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IT’S CARNIVAL TIME! LIFELONG LEARNING BENEFITS ALL
ILKLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL
This magazine is published by North Leeds Life Limited, 265A Otley Road, West Park, Leeds LS16 5LN. Established in 2005, we are an independent, family-owned and operated business, publishing nine monthly magazines in Headingley, Meanwood, Weetwood & West Park, Horsforth, Cookridge, Adel, Menston, Otley and Bramhope & Pool-in-Wharfedale. Monthly door-to-door distribution: 36,000; estimated monthly readership: 120,000.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
August 2010
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06 Otley Carnival
– A Wonderful, Fun
Day
09 News From
Your Councillors
14 Community Notices
24 It’s Carnival Time!
27 Coming Up at
The West Yorkshire
Playhouse
30 Shop Front
– Label Boutique
38 Sound & Vision
44 Younger Life
Dear Readers
A sunny Wimbledon, a hot and dry Glastonbury and more than two warm days in a row – maybe this is the barbecue summer!
This month we take a look at the benefi ts of lifelong learning as colleges around Leeds start sending out their brochures for the coming year. You’re never too young or old to start learning something new! Arthur France, one of the founders of Leeds Carnival, gives us a little bit of carnival history; we fl ag up the Autumn programme for the West Yorkshire Playhouse; and say goodbye to Dame Beryl Bainbridge.
Once again we have some high achievers in our renamed ‘Health and Fitness’ section – like Claire O’Hara who wins another kayaking gold and Amanda Seims who conquered Mont Blanc for the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association. Also in that section we will be featuring a different health or fi tness practice each month (starting with Yoga) and giving our many fi tness instructors and complementary therapists a specialist advertising platform.
And, you may notice a slight change in the title of your magazine. With nine titles in our little family of magazines it is sometimes confusing explaining which magazine we are talking about! By using the all embracing name ‘North Leeds Life’ followed by ‘Headingley edition’, ‘Adel edition’ etc. it is so much easier.
Our deadline for September is 1st August and for October it’s 1st September. We look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards
Carole, Jack and the team.
Cover photograph by Paul Indigo © 2009 www.indigo2photography.co.uk
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Despite a few drops of rain before the parade set off, the carnival was a wonderful, fun day.
The colourful parade took more than half an hour to wend its way through the town centre to the Bridge End showground. Floats, walking groups and several quality bands brought a real carnival atmosphere to the streets of Otley. Thousands of specta-tors followed the parade into the showground, where the many stalls, children rides and fun activities kept them busy late into the afternoon.
The street collection raised over £1,400, which will be divided between Otley Mu-seum, the Methodist Church and Otley 2nd Scouts.
“I would like to thank eve-ryone who played a part in mounting yet another success-ful carnival”, said Michele Smallshaw, Chairperson of the Carnival Committee.
“Apart from the Committee members,
there were so many other people
who helped out behind the scenes without whose help it would have been hard to produce such a successful day.”
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VISIT OTLEY!An exciting, brand new website was launched at the Otley Street Festival in July. Organised by Otley Town Partnership, the ‘Visit Otley’ site gives visitors and residents comprehensive information about everything that Otley has to offer.
The annual programme of events in Otley, which attracts countless visitors to the town, is the main feature, complemented by the numerous other things that Otley has to offer – including the glorious scenery, specialist shops, markets, cafes, pubs and restaurants.
To find out more, go to www.visitotley.co.uk
New Otley Mayor Pledges Support for SchoolsThe new Otley Town Mayor, Ray Smith, a retired head teacher, has chosen to support all fi ve Otley Primary Schools in his fundraising efforts during the year. Under the banner ‘Otley Kids Matter’, events such as garden parties, bingo nights, and table top sales will hopefully not only raise lots of money, but will also promote even closer community cohesion. All money raised will be shared equally between All Saints, Ashfi eld, St. Joseph’s, Westgate and The Whartons. The whole community is invited and encouraged to join in these events.
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Headingley Open Gardens
I am writing to thank the organisers and all the wonderful garden owners who opened their gardens on 21st June. We spent time in some real treasures that we didn’t even know existed and were made very welcome.
My thanks to everyone, especially the cake maker!
Kay GreenwoodRodley
A proud memory
Have just read your Cookridge Life and had to pass comment on an article that has really made me smile this morning. There is a piece on the Head Greenkeeper leaving Horsforth Golf Club and a run down of his various achievements. One of these comments related to him ‘nearly having to deal with a plane on the old 14th green’. I remember this well as both my father and brother were playing golf on the 14th green, at the time that the plane crashed and it was actually my father, Laurie Lambert, who ran over to the up-turned plane and pulled the pilot free! It was nice to be reminded of such a proud memory.
Alison PowerCookridge
More guests than ever!
I’d just like to say that the number of guests for Leeds DFAS lectures has really grown since the entries have gone into the magazines, and now stand at a record high. Often it is members booking others in, rather than complete strangers, but I think having the entry makes members more aware that they can invite guests. You provide a superb magazine and have made life for the various organisations around (and individuals) so much better.
Ann LightmanAdel
of tickets for the Muscular Dystrophy ‘That Glorious Noise’ concert at
Harewood House were: Jenny Robinson, Frank Boshell,
Carol Trousdale, Mrs L Carter, B Arntsen
and Gareth Evans. Runners up were offered ‘two for one’ tickets.
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Pool WI has been busy over the last few months. We recently discussed the resolution urging the Government to introduce clear and mandatory country-of-origin labelling on all meat, poultry and fi sh products sold in this country and agreed to ask our delegate to agree to this resolution on our behalf. After the National Federation AGM in Cardiff, our delegate returned with news that it had been passed with a colossal 99.13% in favour. At our last meeting, representatives from
Hotter Shoes at York came to explain the ‘Hotter Comfort Concept’. Comfortable feet are important, especially if you join us on the last Tuesday of the month when take ourselves off for a hike. Be it Eccup Reservoir, the Chevin or Washburn Valley, a fun time is had by all. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, 2pm in the Lounge of Wharfedale Court, Main Street. For more information please ring Janet on 0113 2037557 or myself on 0113 2842976.
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Arthur France talks about the Leeds Carnival
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News From Your Councillors 09August 2010
Councillor Clive Fox
Pool and Bramhope [email protected] Peter Finlay
Menston Parish Council
There are 105,462 dogs in Leeds. Surely the council hasn’t gone about checking the total number of canine residents in the city! To be honest I made the fi gure up but it won’t be far out, because according to latest estimates there are over 10 million dogs in the country as a whole and that’s our share pro rata.
Really I suppose it’s the dogs that should be reading this because the city council is considering bringing in Dog Control Orders. This could mean dogs having to be kept on a lead at all times or even being excluded from certain areas within Leeds completely, presumably together with their owners.
People in Leeds may in future not be allowed to exercise more than six dogs at any one time. That may be seen as a threat to the ancient art of mass dog walking but many people are left wondering how anyone can control that many dogs, large or small simultaneously.
The council already has powers to control dog fouling leaving dog owners liable to a £75 fi xed penalty for failing to clear up after their dogs. But now it is considering extending the scope of the dog control orders with many people arguing that dogs should be excluded altogether from all designated children’s play areas. But why not include all playing fi elds and sports pitches? Then there is the issue of exclusion from other areas such as cemeteries, busy road sides, near fl ower beds and so on.
On the other hand, responsible dog owners who do clean up after their pets might see such blanket measures as unreasonably draconian. If you have views either way on any of these issues now’s the time to get involved in the consultation process by going online to www.leeds.gov.uk/dogs . There you can complete a short questionnaire and add comments and suggestions up to the end of August.
The council accepts that the proposals are likely to stimulate contrasting views so if any of those 105,462 Leodian dogs want to defend their right to roam, perhaps next time before they go walkies they might draw their owner’s attention to the consultation process before it’s too late.
The cemetery for the former High Royds Hospital stands at the edge of Menston, between the ambulance station and the railway line. Following the last burial in 1969 the cemetery was almost forgotten, the chapel become dilapidated and the grounds overgrown. A sad tribute to the 2,858 former patients buried in the cemetery.
Thankfully this situation is being reversed thanks to the hard work and commitment of a group of local people. Known as the Friends of High Royds Memorial Garden, this group is determined that the former cemetery will be refurbished as a mark of respect to the former patients and their relatives.
Gladedale, the development company behind the High Royds housing development are donating the land to the Friends who have formed a trustee company (known as an Industrial Provident Society) to receive it. In the mean time, a whole raft of fundraising initiatives and hard work has taken place. Shares in the company and commemorative badges have been sold; a grant has been received from the Parish Council, and other grants are being sought. Bradford Council’s Parks Department carried out the initial trimming of the overgrown hedges and cut the grass. Many local people have kindly donated their time and expertise: the chapel roof has been restored and there are plans to convert the land surrounding the chapel into a paved area with seats and stonework fl ower beds.
The transformation, a tribute to the hard work of the Friends, is an appropriate memorial to everyone who is buried there, or was a patient at the hospital..............................................................................................
This group is determined that the former cemetery will be refurbished as a mark of respect to the former patients and their relatives
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Burley Gardeners’ Association holds its annual show on Sunday 29th August at the Queen’s Hall on Main Street. The Show is one of the main events in the village and is very popular. Residents of Burley in Wharfedale and Burley Woodhead can enter the fl ower, produce, wine, handicraft, fruit and vegetable classes, and anyone can enter the open and junior classes. Entries should be brought to the Queen’s Hall between 10am and 12 noon on the day of the Show. This year there are new classes in almost
every section so there’s defi nitely something for everyone.
The Show is open to the public from 2.15 – 4.45pm. Entrance is 50p for adults, 10p for under-16s. There’s also an art exhibition by Burley Art Group; fl oral art demonstration by Sheila Quin; photographic exhibition by Ian Lamond; 100 Years in Guiding by Burley in Wharfedale Guides; and, gardening and lifestyle gifts by Wharfedale Flowers.
Reverend Tim Perkins from the Methodist Church will present the trophies and prizes
at 4pm. In addition, the shop, small business or pub chosen as the winner of this year’s Burley in Bloom competition will be presented with the Dick Hargrave Shield. Homemade afternoon teas will be served throughout the show and the show will conclude with an auction of exhibits. Show schedules and entry forms are available from Burley in Wharfedale Library, Angus MacIntosh (Chairman of Burley Gardeners’ Association) on 01943 862750, or by downloading them from www.burley-in-wharfedale.org.
