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When we decided to do a little feature on ‘staycationing’ in Leeds in this issue, we didn’t realise quite what we were taking on! There is so much to do! We only have room to give a flavour of what is on offer, but one thing is clear – if you look around you, you could have one heck of a summer right here!

As you’ll see, there are festivals galore. With the line-up at The Grand, Leeds is definitely the place to be this summer if you are into musical theatre. Read too about Leeds Parks and Countryside team who have done the city proud by winning gold at The Chelsea Flower Show for the second year in a row. And, why are we mentioning Fell Rescue Awards? These are some of the hugely dedicated volunteers who turn out to rescue you if you get lost or injured in The Dales. Some of them have been doing it for 50 years!

Again there’s news of new authors getting their books published, physical feats to raise money for good causes, and great programmes for children at The Royal Armouries, Eureka and Leeds libraries.

Plan to take advantage of some of the great events in an around Leeds this summer – some of them are right on your doorstep, don’t miss them!

Deadline for our August edition is 1st July for editorial and 8th July for advertising. Don’t forget to get your news and notices in as soon as you can. Deadlines for September are 1st /12th August.

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FANTASTIC PROGRAMME PLANNED FOR KIRKSTALL FESTIVAL Kirkstall Abbey once again provides the beautiful backdrop for the Kirkstall Festival on Saturday 9th July. This is the 31st year of the festival and as usual a full day of entertainment is planned for the whole family.

There’s something for everyone – the Marvellous Tea Dance Marquee, fair ground, music of all types on the main stage, a youth stage, entertainment in the nave of the Abbey as well as in the cloisters, in fact in all areas of the grounds. You’ll find tag rugby at the Burley Rugby Union Club, tennis on the tennis courts, and the Abbey Light Railway is running all day.

And, as for refreshments! A fantastic refreshment marquee, 16 assorted food outlets, from burgers to Asian, West Indian, and all sorts will tempt your palate. On the main field there’ll be a birds of prey display and the 33rd Regiment of Foot will give a military display.

The day kicks off with a parade, setting off from Hesketh Road at 12 noon and arriving in the Abbey grounds about 12.45pm. Over 100 stalls await for you to browse through, or you could go canoeing on the river. The festival church service in the nave of the Abbey begins at 4.15pm. All in all it should be a wonderful day for everyone.

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HOSPICE LOTTERY GOES FOR A ROLLOVERSt. Gemma’s and Wheatfields Hospices have been caring for local people with life limiting illnesses since 1978 and for the last 13 years the joint hospice lottery has helped to raise over £2.5million towards their care.

This year the lottery would like to beat last year’s figure of £300,000 and has launched a new rollover prize which could grow to as much as £12,000. The rollover will complement the other weekly prizes, which are: 1st prize - £2,000; 2nd prize - £200; 3rd prize - £50; and 100 chances to win £5.

The tickets, which are available by subscription, cost £1 each and the draw takes place every Friday with all profits going to the hospices. Players can join online at www.hospicelottery.co.uk or by calling the lottery office on 0113 278 1500. The lottery is even offering new members four free weeks if people subscribe for 10 weeks or more.

Lottery player Mr Davies who has had the great fortune of winning the top £2,000 prize twice in the last 10 months said: “It was a great surprise to win it again, I’m just waiting to get some time to spend it!”

The lottery recently re-branded with a new logo, and the change in prize money will hopefully make it even more appealing.

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SOROPTIMISTS OF YORKSHIRE CELEBRATE 75TH ANNIVERSARYOne hundred and twenty members of Soroptimist International of Yorkshire recently descended on Helmsley for their annual conference, which this year celebrated the 75th anniversary of the club.

Soroptimist International is a worldwide organisation of women in a network of friendship, transforming the lives of women by working locally and globally and the theme of this year’s conference was ‘Women making a difference’.

The focus was ‘Women as Entrepreneurs’ and speakers ranged from Jane Walton, who inspired the delegates to find a young woman needing help and guidance in setting up her own business, to Julia O’Hara, an employment judge, who discussed the legal considerations of being an entrepreneur, and Sally Robinson, who founded ‘Ample Bosom’, a very successful global mail order business supplying bras.

Liz Morgan Lewis, President of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland urged members to continue to develop the service designed to help women globally.

Delegates also went to Castle Howard Arboretum, where they planted at tree, to commemorate this significant anniversary.

Soroptimist International of Yorkshire welcomes like minded women as members to share the benefits of fun, friendship, travel opportunities and service to women worldwide. For further information, visit http://soroptimist-gbi.org/yorkshire

ORGANIST/PIANIST WANTEDAs a result of a recent tragedy, an opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Organist or Pianist to play occasionally at our 10am Sunday Service at Bramhope Methodist Church. Enquiries or offers should be made initially to Mr Jack Foster at Bramhope Methodist Church. Eastgate, Bramhope LS16 9AA, or call 0113 267 2906

SPEED LIMIT ADVOCATED IN POOLLiberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West, Greg Mulholland, has written to the Leeds City Council this week regarding his concerns over recent car crashes and near-misses in Pool-in-Wharfedale, and has expressed his support for a new 20mph speed limit on the dangerous A658 road.

Residents of Pool met at the Half Moon Inn recently to discuss the need for road safety improvements. The group, working under the name Safe Roads:Safe Lives, is pushing for a 20mph limit on the A658, a popular route for parents and school children.

There has been a series of car accidents and near-misses in the village, including a recent crash where a car demolished a wall in front of a home on Pool Bank. The road’s status will likely rule out the installation of speed bumps, but Mulholland has agreed with Safe Roads:Safe Lives that something needs to be done to prevent serious injuries or fatalities in the future. Proposals include a speed limit, a flashing sign to display vehicle speed, or police patrols.

“Having worked closely with residents of Moorland Road in Bramhope to improve safety by getting the speed limit reduced to 30mph, I hope that by working with the residents of Pool, we can ensure that much needed road safety improvements are made in the village”, said Greg Mulholland. “I have written to Leeds City Council expressing the concerns of residents and asking them to ensure road safety in the village is a top priority.”

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COMMUNITY GROUP’S CAMPAIGN CONTINUES Wharfedale and Airedale Review Development (WARD) continued its campaign for reform of planning legislation unabated in a second successful meeting held on 28th May, with three MPs, local councillors and specially invited guests from community organisations.

Despite the bank holiday, the meeting attracted support from the CEO of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Shaun Spiers, who travelled up from London on the day. Addressing the meeting Shaun said: “Unfortunately, over the last year we have become increasingly concerned that the planning system is being weakened to make it easier to impose developments on local communities, whatever they may want. That is the opposite of localism. CPRE will continue to fight for a system that enables everyone to work together to plan the future of our communities, not one that gives unequal power to developers and a disproportionate emphasis on economic growth as the principal aim of planning policy.”

This view was echoed by all present, including the three MPs and local councillors. There was a presentation by Kathryn Jukes, Directions Planning Consultancy, giving her views on the impact/non-impact of the Localism Bill. Concerns were expressed about the lack of a Third Party Right of Appeal Amendment Clause in this Bill on its passage to the Lords. Stuart Andrew MP for Pudsey said: “This meeting is incredibly constructive and I cannot praise the WARD Group enough for bringing all our communities together to address the issue of developments.” Greg Mulholland, Leeds North West MP endorsed this view as did David Ward, MP for Bradford East.

WARD Chairman, David Ingham, stressed that WARD was not against all development, only that which was demonstrably unsustainable. As part of its campaign WARD has now commissioned a private Traffic Survey covering the A65/A658 and the outer Ring Road between the Horsforth and Rodley roundabouts. This information is vital to defend against planning Appeals. Summing up, he said Neighbourhood Development Plans would be important in future planning decisions and WARD needed to participate in their design. In order to carry out this process successfully WARD requires more community groups to affiliate and join its campaign. Failure to fight for planning reform will leave our children’s children living with the disastrous consequences of unsustainable developments created by the developers’ insatiable desire to maximize profit at the expense of local communities. contact: [email protected]


CAMPAIGN CALLS ON TRUST TO SUSPEND CLOSURE OF WARD 1Following a recent public meeting at Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Support Wharfedale Hospital campaign has called on the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust to suspend the closure of Ward 1and to engage with the community through genuine consultation.

There was unanimous agreement that the decision to close Ward 1 was wrong and it was worrying that the closure should go ahead without any sort of future plan for the ward.

There were also calls for an apology from the Trust for the lack of consultation with the community, despite having promised in 2007 that any decisions on further changes to the service at the hospital would not be made without first consulting with the community.

“I would like to thank everyone who attended the meeting and pledged their support to the campaign”, said Campaign Coordinator, Charlie McEwan. “It was unanimously carried that we demand that the Trust suspend the closure of Ward 1 and establish a plan for future use.

“We also demand Leeds NHS PCT come and meet the people of Otley and explain their decision not to use Ward 1 for intermediate care beds. Please urge everyone to sign up to the petition.”

“The Trust should now suspend the closure of Ward 1, and consult with local people, GPs and hospital staff to come up with an appropriate use for the ward”, said Greg Mulholland. “It is clear from the views of GPs present that Wharfedale Hospital can and should be used for intermediate care for older people who have left hospital in Leeds but are not yet well enough to go home. We will be making this case to NHS Leeds and we expect them to take this seriously.”

OTLEY STREET FESTIVAL BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!Otley is turning into a town of festivals! Following hot on the heels of Otley Carnival, Otley Street Festival on Sunday 17th July (11am – 10pm) promises to be the biggest and best yet. Now in its fourth year, a fun packed day for all the family is planned..

The festival has grown year on year and this year will feature some of the best young musical talent that Otley has to offer, a variety of street performers and exciting new fun attractions, such as an inflatable climbing wall.

This year 11 bands will take to the stage (starting at 1pm). The Jolly Jivers will be rocking it out once again and the beautiful belly dancers are back by popular demand. You can also look forward to Punch & Judy, stilt walkers, face painters, jugglers and much more, and, of course, the shops will be open.

The festival started as a ‘thank you’ from the retailers on Newmarket, who wanted to give something back to the community. It also aims to raise awareness of Otley as a unique market town and a fantastic place to visit.

In addition to support from Otley Town Council, the festival has also gained backing from Leeds City Council, Otley Town Partnership, Otley Lyons, Otley Community Council and Otley Chamber of Trade.

Programmes are available from most local shops, Otley Library and Otley Council Offices.

Otley Steet Festival is a non- profit organisation. If you would like to help on the day, or have any comments or suggestions, please contact Cathy Davies at [email protected].

WIN A HAMPER OF GOODIES!Just answer the question: Who were the Jolly Dancers on Newmarket last year?Send your answer to: Patsy’s Wicca Basket, Newmarket, Otley LS21 or email [email protected]

VISION VALUE WINS CARNIVAL WINDOW DISPLAY COMPETITION Otley Carnival was imminent as we went to press and, like everyone, we had our fingers crossed for good weather.

Shops around Otley threw themselves wholeheartedly into the Window Display Competition. Twenty three businesses took part and there were some fabulous displays celebrating the summer carnival.

The overall winner was Vision Value on Boroughgate. Congratulations!

LIFE & STYLE OTLEY CHEVIN FOREST PARK CAFÉ & VISITOR CENTREThanks to a joint venture between Leeds City Council’s Parks & Countryside service and Adult Services, the White House Café and Visitor Centre is now open on weekends as well as most weekdays. Hot food, a warm welcome and free leaflets about trails on The Chevin are all available. Opening hours are Saturday and Sunday 11am to 3pm, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am to 2pm (closed Tuesday).

The café provides opportunities for adults with learning disabilities to develop skills in running a not-for-profit enterprise. Over the next few months there will be new interpretation panels and a chance to browse through old photos of The Chevin. There is a fully accessible disabled toilet and mobility scooters are available for use on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.

