 1977.

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HEADINGLEY’S FIFTH LITFEST COMES STORMING INTO TOWN! The line-up for the fifth Headingley LitFest is quite amazing. Events of every kind will be taking place throughout March, beginning with a talk on Irish Gaelic, with music, on 2nd March.

The general theme of the festival is Lingo, which seems to cover everything from translation and dialect to the imaginative use of language and the patter of stand-up comedians. There is plenty of poetry, a generous helping of prose, assorted musicians and some famous and not-yet-famous names in an annual literary celebration, organised completely by volunteers, which must be the envy of other areas of Leeds.

Mila Dores will sing at Café Lento’s Iberian Evening on Tuesday 13 March 8pm

one of the most beautiful and romantic films about the effects of poetry will be shown at Cottage Road Cinema on 19 March.

It is not all sitting and listening: this year there are opportunities to get more deeply involved in various kinds of workshop. Would-be entertainers can learn how to raise a laugh with Mike Nelson on 10th March, emerging singers might want to attend Fuzzy Jones’s lyric-writing session on the following day, and story-telling enthusiasts will be welcome at both of Murray Edscer’s workshops on 14th and 17th March.

The Poetic Lingo evening on 15th March has as guests not only Paul Adrian, winner of the 2010 Poetry Society National Competition, and Lucy Newlyn, Professor of Language and Literature at Oxford University, but also two of the students from Lawnswood who won the LitFest Poetry Slam last year. The following week, on 23rd March, under the heading Poetry Under Occupation, poets from Poland, Ireland and Palestine will be featured, with a guest appearance from famous Palestinian singer Reem Kelani.

Local playwright, musician and radio presenter Peter Spafford and friends will lead the entertainment on 17th March in Scriptophilia and Il Postino,

Peter Spafford will lead the entertainment in Scriptophilia Saturday 17 March 7.30pm at HEART Tickets can be booked in advance from the Grand Theatre 0844 848 2700, online at www.leedsgrandtheatre.com, at HEART and on the door at each event.

Further information: 07789 976854, www.headingleylitfest.org.uk.

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Venues include HEART on Bennett Road, New Headingley Club and various cafés as usual and, for the first time, Left Bank on Cardigan Road – the only venue big enough to contain the capacity audience expected for poet Ian McMillan on 16th March. Even the tiny Mint Café on North Lane is taking part, with a Lebanese Evening at 8.30pm on 12th March involving Arabic poetry, belly dancing and baklava pastries.

Earlier that same evening at Headingley Library, Rosalind Harvey will look at the joys and challenges of literary translation in a talk with the intriguing title Pig’s Head Stew, La Chingada and Mexican Chavs abroad. It is expected that the audience will move down the road to sample the sweet Lebanese morsels after the meat and savouries.

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Trio Literati will perform Under Milk Wood in The New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road Sunday 18 March 7.30pm

OPERA VENTURE BRINGS THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO TO NORTHERN BALLET By popular demand, Opera Venture is bringing its acclaimed production of Mozart’s great comic masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro, back to the Stanley and Audrey Burton Studio Theatre at Northern Ballet on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Saturday 10th March, starting at 7pm.

performances to small venues in towns and communities which have no opera at present; to give young singers their first professional opportunities; to offer training in presenting education projects in schools; and to present special performances for school audiences.

Tickets (£14/ £11) are available from Northern Ballet Box Office on 0113 220 8008, www.theatreleeds.com £5 student standby one hour before each performance. For further information about Opera Venture please contact jane.anthony2@ntlworld.com

A witty and complex plot, great music and characters in hilarious and dangerous situations make for a very entertaining evening. Presented with full-orchestra and sung in English by recently-qualified young singers, you will love the immediacy and sense of involvement in this intimate production.

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TWO OF HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST BATTLE IT OUT LEEDS HAYDN In a new play by Foursight Theatre, Bette & Joan: The Final Curtain, Bette Davis confronts the ghost of Joan Crawford. It takes a wry, feisty and irreverent look at two of Hollywood’s greatest icons. Now on her own deathbed, Davis is forced by Hollywood hacks Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons to finally confront the ghost of her nemesis. Of course, just because someone’s dead doesn’t mean they’ve changed.

Queens and an Inflatable Henry.

These two icons of the silver screen only ever made one full film together, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, a film noir thriller directed by Robert Aldrich. It was an astounding success and shot the two fading stars from the twilight of their careers back in to the limelight - both them and the feud that supposedly existed between them.

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The Leeds Haydn Players will present a concert at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton on Saturday 17th March, 7.30pm.

Conducted by Adam Ferguson, the orchestra will perform Haydn’s Symphony no. 89, Sinfonia Concertante in Bb, Symphony no. 96 ‘The Miracle’, and C.P.E. Bach Symphony Wq. 183/3.

The soloists in the Sinfonia concertante will be Mary Huby violin, Jason Evans cello, Claire Kitching oboe and Amy Walton bassoon. Tickets £10 from Robin Jakeways tel: 01943 466331 or contact via e-mail r.jakeways@ btopenworld.com The Leeds Haydn Players were formed with the aim of exploring the whole of Haydn’s symphonic works. The Sinfonia Concertante was written during a visit to London in 1790s. It uses an unusual combination of instruments.

Composed in multiple concerto form, it is the only real work of its kind that Haydn ever penned. He was urged to write the work by Johann Salomon, a notable violinist and impresario, who had been instrumental in bringing Haydn to London.

For more information about the orchestra and future engagements visit: www.leedshaydnplayers.org.uk

Foursight Theatre is renowned for creating vibrant theatre which explores history through the eyes of women: unknown, famous and infamous. This new comic drama drawing on the lives of two women battling for supremacy and follows in the footsteps of productions such as Thatcher The Musical!, Can Any Mother Help Me? and Six Dead

One comforting thought for Bette at the time of her death might have been the knowledge that she had outlived her bitterest rival.

Bette & Joan: The Final Curtain is at The Carriageworks on Friday 30th March at 7.30pm. Tickets available from 0113 224 3801 or www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

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YORKSHIRE DANCE IS 30!

Get Yourself In Hot Water with the bathroom and heating specialist Liz Aggiss Photo: Matthew Andrews This year Yorkshire Dance celebrates its 30th birthday with a huge variety of events in Leeds and one of the first, is Juncture 2012.

The company has collaborated with Charlotte Vincent, Artistic Director of Vincent Dance Theatre, to create Juncture 2012, which will take place in March at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds.

Events open to the public will take place from Thursday 22nd – Saturday 24th March.

Charlotte has programmed four weeks of residencies, performances, workshops and critical debates, with an emphasis on female-led work, experimental cross-disciplinary practice, with a distinct leaning towards comedy.

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The late-night comedy naughtiness of The Two Wrongies, the absurdist duo whose World of Wrong is a risqué and poignant dance-theatre-cabaret experience, pretty much defies description.

The only men are the much-loved comedy-dance duo, New Art Club, whose Quiet Act of Destruction is an energetic, hilarious rampage through the placid Cambridgeshire village of Meldreth.

Juncture 2012 also offers many opportunities to participate in a wide variety of workshops, and a series of public debates and discussions, and everyone’s invited to the Juncture party on Thursday 22nd March, 9.30pm, with live music from folkrock extravaganza Blackbeard’s Tea Party.

