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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, This month we are thrilled to bring you an interview with Anthony Gormley.

Brendan made his way to Harewood House to catch him as he unveiled his new works, which are now on show there.

We also have a number of great offers for you, including a competition to win Family Tickets to the Christmas Shows at The Playhouse; fun competitions at The Carriageworks; tickets for the Yorkshire Antiques and Art Fair; and a taste sensation at Gaucho’s.

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Cover Photo: Anthony Gormley at Harewood House

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Anthony Gormley at Harewood House

Sculptor creates two striking new pieces on show now at Harewood House

Plus, the excitement is building for the 25th Leeds International Film Festival; there’s a hilarious play that’s a must for all Leeds United fans; music is pouring out of the city; and we take a peek at a Headingley house that’s about to be featured on ITV’s May the Best House Win. Let us know what you have in store for November. The deadline for editorial is 1st October and for advertising it’s 7th October.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the team

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Lawnswood Cemetery Friends Aim to Raise Awareness

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ith an awakening interest in genealogy and local history, old cemeteries are attracting more and more interest.

Lawnswood Cemetery, which covers 65 acres, contains some stunning memorials (four of which are Grade 2 listed), wonderful buildings (all Grade 2 listed), memorials to eminent Leeds families, and is

was the first to use gas. French engineers came over to help with the installation. The Columbarium was the final addition to the major buildings in 1933.

Textile Workshops in Meanwood The Three Churches in Meanwood have organised a series of informal textile workshops in October and November.

It was taken into Council ownership in 1974 and, unfortunately, has been subject to staff and funding cuts since, which has had a negative effect on its appearance. Currently work is being undertaken on

The course, which will include both wet and dry felting as well as other techniques, will be suitable for both beginners and those who would like to improve their skills. It will run for six weeks, 7.30 – 9pm on Wednesdays 5th, 12th, 19th October, and 2nd, 9th and 16th November.

Once again, the aim is to make this activity accessible to the whole community, so the charge will be just £1 per session to help pay for materials.

also a peaceful haven for wildlife.

It had been the wood belonging to Lawns Hall - hence the name Lawnswood.

The cemetery was developed to serve the parish of Headingleycum-Burley and the first burial dates to 1876. Adel was chosen as the location because it had a new road, little opposition (no nearby housing) and an available site which could be purchased cheaper than any land within the Leeds boundary.

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the Columbarium roof and there are plans for further projects.

Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery are hoping to help raise standards and awareness of the importance of the Cemetery. They are holding an open meeting on Wednesday 5th October, 5.30pm at Lawnswood Cemetery Chapel and they would be delighted to see you there. Their first event – a work party led by David Blackham, Countryside Ranger, Leeds City Council, is on Saturday 29th October (meet in the car park at 10am).

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ROYAL PARK SCHOOL INELIGIBLE FOR LOTTERY FUNDING The Royal Park Community Consortium (RPCC) is expecting to hear the decision of Leeds City Council Executive Board regarding the future of the Royal Park School building in early October. Deemed ineligible by postcode for Lottery and European Regional Development Funding, the Consortium has been unable to locate any other large capital funding streams for the renovations, meaning the £800,000 offer also fell through at the end of August.

With diminishing time, RPCC is still looking for funding that could help refurbish the site and continues its fundraising to pay off its debts to the architects and other businesses. Leeds Ahead, supported by the Council, has set up meetings with some professional ‘critical friends’ to look again at the alternatives and a report will go to the Council, before the executive meets to make a decision. Other group members are exploring a variety of avenues.

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People involved with the RPCC are realists. Whatever Leeds City Council Executive board decides, members are working on other plans, looking at what support and activities the area really needs and exploring ways of developing those services to pull the community together. That was always what the RPCC wanted, to help integrate the diverse community. Since the school closed, support activities serving particular sections of the Hyde Park community have been put in place and more are in the pipeline. However, these will not help the area develop as an integrated community.

After seven years of neglect, the building is all but wrecked. On a recent visit by potential funders, it was reported that the group was not allowed to go upstairs, on safety grounds.

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Several local residents have raised concerns over the Meanwood Park Hospital site so I thought I would use this opportunity to update you on progress towards improving this area of woodland. The site has been in a considerable state of disrepair for some time but is owned by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, so the Council has not been able to act.

It has been the subject of discussion between former councillor Brenda Lancaster, myself, and the two organisations (the Council and Hospital Trust) for a while, with a view to coming to an agreement on how the site can be cleared up and maintained. I received the following notification of an offer from the Council’s City Development Department, which, I think, brings some new hope: “We would be prepared to look after [the woodlands] as long as they were brought up to an adoptable standard – not just the trees but also the paths, walls, infrastructure and everything – and also if there is a maintenance sum to keep them properly.”

For now, the land remains the responsibility of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, so please feel free to direct any complaints to me, and I will take them up on your behalf. I look forward to this issue being resolved, for the benefit of the local community, and congratulate both the Council and the Trust for getting this far. There’s still a lot of work to be done with the Trust to get the site up to scratch, but here’s to hoping we will all see a beautifully maintained woodland area in the coming months and years!

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In May this year the people of Headingley elected me to be their new Labour Councillor and it is a great honour and privilege to represent the Ward.

Community Safety is one of my priorities, along with housing, the economy and the environment. The recent events of civil disturbance in London and elsewhere demonstrated how important it is to tackle both crime and depravation in our city. I was pleased, therefore, to see a new initiative tackling burglary across Leeds, and backed by the Council to the tune of £1.3M, was recently launched. It will be run by Safer Leeds, a partnership body that includes the police. The funding will be targeted at areas such as Headingley and Hyde Park, where we still suffer from far too high a rate of burglary.

Whilst we have come a long way in making north Leeds safer, we can’t afford to let the situation go backwards.

My promise is to listen to local residents, campaign on the issues you care about and work with you to address the challenges that Headingley and Leeds face My promise is to listen to local residents, campaign on the issues you care about and work with you to address the challenges that Headingley and Leeds face. Please don’t hesitate to contact me. I will be holding regular surgeries at HEART on Bennett Road, Headingley, on the third Saturday of each month, including 15th October, 19th November and 17th December.

You can also reach me via 0113 224 3031 07791 795228, neil.walshaw@leeds.gov.uk

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DON’T CRY FOR BEEF, ARGENTINA! GAUCHO PUT ON A MASTERCLASS THAT DEFINITELY GETS TOP MARKS Despite having been open now for a year, you would be forgiven for missing Gaucho in Leeds city centre. The unassuming entrance on Park Row is tucked away in the heart of the city’s business district and is easy to miss for those not in the know. Fortunately for us, we had the opportunity to meet the Gaucho team for a masterclass in their specialty – Argentine beef and wine.

Gaucho revealed itself to be a very elegantly put together venue with slick, modern monochrome décor and a well stocked bar that offer familiar cocktails with an Argentine twist (try the Pommelina, their take on a Caipirinha – delicious!).

Our hosts for the evening were Mike Reid, Executive Chef, who opened our eyes to what makes Argentine beef so exquisite, and Phil Crozier, Wine Director, who guided us through a myriad of red wines to complement the beef.

The beef was phenomenal and each of the six cuts we tried was cooked to melt-in-the-mouth perfection. The secret appears to be a combination of how the beef is reared and aged. Much of it is down to the Argentinean terrain, which offers a rich diet of easy-todigest fine grass. The level ground means that the cows’ muscles grow evenly, resulting in cattle that are not only identical in size, but also meat that is beautifully tender throughout. The meat is wet aged, vacuum sealed and left

to mature in its own juices, as it is shipped over to UK for use in Gaucho’s 14 UK restaurants.

The award-winning wine list comprises the largest collection of Argentine wines anywhere outside Argentina and Phil visits at least twice a year to source the best available. Gaucho even have their own vineyard.

As with the beef, it is the terrain that makes Argentine wine so different. Most of the vineyards are in the province of Mendoza, high on the slopes of the Andes, and varied changes in altitude result in extraordinary wine-growing conditions. The wine seasons are also longer than in Europe, giving the grapes more time to mature on the vine, so they have a richer flavour and can be drunk much younger than many of their European counterparts.

The evening was fascinating and we learnt more about Argentine beef and wine than we ever thought we could want to know!

The service is impeccable, the atmosphere formal but not stiff and the food flawless. Gaucho’s sophisticated elegance makes it perfect for corporate entertaining and events, a romantic night out or even just a quick cocktail in the bar, I know we will be heading there again.

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Yellowhammers are elongated long-tailed buntings.

Males have a yellowish head and undersides with a redbrown rump contrasting with an olive-brown back. By contrast females are browner and more streaked. Evocative of warm summer days is the repetitive song.

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They are slim and long-tailed, smaller than yellowhammers. In summer plumage, males have a grey head and brown back with red on forehead and breast. Females, and males in winter, are brownish. Melodious, mixed with chattering notes, the song is cheerful and pleasant.

Both species prefer open lowland country where they prefer hedges, young plantations, heaths and other bushy areas. Linnets are particularly fond of gorse bushes as nesting sites.

Neither bird is as common as formerly. A contributory factor is considered to be reduced availability of winter seed.

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THEY LIVED IN HEADINGLEY GEORGE HOLBROOK JACKSON (1874-1948) Journalist, writer and publisher

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n the autumn of 1900 two young men met by chance in a bookshop on Briggate and found they shared interests and ideas which set them apart from what they saw as the grubby commercialism of Leeds. This accidental meeting led to a creative friendship and partnership which was to have an exciting and challenging impact on the cultural and intellectual life of the city in the early years of the twentieth century.

One of the men, George Holbrook Jackson, 26 years old, had just arrived in Leeds from his home town of Liverpool. He had had some earlier clerical jobs while freelancing as a writer, but now he was working as an agent in the lace trade, living in Buckingham Mount, Headingley. A member of the Fabian Society, widely read and open to new ideas, he felt isolated in Leeds, which he saw as an intellectual desert. The young man he met in the bookshop (books were to become his lifelong passion) was a young schoolteacher, Alfred Orage, who had arrived in Leeds s few years before and was teaching in a Board School in one of the city’s slum areas. Alfred Orage was a member of the Independent Labour Party, an active political writer and speaker, a theosophist, and a friend of the charismatic ‘New Life’ philosopher Edward Carpenter. The two men began a conversation which Jackson said ‘continued for the next ten years’ and remained friends all their lives. The outcome of their discussions, reading, and ferment of ideas was the Leeds Arts Club, which they founded in 1903.

