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APRIL 2012

LifeC O N N E C T I N G Y O U TO T H E C O M M U N I T YNORTH LEEDS

CREATING YOUR DREAM GARDEN

KAY MELLOR TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST TV SERIES

ROYAL VISITFOR ILKLEY

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

This month we bring you the news of a Royal Visit in Ilkley and Menston residents express their disappointment at the recent Planning decision. We talk to Kay Mellor about her new television series ‘The Syndicate’ and about becoming patron of Friends of The Hollies. We also talk to Esther Rantzen as NSPCC’s ChildLine celebrates 25 years. Landscape designer Lindsay Bird gives a little advice in our garden feature; JRR Tolkien is the subject of ‘They Lived in Leeds’; and we review the film ‘The Descendants’.

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

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the teamFEATURES

18Another Kay Mellor Drama to Look Forward toKay Mellor talks about her latest TV series, her passion for the north and her role as patron of Friends of The Hollies

26Your Dream Garden – With a Little Help!Lindsay Bird outlines how garden designers can help

Cover: Kyte Photography www.kytephotography.co.uk

06 Ilkley Brewery & Lishman’s Selected for Royal Visit PrincessAnnechoosestovisitLishman’sandIlkleyBrewery

08 Misery for Menston Residents after Battle for Greenbelt Proposeddevelopmentcouldforce2,400trafficmovementsper daydownnarrow,congestedlanes

10 ChildLine Celebrates 25 Years! ChildLinefounderEstherRantzentalkstoNLLabouthowthe charityhasgrown

23 Mary Shelley at The Playhouse AboldnewplayabouttheauthorofFrankensteinbyaward-winning playwrightHelenEdmundson

36 Bradford’s 18th International Film Festival Thisyear’seventpromisestopresentitsusualeclecticmixof featurepremieres,cultclassics,internationalguests, documentariesandfamilyfeatures

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Ilkley Brewery and Lishman’s butchers willeach welcome HRH The Princess Royal toIlkleyonTuesday3rdAprilasparthervisittoWestYorkshire.

PrincessAnnepersonallyselectedLishman’sand IlkleyBreweryastwoof thebusinessesshewouldmost like to visitduringher timeinthecounty.Thevisitcomesafterastringofregionalandnationalawardsforthebrewery,andaregionalCountrysideAllianceAwardforLishman’slastmonth.

“This is such an incredible honour foreveryonehereat thebrewery”,saidStewartRoss, one of Ilkley Brewery’s directors. “Tohear that The Princess Royal was activelyinvolved in choosing the businesses shewould like to visitmakes theoccasionevenmore special.We are all looking forward towelcominghertoIlkleyandhopetogiveheraninspiringandenlighteningvisit.”

David Lishman, a Q Guild Butcher andtwice Champion of Champions winner forhis famous sausages, added: “It’s been atremendousyearforLishman’sfollowingourYorkshire Sausage campaign last summerand our recent ‘rural Oscars’ success. Totop all this off with a visit from Her RoyalHighness,iswonderful.Wearethrilledtobepart of this Royal visit and look forward tomeetingher.”

A Royal brew

Tocommemorate thevisit,and tocelebratetheQueen’sDiamondJubilee,IlkleyBrewerywillcreateaspecialalecalledIlkleyJubilee,which Princess Anne will officially launch

duringhervisit to thebrewery.Shewillalsounveil a commemorative plaque celebratingthe installation of Ilkley Brewery’s sixthfermentationvessel,whichwill increase thebrewery’soutputto40,000pintsaweek.

Ceremonial sausages

Lishman’s will showHer Royal Highness itslatestsalamiproductionventurewhichuseslocally reared meat to make traditional,artisan salamis. Following this, shewill seeone of Lishman’s popular butchery classesinaction,beforeunveilingacommemorativeplaque and receiving a special Lishman’shamper.

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How can this have happened? Twoproductivefarms,sandwichedbetweenMenston and the moors now haveplanning permission for two housingestates? This land was Greenbelt inBradford’s UDP; its development willforce2,400trafficmovementsperdaydown narrow, congested, lanes andpastourvillageschool.

That is just the start. Local geologymeans this land is liable to flood;so concerned were residents thatwe pooled funds for a Flood RiskAssessment. However, its damningfindings were totally ignored by theplanning officer’s report. Instead, theyused desktop calculations based onnationalaverages.Menstonpropertiesnow face serious flooding, yet thedecisionpanel,ledbyCouncillorShabirHussain,toldus‘thiswasnotaplanningmatter’!!

Nor,doourtribulationsendthere.OurDale no longer offers any significantemployment;Menston,avillage,hasnosecondaryschools:travelforworkandeducation is a necessity. Already atpeakhours,ourtrainsaredangerouslyovercrowded, and the A65 neargridlock:itcantaketwohourstotravelthetenmilestoLeeds.Threehundredextra family houses can only intensifythetravelmisery.

I contemplate this situation withdread,asinkingfeelinginthepitofmystomach. For fighting for our families’wellbeingwearedenouncedas‘middleclass’ NIMBYs by Bradford’s housingpolicy executive Councillor Val Slater.Yet, the real issue lies entrenched inthe relationship between developers’desire to build where it is mostprofitable, and a weak Local Planning

Authority prone to developers whowhisperinducementsintheirear.

Bradford’s stated policy is Brownfieldregeneration first; but, Brownfieldis unattractive to developers. Tocircumvent the policy, they obtainplanning permission on Brownfieldsites and landbank them; effectivelyremoving them from ‘circulation’and prolonging city deprivation. Theythen speculatively take out bindingpurchase options on greenfield sites;subsequentlychallengingthisstatusinthecauseofBradford’sunsubstantiatedhousingtargets.Inducementshelptheprocess;partypoliticalcouncillorscarryitthrough.Theironybeing,thehousesare not bought by the homeless ofBradford.

This is just the start for Wharfedale.Bradford’s local developmentframework threatens many villageswithbulldozersandconcrete;CllrSlaterhaspromiseddevelopersshewill‘lockhorns’withustoensureithappens.ToheraidwillcometheGovernment’s

nationalplanningpolicyframeworkwithitspresumptioninfavourofostensible‘sustainabledevelopment’.Thefoxhasbeengiftedthekeystothehenhouse,and our councillors are trading greenEnglandacrebyacre.

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This year’s Otley Carnival is scheduled for 16th June andpreparationsarewellunderway.RecentlytheCarnivalQueen,herdeputyandattendantswereselected.Atotalof20girlsaged fromsix to tenattended theceremony tochoose the2012QueenandherretinueattheSeniorCitizensWelfareCentre in Otley. The judges, Ann and Colin Whiers fromHarrogateandBettySyril fromBaildon,commentedonthedifficultyoftheirtask,butfinallyselectedPoppyRoberts(10)fromSt.Joseph’sRCPrimaryasQueen,ScarletHannan(10)fromAllSaintsCofEasherdeputy,andElloraGreen (9),WestgatePrimaryandEleanorBradford(8)AshfieldPrimaryasherattendants.TheCrownBearerwillbeImogenBell(9)alsofromWestgatePrimary.

TheCarnivalQueenandherpartyareavailabletoattendanyeventoractivityintheareaandorganisationwhowouldliketoinvitethequeenshouldcontactWendyCordenon01943463954.

Last year’s Queen, Sylvia Cullen, and her attendants haveattendedothercarnivalsasguests,assistedwithswitchingontheChristmaslights,andvisitedlocalnursinghomesandpatientsinWharfedaleHospital.InthisyearoftheQueen’sDiamondJubilee,involvingourlocalCarnivalQueenwouldbeevenmoreappropriate.

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NSPCC’S CHILDLINE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS!

Lastmonth,EstherRantzen,ChildLinefounder and TV presenter, was inLeeds to celebrate the charity’s 25thanniversary. Down at NSPCC’s LeedsHQ, we asked her the same questionthat JohnHumphrysofBBCRadio4’sToday Show asked her 25 years ago:“Did you know what you were takingon?”

Estherquicklyadmittedthatshedidn’t.“No,butyou’vegottotakeariskfromtimetotime”,shetoldus.“Wethoughtwewouldtakethecallsandimmediatelypassthemontothevariousbodies,likesocialservices,todealwith.

“We got it wrong. We soon found outthat we had to work at the child’spaceandmake themfeelsafe. Itwasamatter of finding ways to give themhope.Ifsocialworkersweretoarriveattheirdooritcouldhaveputthematrisk.So the whole emphasis of ChildLinehadtochange.”

Of course, children’s services mighteventually become involved, butonlywhen the childwas ready. It wasinteresting, too, to see how children’sconcerns had changed over the years– 25 years ago their main concernwas sexual abuse, later the emphasisshifted to physical abuse, and mostrecentlyit’sbullying.

In the last 12 months, ChildLine hascounselledover265,000childrenandyoung people. The Leeds base alonereceived over 15,400 contacts fromchildrenfromacrosstheUK.

“ChildLine is a lifeline for thousandsofyoungpeoplewhodesperatelyneedsupport and advice with problemstheydarenotsharewithanyoneelse”,said Esther. “Our trained volunteercounselors work around the clock toensurethatthemostvulnerableyoungpeople can get the protection andsupport they need, transforming andsometimesevensavingpreciousyounglives.

“Up until now, some children hadto try many times before they couldget through to ChildLine. It makesme especially proud, in our 25thanniversary year, that we can say, forthefirst time inChildLine’shistory,wecan now answer almost every call oremail thefirst timeachild tries togetthrough.”

NSPCC’s ChildLine, a free 24-hourconfidential helpline for children andyoung people, has been providingsupportandadviceacrosstheUKsince1986. As Keith Fielding, one of 33volunteer councilors working from theLeeds centre, commented: “ChildLinehelps empower children and youngpeopleasitgivesthemanopportunityto express themselves and talk abouttheirproblems.”

EstherthankedtheChildLinestaffandvolunteers – as she said: ”Withoutthemthisvital lifeline forchildrenandyoungpeoplecouldnotcontinue”.

NSPCC 1950’S JUBILEE BALLCelebrate The Queen’s DiamondJubilee in style at the NSPCC’s1950’sBallattheRoseBowl,CivicQuarter, Leeds, on Saturday 26thMay starting with a Champagnereceptionat7pm.Thenenjoyafourcourse dinner, live entertainmentand dancing until late, all with athoroughly 1950’s flavour. Tickets£600foratableof10.

CHILDLINE’S THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE Friday 13th – Sunday 15th July

Grab your walking boots for thisfantastic National Three Peakschallengeandmakearealdifferencetochildren’slives.Thisguidedwalktakes in the three highest peaksin Scotland (Ben Nevis 1,344m),England (Scarfell Pike 978m) andWales (Snowdon 1,085). Widelyregarded as one of the UK’s mostchallenging events, it provides theultimate test of mental staminaand physical endurance. Not forthe faint hearted, but with priortrainingandprofessionalsupport itcanbetheexperienceofalifetime.Registrationfee:£50(over18sonly)withaminimumsponsorshipgoalof£350.

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ANOTHER EXCITING DAY PLANNED FOR OTLEY GREEN FAIR

Otley’s annual Green Fair will be at Otley Courthouse onSaturday14thAprilfrom10am–4pm.

ThisyeartheCourthousewelcomestheButtercrossBelles,whowillbedancinginthecourtyard;HomeGrown,thelocalgroupwhichencouragespeopletogrowtheirownfruitandveg,willbegivingoutadviceandinformationonhowtomakethemostofyourgarden,allotmentorwindowbox;plustherewill be crafts, campaigns, local andenvironmental groups,organicandFairTradefoodstalls.

Youwill alsohaveanopportunity to try variousalternativetherapies, including Reflexology and Alexander Technique.And, Chevin Cycleswill be on handwith advice on bicyclemaintenance and repair, as well as information about allkindsofbikes.

TocelebratetheOlympicsandthefirstOtleyCyclingFestival,which will be held on Sunday 8th July, there will be achildren’sworkshop(1–3pm,cost£2)creatingartworkonthethemeofcycling.Workshopplacesare limitedsobookearlyon01943467466.Under8sshouldbeaccompaniedbyanadult.

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Otley Town Mayor, Councillor NigelFrancis, recently announced the finalevents of his 20 X 20 Appeal, whichaims to raise£1,000 for20charities,organisations and community groups,andhe isconfident that thepeopleofOtleywillpulltogethertohelphimreachhisgoalof£20,000.

On Saturday 28th April there will bea Spring Fayre, 10am – 4pm at theUnitedReformedChurch,BridgeStreet,featuringstallssellingnewandqualitysecondhandgoodsandgifts.Admissionis free and a number of displays andotheractivitiesareplanned.

The TownMayor’sDinnerDance is onSaturday5thMayatOtleyGolfClub.Afourcoursedinnerwillbefollowedbyanauction, and entertainment from localartists.Tickets(£25)areavailablefromCouncillor Francis on 01943 [email protected].