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SOUND & VISION This, coupled with his easiness on the eye, suggests that Brandon rarely struggles to feed the horny monkey on his back. I mean, come on, he’s Michael Fassbender!

Brandon’s vacuous carnal routine is upset when his estranged sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), crash lands into his life. Equally emotionally damaged as her brother, she needs somewhere to stay while coping with the fallout from another failed relationship and Brandon grudgingly submits to this cramping of his style.

SHAME DIRECTED BY: STEVE MCQUEEN STARRING: MICHAEL FASSBENDER, CAREY MULLIGAN, JAMES BADGE DALE CERT: 18 LENGTH: 101 MINS Turner prize-winning video artist, Steve McQueen’s first foray into mainstream filmmaking was Hunger, which won critical plaudits and proved beyond doubt that McQueen was more than capable of producing films to be seen in cinemas rather than just galleries.

His latest feature is set in New York and tackles the subject of sex addiction. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of sex addiction as a disease. The admission or claim to be a sex addict has always struck me as a bedpost notch-displaying boast or an attempt at diagnostic validation and legitimacy by those unable to keep it in their pants.

Well, it seems that I was naïve. If the depiction of the condition in Shame is anything to go by, it really is no picnic.

The film follows the travails of Brandon, played by the soon to be unavoidable man-crush du jour, Michael Fassbender (look out Gosling, there’s a new sheriff in town).

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Brandon has one of those cushy NY jobs that affords him plenty of time to cruse internet porn on his work computer and where he is free to skip out of the office on a whim whenever he feels a stirring in his loins.

Sissy is a jazz singer and the scene in which Brandon goes to see her perform artfully reveals much of the essence of these two characters. The camera hardly strays from Sissy’s face as she sings a slow paced New York, New York accompanied by discordant piano. It’s a faltering, almost maudlin rendition that seems forever on the verge of coming apart at the seams. Brandon’s unexpected, tearful response offers a glimpse of a well of pain beneath the façade.

Both siblings seem incapable of forming meaningful relationships.

Sissy pathetically throws herself at Brandon’s boss and when Brandon attempts a conventional date with a co-worker he is clearly out of his comfort zone.

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SNEAKY EXPERIENCE GEARS UP FOR ITS NEXT SURPRISE Sneaky Experience is delivering another mysterious, mischievous event in Leeds on Saturday 10th March, which centres around a secret film in a unique location - sites may include derelict churches, underground tunnels – anywhere, but very rarely a cinema.

To immerse ticket holders in the flavour of the film, Sneaky provides added elements of theatre, music, dress and performance. In their typical smokeand-mirrors style, they have declined to give any specifics, but have tantalisingly teased us with suggestions that as well as the secret film, there could be bands and DJs, burlesque dancing and circus acts, as well as actors re-creating scenes – entertainment will always relate to the iconic movie. There will also be a licensed bar and food.

The lead up to the event will be littered with clues as Sneaky gives out titbits on Facebook and Twitter, alluding to the location, guests and the genre of the film – guests are encouraged to dress up. Of course, the film will remain a secret until minutes before it is screened on the night.

At the last event (a Halloween film) guests were met by zombies in City Square who took them on a ‘zombie walk’ to the secret location - some converted railway arches, where Dawn of the Dead was screened (www. youtube.com/sneakyexperience) The secret film on Saturday 10th March promises equally theatrical shenanigans, as Sneaky prides itself on its events living up to the ‘Experience’ aspect of its name.

Curious guests should log on to Facebook and Twitter for the latest hints and clues, but shhh… be careful who you tell!

Be sure to check our website – www.northleedslife.co.uk – for an important clue after 23rd February.

Tickets (£12 early birds/ £15 full/ £12.50 concessions) available from www.sneakyexp.eventbrite.co.uk facebook.com/sneakyexperience.uk, @sneakyexp, www.sneakyexperience.co.uk.

ALBUM REVIEW DJANGO DJANGO – DJANGO DJANGO I’ve got the excellent BBC 6Music to thank for bringing this group to my attention. Effortlessly standing apart from the glut of soundalike guitar indie and synth-saturated electropop, Django Django’s ear catching sound gets its hooks into you and worms its way into your consciousness almost by osmosis.

Smart and stylish without an air of “look at me” showiness, Django Django adroitly bridge the gap between guitar led pop and the dancier end of the musical spectrum in a manner not dissimilar to Franz Ferdinand, Death in Vegas or The Chemical Brothers. Their closest musical relatives, though,

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would have to be The Beta Band, and those nostalgic for the Scottish folktronica outfit’s spaced out jams and low key vocal meanderings are sure to succumb to the charms of this debut release.

The sparkling arrangements display a skillful songwriting approach both lyrically and in the band’s knack for crafting strong melodic hooks. Endlessly rhythmically inventive and unafraid of stretching out on a groove, the album encompasses influences from early R&B through to the Krautrock of Kraftwerk et al and beyond.

A hugely impressive first album, Django Django has hardly been off my stereo since the first listen. Infectious and original, this superb LP offers a sharp riposte to those sounding the death knell for the contemporary indie band.

Well worth checking out. Enjoy.

Seven Jazz Workshops Jazz Workshops continue at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Road, LS7, 2.30 – 4.30pm on Saturday 3rd, 17th and 31st March, cost £10/ £8. Tutors include Martyn Townshend, Colin Byrne and James Hamilton. For further information & bookings contact Jean Watson at jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail.com or call 0113 237 0700.

Jazz workshop/improvisation group with Dominic Moore runs 7.30 – 10pm at the Methodist Centre, Chapel Allerton, on Friday 9th, 23rd and 30th March (£5 per session). dominicgmoore@hotmail.com.

Jazz Choir – Are you interested in singing blues, gospel and jazz, for fun and a performance? The first workshop, tutored by top Leeds jazz vocalist Nikki Allan, takes place at Seven Arts, 2.30 – 4.30pm on Saturday 14th April. Details from jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail.com, or call 0113 237 0700 For all details of Seven Jazz events, visit www.sevenjazz.co.uk

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The Jezabels Thurs1 Mar, The Wardrobe. Emotionally charged, adrenaline fuelled classic rock/pop £8 Haggis Horns Fri 2 Mar The HiFi Club. Authentic James Brown- 70s style soul-funk with horns & Hammonds a-plenty. £7.

AA Bondy Sat 3 Mar, Nation of Shopkeepers. Breathing new life & soul into Cosmic American Music. £9 Toy Horses Sat 3 Mar, Empire. Indie pop project, described by Stephen Fry as his ‘new favourite indie band’.

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Sun 4 Mar, Leeds University Union. A treat for soul & funk fans. Seamless dance routines, blistering hard grooves & irresistable vocals. One of the best funk/ soul outfits in world! £19.50 Cass McCombs Sun 4 Mar, Brudenell Social Club.

Baltimore-based singer/ songwriter makes glum but humorous music. £8 The Leeds Jazz Orchestra Sun 4 March, 1.30 – 4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £5/£4 under 16 free. www. leedsjazzorchestra.com Tristan Mackay Sun 4 March at Brudenell Social Club. Debut album launch.

Support from Matt Belmont.

Tickets £8 Jumbo Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Hawk and a Hacksaw Mon 5 Mar, Hyde Park Picture House.