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the shop, small business or pub chosen as the winner of this year’s Burley in Bloom competition will be presented with the Dick Hargrave Shield
Pool-in-Wharfedale e-news, your free village newsletter. Available online, hard copies at Pool Post Office
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More Classes than Ever at Burley in
Wharfedale Annual Show
The recent performance of ‘The Rock’ by the Hopes and Dreams Choir at Otley Method-ist Church raised £270 for the Church Redevelopment Project
and the charity Missions without Borders (MWB). Church members, Bob and Pauline Dobson, have visited MWB projects in Romania a number of times. Based in Sibiu, MWB has established various humanitarian and Christian outreach
programmes, to meet the needs of Romania’s most vulnerable people. The desperate plight of Romania’s children motivated MWB to establish the child
sponsorship programme: Child Rescue International. MWB’s continued work with the Romanian Government has helped to close many of the large orphanages and place children in foster homes, reunite them with their families and establish small-er units. It has also introduced vocational and educational train-ing courses. In July, Bob and Pauline held their annual Strawberry Tea afternoon at their home in Otley which raised a further £330 for the cause.
Strawberry Teas Add Over £300 to MWB Coff ers
Community News 11August 2010
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Photo: Bob & Pauline presenting the cheque to MWB director David Hardisty
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PCSO Darrin Thompson has joined the NPT at Ilkley and will be tutored initially by PCSO Andy Wade before taking over full responsibility for Menston, covering for PCSO Rachael Hodgson during her maternity leave.
Crime fi gures for Menston remain one of the lowest in the Bradford District. In May there was one burglary, one attempted burglary and fi ve other burglaries targeting sheds, out buildings etc. Four properties on Chevin End were unfortunately among these.
Please report any sightings of suspicious people or vehicles. Most of the above offences were opportunistic and may have been carried out by people not local to the area.Please continue to be vigilant and ensure your property is secure. We offer a property marking service where we mark items with an ultra violet pen. If
you would like PCSO Thompson to visit, please call us. PCSO Thompson would like to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer for speedwatch and to assist with the recently purchased Speed Indication Device.
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Community News 13August 2010
The Bramhope Show is on Sunday 5th September, so now is the time to brush up on your horticulture, baking or crafts and enter the competitions!
Last year we had a fantastic show day, with the whole village really showing its support. There were record entries in the show classes, demonstrating the range of talent within our village. It was a great family day, with attractions for all ages.
This year we are hoping for just as many entries. If you have never entered before – why not give it a go? There are separate classes for adults and juniors. If you need any help, or tips
simply visit our website www.robertcraven.org.uk/fl owershow.
Classes include: fruits, vegetables, baking, fl oral arrangements, photography, arts and crafts, and a wide-ranging selection for juniors. This year we have a large selection of traditional games and competitions for your entertainment, and shopaholics in Bramhope will have the chance to pick up plenty of bargains at our stalls. We also have a jester to entertain the younger visitors, face painting, ice creams, afternoon tea, and a pet show.
Bramhope residents will receive a show schedule and entry form through their door, but copies will also be available at the Robert Craven Hall, Old Lane, from local shops and on-line at www.robertcraven.org.uk/fl owershow. All entries must be submitted on an offi cial entry form.
So, get your thinking caps on! We would love to see even more entries than last year. Put the date in you diary and we’ll look forward to seeing you on show day. Melanie StantonChairperson- Bramhope Village Show.
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ACTIVE
Ballroom dancing classes Fri 7.30pm in August for ‘improvers’ at Kirklands, Main Street, Menston. De-tails: Bernard & Barbara Harrison 01943 873254, [email protected].
Big Fun Run - Sat 14 Aug, Roundhay Park, Leeds in support St. Gemma’s Hos-pice. Details: 218 5505.
Bramhope Badminton Club meets Mon 8pm at Bramhope Methodist Church Hall. New mem-bers welcome. Details: Chris 0113 267 1829.
Bramhope Bowls Club welcomes new members to its Crown Green at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. Details: Ewart Lewis 0113 2678001/ Paul Welling 0113 284 3361
Circle Dancing Group meets 1st & 3rd Tues of the month at St.Giles Church Hall, Bramhope. Gentle dancing to beauti-ful music from all over the world. Great fun, thera-peutic, & friendly group. All welcome. Details: Joan 0113 284 2549.
Dalesbus Ramblers A programme of free guided walks in the Yorkshire Dales on Sundays. All walks accessible by public transport, & Dalesbus services 800, 820 & 870 which link North Leeds with the Dales on Sun & bank holidays. Details:
Steve 07982 764 857 or www.dalesbusramblers.org.uk
Five Rhythms Dance Moving meditation. Begin-ners welcome. Alternate Fridays at Adel Methodist Church LS16 7PQ 7.30 – 9.45pm. Details: www.souldance.ning.com
Great Yorkshire Morris Men meet at Pool Memorial Hall alternate Wednesdays. Mainly Cotswold dances, with forays into the Yorkshire Longword, Rapper & Border styles. New danc-ers & musicians welcome - no experience required. Details: Bob Carter 01423 863433 www.gymm.org.uk
Grove Hill Tennis Club, Otley runs a year-round social programme. Club plays 3 mixed doubles teams in Wharfedale league, a men’s team in the Yorkshire league & a Leeds medley team. Excellent coaching for both adults & juniors. Details: www.otleytennis.webs.com
Grove Hill Crown Green Bowls Club welcomes new members. All ages. Beginners or experienced. Get fi t & have fun. Details: Judith 01943 462963, Sue 01943 465785
Holt Park Bowls Holt Park Crown Green Club, Farrar Lane (opposite tennis courts). Everyone welcome – beginners &
experienced.
Horsforth Fellandale Running Club trains every Wed, usually on Otley Chevin. Runners of all abilities welcome. Details: Andy 0113 258 5691, [email protected]
Krypton Factor - Sat 7 Aug, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Most popular assault course in the UK. Challenge yourself to complete it in aid of St. Gemma’s Hospice. Details: 218 5505.
Leeds Area Disabled Swimming Club Are you recovering from a stroke or other condition where swimming could help? A friendly, safe environ-ment where you can swim & gain confi dence. New members welcome. Mon 7 -8pm at Holt Park Lei-sure Centre. Details: Ruth 0113 275 7825, Sara 0113 287 6250.
Leeds HF Rambling & Social Club. Walks on a Sunday geared to public transport from Leeds. Social events in winter. Details: Send SAE to John Maltman, 52 Vesper Gate Mount, Leeds LS5 3NN.
Leeds YHA Walking Group organises walks, cycle rides, weekends & social activities. Over 160 members aged 20-74. Try before joining. Member-ship £8 pa. Details: Mary 0113 228 6766, Phil 0113 268 9996 www.leedsyha.org.uk
Menston Bowling Club League matches Mon & Wed pm & Sat afternoons. Veterans’ matches Tues am. Social bowling every afternoon, with friendly matches Tues. Sun 8 Aug match against Gargrave followed by fi sh & chips in Skipton. Club Finals Day 15 Aug.
Otley Badminton Club Prince Henry’s Mon 7.30-9.30pm & Fri 8-10pm. Junior Club coaching available Sat 9.30 – 11am, New members welcome. Details: Steve Norfolk 07860 242089, [email protected]
Otley Short Walks For All Walks up to 3 miles start from Otley Courthouse Wed am. Please arrive before 10.15am. Often use local buses, so bring bus fare or bus pass. Sen-sible footwear advisable! Details: 01943 465542, 01943 865585.
Otley Walkers Twice weekly walks, 5 – 20 miles. Weekends away & special events. New mem-bers welcome. Annual membership £5. Get the programme & try before joining. Details: 01943 875 995, [email protected]
Otley Squash Club provides for all levels of ability. Details: www.otleysquashclub.org.
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Phoenix Folk Dancers Try English Country Danc-ing at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind the Lawnswood Arms) Wed, 8 – 10pm. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary. Details: 0113 2611902
Sequence Tea Dance Old Pool Bank Village Hall, Fri 2 – 4pm. A great way to exercise & socialise. All welcome. Details: 0113 284 2126.
Sequence Tea Dance Bramhope Methodist Church Mon, 2 – 4pm. Everyone Welcome. Details: 0113 267 9802.
Summer Skydive - Sat 28 Aug - Brigg, North Lincoln-shire. Sponsored skydive from 15,000ft in aid of St. Gemma’s Hospice. Details: 218 5559.
Swim the Channel Chal-lenge Swim Dover to Cal-ais (21 miles) but in your local pool over 12 weeks. Just 1,344 lengths of a 25m pool! St Gemma’s provide a swim diary & support. Please raise as much sponsorship as possible for the hospice. Details: Laura 218 5570, www.st-gemma.co.uk.
The Tuesday Club Dance the night away at The Village Hotel, Otley Road, LS16, 8–11pm. Great atmosphere & DJ. Over 25s. Smart dress. Only £3.50 Details: Reg 01274 771285/ 07939 959400.
Walk in Their Shoes - Sat 25 Sept at Temple Newsam, Leeds. Five mile sponsored walk in memory or in support of
someone special to you. Proceeds to St. Gemma’s Hospice. Details: 218 5505.
Yarnbury Angling Club 1st Sun of month. Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues. Membership details: Adrian Addy on 07956 964713.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Bramhope Arts Club Ex-hibition Sun 29/Mon 30 Aug,10am – 4.30pm in Golden Acre Park. Paint-ings of differing styles & media plus information about the Art Club. Free admission. We look for-ward to seeing you!
Chinese Brush Painters Society (Yorkshire Group) Sat/Sun 21/22 Aug Kaili Fu from Exeter will share her innovative method of freestyle painting on silk,10am – 4pm at Pool Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. New members welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, [email protected]
Guiseley Art Club Mon 1.30 – 4pm (excl-bank hols), Oxford Rd Method-ist Church Hall, Guiseley. New members welcome. Details: Monica 0113 267 7726.
