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15 New Exhibition at National Media Museum Goodfoodandagreatambiance

20 They Lived in Leeds TheamazingstoryofLeonoraCohen

22 A Northern Love Story from Anthony Clavane PromisedLandchroniclesClavane’sexperiencegrowingupinLeedsinthe1970s

24 International Jewish Performing Arts Festival AdynamicprogrammeofinternationalJewishmusic,dramaand comedyisheadingthisway!

41 Make the Year a Record Breaker for ChildLine CharityhopetobreakaGuinnessTMWorldRecordwiththemost greetingsonagiantcard!

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16What’s to Become of Leeds Kirkgate Market?Leeds City Council is currently conducting a public consultation on the future of Leeds Market – one option is to cut the size of the market by 25%.

42Thackray Medical Museum Celebrates 15th AnniversaryToday the museum houses over 44,000 objects and 18,000 books, including the largest collection of medical trade literature in the world.

In This Issue

Dear Readers, Ah June....lovely long, sunny days! I’m so looking forward to them!

This month, we talk about Leeds Kirkgate Market – such a fabulous asset for the city – and the plans for its future. Leeds City Council is conducting a consultation, so make sure you have your say. Eve Bradford tells the story of the amazing Leonora Cohen who spent most of her life fighting for women’s rights. And, we talk to Anthony Clavane, whose book Promised Land, all about Leeds and its football club, is brought to the stage at The Carriageworks.

There’s a fantastic new exhibition about our lives on-line at the National Media Museum in Bradford. The Thackray Medical Museum is celebrating 15 years of telling the story of medicine, with lots of events planned, including a Jubilee Tea Party. It’s well worth a visit.

Plus, there are Jubilee teas and parties breaking out all over the place. Dragonfly Week launches from Rodley Nature Reserve; and Leeds Waterfront Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever!

Let us know what’s happening around you for our July issue. The editorial deadline is 1st June, and for advertising it’s 8th June.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Carole, Jack and the team

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Caring For Life, a Christian charity based inCookridgethathashelpedgiveanestimated3,500peopleasecondchanceinlife,marksits25thanniversarythisyear.

On Saturday 16th June, Crag House Farmhosts a Family Open Day to celebrate thismilestone. The day will include equestriandemonstrations, falconry displays, tractorsafaris, and opportunities to watch countryskills such as sheep-shearing and horse-shoeing.

Therewillbearodeoride,bouncycastlesbigenoughforbothadultsandchildrenandgreatfood–allmadefromtheFarm’sproducts–includinghomemadeburgersandicecream.

The day will close with a performance bythe St Aidan’s School Chamber Choir fromHarrogate.AllproceedswillgotowardsCaringForLife’scontinuedworkinthecommunity.

“We hope it’s a day that will appeal toeveryone”,saidPeterParkinsonwhofoundedthecharity.“Wearecallingitafamilydayandthat’sexactlywhatwewantittobe.

“Ouropendayallowsustodemonstratethedifferenceloveandsupportcanmakeinthelivesofthoselessfortunate,andgivesusanopportunitytosay‘thankyou’forthesupportwereceivefromthecommunity.”

CaringForLifehasbeenhelpingthehomelessandvictimsofpoverty,neglect,physicalandmentalabusesince1987.ItbeganbyofferingshelteredhousingtothemostneedyinLeeds,coupledwiththerapeuticoutdoorprojects.

Since then, the charity has developedagricultural, horticultural, conservation, artand craft andwoodworkprojectsalongwithadultliteracy,officeskills,andevenadramaproject.And,TheGranaryTearoomandshopis now an established social enterprise,sellinglocalproduce,plantsandherbs.

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A RIGHT ROYAL TIME TO CELEBRATE!EventsareplannedacrossLeedstomarktheQueen’sDiamondJubilee.

Celebrations will focus around theextended bank holiday weekend,3rd – 5th June. For many people,celebrationswill takeplace in theirlocal communities, but there arealso great events taking place inLeeds.

On Briggate therewill be a JubileeJazz JamboreeonSunday,10am–4pm, where people can enjoy bigbands throughout the day. And onMillennium Square, picnic tablesandbencheswillbesetupsopeoplecan bring their own picnics andbecomepart of the nationwideBigLuncheventbetween12noonand2pm on Sunday. They will then beabletostayandwatchthenationalcelebrationsonthebigscreen.

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TheShoppingTrailattractedhundredsofvisitors.Manyindependentretailersseized the opportunity to put ondemonstrations, activities, discountsand freebies. From jewellery cleaningto sausage tasting, face paintingto origami and woodcarving, it allhappenedthatweekend.

June’s Summer Showcase promisestobeevenbiggerandbetterthisyear.VisitorstothenewlyrefurbishedKing’sHall and Winter Garden (10.30amto 4pm) will be able to sample the

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At the recent ‘OpenGardens’ in Menston,St. John’s Vicar, Revd.Ruth Yeoman, planteda tree in the churchyardto commemorate theQueen’sDiamondJubilee.

Thetree,anAmelanchierGrandiflora ‘Robin Hill’,whichwillgiveamassofwhite springtime flowersandautumnalredberries,was presented by Kathyand Christopher Roberts who havedeveloped the delightful St. John’sgardens.

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THE POOL JUBILEE FEAST This year, Pool Feast will join theVillage Jubilee Celebrations onTuesday 5th June, 1 – 5pm, for afantasticcelebration!

Funded by Leeds Outer NorthWest Area Committee, a wealthof activities is planned, includingeventsandcompetitions,exhibitionsintheVillageHall,allkindsofstalls,entertainment and refreshments.YoucanlookforwardtoaFancyDressParade, Bonny Baby Competition,Dog Show, demonstrations, andraces. Activities include a ClimbingWall, Soccer Skills, tennis, bouncycastle and much more. Therewill also be ‘Pool’s Got Talent’,SkateboardandCyclingChallengesandWellieWanging!From5pm thefieldwill beopen toanyone bringing their own picnic– perhaps you would like to buy acurry from the village hall wherethe Jewel of India will have somedeliciousfoodonsale.Pool Feast Committee would bepleased to hear from anyone whowouldliketoofferhelp–especiallyonthedaywhenthereissettinguptodo.Pleasecontact:RichardParker07764 684023, [email protected] or Mel Jones-Gerrard07738 011988 [email protected]

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The Rotary Club of Otley isholding a Charity Song andDanceEveningonSaturday23rd June at Weston LaneSocialClub,Otley,startingat7.30pm(doorsopen7pm).

Enjoy an evening ofBallroom, Latin Americanand Sequence dancing.Soloist Liz Frankland andAnnClarke(pianist),willalsoperformaselectionofsongsfrompopularmusicals.

There will be competitions,quizzes,games,acomplimen-tarygiftofchampagnetrufflesand a finger buffet. Dress toimpress and dance the nightaway,allinaidofcharity.

This is the second majorfundraising event heldduring Trevor Backhouse’syear as Otley Rotary President. Theobjectoftheevening,apartfromhavinga good time, is to raise £1,000 foran orphanage in Cape Town. The firstevent, a chocolate exhibition, raised£1,000forlocalcommunitycharities.

Admission is by ticket only. Tickets(£10) are available from PatisserieViennoise, 34 Westgate, Otley. Forfurtherdetails,call01943467927andspeaktoJanetorTrevor.

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As well as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Spring bankholiday weekend also marks Leeds Morris Men’s 60thanniversaryandtheirDiamondJubileetouroftheYorkshireDales.

To celebrate Leeds Morris Men will travel to towns andvillages throughout the Dales (including Ilkley, Skipton,Cracoe, Linton, Grassington, Burnsall, Kettlewell, Aysgarth,Bainbridge, Hawes, Askrigg and more), treating residentsandtouriststoafeastoftraditionalEnglishdanceandmusic.

“Maintaining and expanding the Dales Tour over 60 yearsis amassive achievement”, said Norman Peacock, one oftheclub’sfoundermembers,whohasattendedeveryDalesTourandfullyintendstoattendthisone!“Thetourin1953wasmuchsmallerbutthesameenthusiasmforthedanceisretained.”

Thisyear’stourwillbebasedinBurnsallwhereLeedsMorrisMen will be joined by around 200 dancers from over 13teams across the UK before touring the Dales villages onSaturday2ndandMonday4thJune.

“Wealwayslookforwardtowelcomingfriends,oldandnew,toourannualDalesTour”,MossAmbrose,theclub’sFool,whohas organised theDales Tour formany years commented.“This year we have been working closely with local ParishCouncilstoensurethatwecan,wherepossible,contributetolocalcommunitycelebrationsfortheQueen’sJubilee.’’

Thehighlightoftheweekendwillbethemassedperformancebyallteamsat10amonMonday4thJuneinthecentreofKettlewell.

Forthefullitinerary,visit www.leedsmorris.org.uk/diamond-dales-tour


COMMUNITY NEWS

OtleyOver60sClub,whichstartedlifeas the Otley Aged People’s WelfareClub, is 50 this year. The building,on Crossgate, was funded by publicsubscription and the help of varioussponsors,who raised£7,000–whichiswhatitcosttobuildin1962.

AnOpenEvening,attendedbytheTownMayor,Nigel Francis, town councillors,invitedguestsandmanyoftheoriginalsponsors,washeldrecentlytocelebratetheoccasion.