Accordionist/ drummer Jeremy Barnes & violinist Heather Trost provide live soundtrack for Sergei Parajanov’s classic film. £12 The Answer Tues 6 Mar, The Cockpit. A contemporary take on bluesy, riff heavy hard rock’. £15 Laura Marling Tues 6 March, 02 Academy. Support from Timber Timbre + Pete Roe. Tickets £20.50 Jumbo.

Dave O’Higgins with Eric Alexander & the Kristian Leth Trio Thurs 8 March, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. A two tenor special featuring UK’s O’Higgins & Alexander from US. £15/£12 from 0113 262 6777 or on door.

Lady Maisery Fri 9 March, 8pm at The Packhorse, Woodhouse Lane. Folk trio (Hannah James, Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheingans) – Best Newcomer at 2012 BBC Folk Awards. Tickets: 07588 650557, emily_gait1@ hotmail.com Alice Gold Fri 9 Mar, Empire.

Part power pop, part psych explosion. £7 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: Blue Roses Fri 9 Mar, Hyde Park Picture House. Silent horror finds new life alongside Blue Roses’ haunting score.

The Maccabees Sat 10 Mar, O2 Academy. Art-rock taking inspiration from Stone Roses, Kate Bush & David Bowie.

Gabrielle Aplin Sat 10 March at Cockpit 3, Leeds.

Tickets £7 at Jumbo Dreadzone , Sat 10 Mar, Brudenell Social Club. One of the country’s top reggae & dub acts. £15 Krzysztof Urbanski & The Sam Gardner Trio Sun 11 March, 1.30 – 4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Well known saxman. Winner of International Competition of Jazz Soloists. £5/£4, under 16 free.

King Porter Stomp Sun 11 Mar, The HiFi Club. A dub-ska juggernaut, delivering unique blend of upbeat ska, dub & conscious hip hop. Free.

Souls of Mischief Mon 12 Mar, The Well. Hip Hop group from California, part of hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics.

Composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, & Tajai. £12 Leeds Blues fortnightly Blues nights dedicated to the best of local bands & talent at The Chemic off Woodhouse St. LS6. Tues 13 March: Black Dog Blues Band. Tues 27 March: Blues Positive.

Submotion Orchestra Wed 14 March at The Wardrobe, Leeds. 7.30pm. Tickets £10, from www.ticketsarena.com & venue Hayden Cohen Wed 14 March, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Performance & Album Launch. A man, his guitar & a talent for mixing catchy riffs with eclectic lyrical dexterity.

Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell Thurs 15 Mar, The Wardrobe. Delicate, haunting & heartbreaking folk. £7 The Despoilers Sat 17 March at The Golden Lion, Pudsey. Covers band playing classics from 60s to current favourites. www. thedespoilers.co.uk Zoe Gilby Quintet Sun 18 March, 1.30 – 4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Jazz vocalist making a real impression. Superb interpreter of The Great American Songbook & contemporary material. £5/£4, under 16 free.

Judie Tzuke + Bailey Wed 21 March, 8pm at City Varieties.

Tickets £22.50 from 0113 243 0808.

The Wave Pictures Wed 21 Mar, Brudenell Social Club. Think early Pavement, Galaxie 500, The Pastels, Jonathan Richman. £8.50 Tina May & Nikki Isles Trio Thurs 22 March, 8pm. Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Tina is a gifted jazz singer. She & Nikki have a rapport that goes beyond accompaniment. £15/£12 from 0113 262 6777 or on door.

Leeds Lieder+ Ferrier Award Winner’s Recital Sun 25 March, 3pm Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. Kitty Whately (mezzo soprano) & Christopher Glynn (piano).

Songs by Schumann, Schubert, Wolf, Debussy & Ireland. Tickets (£15/ £10) 0113 343 2584, www. leedslieder.org.uk Stuart McCallum’s ‘Distilled’ Sun 25 March, 1.30 – 4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £5/£4, under 16 free.

O’Hooley & Tidow + Gary Stewart Sun 25 March,7pm at All Hallows Church. £10/£8 from www.facebook. com/allhallows.gigs Leeds Bluegrass Club Thurs 29 March, from 8.30pm at The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane, with lots of Real Ales).

Live acoustic, Americana/ Bluegrass/ Country music.

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Picking sessions, musicians welcome. £3. Details: John 0113 267 0761, Kevin 0113 267 7040.

Roots: The Stevie Williams Most Wanted Band Fri 30 March, 8pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. Headingley.

Great Country/ blues with some outlaw songs thrown in! £5 Liz Green Friday 30 March, Brudenell Social Club. Bluesy folk singer sounding like a cross between Diane Cluck & Joanna Newsom. £8

Sam Airey + Special Guests Fri 23 March at Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, Leeds.

Launch night for ‘A Marker & a Map’ Tickets £6 from www. wegottickets.com

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Sat 31 Mar, Brudenell Social Club. Famous for the Urban Spaceman & Monster Mash, eight original band members including Neil Innes, Sam Spoons & Larry Smith touring for the first time in 40 years. £14

Blacklisters + Shapes Sat 24 Mar, The Library. Heavy, aggressive rock in a Shellac & Jesus Lizard style. Shapes: 4-piece Indie band from Luton. £5.

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A CELEBRATION OF JUNIOR FOOTBALL The Euro 2012 Junior Football Tournament, hosted by Horsforth St Margaret’s JFC, in collaboration with the West Riding County FA, will take place on 16th and 17th June at Leeds University Playing Fields.

This is Horsforth St Margaret’s 13th annual tournament and West Riding County FA have chosen it to re-launch the Respect Campaign in the region.

is on a first come, first served basis and the deadline for applications and payment is 31st May. The event promises to be a superb celebration of Junior Football and you are invited to join in the celebration

and support the FA’s drive to ensure that the messages of the Respect Campaign are embraced and embedded into the game at all levels.

For further information, or to download an entry form, visit www.hsmafc.com

This year all the top teams in the surrounding regional leagues have been invited to showcase the standard of junior football in the County. The games will be refereed by professional referees, including several top flight referees, and there will be BBC TV and radio coverage.

The cost remains the same as last year at £25 for one team/£45 for two and slightly cheaper for girls’ teams. Entry

ST CHAD’S BROOMFIELD HAS LARGEST JUNIOR SECTION IN AREA St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club plays in front of St Chad’s Church on Otley Road in Far Headingley.

The club has been running junior teams for over 25 years and at present has one of the largest junior sections in the local area, with teams at U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 age groups.

They have won a number of league titles recently and have also produced several players who represented the league.

The success of the club is evident in the number of children who are involved. About 75 boys and girls regularly enjoy not only playing in matches but also attending the Saturday morning coaching sessions, where they learn the skills required to play and enjoy the game.

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL TURNS 13!

Leeds Young People’s Film Festival turns thirteen this year and is looking forward to having a bit more responsibility, independence and staying up later! This is reflected in this year’s theme which is all about being independent and ‘doing it yourself’.

This years festival runs from 26th March – 6th April. As usual there will be fantastic new and unseen films from around the world for young people of all ages from 0 – 19. There will also be some special previews of BIG films and classics from the archive.

For those who want to find out more about film, there will be the chance to go behind the scenes with workshops and masterclasses, all led by professionals working in the industry. Young filmmakers can enter a brand new competition ‘Independent Directions’ (INDIs), where they get the opportunity to see their work on the big screen, get feedback from professionals, and the chance to win £250 towards their next project.