The famousSteetonMaleVoiceChoir,one of themost popular choirs in thearea,willbringthemayor’sfundraising

to a close with a concert at OtleyMethodist Church on Saturday 12thMay. The soloist will be Emmy Wilde(soprano)andLenWilsonwillcompere.Following their recent televisionappearance, this concert is likely tobe very popular. Tickets (£7) can beobtained from various shops in OtleyandfromCouncillorFrancis.

The nominated charities are: RNLI,St. George’s Crypt, Martin HouseHospice, Bluebell Wood Children’sHospice, Bernese Mountain Dogs,Otley Christmas Crib, Yeadon RAF,Cadet Band, Help for Heroes, churchrestoration in Akandjaevo, BethEquipment Fund, Otley Action forOlder People, St. Gemma’s Hospice,Wheatfields/Sue Ryder Hospice, FireBrigade Benevolent Fund, Otley inBloom, Replacement seats in Otley,InternationalRescue,UpperWharfedaleFellRescue,OtleyChristmasLightsandHangontoaDream.

OTLEY TOWN MAYOR ANNOUNCES FINAL EVENTS OF MAYORAL YEAR

Mrs Diane Francis and Councillor Nigel Francis

Otley has a busy year ahead and Otley Pub Club plans to be in the thick of it!

The Club plans to kick start thecelebrations by changing all the PubnamesinOtleyto‘QueenElizabeth’fortheDiamond Jubileecelebrations (3rd–6thJune).Theyareaskingalllicensedpremisestocelebratethismomentousoccasion,andletthemknowwhattheyhaveplanned,sotheycanpubliciseallpubevents.

TheClubisalsoenteringafloatinOtleyCarnival (16th June),and theymaybejoinedonthefloatbyawell-knownlocalband.Thisisagreatopportunityforthepubs to attract visitors for good food,finealesandentertainment.

For during the Olympics (27th July –12thAugust)OtleyPubClubispreparinganOtleyCharityOlympicsQuiz.

Theiraimistohavefourteamsperpub,eachteamrepresentingacountry,from12thJuly–11thAugust.

Thecountrywiththemostpointsearnedwill receive Gold and so on to Bronze(theyarelookingforasponsortocoverthecostof themedals).There isa£5per person entry fee and all proceedswillbedonatedtoalocalcharity.

The presentation will be performedby a local celebrity to be decided bynomination.Otleyresidentsare invitedto nominate their favourite localcelebrity, giving the reason they thinkthispersonshouldbeselected.

Anyonewishingtoparticipateorassistwithsponsorshipshouldcontactchair@otleypubclub.co.ukorcallPeterJackson(Chairman)on07799465070

OTLEY PUB CLUB THROWS ITSELF INTO THE YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS


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At JARVIS we support couples and families who are dealing with relationship breakdowns and this is not limited to those who are married. A number of issues arise for couples who have not ‘tied the knot’ – particularly in relation to property, fi nances and children.The law for those living together and not married has been up for debate for as long as we family lawyers can remember. A recent case brought into focus the benefi t of taking a moment to record the intentions of a couple moving in together (or for that matter a couple currently living together) as it can make life much more simple if they come to separate at a later date.

The case I am thinking of concerned an unmarried couple who had jointly owned a home together but

who had separated without addressing the issue of who was entitled to what share of the equity in the property. The woman had stayed in the home with the children and the male partner had left, buying a further home for himself and leaving the woman to maintain the home and pay the outgoings herself. At the time of separation both acknowledged that they had an equal share of the home.

The matter was taken to court as the question arose many years later as to whether the woman was entitled to a greater share of the equity in the property as she had ‘invested’ her time and money into maintaining the house over the years.

At the fi rst court hearing the Judge awarded the woman a 90% interest in the property leaving the male only 10%. This decision was set to have a huge impact on the law relating to unmarried couples particularly as there had been no agreed intention between the parties to vary the share each was due.Unsurprisingly, the male involved appealed the decision and the second court hearing overturned the fi rst court’s decision resulting in the couple reverting to the position of a 50-50 split.

There are, of course, two sides to every ‘story’ and from the woman’s perspective the decision may seem unfair as she had maintained the house and paid the mortgage from her own funds for many years so why would she not receive a greater share? But from the male perspective there was no intention for the woman to receive more and she had merely ‘paid’ for her occupation of the house, so perhaps the second decision seemed fairer. What is certain is that the law surrounding couples who have lived

together and then separate is very uncertain and is still changing.

My advice to any couple just moving in together, or even for those who have lived together for some time, is to stop and take a moment to consider what might happen about your property, fi nances (joint savings, loans etc) and your children if you were to separate in the future. It’s like making a will – it’s never an easy thing to do, but it does make life a little more straightforward should you ever need to call upon it in the future!

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

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

Tolkien persisted in his studies, displaying a remarkable gift for languages, and won a scholarship to Oxford where he focused on Middle and Old English and Old Norse, rich sources of inspiration. Here, when he reached 21 in 1913, he renewed his romance with Edith Bratt, whom he had met and fallen in love with three years before. They got engaged in 1914 just as war was declared, and married in 1916 when Tolkien had completed his degree and enlisted – they knew he might never return. He fought in the devastating battle of the Somme, an experience that affected him deeply. In late 1916 he contracted trench fever and was invalided home. His recurrent poor health prevented his return to the Front, where all but one of his closest friends died.

When war ended, Tolkien and Edith, now with a young son, returned to Oxford where he found work with the New English Dictionary, but in 1920 he applied for the post of Reader at Leeds and to his surprise

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

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

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

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

Lord of the Rings, which became an international best seller and inspired an Oscar-winning cycle of films. The Silmarillion, edited by his son, was published after Tolkien’s death in 1973, as were many of his other works and papers. The extraordinary world he created continues to attract commentators and researchers, enthusiasts and critics.

THEY LIVED IN LEEDSJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973

Writer, Poet, Scholar, Philologist

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

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

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In the last couple ofmonths I have noticed

new Sainsbury’s Locals on Street Lane, Roundhay, (the oldOddbinssite)andHarrogateRoad,Moortown(wheretheJadeDragonusedtobe),theYorkshireBankinChapelAllertonisto becomeanMLocal (Morrisons), there’s a TescoExpressopening on King Lane, Alwoodley (on the site of a small,independentgarage),andapparently,groundlevelattheoldLoungeCinemaonNorthLaneinHeadingleyisalsoabouttobecomeaSainsbury’sLocal.

CouncilsandtheGovernmentarealwaysdelighted–crowingthatthesupermarketsarebringinglotsofnewjobs.Lowpaid,part time jobs. While we sit by and watch, the all-powerfulsupermarketsareturningthis‘NationofShopkeepers’intoanationofshelfstackers.

Property developers have bought up large sections of highstreetsandraisedrentssomuchsmallerentrepreneurscannolongeraffordtorentretailspace.Theywelcomesupermarketswithopenarms–it’ssurecash.Onlytheycanaffordthelargeamountsthatdevelopersdemandupfront.

Headingleyhashadabitofaresurgencerecently.Onceagainthere isabutcher (HeadingleyFarmButchers), andabaker(Artisan Bakery). Then there’s the long established Harris’sGreengrocers and the Natural Food Store just across thestreet–alloftheseonNorthLane,clusteredaroundwhatistobethisnewSainsbury’sLocal.

Leeds City Council loves to boast that Leeds is a fantasticshopping destination – no it’s not. City centre rents are sohigh, and the Council is so set on building huge shoppingcentres, thatsoonallLeedswillbeabletoboast isnationalchain stores and designer names that exist in every othertown and city. What’s great about that? No character, noindividuality,noenterprise,nocreativity.Stopthemplease!

Now, as the all-powerful supermarkets muscle in on ourcommunities, corner shops and newsagents are rapidlydisappearing.Everyoneoperatingorthinkingofopeningalocalbusiness today desperately needs the support of their localcommunitytohelpkeepandbuildavibrantlocaleconomy.

Look around you, you’ll be surprised by the variety ofindependent, local businesses there still are. Think localbeforeheadingtothatnationalormulti-nationalchain.You’llgetfarmoreoutoflifewhenyouLiveLifeLocal!

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LIFE & STYLE

A CUT FOR A CAUSE!

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

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

Will we be seeing any familiar faces and locations?

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

Was setting The Syndicate in Leeds important to you?

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

What inspired you to write The Syndicate?

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

When can we expect to see it?

Look out for it later this spring…

Kay Mellor, one of Britain’s leadingTV writers and has written a host ofhighly acclaimed television dramas,includingBandofGold(1995),Playingthe Field (1998), Fat Friends (2000),Between the Sheets (2003), StrictlyConfidential(2006),TheChase(2006)andAPassionateWoman(2010).Sheis renowned for her gritty realism,strongcharactersandforflyingtheflagfor northern talent. Born and raisedinLeeds,KaywasawardedanOBE in2009inrecognitionofhercontributiontoBritishbroadcasting.

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ANOTHER KAY MELLOR DRAMA TO LOOK FORWARD TO

We’ve got a wonderful cast

including Timothy Spall, Joanna Page, Matthew McNulty,

Matthew Lewis and Lorraine

Bruce

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


KAY MELLOR JOINS FRIENDS OF THE HOLLIES

LivingclosetoTheHolliesinWeetwood,KayMellorwasde-lightedtobeaskedtobecomePatronofFriendsoftheHol-lies.

“IwalkthroughTheHolliesonaregularbasis…Iwatchtheseasons changeand it keepsme sane”, saidKay. “Some-timesIhavemybestideaswalkingthroughthewoodland.”

TheFriendsofTheHollieswasformedalmostyearagoandhasalreadyachievedagreatdeal.Thegroupmeetsonthesecond Saturday of the month in The Hollies car park at10amandworksforabouttwohoursundertheguidanceoftheLeedsCityCouncilgardeners,whodonatetheirtime.Todatethegrouphascleareddrainageditchesandovergrownareas, re-plantednationalcollectionshrubsanduncoveredandrestoreda‘lost’path.Thevolunteersalwayswinddownattheendofeachsessionwithhomebakedcakesandcof-fee!

“Imaynotbeashands-onasIwouldlike,butIseetheworkthattheFriendsachieveeverymonthandit’slovelytothinkthatI’moneofacollectivethatreallyappreciatesthenaturalbeauty of The Hollies”, continued Kay. “Careful, judiciouspruningwillhelptoretainthewoodland’snaturalbeautyandallowre-growth,andtheprojectwillhelptoensurethatthestreamsarekeptfreeflowing.

“Itissoimportantthatthelocalcommunityisinvolvedasitgivespeopleasenseofbelongingandownership.Theverynatureofworkingtogether inapartypromotescommunity.Having a shared passion can unite people from differentagesandbackgrounds.”

Friends of The Hollies Plant Sale

TheFriends’nextfundraisingeventwillbeaplantsaleinTheHolliesCarParkonSaturday12thMayat10am.Kayishop-ingtobethere–workpermitting.

Furtherinformationisavailableat http://friendsofthehollies.wordpress.com/

Plans Underway for Second Ilkley Arts Trail

Ilkley’s first ever Arts Trail took place last October and,despiteinclementweather,sawover3,000peopletakeitinandover£12,000inartsales!

The event included 28 different venues showing thesculpture,paintings,glass,ceramics,fabricandsilverworkof over 30 artists. Well-known, established artists wereshoulder to shoulder with emerging, contemporary artists,andthesuccessoftheTrailsurprisedeventheorganisers.Building on this success, freelance arts project managerLorna Bird and local artist Lucia Smith are now lookingforwardtoorganisingthesecondArtTrailinOctoberthisyear.

“Acallforsubmissionsfromartistswillgooutsoonand,ofcourse,supportisstillneeded”,saidLorna.“LastyearTheTrailquickly attracted the support of IlkleyBrewery,WeaverbirdWorkshop, The Art Shop and Cakewalk-Handmade-and-Vintage.WehavenowopenedupanewmarketingwindowforotherlocalbusinessestoreachouraudienceandsupportIlkleyArtTrail2012.Supportfromindividualpatronswouldbeparticularlywelcome.”

Lorna is already busy recruiting volunteers and identifyingnewvenues.Ifyouareabletohelpinanyway,shewouldlovetohearfromyou.

The Ilkley Gallery, which uses non-gallery space (e.g. winebar, hotel, brewery loading bay, solicitors’ reception areaetc),toexhibitlocalandregionalartists,iscurrentlyhostingtwo exciting exhibitions. Pastel artist Lucia Smith’s workis exhibited at Ison Harrison Solicitors on The Grove andthe public is welcome during office hours. Wells PracticeOsteopathsarefeaturingtheworkofoilpainterJudithLevinand textileartist LindaDewart. Visitorsarewelcomewhenthe practice is staffed, call in on the off chance or phone01943817191foranappointment.