Secretary Doris Porteous opened theeveningwithapottedhistoryoftheclubandhowithadprogressedoverthe50years. Local historian, Elise Brumfitt,helpedtofindoldphotosandcuttings,andDannySloan,Chairman,proposedatoasttotheclub’snext50years!

OTLEY OVER 60s CLUB IS 50!

Town Mayor cutting the cake with Mrs Joan Wiseman, Mrs Doris Porteous, and Mrs Sheila Sloan


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LIFE & STYLE

Thisyearit’ssettobebiggerandbetterthaneverwiththereturnof theLeedsCommunity Foundation Dragon BoatRacingSpectacleandthenewIWABoatGatheringatThwaiteMills.

The Festival also features live music,arts and dance, walk-on-water ballsand canoe sessions, heritage boats,boat trips and much more, all at thecoolest waterfront venues in GranaryWharf, BreweryWharf, Clarence DockandThwaiteMills.

TheDragonBoatRacingseessomeofLeeds’biggestemployerstakingtothewater to raise money for communityinitiatives. Forty foot long boats, eachwith 16 paddlers and a drummer incolourful fancy dresswill be racing atClarenceDock.

Leeds Waterfront Festival is co-ordinatedbywaterfrontrepresentativesand river management non-profitpartnership Aire Action Leeds andis aimed at raising the profile ofthe regenerated Leeds waterfront.Individuals, businesses, volunteersand organisations are encouragedto get involved - for information onopportunities on offer, contact ProjectOfficer Rachel Clunas on 07917 780151 or [email protected]

To enter or sponsor a Dragon Boatteam contact Amanda Bennetton 0113 242 2426 or [email protected]

Find out more about the festival atwww.leedswaterfrontfestival.com

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LEEDS WATERFRONT FESTIVAL

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BRING OUT THOSE OLD PHOTOS! Otley pub-goers are being called onto dig out their old photographs fromnightsoutonthetowntohelpcreateauniquephotoarchive.

The call comes from Otley Pub Clubwhichwants tobuildanonline recordof pub life over the years. Photoswillbescannedanduploadedtotheclub’sFacebookpage,beforebeingreturnedtotheirowners.

“All thebooksonOtley tend to showthe same old pub photographs,which is a real shame as the townhas such a rich alehouse heritage”,said Peter Jackson, Otley Pub Clubchairman. “Theremust be thousandsof photographs lying forgotten indrawers and suchlike which deservetobeseen. Itdoesn’tmatterwhenorwheretheyweretaken–wewantthatphotographtaken in1957 in theNewInn of a group of teddy boys; the daytrip to Blackpool in 1963 outside theWhite Swanand theChristmasworksdointheWoolpackin1974!”

In addition to supporting thetown’s hostelries, Otley Pub Clubcommunicateswhatthepubsaredoingtocustomers,andgivespub loversofOtley a means to campaign togetheragainst pub closures and other localpubissues.

Anyone who would like to contributeto the photo archive, please contactPeter on 07799 465070 or [email protected]

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORES SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL

IMPACT OF THE INTERNET

Life On-Line, a permanent exhibitionthat opened recently at the NationalMediaMuseuminBradford,isthefirstgalleryofitskindintheworldtoexplorethe social, technological and culturalimpact of the internet and the worldwideweb.

The project has been a long time ingestation and the subject is almostimpossible to surmise as the story ofthe internet continues to unfold andtechnology evolves ever more rapidly.Inpreparingtheexhibition,curatorsatthemuseumwouldreturntoreferenceworks published in the last few yearsonlytofindthemalreadyoutdated.

Asmany visitors to the exhibition willbeunabletorememberwhattheworldwas like before the world wide web,thefirstexhibitdisplaysthetechnologyandmeansofcommunicationweusedbefore computers and the internetinfiltrated nearly every aspect of ourlives. Younger visitors will likely beamused and surprised that beforee-mail people relied on the telegramand post, before search engines likeGooglepeoplelookedupinformationinabookcalledanencyclopaedia.Evenfor those of us who recall life beforethe dawn of the Information Age, theprimitive, archaic technology shownhere seem like artifacts from pre-history.

From there the exhibition takes uson a journey charting the evolutionand development of the internet weknow today, from the first gargantuancomputers which look like they were

steam-powered right through to thelatest hand-held technology such assmartphonesandtablets.

Along the way we learn about thevisionaries and pioneers who havemade our brave new world possible.Inevitably,attention ispaid to theriseof social media and the potential forsuch platforms as an instrument ofsocial change, as seen in the use ofTwitterintherecentArabSpring.

The problems and controversies thatcontinue to plague the internet arealso addressed with sections dealingwithcomputerviruses,privacyandthesecurityofintellectualproperty.

Asonewouldexpect, theexhibition ishighly interactive, allowing visitors totakeahands-onapproach to learningmore about the most importanttechnological development since theprintingpress.

In addition to the permanent groundfloor gallery space, Life On-Lineincludes[opensource],situatedonthetopfloorofthemuseumandfeaturingwork by contemporary digital artistsexploring the future of the internet,particularly whether it will remainan open and free resource or if itsdemocratization will be compromisedbycommercialinterests.

LifeOn-Lineisaninnovative,timelyandexciting exhibition that impressivelyhelpsusgettogripswiththedominantmediaphenomenonofourage.


LIFE & STYLE

With pound signs in their eyes, itappears the Council is ready tosacrifice one of the city’s mostvaluable assets. We have watchedit being systematically run downover the past 20 years. Rents (nowthe highestmarket rents in theUK,

includingLondon)havepricedregularmarkettradersoutofthemarket,orforced them to downsize –many ofwhosefamilieshavetradedtherefordecades. Walk through the markettoday and you will be struck by thenumberofboardedupstalls.

A FANTASTIC ASSET FOR THE CITY

Does the market need upgrading?Yes, of course it does. For years ithassufferedfromlackofinvestmentand promotion. The Market makesaround £1.5 - £2million a year forthe Council – surely some of thisshouldhavebeenploughedbackin?

What we have here is a fantasticasset.Let’smakeitthrive,notcutitback. As the rest of the city centreturns into a faceless high streetfavouring national brands, let’s

At a recent public meeting organised by the Friends of Kirkgate Market, we were made aware of various suggestions being put forward by Leeds City Council regarding the future of the Market. The one apparently favoured by the Council advocates cutting the size of the market by 25%, reducing the number of stall holders from 400 to 100, demolishing the newer halls and selling off this prime real estate that’s smack, bang in the middle of the city.

WHAT’S TO BECOME OF LEEDS MARKET?


save the one place that welcomeseveryone. Where else can you findahugevarietyoffruitandvegetablestalls offering top quality aswell as‘eatsoon’produce?Younever

know what you’ll find and it will beatafractionofthepriceyou’dpayinsupermarkets.

FULL OF COLOUR AND VARIETY

Where else will you find weird andwonderfulAfroCaribbeanvegetablesandIndianspices?Awholerowof

Where else can you find a huge variety of fruit and vegetable stalls offering top

quality as well as ‘eat soon’ produce? You never know what you’ll find and it will

be at a fraction of the price you’d pay in supermarkets.

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Farida (left) at Spice Corner


LIFE & STYLE

butchers? Several fishmongers?Where else will you find dressedcrabs?!Thereareallkindsofbakeryproducts(someday-oldtobenefitthelesswelloff).TherearePolishstalls,Greek and other nationalities. Onestall specialises in nuts and driedfruit,anothercheeses.

Where else in Leeds will you findfabrics and haberdashery? SamuelTaylor’s is the only such shopremaining in Leeds, but at themarket you’ll find a number dottedaround. There are curtain traders,bed linens, second hand furniture,clothing,shoes,phoneandcomputeraccessories, nail bars, hairdressers,fishpedicures–thelistgoeson.

UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE AND PERSONALITY

In reducing the number of stallsto 100, this fantastic variety andchoice will disappear - competitionwill be a thing of the past, priceswill riseandtheuniqueatmosphereand personalities of themarket willbe lost. As Liz Laughton, Chair ofthe Market Traders told us at themeeting:

“Peoplematter in themarket. I lovethemarkethumourandpersonalities.I love the noise and the colours ofmarket life; thecodeofhonour thatexists; the weird and wonderfulpeopleof Leeds. And, I experiencedfirst hand the friendship when Icelebrated the100thanniversaryofmybusiness.”

It’strue.Overtheyearswetoohavebuilt upa rapportwithanumberofpeople we shop with regularly. “Welike to get to know our customers”,continued Liz. “A market stall is asmall stage.We can be comedians,counsellors or teachers. We servefamilies, office workers and TVpersonalities. We say hello to thehomeless and lonely. We embracethe strange and loopy and helpthosehavingdifficulties.That’swhatthe market is all about. It’s specialand can’t be replicated. It needsprotectingsothatmoney,greedandshort-sightednessdon’tdestroyit.”

CATERING FOR ALL

The beauty of the market now isthat it is big enough to cater for alltastesandpurses.Wedon’twanta

sanitised ‘foodie’market thatcatersonly for the middle class – didn’tthey try that at theCorn Exchange?Lookwhathappenedthere:avibrant,beautifulspacewithavarietyoflocalentrepreneurs thatwas just buzzingat weekends, was turned into adesertovernight.