If you want to find out more about The Chevin, leaflets for a Geology Trail, Heritage Time Trail, Wildlife Spotters Guide and Tree Spotters Guide are available. There is also a new audio trail (available as a download from www.yorkshire.com/turner) for two Turner Trail locations that explain how the artist used parts of The Chevin.

The nearest car parks are Surprise View and East Chevin Road Quarry. Or, you can follow the Walkers are Welcome footpath from the end of Station Road, Otley. There is parking for disabled visitors at the White House café via Johnny Lane, off Birdcage Walk.

ANOTHER GOLD FOR LEEDS AT CHELSEALeeds recently celebrated securing more gold after making it two in a row with its HESCO Garden 2011 at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Produced by Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside service, with support and sponsorship from HESCO Bastion Limited, the garden, which spectacularly marries engineering and landscape design, wowed judges and visitors alike to claim gold. Last year Leeds became the first local authority-produced garden to ever win a gold medal in the large outdoor show garden category.

“This is another absolutely fantastic result for Leeds and proves that in Leeds we have the talent to compete and succeed against the very best in the world”, said Councillor Adam Ogilvie, LCC executive member for leisure. “Congratulations go to the whole Parks and Countryside team for producing another sensational garden. It was always going to be incredibly difficult to match last year’s success but everyone involved was determined to do just as well and this result makes all that hard work worth it. We are all very proud.”

The theme of The HESCO Garden 2011 was to highlight the power of nature and water power in particular, with the centerpiece being a traditional Yorkshire mill with an eye-catching, giant working water wheel pumping water around the garden.

In addition to raising the profile of the city, entering a show garden at Chelsea also allows council staff to learn new skills and techniques, which can be used to improve green spaces all over Leeds.

Of the eight previous Chelsea gardens, six can now be visited by the public at sites in the city, including the gold-medal winning HESCO Gardens 2010 and 2009 which opened recently in the ‘Gardens of the World’ section of Roundhay Park.

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THE LEEDS FLOWER SHOW 2011The Leeds Flower Show, organised by Leeds Horticultural Society, returns to The Grammar School at Leeds on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th August.

There are over 300 competitive classes and entries are invited for Flowers, Pot Plants, Vegetables, Fruit, Wine, Honey & Mead, Art, Photography and Craftwork. Children’s classes include drawing, handwriting, an edible monster and a scarecrow competition.

The domestic class is always strongly supported and they welcome entries for homemade cakes, bread, scones, biscuits etc. Schedules listing details of all of these are available from Pat Dixon on 0113 225 0030 or [email protected]

The West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society and the Rose Society’s annual shows are incorporated and they always put on a breathtaking display, and experts are on hand to answer any questions. On Sunday morning Joe Maiden and Tim Crowther will broadcasting live the ever popular Radio Leeds ‘Weekend in the Garden’.

Speakers include Martin Walker, Leeds City Council, with an illustrated talk about the Leeds entries at Chelsea Flower Show, which won Gold last year with the ‘Lock Gates Garden’ and again this year with ‘The Water Wheel’. Hilary Dodson from The Northern Fruit Society will talk about ‘Growing Fruit’. Anastasia, an award-winning florist from Chapel Allerton, will give a demonstration of Floral Art. Traders will include nurseries, specialist growers including chillis and tomatoes, garden accessories and tools, photography, paintings and prints, greetings cards and gifts and ice cream to cool you down. Applications for trade stands are still welcome.

There are also excellent refreshments available all day, ranging from coffees to cooked breakfasts, lunches and afternoon teas. Entertainment on Saturday afternoon is provided by The James Farrell Concert Band, and on Sunday by The York R.I. Golden Rail Band.

Parking is free – disabled access available. Admission: adults £5, seniors £4, children under 16 £1. LHS members free with membership card. Opening times: Saturday 6th –11am – 5pm; Sunday 7th – 8.30am – 5pm.

Special Bus Service: Geldards Buses will run both days from Infirmary Street, City Square, on the hour, with return journeys to the City Centre, stopping at Headingley, Lawnswood, Moortown Ring Road, Alwoodley and the Grammar School.

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By late May the last of the summer visitors had arrived, Spotted Flycatchers. They are small, rather slim birds, lacking obvious features, with dull grey-brown upperparts and off-white below. Long-winged and long-tailed, they have a slightly peaked crown. Aptly named, they launch themselves on flying insects from a vantage point on an open perch. Parkland, woodland edges and glades, and large leafy gardens are their chosen habitat.

Another summer visitor frequenting woodland clearings and edges is the Tree Pipit, easily confused with the commoner Meadow Pipit. A small streaked brown bird with a longish tail, it is best distinguished from its cousin by its call and chosen habitat. Tree Pipits’ sharp, harsh “tzit” note and their song flight is from perch to perch while Meadow Pipits start and end their flight on the ground. Besides woodland, Tree Pipits like young conifer plantations, parkland, heathland and moorland edges with trees, whereas Meadow Pipits prefer open moorland, rough pastures and marshes.

Both species are in sharp decline and they have deserted many former localities. Loss of Spotted Flycatchers is particularly noticeable. Both are now virtually absent from the Leeds area, but they can still be found in the upper dales and Tree Pipits also on the hill slopes of mid-Wharfedale. Reasons for their decline are as yet poorly known but could relate to conditions in their wintering quarters in central and southern Africa.

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GARDENROUND-UPBy Kath Hall, Paxton Horticultural

ROUND-UPROUND-UPROUND-UP...............................................We may find that due to a very dry April then showery May some roses may have already had their best flowering. Dead heading and a dressing of general fertilizer will keep them in good condition and producing more flowers.

Take a good look around the garden, some areas may not have done as well this year. Where there is space, scatter annuals such as cornflowers or Californian poppies, they will self seed and thicken up the border, especially between shrubs. There is a growing trend to going back to colour themed borders instead of mixed – try lemon and purple, washed out yellow hollyhocks with Penstemon Alice Hindley or other plants you like, the combinations are endless.

Lilies come into their own this month and with so many varieties to choose from try a mixture dotted here and there in the border or pot up for a display. Some lilies have a really powerful scent. Remember if you have cats to remove the stamens, if cats brush against them they may lick off the pollen which is harmful to them.

Onions and shallots should soon be ready to harvest. Before doing so, bend over the tops to prevent seeding and allow the sun to get at the bulbs. Clean up strawberry beds, transplant runners into pots to grow on or to pass on to neighbours and friends. Continue succession sowing of beetroot, summer lettuce, radish and salad onions. These should mature before the first frosts and will be the last of these crops. Those that grow herbs should pick them now for drying.

Early potatoes planted in either the ground or pots will be ready for harvesting towards the end of the month. If you have tried growing in pots, once tasted, you will want to try more varieties next year. Nothing tastes better than fresh potatoes, cooked and dressed with some butter and mint! If you have a greenhouse or conservatory keep a couple back, chit them and plant in tubs towards the end of August, come Christmas you will have fresh potatoes for dinner.

How to chit

Chitting simply means encouraging the seed potatoes to sprout before planting. It should be done about six weeks before you intend to plant. Each seed potato has a more rounded, blunt end that has a number of ‘eyes’. Stand the tubers with the blunt end uppermost in trays or old egg boxes, with plenty of natural light. The potatoes are ready to be planted out when the shoots are 1.5 – 2.5cm (0.5-1in) long.

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Developed in response to what people and their families said they wanted, Headingley Hall offers real flexibility of accommodation and care so that residents can tailor make their lifestyles depending on their individual wants and needs.

“We recognise there is no one size fits all when it comes to finding the right place to live at any stage in life, so we have created a new style of service at Headingley Hall that offers the ultimate in choice and flexibility,” says Bronwyn Gregory, Director of Nursing for Westward Care.

Broadly, the options available include everything from short-term respite care to permanent residential care with 24/7 support. Clients can choose from a selection of quality care rooms, luxurious care suites and beautiful new apartments which provide people with all the benefits of a traditional care home with the independence of their own home.

Character care rooms and luxury care suites

Providing an unbeatable standard of accommodation, the care provision ranges from characterful rooms in the original period wing of Headingley Hall to a collection of newly built suites with en-suite shower facilities, integrated fridge and tea-making facilities, under floor heating and a 24/7 call system.

Exclusive independent living apartments

Available to buy so that you retain your assets, these beautiful, fully equipped apartments provide all the benefits of owning your own home, but without all the stress and pressure of maintaining it. They are perfect for those not ready to move into a care home, but who are finding it difficult to manage in their existing surroundings. There are no bills to pay, just a reasonable weekly charge covering everything from gas, electricity, water rates and council tax. For complete peace of mind, there is also a ‘buy-back’ guarantee to ensure the full cost of your apartment is returned should you leave.

Respite care

This is provided in either one of the beautiful new apartments, offering a home from home during your short-term stay, or one of the luxury care suites.

The standard of facilities and services at Headingley Hall is equally impressive. Staff are highly qualified, warm, caring and go the extra mile to create a homely environment. The hall’s various lounges and dining areas are specially designed to be welcoming and are set up in a way that makes it easy for residents and their friends and family to socialise.

Two first class chefs provide extraordinary everyday cuisine. There is also a big emphasis on health and nutrition, as supported by Headingley Hall’s recent visit from celebrity chef Brian Turner CBE who officially launched the new facilities and commended Westward Care on the quality of its food.

Residents can also enjoy a portfolio of other facilities and services designed to support body and soul, including beautifully landscaped grounds, a hairdressing salon, beauty room, fully licenced bar, film room and a full and varied activities programme.

Headingley Hall is part of Westward Care, voted the Best Small Care Employer 2010 in the Great Yorkshire and Humberside Care Awards.

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First class care with a personal touch.

Celebrity chef Brian Turner CBE pitches in with the dedicated catering team at Headingley Hall.

Yorkshire’s finest: care home and apartments for older people.Few care homes offer older people greater freedom, flexibility or choice than Headingley Hall. Choose from en-suite care rooms with character, spacious suites or luxurious independent apartments, and a wide selection of professional care options to suit your everyday needs, timetable and lifestyle. Why not make Yorkshire’s finest care home your own?

A new standard in care home accommodation.

– Refined en-suite care rooms– Comfortable care suites with

kitchenette/integrated fridge– Luxurious independent living

apartments – Relaxed, spacious communal areas– Convenient in-house hairdressing

salon, fully-licensed bar, film room and beauty pamper room

– Idyllic and tranquil setting

Services offered at Headingley Hall:

– Residential care– Respite/Short term care– Apartments with support and care

For the widest possible choice of care options, simply call us on 0113 275 9950 or visit www.westwardcare.co.uk

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Why not plan to take in a show – The Wiz is at The West Yorkshire Playhouse this month and The Grand has Blood Brothers, Evita, Jekyll and Hyde starring Marti Pellow, and Dreamboats and Petticoats lined up for the Summer. Book in to one of Leeds’ top hotels, stroll around the shops, sample some great food, visit the award-winning City Museum and soak up the atmosphere. A new exhibition – Dancing in the Streets, all about local carnivals – starts at the museum this month and is well worth a visit.

Summer is a Time for Festivals

Summer is festival season – and not just the famous music events like the Leeds Festival at Bramham. There are hundreds of festivals all over Yorkshire. In Leeds the season kicks off with Leeds Loves Food in Millennium Square from 1st – 3rd July, and you’ll find associated events right through the month. The festival, now in its sixth year, is set to be bigger and better than ever with over 100 stall holders.