Forfurtherinformation,contactLornaon07789681862orlorna.bird@btopenworld.com.ForaglimpseofIlkleyArtTrail2011,visitwww.ilkleyarttrail.org.uk

ARTS & CULTURE

MUSIC TO DIE FORThe courage of the members of theTitanic’s band on 14th April 1912 islegendary.Aswithmostlegends,somearebasedonfact,othersonfancy.

There is no real evidence that thehymn Nearer My God to Thee wasever played, but many convincedthemselves that it was, and most ofthe40,000peoplewhoattended thefuneral of the Titanic’s bandmaster,WallaceHartley,inColneseemtohavejoinedthechoirinsingingit.Hisbodyhadbeenrecoveredwithhis initialledmusic case still strapped to it – so itwassaid.

Could those musicians have actuallycontributed to thenumberofpassen-gerswhodrowned?Couldthenumbersof those saved have beenmore thanthe 712, despite the fact that therewereonlyenough lifeboats forhalfofthoseonboard?

HavingconductedtheBarcarollefromOffenbach’s Tales of Hoffmanasafter-dinner entertainment for first-classpassengers, and as the seriousnessof the situation developed, Hartleywas called upon to play on deck. Hechose the latestpopularmelodies.Atfirstitwasnotcertainthatthelifeboatswould have to be used. Most peoplewerestillbelowdeckintheircabins.

Why did the music continue when itbecame apparent that urgent actionwas needed to save lives? Peopleseemedreluctanttogetintotheboats.Could this have been partly due tothe fact that themusic was soothingnerves a little too much? Was themessage being sent out that it wasunnecessaryforpeopletoactuallygetmoving?

Musiccanstirthesoulandsometimesitcanbetheequivalentofhotcocoa.Inthiscase,itmighthavebeenbetterifthemusicianshadsimplypackeduptheir instrumentsandmadetheirwaytothelifeboats.

Whenall the boats had left and theyknew they were going to die, theycontinuedplayinguntiltheywerewaist-deepinwater–yes,thatwasheroic.

RichardWilcock

Leeds-basedtheatrecompanyCaptainMermaid presents Captain Murderer and The Morecambe Mermaid atCityVarietiesonFriday13thApril.

Created and performed by LisaHoward and John Barber, this two-man exploration of addiction, sexualexploitation, immigration and kiss-me-quick seaside cheekiness tellsthestoryofadrunkenend-of-the-piershow owner and his star attraction‘TheMorecambeMermaid.’

He’s trying desperately to tell hisfavourite story, a version of a little-known Dickens short story about adastardlycaptainwhomarrieswomenbeforeeatingtheminpies,butit’snotgoingwell.Hisfoul-moutheddaughterTanya is more of a hindrance thana help andhe could really dowith adrink.Allthemermaidwantsistogetback to sea, but he’s got somethingthatsheneeds.FollowingtheirstoriesastheyintertwineacrossMorecambe,from the beach to the fishmonger, ahotel lounge to theirwashed-upend-of-the-pier show, this newproductionis a fast-moving parade of puppetryandmasks, illusions,projectionsandoriginalsongs.

Captain Mermaid Theatre Companywas founded by John Barber and

LisaHoward in2010, following yearsof previous collaborations. Based inChapeltown, it makes small-scaletouring shows aimed at theatre andcabaret audiences. CaptainMermaidis driven by a desire to createintelligentfunnypopulisttheatre,andto promote theatre skills within theregion, throughdelivery of integratedworkshops in masks and puppetryandskillssharing.

Formoreinformation,visit www.captainmermaid.co.uk

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“Awe-inspiringly confident and assured … with a perfection which apparently effortlessly sets him apart from everyone else … Alexej Gorlatch is one of those players who can take you into areas that others just can’t reach.” Irish Times

Alexej Gorlatch, the talented youngUkrainian pianist who took the SilverPrize at the 2009 Leeds InternationalPiano Competition, makes a welcomereturntoLeedsTownHallonSaturday2nd June to take part in the Queen’sDiamond Jubilee Celebratory ConcertbeingpresentedbyLeedsPhilharmonicChorus. Alexej, whose many otherawardsinclude1stPrizeatinternationalcompetitions in Dublin, Dresden andJapan, will be playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 18 in B flat,accompaniedbyManchesterCamerata.Thisexcitingevening of celebratory music alsofeatures Handel’s Four Coronation Anthems – includingZadok the Priest – and Mozart’s Coronation Mass (No

15 in C major), performed by LeedsPhilharmonicChorusandsoloistsSarahOgden,HeatherIreson,ThomasMorssandMatthewKellett. Theconductor isDavidHill.

Tickets (£16 – £31.50) are availablefrom City Centre Box Office at TheCarriageworkson0113224380,orvia

www.leedsphil.org, or fromany chorusmember.

LeedsPhilisalwayshappytowelcomenewmembers.Rehearsalsareheldat7.15pmeveryThursdayatStGeorge’sChurch,GreatGeorgeStreet,Leeds1.Forfurtherinformationvisit www.leedsphil.org/join.asp

Ilkley Choral Society, in association with Ilkley Parish Council’s Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, will perform ‘Creation’ by Franz Joseph Haydn on Saturday 28th April at St Margaret’s Church, Queen’s Road, Ilkley, starting at 7pm

After visiting London and hearing themusicofGFHandel,Haydndeterminedto write an oratorio that would beremembered long after his lifetime.A religious man, he put his all intocomposingCreation.

The oratorio depicts the creation ofthe world as described in the Bookof Genesis and in Milton’s Paradise Lost.Part1encompassesthecreationof primal light, the heavenly bodies,earth,water,weatherandplantlifeandconcludeswith themarvellous chorus‘The heavens are telling the glory ofGod’. Part 2 tells of sea creatures,birds, animals and man, and Part 3

concludeswithachoralandsymphonichymn to the Garden of Eden and thefirsthoursofAdamandEve.

Composed between 1796 and 1798,the oratorio was scored for soprano,tenor and bass soloists, chorus

and orchestra. The soloists for thisperformance are Kristina James,soprano, Christopher Trenholme,tenor, and Philip Wilcox, bass. Ilkleysingers will be joined by members ofOtley Choral Society, and ChristopherRathbone, Director of Music at StMargaret’sChurch,willplaytheorgan.TheconductorisAlanHorsey.

Tickets are available from The GroveBookshop,members of the chorus, orfrom01943816774.

HAYDN’S ‘CREATION’ AT ST MARGARET’S

AWARD-WINNING PIANIST TO PLAY QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE CONCERT


ARTS & CULTURE

HandelCoronation Anthems

MozartPiano Concerto No 18in B flat, KV456

MozartMass No 15 in C major, KV317 (Coronation Mass)

David Hill conductor

Alexej Gorlatch piano(Silver prize-winner at the 2009 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition)

Sarah Ogden* soprano

Heather Ireson* mezzo

Thomas Morss* tenor

Matthew Kellett* baritone

* By kind permission of the Royal Northern College of Music

Queen’s Diamond JubileeCelebratory Concert

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Tickets: £16 – £31.50Concessions available

City Centre Box Office at The Carriageworks

0113 224 3801

Leeds Town HallSaturday 2 June 2012, 7.30pm

The exhibition Performance: Tales from Platform, Pitch and Podium a celebration of Leeds success in sport and performance, is currently running at Abbey House Museum.

It features objects from over 100years ago to the recent past –including medals won by Leeds-born

swimmer Doris Storey, who competedatthe1936BerlinOlympicGames,andrare footage from the Yorkshire FilmArchiveof theNewZealandAllBlacksteamplayingatHeadingleyduringtheirUKtourof1947.

YoucanalsoseefootageoftheRollingStones’ concert at Roundhay Park

in 1982 and the 1963 film ‘Billy Liar’starring Tom Courteney and JulieChristie. There are medals awardedto Leeds Festival Chorus in 1922and 1925, theatrical costumes usedby Kirkstall Players around 1910,and a section devoted to dance withcostumes borrowed from RJC Dance,the Joyce O’Donnell School of IrishDancing,andBriggateMorrisDancers.Other elements include Leeds’ choraltradition, classical symphonic andinstrumentalmusic.

The exhibition has been designedby Leeds Metropolitan Universitysecond-year design students LeighDurham,LucyDunks,JessicaHellawell,MollyWaterhouseandDennisChu,whowon a competition to work alongsideLeedsMuseumsandGalleriescuratorsmanagingthedisplaysfromthecouncilcollections.

A CELEBRATION OF LEEDS PERFORMING SUCCESS AT ABBEY HOUSE

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A co-production between ThePlayhouse, Shared Experience andNottingham Playhouse, this beautifulplay explores the remarkable life,radical beliefs and relationships thatledtheauthorofFrankensteintowriteone of the greatest novels in historywhenshewasjust19yearsold.

Having lost hermother, feministMaryWollstonecraft, at an early age, youngMaryfindscomfortinreadingthefamilymemoirwrittenbyherfather,theradicalphilosopher William Godwin. However,his free-thinking account of hermother’ssuicideattempt,extra-maritalaffairandbirthofherillegitimateelderdaughter are regarded by society asshocking.

Sharing her father’s controversiallyliberal outlook, Mary is herself drawnintoscandalwhenshefallsinlovewithPercy Bysshe Shelley, amarried poet,andelopesat16.

Delving into Mary Shelley’s turbulentpersonalhistorythisstrikingproductionsheds lighton the lifeofaboldyoungwomanwho came towrite a novel soradicalinitsideology,shechangedtheliterarylandscapeforever.

Mary Shelley is at West YorkshirePlayhouse until Saturday 7th April.Tickets are available from 0113 2137700orwww.wyp.org.uk

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

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Garden designers draw on their extensive knowledge of plants and hard landscaping

““Hard materials form the basic structure of the garden. The designer can achieve a unique look without blowing the budget or making maintenance of the garden a chore, by combining materials in a certain way. The same goes for planting. The planting pallet available nowadays is endless. Designers can use plants from all over the

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GARDENROUND-UPBy Kath Hall, Paxton Horticultural ...............................................We are now coming into the busy period when everythingappearstobehappeningatonceandneedingourattention–propagating,seedsowingandpruning!

For thosewhohaveover-wintereddahlia tubers,now is thetimetoplacetheminsomemoistcompostinawarmplace.Shootswillsoonappear,whichcanbedetachedandsetintopots to grow and make new plants. Sow vegetable seedsoutdoors inwellpreparedbeds.Toavoidaglutofproduce,trysowingsmallquantitiesinsuccession.Maincroppotatoescannowbeplantedoutdoorsor, for thosewithnoroom, intubs.Thesamegoesforrunnerbeans,beetroot,Chantenaycarrots, peas, spring onions anda lettuce or two in troughplanters. There really is no excuse for not growing a fewvegetables of your own.Remember to protect seedlingsastheywillbevulnerabletobirds–putacrisscrossofcottonornettingoverthem.

Complete any bare root planting alongside any evergreentrees and shrubs, making sure the area is well dug over,removinganyweedsandlargestones.Digalarge,deepholeand line the base with compost finally planting and backfillingmakingsurethattherearenoairpockets.

Early flowering shrubs like spiraea, berberis and forsythianeedpruningafterflowering.Thisisanopportunitytoshapethem too,alsoprune the lesshardyshrubsceanothusandfuchsias.

Clematisisstartingitslongfloweringseason.Placeobelisksinbordersorbedswithclematisgrowingupandroundthem.Thiswillworkforsweetpeastoo.Keepdead-headingspringflowers,daffodilsinparticular.Leavetheleavestoturnyellowbefore removing them– toallowall thenourishment togoback into the bulb, along with a sprinkle of slow releasefertilizer so that you get good flowers next year. Onceprimulashavefinishedflowering,itstimetodividethemanddiscardanyoldwoodypieces.Re-plantandputspareplantselsewhereinthegarden,makingsuretheareahasbeendugoverandaddingamulchofcompostaroundthem.Whereyouhaveloosenedthesoilorweededaroundthegardenalayerofmulchwon’tgoamiss,mulchingnotonlyhelpssuppressweedsbutisagoodsoilimprover.

Water lilies can be planted now and special baskets areavailable at garden centres. Don’t forget to put a layer ofgravelontoptostopsoilreleasingintothepond.Makesurethatyouplantattherightdepthaccordingtotheinstructions.Ifyouhaveasmallpond,makesurethatthelilyyouarebuyingisofapigmyvariety,otherwisethepondwillbeswamped.

Lastly,keepupmowingthegrassandmakesuretheedgesaretidy.

HEALTH & FITNESS

In this tough economic climate, St.Gemma’s Hospice is finding it moreandmoredifficult to raise funds.Withcurrentrunningcostsatover£22,700aday,yoursupportissoimportant.