This year’s programme includes a special preview of the acclaimed Leeds’

documentary ‘We Are Poets’, following Leeds Young Authors as they take part in an international poetry slam in Washington DC. The screening will take place at Leeds Town Hall on Friday 30th March. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this heart warming and uplifting film before anyone else and meet some of the young people involved.

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The full programme and tickets will be available at the beginning of March.

Sign up to receive a brochure at www. leedsyoungfilm.com or go along to the special programme launch on Sunday 11th March at Hyde Park Picture House, where you will be able to pick up a brochure, enjoy some cake and see a FREE sneak preview of the amazing 2012 programme.

played today. Using a spherical ball, Gaelic football involves kicking, bouncing, blocking and shooting – the ball that is, not other players!

Scoring works like both football and rugby where points are gained through scoring in the net or kicking the ball through the tall goal posts. There is no offside rule and a certain amount of running with the ball and contact with other players is allowed.

In essence the sport is a fast-paced field game requiring skill, speed, intelligence, stamina, strength and passion.

Richmond House School in Far Headingley recently introduced Gaelic Football to its Year Five and Six pupils for a six week period.

“As a school we are committed to offering pupils new and exciting experiences using our extensive school grounds”, said Simon Lowe, Games Coordinator at Richmond House School. “Gaelic Football offers something fun and different for pupils, and gives them a taste of another country’s culture.”

Gaelic football utilises football, rugby and basketball skills. It predates all of these games and is one of the oldest sports

The school hopes to build a long term relationship with the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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They also learnt how Hindus worship at their home shrine, and built a similar shrine so they could see all the objects used for Puja – the act of showing reverence to a god, spirit, or other aspect of the divine through invocations, prayers, songs and rituals.

At the end of the session all the students dressed in either saris or traditional Indian costumes and learnt some simple Indian dance moves. It was a fun and interactive visit and really engaged the students in learning about Hinduism.

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CLAIRE O’HARA WORLD CHAMPION! Emily Jackson (USA), Claire O’Hara and Ruth Gordon (Canada)

Claire O’Hara is a World Champion!

To be more precise, she is World Champion in Freestyle Kayak, and World, European, and British Champion Squirt Boat Kayaking!

We met up with Claire at East of Arcadia in Meanwood recently to find out how a girl from Meanwood finds herself at the top of one of the most exciting water sports. She was just buzzing.

Next month she is off to paddle her way across The States on the North American Colorado Tour – culminating in the Teva Mountain Games in June. Then there are the European Championships in Austria the end of June, coaching in The Alps, then off to Canada and The States again.

I don’t think I would be wrong in saying that here’s a girl who absolutely loves what she does. She got bitten by the kayaking bug on a family holiday when she was very young, joined Leeds Canoe Club in her teens and never looked back.

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In 2001 she took part in her first Freestyle competition and in 2006 was picked for the British team. Since then she has paddled all over the world. Of course it wasn’t just her skill and enthusiasm that got her to this point – which she is quick to point out. The support and encouragement

started with Leeds Canoe Club (based at Kirkstall), an extremely active club with pool and river sessions, whose main speciality is white water kayaking.

Another very active organisation in Leeds is the White Rose Canoe Club based in Roundhay.

Claire attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College (where she now teaches part time).

She went on to obtain a BA Honours degree in Sport and Recreation Development at Leeds Metropolitan University and was awarded a Carnegie Sports Scholarship in 2003 in recognition of her skill and dedication to kayaking. Since then the University’s coaches and physios have voluntarily backed Claire all the way. Without their help and Notre Dame’s understanding attitude she would not have been able to progress the way she has.

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2011 Freestyle kayaking season was the most successful year (so far) in British Freestyle history, winning three gold medals (Men’s and Women’s Freestyle titles and Ladies Squirt Boating), one silver medal and two bronze at the 2011 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships. They’re on a roll! Keep an eye on their progress in 2012.

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RUNNING WITH KIRKSTALL HARRIERS Kirkstall Harriers meet Mondays and Wednesdays at 6.50pm for a 7pm run at Kirkstall Leisure Centre.

The club has over 100 members, ranging from the very fast to those who just enjoy running! They cover distances from three to eight miles on an average training night, and everyone is welcome, as long as you can run about three miles.

Members also organise additional training such as hill sessions, long runs etc. Some members attend track sessions organised by another local club.

For more information, contact stoxy78@hotmail.com or visit www.kirkstallharriers.org.uk

The club takes part in all types of events – cross country, road and fell, all over the country and the world, from one mile to ultra marathons!

They also host the Kirkstall Abbey Seven in September each year, which attracts runners from all over the country and even as far away as Australia! The race is run over a multi-terrain course to and from Kirkstall Abbey.

Kirkstall Harriers are a very friendly club. They have use of the Leeds Postal Sports Association Club nearby, where they meet after training runs for a drink.

CELEBRITY SEVEN-A-SIDE FOR THE CRYPT A Charity Seven-a-Side Football Tournament, including teams from Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street, will be held at Garforth Town Football Club on Sunday 3rd June in

support of the homeless charity St George’s Crypt in Leeds.

“The tournament is open to local and corporate teams and we’re aiming

for 16 teams in total”, said Cheryl Harrington from The Crypt. “If you’re interested in entering a team – get in touch with us very soon. Places are going fast! Kick-off is at 10am. It should be a great family day out - come along to support your favourite teams and meet a few celebrities too!”

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by James Hooton (Sam Dingle on Emmerdale) and Cheryl Harrington, Tara and Bryn McMillan from The Crypt. Brian Close, General Manager at Garforth Town AFC, is allowing free use of the facilities.

There will be live music from local Leeds bands, including Soul Circus who recently raised funds for the Crypt with their Christmas single ‘Picture Frames’.

For further information, contact: Cheryl or Tara on 0113 245 9061, or tara.mcmillan@stgeorgescrypt.org.uk cheryl.harrington@stgeorgescrypt.org. uk

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ST GEMMA’S MIDNIGHT WALK

The Midnight Walk is one of the city’s most popular charity events. It’s a ladies only sponsored walk where you can choose between distances of six or 12 miles and pound the streets of Leeds raising money for St Gemma’s Hospice.

The walk starts at the Xercise 4 Less Gym in Kirkstall on Saturday 12th May, and makes its way to Horsforth or West Park (depending on your chosen distance) and back to the stadium, following well lit, safe streets.

Entry is just £15, which includes a Midnight Walk t-shirt. St Gemma’s also provides food and drink both during and after the walk. There will be entertainment from 8pm at the Stadium, and a real party atmosphere will ensure that participants are in good spirits and ready for the challenge. A firework display at 10pm (new start time) will mark the start of the walk and all 1,000 ladies will set off together.

Participants are asked to get sponsorship for the event to raise vital funds for St. Gemma’s Hospice. To sign up, visit www.leedsmidnightwalk.co.uk, email francines@st-gemma.co.uk or call 0113 218 5505.

LEEDS HOCKEY CLUB – STICKING AROUND FOR 75 YEARS! Leeds Hockey Club was originally founded in Rawdon in 1936. Today it is based at Leeds University’s Weetwood grounds and it is celebrating its 75th anniversary season!

2012 is a big year for hockey in Leeds and the UK. The national men’s and women’s teams are strong contenders for the Olympics and at least one medal is widely anticipated.