Otley Arts Club Old People’s Welfare Centre, Crossgate, Otley. Work-shops, portrait sessions, talks, demonstrations & plenty of opportunities to just paint or draw. New members welcome. De-tails: Ted 01943 461145 or Judi 01943 607088.
Pool Art Group Fri 10am-12pm, Pool Methodist Church. Support & en-couragement from fellow artists/all levels. Details: 0113 203 7952.
Otley Scribblers Do you enjoy creative writing? New weekly sessions be-gin at Otley Courthouse, 10am–12pm. Details: 01943 465 568.
COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS
Bramhope Farmers’ Mar-ket Robert Craven Memo-rial Hall, Old Lane, from 9am 2nd Sat of month. Selection of home baking, organic meats, sausages & pies, free range eggs, bread & cheese, plus veg produced by local farmers & producers.
Bramhope Methodist Church Coffee Shop Every Tues 10am-noon. Deli-cious homemade scones & friendly fellowship – all welcome.
Coffee Morning Every 2nd Sat at St. Wilfrid’s Church 10am–12pm. Plus a raf-fl e, pastries & fruit pies at bargain prices.
Coffee Morning Every Sat, Otley Methodist Church Wesley Hall, 10am–12pm. Homemade cakes, trifl es etc & a friendly atmosphere. Access Bor-oughgate & Walkergate (disabled access).
Leeds Horticultural So-ciety Flower, Veg & Craft Show Sat 7/ Sun 8 Aug, The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates LS17. 300 classes of fl owers, veg. fruit, crafts,
wine, kid’s section. Stalls. Live Radio Leeds Garden-ers’ Question Time. Floral art dems. Refreshments. Entry: £5, seniors £4, under 16s £1, under 5s free. Sat 11am - 5pm. Sun 8.30am - 5pm. Details: Pat 225 0030 for schedule.
Otley Farmers’ Market Sun 25th July 9am to 1pm.
GROUPS/CLUBS
Adel Ladies Luncheon Club 1st Wed of month, Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Far Headingley. Details: Mrs M. Huntley 230 1584.
Aireborough Soroptimist International meets 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm at Guiseley Methodist Church, Oxford Road, Guiseley Organisa-tion for professional wom-en who address issues of importance to women locally & worldwide. If you would like to volunteer in an atmosphere of support, friendship & fun, contact Janet Lockwood 07947 695093.
Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs 8.30 – 9pm at The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane. All welcome. Details: 0113 391 0403 www.alwood-leymc.org.uk
Bramhope Bridge Club Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Mon 12.45 – 4.15pm, & Tues & Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm. Lessons for novices Wed pm. De-tails: Bob 225 7495
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Bramhope Round Table Leeds’ active Round Table meets every 2nd Tues for fun, friendship & fundrais-ing (in that order!). All men between 18 & 45 welcome. Details: www.bramhoperoundtable.co.uk or [email protected]
Cat loving volunteers wanted! Join friendly new cat welfare group supporting feral & stray cats. Fundraisers needed to raise funds for food, cat kennels & vet costs. Fosterers also needed - full support given. Details: 07876 212 518, [email protected], www.feralcatwelfare.org.uk
Chevin Division Trefoil Guild meets 7.30pm on 1st Mon of the month in Otley or Guiseley. The group offers a varied calendar of events, with opportunities for travel, adventure & broadening your horizons, & supports Girl Guiding UK. Details: 01943 872892.
Friends of Chevin Forest Park Practical conser-vation work such as vegetation clearance, step building or meadow management on 2nd Sun of every month. Details: The Countryside Rangers 0113 237 5312 [email protected]
Home Grown Otley Com-munity gardening & food group. Helping each other grow vegetables, herbs & fruit. Speakers, visits to local food producers & much more! Meetings 1st
Mon of each month, 7pm at Otley Courthouse. De-tails: Rob 01943 468664, [email protected].
Ilkley & District Motor Club 1st/4th Wed monthly, Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green. 8pm. All welcome. Also meet 2nd/3rd/5th Wed at other locations. Details: www.ilkleymotor-club.org
Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club Small friendly club welcomes both male & female members. Meet-ings held at Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Tues 8pm. Details: Georges Lepelley 01943 600712 or www.ilkley.org & follow link to their website.
Kaleidoscope Social club for the mature (50 +) & unattached with a zest for life. Regular meetings & monthly programme of events. Not a dating agency. Details: 0113 262 1455, 261 2272 or www.kaliedoscopeleeds.weebly.com
Kirklands Bridge Club Menston rubber bridge club meets at Kirklands alt Tues evenings. Details: Dorrie Waugh or Carol Cowell.
Leeds Caledonians Soci-ety for those with a Scot-tish pedigree or interest in things Scottish warmly welcomes new members. Details: 0113 267 0424, www.leedscaledonians.org.uk
Leeds Co-operative Members’ Group meets
monthly for talks & out-ings. Details: 0113 216 8837 [email protected]
Leeds Oxfam Group Meets 1st Wed on month, 7.30pm Leeds Civic Hall. Group arranges events & activities across the city in support of Oxfam. All welcome. Details: Pauline Neale 0113 269 3542.
Menston in Bloom meet Wed 21 Aug, 7.30pm at Menston Methodist Church Hall. Details: www.menston.org
Menston Gardeners’ Club meets 3rd Thurs of the month, 7.30pm at Kirk-lands from Sept to May. New members welcome. The Club outing on Thurs 5 Aug leaves Kirklands at 6.45pm to visit a member’s garden in Ilkley. Details: www.menston.org
Menston Thespians ama-teur dramatics society has existed for over 50 years. In Dec they will present ‘A Christmas Carol’ & are looking for people to take part. Or you could help build sets, make props or even help with teas. De-tails: www.menstonthespi-ans.org.uk.
Mercury Movie Makers Wed at Rawdon Conserva-tive Club, 7:30pm. The club is for camcorder owners. Advice, regular fi lm & practical evenings, & occasional outdoor events. Details: 0113 257 7274, www.communigate.co.uk/brad/mercmove
Otley Amateur Radio Soci-ety meets Tues at Clifton Village Hall (before The Spite on Newall Carr Rd). New members welcome! The Club is an RSGB examination centre for Foundation, Intermediate & Advanced licences. De-tails: Paul 07768 996370, [email protected], www.otleyradio.org
Otley in Bloom A friendly group of volunteers who work to improve the green environment of the town. They plant trees & fl oral displays; prepare Otley for the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition; & work with businesses, schools & councils to incorporate plants & trees in new developments. New members welcome. Meetings at Otley Court-house, 7pm fi rst Tues of every month.
Otley Camera Club Meets Thurs at Prince Henry’s Grammar School, 7pm. Packed programme of speakers & competitions. Improve your skills & get more from your camera. Details: www.otleycamera-club.co.uk
Otley Chevin Rotary Club Meets at Chevin Country Park Hotel, York Gate, Mon, 7.30pm. Dinner followed by interesting speaker. Rotary provides a wide range of serv-ices - local, national & international, plus a good social programme. De-tails: David Lewis 01943 877720.
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Otley Lions Club Meets 1st & 3rd Mon of each month at the Red Lion, Otley. New members welcome. Book sale last Fri & Sat of each month in Black Horse stable yard. Varied social activities, dinners, meet-ings, quizzes. Details David McDowell 01943 467551, Eric Booth 01943 467900.
Otley Little Theatre Live theatre & musical events in Otley. New members welcome – acting, singing, dancing & anyone who can help with technical backstage. Details: Lee Wells 01943 464982, [email protected], www.otley.co.uk/littletheatre
Otley & District Men’s Forum Now meets at Otley Methodist Church at 10am Thurs. Entrance to Church Hall on Walker-gate.
Otley Poets meet 1st Tues of month at 8pm for poems, drinks & oc-casional guest poets at Korks Wine Bar, Bondgate Otley. Details: Alan Holds-worth 01943 870344 [email protected].
Otley Rotary Club meets weekly at Westbourne House, Bradford Road, Otley, Thurs 12.30 – 1.45pm. Open to active/retired professional/business people. Lunch & guest speaker. Details: Keith Thompson 01943 879329 [email protected].
Otley Townswomen’s Guild promotes the interests of women &
raises money for charities. It meets 1st Thurs of each month, 7.30pm in the Lecture Room, Otley Methodist Church. Speak-ers plus wide variety of interest groups. Visitors welcome. Details: 01943 468741 [email protected]
Otley Twinning Association Otley is twinned with Montereau in France (60 kms from Paris). Membership open to anyone in Otley district. Regular reciprocated visits (usually on a family or couples basis). Meet 2nd Wed of the month at Grove Hill Club (8pm). De-tails: Ken Daphne 01943 465137, Graham Barton 01943 461646.
Otley Women’s Institute Meets at 7.15pm on 2nd Wed of the month in Cross Green Commu-nity Centre, Otley. Visitors welcome. Details: 01943 463610
Pool WI meets on the 2nd Tues of each month at 2pm at The Lounge, Wharfedale Court. All welcome!
Pool Bridge Club meets on Mon (excl bank holi-days),1.15 – 4.30pm at Pool Methodist Church.
Reaching Out Group for widowed women young at heart & in years who would like to meet others in similar position. Meets Thurs 6.30 – 8.30pm, St John Ambulance Hut, Gaye Lane, Otley. A safe place for friendship & support. Details: Lesley 07931 892747.
Social & Activities Club New members welcome. Mainly over 30s. Meals, pub nights, theatre/fi lms/music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away & more. Monthly new members night in north Leeds. Details: 0113 258 1126, www.leedsivc.org.uk
University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the University as either serv-ing or former staff mem-bers, partners of staff, or grads of the Uni. Regular events. Details: [email protected].
The Women’s Fellowship meets Wed, 2pm at Pool Methodist Church. Variety of interesting speakers.
The Wharfedale Speakers Club part of the Assoc of Speakers Clubs (UK), meets in Otley twice a month. New members welcome. Speakers of all ages & backgrounds. Come along & improve your speaking skills. Details: Barry Taylor 0113 284 2148.
White Rose Ladies Speak-ers Club Farsley Library Community Room, Mon at 7.45pm. Next meetings. A friendly environment in which to fi nd your voice & improve your presentation skills, while having a lot of fun. Details: Sheila Wyatt 267 2062.