Whynotmakethisayeartoremember?Take up one of St Gemma’s physicalchallenges,andhelpthemraisethosevital funds. The charity is running awholehostofevents,including:

•SponsoredParachuteJumpsinNorthLincolnshire–taketotheskieson29thApril,17thJuneand9thSeptember(plusotherdates)

•LeedsHalfMarathon–pushyourselfthatextramileon13thMay

•Leeds10kRunForAllon8thJuly

•GreatNorthRun-16thSeptember

•EverestBaseCamp–scaletheworld’shighestmountainon28thSeptember

•NorthPoleChallenge–trektotheNorthPoleon3rdMarch2013

StGemma’swouldloveyoutotakepartinoneofthesechallengestohelpraisefunds towards caring for terminally illpeople in Leeds. Places are limited,sobookearlytoavoiddisappointment.

For details of all these and otherfundraising opportunities, [email protected]

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

JamescontinuedhiswinningstreakattheDavenportNorthAmericanOpeninRichmond,VirginiatheendofFebruary.Thetimingwasperfect,asitcoincidedwiththelaunchofhisbook,‘ShotandaGhost’,whichchroniclesayearinhislifeasatravellingprofessional.

Hewriteswithcandidhonestyabouttheissues and events that affect him. As

criticalofhimselfasofothers,hetalksabout his relationship with his fatherand coach,Malcolm, who coached atPontefractsquashclubformanyyearsand,attheageof75,isstillproducingtopclassplayers;thedevastatingdeathofhismother;andhisfiercerivalrywithfellowYorkshiremanand formerworldnumberoneNickMatthew.

Aswegotopress,James ispreparingto play the Canary Wharf Classic inLondon.FromtherehetravelstoEgyptfor another World Series event, andin May he plays the last tournamentof the season, the prestigious BritishOpenwhichwillbeheldattheLondonO2Arena.

‘Shot and a Ghost’ is available fromwww.willstrop.co.ukandane-versionisavailablefromAmazon.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Old Otliensians raised over £60,000 to install the long awaited and much needed floodlights on their second team pitch and Greg Mulholland was on hand for the official switch on recently.

The floodlights were installed tofacilitate training during the wintermonths.Theclubsecuredgrants fromthe Rugby Football Union, Otley TownCouncilandLeedsCityCouncilaswellasdonationsfromlocalbusinesses,aswellasorganisingfundraisingeventsattheclub.

“Hugecreditmustgo toall thosewhowere involved in overseeing the plansand fundraising for the project” saidGreg.“Isecondthemassivethankyouto all the local businesses that madedonations, making the installation ofthesefloodlightspossible.

“The floodlights look fantastic andcreate perfect conditions for teams totrainunder.IhopethisallowstheclubtoreallykickonnowandIwishalltheplayersand those involvedat theclubthe best of luck for the rest of theseason.”

OLD OTLIENSIANS TURN ON THE LIGHTS!

Otley Badminton Club’s Leeds MixedTeamisthroughtothefinalofthe‘FryerHallam Trophy’, which will be held atGateway’sSchoolon19thApril.

The Club’s LeedsMen’s B Team,whoplay in Leeds Division 4, got to thesemi-final of the Anchor Trophy, butwere defeated by the Headingley BTeambyjust9½points.Headingleyarenowsecondinthedivision,threeaboveOtley,andhighlyfanciedforpromotionto Division Two. The Anchor trophy,whichishandicapped,andgiveslowerteamsachanceofsuccess,isfamiliarterritoryforOtley.Theirnameisonthistrophytwicealready.

Otley Badminton Club (Adult section)playsatalllevels,withsixleagueteams.The Summer season starts Monday16thApril,whentheclubwillwelcome

visitors for a series of open days.TheywillhavefourcourtsavailableonMondayandFridayeveningsfromthatdateuntilearly June–sodrop inandseethem.

Junior coaching (ages 9 – 16) startsagain at Prince Henry’s GrammarSchool on Saturday 21st April for fiveweeks. There are still some placesavailable.Formoreinformationcontactinfo@otleybadmintonclub.co.uk

OTLEY BADMINTON CLUB THROUGH TO FINAL!


George Leach (Club President), Greg Mulholland, Steve Robinson (Club Chairman), Nigel Francis (Otley Town Mayor) and John Churchman.

Grass Track Cycle Racing at Roundhay Park

Grass track racing returns toRoundhay Park this summeroffering cycle racing for children and adults on Mondayevenings. The cricket oval at Roundhay Park is actually abanked cycle track which has seen racing every summersincetheearly1900s.Even ifyoudon’twant to race, it isa fabulous spectator sport that is free to watchwith lightrefreshmentsavailable.

The dates (weather permitting) are: Monday 14th, 21st,28th May; 11th, 18th, 25th June; 2nd, 16th, 23rd and30thJuly;6thand13thAugust.TheBritishCyclingRegionalChampionshipsareon the9th Julyand therewillbeaBCNationalMen’sandSchools’competitiononSaturday22ndJulywhere thebest racers in the countrywill compete forNationalmedals.

Children (12andunder) can rideanybikeas longas it isingoodworkingorderwithbrakes.Thoseoverthisagewillneed a fixed wheel track bike. The club may have someavailabletoborrow.

Forfurtherinformation,contactMandyParkeron07917860292orvisitwww.cycleroundhay.co.uk

Grass track racing returns to Roundhay Park this

summer offering cycle racing for children and adults on

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HARROGATE TIGERS BASEBALL CLUB Harrogate Tigers Baseball Club was established justthree years ago and won the British North AAA LeagueChampionshipsinitsfirstyear!

Theclub,whichhasbothadult(16&up)andyouth(5to15)teams,offersexpertcoachinginasafeandfriendlyatmos-phere.

“Wearereallylookingforwardtothestartofthe2012sea-son”,saidDavidCriss,TeamPresidentandManager.“Wearefocusingongettingthewordouttoschoolsandcommunitiesin Yorkshire that baseball is being played in Harrogate. Asnumbersincrease,theclubwillformmoreteams.Baseballisagreatteamsportthatreallypushesone’sabilities.”

Sundaytrainingsessionsstartagainon1stAprilatHarrogateHighSchoolplayingfields(AinstyRoad,HarrogateHG14AP)from12–3pm.Playersofalllevelsandabilitiesareinvitedtocomealong.CurrentTigerplayersandcoachingstaffwillbeonhandtoofferbasic instructionsonthrowing,fielding,hitting,pitchingandbaserunning.Sessionscost£5.

Theteamislookingforancillarystaff,includingumpiresandscorers(fulltrainingwillbegivenandvolunteerswillbepaid£10–25pergame).

For more information, contact [email protected],visitwww.tigerbaseball.co.ukorfollowthemonTwitter@harrogatetigers.

SOUND & VISION

Some have described the films ofAlexander Payne as belonging to agenre that could be called ‘comingofmiddle-age’andaquicklookoverhispreviousfeaturesbearsthatout.Films such as Election, Sideways andAbout Schmidtallcentrearoundmen who are approaching or havereached a turning point or crisis intheir lives, and in this respect, The Decendantsisnoexception.

George Clooney plays Matt King, awealthyHawaiianlandbaronwhosewifeisinacomafollowingaboatingaccident. Throughout this difficulttime,Matthasremainedthedutifulhusband while struggling to dohis best keeping his two waywarddaughtersinline.

The tough times get tougher when,thedayafterhe’s informedthathiswife inunlikely to recoverhe learnsthat she’d been having an affair intheperiodleadinguptoheraccident.

Aftergettingtheidentityoftheothermanfromsomefriends,Matt takeshis daughters ona trip to anearbyisland where he hopes to track

downthemanwhohadmadehimacuckold.

ThetripaffordsMatttheopportunityto bond with his daughters butalso to confront his wife’s lover,surprisingly, not to knock his lights

out but to offer him the chance tosay goodbye before they switch offthelife-support.

I’m a fan of writer-director Payne’swork, his films often taking asensitive and subdued approach tocharacters with very human foiblesand failings, dealing with complexemotional situations as best theycan. As such, Payne’s films seemtrickytomarket.Usuallyinaccuratelypitched as comedies, they tend tobesomewhat lighton laughs,morelikelytoelicitawry,bittersweetsmilethanathigh-slappingguffaw.

It’s probably the fact that The Decendants deals with themesof tragedy and loss that saw itnominated for a clutch of OscarsincludingBestFilmandBestActorinaLeadingRole.

Ofcourse,intheBestFilmcategoryitstoodlittlechanceagainsttheall-conquering The Artist but I felt, interms of Best Actor, Clooneywas aviablecontender.

I’ve always considered GeorgeClooney to be more a movie starthan a film actor. Naturally, he’s awatchableactor,withthenecessarystarpowerandcharisma tocarryapicture,butIhadyettoseehimpush

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himselfintermsofperformance,withmanyfilmsleaningtooheavilyonClooney’seasycharmandallowinghimtocoastthroughapicture.

The Decendantsmaybehisbestworktodate.Hegivesasubtle,nuancedperformanceinafilmthatispoignantandmovingwithoutbeingmanipulativeormawkish.

AsayoungmancomingofageinOtley, Iwouldoften, likeevery small town youth before or since, lament the lackof things to do. Upon reaching legal drinking age, onecould avail themselves of the town’s numerous drinkingholesbut save for, perhaps, theannualVictorianFayreortheoccasionaldrunkenstreetbrawl,mypeersand Iweresomewhatstarvedforentertainment.

HowIwishwecould’vehadthemarvelousOtleyCourthouseinmy day. The brainchild of livemusic lover and buddingpromoter,GeorgeHolmes,thisexcellentCourthouseRocksnighthasbeenrunningfortwoyearsandprovidesagreatplatformforexcitinglocalandtouringbands.

InTheCourthouse,Georgesawpotential fora venue thatcould play host to prestigiousmusical acts thatOtley gig-goers would formerly have had to venture to Leeds citycentretohear.

Theroomyhallwithitshighvaultedceilingisnotdissimilarinshapeandsizeto theupstairsroomatTheLibrarypub(home of the 360 club) in Leeds. Boasting a decent PAsystemandanadjoiningbar,it’sagreatperformancespaceforlivebands.

Intherelativelyshorttimeit’sbeengoing,CourthouseRocksalreadyseemstohaveestablisheditselfasavenuethatcanhold itsownagainstmorewellknownLeedscounterpartsandcontinues togaincredibilityon the localmusicsceneandfurtherafield.

PerhapsthebiggestnametotaketotheCourthouseRocksstagetodateisMancunianindierockers,Puressence,butmany of the bands who have played the night here havegone on to bigger and better things, or have returned tothevenuehavingtouredwithnationallyandinternationallyrenownedacts.

Otleylads,TheChevin,foundthemselvessupportingWhiteLies at Wembley Arena following their hometown gig andrecent headliners, Club Smith, have been on tour withKaiserChiefs.

IwillcertainlybereturningtoCourthouseRocksnightsinthefuturetocheckoutupcomingactssuchasTheRainband,TheTroubadors,TheQuangosandTheSundowners.

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Celebrating all things cinematic, fromthe briefest short to 3D IMAX andwidescreenepics screened in gloriousCinerama,thisyear’seventpromisestopresent its usual eclecticmix ofmorethan 25 UK and international featurepremieres,cultclassics,internationallyrecognised guests, tributes, themedprogrammes, industry events,documentariesandfamilyfeatures.

This year’s highlights include: aRay Winstone Retrospective (in thepresenceofthe‘SexyBeast’himself!);atributetoanimationgiant,ChuckJones;silent film pianist Neil Brandwith filmcriticMarkKermode’sskifflebandTheDodgeBrothersaccompanyingBeggarsof Life. And, Widescreen Weekend(27th – 29th April) will celebrate the60thanniversaryofCinerama.

“Eighteen is pretty mature in filmfestivalyears,andwethinkwe’vecometoknowourselves:we’reacelebrationof cinema in all its forms”, said TomVincent,jointFestivalDirectorwithNeilYoung.“BIFF’sspecialmixtureofworld-class facilities and sheer enthusiasmforfilmmeans thatasingledaycouldinvolve taking in epic spectacle, wildexperimental provocations, candidinterviews,livemusic,unearthedgems,andahotnewpreview.”

InadditiontospeciallyselectedmedleysofJones’sfilmsbeingscreened,BIFF’sfamily weekend events (21, 22 & 28,29April) feature activities for all agesinspired by the animator’s delightfullyunique sense of entertainment. Freedrop-infamilyworkshopsattheNationalMediaMuseum include Looney TunesSound Effects and Cartoon Creations,allowing visitors to bring their ownanimatedcharacterstolife.