Over the years the club has produced several players for the Yorkshire county team and even one who represented England. Last season the club’s mixed team won the Yorkshire Cup and head coach Lewis Butcher is currently plotting the rise of the men’s first team towards the National League and producing the next generation of international players.

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itself on its inclusive nature – the club helps to develop umpires and coaches, has a thriving social scene, and welcomes new players.

If you’ve played hockey before and want to get back into it, or if you’d like to try something new, then visit www. leedshockey.co.uk and find out how to join in one of their training sessions and meet the coaches.

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Details: Helen, 0113 305 3327 Badminton Anyone? Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players.

Fri 7.30-9.30pm at Trinity University, Horsforth. Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham on 258 4532 Ballroom & Sequence Dance Wed 1.30 – 4pm at Queenswood Social Club, Queenswood Dr. LS6. £1.50.

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Details: Tom & Gwen 0113 258 1835 Bramhope Methodist Church Badminton Group meets Mon, 8pm in the church hall.

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Meets Mon 8 – 10pm & Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm at Robert Craven Hall. New members welcome. Details: Stewart 267 3311 Circle Dancing Group meets 1st & 3rd Tues of the month at St.Giles Church Hall, Bramhope. Gentle dancing to beautiful music from all over the world. Great fun, therapeutic, & friendly group.

All welcome. Details: Joan 0113 284 2549.

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: Barbara 267 1522 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) New members invited. All ages & abilities welcome.

Practice Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm, Brownberrie Lane

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Dance Scottish in Adel Scottish Country Dancing, Mon 1.45 – 4.45pm & Tues 7.45 – 9.45pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). Beginners welcome.

No partner necessary.

Details: Don Andrews 01535 605065, donald@ hbandrews.fsnet.co.uk or Irene Dracup 263 1310 www.rscdsleeds.org.uk Five-a-Side Football Tournament Sun 18 March at Soccer City, Leeds. In aid of St Gemma’s Hospice.

Teams of five can register for this fun event to win the trophy & fantastic prizes Entry fee £75 per team.

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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

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Leeds Contra Ceilidh meets 8 - 10.30pm at Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Rd. (near the Skyrack). 2nd & 4th Tues of month (Sept to June). Live band! No partner or experience required.

Newcomers welcome.

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Leeds HF Rambling & Social Club. Walks on a Sunday geared to public transport from Leeds. Social events in winter. Details: Send SAE to John Maltman, 52 Vesper Gate Mount, Leeds LS5 3NN.

Phoenix Folk Dancers English Country Dancing, Adel Methodist Church Hall, (behind the Lawnswood Arms), Wed 8 – 10pm.

Beginners welcome, partner not necessary. Details: 2611902

Sequence Tea Dance Mon 2 – 4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall.

Refreshments & raffle prizes.

You don’t need a partner, just enthusiasm! Keep fit in a fun, friendly atmosphere.

Details: Marjorie 267 9802

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

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

Leeds YHA Walking Group organises walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities.

Over 160 members aged 20-74. Try before joining.

Details: Mary 228 6766, Phil 268 9996 www.leedsyha. org.uk Lindy Fridays Lindy Hop classes for complete beginners onwards at The Carriageworks Theatre, Millenium Sq. No partner required, Beginners class 7pm (Level 2 Room1) £5.

Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon, Wed, Fri 5.45 – 7.15pm at Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome. Details: 0789 0398968

Scottish Country Dancing Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm, St Columba’s, Headingley Lane.

All abilities welcome, no

partner necessary. £2.50 incl. refreshments. Details: 269 1791, pathynes001@ tiscali.co.uk Senior Badminton Mon pm at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall – new members always welcome. Details: Chris 2671829

Salmon & Trout Association (West Yorkshire Branch) Sat 24 March: Beginners’ Day, fly fishing course at Kilnsey Pk, Nr Grassington. Details of full programme: Stephen

Cheetham 0113 250 7244 Yarnbury Angling Club Matches 1st Sun of month.

Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues.

Details: Adrian Addy 07956 964713.

Zumba – Low Impact Class Thurs 11am – 12 noon at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. Suitable for older adults & anyone wanting to return to fitness. Details: Carol 0750 3165127, 261 1807 ARTS & CRAFTS Adel Art Group Learn to paint with Alex Purves. Tues 7 – 9pm at the Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. New members welcome. Details: John Hartley 01943 874162

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Bramhope Arts Club 5 March: AGM & Forte Trophy competition. 12 March: Watercolour demonstration with Paul Talbot Greaves.

19 & 26 March: Practical evenings. 2 April: Brenda Chappell demonstrates using Caran D’Ache materials.

7.30pm at Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane.

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sun 4 March: Painting Misty Landscapes workshop with Sue Brant.

Sat 17 March: Painting Animals in Freestyle workshop with Yan Wang. All workshops 10am - 4pm at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk Flower Arranging Classes 1st Thurs of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Horticultural Society, 186 Kirkstall Lane. Beginners welcome. Details: Kath Hall 275 2436, kaybeehall@ talktalk.net 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.

Horsforth Arts Society meets Wed, 7.30pm at The Studio, 15 Back Lane, Horsforth for a full & varied programme.

7 March: Demonstration of acrylics with Jake Attree.

14 March: AGM. 21 March: Practical session following on from demonstration.

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Calligraphy lessons for absolute beginners & those with a prior knowledge of this wonderful art form.

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Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 28 March, 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby LS17. A practice ‘Scintillation’ for The May Hall Trophy. Details & 2012 programme: 01943 863172 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Bramhope Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, 10am – 2pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane.

Home baking, organic meats, sausages & pies, free range eggs, bread & cheese, plus veg produced by local farmers. Wheelchair access.

Bramhope Methodist Church Coffee Shop Every Tues 10am-noon. Delicious homemade scones & friendly fellowship – all welcome.

Coffee Morning Sat 31 March, 10.30am – 12 at The Old Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel, (behind the church). Join them for homemade scones & cakes.

All welcome.

Coffee Morning Sat 31 March, 10.30am – 12 noon at Cookridge Village Hall.

Raffle, cakes, tombola, books & more. Adm £1 incl refreshments. Tickets from: 267 4706, 267 3621 or on door.

Friends of Guiding Coffee Morning Sat 31 March, 10am – 12 noon at Central Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth. Bric a brac, cards, books, cake stall & tombola.

Fun Charity Auction Sat 10 March, viewing 10am/ Auction 11am at St Margaret’s Hall, (junction Fink Hill & Hall Lane, Horsforth). In aid of Feral Cat Welfare. If you have items to donate or would like to help, email feralcatwelfare@aol. com. Details: 07876 212 518 Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of each month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc, North Lane. 9am – 12.30pm.

Horsforth in Bloom Coffee Morning Sat 24 March, 10am – 12.30pm. With

stalls. In aid of Horsforth Central Methodist Church.

Indoor Car Boot Sale Sat 24 March, 10am – 1pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd. Moortown.

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Indoor Car Boot Sale Sat 24 March, 10am – 1pm at St Gemma’s Hospice, 329 Harrogate Rd. Moortown.

Free parking, entry by donation.

Leeds Feline Friends Spring Fair Sat 17 March, 10am – 1pm at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Horsforth. Variety of stalls including Easter Egg tombola, books & cakes.

Delicious refreshments.

Many bargains to be found!