Wishing-Well for Women Wed 9 Aug & Mon 6 Sept, 6-9pm at The Otley Apoth-ecary, 16 Bondgate, Otley. New Moon women’s circle gathers for healing &
empowerment. Drumming meditations & creative arts help focus on hopes & dreams. Tickets £10. All profi ts to local charity ‘Behind Closed Doors’, which provides support to women affected by domestic abuse. Details: Jo 07772 416719
Yorkshire Country-women’s Association Bramhope branch meets 2nd Thurs each month, 1.30pm at Robert Craven Memorial Hall. New mem-bers welcome.
MUSIC
Bradford Music Club meets 3rd Sun each month, 7 – 9pm at Rawdon Meeting House, Harrogate Rd. Singers & musicians needed. All styles of music. Details: Ann Perry 01274 630162 [email protected]
Flute Group meets Tues 6.45 - 7.45pm during term time at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama (19 Shire Oak Rd. Headin-gley). Grade 4 standard & above. New members very welcome! Details: 0113 275 1232
Lawnswood Singers A female choir, practices Wed 7.30pm at Holy Trin-ity Church, Green Lane, Cookridge. Good female singers welcome to try us out. Wide repertoire of music & friendly people! Details: Brenda Hawer 0113 2671292, www.lawnswoodsingers.co.uk.
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Leeds & Bradford Bar-bershop Harmony Club Mon, 7.30pm, Rawdon & Guiseley Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon. Male singers who can take on four part harmony most welcome. Details: 01274 583 989.
Leeds Organ & Keyboard Club Join in playing or listening to our Yamaha AR100 organ & PRS S.900 keyboard. Occa-sional concerts by profes-sional artists playing a variety of music. Wed 7.30-10.30pm. Guiseley Factory Workers Club. LS20 9DT. Details: 226 5671
Leeds People’s Choir is Recruiting A friendly mixed-voice secular choir now recruiting for September. Vacancies in all areas, but numbers are limited. No audi-tions. The choir is open to anyone who enjoys singing. Meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Swarthmore Education Centre. Details: David 0113 225 2816, [email protected], www.leeds-peopleschoir.org.uk
Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearses fortnightly on Sundays, 7 - 9pm at Otley Courthouse. New members (especially upper strings) welcome. Details: [email protected]
Otley Community Drum Circle 3rd Sun of the month at The Courthouse, Otley. No drumming expe-rience needed.Children with adult welcome. All drums provided. Cost £4/£3. Details: Anna or Paul 01943 465413Otley Courthouse Commu-nity Singing Group A com-munity choir devoted to the enjoyment of singing. New members (especially men!) welcome – no auditions, no pressure, no experience. Tues at The Courthouse, 1.30 – 3.30pm (term time), £4 per session. Details: Dave Stewart 07970 997183 [email protected]
Phoenix Concert Band rehearses Thurs 7.30-9.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Players of a suitable standard wel-come (Associated Board Grade 5), particularly brass players & percus-sionists. Details: [email protected] www.phoenixband.co.uk
Wharfedale Recorded Mu-sic 7.45pm at St. John’s, Ben Rhydding, Details: 01943 601538.
Yeadon & District Male Voice Choir welcomes male voices of any abil-ity at Yeadon Methodist Church, Chapel Hill. (next to Town Hall). Singing is a proven stress buster! Thurs 7.30pm. Details:
John Atkinson 294 9095
SENIORS
Golden Oldies Film Club 3rd Mon in the month, 2pm at Otley Courthouse. Transport available. £2 incl. refreshments & raffl e. Details: 01943 463965.
Leeds & Bradford Friend-ship Group Friendship & activities for people of retirement age. Meets 1st Wed of month at Pudsey Civic Centre 1.30pm. Also days out, dining, walks, holidays, computer & play reading groups. New members welcome. Details: Barbara 01943 875208.
Lunch & Quiz Mon 9 Aug, 12.30 - 2.30pm at The St John Ambulance, Gay Lane, Otley. £3 per person. Please call 01943 463965 to book your place as numbers are limited.
Otley Methodist 1812 Group meets on 18th of every month, providing a social gathering for churchgoers. Ages 20s – 60s & activities include theatre visits, ten pin bowling, country dancing & safari suppers. Details: [email protected]
Otley Over 60s Club at Crossgate (opposite Rose & Crown) open Wed
to Sat, 9am–12 noon, serving refreshments. Sequence Dancing on Wed 2 – 4pm; Gentle Exercise to Music on Thurs, 10.15–11.15am; Sat Bingo,1.45pm; bric- a-brac stall Fri & Sat 9am–12noon.
SPIRITUAL
Bethel Evangelical Church Otley & Ilkley meets every Sun,10.30am at Whar-tons Primary School (off Newall Carr Road), Otley & 6pm at Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road, Ilkley. Details: Pastor Martin Woodier 01943 464631 www.bethelotleyilkley.com
Bramhope Methodist Church Midweek worship in the Low Room, 10am 2nd Tues in month, & 7.45 for 8pm on 4th Thurs (half hour)– an opportunity to sing along with hymns; listen to a passage of Scripture; hear a brief message about our faith; or share in Holy Communion. Followed by coffee & fellowship.
Christian Science Church (Headingley) invites you to their services: Sun10.30am. Testimony meetings 2nd Wed of the month, 7.30pm, & 4th Wed at 2.30pm. Reading Room open 11am - 2pm Tues, Thurs & Fri . 40 Otley Road. www.christian-science.org.uk
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An Evening with Charles Wesley Sat 11 Sep Mark Topping returns to Otley Methodist Church to talk about this prolifi c composer who wrote over 5,500 hymns. Tickets (£6 adults/ £3 children) avail-able by sending SAE & cheque payable to ‘Otley Methodist Church’ to: An Evening with Charles Wes-ley, c/o 76 The Whartons, Otley, LS21 2BS.
FREE Drop-In Meditation Sun 7 – 8pm (3rd Sun of month 6.30 – 7.30pm). Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations. Details: Brahma Kumaris 0113 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
North Shropshire Method-ist Youth Choir will per-form Sat 28 Aug, 7.30pm at Otley Methodist Church. Tickets (£7 adults/£3 chil-dren) available by sending SAE & cheque payable to Otley Methodist Church to ‘North Shropshire Choir Event’, c/o 76 The Whar-tons, Otley, LS21 2BS.
Otley Quakers meet 1st & 3rd Sun of the month, 11am – 12 noon. Details: 01943 463351, [email protected]. Web-page link at www.otley.co.uk/churches/
Otley Spiritualist Church Church services: Tues healing 7.30pm; Wed healing 2.30pm; Sat Serv-ice 7pm (clairvoyance); Sun Service 6.30pm (divine). 38 Newmarket Street, Otley.
Positive Thinking Free 4 week course starts Wed 4 Aug, 7.30 – 9pm. Booking required. Details: 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
Raja Yoga Meditation FREE 8 week course starts Mon 6 Sept, 7.30 - 9pm. Free. Booking required. Details: 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
Rise & Shine @ 9 Every-one welcome. 30 minute cafe-style worship, ideal for all ages. Informal, friendly, light breakfast every Sunday, 9am at United Reformed Church, Main Street, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Details: Mirella 01943 465 353
Self Esteem Workshop Sat 4 Sept, 2 – 5pm Weet-wood Hall, Otley Rd. LS16. Free. Booking required. Details: 275 7727,[email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
SUPPORT
Arthritis Care (Otley & District) meets at St John Ambulance Meeting Room, Gay Lane, 1st Wed of month, 2 – 4pm. People of all ages with arthritis, or an interest in it, most welcome. Details: 01943 466428.
Arthritis Care Leeds Branch Meet 3rd Tues of each month, 7 - 9pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd, LS16. £2 incl refreshments & raffl e. New members welcome.
Details: Pat 0113 275 7694.
Diabetes Leeds Support Group Friendly group of people with Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes & their part-ners/ carers, meets 1st Mon of the month (except bank holidays) at West Yorkshire Playhouse, 7 – 9pm. Details: Joan Wells 0113 225 4528.
Families Need Fathers meets 7.30pm, 2nd Wed of month at Victoria Hotel, Great George St, Leeds. A support & advice group for parents trying to main-tain & develop relation-ships with their children following divorce or family breakdown. Details: Don 07981 710179 or Ray 07921 728747.
Lymphoma Association Support Group A friendly group that meets the last Mon of each month, 2pm at Robert Ogden Macmil-lan Cancer Information Centre, St. James’s Hospi-tal, LS9 7TF. All who have experienced Lymphoma, their family & friends, are welcome. Frequent guest speakers. Details: Roy 01765 692132, Jane 0113 2811226, Norman 0113 267 3388.
Macmillan Cancer Sup-port New fundraising group in Otley. Details: Laura Riach 01924 232444 [email protected]
National Association for Colitis & Crohn’s Disease (Leeds) Brings support to people with Infl amma-tory Bowel Disease (IBD),
their friends & families throughout North & West Yorkshire. They hold four educational & support meetings a year, as well as regular informal meets. Details: 0845 130 6809, [email protected], www.groups.nacc.org.uk/leeds
Parkinson’s Disease Society has changed its name to Parkinson’s UK. Details: Jim 0113 257 5634.
The Forget Me Not Cafe For people with dementia & their carers. 1st Wed of month 1.30 – 3.30pm at Yeadon Cricket Club, (behind the Swan Public House) High Street, Yeadon, £1 incl. raffl e & refreshments. Details: Jean Deeming 01943 472004, Dawn Perkins on 0113 231 1727.
Wharfedale Cardiac Club (affi liated with British Heart Foundation) is open to former cardiac patients & their partners. Opportunity to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualifi ed instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Whar-fedale General Hospital. £2.50 Details: Clive Wilkinson 0113 267 1721.
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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
‘Food & Mood’ Fri 3 Sept, 7.30 – 9pm Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd., LS16. Free. No booking re-quired. Details: 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leedsSynchronicity – Being in the Flow’ Sun 1 Aug, 7-8.30pm Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd., LS16. Free. No booking required.Details: 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
‘Through these Eyes’- can we change our destiny by changing the way we ‘see’? Sun 15 Aug, 7 – 8pm Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd. LS16. Free. No book-ing required. Details: 275 7727, [email protected], www.bkwsu.org/uk/leeds
MISC/EVENTS
Blood Donor Sessions Tues 24 Aug, 2 – 4pm & 5 – 7.30pm at Wesley Hall, Boroughgate, Otley. Tues 17 Aug, 2 – 4pm & 5 – 7.30pm at Queen’s Hall, Burley in Wharfedale. Mon 30 Aug, 10am – 1pm at Town Hall, Yeadon.