A little reorganisation at themarketcould capitalise on the availablespace.Haveanopen ‘plaza’area ineach hall where people can sit andeatandchat.Wheretherecanbeliveperformancesthatwoulddrawmorepeople in. Where students, youngdesigners or existing stall holderscan put on a fashion show. Stagespecialfoodtastingshighlightingthehugerangeofethnicfoodsavailable.Have a dedicated number of stallsavailable at very low rents to helpnewentrepreneursgetstarted.

People matter in the market. I love the market humour and personalities. I love the noise and the

colours of market life; the code of honour that exists; the weird and wonderful people of Leeds

The beauty of the market now is that it is big enough to cater for all tastes

and purses

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18 June 2012 northleedslife.co.uk

COULD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BE THE ANSWER?

Perhaps, as someone suggested atthe public meeting, the way to gowouldbetooperatethemarketasasocialenterprise.Alltraderswouldbestockholdersandmembershipcouldbe thrown open to the wider Leedscommunity.Withabitofimaginationand commitment Leeds KirkgateMarket has all the ingredients tobecome a world-class, successfulattraction.

For full text of Liz Laughton’scomments at the public meeting,pleasevisitwww.northleedslife.co.uk

For further details regarding thesituation at the Market, contactFriendsofLeedsKirkgateMarket,goto www.kirkgatemarket.wordpress.com,[email protected].

Leeds City Council is launching a

public consultation on the future of Leeds Kirkgate

Market which will run until mid June. To have your say,

complete the online questionnaire at

www.leedsmarkets.co.uk/strategy. Paper copies of the survey are

available at the Kirkgate Market

information centre and in libraries across the city.

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LIFE & STYLE


Leonora was born in 1873 in Hunslet. Her father, Canova Throp, a sculptor, died of TB when she was only five, and his widow Jane struggled to bring up their three children alone, working as a seamstress.

At 14, Leonora was apprenticed to a city centre milliner and worked long hours without pay until she was upgraded as a probationer, then paid 2s 6d a week. By 16, having proved herself skilled and efficient, she was promoted to head milliner. In her mid-twenties she became a millinery buyer in Bridlington, and in 1900 she married Henry Cohen, her long-term sweetheart from Leeds.

Neither family approved. The Jewish Cohens were dismayed that their son was marrying an outsider, and cut him off. Leonora’s mother felt that her daughter should not marry at all, but devote her life to improving the lot of her fellow women, ill-paid, exploited, and with no political voice.

Leonora and Henry set up house in Leeds. Their first baby died, but a son followed, and for the next nine years Leonora devoted herself to being a wife and mother. Henry prospered in his jewellery business and their life was happy and comfortable. But Leonora did not forget her earlier experience and her mother’s sense of injustice: she took an increasing interest in campaigns to improve women’s pay and conditions and in the women’s suffrage movement. Henry and her brothers encouraged and supported her political activities.

By 1911 Leonora was secretary of the Leeds branch of the militant

Women’s Social and Political Union. In November the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, broke his commitment to votes for women by announcing a manhood suffrage bill. This betrayal inspired Leonora to fight on. Although terrified by the prospect of violence, she joined a deputation to Westminster, and a huge demonstration ensued, ending with window-smashing and stone-throwing. She and many others were arrested and imprisoned. She served seven days in Holloway, an experience which only hardened her resolve. Her family staunchly stood by her, though they lost all their friends.

Under the leadership of the Pankhursts, suffragette guerrilla activities spiralled and in Leeds Leonora addressed meetings and rallies, exposing herself to constant abuse and threats. In 1913 she joined demonstrations in London, where she chose the Tower of London for her own dramatic protest. She was so nervous that she travelled round twice in the tube before entering the Tower with her hidden weapon.

Leonora was put on trial but acquitted on a technicality. Back in Leeds, she continued her militant activities alongside other fervent loyalists. Asquith’s visit to Leeds in November 1913 was a red rag. In spite of tightened security, two suffragettes tried to set fire to the Headingley football stand, and violent demonstrations took place around the Hippodrome where Asquith was to speak. Leonora was arrested for smashing windows and was sent to Armley Gaol. She declared a hunger and thirst strike.

Two days later, near collapse, she was released on licence under the notorious ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act. Desperate and angry, Henry wrote to the Home Secretary in protest, but was persuaded to take Leonora away to avoid further life-threatening imprisonment. They moved to Harrogate, where Leonora set up a vegetarian boarding house, once giving sanctuary to a suffragette fleeing from the police.

The outbreak of war in 1914 interrupted the suffragette campaigns and brought about a change of heart in government. In February 1918 women over 30 were given the vote, and 10 years later women over 21 finally attained full voting equality with men.

Leonora remained energetic and active during and after the war, and in the 1920s the family moved back to Leeds, to Clarendon Road (marked by a blue plaque). Awarded an OBE in 1928, she served as a Leeds magistrate for over 30 years. She never lost her ideals, devoting much of her time to the Trade Union movement, campaigning for better working conditions.

Her devoted Henry died in 1949, but Leonora, fighter as she was, lived on until she was 105.

THEY LIVED IN LEEDSLeonora Cohen, 1873 -1978

JP, OBE, Militant Suffragette

On Saturday 1 February 1913 an elegantly dressed woman followed a group of school boys into the Jewel House at the Tower of London. The Beefeaters assumed she was a teacher until she suddenly pulled an iron bar from her coat and flung it over the boys’ heads, smashing a glass showcase. She was forced to the ground and arrested. Wrapped around the bar was a piece of paper declaring: ‘This is my protest against the Government’s treachery to the working women of Great Britain’. Her name was Leonora Cohen, a housewife from Leeds.

By Eveleigh Bradford

The Lifelong Learning Centre at the University of Leeds is organising a programme of summer workshops which will run from Monday 25 - Saturday 30 June inclusive.

Creative Writing■ Characterisation in the short story

■ Growing a novel

■ Writing crime

■ Poems are other people’s photographs…

■ Writing scripts

■ The single-page-comic

FilmBlurred identities? The changing face of national cinema

LiteratureScandinavian children’s literature

MusicWagner with feeling and understanding

ReligionIn search of the historical Jesus

SciencePerformance enhancement in health and disease: ethical issues and dilemmas

EnvironmentYou, your green bin and the bigger picture

For further information please contact Rebecca Edwards on 0113 343 [email protected] or visit our website at http://www.llc.leeds.ac.uk



ARTS & CULTURE

This month Red Ladder Theatrecompany,inaco-productionwithLeedsCivicArtsGuildandTheCarriageworks,brings Anthony Clavane’s book,PromisedLand,tothestage.

Written as a personal memoir andcultural history of Leeds, PromisedLand chronicles Clavane’s experiencegrowingupinLeedsinthe1970swithparticular emphasis on the turbulentfortunesofthecity’sfootballclub.

ClavanehaslivedawayfromLeedsfortwenty years and considers himself a‘Loiner inexile’,however,asPromisedLand and his frequent pilgrimages toEllandRoadattest,hisloveforthecityandhisdevotiontoLeedsUnitedremainundimmed. Being the descendant ofRussian Jewish immigrants, the bookalsoaddressesClavane’sancestryandillustrates the role of Leeds’ Jewishcommunityinshapingthehistoryofthecity.

As with many formerly industrialnortherntowns,thesenseofcommunitythat surrounds the local football club(especially in a one club city such asLeeds) is integraltotheidentityofthecity.AsClavaneputsit:“football isthelastbastionofworkingclasscommunalsolidarity”.

Clavane feels thatwith a city such asLeeds,thestoryandcharacterofthecityis inexorably linked with the triumphsandfailuresofitsfootballclub.Hefeels

that the optimism engendered by thecultural and economic regenerationof Leeds since the 60s suggests thatLUFCmaywellriseagainandgainentryto the ‘promised land’ denied themwhentheylosttheEuropeanCupFinaltoBayernMunichin1975.

Theplay,likethebook,lookssettobeanexuberant celebrationof Leeds, itsfootballcluband itscommunities.Thepassion and loyalty of Leeds fans islegendary and, in addition to the livebandplayingoriginalmusicalsowrittenbyClavane, theproductionwill featurethesingingofLeedsfanswhoactasakindofGreekchorus.

As an aspiring writer growing up inLeeds, Clavanewas deeply influencedby the work of KeithWaterhouse andstrongly indentified with the dilemmaof Billy Liar, whether or not to leavehis home city to pursue the enticingopportunity of London. Throughoutthe book there are many nods toWaterhouse’s hero and in developingit theatrically Clavane continues hishomagewithnewembellishmenttohislovelettertoLeeds.

ForthestageversionofPromisedLand,which Clavane has adapted with NickStimson,aparallellovestoryhasbeenintroduced concerning the flourishingromance betweenNathan and Caitlin,two Leeds youngsters divided by theirreligiousandculturalbackgrounds.

As well as presenting a story whichhitsclosetohomeformanyofus,theproductionisalsoashowcaseforlocaltalentandarousingexpressionofcivicpride.AsAnthonyClavanehimselfsays:“I’mreallyexcitedabouttheopportunityto bring this story to life with such alarge cast of local performers – in amonthwhenLeedsiscelebratingsportwith the arrival of the Olympic torch– I think it’s a great chance for us torecognise theambitionand self beliefthatbuiltourcity–theDonRevies,theCuthbertBrodericksandthepioneeringimmigrants,whoaimedforthetop.”