TheDodgeBrothers(Saturday21April,5pm)-FeaturingBBCTVCultureShow’sfilmcriticMarkKermodeondoublebass,accompaniedbyrenownedpianistNeilBrand,willprovidealivesoundtracktotheclassic1928melodrama,Beggarsof Life (1928), starring Louise BrooksandWallaceBeery.

Formore informationand tickets, visitwww.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/bifforcalltheNationalMediaMuseumboxoffice08448563797.

BRADFORD PRESENTS ITS 18TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALThe National Media Museum in Bradford will play host to the 18th Bradford International Film Festival from Thursday 19th – Sunday 29th April. BIFF’s special

mixture of world-class facilities and sheer enthusiasm

for film means that a single day could involve taking in epic spectacle,

wild experimental provocations, candid interviews, live music, unearthed gems, and

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MUSICLISTINGSJazz Café & Jam Session Sun1Apr,1pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.EnjoymusicbySevenJazzworkshopband&manyothers.£5/£4,under16free.

Those Darlins Mon2ApratBrudenellSocialClub,Leeds.Hardrockingcountry/punk/garagefromthisTennessee-basedband.£7fromJumboRecords.

Big Fat Kill Tues3ApratTheJunction,Bondgate,Otley.Partsinger/songwriter,partrock‘n’roll,pertcontemporaryacoustic,fuelledbythesongsofJonPalmer

Encore! Wed4–Fri6Apr,[email protected]&DanielBowater–fabulousFrenchMusicfromPiaftoBrel&beyond,featuringvoice,piano&accordion.£9/£7from2243801,07706427606,[email protected]

The Fix Thurs5ApratMusiquarium,WytherLane,Leeds.TheFixisthelatestprojectfromRhiannaKenny,partneringupwithkeywizBillLaurence.

Sue Richardson’s ‘Too Cool’ - the music of Chet Baker Thurs5April,8pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.Sueonvocals&trumpet,AndyWilliamsguitar,NeilRichardsonpiano,GeorgeTrebarbass&SamGlassondrums.£12/£10fromSevenArts2626777orondoor.

Orbital Fri6ApratO2Academy.Britishelectronicalegendstouringwiththeirfirstnewalbumineightyears.£24.

Timewarp Sat7ApratTheSwan,Addingham.Localbandplayingmainly60’scovers

John Otway & The Big Band Sat7Apr,8pmatCityVarieties.Legendaryeccentric&two-hitwonder.ShowwillbefilmedtogatherclipsforforthcomingfilmOtwayTheMovie.£18.

The Riley Stone-Lonergan Trio Sun8Apr,1pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.Rileyonsax,MaxSterlingdoublebass&SteveHanleydrums.£5/£4under16free.

Feast of Fiddles Mon9ApratCityVarieties.This11-piecebandfeaturessixoftheUK’sfinestfiddleplayers.£16.60/£17.60.

We Ghost Tues10ApratTheJunction,Bondgate,Otley.Acousticrock.Anglo-Swedish3-piecewithtightthreepartharmonies&hypnoticguitarsound.

Jagermeister Music Tour: Skindred + Therapy? + The Black Spiders + Hawk Eyes Tue10ApratO2Academy.The2ndyearofthishardrock/altmetaltour.

Howard Alden & Jeanne Gies Thurs12Apr,8pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.America’sbestknownjazzguitarist&NewYorkjazzsingerGies,withGaryJacksonbass,CarolineBoadendrums.£15/£12from2626777orondoor.

After Hours Sat14ApratTheSwan,Addingham

‘Roots of Dubstep’: Mad Professor Sat14ApratTheWardrobe.SonicdubmasterMadProfessor’slive‘RootsofDubstep’showisasensory-alteringjourney.£12.50.

‘Kefaya’ with Giuliano Modarelli Sun15Apr,1pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.ExcitingnewUK-basedcollaborationwithanexplorationthroughjazz&contemporaryelectronicsintoworldmusic.£5/£,under16free.

Ellen & The Escapades Sun15ApratBrudenellSocialClub.LaunchnightforEscapesdebutalbum‘AllTheCrookedScenes’plussupportfromPaperAeroplane.Francois&theAtlasMountainsMon16ApratBrudenellSocialClub.SweetsoundsfromFrench-bornFrancoisMarry.£6.

The Endellion String Quartet Tues17Apr,7.30pmTheVenue,LeedsCollegeofMusic,oneofthefinestquartetsintheworldplayingBeethovenQuartetOp18,No6,MozartQuartetK464,MendelssohnQuartetOp44,No1.£19.50/£17.50.01132243801www.leedsconcertseason.com

Mambo Jambo Tues17ApratTheJunction,Bondgate,Otley.Ska,reggae,multi-instrumentalrootsduo.

Barn Owl + A-Sun Amissa Wed18ApratBrudenellSocialClub.GuitardronefromSanFranciscansBarnOwlandA-SunAmissaarecentlyformedLeeds-basedproject.£6.

Piaf The Songs Wed18Apr,7.30pmatCityVarieties.EveLoiseausingsthesongsofEdithPiafwithFionaBarrow(violin)&EdwardJay(accordion).

Michael Janisch & New York Standards Quartet Thurs19Apr,8pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.NYSQstrivestodevelopitsownlanguagebyradicallyreinterpretingmusicfromthestandardjazzrepertoire.Tickets£15/£12from2626777orondoor.

Jazz workshop/Improvisation Group Fri20&27Apr,7.30-10pmMethodistCentre,ChapelAllerton.£[email protected]

The Despoilers Sat21ApratTheBlackBull,Horsforth.Popularcoversband.

Big Fat Kill Sat21ApratTheSwanAddingham.

The Fureys & Davey Arthur Sun22Apr,7.30pmatCityVarieties.LegendsofIrishmusic.£18/£20.

The United States of the North mark Sun22Apr,1pmatSevenArtsChapelAllerton,marking90thAnniversaryofthebirthofCharlesMingus&

combiningnewsettingsofthecomposer’sworkswithaudio-visualresponses.£5/£4,under16free.

Uh Huh Her Mon23ApratBrudenellSocialClub.USdancepopduowithguitarsandsynth-drivenelectroontheirUKtour.

Martin Roberts Tues24ApratTheJunction,Bondgate,Otley.Singer/songwriter.

Leeds Bluegrass Club Special 30th Anniversary Night Thurs26Apr,from8.30pmatTheGroveInn,BackRow,Holbeck(offWaterLane,withlotsof‘Real’Ales).LiveacousticAmericana/Bluegrass/Country.ResidentBands+Guests+Pickingsessions-musicianswelcome.£3.Details:John2670761,Kevin2677040.

Renbourn & Williamson Fri27Apr,8pmCityVarieties.FoundermemberofPentanglewithfounderofTheIncredibleStringBand.£17.50

Roots: Rory McLeod Fri27Apr,8pmatNewHeadingleyClub,56StMichael’sRd.‘Moderntroubadour,onemanband,poet&storytellerplayinghisownupbeatdancestories’withabite.£8.

Jumpstart Sat28ApratTheSwan,Addingham.Presentingsomeofthebestclassicrockfromlate60sthroughtotoday.

Courthouse Rocks: The Rain Band Sat28Apr,8pmatOtleyCourthouse.Livemusicfromthebestlocal,regional&nationalrockacts,thismonth’sheadlinerisManchester’sRainBand.£6,18+

Jean Toussaint & Dagda Quartet Sun29Apr,1–4pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.RisingstarsoftheUKjazzscene,DagdainconcertwithArtBlakeytenorsaxmanJeanToussaint.£5/4,under16free.

YOUNGER LIFE

St. Mary’s Catholic High School,Menston, is to become a YouthSport Trust Gold Partner School forits commitment to PE and schoolsport following a recent review andinspection.

Youth Sport Trust Partner Schoolsdemonstrate how they deliver highquality school sport and improve thePEexperienceforeveryyoungperson,and how they use sport to raiseachievementlevelsacrosstheschool.

As a partner, St. Mary’s will receiveadditional training and developmentopportunities and become involvedin national education and sportinitiatives.

“We are absolutely thrilled with theYouth Sport Trust Gold Award”, saidRobert Pritchard, Head Teacher. “Asa Sports College and leader of asuccessfulSchoolSport Partnership,wearehighlycommittedtosportandits wider potential. There is a whole

range of educational, health andwellbeing benefits from deliveringhighqualityPEandschoolsportandweseeona regularbasis thatwhensportisdeliveredwell,itcantransformthelivesofpupils.”

NATIONAL PE AND SPORT AWARD FOR ST. MARY’S

AgroupofSixthFormstudents fromSt.Mary’sMenstonrecentlyorganiseda fundraising concert in memory oftheir fellow student Erin Crotty whosadlydiedlastJuly.

TheeventwasheldtoraisemoneyforRiding for the Disabled Association,which helps disabled children fulfiltheir dreams of being able to ridehorses. This charity was chosenbecause Erin had a great passionfor both horses and caring for otherpeople,soitwasthoughtparticularlyfitting.

Theconcert,featuringlocalbandsandsingers,washeld just twodaysafterErinwouldhave celebratedher17thbirthday. Together with sponsorshipmoneyforastudentwhohadhisheadshavedandgenerousdonationsfrom

friendsandfamily,theeventraisedanincredible£1,070.

Erin was an extremely caring andvivaciousyoungladywhotouchedthe

lives ofmany people. Thehardworkput intotheeventbyherfriendsandfamilyistestamenttotheimpactshehad on the lives of the people sheloved.

Memorial Concert Raises Over £1,000 for Riding for the Disabled


NoticesGATEWAYS HOSTS ART CLASS ON WORLD WAR II THEME

Gateways School in Harewood recently hosted an Art Master Class on a World War II theme, led by textile artist and fashion designer Susan Forbes.

GatewaysgirlswerejoinedbyYear5and6boysandgirlsfromBrodetskyPrimarySchoolinLeeds,DeightonGatesPrimaryinWetherby,HarewoodandBardseyPrimarySchools.

Thechildrenlearnedabout‘makedoandmend’and‘sewandsave’,whichwereverymuchapartoflifeontheHomeFrontduringwartime.Theythenembarkedontheirownprojects,creating an ‘evacuee’ knapsack. The children first createdtheir designs on paper, incorporating images and symbolsof things that meant something to them personally, andtransferredtheirdesignsontocalico.Allthechildrencameupwithinteresting,eye-catchingdesignsandthoroughlyenjoyedtheirexperience.

“TheMasterClasswasahugesuccesswithallthechildrenthoroughly enjoying the day”, said Yvonne Wilkinson,GatewaysSchoolHeadmistress.“They learnedagreatdealabouttheSecondWorldWareraandtheconceptof‘makingdo and mend’. We were delighted to welcome so manychildrenfromnearbyschools.”

The children learned about ‘make do and mend’ and ‘sew and save’,

which were very much a part of life on the Home Front during wartime

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Baby RascalsAreyouanewMum?Wouldyouliketomeetothers&enjoyacupofcoffee?CometoOtleyParishChurch,Wed1–2.45pm(termtime).Details:01943463815.

Chevin Wildlife WATCH Group Funkids&parentsgrouprunbyvolunteers inpartnershipwithYorkshireWildlifeTrust&oneofthe longest runningWATCHGroup inYorkshire.Activitiesevery1stSat&3rdSun.Details: JenniferWattson01132375320,[email protected]

Little RascalsmeetWed9.30–11.15am(termtime) inOtleyParishChurch.Agroupforpre-schoolchildren,parents&carers.Toys,drinks,crafts.Free.Details01943463815

Otley Children’s Centre Providesfreegroups&informationforparents&carersofchildrenaged0–5.Thecentreisopen9am–5pmallyearround.Groupsinclude:stay&playsessions,babysigning,mini-movers,babycafe,parentingcourses&manymore.Details:01943467379,[email protected]

Otley Junior Orchestra (ages 8 – 12) Thurs 3.30 – 4.30pm.Details:01943462826

ILKLEY FLOWER SHOW SCHOOLS’ COMPETITION HAS A ROYAL THEMEIlkley Flower Show Society Secretary, Bob Smith, reports thatpreparation of the Show Schedule has started, with severalclasseshavingaRoyalthemetocelebratetheQueen’sDiamondJubilee.

ThespecialSchools’DiamondJubileeCompetition,opentobothjuniorandseniorschools,hasfourclasses:

1.WriteaShortEssayentitled‘SixtyGloriousYears’(max2sheetsofA4,usingonesideonly)

2.WriteaPoementitled‘SixtyGloriousYears’(max2sheetsofA4,usingonesideonly)

3.APieceofArtWork,anymedium,onthesametheme(maxA3size)

4.APhotographCelebratingtheQueen’sDiamondJubilee

ClosingDateforentriesisWednesday11thJuly2012.

Alllocalschoolsshouldhavereceiveddetailsofthecompetition,howeverifyourschoolhasnot,pleasecontactBobSmith.