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on literature, music, philosophy and drama (with an active playgoers’ group). Visiting speakers included George Bernard Shaw, G. K. Chesterton, W. B. Yeats, Hilaire Belloc. It attracted the liveliest minds in the town, men and women, and provided a challenge to local conventionality. But successful as it was, by 1906 both Holbrook Jackson and Alfred Orage felt ready for a wider sphere of activity and they left that year for London, though they continued to keep links with the Club and often returned as speakers.

In London, with financial help from George Bernard Shaw, Jackson and Orage bought a struggling Christian Socialist weekly, The New Age, which they transformed into an influential arts journal, with distinguished contributors.

But Jackson did not stay long as joint editor - he devoted his time increasingly to writing. In 1907 he published a biography of Shaw, then a book on William Morris, a range of other publications, and in 1914 The Eighteen-Nineties: a Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century which remains the standard work on the period.

Meanwhile he took over another literary magazine, and established his own small press. Thus began a long association with printing, publishing and collecting books, about which he wrote extensive-

ly – he has an amazing string of publications to his name, mostly concerned with writing, reading, printing, and collecting books, though William Morris, Edward Lear and Shaw continue to figure as subjects. Up to his death in 1948 he did much to encourage a high standard of bo ok production, and was a patron of the Pelican Press, which republished some of his work after his death.

Now his name is all but forgotten, both in Leeds where he helped to inspire a cultural revolution, and everywhere his books used to be known and read. He was a master of the aphorism, and what has survived of his writing is a number of quotations, like ‘Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today’. What would he have thought of the e-reader?

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We are now preparing to put our gardens to bed for the winter.

Start by protecting them from hard frosts and snow. For those who grow tree ferns and bananas, cut all dead leaves off and lag the trunks and growing points with a six inch layer of straw then wrap hessian around them.

Other tender plants also need to be protected, if we don’t want to lose them like many of us did last winter.

Those in tubs and pots need fleece wrapping round the pot as well as covering the plant itself.

Blackcurrants need pruning now. Cut black bark shoots back to the pale brown new growth. Propagate deutzia, philadelphus and many other shrubs from hardwood cuttings. Plant them one or two to a pot and place in a cold frame or sheltered spot. Once rooted, pot on in the spring – they will be ready for planting out the following year.

Sow hardy annuals either by scattering seeds or into pots ready for an early summer show. Calendula, Californian poppy, Limnanthes plants (such as Cerinthe Major, Foxgloves, even Antirrhinums) will self sow, making the garden look less rigid and softening hard lines.

Many herbs are ready for picking and drying, or can be used fresh to make infusions or tinctures. An infusion of honeysuckle flowers (Lonicera Periclymenum) used to be used to treat chest infections. They can also be washed and placed into a jar with runny honey to make a soothing syrup. Look out for other herbs that can be used medicinally and add them to your garden.

After a final weeding, empty compost bins on the exposed areas, hopefully keeping further weeds at bay.

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LEEDS SUMMAT GATHERING 2011 INSPIRING DEBATE AND CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR FUTURE

The Leeds Summat Gathering is an innovative, creative, all-day event which will be held at Leeds University Union on Saturday 26th November. Co-ordinated by a partnership of key organisations throughout the city, it will feature: workshops, food, youth and children’s activities, music, speakers, networking, art, film, and much more – all to inspire debate, connection and conversation about our future in these times of change.

Speakers already lined up for this exciting event include human rights activist Peter Tatchell and BBC Look North’s Harry Gration Speakers already lined up for this exciting event include human rights activist Peter Tatchell and BBC Look North’s Harry Gration; pioneering creative campaigners UK Uncut (which hopes to help build a grassroots mass movement to resist the Government cuts); and People’s Supermarket (a not-for-profit cooperative as feature on TV).

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TENTH ANNIVERSARY WINTER BALL St. Gemma’s Hospice will be holding their tenth Winter Ball on Saturday 26th of November. Beneath the sparkling ceiling of the LUFC Pavilion Suite, guests will be welcomed with a champagne reception and then treated to a sumptuous three course dinner.

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100 TICKETS TO BE WON TO YORKSHIRE ANTIQUES AND ART FAIR! The Autumn Yorkshire Antiques and Art Fair is on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November, 10am – 5pm, at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.

Organised by Bowman Antiques Fairs of Shipley, this is the fifth event they have held at this venue.

With up to 350 stand holders, the fair (which is staged twice a year in May and November) offers the widest range of antiques, art, vintage, retro and collectables in the North of England. The event grows in size and popularity with each fair and boasts more than 4,000 visitors a time. The Yorkshire Event Centre

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MAY THE BEST HOUSE WIN! After moving to Headingley three and a half years ago, we set about decorating our 1890’s Victorian Terrace from top to bottom. We’re a little obsessed and spend many a weekend, changing things and improving as much as we can. We both love Headingley, the vibrancy, the cafes, the feeling of being in a little community.

When I saw that ITV was advertising for the second series of ‘May the Best House Win’ I thought I’d try my luck and apply, never thinking for a minute that they’d contact me. One week later I got a call saying that they were interested in the pictures and would like to come and visit. The next week was spent frantically cleaning my already extremely cleanwithin-an-inch-of-its- life home in preparation. Cushions plumped to perfection and a fresh coat of pillar box red paint was applied to the front door.

The producer arrived with her little camera crew and wired me up for my ‘house interview’. Two hours later we’re standing in my living room and the producer asks: “So, do you still want to be on the programme?” “OF COURSE I DO” I exclaimed!

Three months later, it’s 6.30am and I’m getting whisked off in a taxi to meet home owner number one and it was nonstop from there on in. Two exhausting days later and filming has finished. I’m not allowed to disclose the winner just yet, but the new series will be screened in November on ITV1.

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Timescapes: Family Lives over Time SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER AT LEEDS ART GALLERY As part of the national ‘Festival of Social Science’, the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds is staging ‘Timescapes’, a free exhibition that explores the value of social history, explaining how peoples’ memories are important to understanding society and how the public can help in social research.

For the past five years, the University of Leeds has been leading a programme of research into the changing nature of family life. Researchers from five universities across the UK have been ‘walking alongside’ people from all walks of life and all ages, to document how their lives unfold

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recordings, drawing on the accounts of young people, parents and grandparents. The exhibition also includes material from the Mass Observation Archive, an historical archive that has been documenting the everyday lives of people across the UK since before World War Two.

and to understand these changes from the perspectives of the people themselves.

Timescapes attempts to turn these ‘snap shots’ of life into a movie, complete with personal narratives, photos, videos and sound Members work through a series of structured assignments at their own pace. “There’s no pressure”, says VP Education Dinesh Kaulgud. “We want people to feel comfortable at every stage in the process.”

What we all have in common is a desire to improve our speaking skills and confidence, and to have a good time while we do it.

Visitors will have an opportunity to contribute their own memories, which will be displayed on a ‘memory wall’, and later included in the Timescapes archive. There will also be workshops on how to research and record your family history. These are free, but booking is advisable. For further information, visit www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk

There are regular competitions and conferences at club, area and international level, but some members just come to meet friends. “It’s great to have a friendly audience”, says Jane Craggs, “and I really like the structured feedback which is always positive and constructive.”

Your first visits are free and the meetings are open to all. Find out what it’s all about at 7pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month (12th & 26th October; 9th & 23rd November) at Jury’s Inn, Brewery Wharf, Leeds.

For more information, contact Michael Bottomley 07715 767612, Anthony Day 07803 616877, or visit. www.whiterosespeakers.org

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PAINT IT WHITE – THE STORY OF A LEEDS UNITED SUPER-FAN “In its first run on the fringes of the main theatre circuit, audiences laughed and cried in all the right places”, said Les. “With Leeds United there was more crying than laughing.

Gary Edwards pictured with actor Gary Dunnington

“The play is about the unbelievable life of a normal bloke, and it is heartwarming to see such a character loved and admired by almost everyone he comes into contact with. You don’t even need to like football to enjoy this play.”

Paint It White, the hilarious life-story of Gary Edwards, a painter and decorator and avid Leeds United fan, will be staged at Ilkley Playhouse on 21st October, and the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 25th and 26th October.

The play, adapted from Edwards’ book by ex-BBC journalist, producer and writer Les Rowley, is based on

the experiences of the Kippax-born superfan who has missed just one game since 1968. Somehow he managed to juggle his passion for the club alongside the fundamentals of life.

From a marriage lasting weeks, to driving to matches in a hearse, the play charts the ups and downs of a life as well of that of the team.

Gary Dunnington, Johnny Dixon (Coronation Street), Cathy Breeze (Les Miserables) and Nigel Collins take on the roles to tell the Gary’s story. The play is directed by Rayner Bourton (Rocky Horror Show) and Alun Lewis (Emmerdale).

For further information and tickets visit www.paintitwhite.co.uk

MORE FABULOUS ART AT ST GEMMA’S ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION & SALE St. Gemma’s Hospice invites you to its 11th Annual Art Exhibition & Sale at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, from Thursday 3rd – Saturday 5th November (10am – 6pm), and Sunday 6th November (10am – 4pm).

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From Russia with Love: Leeds International Orchestral Season 2011/12 Leeds International Orchestral Season takes on a Russian theme this Autumn with another wonderful series featuring remarkable orchestras and astounding soloists from all over the world.

The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra opens the series on 8th October with an all-Russian programme, including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain. Later in the season, on 11 February, soloist Tatiana Polianskaya performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra alongside works

by Rimsky-Korsakov and Khachaturian. Finally, St Petersburg Philharmonic will present Shostakovich’s Symphony No 5 on 31st March. Further highlights include the Trondheim Soloists on 29th October, the Warsaw Philharmonic on 19th November,

and Berlin Symphony Orchestra on 12th May.

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Some of the finest British orchestras will also play this season, including the Hallé (15th October), and the BBC Philharmonic (21st January).

In addition, Leeds’ two great choral societies, Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, will join forces to present Mahler’s epic Second Symphony (Resurrection) in November and, to bring the season to a resounding close in May, Beethoven’s towering Ninth Symphony (Choral).

To request a copy of the new season brochure, call 0113 247 8336, email music@leeds.gov. uk, or download a copy from www.leedsconcertseason.com.

For tickets call the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or book online.