PROMISED LAND – A NORTHERN LOVE STORY FROM ANTHONY CLAVANE

Red Ladder’s Rod Dixon, ex-Leeds player Peter Lorimer, Leeds United Manager Neil Warnock, Anthony Clavane and Red Ladder’s Chris Lloyd (photo: Matthew Tullett)

Anthony Clavane

Sun 3 June 8pm

CHRIS DIFFORDALL ABOUT MEAided and abetted byNorman LovettLegendary singer-songwriter and Squeeze frontman chats about his life and performs hits from his hugely successful career.

Sat 9 June 8pm

KEVIN BRIDGESWORK IN PROGRESSKevin will be trying out new material from hisforthcomingUK andIreland tour.

Wed 20 June 7.30pm

AN AUDIENCE WITH

JACK THE RIPPERRetired Murder Squad Detective, Trevor Marriot presents a revealing cold case investigation into The Whitechapel Murders of 1888.

Mon 25 – Sat 30 June (times vary)

GIRLS NIGHTWRITTEN BY LOUISE ROCHEA warm-hearted look at the friendship of a group of forty-something women with anall-new cast featuring Eastenders’ Gillian Taylforthand her sisterKim.

Tues 19 June 7.30pm

THE PARSON’S PIRATESOPERA DELLA LUNAMuch loved Gilbert & Sullivan favourites Opera della Luna are back – with one of their most hilarious shows ever!

Tues 12 June 7.30pm

MICHAEL WINSLOWTHE MAN OF 10,000 VOICESBest known as Sgt ‘Motormouth’ Jones from the Police Academy movies, Michael presents an astonishing and hilarious vocal display of amazing sound-effects and beatboxing.

Thurs 5 July 8pm

TOM STADE LIVEDon’t miss hugely talented Canadian émigré Tom Stade on an extended leg of his nationwide tour.


ARTS & CULTURE

Adynamicprogrammeof internationalJewish music, drama and comedyis heading this way! This year’sInternational Jewish Performing ArtsFestival comes toQuarryHill in Leedsfrom25thJuneto1stJuly.

Four evenings of high quality UK andinternational showswill hit the stagesof Northern Ballet and the LeedsCollege of Music, both on St. Peter’sSquare,Leeds.

Nowinits12thyear,thisentertainmentshowcase,burstingwithversatility,willcelebrate Jewish related performingartsandtalentonahugescale!

ThemajorityofartistscomingtoLeedsthis yearare from theUS,PolandandIsrael, including the talentedDooWapGirlsfromJerusalem.ThisvocalVintageTriooffersa freshmusicalperspectiveon all-time classics combined withunbeatableharmonies.

Presenting a young energetic take onpopular Klezmer music is KlezmafourfromPoland. Inspiredby their region’sKlezmer traditions, they take aninnovative approach to the musicadding in rock beats, Balkan sounds

and a whole load of explosive worldmusic energy. The band won twoprizes at Amsterdam’s prestigiousInternational Jewish Music Festival in2010, duringwhich theyperformed tocrowdsofthousands.

For drama buffs, award winning UStelevision and stage actress, DeborahJean Templin, brings her celebratedonewomanshow‘UnsinkableWomen’to the Festival. Playing nine femalecharacters, Deborah Jean tells howMolly Brown and other extraordinarywomen on board the Titanic not onlysurvivedthatnight...butchangedtheirownlivesandtheworldaroundthem.

OtherhighlightsincludeCitiesofLight–drama/cabaretperformedbyNewYorkactress Rebecca Joy Fletcher; GraffitiClassics – outrageous comedy musictheatre; Tina Law sings Streisand – atribute show to the music of BarbraStreisand;andMarkMaier.

Toseethefullfestivalprogramme,visitwww.leedsjewishfestival.co.uk,call the Festival Office on 0113 2680899 to request a brochure, or [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ENTERTAINMENT IS HEADING

THIS WAY!OTLEY AND ILKLEY SINGERS SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA!Otley Singers and IlkleyMoornotes are singing togetherfor the first time on Friday 1stJune,7.30pmatTheSanctuary,Christchurch, Ilkley, and onFriday 15th June, 7.30pm atOtleyCourthouse.

The Ilkley concert is in aid ofOasis Cafe – a cafe run byadultswith learningdisabilities,and proceeds from the Otleyperformance will go to thecharitySingingfortheBrain.

Tickets (£7/£6) availablefrom 01943 467466 or www.otleycourthouse.org.ukforOtleyconcert,and01943604003oronthedoorforIlkley.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Odd Doll, an emerging, Leeds-basedpuppetry company, presents theirlatest production, The Trick, at TheCarriageworks on Tuesday 12th andWednesday13thJuneat7.45pm.

InspiredbyHansChristianAnderson’sThe Shadow and Franz Kafka’sObeying the Law, this contemporaryfairytale combines puppetry andobject theatre with a live originalmusic score. Featuring angry pegs,dancing scissors, magic taps andflying creatures, The Trick is playful,bizarre,beautifulandtragic.

Drivenbyadesiretocreatesomethingoriginal,amanreleasescontrolofhisown shadow in the hope that it willdiscover the kind of beauty he canonly dream of. Instead, it reveals tohimastarkreality,ascreativesuccessswiftlydegeneratesintoamoralbattlebetweenlightanddark.

Formed last year by former TotalTheatre Award winners and artisticdirectors of Chotto Ookii Theatre

Company,andwithcombinedtrainingfromTheLondonSchoolofPuppetryand Bretton Hall (specialising inphysical theatre), Odd Doll focuseson fusing live original music withpuppetry and objectmanipulation totellstories.www.odddoll.co.uk

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ODD DOLL PRESENTS THE TRICK AT THE CARRIAGEWORKS

Cantores Olicanae perform the lastconcert in their2011–2012seasonatStJohn’sChurch,BollingRoad,BenRhydding, on Saturday 16th June at7pm.

‘Summertime’ is a celebration ofAmerican20thcenturystageclassics,including a medley from Gershwin’sPorgy and Bess, and choruses fromBernstein’s West Side Story, and aguest appearance by the SapphireSaxophoneQuartet.

CantoresOlicanae is a small, friendlychamber choir, currently with 50members. At the moment they areurgently seeking to recruit additionaltenors. This is a particularly excitingtime to be involved with Cantores astheyrecentlyexpandedtheirrepertoireandnowperformindifferentvenuesinandaroundIlkley.

Ifyouenjoysinging,haveexperienceofsingingwithinachoirormusicalgroupandwouldliketojoin,dogetintouch.They have an audition policy, but youarewelcometojoinforafewweekstoexperiencesingingwiththemfirst.

Rehearsals, under the leadership ofMusical Director Robert Marsh, areon Tuesdays, 7.45 – 9.30pm at StMargaret’sChurchHall,Ilkley.

For further information, and detailsof their summer concert, visit www.cantores.ilkley.org/home.html, or callSarah Berkoff on 01943 874447/07956388907

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CREATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE ARTSWest Yorkshire Theatre Network (WYTN) aims to create connections between those involved in the arts and the public, to facilitate the formation of a local, creative community by providing networking opportunities.

West Yorkshire TheatreNetwork (WYTN) aims to createconnections between those involved in the arts andthepublic, to facilitatetheformationofa local,creativecommunitybyprovidingnetworkingopportunities.

“Irealisedthatveryfewcreativegroupswereeffectivelyworkingwitheachotherorthepublic”,saidWYTNdirectorStephanie Upsall. “That’s why I set up West YorkshireTheatre Network. Our region regularly hosts a widerange of art-based events, but they don’t seem to getthe publicity or attendance levels they deserve. There’salwaysalotofinformationavailableforgigsandplaysatthelargertheatres,butlittleforsmallexhibitionsandone-offevents.

“Good promotion can be tough for those without a bigbudget.Byrunningnetworkingsocialsandworkshops,wehope thatwecanpull thecreativecommunity together.Wealsowantourwebsitetobea‘onestopshop’providingdetailsofallupcomingeventsinourregion,inthehopethatwecanbringlocaltalenttoawideraudience.”

With internationally acclaimed writer John Godber astheirpatron,andhavingalreadybeenvotedLeedsUncut‘Business of theMonth’ inDecember2011,WYTNhasbigplansforthefuture.Theyarecurrentlyworkingonawholehostofupcomingevents,includingworkshopsrunbySteveHuison(of‘TheFullMonty’fame).

WYTN offer membership packages which includediscountsontheatretickets,foodanddrinks,workshopsandtheirownnetworkingsocials.Formoreinformation, visitwww.wytn.co.uk

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ARTS & CULTURE

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MembersofRotaryInternationalarestagingacharitybrassbandconcertatChristchurchonTheGrove, Ilkley,7.30pmonFriday22ndJune.

Last year this concert raised over£1,200 for the Thanks for Life/EndPolio Now campaign. Since makingthe pledge in 1985 to eradicatepolio-itsmostambitiousprogrammeto date - Rotary International, inpartnership with health agencies,

hasbroughtthenumberofcasesofpoliodownby99percent.

The world has progressed fromhaving125polioendemiccountriesto having just four; India, Pakistan,Afghanistan and Nigeria. Regularimmunisation activities in thesecountries, supported by Rotarymembers from Great Britain andIreland and across the world, arehavingapositiveimpact,particularly

inIndiawhereonlyonenewcasewasrecordedinthefirsteightmonthsof2011.