PrizewinnerswillbepresentedwiththeirtrophiesattheFlowerShowonSaturday4thAugustattheClarkeFoleyCentre,CunliffeRoad,Ilkley.

IlkleyFlowerShowSocietyAnnualCoffeeMorningisonSaturday26thMayattheClarkeFoleyCentre.

Copies of the Flower Show classes are now available. ThecompleteShowScheduleandentryformswillbeavailableattheendof June. For further details, please contactBobSmith [email protected]

YOUNGER LIFE

InFebruary,MadelinefromNewcastlevisited Hope Pastures Horse andDonkey Sanctuary in Weetwoodand became ‘groom for a day’, anexperience organised as a birthdaypresentbyherauntinLeeds.

Shehadagreatdaygroomingponies,mucking out, walking miniatureShetland ponies through nearbywoodsanddoinggeneralstabletasks.“Thebestbitof thedaywaswalkingDottyandAngel through thewoods”,said Madeline. “I can’t wait to goback.Evenmuckingoutwasfun.”

Like most charities, Hope Pasturesis struggling to raise money for theupkeep of the sanctuary and careof the animals. They are introducingmoreinteractiveandeducationaldaysfor children as part of a scheme toraisethesemuchneededfunds.

Pony Days start again on 12th Apriland continue every Thursday, 10am– 3pm during the school holidaysuntil 1st November. The day costs£25per child–apacked lunchandsuitable clothing are required. Theyarehappytoarrangemore‘groomforaday’daysforindividualchildrenand

birthday parties. And, a pony, horse,donkeyormulecanalsobeadoptedforaminimumdonationof£15ayear– an unusual birthday or Christmaspresent!

HopePasturesOpenDaywillbeheldonSunday20thMay,agreatdayoutforallthefamily–entry50pforadultsand children free. There will be asponsoreddogwalkonSunday29thJuly. Further information availablefrom www.hopepastures.org [email protected]

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balletLORENT presents Underneaththe Floorboards, a new, highlyacclaimedperformancefortheunder-5s,atTheCarriageworksonThursday5thAprilat12noonand2.30pm.

Award winning choreographer LivLorenthascreatedaproductionthatputstheyoungpersonattheheartofthework.

Underneath the Floorboards isbrimmingwithoriginalsongs,colourfulcostumes and beautiful movementthat allows the children to interactwiththeperformersandstoryline.

The show provides a comfortableviewing experience for both childrenandadults,withasoftfloor,cushionsand a seated area, and encouragestheyoungpeopletointeractfreely.

“Underneath the Floorboards aimsto create an environment whereindividuality is accommodated andthe choices our children make asaudience members are embraced”,said Liv Lorent. “balletLORENT aimsto provide fun,magic and adventurewithoutcompromisingexcellence.”

Tickets (£13 adults/ £11 children)areavailablefrom01132243801orwww.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

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GreatYorkshireMorrisMenmeetatPoolMemorialHallalternateWednesdays.MainlyCotswolddances,withforaysintotheYorkshireLongsword,Rapper&Borderstyles.Newdancers&musicianswelcome-noexperiencerequired.Details:BobCarter01423863433www.gymm.org.uk

GroveHillTennisClub,Otleyrunsayear-roundsocialprogramme.Clubplays3mixeddoublesteamsinWharfedaleleague,amen’steamintheYorkshireleague&aLeedsmedleyteam.Excellentcoachingforbothadults&juniors.Details:www.otleytennis.webs.com

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OtliensiansHockeyClubLookingtogetfitandhavefun?Looknofurther-wedoboth!Women’steamsinbothYorkshire1st&5thdivisions.TrainingThurs7-8pm,BenRhyddingsportsground.Everyonewelcome.Details:Sue07793841822orwww.otliensianshc.org.uk

OtleyBadmintonClubmeetatPrinceHenry’sMon7.30–9.30pm&Fri7–9pm.JuniorClubcoachingavailableSat9.30–11am.Newmemberswelcome.Details:SteveNorfolk07860242089,[email protected],www.otleybadmintonclub.co.uk

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OtleyWalkersTwiceweeklywalks,5–20miles.Weekendsaway&specialevents.Newmemberswelcome.Annualmembership£5.Gettheprogramme&trybeforejoining.Details:01943875995,[email protected]

Pudsey&DistrictRamblingClub:Walksof5-10milesSundays&alternateThurs.Friendly,longestablishedclubwithmembersfromallaroundarea.Newmembersverywelcome.Annualmembership£5(£1juniors).Trybeforeyoujoin.Details:[email protected]

SequenceTeaDanceOldPoolBankVillageHall,Fri2–4pm.Agreatwaytoexercise&socialise.Allwelcome.Details:01132842126.

SequenceTeaDancesatWinterGardensIlkleymostThurs,1.45–3.45pm.Payatdoor.Details:Michael01943608871

WharfedaleWayzgooseTues8.30–10pm,WesleyHall,Walkergate,Otley.EnergeticMixedBorderMorris.Newdancers&musicianswelcome.Nopreviousexperiencenecessary.Details:[email protected],MalcolmHills01943462605/07918611614,[email protected]

WhiteRoseSquaresAmericanSquareDancing.Sun7pmatPannalMemorialHall,Harrogate.Fun,sociable&goodexercise.MusiceverythingfromCountry&Westerntomodernpop.Couples&singleswelcome.Details:Geoff01423870221,Jackie01423500525

YarnburyAnglingClubMatchesheld1stSunofmonth.Membersonly.Coachtransfersto&fromvenues.Membershipdetails:AdrianAddyon07956964713.

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ChineseBrushPaintersSocietySat14&Sun15April:Workshopsonpaintingbamboo&potswithvegetables&fruitwithPaulineCherrett.Allworkshops10am–4pmatPool-in-WharfedaleMemorialVillageHall,ArthingtonLane,Pool.Newmemberswelcome.Details:AnneAllan01422368482,[email protected]

Harrogate&NidderdaleArtClubSpringArtExhibition&SaleSat5,Sun6&Mon7MayatRipleyTownHall,Ripley,NrHarrogateHG33AX.Open10am–5pmeachday,admissionFREE.Details:www.handnart.co.uk

IlkleyArtClubmeetsTues,7.30pmattheClarkeFoleyCentre,CunliffeRd.EasterBreak3&10.Varied

programmethroughoutMay&June.

PoolArtGroupFri10am-12pm,PoolMethodistChurch.Support&encouragementfromfellowartistsatalllevels.Details:PatWalker01132037952.

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ArthingtonVillageSpringFayreSat12May,10am–3pmatArthingtonVillageHall,ArthingtonLane.Lotsofstalls–produce,handcrafts,plants,booksetc.

CoffeeMorningEverySat,OtleyMethodistChurchWesleyHall,10am–12noon.Homemadecakes,sconesetc&afriendlyatmosphere.AccessBoroughgate&Walkergate(disabledaccess).

CoffeeMorning1stSateverymonth,9.30–11.30amBurleyinWharfedaleUnitedReformedChurch,MainSt.Lotsofstalls,incl.homebaking,handcraftedcards,bric-a-brac,books&nearlynewclothes–allatbargainprices!

GuiseleySeniorCitizensAssociationCoffeeMorningSat7Apr,10amattheScoutHutoppositeAireboroughLeisureCentre.Tombola&cakestall.Proceedsgotofundannualseniorcitizens’seasideoutinginAug.

CountryMarketFri27April(25May,22June),10am–12noonatRiversideHotel,Ilkley,&Fri20April(4&18May,1&15June)9.30-11.30amatStJohnAmbulanceHall,GayLaneOtley(pleasenotechangeofvenue).Genuinelyhomemade,

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AirYorkshireAviationSocietyInterestedinaviation,aircraftoldandnew,airports?WhynottryAirYorkshire-regularguestspeakers,monthlycolourmagazine,tripsandsocialevents.Details:DaveSenior01132821818,www.airyorkshire.org.uk/AlwoodleyMotorClubEveryotherThurs8.30–9pmatTheWharfedaleInn,ArthingtonLane,PoolinWharfedale.Allwelcome.Details:01133910403www.alwoodleymc.org.uk

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BudgieSittersCircleDoyouworryaboutyourbudgieswhenyou’reaway?JointheBudgieSittersCircle–thenyoucanhandyourbudgiesovertoanothermember&returnthefavourwhentheygoaway,&you’llknowyourpetsarebeingwellcaredfor.Details:Lilliane2755479,[email protected]

BurleyinWharfedale&DistrictProbusClubNewMembersNeeded!Retiredorsemi-retiredmenwelcome.FortnightlymeetingsinSalemUnitedReformedChurchhall.Variedprogrammeofspeakers,socialevents,quizzes&outings.Details:RodMcKenzie01943865561

BurleyGardeners’Associationmeetsfortalks,visitsagardeninsummer,holdsplantsales&aFlower&ProduceShow.AnnualMembership£5families/£3individual.NextmeetingThurs19April,7.30pmatSalemChurchHall,MainSt,BurleyinWharfedale.DavidElcocktalksabout‘ParksinBradfordThroughtheAges’.Details:01943862750

Catlovingvolunteerswanted!Joinfriendlynewcatwelfaregroupsupportingferal&straycats.Fundraisersneededtoraisefundsforfood,catkennels&vetcosts.Fosterersalsoneeded-fullsupportgiven.Details:07876212518,[email protected],www.feralcatwelfare.org.uk

ChevinAntiqueSocietymeets1stTuesofthemonth(Sept–May),8pmatWestParkRugbyClubhouse,Bramhope.Speakersonawiderangeofsubjects.AnnualMembership£25.Details:

LisLoach01132674843,SallyWilkinson01132671721

ChevinDivisionTrefoilGuildmeets7.30pmon1stMonofthemonthinOtleyorGuiseley.Thegroupoffersavariedcalendarofevents,withopportunitiesfortravel,adventure&broadeningyourhorizons,&supportsGirlGuidingUK.Details:01943872892.

FriendsofChevinForestParkPracticalconservationworksuchasvegetationclearance,stepbuildingormeadowmanagementon2ndSunofeverymonth.Details:[email protected]

FriendsoftheEarthmeetmonthlyinIlkley.Theycampaignonglobalissuessuchasclimatechange,&localissueslikewaste&recycling&developingasustainablecommunity.Details:www.wharfedalefoe.org.uk

Ilkley&DistrictMotorClub1st&4thWedeverymonth,OtleyRugbyClub,CrossGreen,Otley,starting8pm.Everyonewelcome.Alsomeets2nd,3rd&5thWedatotherlocations.Details:www.ilkleymotorclub.org

Ilkley&DistrictU3Aaneducationalself-helpgroupofferingwiderangeofinterest&activitygroupsforretired.There’ssomethingforeveryonewhowouldliketokeeplearning&socialising.Day-timesessions.Drop-insessions10.30am1stMonofmonthatClarkeFoleyCentre,Ilkley.Details:01943465059,www.IlkleyU3A.org

IlkleyRotaryClubmeetsTues12.30pm(6.30pmonlastTuesofmonth)formeal&speakeratCraiglandsHotel.Globalnetworkoflocalandinternationalcommunityvolunteers.Details:KelvinNewberry01943

863752,[email protected]

IlkleyWharfedaleRotaryClubSmallfriendlyclubwelcomesbothmale&femalemembers.MeetingsheldatCraiglandsHotel,Ilkley,Tues8pm.Details:GeorgesLepelley01943600712orwww.ilkleywharfedale.rotary1040.org

KaleidoscopeSocialClubforover50s&unattachedwithazestforlife.Monthlyprogrammeofevents.Notadatingagency.Details:2621455or2612619,www.kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly.comKirklandsBridgeClubMenstonrubberbridgeclubmeetsatKirklandsaltTuesevenings.Details:DorrieWaugh01943872771/CarolCowell01132670426.

LeedsAngloGermanClubMon23April,7.30pmatHeadingleyStColumba’sURC.IllustratedtalkinGerman&EnglishbyDrGaryChambers,LeedsUniversity–‘PreparingteachersofGermanforlifeintheclassroom.Acurate’segg?’Details:01132687697

Leeds&BradfordFriendshipGroupmeets1stWedofmonth,1.30pmatPudseyCivicHallLS285TA.Friendship&activitiesforpeopleofretirementage.Speakerorentertainmentat2pm.Daysout,dining,walks,computers,etc.Newmemberswelcome.Details:2585955.