Classic Car Rally Sat 14 Aug, 12 – 4pm at Kirkstall Abbey. Hundreds of clas-sic cars, including Leeds
MG & Classic Car Club. Refreshments available. Proceeds to St Gemma’s Hospice. Details: Fran on 0113 218 5505.
Jigsaws at Abbey House Museum Wed 1 Sept, 10.30 – 11.45am. A morning of doing jigsaws from the museum col-lections hosted by Kitty Ross, Curator of Social History. £3.60 per person, booking essential. Details: Abbey House Museum 0113 2305492.
Expert Patients Pro-gramme runs courses for people with long term health problems, unpaid carers, families of children with health problems, disabilities or other challenges, & men-tal health problems. The aim is to help people cope better. Details: 305 7591 [email protected]
Honey Bee Swarms will be collected free of charge, if accessible, Details: Terry Beddows on 0113 268 8231.
Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary Weet-wood Lane, LS16. Visitors welcome 10.30am – 3pm, guided tours Wed 11am. Free admission. Pony Days every Thurs during school hols.
Sponsored walk 25 July. Details: Karen 0794 894 8158. www.hopepastures.org
Meeting Rooms & Hall To Hire Mon – Sat at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. Would suit educational/leisure classes/activities/con-certs/dances/children’s parties/wedding recep-tions. Wheelchair access. Details: Paul 0113 2843361, [email protected], www.robertcraven.org.uk
Otley Courthouse looking for volunteers in all areas. If you would like to help, get in touch. No experi-ence necessary, all ages welcome! Details: Irene Lofthouse 01943 467216 [email protected]
Pool Village Hall Hire the excellent facility with hall, kitchen & meeting room. Ideal venue for children’s parties, receptions, dances & events. Details: Tim Robson 0113 284 3437 [email protected]
Talking Magazines Anyone blind or partially sighted can obtain these monthly cassettes by contacting Leeds Cassette at Shire View Centre, 72 Head-ingley Lane, LS6 2DJ or
calling 0113 270 9130.
Volunteers Wanted! For new Yorkshire Cancer Centre Charity Shop based at Bexley Wing, St James’s Institute of Oncology. Details: Aanika Dhillon 0113 206 8620 [email protected].
Volunteers Welcome! At Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary, Weetwood Lane, LS16, for a range of tasks besides stable-work - garden-ing, repairs, welcoming visitors, sorting donations, making produce to sell, helping at events. Details: [email protected]
Wesley Hall at Otley Methodist Church Avail-able to local organisations & charities for fundrais-ing purposes every Fri, 9.30-11.30am. Cost: £15. Details: Pauline Dobson 01943 466 751.
A Year’s Supply of Champagne! Help Martin House celebrate the 5th anniversary of its weekly lottery. The weekly jackpot is £1,000 and it’s only £1 to enter. On 13th August there is also a chance to win a year’s supply of champagne! Details: Jane Horton 01937 844569 or [email protected].
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By Arthur France, Chairman Leeds Carnival
As chairman of Leeds West Indian Carnival, I’ve been involved with it from day one. As a child I was fascinated by carnival, as they walked through Mount Lily Village in Nevis, where I was born. They’d go past masquerading, dancing and having fun. That fascination stayed with me, even when I arrived in Leeds in 1957 to study. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
When I fi rst arrived, I noticed that people from the Caribbean were very isolated and needed something to bind us together as a community. That’s when I thought of Carnival.
Initially it was very diffi cult to engage people as they didn’t share the vision. Many thought it was a bad idea for black people to dance in costumes on the streets in front of English
people. But as people warmed to the idea and understood the meaning of carnival a little better, it was soon embraced.
Carnival is a festival that celebrates the emancipation of our forefathers from slavery. Catholics in Italy started the tradition by holding wild costume festivals before the fi rst day of Lent. As they weren’t
supposed to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale which means ‘to put away the meat.’ As time passed, carnivals in Italy became quite famous and the practice spread to other Catholic countries in Europe. As the French, Spanish, and Portuguese took control of the Americas and other parts of the world, they brought the carnival tradition with them.
CARNIVAL IS A
FESTIVAL THAT
CELEBRATES THE
EMANCIPATION OF
OUR FOREFATHERS
FROM SLAVERY
FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE, CARNIVAL BECAME A WAY TO EXPRESS THEIR POWER AS INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS THEIR RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS.
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Trinidad around 1785, as the French settlers began to arrive. It caught on quickly and fancy balls were held where the wealthy planters (slave masters) wore masks, wigs, beautiful dresses and danced long into the night. The use of masks had special meaning for slaves, because for many African people, masking is widely used in their rituals for the dead. Obviously banned from the masked balls of the French, the slaves would hold their own little carnivals, with their own rituals and folklore, but also mirroring their masters’ behavior at the masked balls.
For African people, carnival became a way to express their power as individuals, as well as their rich cultural traditions. After 1807 (when slavery was abolished), the freed Africans
began to host their own carnival celebrations in the streets and these soon became more popular than the balls.
Leeds West Indian Carnival was the fi rst of its kind in Europe. As carnival became more widely accepted, other cities followed and set up their own. Here in Leeds the local authority and government acknowledged that the celebration was part of Leeds heritage, symbolising the cultural unity of the city and decided to help sustain the Carnival, which has been run by volunteers every year since 1967.
What I love about carnival is seeing people from different backgrounds (race, colour, religion) coming to take part or just watch. I know it’s is a colourful festival, but seeing people who originate from
different ends of the earth standing side by side touches me greatly.
This year will be bigger, better and brighter – we even have a carnival troop fl ying over from St Kitts and Nevis to take part.
Leeds Carnival kicks off with the Prince and Princess Show on Sunday 22nd August in Millennium Square. The Queen and King Show is on Friday
27th, also in Millennium Square. The Monarch Show is on Saturday 28th at Leeds West Indian Centre, and Carnival Day, Monday 30th August, starts at 6am with Jou’vert Morning from Leeds West Indian Centre, with the parade leaving Potternewton Park at 2pm.
For more information visit www.leedscarnival.co.uk
WHEN I FIRST
ARRIVED, I NOTICED
THAT PEOPLE FROM
THE CARIBBEAN
WERE VERY ISOLATED
AND NEEDED
SOMETHING TO BIND
US TOGETHER AS A
COMMUNITY. THAT’S
WHEN I THOUGHT OF
CARNIVAL.
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The novelist Beryl Bainbridge, who died last month, made a brief appearance in Leeds in March last year to take part in the Headingley LitFest. She spoke about her novel-in-progress ‘The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress’ and how she set about writing her novels to a capacity audience in the New Headingley Club. She was fascinating and funny and happily answered numerous questions.
“She was absolutely charming, and a perfect entertainer”, said LitFest organiser Richard Wilcocks, who invited her to the festival. “She came up from London early, so that she could have lunch with us, and I took her on an hour-long tour of Leeds, so that she could look at Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
“She was defi nitely a major presence in twentieth century literature, with a strong sense of drama in her style. She will be missed by many in this area, I know.”
Beryl Bainbridge was the author of more than twenty novels. One of the best known, An Awfully Big Adventure, was made into a fi lm in 1995 starring Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant. Other fi lm adaptations include The Bottle Factory Outing, Sweet William and The Dressmaker.
She was shortlisted for the Booker prize for According to Queeney, Master Georgie and Every Man for Himself (which won the Whitbread Novel of the Year). She won the Guardian Fiction Prize with The Dressmaker and the Whitbread Prize with Injury Time.
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
1934 – 2 July 2010
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Arts & Culture August 2010
Ilkley will be buzzing with literary afi cionados from 1st – 17th October when the cream of writers from across fi ction, journalism, poetry and non-fi ction appear at the 37th Ilkley Literature Festival.
This year’s line-up includes the fi rst female poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy; booker prize winner, Roddy Doyle; The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee; and broadcasting legend, Sir Michael Parkinson.
In addition, there will be a chance to hear ‘Time Traveller’s Wife’ author Audrey Niffenegger; Broadcaster Peter Snow, who will explore his new history ‘To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo’; Fatima Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto’s niece, with her family memoir; Alexei Sayle who will talk about his autobiography ‘Stalin ate my homework’; and Peter Hain on his biography of Nelson Mandela.
In all, there will be over 180 events, plus a lively fringe and children’s festival weekend.
Another Great Line-up for Ilkley Literature Festival ...................................................................................................
Tickets will be available to Friends of the Festival from 18th August and will go on general release on Tuesday 31st August. Contact Ilkley Literature Festival at 01943 816 714, [email protected], or write to ILF at Manor House, 2 Castle Hill, Ilkley LS29 9DT. The full programme is available at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
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The Autumn/Winter season at The West Yorkshire Playhouse has a line-up to keep all theatre-goers entertained. Five new productions will be gracing the stages from a Yorkshire classic to Shakespeare, challenging conversation pieces to Christmas family fun.
After fi rst being presented in London’s West End in 1960, Billy Liar returns to its native Yorkshire. Directed by Scarborough-born Nick Bagnall, this dark comedy about love and aspirations is a popular classic. A comedy of mistaken identity,
where girls become boys and lovers become confused – Shakespeare’s As You Like It will be in the Quarry Theatre.
Oscar-nominated writer William Nicholson’s new play Crash smashes open ethical questions surrounding the recent banking crisis, addressing head-on the morality of accepting multi-million pound bonuses for a banking system which failed its people.
Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Story will keep all the family on the edge of their
seats as spooky specters haunt the Playhouse searching for the true meaning of Christmas. And, a new version of the traditional tale of Aladdin will surely keep younger audience members entertained.
With such a great line-up of diverse theatre, the Playhouse will no doubt be very busy this Autumn. Tickets for all the above shows are available from the box office now on 0113 213 7700 or online at www.wyp.org.uk
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Local author, Paul Ayton Bedford, recently published the second in a trilogy of historical novels. A Most Deadly Foe is an action packed ‘revenge’ tale set in Texas in the 1840s. It’s a sequel to Paul’s well-received fi rst novel, A Most Dark and Bloody Land.