Garforth Arts Festival (27th June – 9th July) has a multitude of events lined up. Billy Bragg and acclaimed blues and jazz musician, Hugh Masekela, are lined up for the main event

and leading up to this there are dance, theatre and comedy events and loads of music. With the appearance of world renowned artists the festival is becoming established as one of the main summer events in the West Yorkshire region. Details from the information line on 0113 336 8619 or www.garforthartsfestival.co.uk

Following hot on its heels is Kirkstall Festival at Kirkstall Abbey on 9th July – always a colourful event packed with music and dance and things to do for the entire family against the beautiful backdrop of the Abbey.

This year’s I Love West Leeds Arts Festival takes place from 1st – 24th July with activities across West Leeds. Highlights include their Big Free Festival Day on Sunday 3rd July in Bramley Falls Park, plus there are free arts activities and performances, outdoor cinema and an orchestral concert in a swimming pool! Details www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk

Leeds Festival Fringe (18th – 24th August) is a seven day event held across music venues in the city in the week prior to Leeds Festival, showcasing local talent before the main festival hits town. See www.leedsfestivalfringe.org/ for details.

We spend so much time planning trips away that we often forget what is right here on our own doorstep. Leeds and its surrounding area has so much to offer – from a great cultural attractions and top class restaurants to cosy traditional pubs, a burgeoning waterfront area, fabulous shopping and a huge variety of interesting events and destinations to take in just a short distance away.

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Take a look around and you’ll find even more events – like Otley Street Festival on Sunday 17th July, 11am – 10pm. They’ve lined up 11 bands, belly dancers, jolly jivers and much more. Ilkley Summer Festival starts 1st August and their fabulous Continental Market on The Grove is on 5th/6th. Burley in Wharfedale’s festival runs from 20th – 27th August with a Classic Vehicle Show on Sunday 21st.

Go a little further and you could enjoy Clogfest in Skipton (8th – 10th July), Scarborough Seafest (15th – 17th July), Feva – Knaresborough’s Festival of Entertainment and Visual Arts (12th – 21st August), and Whitby Folk Week (20th – 26th August), and, of course The Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate (12th – 14th July).

GET OUT AND ABOUT

We are so lucky in Leeds! Not only do we have fantastic parks around the city – like Roundhay, Meanwood, Golden Acre, The Hollies and Horsforth Hall Park – we have more rugged areas like The Chevin and Ilkley Moor nearby, and we are only a hop, skip and a jump from The Dales.

“Leeds’ proximity to the Dales and North Yorkshire is one of its most attractive features. Malham Cove, Brimham Rocks, Buttertubs Pass (and the Buttertubs themselves) and all the other attractions in that region (many of them free) have got to be some of the most wonderful natural sights anywhere in the country.” Matthew Smail, Pixel Junkies

“Visit Almscliffe Crag near Huby off the A658 Harrogate Road – free parking, free access and an oasis of tranquillity where there is generally a mix of challenging rock climbing and easy rambling. Most visitors take the easy way to the top to take in the panoramic views.” Councillor Clive Fox

Obviously The Dales are the perfect destination for walkers, cyclists, climbers and numerous other sports, but they are equally attractive to those who enjoy good food, mooching around picturesque towns and villages and relaxing in sunny beer gardens. Check out what’s on in North Yorkshire this summer – it could be the basis of some fascinating days out.

Closer to home is Yeadon Tarnfield Park where there’s a great BMX track and it’s home to the Leeds Sailing and Activity Centre – details from 0113 250 3616.

The Festival of British Archaeology (16th – 31st July), the annual extravaganza of heritage events presents hundreds of special events organised and held by museums, local societies, parks, universities and heritage organisations all over the UK. It gives everyone the opportunity to learn about their local heritage, see archaeology in action, and to get involved.

Events range from excavation open days and behind-the-scenes tours to family fun days, guided walks, talks and finds identification workshops. Check with your local museum or visit www.britarch.ac.uk for more information.

GRAND HOUSES

It seems there is a stately home or grand house around every corner in Yorkshire and most of them have special events on over the summer. Temple Newsam with its 1,500 acres of parklands and gardens is a good place to start. Of course, it hosts the hugely popular Opera in the Park (30th July) and Party in the Park (31st July), but you’ll also find wonderful exhibitions in the house, a home farm and children’s activities. Lotherton Hall has a lovely bird garden, and the Edwardian country house is home to a treasure trove of arts, crafts and music. Harewood House, in addition to all its usual attractions, will be hosting an exhibition by Anthony Gormley this summer. And, within easy reach are Newby Hall, Nostel Priory, Sewerby Hall, Sledmere House, Ripley Castle, Burton Agnes, Duncombe Park and Benningborough Hall. Check with The National Trust and see what events are planned for their properties.

FUN AND THRILLS FOR ALL

If you’re looking for action and excitement you can experience the thrill of an indoor real snow slope, rock climbing, adventure golf, bowling, and laser games at Xscape in Castleford. There are fabulous rides at Lightwater Valley and Flamingoland and you’ll find a huge variety of other theme parks and attractions all within easy reach of Leeds

CONNECTING WITH NATURE

Leeds is also lucky to have places like Tropical World in Roundhay Park home to the largest collection of tropical plants outside Kew Gardens as well as tropical birds, butterflies, iguanas, snakes, spiders and other insects. Rodley Nature Reserve (www.rodleynaturereserve.org) is a hidden gem – catch one of their bat walks this summer. Meanwood Valley Urban Farm (www.mvuf.org.uk/) is a working farm with a wide variety of animals and is a major centre for community and environmental work. As well as rescuing horses, Hope Pastures (www.hopepastures.org/), on the Ring Road at Weetwood Lane, provide an environment where young people can learn about caring for horses in a Natural setting.

If you’d like to find out more about bees and making honey, The Honey House (0113 284 2982 www.braythornebees.com) at Stainburn outside Otley is the place to go. It’s a beautiful location with delightful farmhouse gardens, a farm shop and a tea room. They are holding a Family Open Day on Saturday 6th August with all kinds of activities, a barbecue and opportunities to try their delicious honey, cakes and scones, honey biscuits and ice creams.

As you can see, there’s no shortage of things to do! Enjoy the Summer!

REVIEW: HOW LEEDS CHANGED THE WORLDBY MICK MCCANNARMLEY PRESS

By turns fascinating and mind boggling, Mick McCann’s encyclopaedia of Leeds is “a compendium of remarkable facts about Leeds”. Obviously a labour of love and exhaustively researched, the book is a fanatical celebration of our fair city and presents us with more obscure trivia than one could possibly hope for. It is also an intensely personal work, often revealing as much about the author as it does about the city it chronicles.

McCann expounds on subjects close to his heart such as the fortunes of Leeds United, his vested interest in the city’s music scene, regional accents and a wealth of other obsessions and preoccupations. Does he digress? Does he ever! Many entries meander down tangential avenues until you’ve forgotten what the original point may have been and your head is spinning. This is more an observation than a criticism, McCann writes with wit and verve and his passion for his subject is palpable. Whether unearthing secret or forgotten history or singing the

praises of overlooked local heroes, the wealth of information here is staggering. Occasionally tenuous, frequently daft but consistently enlightening, How Leeds Changed the World is a great book to dip in and out of, with each excursion into it’s pages guaranteed to yield another nugget of surprising info to reinforce one’s appreciation of the city we call home.

We have two copies of ‘How Leeds Changed the World’ to give away. To win a copy, just answer the question: Which football team is close to Mick McCann’s heart? Email your answer to [email protected] by Friday 22nd July.

IT’S OPEN HOUSE AT THE HONEY HOUSE!• Farm shop & tea room with homemade honey, cakes & scones, honey biscuits, ice cream and light lunches• Relax in delightful farmhouse gardens• Ramble in stunning surrounding countrysideFridays, Saturdays & Sundays 10.30am – 5.30

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THE ASCENSION SINGERS AT BRAMHOPE METHODIST CHURCHThe Ascension Singers, a young, five part choir, made up of ex Oxford and Cathedral choral scholars based in Leeds, will perform at Bramhope Methodist Church on Saturday 16th July at 7:30pm.

The programme will include everything from Monteverdi madrigals to Arvo Pärt, as well as featured soloists from the choir, accompanied by Richard Kenwood-Herriott, soloist with Leeds Symphony Orchestra and Director of Music at The Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth.

“This promises to be a really exciting concert with something for everyone”, said Robert Webb, director of the group. “We have pieces by treasured English composers like Vaughan Williams, Tallis, Bob Chilcott and Percy Grainger, as well as stunning Monteverdi pieces and fantastic solo items.”

This talented and innovative choir brings a wonderful vibrancy to the much loved choral repertoire.

Tickets (£5) are available in advance from 0113 259 0797, [email protected] or on the door.

THEATRE OF THE DALES’ MAKES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING It’s 1945, peace in our time at last and the soldiers are heading home to their girlfriends.

All, except Benedick; his war’s just beginning – a bitter battle of wits with the feisty Beatrice. Both have sworn never to get married, least of all to each other.

While friends try to trick the pair into love, the friends themselves are tricked out of it by malicious slander and their wedding plans plunge into chaos.

Shakespeare, however, has another trick up his sleeve, which simply turns all the heartache into……Much Ado About Nothing

That’s the title of Theatre of the Dales’ latest annual Outdoor Shakespeare. You can see it at:

Dagmar Wood (just off Grosvenor Road, LS6) on 14th/15th, 21st/22nd July at 7pm and 31st July at 3pm.

Kirkstall Abbey on 28th – 30th July at 7pm, plus 3pm on 30th July

For further details, visit www.theatreofthedales.co.uk

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LEEDS ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS ‘THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE’ Tessa has set up a business: a brothel where mature women specialise in offering the ‘Girlfriend Experience’, a surprisingly caring and sympathetic service. As the women stoically strive to make a living in a competitive market, their personal lives start to crumble. Will they ever have loving relationships outside work and enjoy being girlfriends themselves?

The script, by Alecky Blythe, is based on recordings taken at an actual brothel over the period of a year. The play captures the women’s natural language, with all its repetitions, interruptions and mistakes.

Leeds Arts Centre, an amateur drama group founded in 1945, has a membership of over 100 people from all walks of life. They produce four stage plays each season at the Carriageworks and also run Green Room workshops and productions to help members develop acting, directing and stagecraft skills.

The Girlfriend Experience is at The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds, from Wednesday 29th June – Saturday 2nd July at 7:30pm. Tickets (£8/ £6 concessions) are available from the Box Office on 0113 224 3801 or [email protected]

CITY MUSEUM IS DANCING IN THE STREETDancing in the Street is a new exhibition opening at Leeds City Museum on Friday 22nd July. It celebrates the creativity, diversity and vibrancy of Leeds’ carnivals and street festivals.

Curators have teamed up with West Yorkshire Archives, and four festivals (Otley, Bramley, and Leeds West Indian Carnivals and Leeds Pride), to bring the carnival scene to the city museum.

The exhibition will feature many of the stunning carnival costumes that make the street processions such a wow, along with film clips, photographs, and selections of programmes, trophies and paraphernalia. You can also learn to play a tune on steel pan, get in the mood with a carnival dance, and dress-up, virtual style, in some of the fabulous costumes.

These are amazing feel-good festivals, with huge amounts of creativity. The aim is to bring people together to celebrate the uniqueness of different communities and the exhibition takes a look at the huge amount of behind the scenes work that goes into making the festivals happen.

With support from the Arts Council, exhibition curators have been able to work with the well-known Leeds West Indian Carnival designer, Hughbon Condor, to produce the museum’s very own troupe. The Troupe will be joining in at Bramley Carnival, Sunday 17 July, from 12pm; Leeds Pride, Sunday 7 Aug, from noon; and Leeds West Indian Carnival, Mon 29 August, from 1.30pm.