Because there is no cure, the bestprotectionagainstpolioisprevention.Foraslittleas25pworthofvaccine,achildcanbeprotectedagainstthiscripplingdiseaseforlife.

Tickets for the event (£8 includingrefreshments)areavailablefromBobSmith on 01943 877244 or IlkleyTouristInformationCentre.

A CONCERT TO END POLIO


HOME & GARDEN

MoreyearsagothanIcaretorememberIwalkedto theKing’sHallwithabasketfull of assorted flowers and a miniaturegarden in thehopeofwinningaprizeattheIlkleyFlowerShow.Alongwithall theotherhopefuls-mostofthemaroundfourtimesmyage-Istagedmyofferingswithcareandnervouslyawaitedtheresultsofthejudges’deliberations.

I didn’t win a prize - not even a HighlyCommended - but the disappointmentwasshort livedsince the funofenteringand the friendliness shown me by theother exhibitors more thanmade up forthelackofaprize.

Encouraged by folk like Harry Rhodes -my teacher at junior school and a keenandaccomplishedgardener-Icontinuedto grow things in our back garden onNelsonRoadandinthesmallpolythenegreenhouse I’dmade there.My idolwasPercy Thrower. “One day”, I said, “I’mgoingtobelikehim.”

It was wishful thinking rather thanboastfulness. Not in a million years didI really imagine that such a thing was

remotelypossible.I’monlyhappythatmydreamcametrue.Weallneed‘enablers’in life. Harry and his fellow exhibitors,andsomeofthemenIworkedwithintheParksDepartment at Ilkley, fell into thatcategory and I shall forever be gratefulfor their patience with a young lad wholovedgrowingthings,andfortheirendlessencouragement.

Showslikethisdonothappenbychance.They are the result of hard work andtirelessdedicationbyagroupofgenerous-heartedsoulswhosepainstakingcareandattentiongo into their creationand their

ability to runsmoothly.Theydeserveourcongratulationsandoursupport-whichisabitrichcomingfrommesinceIcannotbethere!

But I’mwith you in spirit and I sendmyapologies and every possible good wishfor a successful and enjoyable show -whether or not you are one of the prizewinners. If youhavecome to look roundand offer your support, welcome toour world. Perhaps next year you’d liketo enter; it’s more fun than you’d everimagine!

Alan Titchmarsh

A MESSAGE FROM ALAN TITCHMARSHILKLEY FLOWER SHOW SOCIETY PRESIDENT


HOME & GARDEN

GARDENROUND-UPBy Kath Hall, Paxton Horticultural ...............................................As I write this piece, it is teeming down andmy garden isflooded! Already we gardeners have been set back doingvariousjobs.

Now is the last time to finish off pruning flowering shrubs.Aftertakingoffacoupleofbranchesstandbackandhaveagoodlookbeforegoinganyfurther–thatwaytherearefewerchancesofalopsidedshrub.

Itseemsa longwayoff,butyoucanstartsowingbiennialspolyanthus,winter pansies and hellebore seeds now. Lookout for new plants, gently dig them out and pot up. Tidyoriental poppies after flowering and leave seed heads toripen, then store the seeds in used envelopes or scatterreadyfornextyear.Keepsomeseedheadsforuseindriedflowerarrangements.

Keepontopoftrailing,ramblingandclimbingroses.Gettingatthebrancheswhereyouneedtotiethemisnotaneasytask–tryusingsweetpearingsratherthantiesuntilyoucanmanagetotieinproperly.Tryplantingclematis,choosingoneswhichbloomthroughouttheyear,andletthemintertwinewiththeroses.Ifyoudon’twanttounderplantroses,layclematisdownroundthebushesforacarpetofcolour.

Keepaneyeonpestsandtreataccordingly.Apieceofcarpetat the base of cabbages will stop cabbage root fly whichlikestolayitseggsclosetothestem.Saladcropsaredoingwellandhopefullyyouwillhavesowninsuccessionsothatyouwon’thaveanywaste.Strawberriesarefruitingwellandraspberrieswill soonbe ready– there’snothingnicer thanfreshlypickedberrieswithclottedcream!

Keepontopofdead-heading,toencouragemoreflowers.Ifyoudon’twanttopulloutwallflowerscutthembackandtheywillbushoutmakinggoodplantsfornextyear.Antirrhinumscanbetreatedthesamewayaftersavingseeds–thissavessowingforanotheryearandcutsthecostofcompost.

Hopefullyitwillbea‘flamingJune’sothatwhenallthechoresaredoneyoucansitbackwithacooldrinkandadmireyourlabours.

YORKSHIRE IN BLOOM JUDGES DODGE RAIN IN OTLEY SpringjudgingforOtleyinBloomlookedlikeitwasgoingtobeverywet,thensuddenlythesuncameout.Thejudgestouredavariety of places, including the spruced up corner of BremnerStreet, a revamped old GasWorks corner, and TheWhartonsPrimarySchool,wherepupilswerehardatworkintheirgardenandallotment.

The second part of the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, theSummerjudging,willtakeplaceonThursday12thJuly,9.30am–12noon.

In the meantime, the group is involved in the Otley WalkingFestival(23rdJune–1stJuly).Theyhaveplannedaspecialwalk,whichwill followsomeof the judging route forOtley’sentry inYorkshireinBloom2012.MeetthemattheJubileeclockat7pmon29thJune.

If you’d like to get involved in the team’s activities, contactSecretary Mary Klemm on 07718 073 839, visit www.otley.co.uk/oib/ or check www.facebook.com/pages/otley-in-bloomforthelatestnews,eventsandactivities.

OnSaturday9thJune, theBritishDragonflySocietywill launchNational Dragonfly Week at Rodley Nature Reserve, on MossBridgeRoad justoffRodleyTownStreet,LS13.TheReserve iscombiningthiswithitsannualSpringwatchandanexcitingdayofeventsisplannedfrom8am,includingbuildingagiantwillowdragonflythatwillremainatthedragonflypondsthroughoutthesummer.

The British Dragonfly Society (BDS) promotes the study andconservationofdragonfliesandtheirnaturalhabitatsandrunsanationalrecordingschemetomapthediversityanddistributionofspecies in theUK. In thepast60yearsBritainhas lost twospeciesofdragonflyandathirdoftheremainderareindecline.Thesociety isworkingtoreversethesetrendsandencouragesthe construction of ponds and improvement in the quality ofexistingwaterbodiesandrivers.Onthepositiveside,nofewerthanfourspeciesofdamselflyandthreeofdragonflyhavebeenfoundinBritainforthefirsttimeinthelast20years.

The BDS is currently collecting records of dragonflies anddamselfliesforaNationalDragonflyAtlas.Thisyear is thefinalyear tocollect records for theatlasso, if youspotadragonfly,pleaselettheBDSknow.

Rodley Nature Reserve is open Wednesday, Saturday andSunday,10am–4pm.Forfurtherinformationvisitwww.british-dragonflies.org.ukorwww.yorkshiredragonflies.org.uk

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One of the recently arrived summer visitors giving addedinteresttocountrywalksisthesedgewarbler.

It isasmallactivebird.Above it isolive-brownwithdarkerstreaksandcrownandawhitishstripeovertheeye.Belowitiswhitishwithbuffonthechestandflanks.

A bird of lowlandmarsh andwaterside habitats, it prefersreedbedswithbushesandhedgesbesidewetditches,butbreedalsoindryscrubvegetationsuchabramblethicketsandoccasionallyincropslikeoil-seedrape.FairburnIngsisagoodplacetoseesedgewarblers.

Their loud, fast and varied song is delivered from a reedstemorbranch,but theywill launch themselves intoshortflutteringsongflights.

Sedge warblers in their chosen places are fairly commonmigrants, showing a slight decline in numbers nationally.This is thought to be related to conditions in their Africanwintering grounds. When rains fail there, the volume ofvisitorsreachinguscanfalldramatically.

Sedge Warbler

Ilkley Flower Show SocietyThis year, several classes in Ilkley Flower Show have aRoyalthemetocelebratetheQueen’sDiamondJubileeandpreparationoftheShowScheduleiswellunderway.

Oneclassisespeciallyforschools,andisopentobothjuniorandseniorschools. Thiscompetition,thethemeofwhichis ‘Celebrate theQueen’sDiamondJubilee’,willbe judgedbefore theFlowerShowand theclosingdate forentries isWednesday11thJuly.

All the local schools have been circulated with details,however, if your school has not received a copy pleasecontactBobSmith,FlowerShowSecretary.

Prize winners will be presented with their trophies at theFlower Show, on Saturday 4th August at the Clarke FoleyCentre,CunliffeRoad,Ilkley.

The complete Show Schedule and entry forms will beavailable at the end of June. Details of the Flower Showclassesareavailablenow.Pleasecontact

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Wharfedale plays host to an exciting new event this month with the first Otley Cycling Festival on Sunday 8th July. The event is a day-long celebration of cycling in what is sure to be a massive year for cycling at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The action-packed, all-day festival,organisedbyOtleyCycleClub,includesa series of events in the town andacross Wharfedale. There will besevenorganisedcycle rides to choosefrom,designedtosuitallabilities,andincluding a cross country mountainbike route, a women-only ride, ridesfor all the family, social leisure rides

and faster road routes. All leaveOtleyCycleClubat9.15am.Laterintheday,JosephCullenwillleadaDiscoverOtleybycyclepathride.