Described as ‘Westerns with a difference’, they tell the story of a British Offi cer’s exploits in the short-lived Republic. The hero, Major Thomas Collins, is initially sent there by Queen Victoria’s Foreign Offi ce, and comes into contact with an array of different char-acters, including Comanche Indians, Coman-cheros and Texas Rangers. It’s fair to say that love and lust play their part too. His assimila-tion into the different culture is hard enough and staying alive turns out to be harder.
Paul has lived in Bramhope for eighteen years. He runs a bookstall at the Bramhope Farm-ers’ Market, which is held in the Robert Craven Memorial Hall, on the second Saturday of every month. Signed copies of both his books are available there, or alternatively, if you just can’t wait, he can be contacted on 07703 341575.
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A new iPhone application is making it even easier to fi nd out how clean a restaurant or takeaway in Leeds is. Those with an iPhone 3GS or above can discover how many stars a food business has simply by pointing their phone at the premises.
The Scores on the Doors website lists restaurants and takeaways across the city which are inspected by Leeds City Council’s Environmental Health offi cers. It also includes schools which cook food on site and premises that sell ready-to-eat food.
To download the app for free go to the iTunes appstore and search for Food Hygiene under the lifestyle section or go to http://bit.ly/ukfoodhygiene
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Digg.com Okay, so you stumble across a news story you really like and you ‘Digg’ it, by clicking a link at the end of the story. Many websites now have this option including news websites. The more people that ‘Digg’ a story, the higher it rises in the popularity ranking on Digg.com, where other Diggers can read and comment on it.
Flickr.com has taken the world by storm and is one of the most respected photographic communities online. Digital photo–sharing sites have come and gone, but Flickr has stood the test of time. It offers some of the smartest tools for managing your ever expanding picture collection — from Photostream, which lets you scan your pics quickly, to a newly added video tool for pro users.
Docs.google.com. Unless you’ve been hiding under a very large rock for the last 10 years you’ll know what google is! However, most people know it as a search engine and nothing more. Google, though, has been working on many different collaborative projects for years and keeps releasing new add-ons and extras that make having email a whole new ball game. Google Docs is basically Microsoft offi ce, but online. So, if you want to write a letter or produce a spreadsheet you can do so – online in google. The advantage of using google is that you can share the document with a friend anywhere in the world. They can view or edit it, and you can send in a variety of formats. Google may not be the prettiest of sites, but it has the biggest group of nerds working endless hours to bring you some quite remarkable and innovative online technology.
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Label Boutique on North Lane in Headingley (owned by sisters, Laura and Sally Haxton), has been a popular favourite locally since opening in 2008. Selling a stylish range of contemporary womenswear, this little shop is the perfect excuse to explore Headingley!
Describe the style of your shop?
Label is an independent boutique selling pieces that can’t be found on the high street, offering an alternative to the same old styles you see repeatedly.
How long have you been in business?
We opened on the 3rd March 2008 and have been very lucky to make it through the recession. But, by changing our buying and price points, we seem to have turned things around.
What are your best selling lines?
We stock a brand called Glamorous which is an amazing collection and so well priced. We also carry an
independent label from Leeds - Elena Aristotle. Her designs are fantastic and we literally can’t keep up with the demand for her stuff. It’s great to support somebody local. We also have Franklin & Marshall, an Italian brand that is preppy American college wear. It’s mainly hoodies, jogging bottoms and tees and is very popular with Headingley’s student population. We also stock a new brand called Maison
Scotch which is lots of cool checked shirts, basic tees,
fab leather jackets and parkas.
What trends are you most looking forward to for the upcoming season?
We have bought some lovely knitwear from Maison Scotch for next seasonA so we are looking forward to that and all the gorgeous party dresses we’ll get in from October for all those Christmas events. Elena Aristotle’s Autumn/Winter collection will have lots of Audrey Hepburn style classic shift dresses, which are our absolute favourite!
Why should people shop here?
We try to offer a really wide choice and if something is missing, we go out of our way to fi ll that gap. We really like to get involved with our customers and offer a personal service. Sometimes going in to Leeds is just such a hassle and doesn’t make buying a special new outfi t very enjoyable. We like our customers to feel like they can come and hang out here for hours at a time. Have a sit down, a chat and a try on.
Do you offer any special services?
Personal shopping is always on offer. We’re also more than happy to stay open after closing time if someone wants to come after work one evening. Gift wrapping is usual at Christmas time but we always wrap our clothes in pink tissue paper and put it in one of our gorgeous pink Label Boutique bags. People have literally come in and said ‘what can I buy?’ just for one of our bags.. We aim to please!
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By August the breeding season is largely over, but some birds such as swallows are rearing second or third broods. One exception is the wood pigeon which has a prolonged nesting season. A familiar bird in woodland and farmland but increasingly in parks and gardens, it has increased greatly and become less shy. Larger than a feral pigeon, it is blue-grey with a prominent white neck patch; hence the alternative name, ring dove.
Smaller and more compact with a shorter tail is the stock dove which breeds in open woods and parks, including Meanwoodside. Also blue-grey, it has a greenish neck patch and a more vigorous fl ight.
Not until 1955 did a third member of the dove family, the collared dove, begin to breed in Britain, having spread from Asia. It has extended rapidly to urban parks and gardens as well as farms and villages. Stock dove size, it is slimmer and longer tailed, a pale buff-grey with a narrow black neck bar.
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Adult Learning participation rates are the highest they’ve been for 10 years, and there has been a major shift in expectations by people wanting to take part in learning. Maintaining these gains will be challenging with public fi nances under so much pressure.
Learning for its own sake
There is no doubt that this new coalition Government believes in the values of a learning society and the importance of learning for its own sake. In a recent speech to business leaders at Cass Business School, Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, highlighted the long term benefi ts that ‘learning for its own sake’ can have on the economy, and spoke warmly of the difference adult education made to his mother’s recovery from a nervous breakdown. It was adult education – learning for the fi rst time about history, literature, philosophy and art – that saved her mind.“Education and learning are, of course, desirable in their own right”, he told them. “Education for education’s sake – learning how to learn – benefi ts the economy in the long term. Philistinism is bad economics. It is also fundamentally unacceptable.” Budget reductions present a challenge
However, there have been substantial reductions to
budgets, especially for adult learning, across the country and some colleges have had to make cuts and reduce their opening hours. The previous Government cut £340 million pounds of funding, which resulted in 4,300 job losses in colleges nationally. According to the University and College Union, the Further Education sector as a whole could see over 7,000 jobs lost this summer.NIACE, the national body for promoting adult learning, believes we need a national strategy for lifelong learning. This should be backed by stable organisational structures, featuring national leadership combined with enough autonomy to support local decision-making.
NIACE endorses recommendations
Its report Learning through Life, published last September, endorsed the key recommendations from an independent enquiry into the future of lifelong learning which are to:• Base lifelong learning policy formation on a new model with four key stages (up to age 25, 25-50, 50-75 and 75+).• Rebalance resources fairly and sensibly across the different life stages• Build a set of learning entitlements for adults• Engineer fl exibility by developing a system of credits across post compulsory
education and training and encouraging part time study.• Improve the quality of work rather than the volume of qualifi cations• Broaden and strengthen the capacity of the lifelong learning workforce.• Revive local responsibility within national frameworks.
Learning can improve quality of life
Because of the UK’s changing demographic profi le, special consideration must be given to educational opportunities for older people. Learning has a role to play in supporting prolonged economic activity for all older adults. It can make a marked contribution to the quality of life – it has a positive impact on wellbeing and physical health, which generate massive savings in health and social care costs.Education brings quantifi able public benefi ts as well as benefi tting the individual. It is only right that those who can afford to contribute to the cost of their learning should do so in proportion to the benefi t received and the ability to pay. Public support cannot be used to further enhance the privileges of the most advantaged. At Swarthmore we’ll do everything we can to be around for the next 100 years as a place where future generations can continue to enjoy the wider benefi ts of learning.
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Lifelong Learning Benefi ts both the Economy and the Individual
By Maggie Butterworth, Director, Swarthmore Education Centre
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Prince Henry’s Grammar School launches a new season of courses with a bang!The new Community Education programme for Prince Henry’s Grammar School is out now and, with a new course in African Drumming, it’s sure to go with a bang. As a Specialist Language College, the School presents over 35 courses for all levels in 10 diff erent languages and, running alongside, has a series of Hobbies and Healthy Living courses.
This year, Alison Lyon of Drums Agogo will be running a course in African Drumming for beginners. This will be a great opportunity to have a go with genuine African instruments and to have fun learning something completely diff erent. The courses will also include the chance to learn Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance, get expert tuition in Guitar from musician Jon Harvison, fi nd out how to tie fl ies for Fly Fishing and even learn Indian Head Massage – among others.
The Language courses cover everything from the more usual French, German, Italian and Spanish to the more specialised Mandarin Chinese, Turkish and Russian. There are beginners’ courses in every language and, this year, the programme has even expanded to include Latin. The School will also be off ering the very popular British Sign Language courses again.
“Our Community Education students have told us that one of the things they like about our courses is that they are being taught language they can use in real situations and do not have to sit exams” said Christopher Lillington, Programme Director “They also enjoy being able to sign up for 10 weeks at a time, rather than having to pay for a full 30 weeks at the start of the year. Although we are a Specialist Language College, our hobbies and healthy living courses allow us to present a really rounded set of courses for local people.”
Prince Henry’s is expecting the demand to be high as many courses sold out last year.
Full price courses cost from just £39 for ten weeks.
To request a brochure, call 01943 463524 or email [email protected].
The full brochure and enrolment forms are available to download on www.princehenrys.co.uk/community. The School holds two enrolment evenings where people can enrol in person and talk to the Programme Director on Tuesday 7 September and Wednesday 8 September from 7pm – 8.30pm.
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Now is the best time of year to think about doing something for yourself, or with your family. Take up a new leisure interest, tackle a language, or improve your computer skills. Children might also like to learn a language or join in a creative activity. There are numerous centres across Leeds where you can pursue a new learning experience.