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ACHORD ARTS – FOSTERING MUSIC IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY Achord Arts is a new arts education service based in North Leeds. Its emphasis is on enhancing opportunities in the arts for local people.

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Head into the City for Light Night!

Haydn at Leeds University The Leeds Haydn Players are giving a concert on Sunday 9th October at 8pm in the Clothworkers’ Centenary Hall, School of Music, Leeds University.

As darkness falls on Friday 7th October it will be time once again for Leeds Light Night.

Rediscover Leeds through an evening of extraordinary activities taking place on city streets and in shopping arcades, museums, libraries, theatres and even prison cells. There will be a magical mix of performances, exhibitions, installations and lots of opportunities to participate.

with Queen Titania in an operatic experience that is intimate, emotional and direct; hear ghost stories in the Brotherton Library or visit secret gardens in Victorian cells?

Light Night is co-ordinated by the Arts & Regeneration Team at Leeds City Council in partnership with organisations and individuals from across the city.

There will be a magical mix of performances, exhibitions, installations and lots of opportunities to participate Over 40 venues and 75 events will light up the city. Actors, poets, musicians and artists will all be out there sharing their work.

When else could you see the view from the 18th Floor of West Riding House; come face to face

For further information call 0113 247 8234, or visit www. lightnightleeds.co.uk for a full programme of events. Brochures are available from The Town Hall and participating venues.

This chamber group, numbering about 25, is made up of a mix of both professional and amateur musicians and was formed with the aim of exploring all Haydn’s symphonic works. Conductor David Waterman is also a founder member and cellist of the Endellion Quartet. He has taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall.

THE SOLOIST IS KATHARINE GOWERS, WHO HAS PERFORMED WITH NIGEL KENNEDY AND THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The programme on 9th October includes Beethoven’s Romance no.2 in F, Op 50 for violin and orchestra, Haydn symphony no. 99 in Eb, and Beethoven’s symphony no.1 in C major. The soloist is Katharine Gowers, who has performed extensively throughout Britain and abroad and toured with Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra.

Tickets (£10) are available from Robin Jakeways on 01943 466331 or r.jakeways@btopenworld.com

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The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht Reviewed by Kevin Wight

A recent winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, Téa Obreht’s debut novel has been highly praised. Ostensibly about a young doctor called Natalia who investigates the circumstances surrounding the death of her grandfather, Natalia’s search acts merely as a frame on which to weave the twin tales of the Tiger’s Wife and the Deathless Man. These were told to her by her grandfather, and they are where the novel most impresses. Following in the rich magical-realist footsteps of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende and Salman Rushdie, they teem with memorable characters and outlandish situations.

Told in deceptively simple prose, the richness of the tales themselves is rewarding, and never loses sight of Obreht’s central metaphor of the fragmentation of Yugoslavia itself. On occasion however, it’s not clear exactly what point she’s trying to make. One scene is which the bear man fights the titular tiger left me scratching my head.

Following in the rich magicalrealist footsteps of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende and Salman Rushdie, they teem with memorable characters and outlandish situations Ultimately the novel never becomes more than the sum of its parts. The supposedly central story, that of Natalia’s search for the answers surrounding her grandfather’s death, is nowhere near as interesting as the tales he told her. Perhaps this is Obreht’s point, the power of myth and how a nation can mythologise itself. Natalia’s view of her grandfather is also heavily mythologised - as much as his exploits form a large part of the narrative, he is only ever seen through Natalia’s eyes, and these seem to be slightly fogged by the past.

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ANTONY GORMLEY AT HAREWOOD HOUSE key figures in the development of modern sculpture and a strong influence and inspiration for Gormley himself.

Gormley cited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Henry Moore Foundation as vital exponents for contemporary sculpture and posited that something about the landscape of Yorkshire, particulary its rich mining heritage and sense of community, is conducive to the creation of great work in this medium.

A central and recurrent theme in Gormley’s work is the relationship between the human form and its environment. This new work, entitled Two States, is no exception and speaks to man’s connection to (or disconnection from) nature.

Gormley says he feels Harewood House, with its neo-classical architecture surrounded by rolling, idyllic countryside is a fitting and evocative setting for these pieces to make their first appearance.

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ntony Gormley, undoubtedly one of the world’s foremost sculptors and among the most respected of contemporary British artists, has created two striking new pieces currently on show at Harewood House.

We were lucky enough to catch up with the man himself at Harewood, where these new works can be seen for the first time, and found

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him happy to speak expansively and engagingly about his art.

As the man behind the Angel of the North, Gormley obviously harbours a fondness for our part of the world and draws inspiration from the northern landscape. When asked what has brought him back to Yorkshire, Gormley explained that the idea of exhibiting new work at Harewood House appealed as it has previously housed the iconic Adam by Jacob Epstein, one of the

Gormley obviously harbours a fondness for our part of the world and draws inspiration from the northern landscape While Two States offers a stirring depiction of the human form, it differs somewhat from previous Gormley works such as Another Place or Event Horizon with their more organic, naturalistic physicality. Two States came about, Gormley says, while developing what he calls the “Block-Block” works, which were an attempt to

explore a new language of sculpture.

The result is what he describes as a kind of ‘pixellated cubism’ wherein the human body is represented as a figure comprised of squares or blocks. The thought process behind this, he explained, is based on man’s changing relationship to his surroundings - now that over half the world’s population live in urbanized areas, or, more specifically, within an urban grid system. This notion of the altered state of our physical environment is coupled with the integration of technology into our lives and the fact that our chief means of communication and exchange of information is conducted through bytes, bits and the pixels of computer interfaces.

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hat struck me, when able to view Two States at close quarters, was how these figures, ostensibly abstract at the outset, reveal their humanity the longer you spend in their presence. As with many of Gormley’s sculptures, the initial casts were taken from his own six foot-something frame and, while we’re at first confronted with these twin towers of rusty iron blocks, before long one begins to sense that there is a human soul contained within the metallic grid, alive, aware and yearning to reconnect with the world at large.

Two States will be on show at Harewood House until 30th October.

Interviewed by Brendan Campbell

Work in progress photo: Colin Davison

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Love and Zombies in Terrifying Transylvania!

Ilkley Literature Festival: Tickets are Going Fast!

The 2011 Ilkley Literature Festival (30th September – 16th October) programme has attracted a lot of attention. Appearances by Jeremy Paxman, Simon Callow, Evan Davis, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sir Ranulph Fiennes booked out early, but tickets are still available for dozens of other fascinating events.

Newly founded local theatre troupe ‘Deadly Serious Theatre’ were showered with praise following their previous production ‘Cluedo’ at Yeadon Town Hall last year. This Hallowe’en they return to the stage with a darkly hilarious and absurd comedy musical Dracula V Frankenstein in Blood Curdling 2D at Otley Courthouse.

Earlier this year, The National Association of Writers in Education

The plot follows the misadventures of young lovers Johnny (Danny Gustafson) and Barbara (Corrine O’Sullivan), who leave their home in 1950s America to visit relatives in Transylvania.

There they are captured by the insane Dr Frankenstein (Jacob Pratt) and his horrifying assistant Igor (Grant Holmes), who plan to make a monster out of their guests. Also in the cast are Pippa Feldberg Collins, Jack Cowling,

The plot follows the misadventures of young lovers Johnny and Barbara who leave their home in 1950s America to visit relatives in Transylvania awarded Deadly Serious Theatre (whose cast is aged15-17) a grant of £800 to stage their play.

The production is written by two of the cast – Danny Gustafson and Grant Holmes – who also direct and produce the musical.

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Rob Gibbs and Katie Moncaster.

Dracula V Frankenstein in Blood Curdling 2D is at Otley Courthouse on 30th and 31st October at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6 for adults and £3.50 for children.

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Martin Bell, best known for his war reporting, will read from his new collection of poetry which tackles politicians, celebrity culture and even Idi Amin. Alan Hollinghurst talks about the critically acclaimed ‘The Stranger’s Child’ – his first novel since winning the 2004 Booker Prize with ‘The Line of Beauty’.

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOZENS OF FASCINATING EVENTS For those who loved ‘The Kings Speech’, Mark Logue – grandson to speech therapist Lionel Logue – and co-author and journalist Peter Conrad will tell audiences more about the relationship between Logue and King George VI. And, Tim Harford, author of ‘The Undercover Economist’ and presenter of Radio 4’s awardwinning ‘More or Less’ programme will discuss economic policy and social planning.

The full programme is available online at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival. org.uk, take a look and make sure you catch some of your favourite writers.

BY MARILYN BOARDMAN

Marilyn Boardman’s first novel 292 Albion Place has just been made available on Amazon Kindle.

The book was created whilst flying back and forth from Leeds to DĂźsseldorf to settle her daughter into her year abroad. These trips made her realise how much she loved her home town and how much she wanted to share the transformations her city had undergone with others. She decided to weave an intriguing novel around familiar landmarks in the city 292 Albion Place is the story of Nigel and Lorraine who establish two businesses at this address on a street of trendy coffee shops. Nigel struggles with his new cafĂŠ ‘Hot Stuff!’ downstairs, whilst upstairs Lorraine’s hairdressing salon ‘Chic’ immediately prospers.

The book was created whilst flying back and forth from Leeds to DĂźsseldorf Their working days are far from mundane. Nigel’s plans for an anniversary surprise are almost ruined when ‘Hot Stuff!’ is used in a police stake out. Upstairs a member of staff starts delving into the unknown and it’s not long before ‘Chic’ salon is plagued by ghostly hauntings. Plus, Lorraine is a lady with an extremely colourful past – unfortunately, the past has a way of catching up with you.

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LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS! 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of Leeds International Film Festival.

Once again it is ready to present a packed programme of screenings and exclusive events across a dozen venues in the city. Last year’s festival was a roaring success, attracting thousands of film fans from across the UK to previews of acclaimed new releases, alongside outstanding world cinema, fantastic shorts and brand new music documentaries.

The Film Festival will launch its full programme from 6pm on Friday 7th October at Leeds Town Hall as part of Light Night - the event is free and open to all. The Festival’s giant cinema screen, unveiled last year, will present a selection of clips and trailers from the new Festival Programme, alongside free screenings of FW Murnau’s silent classic Nosferatu, John Betjeman’s A Poet Goes North and a celebration of the works of extraordinary animators, The Quay Brothers. Full programme information will also be revealed online at www.leedsfilm.com Details have already been announced for some of the Film Festival’s major events which include Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns and annual horror marathons: Fanomenon Night of the Dead XI at the Hyde Park Picture House and Day of the

Dead 5, which returns to iconic City Varieties following its recent refurbishment.