Spring Fayre Sat 10 March, 10.30am – 3.30pm at Pool Methodist Hall. Crochet articles, preserves, cakes, handbags, jewellery, cards, quilted goods & exciting art exhibition. Refreshment.

Table Top Sale Sat 17 March, 10am – 12 noon at Cookridge Methodist Church (corner Otley Old Rd/Tinshill Rd) Homemade cakes, brica-brac, jewellery, videos, toys, jigsaws GROUPS Adel Bridge Club meets Fri, 7.15pm at Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane. Relaxed Chicago Bridge club.

New members welcome, whether improvers or more experienced players. No partner needed. Details: Janice 230 6387 or 07713 402405 Adel & District Horticultural Society meets 2nd Mon in month, Sept – May, 7.45pm at Friends Meeting House, New Adel Lane.

New members welcome.

12 March: ‘Mico-bed Gardening - Growing food in small spaces’ by Colin Shaw.

Details: Tarn Everett 261 3095

Adel & District Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show Sat 14 April, 2 – 4.15pm at Methodist Church Hall, Holt Lane, Adel. Entries from nonmembers welcome. Details: Sylvia Halliday 267 1708 Adel Crag Community Assoc keeps you informed about what is happening in your neighbourhood, with up-todate information on local news, events etc. Details: Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag.org.com Aireborough Duplicate Bridge Club meets Tues 7pm, Rawdon Conservative Club.

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Details: 261 2139 beverley. harfield@ntlworld.com Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips and social events. Details: Dave Senior 0113 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk/ Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs, 8.30pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome.

Details: 391 0403, www. alwoodleymc.org.uk.

Bramhope Bridge Club Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Mon 12.45 – 4.15pm & Tues & Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm. Lessons for novices on Wed evenings.

Details: Bob 225 7495 Bramhope Round Table Every 2nd Tues. Fun, friendship & fundraising (in that order!). All men between 18 & 45 welcome. Details: www.bramhoperoundtable. co.uk, info@bramhope844. co.uk Budgie Sitters Circle Do you worry about your budgies when you’re away? Join the Budgie Sitters Circle – then you can hand your budgies over to another member & return the favour when they go away, & you’ll know your pets are being well cared for.

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Fundraisers needed to raise funds for food, cat kennels & vet costs. Fosterers also needed - full support given.

Details: 07876 212 518, www.feralcatwelfare.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 Cookridge Camera Club Wed 7.30pm, Cookridge Village Hall, Green Lane/ Moseley Wood Lane junction.

Excellent guest speakers & in-house competitions. New members welcome. Details: Stephen 268 7429 Cookridge Gardening Club meets Wed 21 March, 7.30pm in Cookridge Methodist Church Hall, when Mr Frank Robinson will speak about ‘Baltic Beauties’. All welcome, come & support your local club. Admission just £1 incl refreshments, members 50p.

Friends Hunger Hills Woods AGM Mon 5 March, 7.30pm at the Grey Horse PH, Long Row, Horsforth. Officers for the Friends will be appointed, a report on the year’s activities presented, & hopefully there will also be a guest speaker. Details: 258 3140, leelanefarm@hotmail. com Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Sat 3 March, 7 April. Practical work party with Dave Blackham, LCCl Parks & Countryside Ranger.

Meet 10am Otley Rd car park, opposite main gates.

Wear suitable clothing & footwear. Bring packed lunch (cafe if preferred).

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Thoresby School. Details: Alan Mann 07901 656886, www.holtparktra.btck.co.uk Horsforth in Bloom meets Sat 3 March, 10am in the Museum to discuss the Spring Judging (scheduled for after 26 March). The group is involved in organising a schools’ photographic competition with categories on environment, nature & horticulture. To be judged by Mark Swinford. Prize: family portrait taken at his studio.

More helpers please to help make Horsforth bloom!

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Details: 268 7697 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 Caledonian Society Wed 21 March, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Headingley St Columba’s Church Hall. Final winter meeting is a musical evening. Note change of venue! Details: 267 4141, info@leedscaledonians.org

Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds, The Horsforth Club, New Road Side, 7.15pm & Thurs 1.30– 4.30pm. New members welcome. Details: Mike Bent 258 1580.

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Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk, www.leedsfelinefriends.org. uk.

Horsforth Photographic Club meets Weds, 7pm in the Stable Block behind the museum. New members very welcome. Details: 258 9149, rjoyful@yahoo.com

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. Next meetings Thurs 15 March, Tues 17 April, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.

Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495

Horsforth Retired People’s Club meets 2nd & 4th Thurs of month, 9.30 – 11am at St Margaret’s Parish Centre.

Speakers on a wide variety of subjects plus refreshments & time to socialise. Visitors & prospective members very welcome. Details: Everett Cooke 258 9149, Beryl Harland 258 6907 Horsforth WI meets 3rd Mon of the month at St James’s Parish Centre, Low Lane, 7.30pm. Interesting speakers. Visitors welcome.

Details: Pat 258 7062, Christine on 258 9501.

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 AGM & Pizza Wed14 March, 7.30pm at St Luke’s Church House, 9 Alma Rd. Headingley. Wed 28 March 46th German Circles’ Annual Dinner at Sandal Farm Restaurant, Thornton.

Leeds Lions meets 2nd Mon, Holiday Inn Express, Cavendish St. LS3, 7.30pm.

Details: 0845 833 7428, www.lionsclubs.org Leeds Movie Makers Get more out of your camcorder & film making. Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance), Fri 7:30pm.

Details: George Woolley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972.

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 Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm in St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome. Details: 265 0651, www.lps1852.co.uk

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 Leeds U3A A vibrant organisation with 19 interest groups & regular monthly meetings for anyone not in full time occupation. Details: Bill 07552 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk Leeds University Old Students’ Association welcomes all former students of the University.

Wed 21 March, 2pm: A visit to Shibden Hall, Halifax.

Details: The Secretary 0113 261 4564, gmroche@ btinternet.com Mahjong Thurs 10am – 12.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall. Lively, Chinese game played with small tiles. Happy, friendly group. Details: Jenny 230 0094 Mercury Movie Makers meet Weds, Rawdon Conservative Club, 7:30pm. The club is for camcorder owners. Advice, regular film & practical evenings, & occasional outdoor events. Details: 0113 257 7274, www. mercurymoviemakers.com 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.

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

Paxton Horticultural Society Spring Show Sat 7 April at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. Open to public from 2pm. Details & Schedules: Graham Wheatley 0113 256 3055, or Paxton’s website.

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 The Other Bridge Club Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome. Details: Sandra 01943 463332 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 Tinshill Tenants’ & Residents’ Association New group. Interested in getting involved & improving the area you live in? Details tinshilltenants@hotmail. co.uk, 07730 369 663 Wharfedale Speakers Club meets 1st & 3rd Wed of each month at Cross Green Community Centre, Pool Rd, Otley. New members welcome. Speakers of all ages & backgrounds.

Come along & improve your speaking skills. Details: Tony Morris 0113 258 3507 White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 8pm at Farsley Library, Old Rd. Farsley, LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills. Also on YouTube. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, hansonstevie@hotmail.com.

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.

MUSIC 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.