Forthosewhowanttopedal,butnotgoanywhere, Otley Cycle Club is holdinganotherofitssuccessful‘RollerRacing’competitions, where riders take eachother on in adrenalin-pumped racingon stationery bikes. Free bike checksand basic repairs, children’s games,Olympic cycling art, a display by OtleyMuseum and the world famous RonKitching cycling memorabilia librarywill also be on offer. Plus there willbe refreshments at the Otley CyclingClubhouseandaBBQ.

Organisers hope the festival willbecome an annual event and willencourage more people to takeup cycling and enjoy Wharfedale’sbeautifulcountrysideontwowheels.

Formoreinformation,visit www.otleycyclingfestival.com,oremailStephenGallagher [email protected]

OTLEY’S CELEBRATION OF CYCLING


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Walkers are Welcome Otley will be unveiling plaques to mark the start and end of the popular 38 mile Six Dales Trail which starts in Otley and finishes in Middleham.

The ceremonies will be held duringthe Otley Walking Festival which willtakeplacebetween23Juneand1July2012.Theplaque inOtley,which isatthe Buttercross close to the JubileeClock, will be unveiled at 9.30am onSunday24thJune, immediatelybeforethe first stage of the Six Dales TrailWalk being undertaken as part of theWalkingfestival.

TheplaqueatMiddleham,whichmarksthe end of the trail, will be unveiledonTuesday26th June,when the thirdstageofthewalkiscompleted.

For more information about WalkersareWelcome(Otley)andtheSixDalesTrail visit www.waw-otley.org.uk. Fordetails on Otley Walking Festival seewww.otleywalkingfestival.btck.co.uk orwww.chevintrek.co.uk

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Karen Burton and Christine North-Minchella are organising a Women vCancer fundraising day at LA FitnessHealth Club, Haworth Lane, Yeadon,LS19 (0113 2391155) on Saturday23rdJunefrom9am–1pm.

Non-membersaswellasmembersarewelcomeandbookingscanbemadeforZumba,Spin,BodyPump,Ricochet,the5k walk/run (starting at 9.30/10am),and indoor rowing competitions. Youcan also take advantage of physioconsultations, hand reflexology,

massage, and nail polishing on theday. Plus there will be posh frocks,fascinators, shoes and jewellery forsale,andchildren’sactivities.

Allinstructorsaregivingtheirtimefreeof chargeandall donationsandclassfeeswillgotothecharity.

Karen recently registered with Actionfor Charity to take part with otherwomen in a challenge this Novemberwhich involves cycling 350km in Indiaover five days in support ofWomen vCancer.“In2009Iwasdiagnosedwithbreast cancerandunderwent surgery,chemotherapy and radiotherapy”,said Karen. “So far I have been clearfor two years. This ismywayofgivingsomethingback.”

TofindoutmoreaboutKaren’spersonalchallenge,visitherJustGivingpageatwww.justgiving.com/Karen-Burton3

WOMEN V CANCER FUNDRAISING DAY AT LA FITNESS

MORE SUCCESS FOR OTLEY BADMINTON CLUBOtley Badminton Club has had a successful season, withteams attaining higher positions than expected - the 1stTeam was promoted to Champions of Division 2 of theHarrogateLeague.

TheLeedsMixedteamplayedinthefinaloftheFryerHallamTrophyandwasrunnerup,despitewinningonpointsonthenighttoFarsley.TheMen’sBteamexitedtheAnchorTrophyagainstIlkley,butmanagedtogettothesemifinals,andtheMen’sA teamconsolidated theirplace inDivision3of theLeedsLeague.

OtleyBadmintonClubnowhasteamscompetingatalllevelsand is looking to recruit new members over the summer,whentheyarerunningaseriesofopennights.SessionsareheldatPrinceHenry’sGrammarSchool.Ifyouareinterestedin attending, the timings are:Monday nights 7.30-9.30pmandFridaynights7–9pm.

OtleyBadmintonalsorunsaverysuccessfuljuniorcoachingsessiononSaturdays,10am–12noonatPrinceHenry’s–[email protected]

GRAHAM PREPARES FOR A SUMMER CHARITY CHALLENGE

AmemberofOtleyAthleticClubhas devised his own triathlonthat will take three monthsto complete and help raisemoney for Cancer ResearchUK.

Graham Lake begins his‘homemade’ triathlon on 2ndJune with the WharfedaleMarathon, an off-road eventstarting in Threshfield, justoutsideGrassington.

On15th Julyhewill takepartin the 500-metre Epic Lakes

SwimSeriesatUllswater, intheLakeDistrict,aheadoftheYorkSportive,a100-milecyclerideonAugust19th.

“This is very much a homemade triathlon”, said Graham,“andI’mcallingit‘Graham’sSummerCharityChallenge’.TherunandbikeridearebothfurtherthanI’veeverdonebefore,and Ihaven’tswuminopenwaterpreviously– in fact, I’veonlylearntfront-crawlinthepastfewweeks!Anyonewho’dlike to sponsor me can do so at www.charitygiving.co.uk/grahamlake”


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The conventions of horror moviesarenowso familiarandwellworn it’sbecoming ever more difficult to doanything original with the genre. Thegrim predictability of events is oftenpart of the fun and, oddly for a styleoffilmmakingthatreliessoheavilyonshocks and surprises, it’s comfortingthatyouprettymuchknowwhereyouarewithahorrormovie.Youknowthedrill;agroupofprettybutvacantteenstryandhavesexwithoneanotherandaregorilydispatchedonebyonebyaderanged axe-wielding psychopath/supernaturalbeing/backwoodsinbredcannibalistic hillbillies (delete asappropriate).

Well,asthetaglineforTheCabinintheWoodsexclaims, “You thinkyouknowthe story … think again.” Co-writtenby Buffy creator and genre-twistingfanboyfavorite,JossWhedon,thefilmamusinglytoyswithonesexpectationsand preconceptions of this strain ofhorrormovie.Whedonisn’tthefirsttoattemptthis,WesCravenhadhispostmodern takeon thegenre thatmadehisnamewithhisNewNightmareand,later, the increasingly poor Screammovies (themselves lampooned inthe woefully abysmal Scary Movie

franchise). So, what new tricks canWhedonbring to a genre that has sowillinglyembracedself-satire?Well,ifnotactualscaresthenmorethanafewdecentlaughs.

Thefilmopenswithapairofcompanyofficialsintheemployofsomeshadowyorganizationtootlingaboutasprawling,vaguelygovernmentalbuildingcomplexdiscussing the logistics of a workproject, speculating as to whether ornototherdepartmentsareuptospeedandsoforth.Theactionthencutstoagroupofcollegekidsgearingup foraweekendataremotecabinwheretheywilltryandhavesexwithoneanotherand…well,youknowtherest.

It transpires that the organisationwe glimpsed at the start of the filmis in the business of orchestratingthese familiar horror scenarios andbumping off nubile youngsters assacrificial offerings. The whole thingis an intricately stage managed setup. So, basically, we’re talking EvilDead meets The Truman Show. Everwondered why the kids in horrormovies are so dumb and continue tomake increasingly irrational decisionsno matter how much you yell at thescreen “No, wait, don’t go in there!You’regonna...oh,you’redeadnow”?Well the explanation offered here isthat the organisation pumps in mindaltering chemicals that impair thecognitive reasoningof thesoon tobedeceased.Thecabinitselfisfullywiredupwithcamerasandmicrophonesandwhenabuggingdeviceisdiscoveredbyoneofthegroupheexcitedlyassumeshe’sinarealityTVshow.

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Planet Leeds, the multicultural street festival, returns to Briggate, Leeds City Centre, on Saturday 16th June, 11am – 4pm.

This free, annual street festivalshowcases performers from diversecultures and communities across thecity. Previous festivals have featuredIranian guitarists, homeless theatregroups, belly dancers, Congolesedrummers,Chapeltownpoetsandhip-hop artists, Irish and Indian dance,EasternEuropeanklezmermusic, folk,rockandmuchmore.

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MUSICLISTINGSJazz at HEART Fri1June,from7.30pmatHEART,BennettRd.MonthlyJazzJam.Joininwithsomeofthebestlocalmusiciansorjustenjoylisteninginfriendlysettingwithgoodfood&drink.

Beatlemania Fri1June,7.30pmatKing’sHall,Ilkley,withinternationallytouringThemBeatles.

Kathryn Williams Presents The Pond Fri1June,from7:30pmatBrudenellSocialClub.KWhasteamedupwithSimonEdwards&GinnyCleeforapopproject–moreGorillazthanGuthrie-thatwilltakemanybysurprise.£16.50

Dave Challis TrioFirstSunofmonth,1pmatTheWheatleyArms,BenRhydding,Ilkley.

Jubilee Jazz Jamboree – a Big Band Boogie on Briggate Sun3June,11am–4pm.CelebratingtheDiamondJubileeweekend.Fantasticline-upincl.NewYorkBrassBand.Free.

Anais Mitchell Sun3June,from8.15atBrudenellSocialClub.Americanfolk/altcountrymusician,describedasoneofthebestunder30singer-songwriters.PlusTheYoungManBand.Tickets£11fromJumboRecords

DB Toots Sun3June,1-4pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.Saxman&flautistJonTaylorwithsingerKatePeters.£5/£4under16sfree.

Serious Sam Barrett Tues5June,TheJunction,Bondgate,Otley.Greatacousticfolk/blues.