The Film Festival will launch its full programme from 6pm on Friday 7th October at Leeds Town Hall as part of Light Night Paul Merton is appearing exclusively at Leeds Town Hall to host Silent Clowns, celebrating the icons of the silent cinema Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy in hilarious extracts, ac-

companied by world renowned pianist Neil Brand with the Prima Vista Social Club band. Silent Clowns will be a laughter filled, family friendly highlight of the year for fans of film, music and comedy.

Film Festival passes are now available, as well as tickets for special events. Tickets can be bought online at www.leedsfilm.com or from City Centre Box Office, Millennium Square, Tel: 0113 2243801. Single screening tickets (including discounted tickets for LeedsCard holders) will be available from Friday 7th October.

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Winners can select a film of their choice from the programme and will be notified by email along with full details of how to claim your tickets.

Tickets are subject to availability, if a screening is sold out, you will be given the opportunity to select an alternative.

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An Evening with Steve Phillips Local blues legend and guitar fanatic, Steve Phillips, will be performing for Swarthmore Education Centre’s ‘Raise the Roof’ appeal on Friday 16th October at 8pm.

Steve’s solo career began with him performing versions of folk, country blues numbers by the likes of Big Bill Broonzy and Blind Willie McTell. He was one of the founder members of The Notting Hillbillies with Mark Knoffler and Brendan Croker. This promises to be a cracking gig of great guitar blues.

Swarthmore does not have a licence to sell alcohol but you are welcome to bring your own.

Tickets (£6 advance/ £8 on door) are available from Tim on 0113 278 8340 or the Centre on 0113 2432210.

Edible Tent at HEART Edible Tent presents an evening of songs and poems featuring local writer, keyboard player and The Ruby Larks singer Peter Spafford and friends. Peter Spafford The deadly earnest mixes with the beautiful and absurd. Vocalist Troy a purity of vocal sound that is stark, Road Headingley, 7.30pm on Saturday 8th October. Tickets £6 / £4 Faid also plays some stunning gui- beautiful and compelling. concessions. The event is a fundtar, and feisty female duo, The Ruby raiser for HEART Edible Tent is at HEART, Bennett Larks, from North Yorkshire, provide

PHIL COOL AND RICHARD DIGANCE TO PERFORM AT CITY’S NEWEST VENUE Steve Hughes, formerly General Manager of Northern Ballet who currently runs Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End, is presenting two legends of comedy, Phil Cool (Friday 4th November) and Richard Digance (Saturday 12th November), at Leeds’ newest venue this autumn.

The pair will appear at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre at Northern

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Ballet’s home on Quarry Hill – with 250 seats, it is the perfect venue for stand-up comedy.

Phil Cool, the original Mr Rubber Face, can metamorphose from the Pope to Sylvester Stallone, Tina Turner to Forrest Gump, David Attenborough to a seahorse.... nothing escapes the Cool treatment!

And, award winning folk entertainer

Richard Digance appeals to all ages – singing his own songs and telling stories, while throwing in poetry and sing-songs for good measure.

Tickets for both shows cost £16 (+£1 Booking Fee), available from 0113 220 8008 or www.northernballet. com/boxoffice

MUSICLISTINGS

By Brendan Campbell

Marcus Foster Sun 2 Oct, Brudenell Social Club.

Raw, soul-soaked, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll. £7

Roddy Frame Mon 10

We Free Kings Sun 2

The Tangled Tour: Bastions + Kerouac + Goodtime Boys + The Long Haul + Battle For Paris + Let’s Talk Daggers Tues 11 Oct,

Oct, 1pm Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. Led by saxman Toby Greenwood. Details: 262 4060

Oct, Brudenell Social Club.

Former singer/songwriter with Aztec Camera. £18.50

Royal Park Cellars, Queen’s

Ruarri Joseph Mon 3 Oct Rd. LS6

Milo Bar, Leeds, from 8pm.

Inventive fusion of blues, rock & soul. £8.50

Daedelus Wed 5 Oct,

from 7.30pm at The HiFi Club, Leeds. Classically trained clarinettist turned electronist from Santa Monica. £7

Gruff Rhys + Y Niwl

Thurs 6 Oct, Irish Centre, York Rd, Leeds. Main singer/ songwriter for Super Furry Animals plus North Wales’s instrumental surf rock quartet. £13

The Feeling Sat 8 Oct at 02 Academy Leeds. Playing tracks from their new album ‘Together We Were Made’. £16.50 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Sat 8 Oct at

Leeds Town Hall, playing Mussorgsky’sNight on Bald Mountain & Pictures at an Exhibition, & Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Details: 0113 224 3801, www.leedsconcertseason.com

Misty in Roots Sat 8 Oct, from 8:30pm, The Wardrobe, Leeds. Classic reggae band flying the roots flag since the ‘70s. £15

Kate Peters & Sextet

Sun 9 Oct, 1pm Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. jazz vocalist

Dean Friedman Sun 9

Oct, 8pm City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds. American singer/songwriter playing intelligent, distinctive songs. £18

The Hallé Sat15 Oct at

Leeds Town Hall, playing Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh; Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand; Debussy’s ‘Syrinx’; & Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’. Details: 0113 224 3801, www.leedsconcertseason.com

Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble Thurs 13 Oct, 8pm

Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. International saxman

Submotion Orchestra

Thurs 13 Oct. 9pm at The Wardrobe, Leeds. Live project from Leeds-based dubstep label Ranking Records, incorporating deep bass-driven grooves & dense textures. £8.50

Hawklords Fri 14 Oct.

8pm Irish Centre, York Rd. Leeds. Raw sonic power & amazing visuals. Fronted

by Hawkwind founder Rik Turner & Ron Tree, & including ex Hawkwind members Don Thomson, Alan Davey, Jerry Richards, Harvey Bainbridge & Steve Swindells. £12/ £14 on door

Benjamin Francis Leftwich Fri 14 Oct,

Brudenell Social Club, LS6.

Singer/songwriter from York. £8.

Penguin Café presents Arthur Jeffes Sat 15

Oct, 7.45pm Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Grand Theatre. New piano project called Sundog – ‘intellectually satisfying & deeply touching’ £15

Matt Anderson Quintet Sun 16 Oct, 1pm Seven

Derrick Harris Septet

Herman Dune Mon

Lucy Ward + Gerry McNeice Sun 23 Oct at

Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. Songs of the Ridings Suite

17 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, LS6. Swedish-rooted, French-based alt-country rockers who make densely atmospheric, acoustic folk rock. £10

Apparat Mon 17 Oct, The Wardrobe, Leeds. Electronic music enthusiasts will know Sascha Ring either via Apparat, electronic super-group Moderat,or other collaborations. £13.50

Ralph McTell Tues 18

Oct, City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds. Award winning singer-songwriter-guitarist performing material from his recent album ‘Somewhere Down The Road’ & more.

The Travelling Band

Tues 18 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, LS6. Folk & country band who won 2008 Glastonbury New Talent contest.

New Yorkshire Jazz Orchestra Thurs 20 Oct,

8pm Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7.

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Oct, 8 – 11pm at Royal Park Cellars, LS6 Breast Cancer Charity Fundraiser:

Bardo Pond Fri 21 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, LS6. US band, skilled abstract expressionists of rock with eerie psychedelic feedback, textured multilayered song writing & meltdown female vocals. £8 Northern Sinfonia Sat

22 Oct at Leeds Town Hall, playing Mozart’s Overture: Mitridate & Horn Concerto No 2, & Handel’s Water Music. Details: 0113 224 3801, www.leedsconcertseason.com

Sun 23 Oct, 1pm Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. Guitarist.

All Hallows Church, Hyde Park. Tickets £5 in advance from www.facebook.com/ allhallows.gigs

Roots: The Wang Dang Doodles Fri 28 Oct, 8pm New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd. LS6 3BG. Experienced, highly enjoyable bluesy band playing Willie Dickson, Etta James etc. £5 on door.

James Taylor Quartet (JTQ) Fri 28 Oct from

9pm, The Wardrobe, Leeds.

Legendary Hammond guru, playing rare groove & jazz funk, mixed with a little soul. £15

Trondheim Soloists

Sat 29 Oct at Leeds Town Hall, playing Grieg’s Suite: Holberg, Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C, & Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence.

Details: 0113 224 3801, www.leedsconcertseason. com

Steve Phillips & the Rough Diamonds Sat

29 Oct, 8pm Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3. Tickets £10 in advance from Swarthmore 0113 243 2210 or info@swarthmore.org.uk

Fini Bearman & Quartet Sun 30 Oct, 1pm Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. London vocalist

Karine Polwart Sun 30 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, LS6. Outstanding vocalist, twice winner of Best Original Song at the BBC Folk Awards. £13.50 Kathy Dyson & Firefly

Sun 6 Nov, 1pm Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton, LS7. Guitarist playing the music of American jazz guitarist Emily Remler

HEALTH & FITNESS

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The Centre provides a very real form of support for people who generally struggle to cope with daily life for either mental or physical health reasons. It gives them some release from their problems and the support and therapies they receive help to increase their self-esteem and confidence.

Now in its second year Leeds Wellbeing Centre is going from strength to strength. The Centre also sees private clients and the funds generated go directly towards supporting disadvantaged adults. The Centre recently added acupuncture, auricular acupuncture and aromatherapy to the range of therapies on offer.

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The detailed specification for both the vehicle and the sophisticated communications equipment needed for the team’s demanding rescue work in the Dales took months to prepare. It includes a 40 foot electronic mast that extends at the touch of a button – a major advance on manhandling an antenna

against the elements! The vehicle also needed to be able to transport up to four control and c o m m u n i c a t i o n s team members.

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Half-Term Fun at The Carriageworks This October Half Term, there’s a superb programme at The Carriageworks. It kicks off with the delightful Hare and Tortoise (Tues 25 Oct), a fantastic new adaptation of Aesop’s fable from tutti frutti and York Theatre Royal.

This is followed by great fun for those aged 4+ with The People’s Theatre Company’s adaptation of Steven Lee’s How the Koala Learnt to Hug (Wed 26 Oct), which features some great stories, sing-a-long songs, super games and first-class hugging.