Dancing in the Street runs from Friday 22 July – Sunday 8 January 2012 at Leeds City Museum, Milelnnium Square. Admisison is free. For further details, visit www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum

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Extravagant and grotesque, The Passion of New Eve treats gender, celebrity, sex and violence like ghouls in a ghost train; as ludicrous as they are horrifying, all shivering,

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BOOK REVIEWThe Passion of New Eve

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blood-drenched and rotting flesh clinging to glow-in-the-dark skeletons. All the hidden violence that lies between genders is dragged into the foreground in a nightmarish carnival, performed at a whirlwind pace.

The novel starts out fairly soberly, with just a faint underlying queasiness to the narrator’s turns of thought and phrase; but very quickly, both the narrative and the America it veers through descend into wild chaos; one moment in civil war, the next in love. There’s a rhythm to the madness, but the pattern of the book is principally a psychological one; it surges through a series of transformations as the central character’s gender identity is dissolved and reformed, swept along by a parade of warped archetypes.

Whilst the characters and events are knowingly ludicrous, there’s an honesty and rawness to this form of storytelling. There’s no chimera of believability disguising the author’s hand; throughout, her motives and concerns are laid bare. Almost all the characters in the book are closer to monsters and demigods, their motives so extreme that they transcend

believability; yet, the protagonist’s own mental and bodily state is expressed with depth and subtlety. This empathy and frankness form the heart of the novel, a counterpoint to its vicious pastiche, finally eclipsing that bitterness altogether in a ritualistic sequence that’s beautiful and utterly sincere.


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LEEDS TRINITY PROFESSOR BRINGS ARTHURIAN LEGEND TO LIFE FOR LATEST ODNBWriting for the latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), Professor Paul Hardwick of Leeds Trinity University College explains the enduring popularity of the tales of the Knights of the Round Table.

The ODNB update includes articles focusing on well-known historical groups that connect individuals who are featured in the dictionary. King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table is one such grouping. Paul Hardwick, navigates the reader around the characters reckoned to be members of Arthur’s court.

“Although it was an immense challenge to write a short account of a grouping spanning the centuries, and where legend and fact overlap, it was exciting to tackle a subject that rings bells with everyone”, said Professor Hardwick.

Also contributing to this latest edition are members of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies based at Leeds Trinity. Dr Rosemary Mitchell, Dr Nathan Uglow and Professor Karen Sayer have written a series of articles about Victorian painters.

OXFAM BOOKFEST 2011Oxfam Bookfest is a nationwide celebration of all things bookish and literary, currently in its third year. This year’s celebrations run from 2nd - 17th July. You can show your support by donating books to your local Oxfam shop. The two Headingley Oxfam shops have also teamed up to organise some exciting events to promote Bookfest, including:

• Book Quiz, 7.30pm at Nation of Shopkeepers on Tuesday 5th July. Five people max per team, £1 entry per person. Special prizes to be won.

• Book and Clothes Fair, starting 12 noon at The Brudenell Social Club on Sunday 10th July. Your chance to buy an eclectic mix of one-off treasured items, brought to you by the Oxfam shops of Headingley.

• Short Story Competition at the general Oxfam shop in Headingley on Monday 11th July. The theme is ‘Charity’, there’s a 1,000 word limit and it’s £2 entry per person (50p to come and watch).

Oxfam are hoping to raise money for Oxfam’s ‘Build a Library’ and Unwrapped project, and proceeds from these events will help towards this. To find out more about Unwrapped and the Library project, please visit www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped.

AT THE COURTHOUSEAn Instinct for Kindness Sat 9 July, 7.30pm. This powerful, bitter-sweet & sometimes comic performance explores both the profound personal ramifications & the wider ethical issues that surround the contentious topic of assisted-suicide.

Science Café Thurs 14 July, 7.30pm. Another challenging evening as three top scientists explain their theories & you come up with tricky questions! For adults & young people

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Fri 15 July, 7.30pm. The Faction Theatre Company brings its trademark visual inventiveness to this striking new production.

Patrick Monahan + Alan Seaman Sat 16 July, 8pm. A brand new stand up show from international award winning Irish/Iranian/Teeside comedian Patrick Monahan.

Summer Salsa Fri 22 July, Fri 19 August, 7.30/8.30 – 10.30pm. A sizzling salsa night starting with a basic steps class from 7.30-8.30pm. Come with or without a partner. Everyone welcome, from beginners to freestylers.

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Leeds Symphony Orchestra Fri 1 July 7.30pm at Kings Hall, Ilkley. A charity evening in aid of the NSPCC, including Verdi’s Overture Nabucco, ballet music from Gounod’s Faust, Sinfonietta by Paul Cole & Symphony No.5 by Tchaikovsky.

Leeds Haydn Players Sat 2 July, 7.30pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.. An all Haydn programme incl. Symphonies No 3, 4 & 103 Tickets £10 from Robin Jakeways 01943 466331 [email protected] or Seven.

Fischers Ghost Sat 2 July at The Swan, Addingham. Five-piece playing pop rock.

Steven Sogo & Hope Street Sat 2 July, 8pm at Otley Courthouse. Wonderfully exuberant show. A feast of colour, dance & glorious harmonies. Steven Sogo, from Burundi, sings about life, love & peace, mixing traditional Burundian music with jazz, blues & pop. Tickets: £11/£9 in advance, £12/10 on the door.

The Sunday Joint: Cantaloop Sun 3 July, 10pm – 3am at the Hi Fi Club, Leeds. Six-piece band producing funk from the edge of insanity & hip-hop from a higher plane.

Andy Coleman/Jamil Sherriff Quartet Sun 3 July 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Trumpet wiz & Leeds pianist promote their new CD

Death by Stereo Thurs 7 July, Brudenell Social Club, Queen’s Rd. LS6. Southern Californian five-piece punk rock band showcasing an aggravated blend of punk, hardcore & metal.

Songs That Never Die Fri 8 July, 7.30pm at The Courthouse, Otley. Elizabeth Cameron (soprano) & Ian McTeer (piano) present an evening of well known classical song, opera & musical theatre, including music by R. Strauss, Barber & Lloyd-Webber

Fog Sat 9 July, Midland Hotel, Station Rd. Ilkley. Party rock covers band – everything from 60s – 2000s

Elvis Tribute Night Sat 9 July at The Swan, Addingham.

West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra Sat 9 July, 7.30pm The Venue, Leeds College of Music. Programme includes Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Symphony No.7 in A by Beethoven, Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn.Tickets £8/£6 from 0113 222 3434

Live at the Lido Sat 9 July, 6 – 11pm at Ilkley Lido. Line-up includes Black Clover, Daniel Hayes, Theo Duncan, Jack & Giles, Collette, CLEAR, Ice Cream for Activists, Skylight Spectacle, The Feedback & The Musical Fusion. Tickets fro the Lido – they go very fast!

Summer Jazz Café Sun 10 July, 1-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Jam session – all welcome!

Malkit Singh + Sherry Mann Sun 10 July, from 6pm Leeds Town Hall The biggest selling Bhangra star in the world with well known Punjabi artist.

The Sunday Joint: Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra Sun 10 July, 10pm – 3am at the Hi Fi Club. Leeds-based afrobeat band that takes influence from Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band amongst many others.

Unsane + Blacklisters Mon 11 July, Brudenell Social Club, Queen’s Rd. LS6. New York City’s Unsane helped to launch a more aggressive, less studied version of noise rock. Blacklisters - aggressive rock in a Shellac & Jesus Lizard style.

Al Brampton & Ian Fairholme John Birkby Wed 13 July. Otley Folk Club at Korks, Bondgate, Otley.

Roy Ayers Fri 15 July, The Wardrobe from 9pm. A legend of jazz funk.

Yorkshire Dales Bluegrass Picking Weekend, Fri 15 – Sun 17 July, Dalesbank Farm, Low Lane, Silsden, BD29 9JH. Sat Concert. Details: John 0113 267 0761, www.yorkshire dalesbluegrasspickin gweekend.co.uk

Valkyrie Sat 16 July at The Swan, Addingham. Five-piece rock/blues band.

Redwood Thinkers + Jess Garden Sat 16 July at The Brudenell, Queen’s Rd. LS6. Acoustic rock/pop 5 piece

Five & Dimers Tues 19 July at The Junction, Bondgate, Otley. Bluegrass & Country music, topped off with exceptional harmonies

City of Leeds Youth Wind Band & Grove Choir Thurs 21 July, 7.30pm Grove Methodist Church, Town St. Horsforth. Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite & Suite no 1 in F major by Holst. £5 on door.

Jed’s Blues Band Sat 23 July. Midland Hotel, Station Rd. Ilkley. Rocking blues that make you want to get up and boogie!

Golcar Band Sun 24 July, 2.30pm Wharfemeadows Park, Otley

Big Fat Kill Tues 26 July at The Junction, Bondgate, Otley. Part singer/songwriter, part rock n’ roll, & part contemporary acoustic. Recorded recent album at The Junction.Lime Scurvy Wed 27 July. Otley Folk Club at Korks, Bondgate, Otley

‘Roots’: Michael Chapman Fri 29 July, 8 – 11pm at New Headingley Club, St. Michael’s Rd. Headingley. Great blues/folk singer & guitarist. £8 on door.

The Hummingbirds Sat 30 July at The Swan, Addingham. Sheffield blues band.

Leeds Bluegrass Club Last Thurs of month, The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck (off Water Lane). Live acoustic, Americana/ Bluegrass/Country music. Resident Bands + Guests: from 8.30pm. £3 on door. Picking sessions in back rooms, musicians welcome. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040.

The Good Foot: DJ Paul Dunphy + The Soul Circle Gang Sat 30 July, The Wardrobe, Leeds. Leeds’ biggest funky soul party. Free

Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles Wed 3 Aug. Otley Folk Club ay Korks, Bondgate, Otley

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Subtle vibrations or chimes note the presence of evidence or clues which are noted within the player’s notebook. These clues can be used as either avenues of investigation with suspects or witnesses and used as proof of deceit in the vent you don’t like their answer.

The “GTA” formula, repeated in Red Dead Redemption, has been finely tuned here to create a living breathing city in LA Noire. This is further realised through the motion capture technology utilised to convey the characters emotions to the player. Twitches, nervous looks, worried glances, wry smiles and more are all captured and presented to Cole as he interrogates the people he meets in each case. An amazing Voice track rounds this off perfectly delivering an immersive cinematic experience to the end user.

Always serious in its presentation, LA Noire sometimes fails through its lack of variety. Other than the story missions, several side missions dubbed the Streets of LA provide street crimes to attend as well as a set of film reel collectables, car models and landmarks to discover.

An excellent example of what can be done with the current generation of technology; LA Noire blurs the lines between the cinematic and the interactive; drawing you into the world and leaving you wanting more at every turn.

Dungeon Siege IIIPS3/Xbox360/PC

As 2011 continues to shape up as one of the best years ever for RPG gaming, Dungeon Siege III represents the first triple A action RPG on offer. I say action RPG, I actually mean ‘top down hack and slash loot em up with RPG elements,’ or something like that anyway.

Dungeon Siege III features the same fast paced, action orientated gameplay that has made both previous outings so popular with PC Gamers. This time however, XBOX and PS3 owners are also invited to slaughter the monsters of Ebh and take ill-gotten gold. Thankfully, DSIII features a control scheme heavily customised for console gamers, including intuitive use of the D-Pad and shoulder buttons for menu navigation and during combat.

DSIII looks fantastic, with static but detailed environments which load seamlessly and offer tremendous variety. All the loot you can shake a stick at is on offer, whilst a claimed 40+ hour long campaign will keep players coming back for more. Four characters to choose from and local/live multiplayer for up to two (yes, just two) players adds the icing to an already tasty RPG cake.