Megson Wed6June,7.30pmatClothworkers’CentenaryConcertHall.UniversityofLeeds.Stu&DebbieHanna-Palmerinconcert.Describedas‘twoofthefreshest,mostoriginalperformersinthelatestfolkrevival’.

Colleen’s Fancy Wed6June,8pmattheFalconClub,BeechHill,Otley.GreatIrish/Countryduo.Details:01943461024

PlumhallWed6June,OtleyFolkClubatKorks,Bondgate,Otley.FormerlyofChumbawamba,WakingtheWitch&AccidentalTourists,MichellePlumhasteamedupwithNickHallofTheHallBrothers.Powerful,emotive,originalsongs,gorgeousharmonies&dynamicguitarplaying.Launchnightofdebutalbum.

Gypsy Fire Sat9June,8pmatOtleyCourthouse.Stunninginstrumentalperformances,revivingmusicfromtheworldsofclassical,jazz,Latin,rock,blues.£10/£8advance,£11/£9ondoor

Journeys Home: Otley Singers & Moornotes Fri15June,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Twooftheregion’sfinestcommunitychoirstogetherforthefirsttime.£7/6.

Django Django Thurs14JuneatTheCockpit,Leeds.‘Psychedelicartpopatitsbrilliantbest’-TheGuardian.Tickets£9.50JumboRecords.

Paul Buckley Thurs14June,7.30pmatHEART,BennettRd.Singer/Songsriterplayingfolk,blues,jazz.

Al Morrison’s Blues Experience Fri15June,8pmatHEART,BennettRd.Celebratingthemusicofgreatbluesartists.

The Diamonds Sat16JuneatTheSwan,Addingham.Great60scoversband.

Michael de Souza Quartet Sun17June,1-4pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.OneofthenewcropofLeedsCollegeofMusicguitaristswithhisgroup.£5/£4under16sfree.

Airedale Symphony Orchestra Sun17June,7.30pmatKing’sHall,Ilkley.ProgrammeincludesRossini,Dvorak&Sibelius.TicketsfromIlkleyTouristOffice

Alan Price & his Band Wed20JuneatKing’sHall,Ilkley.Playingwell-lovedhitsfrom60s&newmusic.

COMA (Contemporary Music for All) Wed20June,7.30pmatHEART,BennettRd.PremieringnewworkbycomposerAlisonWrenn

Warsaw Village Band Thurs21June,7:45pmatHowardAssemblyRoom,LeedsGrandTheatre.Uniquesoundincorporatingstrings,furiousdrums,trance,improvisation,experimentation&elementsofrootsmusic.WinnersofBestNewcomerBBCWorldMusicAwards2004.

British Wildlife presents A Grand Day Out 2012 Sat23June,6–11pmatOtleyCourthouse.Indie-popstarletsPostWarGlamourGirls,ChicagosoloistJuffage&synthveteransRunners.£6

Last Orders Sat23JuneatTheSwanAddingham.Classicrock‘n’rollandcountryrock.

Live at The Lido Sat23June,5.45–11pmatIlkleyLido.Lineup:ShattertheSkies,Quentin’sBasement,BoysofftheBench,Clear,UnityCode,IceCreamforActivists,SoundEngine,SimpleAbhoration,TheConcetines,ColetteHawarth,BenFloyd,Jack&Giles,SamWhite,Safehouse,George&Dan,BlackClover,BetweentheLines.Tickets£10/£6fromIlkleySwimmingPool.

The Impossible Gentlemen Sat23June8pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllertonAngloAmericansuperstarshelpcelebrateSevenJazz’s5thanniversary.Oneofthemostexcitingjazzcollaborationsforalongtime.Tickets£20/£18fromSevenArts2626777

Boo Hewerdine+ Brooke Williams Sat23June,8pmBrudenellSocialClub.Frontmanof80sbandTheBible,songwriter&accomplishedperformerisjoinedbybrilliantguitarist&singer/songwriterfromBoston.Tickets£11fromJumboRecords.

Lightyear Sun24June,from7pmatBrudenellSocialClub.Derby’sfinestpunkoutfitperformsaselectfewfinalexplosiveshows.£10fromJumbo&CrashAdvance

Yorkshire Brass Quintet Sun24June,2.30pmWharfemeadowsPark,Otley

The Dennis Casson Family Concert Sun24June,3pmatKing’sHall,Ilkley.SinfoniaofLeedsplaysGlinka,Prokofiev,Barber&Bernstein.

Beverly Beirne Sun24June,1-4pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.SwingingLeedsjazzsingerwiththeGrahamHearnquartet.£5/£4under16sfree.

Encore!! Thurs28June,8pmatHEART,BennettRd.Headingley.SoiréeoffabulousFrenchmusicfromPiaftoBrel&beyond.Tickets£8/6.50fromHEART2754548

Leeds Bluegrass Club Thurs28June,from8.30pmatTheGroveInn,BackRow,Holbeck(offWaterLane).LiveacousticAmericanaroots/Bluegrass/Countrymusic.Residentbands+guests.Pickingsessionsinbackrooms,musicianswelcome.LotsofReal’Ales.£3ondoor.Details:John2670761,Kevin2677040

Valkyrie Sat30JuneatTheSwanAddingham.FivepiecerockbandplayingeverythingfromChuckBerrytoRollingStones,JimiHendrix&TheClash.

Endellion String Quartet Tues3July,7.30pmTheVenue,LeedsCollegeofMusic.PlayingHaydn,BeethovenSmetana.Tickets£19.50/£17.50from2243801

Journey into India: Manasamitra Fri6July,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.WorldMusic/DancefeaturingclassicalCarnaticIndianmusic&Bharathanatyamdance.£10/£8inadvance,£11/£9ondoor. COMMUNITY NOTICESPAGE 42


YOUNGER LIFE

St.Mary’sCatholicHighSchoolYear10 Football team recently playedRoundhay School in the final of theLeeds League Playoffs at the JohnCharlesCentreforSportandwon!

After a tense opening 10 minuteswhere goalkeeper Tom Brady madetwo superb saves, St. Mary’s tooktheleadthroughAaronRoberts,whoadded a second goal ten minuteslater.At full time,withthescorestillat 2-0, they were crowned LeedsLeagueChampions2012.Abrilliantendtoanexcellentseason.

ST. MARY’S CROWNED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

Eureka! The National Children’sMuseum in Halifax is holding a rightroyal week of magical fairytales fromSaturday 2nd June to Sunday 10thJune, to coincide with the Queen’sDiamondJubileecelebrations.

Drawingonamixoffairytaletraditionsandstories,thewholeweekisdesignedto help children discover dashingheroes, wicked villains, charmingprincesandbeautifulprincesses.

There will be regular PrincessWorkshops where aspiring younghopefulscan learnwhat it takestobea royal for a day, while children agedfive and under canmake crowns andcoronets and get a taste for wearingroyalheadgear!.

Around the museum two very uglysisterswillbesearchingfortheirelusiveprince (to no avail), while dashingknightsbattleitouttowintheaffectionsofanequallyelusivebeautywhomightjust,ifherdreamscometrue,becomeaprincess.

Willeveryone livehappilyeverafterorwillitallendintears?Jointheunfoldingstory at the Fairytale Kingdom ofEureka!

All events and activities are free withstandardadmission.

A FAIRYTALE KINGDOM AT EUREKA!


NoticesThe ChildLine Big Birthday week (8-12 October) will seeschoolsacrossWestYorkshiretakepartinahostoffunandquirky fundraisingactivities tocelebrate themilestoneandraise£250,000.Aspartofthis,ChildLineishopingtobreakaGuinnessTMWorldRecordbyinvitingeveryschooltosendintheirbirthdaygreetingforinclusioninthegiantcard.

ChildLine, the freeconfidential helpline andonlineserviceforchildrenand young people, hascounselled almost 2.7million children andyoungpeoplesinceitwasset up. “When ChildLinewas launched back inOctober1986,itreceived50,000 attempted callson the first night fromdesperateyoungpeople”said ChildLine Founder,Esther Rantzen. “Todayit is able to answeralmost every call andprovides help andadvice to thousands ofchildreneveryday,aboutissues such as bullying,bereavement,abuseandfamilyproblems.

“Twenty five years onwe’re still providingcomfort and protection

forchildrenandyoungpeoplewhocontactusbyphoneandonline. But we need to raise funds to pay for the service.TakingpartintheChildLineBigBirthdayweekisafantasticwayforschoolstoshowtheirsupport,helpingustocontinueourserviceforanother25years.”

TofindoutmoreaboutChildLine’sBigBirthdayweek, visitwww.nspcc.org.uk/thebigbirthday

Artstars Saturday Art Club, 10am–12noonatOtleyCourthouse.Forchildrenaged5–12(under8swithanadultinthebuilding).£5persession.

Baby Rascals Are you a new Mum? Wouldyouliketomeetothers&enjoyacupofcoffee?CometoOtleyParishChurch,Wed1–2.45pm(termtime).Details:01943463815.