For slightly older children, Mike Kenny has adapted Clive King’s Stig of the Dump (Thur 27 Oct) for Bradford’s Mind the Gap Theatre. The week is rounded off with the delightful Robin and the Big Freeze (Fri 28 Oct), a festive treat full of fantastic puppets and live music.

Tickets for all shows can be booked by calling the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or going to www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk. Book for a half term show and get 10% off panto tickets (Green and Gold performances only.

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Be a Winner at Half Term Shows Hare and Tortoise: Bring a picture of a Hare and a Tortoise to the show and enter a prize draw to win a copy of Aesop’s Fables signed by the cast.

How the Koala Learnt to Hug: Bring a picture of a cuddly Koala and you could win a copy of the book signed by the cast.

Stig of the Dump: Win two tickets for Stig of the Dump.

Just email the title of your favourite children’s classic to carraigeworks@leeds.gov.uk or drop a postcard with all your details in to your local library by 5pm Friday 7th October.

The winner will be announced on Wed 12 Oct. Tickets will be available for collection on the day of the performance. The prize is only valid for the 2.30pm performance on Thursday 27 October 2011- no alternative available.

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Richmond House School prides itself on inspiring high achievement both inside and outside the classroom, within a caring family environment.

Their dedicated staff is committed to developing the individual talents in each pupil. Outstanding 11+ success, specialist teaching in many areas – including Modern Languages, Music and Science, and 10 acres of sports facilities – gives the children every opportunity to excel.

To experience first hand the happy, challenging teaching environment, drop in to their Open Working Afternoon, on Thursday 6th October, 2 – 7pm.

You will be able to tour the school buildings and grounds, meet the headmistress, witness the high standards of teaching and the varied curriculum, talk to staff and pupils and view some of their recent work.

Richmond House School, Otley Road, Far Headingley. For more information or to arrange a visit at a time to suit you, please call 0113 275 2670.

WIN FAMILY TICKETS FOR PLAYHOUSE’S FABULOUS CHRISTMAS SHOWS! We had a word with The West Yorkshire Playhouse and they have agreed to run a competition giving our readers the opportunity to win a Family Ticket (two adults and two children), plus dinner at The Playhouse (two courses and a glass of wine/juice), for either Annie or Jack and The Beanstalk.

This is the first new UK production of Annie (suitable for age 7+) for a decade and, with the same team behind it as last year’s critically acclaimed A Christmas Carol, it promises to be a fantastic show. You can look forward to all the classic songs like It’s A Hard Knock Life, Tomorrow, Little Girls and Fully Dressed.

Annie and her band of orphans take charge of the Quarry stage from Monday 21st November – Saturday 21st January 2012, eternally optimistic that the sun will come out tomorrow.

Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny, Gail McIntryre and Barney George add more than a little magic to Christmas for the Playhouse’s smallest, but most discerning, audience members (age 4+) with their version of Jack and The Beanstalk.

With a twist in its tale, you can bet that this will be no ordinary Jack, no ordinary beanstalk, no ordinary farm and certainly no ordinary animals! Beautiful, harp-playing Pearl, owner of some music-loving chickens, is taken by a giant to live in the clouds and they have to get her back....then the fun begins! This fun show runs from Friday 9th December – Saturday 21st January.

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Lawnswood’s 2011 Autumn Exhibition

Presenting Talent from the Art and Design Technology Department

Trishool’s Third Annual Charity Showcase Trishool Dance Academy - the north’s modern Indian dance academy - is staging a tribute to Bollywood greats on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th October at

This year Lawnswood School hosts its third annual exhibition of students’work, showcasing the work of the most talented from age 11 through to 18. It will include painting, sculpture, fashion and textiles and beautifully crafted objects such as timber cabinets and other designed products. In addition the cookery pupils will present a feast of delights. Last year it was a range of delicious cakes and super cupcakes, complimentary with your glass of wine!

from the start of the autumn term to collect the selected work, frame and label it so that the exhibition runs in a range of themed areas. Last year featured an amazing catwalk for the fashion and textiles, and a portrait gallery, as well as a pop art and sculpture area.

The exhibition runs from Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th October, 6 – 8pm. Be sure to pop in – you won’t be disappointed!

the John Sowerby Theatre, Ralph Thoresby School.

The show will feature dancers and musicians aged from three – 35.

This is their third Charity Showcase and this year they are supporting Candlelighters children’s cancer

The exhibition runs over three evenings and really is a team effort between staff, pupils and community The staff and pupils work hard throughout the year to produce this fantastic range of work and are proud to show the rest of the community just what they are capable of. The exhibition runs over three evenings and really is a team effort between staff, pupils and community. Friends of Lawnswood (the parent and community group which helps support the school) are a great support, but recognition must go to the Sixth Form team of young curators who work relentlessly

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More information and pictures from last year’s exhibition can be seen at www.lawnswood-frog. co.uk and www.friendsoflawnswood.wordpress.com Photo: The Young Curators 2010 back row: Safia Hagi, Nicola Haldene-Bevington, Grace Farrell, Jennifer Hawthorn, Sophie Ridley, Alex Ikonic. Front: Jennessa Ebbert, Romy Miller, Caitlin Smith-McManus, Aimee Russam

charity and Sewa International.

Last year they raised over £4,000 for their chosen charities.

Tickets (£7 adults/ £5 children under 12 and students) are available from 07515 665 582 or shukti@ trishooldanceacademy.co.uk

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Brownies (For girls aged 7-10). Hawksworth Wood – Tues; Kirkstall & Far Headingley – Wed; Headingley – Thurs; Burley – Fri. A fantastic place to make new friends, have new experiences & build self-esteem. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com

Toddler Group for babies to pre-school children, Tues 10 – 11.30am (term time) at West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. 50p per person incl. refreshments. All helpers CRB checked. Lovely play area with lots of ride-on toys Details: 278 5373

Football, North East Leeds Under 13 (Current Year 9) require players for Sunday morning league. Training Tues 7 – 8pm at Thomas Danby. Home games on Scott Hall fields.

Details: Ian Jones 07956 573676 Guides For girls aged 10-14 who want to share new experiences with new friends. Spend 1 evening a week being creative, choosing what you want to do & building your self confidence in an all girl environment. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com

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New Bike Club, Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Every fortnight. Qualified coach. For 8 – 12 year olds. Bring your own bike. Free. Details & to book: Ian 0771 649 7300, ian-thewlis@get2cycle.co.uk Rainbows (For girls aged 5-7). Kirkstall – Wed; Headingley - Thurs. Local Rainbow groups are having loads of fun with their motto Live, Laugh, Love & Learn. Details: Vicki 07787 500338, vsjohnson86@hotmail.com Spanish Playgroup Do you speak fluent Spanish? Do you have children under 5? Join us Thurs, 10.30am – 12.30pm at Meanwood Institute, Green Rd. LS6. Details: 07952 901 770

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COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Abbey Runners Tues, 7.45pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane, for local run & Thurs, 7.20pm, Leeds Met Beckett Park campus for coached track sessions. All standards of runner welcome. Details: www.abbeyrunners.co.uk Aerobics/Body Conditioning Classes Thurs, 8.15pm& Sat 8am at Meanwood Parochial Hall. All ages & abilities welcome. £3 per session. Details: meanwoodaerobics@ yahoo.com/ 07970 713372 After Eights Badminton Club Mon 8.30 – 9.30pm, Holt Park Sports Centre.

New members welcome.

Turn up & try our friendly club – free. Pay by term.

Details: Helen, 0113 305 3327 Briggate Morris (Women’s Northwest Morris Dancing) New members invited for winter season. All ages & abilities welcome, no experience required.

Practice Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm, Brownberrie Lane Preschool, Horsforth.

Details: Katie 07890 754115, www.briggatemorris.blogspot.com.

Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun, 9.30am in the car park of Cookridge Village Hall for walks of approx 6/8 miles.

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

Friends of Lawnswood Badminton Club Mon & Weds (term time), 7 – 9pm, Sports Hall at Lawnswood School. Parents, children (accompanied) & members of the wider community welcome. Details: Tony Magee 267 3728, baylis365@btinternet.com.

Kirkstall Harriers Running Club Mon & Wed, 6.50pm, Kirkstall Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome! Details: www.kirkstallharriers.org. uk, kirkstallharriers@ googlemail.com

Meanwood Amateur Boxing Club Mon & Wed 5.45pm, Fri 7pm, Meanwood Workingmen’s Club, Stonegate Rd. Beginners welcome. Details: 07914 506691

Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Are you recovering from a stroke or other condition where swimming could help? A friendly, safe environment where you can swim & gain confidence. New members welcome. Mon 7 -8pm at Holt Park Leisure Centre.

Details: Roger 267 4716, Sara 287 6250

Phoenix Folk Dancers English Country Dancing, Adel Methodist Church Hall, (behind the Lawnswood Arms), Wed 8 – 10pm. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary.

Details: 2611902

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.

Details: Liz 284 3282, www.leedscontra.freeuk. com Leeds English Folk Dancing Society Weds, Meanwood Methodist Church (School Room), 7.30 – 9.30pm.

Details: Derry Fletcher 07960 335926 Leeds YHA Walking Group Walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities. Over 160 members aged 20-74.

Details: Stephen 368 0417, www.leedsyha.org.uk Lindy Fridays Friday night Lindy Hop classes for complete beginners onwards at The Carriageworks, Millennium Sq. No partner required, Beginners class 7pm (Level 2 Room1) £5. Details: www.lindyfridays.com Lindy Hop Dance Mon, Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gardens, LS17. Beginners 8pm, Intermediates 9.15pm.

No partner needed.

Swing music. £5/£4.

Details: Joyce 278 9891/ 07748 702102 www. swingjiveleeds.com

Sailing Crew of Six Wanted for competitive sailing on east coast. Purpose built sports sailing boat, safe & stable in all weathers.

Racing most Sun, Feb – Oct 2012. Transport available from Leeds. No experience necessary.

All ages welcome.

Details: 07973 512562 adelsailing@gmail.com www.euronautica.net/ tecnica/phuket-sports8. asp Tuesday Dance Night 7.30pm at Moortown Social Club, Cranmer Gardens LS17. £3. Do you want to make new friends? Join them for a great night of fun, music & dancing.