PLANET LEEDS – ONE DAY, ONE CITY, ONE WORLD Planet Leeds Street Festival will bring Briggate and Dortmund Square to life with the sounds, sights and rhythms of Leeds between 11am and 5pm on Saturday 23rd July.

Celebrating the ability of music and sport to bridge nations and cultures, the date has been picked to coincide with the Olympics Open Weekend marking the 12 month countdown to the London Olympics (www.london2012.com/get-involved/open-weekend/).

Planet Leeds is a street festival celebrating the diversity and wealth of Leeds’ performing arts. Last year saw audiences enjoy an astonishing range of talent - from the hugely talented young Singh Brothers to Opera North’s comedic Big Sing, and much more besides.

The city centre stage gives thousands of passers-by a chance to enjoy and appreciate the rich cultural mix of Leeds – one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK. The chance to perform on open air stages in the city centre gives performers a real sense of giving their talents to the city, and every year organisers have had more requests to perform than they’ve been able to accommodate.

Planet Leeds is a partnership between voluntary groups in Leeds and is supported by Leeds Initiative’s Harmonious Leeds Partnership. It operates on a very small budget and is grateful to arts@leeds for their funding, and to their our fantastic volunteers.

For more information from Joe at [email protected] or visit www.planetleeds.org.uk

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X-MEN : FIRST CLASS/Directed by: Matthew VaughnStarring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, January Jones

Time to iron your tights and dust off your capes, people, as this month we have a super-hero double whammy from the Marvel Comics film studio, likely to be of at least passing interest to all you comic book geeks out there. What’s that? Just me? Oh, well, I’ll press on regardless. A wise man once said “the geeks shall inherit the earth” and, if the upcoming releases for the next eighteen months are anything to go by, this has well and truly come to pass. In 2012 we can look forward to a new Superman: Man of Steel, a Spider-man reboot, and the third installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. This news may well excite DC and Marvel fans while causing others to despair at what could easily be read as the infantilisation of cinema and the reliance of Hollywood on CGI trickery and pre-sold concepts to secure box office returns.

I am something of a comic book geek and these days need no longer hide my shame, but, are the movies any good?

First up, Thor. Having already rolled out the big guns (Spider-man, Fantastic Four, Hulk et al) Marvel is now digging out it’s less well known characters. So it is that Thor, he of the winged helmet and mighty hammer, gets his big screen treatment. To be honest, I had marked this down in my film calendar as one to avoid, but then I noticed something odd in it’s pre-publicity that piqued my interest. Cast your eyes over the credits again and, yes, there it is … Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Yeah, THAT Kenneth Branagh, the RADA alumnus whose Shakespeare work on both stage and screen earned him comparisons with Olivier, Gielgud and Guinness. Just what the Dickens is going on here?! What bizarre and convoluted chain of events could have led this once resolutely highbrow member of the luvvie set to direct a Marvel comic book adaptation? When the poster campaign for Thor emerged it trumpeted the fact that this was “From the studio

that brought you Iron Man” instead of, say “From the director who brought you Henry V and Hamlet”. Funny, that.

Anyway, you wouldn’t know it. Thor looks, for all the world, like any other generic SFX laden blockbuster. The plot, such as it is, regards the superhuman gods of Norse legend who reside in the far off cosmic realm, Asgard. When the long standing peace with their former adversaries, the frost giants, is threatened, the hot-headed Thor (Chris Hemsworth) leads a pre-emptive strike which backfires catastrophically. Thor’s old man, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) is mightily peeved, strips Thor of his power and banishes him to Earth where he collides with scientist(!) Jane Foster (Portman).

At this point the film switches gear into a knockabout fish out of water comedy, somewhat at odds with the po-faced shenanigans that have gone before. This change in tone is refreshing and it’s to the film’s credit that it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Just as well, as the set and costume design is so high camp it’s a wonder anyone can keep a straight face. While the cast do their best with a lackluster script, Thor represents a criminal squandering of fine acting talent; Hopkins may sound the part but looks ridiculous as Odin, Idris Elba (The Wire’s Stringer Bell) is in there, looking lost, Stellan Skarsgard seems equally misplaced, Jeremy Renner, so good in The Hurt Locker and The Town crops up in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him role and the currently ubiquitous Natalie Portman is at her least convincing and most irritating as the flaky cosmologist.

When news reached me of the imminent release of X-Men: First Class my hopes were not particularly high. It seemed to me a desperate attempt to further milk a franchise which had run aground with the fairly dire X-Men: the Last Stand. So I was pleasantly surprised when First Class didn’t entirely suck. A prequel to the first X movies it charts the younger years of Professor X and Magneto and the emergence of super-powered mutants. It benefits from Kick Ass director Vaughn at the helm and decent performances from McAvoy as the idealistic psychic brainiac, Charles Xavier, and Fassbender and Holocaust survivor Erik Lehnsherr who can control metals at will. The sequences with the vengeful young Magneto tracking down his Nazi tormenters are among the film’s best. The revisionist history angle placing the mutant plight amidst the cold war conflict in the 1960s is undoubtedly silly but reasonably well handled and the whole thing chugs along entertainingly with the “don’t be ashamed of who you are” moralizing only becoming slightly wearing.

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SIR JIMMY UNVEILS FOUNDATION STONESir Jimmy Savile was the star turn at a ceremony in Otley recently. The well known TV personality entertained a crowd of around 100 supporters as he raised a Scout flag to reveal the Foundation Stone of the extension to the 2nd Otley Scout Group headquarters.

The present building on Craven Street has been home to the Group since 1976. A substantial extension is now being built which will give the Group much needed extra space for its activities. It will be renamed the Chevin Community Centre and will offer facilities that will also be available for other local organisations.

The ceremony was attended by the Scout Group’s members and their families, together with representatives of organisations providing financial support, including Biffaward, Green Leeds, Caird Bardon, GrantScape, Garfield Weston Foundation, Otley Rotary Club, Otley Chevin Rotary Club, Harewood Lodge of Freemasons and Ilkley Round Table.

Sir Jimmy Savile also buried a time capsule containing photographs and memorabilia, to give a future generation an idea of life in Otley in 2011 and he was invested as an honorary member of 2nd Otley Scout Group by Trevor Oates, Group Scout Leader.

The Scout Group has now raised £135,000 toward the cost of the project, but needs to raise a further £25,000 to finish the new Chevin Community Centre. A ‘Buy a Brick’ scheme has been launched to help the fundraising effort and to provide a permanent memento for parents and supporters.

If you would like to support the Scout Group’s efforts, please contact Ian Morgan on 01943 463391 or email [email protected]

Baby Rascals Are you a new Mum? Would you like to meet others & enjoy a cup of coffee? Come to The Scout Hut on Burras Lane, Otley, on Wednesdays, 1 – 2.45pm (term time). Details: 01943 463 815.

Chevin Wildlife WATCH Group Fun kids & parents group run by volunteers in partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust & one of the longest running WATCH Group in Yorkshire. Activities every 1st Sat & 3rd Sun. Details: Jennifer Watts on 0113 237 5320, [email protected]

HENRY Course Find out about healthy food & lifestyles on a ‘Health Eating & Nutrition for the Really Young’ course. This fun course could be the way to do it! Details: Otley Children’s Centre 01943 467379 www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

Otley Children’s Centre Provides free groups & information for parents & carers of children aged 0 – 5. The centre is open 9am – 5pm all year round. Groups include: stay & play sessions, baby signing, mini-movers, baby cafe, parenting courses & many more. Details: 01943 467379, [email protected]

MultiMonkeys 10.30am – 12 noon last Wed of month. Monthly stay & play session for parents & preschool multiple births children. Join them at Kirkstall Abbey for messy creative fun with natural art materials. Wear suitable messy clothing! No booking necessary. All materials provided. Free. Details: 230 5492

Otley Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Rhythmic gymnastics is a combination of gymnastics & dance using ropes, hoops, balls, clubs & ribbons. Classes for girls aged 3 - 18 are held Thurs at Otley Courthouse & Mon, Wed & Fri at Benton Park School. Details: Karen 07947 123293, [email protected]

Otley Junior Orchestra (ages 8 – 12) Thurs 3.30 – 4.30pm. Details: 0113 462826

Otley Youth Theatre For 12-17 year olds living in the Otley area. They meet Mon 6 – 7.45pm & use improvisation to devise a new play each year. They are performing on Fri 11 & Sat 12 March at Otley Courthouse. Tickets £5/£3 Details: 01943 466256

Pram to Primary Informal parenting course. Become more confident as the parent/carer of a child under 5. Discuss parenting issues with other parents. Details: Otley Children’s Centre 01943 467379 www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

Sir Jimmy Savile unveils the Foundation Stone of the 2nd Otley Scout Group headquarters, helped by Beaver Edwin Tosney, Cub Charlie Cartwright and Scout Charlotte Burrows. Pic by John Morgan

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DIG FOR VICTORY!Schools in Leeds/Bradford area are being challenged to ‘Dig for Victory’ by entering the Schools Gardens Class at Ilkley Flower Show at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, on Saturday 6th August.

The class comprises of a School Garden Display to include:

• A minimum of three photographs of your school garden;

• An A3 handwritten sheet saying why gardening at school is fun and what the benefits are (may include illustrations/border);

• A display of garden plants and/or bulbs in a maximum 450 mm diameter pot;

• An arrangement of three different varieties of vegetables grown by the school;

• One other item, which can be anything to do with gardening.

Ilkley & District Round Table and Ilkley Rotary Club have donated a cup for the senior and junior winners of this new class.

There are 15 other classes for children to enter together with over 85 classes for adults, ranging from flowers, vegetables and floral art, to handicrafts, photography, painting, homecraft and more.

The Show Schedule and entry forms are available now. For further information, contact the Show Secretary Bob Smith [email protected]

EUREKA! TAKES ON THE WILD WEST!Eureka! The National Children’s Museum presents a summer packed full of fun, with a rootin’ tootin’ Wild West showdown and an a-mazing outdoor maze to explore.

From Saturday 23rd July - Sunday 4th September, saddle up for a summer of fun, indoors and out, with ‘Wild Wild West’ activities. Blaze a trail to the Eureka! Park where there’s loads to explore and plenty of exciting challenges. Children and their families can learn about the Old West with Dodge City Sheriff School, performances and craft sessions or take part in the Papoose Pow-Wow.

saddle up for a summer of fun, indoors and out, with ‘Wild Wild West’ activities

Other playful learning opportunities include an opportunity to meet a Native American Indian and see some of the crafts from Apache Art Co. You can also take part in cultural workshops with Calderdale Council Countryside Service, which will bring a tepee for children to explore. The Trailblazers western re-enactment society will be on hand to set up camp.

All activities are free with standard admission to the museum. For more information call 01422 330069 or visit www.eureka.org.uk

HOW TO BE SICK AT SCHOOL It will help you do better at school....honest!

Leeds-based author, Lee Jackson, recently brought out a unique new book to help 14-19 year olds succeed at school. Called ‘How to be Sick at School: Everyday ways to enjoy and succeed at school and college’, it is aimed at teenagers to help them understand how to reach their best at school.

“There are loads of revision guides out there but there aren’t any books that simply answer the question ‘How can I do well/better at school’”, said Lee. “98% of young people go to school and by the end of Year 11 they’ll have spent 14,000 hours in education! We expect them to just get on with it without giving them the practical tools to do well. So I thought I’d use my twenty years’ experience of working with teens and research the subject deeply. For the last three years I’ve been writing, presenting and trying out the material in High Schools and FE colleges. All twelve key points have been road tested live in my presentations and also in print – I gave my book to a group of teenagers and asked for their feedback. I took their advice on board, and now it’s ready to help teens all over the country.”

The book is, inspiring, encouraging and easy to understand. It’s full of practical tips to help students succeed and actually enjoy school and college. There’s nothing complicated or boring “just good stuff to help you be your best”.