The Chippendale Singers, a mixed voice choir, rehearse Wed, 7.45 – 9.30pm Methodist Church, Boroughgate, Otley. Repertoire includes madrigals, folksongs, spirituals & sacred works, plus lighter music & songs from shows. Vacancies for male singers (music readers essential). Details: Chris Denton 0113 284 3744 chrisjdenton@gmail.com To book choir: Jan Wilkinson 01943 461318 www. chippendalesingers.co.uk Fairfax Singers (Burleyin-Wharfedale) sing for charities & have helped raise significant funds. If you would like to book a concert please contact Marjorie Hall 01274 597024, marj. hall51@yahoo.co.uk. www. fairfaxsingers.org.uk Horsforth Choral Society Spring Concert Tues 27 March, 7.30pm at St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth. Faure’s ‘Cantique De Jean Racine’ & Durufle’s ‘Requiem’, with Mezzo Soprano Lucy Appleyard, Baritone Quentin Brown, Conductor Kathryn Woodruff.

Tickets £8 (Age 16 & under £6) from 0113 250 2203 or on the door.

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 Idle Guitarists Meet Fri, 1.30 – 3.30pm in Idle Baptist Church, Idle, Bradford.

Absolute beginners to advanced, young or old, all are invited to join this

friendly group. Music is provided, tailored to your level. All you need is a classical (or acoustic) guitar.

Details: Darren 07752 184752 Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to come & try us out. Wide repertoire of music & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk.

Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Road, 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 PSR S900. Concerts by professional artists – 7 March, 8pm: Matthew Bason. Guests welcome. £4.

Details: 0113 267 9865, www.organfax.co.uk, www. leedssocialclubs.co.uk New Direction exciting new female choir (all ages). Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Will be performing in concerts, competitions & charity events throughout the year.

West End musicals, pop & folk songs, & classical pieces. Details: Tracy 07914 833394 Phoenix Concert Band A community wind band rehearsing Thurs, 7.30 – 9.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane LS16 All players at least Grade 5 welcome – especially brass players.

Interested in joining or booking the band? Details: secretary@phoenixband. co.uk or www.phoenixband. co.uk.

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 Sheffield City Salvation Army Band Sat 31 March, 7.30pm at Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth.

Admission Free. Collection for Music and the Deaf.

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 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 SENIORS Beaus & Belles Spring Dance Sat 24 March, 7 – 11pm at Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, Adel. Get out your dancing shoes! Ballroom, Sequence & Fun Dances.

Licensed bar, buffet & raffle. £5 on door. All regular supporters & new dancers very welcome. Please note change of venue. Details: Ken 230 1213, Edna 267 9670, Sheila 217 9136 Disabled & Elderly Bowling Fri 10am – 12 noon in Hall Park, Horsforth. All welcome.

COMMUNITY NOTICES Horsforth Live at Home Bacon Butties served Tues 11.30am- 12.30pm, followed by dancing ‘til 3pm. Thurs: coffee morning (9.30 – 11am), indoor bowls (10am – 12pm), & lunch 11.30am – 1pm). Details: 259 1511 OPAL Coffee Afternoon Fri 1.30 – 3.30pm at The Old Post Office, 10 Silk Mill Drive, Cookridge. Details: 261 9103.

Sequence Tea Dances Mon 2 – 4pm, Bramhope Methodist Church Hall.

Everyone welcome.

Refreshments & raffle.

Details: Marjorie 267 9802.

Woodside Luncheon Club (Outwood Lane) Meets Thursdays & is open to all elderly Horsforth residents.

Details: 258 3184 SPIRITUAL Adel Baptist Congregation invites you to Sunday services, 10.30am in Adel Primary School, Tile lane, LS16. Worship style is informal with mixture of contemporary & traditional songs. Also, a variety of day time & evening groups.

Details: Revd Richard Pollard 275 4989, Richard@spbc. org.uk Adel Methodist Church, corner of Holt Lane & Gainsborough Ave, invites you to Sunday Services at 10.30am. Junior Church also meets at 10.30am Adel St John the Baptist Lent Studies: Tues 28 Feb, & 6, 13, 20 & 27 March, 7.30 9pm. Joint meetings with St Paul’s, Ireland Wood in the Jubilee Room, St Paul’s.

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. 54 March 2012 | northleedslife.co.uk

www.ourladyofkirkstall.org. uk Cookridge Methodist Church 10.30am Morning Worship. All ages welcome Excellent crèche facilities & refreshments served afterwards. 2nd Sun of month: Family Parade Service - informal, friendly worship for all ages.

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 Drop-in Group Meditation Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun of month: 6.30-7.30pm). Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727, leeds@uk.bkwsu. org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/ leeds Horsforth Churches Together Ecumenical house groups will meet during Lent, using York Course ‘Handing on the Torch.’ United service 7.30pm each evening of Holy Week (except Maundy Thursday). Good Friday: Walk of Witness, starts11.30am outside St Mary’s, ends with service on The Green, followed by soup lunch at Grove Centre. Easter Sunday starts with a Dawn Service in Hall Park. Details: 258 3521 Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. A contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition.

Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management.

Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org.

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 Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm at Quaker Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, (The Power of Now & A New Earth). Join like-minded people to watch footage of Eckhart Tolle talk followed by silent meditation. Small donation appreciated.

Details: 07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com ‘Moody & Sankey’ Sun 18 March, 6pm at Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth. Celebration led

by Rev G.D.Hall & featuring Grove Choir. Refreshments.

All welcome. Free. Collection for Leprosy Mission Ratnasambhava Buddhist Centre (22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, LS8) weekly classes in meditation & Buddhism. Tues March 6, 13 & 20, 12.30pm & 7.30pm.

Also Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Thurs March 1, 8, 15, 22at 7.30pm. Half day course Sat 10 March, 10am - 1pm. £10. Details: 0113 265 8164, info@ meditationinleeds.org St Barnabas Church, Alwoodley In 2012, the church celebrates its 50th anniversary. A full programme of events is planned. All welcome.

Details: 0113 267 8487, www.stbarnabasleeds.org.uk St Paul’s Church, Raynel Drive, LS16. Said Eucharist Sun 8am; Sung Eucharist,10am. 1st Sunday – family Eucharist with Band – families warmly welcome.

3rd Sunday – Kidz club during service. Mothering Sunday Service 18th March.

Details: Rev Janice Smith 203 7523, Rev Linda Ludkin 230 1564 or see www. stpaulirelandwood.org.uk

The Wharfedale Vineyard Sunday services 10am at Ralph Thoresby School, Holt Park with refreshments).

Details: 245 9111 www. wharfedale-vineyard.org SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds Branch Meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Entry £2 incl. refreshments & raffle. New members welcome. Details: Pat 0113 275 7694 Carers’ Support Group Friendly group meets 1st Tues of month at Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth LS18. Join them for a cuppa & a chat. Details: Angie at Carers Leeds 246 8338.

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 Different Strokes invites stroke survivors to join them.

Weds 1.45 – 3.45pm Adel Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Includes an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 Families Need Fathers 7.30pm, every 2nd Wed, Victoria Hotel, Great George St. Leeds. Support & advice for parents trying to maintain & develop relationships with their children, following divorce or family breakdown.

Details: Don 07981 710179, Ray 07921 728747.

Leeds Diabetes Support Group meets 1st Mon of month, West Yorkshire Playhouse 7 – 9pm. Variety of speakers on all aspects of diabetes care. All welcome.

Details: Joan Wells 225 4528

Phone: 07742 923643 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.