Details: Paul 07724 460317, pauldjdom@ btinternet.com or 268 5039 (club) Scottish Country Dancing Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm, St Columba’s, Headingley Lane. No partner necessary. £2.50 incl refreshments. Details: 269 1791, 278 2300, pathynes001@tiscali.co.uk St Chad’s Tennis Club Join our friendly club & play tennis throughout the year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities.

New members welcome.

Details: Anne Wallace 274 9917 Weetwood Walking Group Walk to a healthier life!

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Details: Rachel Hepton 07528 252412, rachel. hepton@wysport.co.uk ARTS & CRAFTS Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 15/ Sun 16 Oct painting workshops with Kaili Fu from Exeter.

All workshops at Poolin-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool, 10am - 4pm. New members most welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, mail@cbpsyorks.co.uk Flower Arranging Classes 1st Thurs of month, 1.30pm & 7.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS6. Beginners welcome. Details: Kath Hall 275 2436 kaybeehall@ talktalk.net Flower Arranging Classes Wed 7 – 9pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley, LS17.

Beginners & experienced arrangers welcome! Next course begins 21 Sept 2011. Details: Judy Watker 07538 132053, 261 2379, watkers@btinternet. com.

Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Club Autumn Art Exhibition & Sale Sat 19 & Sun 20 Nov, 10am – 5pm at Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, Nr Harrogate HG3 3AX. Free admission. Details: www. handnart.co.uk.

Headingley Flower Club If you are interested in flowers, come along & watch a flower demonstration by Jan Faulkner called ‘Change of Season’, Fri 2 Sept, 7 30pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre. A warm welcome awaits new members (reduced subscription) & visitors.

Wednesday’s Headingley Community Art Group now meets at HEART, Bennett Rd, 10am – 12.30pm. Old & new members welcome.

We share our creative abilities. Call in on the day – be surprised! Details: Michael 07923 106084 Yorkshire Flower Club Wed 26 Oct: 2pm at Almscliffe Hall, Harrogate Rd, Huby LS17 ‘The Finishing Touch’ demo by Karen Longbottom. Details: 01943 863172. Wed 9 Nov: National demonstrator Derek Armstrong, 7.15pm at Harrogate High School, Birstwith Rd. (off Knaresboro Rd) Harrogate.

Details: 01423 872617 COFFEEMORNINGS,FAIRS & MARKETS Coffee & Cakes Sat 8 Oct, 10am – 12 noon, Meanwood Holy Trinity Church, Enjoy a wide selection of yummy cakes & coffee!

Coffee Morning with toasted tea cakes, 10.30am 1st Sat of month, West Park United Reformed Church. Proceeds to Caring For Life, Cookridge

Coffee Morning & Art Exhibition Sat 1 Oct, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Chad’s Parish Centre.

Cakes, tombola, bric a brac, also. In aid of Mission to Seafarers Halloween Event & Christmas Fayre Thurs 27 Oct, 3 – 6pm at Lineham Farm, Swan Lane, Eccup LS16 8AZ. Adults £1/ Children £2 incl party bag.

Ghoulish games, spooky walks, freaky fancy dress & spine tingling treats. Lots of stalls with Christmas gifts & treats. Details & to book: 0113 281 7880, clare@linehamfarm.co.uk www.linehamfarm.co.uk Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat of month, The Rose Garden in front of The Arc on North Lane.

9am – 12.30pm.

Hyde Park Community Shop Open Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 1 – 4pm at Hyde Park Methodist Mission Church, Woodsley Rd. LS 3.

Ladies, men’s & children’s clothing, books, toys, brica-brac & more. 90% of things cost just £1.

House and Garden Improvement, Maintenance, Care & Repair

Kirkstall Abbey Deli Market Last Sat of month (29 Oct & 26 Nov), 12noon – 3pm, featuring good quality food, plants & goods from local producers & suppliers.

Details: 0113 230 5492, Kirkstall.abbey@leeds. gov.uk Oakwood Farmers’ Market Sat 15 Oct, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood clock. Featuring The Parsnipship, original vegetarian & vegan cuisine plus visits by a microbrewery, Asharun Spices & Leeds Honey.

Oxfam Book, Music & Clothes Fair Sun 2 Oct, 12 – 4.30pm at The Brudenell Social Club, Queen’s Rd, Headingley. Entry free but donations welcome. Your chance to get hold of some special second-hand treasures. All proceeds to Oxfam.

Saturday Coffee Morning 10am – 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley LS6. Delicious homemade cakes, teas, coffees, juice & lots of chat every Saturday. Everyone welcome.

Home 3 General home improvements 3 Painting and decorating 3 Door hanging and joinery 3 Kitchen fitting and refurbishment 3 Bathroom fitting and refurbishment 3 Laminate and wood flooring 3 Wall and floor tiling 3 Replacement of fixtures & fittings 3 Assembly and installation

Table Top Sale Sat 15 Oct, 11am – 2pm at Holy Trinity Church Parochial Hall, Meanwood. Cupcakes, bric a brac, books, DVDs, toys & household goods.

UNICEF Special Gift Fair Sat 12 Nov, 10am – 3.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. An excellent variety of unusual stalls & gifts GROUPS/CLUBS Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips and social events. Details: Dave Senior 0113 282 1818, www.airyorkshire.org.uk/ Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs 8.30-9pm, The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 0113 391 0403, www. alwoodleymc.org.uk

Garden 3 General maintenance and clearance 3 Lawn treatment and cutting • Patio build and repair 3 Fencing build and repair General 3 Light removals and clearance 3 Cleaning windows, UPVC frames, patios, pathways and gutters

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COMMUNITY NOTICES Book Club Oxfam Bookshop, Headingley, 1st Thurs of each month, 7.30pm. Details: 274 3818, oxfamshopf0839@oxfam. org.uk 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. Details: Lilliane 275 5479, lilliane98@hotmail. com 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 For anyone interested in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or the German language. Tues 4 Oct: Wien, Wien, Nur Du Allein – Prof Kenneth Whitton, Emeritus Professor, Bradford University, shares his memories of Vienna. Illustrated talk in German & English.

7.30pm St Columba’s URC, Headingley. Details: 0113 268 7697, www. leedsanglogerman.org

Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. St Andrews Dinner/ Dance, Sat 26 Nov. Details: 0113 267 0424.

Leeds Feline Friends Can you give a cat a good home away from a busy road?

Details: 216 0593, mail@ leedsfelinefriends.org.uk www.leedsfelinefriends. org.uk Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues of month, 8pm at St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Tues 4 Oct: Illustrated talk on Winter Flowers by Maxine Nelson. Free to members. Membership £10 single, £15 couple.

Details: Pat 0113 225 0030 www.leedshs.org.uk.

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group of concerned people campaigning for preservation of the NHS. AGM Thurs 13 Oct, 7.30pm at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6 followed by monthly meeting. Details: Beatrice Rogers 0113 278 5495 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.

Fri 7.30pm, Stainbeck United Reformed Church Hall, Stainbeck Lane (rear entrance). Details: George Wooley 225 6444, Doreen Wood 278 2972

LS8. Visitors & prospective members welcome.

Details: the Secretary 0113 265 0651 or www. lps1852.co.uk

evenings, & occasional outdoor events. Details: 0113 257 7274, www. communigate.co.uk/brad/ mercmove

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

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

Leeds U3A is a vibrant organisation for anyone not in full time occupation.

Over 25 interest groups & regular fortnightly meetings. Details: Bill 07552 448834, www. u3aleeds.org.uk Leeds University Old Students’ Association welcomes all former students of the University.

Next events: A walk around Harrogate on Sat 22 Oct & a tour of The Hepworth, Wakefield on Tues 1 Nov. Details: The Secretary on 0113 261 4564 or gmroche@btinternet.com The Meanwood Players a new amateur drama group, meets Thurs 7 – 9pm at the Meanwood Institute, Green Rd. Details: 07791 129068

Leeds National Trust Autumn & Winter programme now underway with monthly lectures at St Chad’s, a lunch with speaker, the Christmas Fair, & December coffee morning. Details: Pam 0113 258 8178

Mark & Spencer’s Sunday Roast - New North Leeds LGB professional social networking Sunday afternoon events.

Make your weekends more interesting, meet Headingley, Chapel Allerton, Meanwood & Roundhay based gay & lesbian professionals. Details: mandssundayroast@gmail. com.

Lawnswood Bridge Club 1.15pm Tues, YMCA Otley Road. Small friendly club playing Chicago. New members welcome with a partner if possible. Details: 07771 610350

Leeds Oxfam Group meets 1st Wed of each month, 7pm at Leeds Civic Hall.

This lively group campaigns on issues around global justice. Next meeting 5 Oct. Everyone welcome. Details: Pauline Neale 0113 269 3542, www.oxfamleeds. org.uk/

Meanwood Men’s Society: Mon 3 Oct, Talk – ‘Up & Under’, 8pm at Meanwood Institute; Mon 17 Oct, Visit - York Ghost Walk, 7pm, from Parochial Hall; Mon 31 Oct, Talk - History of Adel, 8pm at Meanwood Institute. Details: Mark 274 7611, Colin 274 6316.

Leeds Caledonians For those with an interest in all things Scottish. Winter programme starts with a social evening on Wed 5 Oct, 7.30pm at The

Leeds Photographic Society, the oldest photographic society in the world, meets Tues 7.30pm, St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay,

Mercury Movie Makers Club for camcorder owners. Weds, Rawdon Conservative Club, 7:30pm.

Advice freely available.

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Leeds Bridge Club, Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre (MASSC), Stonegate Rd. LS17. Beginners: Mon 2 - 4.15pm, Fri 7 - 9.15pm.

Improvers: Fri 10am - 12.15pm. Details: www. leedsbridgeclub.com

Royal Park Community Consortium holds regular meetings every Tues, 7pm at the Burley Lodge Centre, Burley Lodge Rd. LS6. Meetings are open to anyone who would like to get involved in the project to turn Royal Park School into a community centre. Details: Sue 07796 784018, Paul 07962 255621, www. royalparkschool.org Social & Activities Club New members welcome.

Mainly over 30s. Meals, pub nights, theatre/films/ music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away & more. Monthly new members’ night in north Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025 www.leedsivc. org.uk Trackrod Motor Club Meets 1st Tues of each month, 9.30pm at Old Modernians Club, Cookridge Lane. New Members welcome. Details: www.trackrodmotorclub. co.uk Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd, Headingley.