Students have described it as ‘Non-patronising, really applicable – a self-help book that actually helps!’, ‘Positive, interesting and funny’, ‘Down-to-earth, easy to read and very useful’.

To find out more, visit www.howtobesickatschool.com

COMMANDO KIDZOutdoor Adventure Zone

Every day throughout the summer holidays (Saturday 23 July – Sunday 4 September).

Calling all Commando Kidz! This summer there’ll be thrills galore at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Your mission is to get through the course. Can you reach the top of the climbing towers? How fast can you get through the mega inflatable assault course? Race your mates. Have some fun.

The Adventure Zone is suitable for both boys and girls aged 7 – 14. It encourages co-ordination and courage whilst being excellent fun. Charges apply.

HORSES IN ACTIONStunt Horse ShowsEvery Friday and Saturday throughout the holidays there’ll be spectacular horse shows featuring the awesome stunt-riding skills of the Atkinson Action Horses team.

You’ve probably already seen Atkinson’s horses in action without even knowing it. They regularly perform on prime-time television and in blockbuster films. Recent credits include The King’s Speech, Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood and Steven Spielberg’s soon to be released War Horse. Suitable for all the family. Charges apply.


IS TUTORING THE WAY TO GO?A number of myths surround tutoring – it’s only for wealthy people; it’s only for high or low achievers; the subject is the problem; tutoring is a ‘last resort’ to help cram before a test.

Fortunately none of these are true.

Education has changed. There is a continuing emphasis on the three Rs, but also on the need to develop confidence and self learning skills. Subjects are no longer confined to text books. We encourage our children to question issues - not to accept answers at ‘face value’. Where it once seemed the subject was encapsulated in learning 300 pages, now the whole world can have its say.

It’s very exciting to see all these developments and I’m quite envious of the opportunities our children have. The only concerns are:

Information overload – how do you sort out the bits you want?Information reliability – how do you know it’s truthful?

It’s likely that your child will need increasingly diverse life skills: self employment, remote working and subject specialisation will all form part of their working lives. They will need to cope with technological change and access to massive amounts of data. If the objective of school is to prepare for the world of work then our teachers are faced with a difficult task.

A good tutor can cut to the heart of the child’s needs and help them navigate confidently. A carefully structured, individual programme will work wonders for a child’s confidence. Give the student self assurance and they become more motivated.

A good tutor can cut to the heart of the child’s needs and help them navigate confidently. A carefully structured, individual programme will work wonders for a child’s confidence

Tutoring will identify the child’s existing skills and support them to develop further. It’s no longer about a child who is ‘failing at school’. Many students simply require clarity in a specific subject and assistance to sort through the information. Some would benefit from achievable short term goal setting.

Others need motivation and mentoring to become more independent learners.

Whatever your child’s academic ability, tutoring can help to get the very best from formal education. It’s much more than just learning how to do long division!

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ROLL UP, ROLL UP!This year, libraries are encouraging children to join a summertime circus spectacular!

Saturday 16th July is the start of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge in local libraries across Leeds. Visit your local library to join Circus Stars and you can win goodies and take part in free events.

The aim of the challenge is to get children to read six books from their library during the summer holidays. It’s great fun for children and what’s more, it doesn’t cost a penny to join.

By joining this year’s Circus Stars, children can help their school win a visit from a fabulous children’s author!

For more information visit your local library

CARRIAGEWORKS THEATRE ACADEMY PRESENTS THE DRIPPING RIOTIt is 1865 and Eliza Stafford, a servant in Leeds, is imprisoned for stealing 2lbs of dripping from her employer, Mr Henry Chorley. Working class people in the city are outraged at the ‘Dripping Injustice’ and we witness the good humoured protest descend into a full blown riot with tragic consequences.

Based on a true story, the play was written by Ruth Cooper and is directed by Lizi Patch. It is staged by The Carriageworks Theatre Academy in association with Blah Blah Blah, Theatre at The Carriageworks on Saturday 30th July at 7.30pm. Tickets (£6.50/ £4.50) available from The Carriageworks on 0113 224 3801

Do You Fancy a Little Bit of Acting?

Then The Carriageworks Theatre Academy could be for you. Aimed at young people aged 10-16, it is led by the nationally renowned Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah and meets regularly on Saturday afternoons throughout term time, creating three performances over the year.

The Academy welcomes young theatre makers who are interested in all aspects of production and there are opportunities to develop skills in technical theatre, directing, writing, stage management as well as performance.

During the summer they will be recruiting for the next Academy, which runs from September 2011. To sign up email [email protected] and they will send you an information pack and audition dates.


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MAJOR FELL RESCUE AWARDSVisitors to the Tempest Arms at Elslack near Skipton were taken aback recently as the full force of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue team descended on them! This wasn’t for a typical rescue call-out, but rather to attend their annual dinner, attended by Lord Crathorne, HM Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, the team’s patron, who was on hand to present some major awards.

Twelve awards were presented to members who had contributed a staggering combined 360 years service to the team! Three 50 year awards were made and such is their rarity that the Mountain Rescue Council for England and Wales had to have them specially made. The recipients were team President Jeremy Daggett and Alan Stockdale, both from Burnsall, and Peter Huff from Grassington. Peter’s late father Len was a founder member of the team in 1948 and it was a very special moment for Peter to receive such an award in front of a team that now consists of some 80 highly trained and dedicated volunteers.

Life Membership awards went to Norman Shorrocks from Embsay for a remarkable 55 years service and he is still involved in call outs, and to Jean Reinsch from Grassington who has not only provided decades of fundraising support and other behind the scenes work, but whose husband and three sons were also in the team.

Lord Crathorne, a member of the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Mountain Rescue, paid tribute to all members for their dedicated and selfless service to saving lives in the Dales and added that he knew of no other team with so many members with such lengthy service.

Other guests included the Assistant Chief Constable of North Yorkshire, Sue Cross, the Deputy Chairman of the North Yorkshire County Council John Fort, police specialist liaison officer PC Jon Rushton, and Stuart and Liz Hird from Yockenthwaite who have given considerable practical support to the team on caving rescues on their land.

HOSPICE SUPPORTER’S TREK TO THE SKYAfter scaling the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro earlier this year, Barry Hughes has set his sights on the ultimate challenge in mountaineering: Mount Everest. As part of his training, he will also tackle Mount Aconcagua in the Andes and is aiming to raise £70,000 for charity as he goes. The charities that will benefit are St. Gemma’s Hospice in Moortown, The West Yorkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre and Macmillan Cancer Support.

All of Barry’s climbs and expeditions will be funded personally or by corporate sponsorship so that every penny donated goes straight to the charities. He is still looking for a corporate sponsor for the Everest expedition.

For more information on Barry’s fundraising (which includes a Donkey Derby in October!), or to donate towards the causes involved, visit www.trektothesky.org.uk

WALK IN THEIR SHOES We all have to deal with loss and many of us would like to do something to celebrate the lives of those no longer with us. Walk in Their Shoes, the St. Gemma’s five mile sponsored walk, is a great opportunity to walk in memory or celebration of someone special.

Last year the event was a huge success raising a staggering £23,000! Everyone really enjoyed the route and beautiful scenery. This year’s event is on Saturday 10th September starting at 9.30am from Colton Methodist Church, Leeds LS15, with a celebration of those you are walking for. The circuitous route will take you in and around Temple Newsam grounds and back to the church for refreshments. You will be provided with a fundraising pack and t-shirt to help raise funds for St. Gemma’s Hospice, which believes every patient should be cared for to the highest standard and in the most individual way possible.

LAST YEAR THE EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS RAISING A STAGGERING £23,000! EVERYONE REALLY ENJOYED THE ROUTE AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

For more information, call 0113 218 5505, email [email protected] or visit www.st-gemma.co.uk. Entry is free, you just need to raise as much as you can for the hospice.

OTLEY TOWN COULD USE SOME HELP!The Club runs some 16 teams – from under 7s upwards – and they could use some help!

There are many facets to running the Club and providing the facilities and quality pitches that many take for granted. There’s the bar after the games on a Saturday, cutting the grass, tidying/painting the barriers, maintaining the clubhouse and more. They also run the biggest and best six-a-side tournament for juniors in June.

A small nucleus of people currently runs the Club, whilst other volunteers run the teams. Recently some key people have had to drop out so they are looking for new people to step forward and help. The more helpers there are the less there is for each person to do!

Next season, Dave Morris (FA Coach) and Danny Gallagher will continue to run the first team. Nigel Firth will be in charge of the 2nd team and Dave Cope, supported by Steve Norfolk, will run the Academy. With the departure of Chip Lowrence, Nigel will also manage the Sunday team but needs a new assistant. In addition to all the other junior teams, they also hope to run a girls team (under 18), who will need your help and support. Under 14s boys need new recruits.

If you feel you can help, contact Steve Eley (Junior Chairman) at [email protected] or Steve Norfolk (Vice Chairman, Management Committee) at [email protected]

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ACTIVE

Addingham Yoga Circle Meets Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at Addingham Primary School, Bolton Rd. (term time). All wel-come, including begin-ners. Friendly club for all who want to benefit from practising Hatha yoga. Details: Margaret 01943 431248

Burley Bridge Hike Sat 16 July. Book now for a 21-mile walk around the local moors from Burley-in-Wharfedale. Start 8am. Cost £9. Details & entry form: Steve Cobb, 4 Milton Rd, Harrogate HG3 1JW, 01423 815542 or download at www.burley-bridge.com

Buttercross Belles Join them Thurs 29 Sept, 7.30 – 10pm - 10pm, for a fun evening & have a go at Morris Dancing! Women’s North West Morris team based in Otley. New dancers & musicians of all ages & abilities welcome - no previous ex-perience needed. Details: 01943 465298, [email protected]

Dance Scottish in Ilkley Scottish Country Danc-ing, Thurs 2 – 4pm at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Queen’s Rd, LS29 9QL. Beginners welcome. No partner necessary. Details: Don Andrews 01535 605065, [email protected], or Nadine Wharton 01943 600860 www.rscd-sleeds.org.uk

Great Yorkshire Mor-ris Men meet at Pool Memorial Hall alternate Wednesdays. Mainly Cotswold dances, with

forays into the Yorkshire Longword, Rapper & Bor-der styles. New dancers & musicians welcome - no experience required. De-tails: 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 (Otley) wel-comes new members. All ages. All abilities. Get fit & have fun. Details: Judith 01943 462963.

Horsforth Fellandale Running Club trains every Wed, usually on Otley Chevin. Runners of all abilities welcome. Details: Andy 0113 258 5691, [email protected]

Ilkley Yoga Club Meets Thurs, 7.30 – 9pm in Riddings Hall, Christch-urch, The Grove, Ilkley. A friendly club where both beginners & those with experience can enjoy Hatha yoga. All welcome. Details: Margaret 01943 431248

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 confidence. New members welcome. Mon 7 -8pm at Holt Park Leisure Centre. Details:

Roger 0113 267 4716, Sara 0113 287 6250.

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

Otliensians Hockey Club Looking to get fit and have fun? Look no further - we do both! Women’s teams in both Yorkshire 1st & 5th divisions. Train-ing Thurs 7 - 8pm, Ben Rhydding sports ground. Everyone welcome. De-tails: Sue 07793 841822 or www.otliensianshc.org.uk

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 Cycle Club Leisure Group Sun 9am – 1pm, Wed (‘til end Sept) 7 – 9pm. Start from Butter-cross (market stall next to town clock). Rides to suit all abilities & ex-perience. Details: Sun: Hannah Bottomley 07950 660688 or David Parker 07778 115110. Wed: Stephen Gallagher 07402 720944. otleycycleclub.co.uk

Otley Short Walks For All Walks up to 3 miles start from Otley Courthouse Wed am. Please arrive be-fore 10.15am. Often use local buses, so bring bus

fare or bus pass. Sensi-ble footwear advisable! Details: 01943 465542, 01943 865585.