Swarthmore Education Centre offers a wide range of courses for all ages – from leisure-based courses in music, dance,
drama, the arts, healthy living and personal development, to courses for young people, ESOL, IT, English and Maths courses. There’s also a wide range of ‘fi rst step’ daytime programmes, as well as evening and weekend courses in a wide range of subjects.
Swarthmore is a centre for lifelong learning open to people from all walks of life. It has survived for over a hundred years on optimism and an enduring mission to promote education for all, and has
continually advocated the importance of adult education. Government funding will be a challenge for the future but Swarthmore is forever hopeful and optimistic. With the introduction of the QCF (Qualifi cations and Credit Framework) people will be able to study in new modular and more fl exible ways.
For full details contact the Centre on 0113 243 2210, email [email protected] or visit www.swarthmore.org.uk
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August is holiday time. If you have good neighbours, ask them to water your tubs and hanging baskets while you’re away – and don’t forget the greenhouse. Vegetables also need a good watering, and in return your neighbours could pick any produce that is ready.
Cut back herbs such as mint, chives and marjoram to encourage fresh winter growth. Feed and water dahlias and chrysanthemums regularly and de-bud for extra large blooms. Plant autumn crocus and cyclamen – fi ve or so bulbs or corms in a patch, over time they will increase and make a good show.
Clear the ground where you would like to grow strawberries and plant it up. Otherwise clear around existing plants and plant up new runners, taking away very old plants. Clip hedges for the last time this year and prune rambling roses when they have fi nished fl owering. A few years ago, I put three six inches stems from an Albertine rambler into the ground to see if they would grow and eighteen months later I had two beautiful new plants.
Keep lawns tidy. If you’d like to cut back on edging with shears, try laying bricks end to end along the edge.
This also stops the grass growing into the borders.
Take cuttings of pelargoniums to increase stock for next year. You may even have some spare plants to share or sell. Keep up with the dead heading and let children help you – it teaches them how to keep plants fl owering longer and keep them tidy and healthy.
And, when all the jobs are fi nished, if the sun is still shining, get the barbecue out and enjoy your garden!
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If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I’ve signed up to do the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon in October. The organizers have asked me to blog and video blog about it so I’m all over the internet talking about how I’ll be doing this run. I can’t back out.
I’ve never run before. I don’t even run for the bus. So, needless to say, I’ve had to start doing some pretty serious training.
I recently signed up to Park Run – a group of runners meet in Hyde Park every Saturday morning and run three laps around the park (5K). I went for the fi rst time a couple of weeks ago. Half way round the fi rst lap, I got a giant stitch. By the end of the fi rst lap, I wanted to quit. At 1.5 laps, I wanted to cry. Pensioners were overtaking me. The whole ordeal was highly embarrassing. I somehow managed to keep going to the fi nish.
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Starman Sun 1 Aug, The Cockpit. UK-based pop fi ve-piece featuring Andrew Stone of Pineapple Dance Studios fame.
Family Force 5 Tues 3 Aug The Cockpit. This Atlanta-based fi ve-some are dance-derived alternative rockers and are defi nitely worth a listen.
Gary Stewart Band Wed 2 Aug, Korks Wine Bar, Bondgate, Otley
Roots Wed 4 Aug (& every Wed). New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. Live blues, jazz, folk/celtic night. 8-11pm
Irish Folk Music Wed 4 Aug (& every Wed) Chemic Tavern, 9 Johnson St, Woodhouse. A session of traditional Irish tunes.
Secret Sirons Fri.6 Aug, Elbow Rooms, 8pm. (New band from 2 former members of Chichino!)
Peculiar View Fri 6 Aug, The Owl, Town St. Rodley.
Passenger Fri 6 Aug, The Cockpit. Group from Brighton with songs about stalking, wasted lives & the despair of abandoned dogs with alarming eye for detail.
Chapel Club Sat 7 Aug Nation of Shopkeepers.London-based, fi ve piece creates a dark indie wall of sound, led by the enthralling vocals of Lewis Bowman. Reverb drenched guitars & occasional synth bursts.
Mojo 57 Sun 8 Aug, Angel Share, Chapel Allerton. Leeds-based acoustic blues band with Sammy Thornton on acoustic guitar, sax & vocals, Matt Baxter on acoustic guitar & vocals & Blind Adam Richards on double bass.
Music for TV: Workshop for Young People Thurs 12 AugNational Media Museum, Bradford Learn about applying music to fi lm & get creative writing your own score to a classic clip. Suitable for 13+. Details: 0870 70 10 200, www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
No Deposit, No Return Thurs 12 Aug, 8.30pm Hyde Park Picture House. Film depicting the life of psychedelic folk musician Sandy Bull + performance by Chris Hladowski.
Bludger Fri 13 Aug, Royal Park Cellars, Leeds’ newest Metal Band!
The Franks and Walters Fri 13 Aug, The Northern Monkey. This three piece from Cork have often fl irted with chart success and even have an all-girl Japanese Franks tribute band!
The Heartbreaks Fri 13 Aug The Cockpit. Indie pop outfi t from Manchester with nods to Morrissey, Orange Juice and Elvis Costello.
Mik Artistik Sat 14 AugSeven Arts, Chapel Allerton. A night of live music from Mik Artistik playing old & new material.
Ann Scott + Liz Reynolds Sun 15 Aug, The Northern Monkey, The Headrow.
Joanne Naulls Wed 18 Aug Guiseley Factory Workers Club, Town St. Joanne plays pop classics, musicals & some classical on a Key B Duo Organ with Ketron SD3 Expander & SR Pocket 750 mx Speakers
Foxes & Convicts Wed 18 Aug, Milo. French Defence, Hi and Lo & The Waterbucket Boys perform.
Steve Mason(Ex Beta Band) + Sam Airey Thurs 19 AugBrudenell Social Club.
Tickets £10 from Jumbo Records.
Paolo Nutini Fri 20 Aug, O2 Academy
Man Get Out Fri 20 Aug, Carpe Diem. Explosive 4 piece from Liverpool with catchy hooks & foot stomping grooves.
Ugly Duckling Sun 22 Aug, Hi Fi Club. Californian alternative hip hop trio. infl uenced by old school performers like Zulu Nation & Native Tongues Posse.
Leeds Festival FringeSat 21 – Mon 23 AugRoyal Park Cellars.
Jonny The Firth, Hayley Gaftarnick, Ryan Spendlove Sat 21 Aug, Verve Bar, Merrion St, 8pm. Fundraising night for Cancer Research UK. All-Day Fundraiser for Martin House Children’s HospiceSun 22 Aug, The Northern Monkey, The Headrow. Mid-day till late
Brothers on the SlideSat 28 Aug, The Wardrobe, 10.30pm. Rhythm ‘n’ blues, organ-driven funk originals & soulful Motown classics.
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Heartbreaker Dir: Pascal Chaumeil Romantic comedies are usually pretty heavy on the cheese factor,
but when it’s a French romantic comedy, ‘cheese’ suddenly becomes ‘charming’ – they just do it so well. Heartbreaker is the latest of these fi lms that our friends across the Channel seem to produce so well and it has taken France by storm.
Lead character, Alex, played by art house darling Romain Duris, is hired to break couples up. The fi lm starts with us seeing him in action, in Morocco, working his magic on one woman with his trademark spiel and bang-on-cue tears.
Back in Paris, a wealthy father hires Alex to break up his daughter’s relationship, but the pressure is on as she’s due to get married in fi ve days. Alex and his team (which consists of his sister and her
husband) jet off to Monaco to woo the daughter, Juliette, played by the divine Vanessa Paradis. As a cover, he says her father hired him as her bodyguard.
Alex fi nds that where his usual charms would have the desired results quickly, they don’t seem to work as well on the steely Juliette. Hilarity ensues as plan after plan takes a wrong turn. The lengths Alex is willing to go to in order to fulfi ll his contractual obligations are pretty impressive. After learning of Juliette’s love of the movie, Dirty Dancing, he learns the entire routine performed by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze at the end. Call me shallow, but seeing that dashing Frenchman rehearsing his moves, shirtless, is without a doubt, one of the highlights.
Fairly predictably, Alex, who never falls in love, fi nds himself falling for Juliette and Ms Paradis is so stunning in this movie, it’d be hard not to. So, the heartbreaker fi nds himself getting his heart broken.
I won’t give away the ending but it is a romantic comedy, so you can probably guess. Sure it does sound cliché on paper, but for the most part, it does actually work. The cast is great and if you’re looking for a bit of mindless romantic fun, this is right up your street. While this is the sort of fi lm I would probably steer well clear of in English, let’s face it – everything’s sexier in French. Unfortunately, there’s already talk of a Hollywood remake, which would utterly ruin the charm, but I’m sure we can expect to see Will Smith fi lling Duris’ role sometime soon.
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After almost two and a half years, Super Mario and friends return in what is easily the
most anticipated Wii game to date.
The fi rst Mario Galaxy featured a change in style and approach for the stocky Italian plumber and this excellent follow up to 2007’s success carries on along the same lines.
Princess Peach is once again kidnapped by the nefarious Bowser and as ever, only the moustachioed maestro can thwart his evil scheme to control the universe through the power of stars.
With greatly improved controls, excellent visuals and an orchestral score to suit, Mario fans haven’t had it this good since the days of the N64. Classic Wii Games are few and far between due to the sometimes gimmicky approach; but SMG2 lives up to the legacy and is easily one of the greatest Wii games available. Highly recommended for all ages.
Red Dead Redemption represents the latest outing from Rockstar Games;
the legendary UK studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series. In RDR, Rockstar invite players to step into the rawhide shoes of John Marston; a quiet man with a dark, secretive past. The whole game takes place after the Wild West Goldrush era, meaning the inhabitants of RDR are desperate men clinging to existence any way they can.
It will quickly become apparent to fans of old Westerns just how authentic an experience this game offers. Dust billows into doorways and tumbleweed rolls across deserted towns, whilst the intuitive horseback and combat controls allow almost anyone to re-live their favourite movie sequences. The plot is well paced and remains generally engaging throughout, although the side quests can occasionally get a little repetitive.
All said, it’s easy to recommend RDR to fans of the GTA series, Western movies or action games in general, though parents should note the games BBFC18 classifi cation.