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Bell Ringing at St Chad’s Thurs 7.30 – 9pm Beginners & experienced ringers welcome. Details: Simon Futers 230 0186, t.s.futers@leeds.ac.uk Friends of University Art & Music helps to foster the musical & artistic outreach of the University of Leeds.

Membership open to all.

Regular activities arranged.

Details: 0113 343 2584, www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge.

Good female singers welcome to try us out.

Wide repertoire & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www.lawnswoodsingers. co.uk.

Leeds & Bradford Barbershop Harmony Club Mon, 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon.

Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989 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 rehearses weekly at West Park Centre, Spen Lane, Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm.

No audition. Players of a suitable standard welcome (Associated Board Grade 5). Details: secretary@ phoenixband.co.uk, 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 Singing is Fun Day Join some of the Harwood Singers with their Conductor, Kath Harwood,

to sing at Oxford Place Methodist Church, next to Leeds Town Hall, on Sat 26 Nov, 10am – 3.30pm. £5 per person. Bring sandwiches for lunch.

Drinks provided. Money goes to charity. Details: 0113 274 2458 Society of Recorder Players Friendly adult group meets 2nd Sat of month, 2 – 5pm at United Reformed Church, Headingley, to play a variety of styles of music.

New members welcome.

Details: Caroline Payne 01943 467348 Sunday Night Live! New monthly event 1st Sun of month, 7pm at Costa Coffee Headingley, hosted

by City Church Leeds.

Live entertainment with a twist of faith! Enjoy your favourite coffee, live music & real life stories that will warm your heart!

Details: 275 8466, mail@ citychurchleeds.net, www. citychurchleeds.net West Riding Opera, Leeds. New chorus members for concert & opera performances. All voice ranges welcome, no audition. Rehearsals Wed, 7.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Details: 01274 595978, davewb8@ sky.com Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm at West Park Centre, Spen Lane. Friendly, informal string orchestra made up of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners group for those especially new to playing.

Details: www.ylss.org SENIORS Carpet Bowls Thurs, 1.45 - 3.45pm at St. Stephens Church, Cranmer Rd, off King Lane, Moortown.

Join us for exercise & fun! £1.50 incl. tea. Details: Sheila 275 7965 Lunch Club Mons & Weds 11-1.30pm (£4). Stainbeck United Reformed Church, Stainbeck Rd. Meal, friendship, gentle exercise.

Transport provided.

Volunteers always welcome. Details: Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766

Luncheon Club Meets 12 noon Tues at Headingley Methodist Church Hall, Church St. Open to anyone over 60 for food & friendship. New members welcome. Two course hot meal £3.50. Please order in advance. Details: 275 5615, 275 1592 Mena Exercise Classes Chair-Based Exercises: 10 -11am Bentley Court; 11.30am – 12.30pm Memorial Dr; 1.30 – 2.30pm Astura Court. Tai Chi classes Tues 2 – 3pm & Thurs 12 – 1pm at Meanwood Community Centre, £2. Details: MENA 278 5777 OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) provides activities for seniors living in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall. Membership is free for those aged 60 or over. You will receive a quarterly newsheet with information about all activities etc. Details: 369 7077 or infoowls@gmail. com St Chad’s Lunch Club Weds 12 - 1.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal, tea/coffee, biscuits & good company for just £3.50! Open to all those of retirement age living locally to St Chad’s.

Transport provided. Details: Anne 274 9917, Claire 275 2917 STEP invites you to join their groups at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Butcher Hill LS16. Mon 1 – 3pm afternoon tea, cakes & bingo; Tues 10 – 11.30am Gentle Exercise; Thurs 10 – 11.30am Coffee & Chat - followed by Bingo & Brunch 11.30am - 1.00pm.

Details: 275 7988, www. stepleeds.org.uk.

SPIRITUAL Alpha Course Wed 7.30pm from 5 Oct at South Parade Baptist Church, Kirkstall Lane, Headingley.

For anyone interested in learning about the Christian Faith. Details: 0113 275 4989 Catholic Churches Our Lady of Kirkstall parish covers Leeds 16, Horsforth & Kirkstall. Churches: Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (Parish office: 267 8257);

Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (Parish secretary: 258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane.

Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe M.A.,Ph.D; Assistant Priest: Fr BK Akpoigbe MSP.www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk Christian Science Church Services, 40 Otley Rd, Headingley: Sun 10.30am.

Testimony meetings 2nd Wed of month, 7.30pm & 4th Wed 2.30pm. Reading Room open 11am - 2pm Tues, Thurs & Fri. www. christianscience.org.uk City Church Leeds Ashwood Centre, 44a Headingley Lane, LS6. Services for all the family Sunday 10.30am. Loft Café open 7.30pm Sunday for informal get together.

Life Groups in homes around the city, student & youth get-togethers at Ashwood during the week. All welcome.

Details: 275 8466 / mail@ citychurchleeds.net / www. citychurchleeds.net FREE ‘drop in’ group meditation Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sunday of month: 6.30-7.30pm).

Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations.

Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 2757727, leeds@uk.bkwsu.org, www. bkwsu.org/uk/leeds St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church Service times: Wed 10.30am Communion Service; Thurs 8am Communion Service; 2nd & 4th Sun of month 8am Communion Service; Sun Parish Communion 10am; Communion Service 12.30pm; Evensong 6.30pm. All welcome.

Details: www.st-michaelsheadingley.org.uk Holy Trinity Meanwood Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style). 2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion.

Everyone Welcome. Pl note: both services on 2 Oct will be in the church due to a Harvest Lunch.

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

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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 Reformed Baptist Church meets for Sunday services at the West Park Centre, Spen Lane (10:30am & 6pm). Many other activities through the week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details: 275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org.

Leeds Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm at Quaker Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay. Based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now & A New Earth. Watch footage of an Eckhart Tolle talk followed by a period of silent meditation. Small donation appreciated.

Details: 07884 332644 or www.peacenowhere.com Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 9 Oct: Ted Capstick on Quantum Entanglement – an exploration of modern scientific thought & Theosophical principles.

2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. Leeds LS2. Free. Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk Meanwood Methodist Church Monday Fellowship Meetings held fortnightly, 2pm in The Schoolroom.

Varied programme, interesting speakers. Warm welcome. Details: Marjorie Hopwood 275 6913.

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

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd, LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 www.leedsquakers.org.uk Meditation Classes at Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre 22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood (Tues 4 & 25 Oct & 1 Nov, 12.30 – 1.30pm & 7.30 - 9pm) & Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane (Thurs 7.30pm). Special Day Course ‘Refuge – Our Inner Protection’, Sun 23 Oct, 10.30am – 5pm. Details: www. meditationinleeds.org, 0113 265 8164 South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane, Headingley. Lively services every Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm.

All welcome.

St Chad’s Parish Church, Far Headingley Parish Communion 9.30am every Sunday in church, & Evensong at 6.30pm in church. All welcome.

Details: 274 4322, www. stchads.co.uk St Paul’s Church, Ireland Wood, LS16 Sunday Services 8am &10am. Kidz Club 3rd Sunday.

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck Rd. Sunday Worship 10.45am.

Family worship with Sunday Club & crèche followed by tea, coffee & conversation.

Communion 2nd Sunday.

Praise & reflection service: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm.www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk St Augustine’s Church (Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner. 10.30am services every Sunday. 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday shorter family service.

6.30pm evening service.

All Welcome.

St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6. Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225 9751 www.dioceseofleeds.org. uk Teachings of the Fourth Way The spitiual way brought by G.I.Gurdjieff has been recognized as one of the most original, enduring & penetrating teachings of our time. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, info@ gurdjieff-leeds.com Leeds Gurdjieff Society West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane. Sunday Service at 10.30am.

Crèche for young children where they are looked after for part of the service.

Tea/coffee & a chat after service. A warm welcome to all.

SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds Branch Meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 0113 275 7694 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, Wed 1.45 – 3.45pm, Adel Stables, Back Church Lane. Incl. an hour of exercise. Details: Linda McLean 225 4744 DREAM (Disability, Recreation, Education & Advisory Meetings) has a new website with details of all their activities for people with disabilities in NW Leeds. Visit www. dreamnwleeds.btck.co.uk

Families Need Fathers 7.30pm, 2nd Wed of month, Victoria Hotel, Great George St, Leeds.

Support & advice group for parents trying to maintain & develop relationships with their children, following divorce or family breakdown. Details: Don 07981 710179, Ray 07921 728747.

Leeds Coeliac Group. Fri 14 Oct, 7.30pm at St. Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd, Headingley LS16. Gluten-free talk by Emma Killilea of Delicious Alchemy Ltd. Details: Sandra McLean 07711 768850, sandra.mclean@ btinternet.com Leeds Diabetes Support Group 1st Mon of month, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 7– 9pm. Variety of speakers. All welcome.

Details: Joan Wells 225 4528.

Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, nonjudgemental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need.

Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090 The Open Door Café A meeting place for people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of month (except bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Road. Details: Nikki 231 1727 Transition Meanwood ‘Green Drinks’ 3rd Wed every month 8pm, East of Arcadia. All welcome - meet to chat about green issues & develop ideas to reduce Meanwood’s carbon footprint. Details: www.transition-city-leeds. wikispaces.com & enter Meanwood.

Wheatfields Carers Support Group Small friendly group meets at Wheatfields, Grove Lane, 2nd Wed of month, 1.30 – 3pm.

Chat over coffee & share experiences. Details: Chris Ellis 203 3342, Angie Thompson, Carers Leeds, 246 8338

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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 Café Philosophique (Weetwood Residents’ Association)Thurs 20 Oct, 7.30pm in the Sports Pavilion, Richmond House School’s Playing Fields, Glen Rd, Weetwood. Paul Marchant talks about ‘Uncertainty & Statistics’. £3.

Headingley Green Party Works in Leeds NW Constituency for a safer, sustainable world & meets once a month. Welcomes anyone interested in the important issues of our time. Details: 226 1876, info@headingleygreens.org. uk, www.headingleygreens. org.uk, or write to: Headingley Green Party, c/o 21 Hollin Drive, Leeds LS16 5NE. Headingley & Kirkstall Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Campaigns for a world free from the threat of WMD & works for a truly peaceful & secure future. Meets 1st Tues of month, Headingley Community Centre, North Lane. 7.30-9.30pm.

Newcomers welcome.