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Wed 14 March, 6.45 – 9pm at the Village Hotel, Otley Rd. Rheumatoid & Inflammatory Arthritis Open Information Event. Everyone welcome. Free. Please ring 0845 458 3969 to register your interest, or email sue@ nras.org.uk, volunteers@nras. org.uk The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of each month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road, Headingley. Details: Nikki 231 1727 The Owls New city-wide informal childminding group offering support, training & information, & social events.

Membership £5 pa. Details: 240 2956.

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club (affiliated with British Heart Foundation) is open to former cardiac patients & their partners.

Opportunity to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Clive Wilkinson 0113 267 1721 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 Forum 2000 Wed, 10am, Grove Centre, New St, Horsforth. March 7: Nigel Reynolds discusses population matters in ‘How many is too many?’ March 14: Rosemary Preece on Yorkshire Mining Museum.

March 21: Forum member Maureen Idle, on her visit to Nepal ‘Elephants, Mountains & Traidcraft’. March 28: Linda Pollard OBE on ‘The Changing Landscape of the NHS’. Details: 258 3521, hm.taylor1@ntlworld.com

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Friends of University Art & Music (Leeds) helps to foster the musical and artistic outreach of the University of Leeds. Membership is open to all. Regular activities. Mon 12 March, 6.30pm in the School of Music: The FUAM Annual Lecture – ‘Daring to Compose New Opera’ by composer Cheryl FrancesHoad. Details: 0113 343 2584, www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam Horsforth Historical Society meets 3rd Tues, 7.30pm at The Stable Block behind the museum. Tues 20 March: AGM & ‘Deadlier than the Male: the role of women in wartime’ with Phil Judkins. All welcome 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 15 March, 7:15pm in Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University. Lecture: ‘Middle Jurassic Floras from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, & their application to hydrocarbon exploration’ by Dr Stephen Stukins, Natural History Museum, London.

Visitors welcome. Details: www.leedsga.org.uk

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Leeds Microscopical Society (LMS) meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7pm at Alwoodley Methodist Church Hall.

Varied programme of talks & practical evenings, open to all with an interest in natural history & who wish to learn about microscopy. 8 March: Your favourite books on Microscopy. 22 March: Identifying Pollen Grains in Honey. Details: 0113 293 5991, mikesmith_176sh@ yahoo.co.uk

to all. March 13: ‘Winter Maintenance Programme’ with Russell Martin, Highway Maintenance Manager, Leeds City Council. Details: snorris@env.leeds.ac.uk

Leeds Naturalists’ Club & Scientific Association meets Mon 12 March, 7.15pm at the Quaker Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, for a talk on ‘Birdwatching from Japan to Alaska’. Details: Mary Larner 261 2589

Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 10 March, 2pm at 23, Clarendon Rd, Leeds – a lecture by James Lomax on ‘Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam’. Free dropin sessions Tues 2 – 4pm for anyone needing help with family history research.

Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113 263 9540

Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire Centre) Interested in weather & atmospheric phenomena?

Monthly informal talks on all aspects – from extreme weather to climate change – at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. Free & open

‘Supporting Behaviour Change in Eating’ Sat 10 March, 11am at The Orchard, Town St. Horsforth LS18 5LB. Free talk by Ursula Philpott, Registered Dietician (as seen on TV’s Supersize V Superskinny’).

WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel YCA (Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association) meets 7.15pm at Adel Primary School, Tile Lane. New members & guests welcome (£2.50).

Mon 12 March: AGM. Mon 26 March: Pam Trace on ‘Embroiders & Craft’.

Details: Val Crompton 225 9142 Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed of month at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. Wed 7 March: ‘The Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons’ with Professor Joyce Hill (not Bill Cowling as previously advertised).

Wed 4 April: ‘Chatsworth: a Personal View’ with Christine Robinson, Visitor Services Manager. Details: Muriel Huntley 0113 230 1584 British Federation of Women Graduates (Leeds Association) meets monthly.

Thurs 29 March, 2pm: A visit to the Yorkshire Fashion Archive at the University of Leeds. Details: The

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Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257 9381.

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: http://soroptimist-gbi.org/ leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Road, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch at 12.30pm, followed by talk. Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437 hharrison578@btinternet. com 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 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.

Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association meets 2nd Thurs each month, 1.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome.

MISC / EVENTS ‘Agnes of God’ Fri 2 March, 7.30pm at Adel St John’s Church. Play by John Pielmeier, performed by The Music Room Players. Tickets £8 incl. refreshments.

Proceeds in aid of Adel Church Funds. Details: Pat Riley 230 0312, pat. riley12@ntlworld.com Bee Swarms will be collected free of charge. Details: Terry 0113 268 8231

Blood Donor Session Wed 7 March, 2 – 4pm & 5 – 7.30pm at The Grove Centre, New St. Horsforth Bramhope Methodist Dinner Club Enjoy a meal provided by ‘Culinery Quest’ & hear Lorrie Clemie talk on the subject: ‘Hearing & the Art of Communication’ on Tues 20 March, 7.30pm in Bramhope Methodist Church Hall.

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Details: 07982 092573 stmargaretsparishcentre@ gmail.co.uk Horsforth Civic Society Public Meeting Tues 13 March, 7.30pm at St. Margaret’s Church Parish Centre. Steve Joul, Senior Countryside Ranger with Leeds Parks & Countryside Services will give an illustrated talk on ‘Local Nature Reserves & their Wildlife’. Everyone welcome.

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Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (Leeds) Sun 25 March 2pm: visit to The Jewish Heritage Centre for Children, 168 Shadwell Lane, LS17. To include JHCC talk & videos, Shtetl (Village) tour, Kosher Discovery Supermarket & Kitchen. £3 JGSGB & JHS members/ £3.50 non-members.

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Tickets: £6 (£5 Friends of Leeds Lieder+) from Leeds Lieder+, Festival office, Leeds College of Music on 0113 234 6956, or info@ leedslieder.org.uk. www. leedslieder.org.uk

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Details: Doreen Sergent 266 5237.

Quiz Night Sat 24 March, 7.30pm at Cookridge Village Hall. Licensed bar. Tickets £8 include fish & chips supper. Tickets from: 267

3621, 267 4706 St Patrick’s Day KneesUp Fri 16 March, 7pm at Prout Conference Centre, St Gemma’s Hospice. Fun night with plenty of Celtic cheer, dancing & Guinness?

The Assumption Ceili Band will be playing. Bar, raffle & Irish Stew! Tickets £10/ £5.

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Details:258 1346/ 07792 2762248 Volunteer with OPAL Visit an older person in hospital or at home; Take them to an appointment; Help them enjoy an OPAL trip; Teach somebody computer skills.

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Opening times: Monday – Friday 9-5 • Saturday 9-1 • Sunday by appointment

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Complete installation service FREE home assessment (no obligation, no salesmen) Full specification and quotation Computer designed plans & images (Ilkley) Limited Reduced Taylor rate VATGolding available (terms apply) 18 Far Mead Croft, Burley In Wharfedale, West Yorkshire LS29 7RR Tel: 01943 863489 Email: info@taylorgolding.co.uk Registered in England No. 5755675

Visit our NEW showroom - Try before you buy Tel: 0113 2015030 Visit our website at: www.moreability.co.uk Or email us for more information: info@moreability.co.uk

Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm, other times by appointment

NEW SHOWROOM! 6 Hales Road, Leeds LS12 4PL (Near Makro)

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