Otley Walkers Twice weekly walks, 5 – 20 miles. Weekends away & special events. New members welcome. An-nual membership £5. Get the prvogramme & try before joining. Details: 01943 875 995, [email protected]

Sequence Tea Dance Old Pool Bank Village Hall, Fri 2 – 4pm. A great way to exercise & socialise. All welcome. Details: 0113 284 2126. Sequence/Ballroom Dances Most Thurs 1.45 - 3.45pm at the Winter Gardens, Ilkley. Details: Michael 01943 608871

Yarnbury Angling Club Matches held 1st Sun of month. Members only. Coach transfers to & from venues. Membership details: Adrian Addy on 07956 964713.

ARTS & CRAFTS

Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 9/Sun 10 July: Painting workshops with Maggie Cross. Sat 16 July: Painting workshop with Qu LeiLei. 10am – 4pm at Pool-in-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. New members most welcome. Details: Anne Allan 01422 368482, [email protected]

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Otley Arts Club Summer Exhibition Mon 4 - Sat 30 July, 10am – 4pm at Otley Courthouse. Free admis-sion. Members will be exhibiting paintings in a variety of mediums many of which will be for sale. Cards of artists’ work will also be on sale – ideal as notelets, greetings cards etc. A painting will be included in the raffle prizes.

Otley Scribblers Do you enjoy creative writing? Weekly sessions at Otley Courthouse, Wed10am–12pm. Details: 01943 465 568.

Pool Art Group Fri 10am-12pm, Pool Methodist Church. Support & en-couragement from fellow artists/all levels. Details: 0113 203 7952.

Yorkshire Flower Club meets monthly, Wed 1.45pm at St Wilfrid’s Church Hall, Duchy Rd. Harrogate HG1. 27 July: ‘Secret Garden’ - A Prac-tice, plus Petite Class 9” square, can be brought already done. Details: 01943 863172

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS

Burley Farmers Market Sun 10 July 10am-2pm, Red Lion car park

Coffee Morning Every Sat, Otley Methodist Church Wesley Hall, 10am–12 noon. Homemade cakes, scones etc & a friendly atmosphere. Access Bor-oughgate & Walkergate (disabled access).

Coffee Morning 1st Sat every month, 9.30 – 11.30am Burley in Whar-fedale United Reformed Church, Main St. Lots of stalls, incl. home baking, handcrafted cards, bric-a-brac, books & nearly new clothes – all at bargain prices!

Coffee Morning Fri 29 July, 10.30am at Manor House Art Gallery & Museum. John Cockshott talks about ‘Fifty Years of The Manor House’.

Kirkstall Abbey Deli Mar-ket New monthly market to run last Sat of month, 12 noon – 3pm, featur-ing good quality food, plants & goods from local & Northern producers & suppliers. Currently look-ing for stallholders (£15 per stall). Details: 0113 230 5492, or [email protected] Menston Methodist Church Strawberry Tea Sat 16 July 4pm. Adults £5/Children £2.50. Re-furbished hall now avail-able for hire. Details: Mrs Doreen Copping 01943 874 885. Cornerstone Cafe open 10am – 2pm Mon, Tues & Thurs, & 10am – 12 noon Sat.

GROUPS/CLUBS

Aireborough Soroptimist International meets 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm at Guiseley Methodist Church, Oxford Road, Guiseley Organi-sation for professional women addressing issues of importance to women worldwide. If you would like to volunteer in an atmosphere of support, friendship & fun, contact them. Details: Janet Lock-wood 07947 695093.

Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in avia-tion, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire - regular guest speakers, monthly colour magazine, trips and social events. Details: Dave Sen-ior 0113 282 1818, www.airyorkshire.org.uk/

Alwoodley Motor Club Every other Thurs 8.30 – 9pm at The Wharfedale Inn, Arthington Lane, Pool in Wharfedale. All wel-come. Details: 0113 391

0403 www.alwoodleymc.org.uk

Ben Rhydding Women’s Institute Meets 2nd Thurs of each month, 2pm at B.R. Methodist Church Hall. All welcome.

Baby Rascals Are you a new Mum? Would you like to meet others & enjoy a cup of coffee? Come to The Scout Hut on Burras Lane, Otley, on Wednes-days, 1 – 2.45pm (term time). Details: 01943 463 815.

Burley in Wharfedale & District Probus Club New Members Needed! Retired or semi-retired professionals & business-men welcome. Fortnightly meetings in Salem United Reformed Church hall, Burley in Wharfedale. Var-ied programme of speak-ers, social events, quizzes & outings. Details: Brian Clayton 01943 862373

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]

Friends of the Earth meet 1st Mon of month, 7.45pm at DC Coffee Shop, Valley Drive , Ben Rhydding, Ilkley. They campaign on global issues such as climate change, & local issues like waste & recycling & developing a sustainable community. If you are interested come along. Details: www.wharfedale-foe.org.uk Home Grown Otley Community gardening & food group. Helping each other to grow vegetables, herbs & fruit. Monthly meetings, speakers, visits to local producers & much more! Details: Rob 01943 468664, [email protected]. www.vegplantsonline.com/home_grown

Ilkley & District Motor Club 1st/4th Wed month-ly, Otley Rugby Club, Cross Green. 8pm. All welcome. Also meet 2nd/3rd/5th Wed at other locations. Details: www.ilkleymotor-club.org

Ilkley Rotary Club meets Tues 12.30pm (6.30pm on last Tues of month) for meal & speaker at Craiglands Hotel. Globaal network of local and international commu-nity volunteers. Details: Kelvin Newberry 01943 863752, [email protected]

Ilkley Soroptimist Inter-national Meet 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7.30pm at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cun-liffe Rd Ilkley. Speakers, projects , networking & socialising for profession-al & community minded women. Details: Loraine Powell 07966 247152

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HeadingleyArcadia PubCrossely’s NewsagentsDinsdales Art SuppliesHeadingley Library HEART Natural Food Store Oxfam Books

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Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club Small friendly club welcomes both male & female members. Meet-ings held at Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Tues 8pm. Details: Georges Lepel-ley 01943 600712 or www.ilkleywharfedale.rotary1040.org

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unat-tached with a zest for life. Monthly programme of events. Not a dating agen-cy. Details: 262 1455 or 261 2619, www.kaleido-scopeleeds.weebly.com

Kirklands Bridge Club Menston rubber bridge club meets at Kirklands alt Tues evenings. Details: Dorrie Waugh 01943 872771/ Carol Cowell 0113 267 0426.

Leeds Caledonians Wed 13 July visit to Thwaite Mills, Stourton. Sat 30 July – ever the ever popular summer BBQ at The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel. Details: 0113 267 0424

Leeds Feline Friends Can you give a cat in need a good home away from a busy road? Please take a look on www.leedsfeline-friends.org.uk. Details: 216 0593, [email protected], PO Box 294, Leeds, LS16 0ES

Leeds Lions meets 2nd Mon, Holiday Inn Ex-press, Cavendish St. LS3, 7.30pm. Details: 0845 833 7428, www.lion-sclubs.org

Leeds Microscopical Society (LMS) meets 2nd & 4th Thurs, 7pm at Alwoodley Method-ist Church Hall. Varied programme of talks & practical evenings, open to all with an interest in natural history & who wish to learn about microscopy. Details: Mike Smith: 293 5991, [email protected]

Leeds National Trust Association Spring/ Summer programme (Apr – Sept) includes visits to places of historic & general interest, monthly walks & members holidays. New members always welcome. Details: Pam 258 8178.

Leeds Oxfam Group – Open evenings 1st Wed of month, 7.30pm The Civic Hall, Leeds. Invited speakers on a range of global justice issues. Events & activities also arranged across the city. Next meetings 6 July. Eve-ryone welcome. Details: Pauline Neale 269 3542, www.oxfamleeds.org.uk

Looking for a 41 Club? Ilkley Olicana 41 Club meets at Craiglands Ho-tel, Ilkley,t 7.30pm on 3rd Wed of each month. Open to all those who have been in Round Table. De-tails: Paul Kitching 01943 604683. [email protected]

Leeds Naturalists’ Club & Scientific Association meets alternate Mon, 7.15pm in Museum & Seminar Room, Miall Block, Faculty of Biologi-cal Sciences, University of Leeds. Enjoy a series of talks on natural history subjects in winter, field meetings & exhibit eve-nings in summer. Details: Peter Larner 0113 261 2589, http//sites.google.com/site/leedsnatural-istsclub

Mercury Movie Makers Wed at Rawdon Con-servative Club, 7:30pm. The club is for camcorder owners. Advice, regular film & practical evenings, & occasional outdoor events. Details: 0113 257 7274, www.communigate.co.uk/brad/mercmove

North Leeds Model Flying Club New members very welcome, experienced or beginners. Building or flying, plenty of friendly advice. Regular meetings at Horsforth or airfield at Almscliff Crag. Details:

0113 217 8348, www.nlmfc.org

Otley Amateur Radio Society 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. Details: 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. New members welcome. Meetings at Otley Court-house, 7pm first 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.otleycam-eraclub.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.

Otley Lions Visit them at their bookshop at 5 Mercury Row, Otley on Tues, Fri & Sat, or at Otley Carnival (18 June). New members & helpers welcome. Varied social activities, dinners, quiz-zes. Meetings 1st & 3rd Mon of month at the Old Cock, Crossgate. Details: David McDowell 01943 467551 or 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/lit-tletheatre

Otley Poets meet 1st Tues of month at 8pm for po-ems, drinks & occasional guest poets at Korks Wine Bar, Bondgate Otley. Details: Alan Holdsworth 01943 968374 [email protected].

Otley Pub Club meets 1st Thurs of month for a social drink at pub meet-ing & visit to two other pubs. Everyone welcome. Keep up to date with what’s on in Otley Pubs. Details: http://tinyurl.com/4e6s7zr

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 chari-ties. 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 & District Women’s Forum meets for coffee & a chat on Thurs 30 June & 4 Aug, 10am at Methodist Church rooms, Boroughgate. Fortnightly meetings resume 2nd week in Sept. Details: Jo Smith 01943 463771.

Otley Women’s Institute Meets at 7.15pm on 2nd Wed of the month in Cross Green Community Centre, Otley. Visitors welcome. Details: 01943 463610

Pool Bridge Club meets on Mon (excl bank holi-days),1.15 – 4.30pm at Pool Methodist Church.

Pool WI meets 2nd Tues each month, 2pm at Wharfedale Court, Main St. Pool in Wharfedale. Everyone welcome. Details: Sue Brown 0113 284 2983

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/films/music, walks, badminton, book group, weekends away & more. Monthly new members’ night in north Leeds. Details: 0844 8111025www.leedsivc.org.uk

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads of the Uni. Regular events. Details: [email protected]

The Women’s Fellowship meets Wed, 2pm at Pool Methodist Church. Variety of interesting speakers.

Wharfedale Speakers Club meets 1st & 3rd Wed of each month at Cross Green Community Centre, Pool Rd, Otley. New members welcome. Speakers of all ages & backgrounds. Come along & improve your speaking skills. Details: Tony Morris 0113 258 3507

Wharfedale Gardeners Group Meets 7.30pm 2nd Tues of the month (Sept - May) at Otley Methodist Church. Guest speakers, plant sales & trips. Annual member-

ship £10. Details: Thelma Harrison 0113 225 6405.