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WILL THE CHANGES IN EDUCATION CREATE A MORE EXCLUSIVE EDUCATION LANDSCAPE?Stuart TomlinsonHeadteacher, Cookridge Primary School
It is worrying that almost the fi rst thing the new coalition government has done is to sweep away the QCDAThe Education Secretary, Michael Gove has been in a great rush since the election to make signifi cant changes to the education landscape.
Quangos are disappearing by the day. One I think is worthy of note is the QCDA – Qualifi cations and Curriculum Development Agency. Over the years the QCDA, and its predecessor the National Curriculum Council, have given independent advice to government, provided by academics and teachers in the fi eld of assessment and curriculum development.
It is worrying that almost the fi rst thing the new coalition government has done is to sweep away this organisation, and take curriculum and assessment into the ‘new’ Department for Education to be run by civil servants – presumably with the aid of carefully chosen ‘consultants’.
I am not saying this organisation should not be reformed but to dispense with it altogether is rather putting a marker down as to what this government’s attitude is to consultation and independent opinion.Which brings me to the government’s so called ‘free schools’ idea. This was originally seen as groups of parents wanting to set up their own
independent schools with public funding. Mr Gove has tempered this recently by saying that ‘many teachers’ will want to set up their own schools, and that redundant shops, offi ces and even houses could be used as schools.
The aim is to model this on an idea from Sweden on the understanding that it would raise standards. Of the so called seven hundred plus groups wanting to do this I doubt that many will come from the deprived inner cities, with their huge social, cultural and economic challenges. The majority will represent the articulate professional parents who see a similar opportunity as the government to undermine local authority inclusive education. This is not about education, it is about exclusive education, an examination factory for the privileged at the tax payers expense.
Who will provide the ‘checks and balances’ to this group of schools? Who will ensure the correct standards of buildings and security, the correct amount of outdoor education space and playing fi elds, and if they assume Academy Status will we see much more selection of pupils (and parents)?
It all looks very much like political expediency over
practicality, yet another experiment at the pupil’s expense. Mr Gove states, his intention to close these schools if they ‘do not work’. This is no way to run a state funded education service.
Back to reality in the primary school.
Many schools have established ‘allotments’ – getting the children involved in sowing, tending and harvesting (our own lettuces and onions are ready for harvesting!). It’s great that many children can now get involved in this wonderfully humanising element of their learning.
Strangely I don’t hear Mr Gove having much to say about healthy growing and eating in his vision of education.
It all looks very much like political expediency over practicality, yet another experiment at the pupil’s expense
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Matthew Lewis, former St Mary’s student and one of the stars of the Harry Potter fi lms (he plays Neville Longbottom) recently presented the Jamie Payne Ross Award to Edward Hollingsworthfor ‘outstanding achievement in sport for a Year 8 boy’. The award is presented annually in memory of Jamie Payne Ross who died in a tragic accident in December 1993.
“It is a great honour to be asked to present this award,” said Matthew. “Everyone at St. Mary’s knows about it and about Jamie.
It’s a very special occasion which demonstrates the wonderful sense of community at St. Mary’s.”
Faculty Leader for PE and Sport, Martin Green, commented: “Not only is Edward an outstanding cricketer, but he also gained a black belt in Karate at 11 years old and rose to number two in Yorkshire and the top 60 nationally in the U14 Table Tennis rankings! He is such a pleasant and helpful young man and I’m delighted he’s the recipient of this major award.”
Brad Loveluck, Australian Overseas Player at Pool Cricket Club, is throwing his weight behind the club’s appeal to raise funds for some essential training equipment.
Recently the club had all its mowers stolen and replacing them has left the budget for training gear severely stretched. ‘With a little help we will be able to buy some great training equipment to improve our skills’, said Brad. ‘I’m looking to get some small fi elding nets, catching mits, and rebound stumps. This would be used across all age groups and would go a long way towards helping the club go on to bigger and better things.”
Brad, who’s from Tasmania, joined the club earlier this year on David Singleton’s invitation, and has been made very welcome by both the club and the village. He is involved
in a wide range of coaching, ranging from under 9s through to senior level. In Tasmania he plays for the Kingborough Knights and was delighted to be offered the opportunity to come to the UK again. “Basically I want to gain as much experience as I can, not only playing but also in coaching” he told us. ‘This is my third trip over. I previously played in North Somerset and Bristol. I am really enjoying my time here in Pool and hope I can help top up the coffers to help the club. All donations gratefully received!’
If you would like to help, contact Brad at [email protected]
Will Pallister, Jayde Duncan, Cameron Duncan and Sam Parsons pictured with Brad
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“This is a very special occasion which demonstrates the wonderful sense of community at St. Mary’s.”
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Led by staff from Leeds City Council’s Road Safety Promotion Unit and TravelWise team, and supported by members of the local Neighbourhood Policing team, the ride took them from Otley, through Leathley up to Almscliffe Crag.
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The most popular performers from the past two years of Breeze has Talent showcased their talents at a special performance at The Carriageworks at the end of June.
Top Breeze has Talent acts included winners Saints, 11 year old singer Ruby Hendry (2nd) and street dancers Uni-4m. The show was a great source of inspiration for this year’s Breeze has Talent hopefuls.
“This showcase was a great opportunity to celebrate the success of Breeze has Talent and encourage even more young people to give it a go”, said Councillor Judith Blake. “Last year’s competition really challenged stereotypes to prove that with a
bit of time, effort and commitment all young people can achieve something special.”For the past two years Breeze has Talent has provided an exciting platform for over 100 talented 8 – 19 year olds. Auditions for the 2010 competition took place the day after the showcase. The successful acts will perform at this year’s Breeze on Tour, with the winner appearing at this year’s Town Hall Christmas Lights switch on.
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Westgate Primary cyclists pictured with PCSO Peter Andrew and the prize bike donated by Chevin Cycles.
Leeds Trinity University in Horsforth is giving away places on another MEND Programme, offering more children and their families the chance to become fi tter, healthier and happier.Places on the programme, valued at up to £400, are available now completely free thanks to Big Lottery Funding.
MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) is the largest national scheme for tackling childhood obesity and those who previously participated have achieved tremendous results. The programme aims to help children between the ages of seven and 13, who are over the
healthy weight range for their age, to become healthier and more active with the support of their families.
The programme, which takes place after school twice a week for 10 weeks, will be running between from 13th September – 1st December at Leeds Trinity. It includes sessions to get the whole family involved in helping children to change their eating and exercise habits, whilst also learning about nutrition to help sustain improvements in overall health, fi tness and wellbeing.
For more information or to register for a place on the programme, contact Gill Hooper on 0113 283 7100 x 351, or [email protected]. Or contact MEND Central on 0800 2300263, [email protected]
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The Summer Reading Challenge is great fun for everyone and gives children a real sense of achievement. Sign up at your local library – it’s free!
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Cricket Camp in PoolPool Cricket Club will be running a Summer Cricket Camp from Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th August. The camp will be led by James Ward a qualifi ed ECB Level 2 cricket coach, supported by other coaches from the club.
For further information or a registration form, please contact James Ward on 07923 046 031 or email [email protected]
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The programme aims to help children between the ages of seven and 13, who are over the healthy weight range for their age, to become healthier and more active with the support of their families
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Scouts Six Dales Walk 2010 Sun 26 Sept. The 53rd annual walk starts 6.30am at Settle College. Open to Scouts, Guides, Explorers, leaders & supporters. It traverses some of Yorkshire’s fi nest scenery. Are you up to the challenge? Seniors – 42 miles, Juniors – 23 miles. Details: Chris Milestone at [email protected], www.sixdales.co.uk
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The children at Pool C of E had a super week taking part in a World Cup themed Spirit Alive activity week. Year 6 and their class teacher Miss Page organised an exciting week of sport, dance and baking all linked to the World Cup. Each class learnt about their chosen countries through a wide variety of creative activities including art, dance and sport.
Summer Fun at Otley CourthouseThere’ll be lots of summer holiday fun for children and young people at Otley Courthouse in August! The Big Hoo-Ha company is running ‘Gig in a Week’ for 12 to 18 year olds, from 2nd to 6th August, with a live gig on the Friday evening. Contact Richard Sabey on 01943 466256 or [email protected] and Craft workshops for 5 – 12 year olds run from Monday 9th – Friday 13th August. Each workshop costs £5. For further details, drop into the Courthouse, call 01943 476466, or visit www.otleycourthouse.org.uk
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Climbing Mont Blanc for UWFRA Adel resident, Amanda Seims recently ran the Mont Blanc Mountain Marathon in the French Alps. She fi nished in six hours 41 minutes, coming 43rd out of 269 women and 644th out of a total of 1717 fi nishers. About 110 people didn’t fi nish the race, which shows how tough it was! Amanda, a PhD student at Leeds Met, investigating human performance at high altitude, undertook the challenge in aid of Upper Wharfedale Fell and Rescue Association (UWFRA) which is run entirely by volunteers and receives no funding from central Government.
“With my outdoor interests often taking place in remote and wild places, mountain rescue volunteers could play a vital role should I or my friends ever need assistance in an emergency”, she told us.
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Last year we reported on Claire O’Hara’s success in Squirt Boat Kayaking (World, British and European Ladies Champion), now Claire’s done it again! She recently took Silver in the Ladies European Freestyle Kayaking Championships in Austria.
This is a fantastic achievement for Claire who beat competitors from all around Europe. She has been a member of the GB Freestyle Kayak Team for the last fi ve years, paddling in both Squirt Boat (kayak) and Freestyle Kayak.
Claire grew up in Meanwood and attended Cardinal Heenan High School, Notre Dame 6th Form College and Leeds Metropolitan University. She now works part time at Notre Dame as the Further Education Sports Coordinator and as a Freelance Instructor for Claire O’Hara Coaching. She has had tremendous support from the people of Meanwood – including the Meanwood Village Society and Meanwood WI, who have organised coffee mornings etc to help her continue competing. Notre Dame and Leeds Met have
also been very supportive.Sponsorship plays a vital role in helping her pursue her dream. She has the support of a number of companies and individuals (including VW West Yorkshire who have provided her with a van to travel to the various championships).
Anyone interested in sponsoring Claire should contact her on 07985 200550 or [email protected]. For more information visit www.claireohara.co.uk and www.claireohara.blogspot.com.
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