Details: 274 1011, dave@ yorkshirecnd.org.uk Leeds Geological Association Thurs 13 Oct, 7.15pm The Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds University. Lecture: ‘Subduction Zones Never Slip: Lessons from Chile’ by Dr Isabelle Ryder, Liverpool University. Visitors welcome. Details: www. leedsga.org.uk 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. 13 Oct: LEDs in Microscopy; 27 Oct:

Fluorescence Microscopy (of Nematode Worms).

Details: Mike Smith: 293 5991, mikesmith_ ls176sh@yahoo.co.uk Leeds Naturalists’ Club & Scientific Association meets alternate Mon, 7.15pm in Museum & Seminar Room, Miall Block, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. Enjoy a series of talks on natural history subjects in winter, field meetings & exhibit evenings in summer. Details: Peter Larner 261 2589, http// sites.google.com/site/ leedsnaturalistsclub Leeds RSPB Group Meets Weds 19 Oct, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2, for an illustrated talk by prize-winning photographer Terry Piggott on ‘The Mariandyrys Reserve on Anglesey’.

All welcome. Details: rspbleeds@googlemail.com The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Film & Discussion Thurs 6 Oct, 19.45pm at St Andrew’s Church, Shaftesbury Ave. LS8 Hosted by REAP(Roundhay Environmental Action Project). REAP’s AGM & refreshments from 7pm.

The Thoresby Society, Leeds local history society. Meets 1st Tues (Oct – Dec & Feb - Apr), 7.15pm at Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane.

Non-members welcome at monthly lectures.

Fascinating library at Claremont, 23 Clarendon Rd, LS2 9NZ, open 10am – 2pm Tues & Thurs. Details: 0113 247 0704, www. thoresby.org.uk ‘Thinking, feeling and action: finding the balance’ Talk by Jan Ellan Bows, Alexander Technique Teacher. Sat 22 Oct,2.30 – 4pm at Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3.

Details: 01943 850351 Urbal Fix - How Leeds Can Thrive and Survive in Tough Times Wed 19 Oct, 7:15pm at Meanwood Parochial Hall. Tom Bliss (landscape architect/filmmaker) presents his film on how Leeds could adapt

to economic/ecological challenges ahead, bringing rural activities into the urban landscape. A wakeup call full of hope & inspiration. Free. Details: Matt Carmichael 0113 8085503 Yorkshire Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 8 Oct, 2pm at 23 Clarendon Rd, Leeds, lecture entitled ‘Digital Photography for Family Historians’ by Eric Houlder.

‘Free drop in sessions Tues 2 - 4pm for anyone needing help with family history research. Details: Mrs J. Butler 0113 263 9540 Women’s Groups Adel Ladies Luncheon Club mets 1st Wed of month at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6.

Wed 5 Oct: Richard Fuller on ‘Givendale: A Farm in Harmony with Nature’.

2 Nov: AGM plus ‘Noel Coward in Words & Music’ with Dominic Goodwin.

Details: Muriel Huntley 0113 230 1584 British Federation of Women Graduates (Leeds Association) meets monthly, usually at Headingley Parish Hall, St Michael’s Rd. Next event: A talk on Bioethics & women on Thurs 20 Oct, 7.15pm.

Details: The Secretary on 0113 262 4131 or leedsawg@ntlworld.com Four Seasons Needle Workers meets fortnightly 1.30 – 3pm, Four Seasons Cafe, Mark Lane (behind St John’s Church, Briggate) to knit & crochet items for charity. All welcome.

Lessons given. Friendly people. Details: 262 0250 Leeds Women’s Luncheon Club meets 4th Wed of month for lunch, 12.15pm, Cosmopolitan (formerly Golden Lion), Swinegate, Leeds. Interesting speakers. Details: 267 9316 Meanwood WI meets 3rd Tues of month, 7.30pm at Meanwood Institute, Green Rd. Tues 18 Oct Clodagh Tweedale presents ‘Kill or Cure’.

Muslimah Mums’ Group A hub of sisterliness.

Details: MuslimahMums@ yahoo.co.uk, www. muslimahmums.co.uk Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon each month 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.soroptimist-gbi.org/ leeds The Tuesday Club - Ladies’ Lunch Group Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Rd, Headingley, last Tues of month. Lunch 12.30pm, followed by visiting speaker. 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 Wednesday Women 1st Wed of month, 8 – 10pm at Parochial Hall, Meanwood.Building relationships & supporting women in the community.

New members are invited to join for friendship, support, conversation & varied programme of activities.

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon of month, starting 12 Sept, 7.45pm at Farsley Library Community Room, Old Rd, Farsley LS28. Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills We can also be found on YouTube. Details: Stephanie Hanson 0113 255 0824, hansonstevie@ hotmail.com.

MISC/ Events BTCV Big Green Weekend Sat 22 – Sun 23 Oct, 11am – 3pm at Hollybush Conservation Centre, Kirkstall. Variety of activities, volunteering opportunities & stalls – incl. refreshments, crafts, mosaics, a talk / honey demonstration from a bee expert & much more!

Details: 274 2335, leeds@ btcv.org.uk.

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Fungus Foray at Rodley Nature Reserve Sat 15 Oct, 2pm, led by expert Mary Larner. Meet at visitor centre. Sat 29 Oct: Sociable Pie & Peas Lunch & a cuppa from 11am.

Book your pie to avoid disappointment. Details: 0113 204 0441, info@ rodleynaturereserve.org French For Fun! A mixed ability (but not beginners), mixed age group meets Tues afternoons, October to Easter, in Moor Allerton Library.

Led by a sympathetic & knowledgeable tutor, they all help each other & share some laughs along the way. Details: Jeanne Jackson 01937 572204, jeannejackson@tesco.net Halloween ‘Trick or Treat & Trap your Heat’ Mon 31 Oct, 7 – 10pm around Meanwood. Transition Meanwood will be visiting homes, using thermal imaging equipment to check for energy efficiency & giving advice on saving energy & money & keeping your home warm. If you’d like them to visit you contact Details: dave@ transitionmeanwood.org. uk.

Honey Bee Swarms will be collected, free of charge, (if accessible). Details: Terri Beddows 268 8231, 0796 451 7608.

Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Weetwood Lane, LS16.

Visitors welcome 10.30am – 2.45pm. Free admission.

Groom a pony sessions Sat 10.30 – 11.30am. Details: Karen 0794 894 8158. www.hopepastures.org Large Room for Hire Meanwood Methodist Church, Monk Bridge Rd. Excellent floor, adjacent kitchen & disabled facilities, plus smaller

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room for meetings of 1215 people. Weekdays & evenings. Details: 293 9564 Large Room for Hire West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16. Weekdays & some evenings. Details: 278 5373 Lawnswood Cemetery Work Party David Blackham, LCC Countryside Ranger, will lead a work-party on Sat 29 Oct. All necessary equipment will be provided. If you’d like to help meet in car park opposite cemetery gates at 10am. Details: David 237 5266, david.blackham@ leeds.gov.uk Paxton Horticultural Society Rooms for hire at competitive rates at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Lane, LS5.

Details: Doreen Sergent 266 5237.

Rooms for Hire Headingley Methodist Church has rooms of various sizes which can be used for meetings, activities & celebrations. Details: Margaret Appleyard on 257 6547 Rooms for Hire at Swarthmore Wide range of rooms for hire accommodating up to 140 people. Meeting rooms, hall/ dance studio, computer rooms, art rooms, crèche & café with roof garden. Details: Swarthmore Education Centre, Woodhouse Sq. LS3. 0113 243 2210, info@swarthmore.org.uk, www.swarthmore.org.uk Roundhay Park Geology Trail 2nd Sat alternate months. Led by a geologist & starting from the Mansion Visitor Centre at 1.30pm. No geological knowledge necessary.

Please wear suitable footwear. Trail leaflets on sale at visitor centre & Lakeside Restaurant.

Details: Bill Fraser 260 8764

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

Textile Course Six weeks – Wed 5, 12, 19 Oct, & 2, 9, 16 Nov, 7.30 – 9pm. Organised by Three Churches Project in Meanwood. Includes felting. Just £1 per session to help pay for materials.

Details: Vanessa Brown 393 0600; vanessa@ threechurches.org.uk UNICEF Special Gift Fair Sat 12 Nov, 10am – 3.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, Roundhay, LS8. An excellent variety of unusual stalls & gifts Volunteering Opportunities at Caring Together Looking for something rewarding & fun? Why not volunteer with us? We support older people in Woodhouse & Little London, offering practical as well as emotional support. We also run various exercise, educational & social activities. Details: Lisa Hutton 243 0298, caring. together@dial.pipex.com Volunteer Collectors Wanted! St Gemma’s Hospice is looking for people to help with collections in local supermarkets. Wide range of dates & times to choose from. The hospice earns over £40,000 a year from store collections and boxes in the community. Details: Jenny 218 5565, www. st-gemma.co.uk

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Art Supplies 42 Dinsdales Bathrooms 13 Coral Bathrooms 60 MB Maintenance

Music Classes 29 Achord Arts

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Office Space 27 Airedale House

Tiler 62 Ceramic & Stone Tiler

Estate Agent 29 David Moor

Oven Cleaning 15 Ovenu

Fitted Furniture 63 Reg Banks

Paving & Driveways 18 C & S 68 Resin Driveways

Garages 02 Grove Lane Garage 37 ES Motors 57 Alba Tyres 67 Motor Marque

Plasterers 63 S. Nicholls

Builders 37 JMC

Gardeners 18 Barrow’s Garden Services 19 John’s Gardening Services

Plumbing & Heating 14 Trust Gas 31 John the Plumber 60 Bell Property Services 62 Plumbing Services 63 Norton Plumbing

Care Services 11 Bluebird Care

Gates & Railings 61 MW Fabrications

Printer Cartridges 25 Cartridge World

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners 40 Clean Care 42 FabriClean 49 Star Fabric

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Psychic 61 Melissa

Blinds & Curtains 35 Hillarys

Charity Shop 63 Salvation Army

Jewellers 65 Queensbury Jewellers

Christmas Parties 17 Village Hotel

Joinery 63 Graham Bell

Complimentary Therapies 42 Bowen Technique 42 Seven Arches 42 Equilibrium 42 Advanced Wellness

Kitchens 21 Caldaire Kitchens

Decorators 60 Lewis Loftus 60 Russ Gaunt

Laundry & Dry Cleaning 59 West Park Laundry

Removals 61 Man with a Van Roofers 14 R&D Sheridan 61 VJR Roofing 61 Halls Roofing & Builders

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