LeedsOxfamGroupLivelygroupcampaignsonissuesofinteresttoanyoneconcernedaboutglobaljustice.Everyonewelcome.Details:www.oxfamleeds.org.uk/,orFacebook

Lookingfora41Club?IlkleyOlicana41ClubmeetsatCraiglandsHotel,Ilkley,7.30pmon3rdWedofeachmonth.OpentoallthosewhohavebeeninRoundTable.Details:[email protected]

MercuryMovieMakersmeetWeds,RawdonConservativeClub,7:30pm.Theclubisforcamcorderowners.Advice,regularfilm&practicalevenings,&occasionaloutdoorevents.Details:01132577274,www.mercurymoviemakers.com

NationalTrustLeedsSummerprogrammeofwalks,dayvisits&holidaysbeginsApril.AllNationalTrustmemberswelcometojointhis400strongfriendly&livelygroupwhoraisemoneyfortheN.T.whilstenjoyingthecompanyoflikemindedpeople.Details:membershipsecretaryPam2588178

NorthLeedsModelFlyingClubNewmembersverywelcome,experiencedorbeginners.Buildingorflying,plentyoffriendlyadvice.RegularmeetingsatHorsforthorairfieldatAlmscliffCrag.Details:01132178348,www.nlmfc.org

OtleyinBloomAfriendlygroupofvolunteerswhoworktoimprovethegreenenvironmentofthetown.Newmemberswelcome.MeetingsatOtleyCourthouse,7pmfirstTuesofeverymonth.

OtleyCameraClubMeetsThursatPrinceHenry’sGrammarSchool,7pm.Packedprogrammeofspeakers&competitions.Improveyourskills&getmorefromyourcamera.Details:www.otleycameraclub.co.uk

OtleyChevinRotaryClubMeetsatChevinCountryParkHotel,YorkGate,Mon,7.30pm.Dinnerfollowedbyinterestingspeaker.Rotaryprovidesawiderangeofservices-local,national&international,plusagoodsocialprogramme.Details:BillBaker01943462400

OtleyFilmSociety,inassociationwithBradfordInternationalFilmFestival,willshowafeaturefilmonMon23April,7.45pmatOtleyCourthouse.Checkprogrammefortitlewww.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/biff.‘ShineShorts’,bestshortfilmsshotoverthepastyear,willbeshowing3pmSun29April,alsoatCourthouse.Tickets£4,OFSmembers£3.OtleyFilmSocietyAnnualQuizFri27May,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Questionsonalltopics(notjustfilm).Comealong&trytotopplethecurrentchampions!Entry£5ppincludesPloughman’sSupper.Teamsofnomorethansix.Tobookatable,[email protected]

OtleyHomeGrownGardenersMeetThurs5April,7pmatOtleyCourthouse,whentheywelcomeJoeMaidenwhowillexplainhowto‘GrowwithJoe’.Nonmemberswelcome.Details:01943464312

OtleyLionsClubmeets1st&3rdMon,8pmintheHorse&Farrier,BridgeSt.Bookshop5,MercuryRow,Tues,Fri&Sat,&OtleyMarketSunam.EasterEggTombolaatWaitrose6April.Newmembers&helperswelcome.Fullsocialprogramme.Details:[email protected],[email protected]

OtleyLittleTheatreLivetheatre&musicaleventsinOtley.Newmemberswelcome–acting,singing,

dancing&anyonewhocanhelpwithtechnicalbackstage.Details:LeeWells01943464982,[email protected],www.otley.co.uk/littletheatre

OtleyPoetsmeet1stTuesofmonth,8pmatKorksWineBar,Bondgate,Otley,forpoems,drinks&occasionalguestpoets.Details:[email protected],SandraBurnett01943465372,[email protected]

OtleyRotaryClubmeetsweeklyatWestbourneHouse,BradfordRoad,Otley,Thurs12.30–1.45pm.Opentoactiveorretiredprofessionalorbusinesspeople.Lunchfollowedbyguestspeaker.Details:[email protected]

PaxtonHorticulturalSocietySpringShowSat7AprilatPaxtonHall,186KirkstallLane,LS5.Opentopublic2–4.30pm.Details&Schedules:GrahamWheatley01132563055

PoolBridgeClubmeetsonMon(exclbankholidays),1.15–4.30pmatPoolMethodistChurch.

SocialEventsClubMeals,pubnights,theatre/film/music,walks,badminton,bookgroup,weekendsaway,holidays&more.Mainlyover30s.Monthlynewmembers’nightinNorthLeeds.Details:08448111025,www.leedsivc.org.uk

TrackrodMotorClubMeets1stTuesofeachmonth,9.30pmatOldModerniansClub,CookridgeLane.NewMemberswelcome.Details:www.trackrodmotorclub.co.uk

WharfedaleSpeakersClubmeets1st&3rdWedofeachmonthatCrossGreenCommunityCentre,PoolRd,Otley.Newmemberswelcome.Speakersofallages&backgrounds.

Comealong&improveyourspeakingskills.Details:TonyMorris01132583507

WharfedaleGardeners’GroupMeets7.30pm2ndTuesofthemonth(Sept-May)atOtleyMethodistChurch.Guestspeakers,plantsales&trips.Annualmembership£10.Details:ThelmaHarrison01132256405.

WharfedaleGermanCirclemeetsonornear15thofmonthat8pm.Eventsincludespeakers,films,debates,quizzes,music,parties&conversationmembers&visitors(inEnglishorGerman).Details:01943464087,[email protected],orvisitwww.germancircle.ilkley.org

YorkshireMalaya&BorneoVeterans’Assoc.meets1stSatofmonth,1.30pmatNewHeadingleyClub,St.Michael’sRd,Headingley.AnyoneinvolvedintheMalayanEmergency&IndonesianConfrontationin50s&60smostwelcome.Representsallunitsofthearmedforces.Details:EddieSeville01132637583.

MUSIC

BurleyinWharfedaleProbusMaleVoiceChoir,BurleyCatholicChurchHall,BradfordRd.Newrehearsaltimes:Mon2.15-4.15pm,notmorningsasofold.

TheChippendaleSingersMixedvoicechoir,rehearsesWed,7.45–9.30pmMethodistChurch,Boroughgate,Otley.Madrigals,folksongs,spirituals&sacredworks,&songsfromshows.Vacanciesformalesingers(musicreadersessential).Details:[email protected]:JanWilkinson01943461318www.chippendalesingers.co.uk

ChippendaleSingersRoyalCelebrationConcertSat12May,7.30pmSt.Mary’sChurch,BurleyinWharfedale.InaidofMarieCurieCancerCare.ProgrammeincludesHandel’sZadokthePriest,WilliamWalton’sCrownImperialorganduet,RuleBritannia&otherpatrioticsongs.Tickets(£10/£8,under16sfree)availableondoor.Details:JanWilkinson01943461318

FairfaxSingers(Burley-in-Wharfedale)singforcharities&havehelpedraisesignificantfunds.IfyouwouldliketobookaconcertpleasecontactMarjorieHall01274597024,[email protected],contactDorothyHawkshawMusicalDirector01943877464www.fairfaxsingers.org.uk

FriendsofUniversityArt&Musichelpstofosterthemusical&artisticoutreachoftheUniversityofLeeds.Membershipopentoall.Regularactivitiesarranged.Details:01133432584,www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam

HorsforthLeedsCityBrassBandAfriendly,communitybrassbandwelcomesnewplayers.Possibleinstrumentloan,ifneeded.Rehearsals:Mon7.30–9.30pmatLeedsTrinityUniversityCollege,BrownberrieLane,Horsforth.Details:HannahRowlands2500208,BettyEmberton2676529

IdleGuitaristsMeetFri,1.30–3.30pminIdleBaptistChurch,Idle,Bradford.Absolutebeginnerstoadvanced,youngorold,allareinvitedtojointhisfriendlygroup.Musicisprovided,tailoredtoyourlevel.Allyouneedisaclassical(oracoustic)guitar.Details:Darren07752184752

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Leeds&BradfordBarbershopHarmonyClubMon,7.30pm,Rawdon&GuiseleyConservativeClub,LeedsRd,Rawdon.Malesingerswhocantakeonfourpartharmonymostwelcome.Details:01274583989.

LeedsOrgan&KeyboardClubMeetsWed7.30–10.30pmatGuiseleyFactoryWorkersClub,TownSt.Guiseley.Newmembers(player/nonplayer)welcome.ClubhasaRolandAT900c&aYamahaTyros3.Regularconcertsbyprofessionalartists.Guestswelcome.£4.Details:01132679865,www.organfax.co.uk,www.leedssocialclubs.co.uk

Me-TimeCommunitySingingGroupNewmembers(especiallymen!)welcome–noauditions,nopressure,noexperiencenecessary–justaloveofsinginginarelaxed

friendly,environment.EveryTues8–9.30pmat7NewallMount,Otley.Details:01943461971,[email protected]

OperaNorthinRawdonMon4June,7pmStPeter’sChurch,Rawdon.AneveningofmusicalcelebrationinhonouroftheQueen’sDiamondJubileewith12ofthecompany’stopartists.Favouriteoperaticexcerpts,songsfromtheshows&somethingpatriotic!Tickets(£10/£7.50incl.glassofbubbly&nibbles)from07956879726.

OtleyChamberOrchestrarehearsesfortnightlyonSundays,7-9pmatOtleyCourthouse.Newmembers(especiallyupperstrings)welcome.Details:[email protected]

OtleyLittleTheatreOrchestrarehearses1st&3rdWedofeachmonth,7.30pmatOtleyStJohnAmbulanceStationnearSainsbury’s.Theyplayarangeofmusicincludingmusicals,popular&classical&wouldwelcomemoremusicians.Details:NeilBriggs07900050346,[email protected]

PlayersforPleasureoffersplayingopportunitiestoadultamateurmusicians.Alllevels,beginnerstoadvanced.Allinstruments&allagesover18.Newperformersespeciallywelcome.Friendly,informal&supportiveatmosphere.Details:www.playersforpleasure.co.uk

SocietyofRecorderPlayers–meets2nd&4thSatpminBingley&Headingley.Differentconductorstakeeachmeeting.Intermediateplayers,all

recorders.Newmemberswelcome.Details:Caroline01943467348

WestRidingOperahasvacanciesforchorusmemberstoparticipateinconcerts&stagedoperaselections.Allvoicerangeswelcome,noaudition.RehearsalsWed,7.30pmatWestParkCentre,SpenLane.Details:01274595978,[email protected]

WeCanHelpYourCharityOrganiseamusicalevening&wewillbringsomelovelymusictohelpraisethosemuchneededfunds.Witha14yearreputation,wecovercharityfundraising&corporateevents.Details:01274597024,01943877464www.fairfaxsingers.org.uk

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TheWhiteRosettesFemalebarbershopchorus(fourpartunaccompaniedharmony),12xnationalchampions,rehearseWed7.30–10pmatMoorlandsSchool,FoxhillDr,WeetwoodLane,LS165PF.Details:JanSpencer07852210640,[email protected]

Yeadon&DistrictMaleVoiceChoirWouldwelcomenewmemberstotakethemthroughtotheir100thanniversaryin2013.RehearsalsThurs7.45pmatYeadonMethodistChurch(sideentrance),nexttoYeadonTownHall.Details:JohnAtkinson01132949095.

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IlkleySeniorCitizensClubmeetsTues,2pmintheClarkeFoleyCentre,Ilkley,forfellowship,entertainment&outings.JustturnuptojoinintheConcertHall.

Leeds&BradfordFriendshipGroupFriendship&activitiesforpeopleofretirementage.Meets1stWedofmonthatPudseyCivicCentre1.30pm.Alsodaysout,dining,walks,holidays,computer&playreadinggroups.Newmemberswelcome.Details:Barbara01943875208.

MenstonRetiredMen’sForumMeetings1st&3rdWedofmonth,10amatKirklands.Newmemberswelcome.Details:KenChadwick01943874530,

GeoffWinter01943877832.

OtleyOver60sClubatCrossgate(oppositeRose&Crown)openWedtoSat,9am–12noon,servingrefreshments.SequenceDancingonWed2–4pm;GentleExercisetoMusiconThurs,10.15–11.15am;SatBingo,1.45pm;bric-a-bracstallFri&Sat9am–12noon.