Wharfedale German Circle meets on or near 15th of month at 8pm. Events include speakers, films, debates, quizzes, music, parties & conver-sation members & visitors (in English or German). Details: 01943 464087, [email protected], or visit www.germancircle.ilkley.org

White Rose Ladies Speak-ers Club meets Mon 7.45pm Farsley Library, Old Road, Farsley, LS28. Next meeting 11 July (no meeting in August). Friendly environment in which to find your voice & improve your presentation skills, including Power-point, whilst having a lot of fun. See them also on YouTube. Details: Steph-anie Hanson on 0113 255 0824

Yorkshire Malaya & Borneo Veterans’ Assoc. meets 1st Sat of month, 1.30pm at New Headin-gley Club, St. Michael’s Rd, Headingley. Anyone involved in the Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation in 50s & 60s most welcome. Represents all units of the armed forces. Details: Eddie Seville 0113 263 7583.

MUSIC

Ascension Singers in Concert Sat 16 July, 7.30pm at Bramhope Methodist Church in aid of the church re-devel-opment fund. Directed by Rob Webb, this young five-part chamber choir sing a variety of sacred & secular music. Tickets (£5 incl. refreshments) available on door or from 07944 238952, 0113 259 0797, or 0113 261 2508

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]

Burley in Wharfedale Probus Male Voice Choir invites new members, particularly tenors. Rehearsals Mon 10am at Burley Grange with experienced conductor, Margaret Dexter, who is well known in local musi-cal circles. Occasional concerts for local groups. Details: Secretary Brian Jones on 01943 874552.

Community Singing Group devoted to the enjoyment of singing & developing voices together. New members (especially men!) welcome – no audi-tions, no pressure, no experience necessary – just a love of singing in a friendly environment. Eve-ry Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm (term time) at the Otley Courthouse. Details: Dave Stewart 01943 461971, [email protected]

Fairfax Singers (Burley-in-Wharfedale) sing for charities & have helped raise significant funds. If you would like to book a concert please contact Marjorie Hall 01274 597024, [email protected]. www.fairfax-singers.org.uk.

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 meets Wed, 7.30 – 10.30pm at Guiseley Fac-tory Workers Club, 6 Town St. LS29. Come along & listen to or play the Club’s Roland AT900c organ & Yamaha PSR S900 key-board. Tony Stace Concert Wed 6 July 8pm Guests welcome - £4. Details: 0113 226 5671, www.leedssocialclubs.co.uk

Me-Time Community Sing-ing Group New members (especially men!) wel-come – no auditions, no pressure, no experience necessary – just a love of singing in a relaxed friendly, environment. Every Tues 8 – 9.30pm at 7 Newall Mount, Otley. Details: 01943 461971, [email protected]

Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearses fortnightly on Sundays, 7 - 9pm at Otley Courthouse. New mem-bers (especially upper strings) welcome. Details: [email protected]

Otley Little Theatre Or-chestra rehearses 1st & 3rd Wed of each month, 7.30pm at Otley St John Ambulance Station near Sainsbury’s. They play a range of music including musicals, popular & clas-sical & would welcome more musicians. Details: Neil Briggs 07900 050346, [email protected]

Players for Pleasure offers opportunities for adult amateur musicians to meet & perform favour-ite pieces in a friendly & supportive atmosphere. All levels from beginner upwards. All instruments - orchestral, piano, sing-ing etc. Details of forth-coming events etc. www.playersforpleasure.co.uk

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

Ilkley Senior Citizens Club meets Tues, 2pm in the Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley, for fellowship, entertain-ment & outings. Just turn up to join in the Concert Hall.

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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.

Menston Retired Men’s Forum Meetings 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 10am at Kirklands. New mem-bers welcome. Details: Ken Chadwick 01943 874530, Geoff Winter 01943 877832.

Otley Action Gardener (Craig) will be available throughout the summer to make sure gardens in the Otley area are in tip top condition. If you think you would benefit from this service please con-tact the Otley Action office on 01943 463965

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 Whartons Primary School (off Newall Carr Road), Otley & 6pm at Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road, Ilkley. Details: Pastor Martin Woodier 01943 464631 www.bethelotley-ilkley.com

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.chris-tianscience.org.uk

Guiseley Baptist Church is a growing welcoming community. A mixture of ages, including children & young people meet at Sunday services at 9.30am & 11.15am. Details: 01943 884 233, www.guiseleybaptistch-urch.co.uk

Menston Methodist Church always welcomes newcomers & visitors. Service is held 10.30am most Sundays (variations can be found on notice board outside Church). ‘Taste & See’, an alterna-tive form of worship, in Cornerstone Cafe last Sunday of month.

Mount Hermon Chapel, Main St, Addingham, Ls29 Sunday Service 10.30am’ All welcome to this very friendly church.

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 Service 7pm (clairvoy-ance); Sun Service 6.30pm (divine). 38 New-market Street, Otley.

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

Teachings of the Fourth Way The spitiual way brought by G.I.Gurdjieff has been recognized as one of the most original, enduring & penetrating teachings of our time. Meetings in Leeds & Otley. Details: 07814 951231, [email protected] Leeds Gurdji-eff Society

SUPPORT

Arthritis Care (Otley & District) meets at St John Ambulance Meet-ing 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. New members welcome. De-tails: Pat 0113 275 7694.

Crohn’s & Colitis UK Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Dis-ease (IBD), their friends & families throughout North & West Yorkshire. Four educational & support meetings a year, plus regular informal meets. Details: 0845 130 6809, [email protected], www.groups.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Leeds

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.

La Leche League of Wharfedale meets 1st Fri of month, 10am to noon, lower hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley. Breast-feeding help & support. All women interested in breastfeeding welcome – babies & young children too. Free, but donation to running costs welcome. Details: Ruth 01943 461 051.

Leeds Samaritans provide confidential, non-judge-mental support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, in-cluding those which could lead to suicide. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 0113 245 6789, 08457 909090.

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.

Memory Lane Café 4th Thurs of month (23 June), 1.30 – 3.30pm, Otley Rugby Club. A supportive & welcoming environ-ment for older people with memory problems or dementia. Enjoy some musical entertainment & pass a sociable couple of hours. Refreshments. Support for carers. Trans-port available for small fee. Details: Otley Action for Older People 01943 463965

Macmillan Cancer Sup-port New fundraising group in Otley. Details: Laura Riach 01924 232444 [email protected]

Speakability Regular get-together for people who live with ‘aphasia’. Visits, outings, speakers etc. Third Thurs every month, 2pm at Otley Community Centre, Cross Green, Ot-ley. Details: Ray Rundle, 0113 258 2892, Graham 01977 796219

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

ty to take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale Gen-eral Hospital. £3. Details: Clive Wilkinson 0113 267 1721.

The Yorkshire Cancer Help Centre is now at the Day Therapy Unit, St Michael’s Hospice, Harro-gate two Saturdays each month, offering support for people with cancer & their loved ones. Details: Esme 01423 881392/ Karen 01937 573166, www.ychc.org.uk

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

Collecting the Ancient World: 19th century Leeds Collectors Wed 20 July, 10.30 – 11.30am at Abbey House Museum. A talk by Kat Baxter, Curator of Archaeology. £3.60. Booking essential. Details: 0113 2305492, [email protected]

Leeds Theosophical Society Sun 10 July, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 (opp The Rose Bowl) ‘The Four Great Mahavakyas’, a talk by Swami Yogeshwarananda (India) focusing on the statements regarding the ultimate reality & truth in the Indian scriptures ‘The Upanishads’. Free. www.ts-leeds.org

MISC/EVENTS

Adult learning at Otley Children’s Centre Would you like to develop self confidence & get back into education or work? Leeds City College is working with OCC to deliver a fun course in basic computer skills. Details: Otley Children’s Centre 01943 467379 www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

Bat Walk Sat 23 July, 9pm at Rodley Nature Reserve with Diane Gre-gory, West Yorkshire Bat Group. See & detect the

reserve’s bat population – detectors available on the night. Limited places. Booking required. Meet at visitor centre off Rodley Town St. LS13. Details: 0113 204 0441, [email protected]

Bird Ringing Demonstra-tion with Andy Jowett Sat 30 July, 8.30am (subject to weather – check web-site for confirmation www.rodleynaturereserve.org) Meet at visitor centre of Rodley Town St. LS13.

Blood Donor Session Tues 5 July, 2.15 – 4pm & 5 – 7.30pm at Wesley Hall, Boroughgate, Otley

Come Join Us! Enthu-siastic, friendly people needed to volunteer in Leeds Children’s Hospital fundraising Department, based at LGI. Details: Stephanie Burland 0113 392 5140, [email protected] for vol-unteer application pack. www.leedshospitalsfund-raising.org.uk

Family Open Day at Leeds Parish Church Sat 9 July, 11am – 4pm. Exhibitions, tours, competitions & demonstrations through-out the day, as well as fun & games for children. As part of the Ring of Silver & Gold Challenge, everyone is warmly invited to place coins end to end to circumnavigate the church building. Honey Bee Swarms will be collected, free of charge, (if accessible). Details: Terri Beddows 268 8231, 0796 451 7608.

Leeds Mela Sat 6 Aug, 12 – 9pm at Soldiers’ Field, Roundhay Pk. Big-gest Asian event in Leeds. Attracts around 100, 000 people every year!

Otley Museum Docu-mentary & Photographic Archive Wellcroft House, (The Cycle Club) Otley. Open Mon, Tues, Fri, & 1st Sat of each month 9.45am – 12.15pm (excl

bank holidays). Research Otley’s heritage – call in or phone for an appoint-ment. Details: 01943 468181, [email protected], www.otleymuseum.org

Parent Forum open to all parent/carers using Otley Children’s Centre. Your opportunity to comment on the Centre’s services & contribute to the de-velopment of the centre. Details: Otley Children’s Centre 01943 467379 www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

Planet Leeds Sat 23 July, 11am – 5pm, Briggate & Dortmund Sq. Leeds. Free musical extravagan-za bringing the sounds, sights & rhythms of the world to the city centre. Featuring Leeds-based musicians & dancers, & celebrating the Olym-pics Open weekend, the 12 month countdown to London 2012. www.planetleeds.org.uk

Pool Village Hall Hire this excellent facility with hall, kitchen & meeting room. Ideal venue for children’s parties, receptions, lei-sure activities, dances & fundraising events. Large car park & access to a private bar if required. Details: Tim Robson 0113 284 3437 [email protected]

Second Hand Furniture at Safe Haven at Willow Green, Parkside, Hors-forth, LS18. Registered Charity.Open: Mon-Fri 9.15am – 4pm; Sat 10am – 2pm. Sofas, wardrobes, tables, chairs, chest of drawers, etc. For Sales/collec-tion of furniture contact 07910 545 569 Small delivery charge.

Volunteer at Otley Chil-dren’s Centre If you enjoy working with children under five, would like to share your skills and re-ceive professional volun-teer training from Home-start, call Otley Children’s Centre on 01943 467379

& book an informal chat about volunteering. All candidates will complete an enhanced CRB check. www.otleychildrenscentre.co.uk

Volunteer Collectors Wanted! St Gemma’s Hospice is looking for people to help with col-lections in local super-markets. Wide range of dates & times to choose from. The hospice earns over £40,000 a year from store collections and boxes in the community. Details: Jenny 218 5565, www.st-gemma.co.uk

Wesley Hall at Otley Meth-odist Church Available to local organisations & charities for fundraising purposes every Fri, 9.30-11.30am. Cost: £20. Details: Pauline Dobson 01943 466 751.

White House Café & Visi-tor Centre, Otley Chevin Forest Park, now open Sat & Sun 11am – 3pm, & Wed, Thurs, Fri 10am – 2pm (Closed Mon, Tues). Access on foot from Otley, East Chevin Quarry or Surprise View Car Parks. Disabled parking avail-able at White House via Johnny Lane.

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