OtleyActionforOlderPeopleChairbasedexerciseclass1.45–2.45pmatOtleyMethodistChurch,or10–11amatBennettCourt.£3.Details:01943463965www.otleyactionforolderpeople.org.uk

SPIRITUAL

BethelEvangelicalChurchOtley&IlkleymeetseverySun,10.30amatWhartonsPrimarySchool(offNewallCarrRoad),Otley&6pmatIlkleyPlayhouse,WestonRoad,Ilkley.Details:PastorMartinWoodier01943464631www.bethelotleyilkley.com

GuiseleyBaptistChurchisagrowingwelcomingcommunity.Amixtureofages,includingchildren&youngpeoplemeetatSundayservicesat9.30am&11.15am.Details:01943884233,www.guiseleybaptistchurch.co.uk

FourthWayPhilosophy&MeditationGroupIntroductorymeetings&readingsfrom‘InSearchoftheMiraculous’byP.D.Ouspensky.MeetingsinLeeds&Otley.Details:07814951231,[email protected]

FreeMeditationatIlkleyHappinessCentre,LeedsRd.Ilkley(aboveVeggieCafe).9.30–10.30amMon–Fri,or6.30–7.30pmMon–Thurs.Meditationsrangefromguidedvisualisation,to

shamanicdrumming,Sufichanting&healingmeditations.Allwelcome.Details:01943601517,www.ilkleyhappinesscentre.co.uk

MeditationClassesTues,7.30–9pminFriend’sMeetingHouse,QueenRd.Ilkley.ExplorehowBuddhistmeditationcanbeusedtosolvedailyproblems,improvehealth&findmeaning&purposeinlife.Guidedmeditations,howtomeditate&discussion.£5.Details:01535958189www.enjoymeditation.org

MenstonMethodistChurchwelcomesnewcomers&visitors.Sundayservice:10.30am,plusalternativeformofworship,“Taste&See”isheldinCornerstoneCafelastSundayofmonth.VariousactivitiesattheChurchincludeWesleyGuild,WednesdayGroup,Women’sFellowship,WalkingGroup,Choir.Details:01943871909

OtleyMethodistChurchwelcomesnewcomers&visitorstotheirweeklyservices,Sun10.30am.HolyCommunion1stSunofmonth&9.30am3rdSun.FamilyService2ndSun.Refreshmentsaftereachmorningservice.Frishoppersservice10–10.30am.DisabledaccessonBoroughgate&Walkergate.

OtleyQuakersmeet1st&3rdSunofthemonth,10.45am–12noon.Details:01133188084,[email protected]/churches/

OtleySpiritualistChurchChurchservices:Tueshealing7.30pm;Wedhealing2.30pm;SatService7pm(clairvoyance);SunService6.30pm(divine).38NewmarketStreet,Otley.

Rise&[email protected],idealforallages.Informal,friendly,lightbreakfasteverySunday,9amatUnitedReformedChurch,MainStreet,Burley-in-Wharfedale.Details:Mirella01943465353

St.John’sParishChurch,MenstonSundayServices:HolyCommunion8am;ParishEucharist10amon1st,3rd&4thSun,10.30am2ndSun;Let’sWorship9.15am2ndSun(children&youngfamilies);Evensong4.30pmexceptDec.

SUPPORT

ArthritisCare(Otley&District)meetsatStJohnAmbulanceMeetingRoom,GayLane,1stWedofmonth,2–4pm.Peopleofallageswitharthritis,oraninterestinit,mostwelcome.Details:01943466428.

CourthouseInclusiveSupportGroupFri11am–12.30pm.NewsocialcoffeemorninginOtleyCourthouseCafeforthoseexperiencing,orwhohaveexperienced,emotionaldistress–includingasenseofloss,lonlinessorsadness.Afriendly,gentlespacetomeet&chat.DetailsGillRoughley01943462816orAllanLuxton07891272077

Crohn’s&ColitisUKSupportforpeoplewithInflammatoryBowelDisease(IBD),theirfriends&familiesthroughoutNorth&WestYorkshire.Foureducational&supportmeetingsayear,plusregularinformalmeets.Details:08451306809,[email protected],www.groups.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Leeds


LaLecheLeagueofWharfedalemeets1stFriofmonth,10amtonoon,lowerhall,Christchurch,TheGrove,Ilkley.Breastfeedinghelp&support.Details:Beckyon01535633788

LeedsCoeliacGroupLocalsupportgroupforpeoplewithCoeliacdisease.Details:07711768850,[email protected]

LeedsSamaritansprovideconfidential,non-judgementalsupport24hoursadayforpeoplewhoareexperiencingfeelingsofdistressordespair,includingthosewhichcouldleadtosuicide.Theylistenwithanopenmind&incompleteconfidence,foraslongasyouneed.Details:01132456789,08457909090.

LymphomaAssociationSupportGroupAfriendlygroupthatmeetsthelastMonofeachmonth,2pmatRobertOgdenMacmillanCancerInformationCentre,St.James’sHospital,LS97TF.AllwhohaveexperiencedLymphoma,theirfamily&friends,arewelcome.Frequentguestspeakers.Details:Roy01765692132,Jane01132811226,Norman01132673388.

MemoryLaneCafé4thThursofmonth,1.30–3.30pm,OtleyRugbyClub.Asupportive&welcomingenvironmentforolderpeoplewithmemoryproblemsordementia.Enjoysomemusicalentertainment&passasociablecoupleofhours.Refreshments.Supportforcarers.Transportavailableforsmallfee.Details:OtleyActionforOlderPeople01943463965

SpeakabilityRegularget-togetherforpeoplewholivewith‘aphasia’.Visits,outings,speakersetc.ThirdThurseverymonth,2pmatOtleyCommunityCentre,CrossGreen,Otley.Details:RayRundle,0113

2582892,Graham01977796219

WharfedaleGeneralHospitalCardiacClub(affiliatedwithBritishHeartFoundation)isopentoformercardiacpatients&theirpartners.Opportunitytotakepartinexerciseclassesundersupervisionofqualifiedinstructors.MeetsMon,Wed&ThursatWharfedaleGeneralHospital.£3.Details:CliveWilkinson01132671721.

TheYorkshireCancerHelpCentreisnowattheDayTherapyUnit,StMichael’sHospice,HarrogatetwoSaturdayseachmonth,offeringsupportforpeoplewithcancer&theirlovedones.Details:Esme01423881392/Karen01937573166,www.ychc.org.uk

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LeedsAstronomicalSocietymeets2ndWedofmonthwithaguestspeakerpresentation&regulartelescopenightsatQuakerFriendsMeetingHouse,WoodhouseLane,LS2.Visitorswelcome,firstvisitfree.Details:[email protected],www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

LeedsGeologicalAssociationmeetsThurs19April,7.15pmintheRupertBeckettLectureTheatre,MichaelSadlerBuilding,LeedsUniversity.Lecture:‘UnderstandingtheTectonicEvolutionofCentralEurope:aSeismologicalPerspective’byProf.GrahamStuart,SchoolofEarth&Environment,LeedsUniversity.Visitorswelcome.Details:www.leedsga.org.uk

RoyalMeteorologicalSocietyYorkshireAreyouinterestedinweather&atmosphericphenomenon?Monthlyinformalpublictalksonallaspects,fromextremeweathertoclimatechange,atSchoolofEarth

&Environment,UniversityofLeeds.Free&opentoall.Thurs19April:TwoPerspectivesofWeatherforecasting.Details:[email protected],http://tinyurl.com/rmetsyc

TheThoresbySociety,Leedslocalhistorysociety.Meets1stTues(Feb–Apr&Oct–Dec),7.15pmatFriendsMeetingHouse,WoodhouseLane.Non-memberswelcomeatmonthlylectures.FascinatinglibraryatClaremont,23ClarendonRd,LS29NZ,open10am–2pmTues&Thurs.Details:01132470704,www.thoresby.org.uk

YorkshireArchaeologicalSociety(FamilyHistorySection)Sat14April,2pmat23,ClarendonRd,Leeds–alecturebyDiDrummondentitled‘RailwayAncestors’.Freedrop-insessionsTues2–4pmforanyoneneedinghelpwithfamilyhistoryresearch.Details:MrsJ.Butler01132639540

WOMEN’S GROUPS

AdelLadiesLuncheonClubmeets1stWedofmonthatCastleGroveMasonicHall,CastleGroveDr.LS6.Wed4April:‘Chatsworth:aPersonalView’withChristineRobinson,VisitorServicesManager.Wed2May:SueWoodcockfromYorkshirePostpresents‘FromCoppertoShepherd’.Details:MurielHuntley2301584

AireboroughSoroptimistInternationalmeets1st&3rdWedofmonth,7.30pmatGuiseleyMethodistChurch,OxfordRoad,GuiseleyOrganisationforprofessionalwomenaddressingissuesofimportancetowomenworldwide.Ifyouwouldliketovolunteerinanatmosphereofsupport,friendship&fun,contactthem.Details:JanetLockwood07947695093.

BabyRascalsAreyouanewMum?Wouldyouliketomeetothers&enjoyacupofcoffee?CometoOtleyParishChurchWed1–2.45pm(termtime)Details:01943463815.

BenRhyddingWomen’sInstituteMeets2ndThursofeachmonth,2pmatB.R.MethodistChurchHall.Allwelcome.

IlkleySoroptimistInternationalMeet2nd&4thThurs,7.30pmattheClarkeFoleyCentre,CunliffeRdIlkley.Speakers,projects,networking&socialisingforprofessional&communitymindedwomen.Details:LorainePowell07966247152

OtleyTownswomen’sGuildpromotestheinterestsofwomen&raisesmoneyforcharities.Itmeets1stThursofeachmonth,7.30pmintheLectureRoom,OtleyMethodistChurch.Speakerspluswidevarietyofinterestgroups.Visitorswelcome.Details:S.Herbert01943468741

OtleyWomen’sForummeets2ndThurs,9.45–11.45aminRoom2MethodistChurchHall.£2incl.refreshments.19April:AspecialmeetingwithSylviaWright,whosefantasticworkinAfricaiswellknown.

ReachingOutGroupforwidowedwomenyoungatheart&inyearswhowouldliketomeetothersinsimilarposition.MeetsThurs6.30–8.30pm,StJohnAmbulanceHut,GayeLane,Otley.Asafeplaceforfriendship&support.Details:Lesley07931892747.

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COMMUNITY NOTICESUniversityofLeedsLadies’ClubwelcomeswomenconnectedtotheUniaseitherservingorformerstaffmembers,partnersofstaff,orgradsoftheUni.Regularevents.Details:[email protected]

TheWomen’sFellowshipmeetsWed,2pmatPoolMethodistChurch.Varietyofinterestingspeakers.

WhiteRoseLadiesSpeakersClubmeets2nd&4thMon,7.45pmatFarsleyLibrary,OldRd.Farsley,LS28.Friendlyenvironmentinwhichtofindyourvoice&improveyourpresentationskills,includingPowerpoint,whilehavingfun.Details:StephanieHanson01132550824,orjustturnup.

MISC/EVENTS

BeeSwarmswillbecollectedfreeofcharge.Details:Terry01132688231

Guiseley&DistrictLionsClubCharityBeerFestivalFri18&Sat19MayatCoopersBarGuiseley.Tickets(£5),availablefromCoopersorwww.wegottickets.com,includesouvenirglass,2halfpints&programme.Sessions7–11pm&1–4pmSat.Details:www.guiseley.co.uk/lions

OtleyMuseumDocumentary&PhotographicArchiveWellcroftHouse,(TheCycleClub)Otley.OpenMon,Tues,Fri,&1stSatofeachmonth9.45am–12.15pm(exclbankholidays).ResearchOtley’sheritage–callinorphone

foranappointment.Details:01943468181,[email protected],www.otleymuseum.org

PoolVillageHallHirethisexcellentfacilitywithhall,kitchen&meetingroom.Idealvenueforchildren’sparties,receptions,leisureactivities,dances&fundraisingevents.Largecarpark&accesstoaprivatebarifrequired.Details:[email protected]

RodleyNatureReserveSummerFairSat18Aug.Bookyourstallnow&helpraisefundsforthisbeautifulReservewhichprovidesafreehavenforfamilies&wildlife.Just£10atable.Details:Amy2040441.

TheBigJump2012Wanted!noviceparachutejumperstojumpinaidofLeedsChildren’sHospital,attheLGI.Sun22JulyatBridlingtonAirfield.Details:Stephanie3925140,[email protected]

TwoFunctionRoomsforHireatYarnburyRFC,BrownberrieLane,Horsforth.Idealforparties,namingceremonies,receptions,funeralgatherings,meetings,exercise/danceclassesetc.Bar&kitchenavailable.Ampleparking.Details:2581346/077922762248

VolunteeratOtleyChildren’sCentreIfyouenjoyworkingwithchildrenunderfive,wouldliketoshareyourskillsandreceiveprofessionalvolunteertrainingfromHomestart,callOtleyChildren’sCentreon01943467379&bookaninformalchataboutvolunteering.AllcandidateswillcompleteanenhancedCRBcheck.www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

VolunteerforScopeOtley!Scopeislookingforvolunteershopassistants.Perfectforanyone,especiallyifyouarelookingtolearnnewskills,havefun&meetnewpeople.Trainingprovided&travelexpensespaid.Details:Carol01943467676orjustpopin.

VolunteeringOpportunitiesinCancerWingatSt.James’sHospitalKind&friendlyvolunteersneededtoassistpatientswhoneedhelpatmealtimes.Details:VickiJames2067646,[email protected]

WesleyHallatOtleyMethodistChurchAvailabletolocalorganisations&charitiesforfundraisingpurposeseveryFri,9.30-11.30am.Cost:£20.Details:PaulineDobson01943466751.

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