Chevin Wildlife WATCH Group Fun kids & parentsgroup run by volunteers in partnership with YorkshireWildlifeTrust&oneofthelongestrunningWATCHGroupinYorkshire. Activitiesevery1stSat&3rdSun.Details:JenniferWattson01132375320,[email protected]

Half Term Activities @ Otley Courthouse Wed6June:ClayCreationswithSandraFlitcroft;Thurs7June:MagicalConcertina Books with Kate Bowles; Fri 8 June: RagWeaving with Aneeta Milligan.10:30am – 12:30pm, £5perchild,under7smustbeaccompaniedbyadult.Details& tobook:01943467466,[email protected]

Little Rascals meetWed 9.30 – 11.15am (term time)in Otley Parish Church. A group for pre-school children,parents & carers. Toys, drinks, crafts. Free. Details:01943463815

Otley Children’s Centre Provides free groups &informationforparents&carersofchildrenaged0–5.The centre is open 9am – 5pm all year round. Groupsinclude:stay&playsessions,babysigning,mini-movers,baby cafe, parenting courses & many more. Details:01943467379,[email protected]

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

Otley Rhythmic Gymnastics Thurs4.45–5.30pm(ages3-6); 5.30 – 6.30pm (age 7+). Details: Karen 07947123293

Otley Youth Theatre (13–18)Mon6–7.45pm.Details:01943466256

Performance Drama School (Age4+)Wed5–9pm,Sat10am–12noon.Details:01943602265

Saturday Artstars 10am–12noonatOtleyCourthouse.Exciting Art activities for 5 - 12 year olds (under8withadult).£5persession.

“ChildLine has counselled almost 2.7 million children and young

people since it was set up“

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YOUNGER LIFE

Housed in a unique, 150 year old,Grade 2 listed building, which wasformerlytheLeedsUnionWorkhouse,theThackrayMedicalMuseumhasitsoriginsintheBeeston-basedmedicalsupply company, Chas F. ThackrayLtd.Paul Thackray, a formerdirectorand major shareholder, establisheda charitable trust with the aim ofbuilding a medical museum basedaroundthesmallcollectionofmedical

equipment,booksandtradeliteraturewhichwasthecompanyarchive.Overthe years, this has grown to over44,000 objects and 18,000 books,including the largest collection ofmedicaltradeliteratureintheworld.

An award-winning museum

The Museum, conveniently locatednextdoortoStJames’sHospitalandjustfiveminutesfromthecitycentre,firstopened itsdoors in1997.Sincethen it has won an Interpret BritainAward,aMuseumoftheYearAward,has been nominated for EuropeanMuseum of the Year and receiveda Sandford Award for Excellence inEducation.

Set over two floors, with nineinteractive galleries for people of all

ages, you can stepback in time andexperiencethesights,soundsandsmellsofthe streets of Leedsin 1842; discoverhow medicine haschanged our livesthroughfunactivities;and try fantasticgames; there areevenliveleeches!

Learning about medical advances

The award-winninggalleries look athow improved livingconditions andmedical advanceshavehelpedtoextendlife expectancy byabout 50 years since1840. In Pain, Pusand Blood you canlearn about surgerywithout anaesthetics,andseehowchildbirthhas become safer inHaving a Baby. InTheLife Zone you canenteragiantgutand

explore the human body – great formini-medics!

The education centre has greatschool sessions and family drop-inactivities – free all year with annualticketsandcateringforchildrenofallages. TheMuseumCafé is all abouthealthy eating, and theVictorian giftshop sells interesting items, rangingfromretrotoystoleechjars,giantpillboxesandbloodfilledslimebags!

A fantastic programme for its anniversary year

As part of the year long anniversarycelebrations, museum staff havecreated a ‘best bits’ calendar ofthemedevents,drop-inactivitiesandexhibitions, which are open to thepublic all year around, seven daysaweek, (apart froma fewdays overChristmasandNewYear).

The Thackray is an independentcharity dedicated to telling the storyof medicine. For further informationvisitwww.thackraymusuem.orgorcall01132444343.Ticketsnowlastallyearandon-sitecarparkingisonly£1formuseumandcafévisitors.

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ACTIVE

AddinghamYogaCircleMeetsMon7.30–9pmatAddinghamPrimarySchool,BoltonRd.(termtime).Allwelcome,includingbeginners.FriendlyclubforallwhowanttobenefitfrompractisingHathayoga.Details:Margaret01943431248ButtercrossBellesWomen’sNorthWestMorrisDanceteam.Newdancers(experiencenotnecessary)&musiciansalwayswelcome.Details:[email protected]

Father’sDaySkydiveSun17JuneinaidofStGemma’sHospice.Jumpforyourdadorwithyourdad.Raisetheminimumof£395&youjumpforfree!Details:Michelle2185570,[email protected]

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

GroveHillCrownGreenBowlsClubWelcomesnewmembers–allages,beginnersorexperienced.Getfit&havefun.Details:Judith01943462963

IlkleyYogaClubMeetsThurs,7.30–9pminRiddingsHall,Christchurch,TheGrove,Ilkley.Afriendlyclubwherebothbeginners&thosewithexperiencecanenjoyHathayoga.Allwelcome.Details:Margaret01943431248

JaneTomlinsonLeeds10KRunForAllSun8July.StGemma’shas20guaranteedplacesforthispopularrun.Jointheirteamandhelpraisefundsforthehospice.Details:Michelle01132185570,[email protected]

LastManStandsarelookingforadditionalteamstoentertheircricketleagues.Theycaterforallstandards.Details:Paul07795154444,[email protected]

LeedsAreaDisabledSwimmingClubMon7-8pmatHoltParkLeisureCentre.Areyoudisabledorrecoveringfromaconditionwhereswimming/exercisinginwatercouldhelp?Weprovideasafe,sociableprivatepoolsessionwhereyoucanworktoyourownabilitytogainstrength&confidence.Details:Roger2674716,Sarah2876250www.ladsc.co.uk

OtleyAthleticClubisyourlocalrunningclub.Itcatersforeveryone,sodon’tbeafraidtogoalongtooneoftheirtrainingsession–Tues&Thurs,7.15pmatOtleyCricketClub,CrossGreen.Reducedmembershipforfirstyear–£15ratherthan£25.Details:www.otleyac.org.uk/

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

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

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

StGemma’sHospiceFitnessChallengesMakethistheyearyouhelpthehospice.Skydive,

trektoEverestBaseCamp,climbMtKilimanjaro,runtheGreatNorthRun,Leeds10korwalk10miles.There’ssomethingforeveryone.Details:01132185555,www.st-gemma.co.uk/events/events.html

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

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

ARTS & CRAFTS

ChineseBrushPaintersSocietySun10June,10am–4pmatPool-in-WharfedaleMemorialVillageHall,ArthingtonLane,Pool,PaintingworkshoprunbyAnneAllanon‘Tigers’inhalffreestyle/halfmeticulousstyle.Newmemberswelcome.Details:AnneAllan01422368482,[email protected]

IlkleyArtClubmeetsTues,7.30pmatTheClarkeFoleyCentre,CunliffeRd.Nomeeting5JunebecauseofJubileecelebrations.June12:‘Location,Location’.June19:Lectureevening.Visitorswelcome.VariedprogrammethroughoutJune&intoJuly.Details:KeithIves07787831941

OtleyArtClubmeetsWed,7.30pmatPeople’sWelfareCentre,Crossgate.Varietyofactivities,incl.exhibitionsinJuly&Nov.2May:PastelDrawingworkshop.Newmemberswelcome.Details:[email protected]

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

YorkshireFlowerClubWed27June,2pmatAlmscliffeHall,HarrogateRd,HubyLS17‘SizzlingSummer’,demonstrationbyPamelaAlexander.Visitorswelcome.Details:01943863172.

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS

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

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

CountryMarketFri22June,10am–12noonatRiversideHotel,Ilkley,&Fri1&15June,9.30-11.30amatStJohnAmbulanceHall,GayLaneOtley(pleasenotechangeofvenue).Homemade,homegrown&handcraftedproduce-rangeofbreads,biscuits,preserves,cakes&pastries,plusvarietyofcraftitems&cards.

IndoorCarbootSaleSat23June,10am–1pmatStGemma’sHospice,329HarrogateRd.Moortown.Freeparking.Entrybydonation.Refreshments.

St.John’sParishChurch,MenstonwithWoodheadSat30June,St.John’sSummerFair‘MenstonbytheSea’2pmatMenstonPrimarySchool.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES


WestYorkshireFuchsiaSocietyAnnualDisplay&PlantSaleSun10June,10am–3pmBlenheimCourtyard,GoldenAcrePark,Bramhope.Sat16June,10am–3pm:OpenDayatChevinNurseries,EastCarlton,LS196BG.Findoutmoreaboutthepropagation&growingofthesefascinatingplants&theSociety.

GROUPS/CLUBS

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

BenRhyddingBridgeClubmeetsMon,9.30amatBenRhyddingMethodistChurch.Newmembersalwayswelcome.Details:Molly01943466605

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

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

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

FriendsofUniversityArtandMusic(Leeds)helpstofosterthemusical&artisticoutreachoftheUniversityofLeeds.

Membershipopentoall.Regularactivities.Sun1July:GardenParty.Details:3432584,www.leeds.ac.uk/fuam

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

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

IlkleyRotaryClubmeetsTues12.30pm(6.30pmonlastTuesofmonth)formeal&speakeratCraiglandsHotel.Globalnetworkoflocalandinternationalcommunityvolunteers.Details:KelvinNewberry01943863752,[email protected]

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

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

LeedsAngloGermanClubWed27June7.30pmatStColumba’sURC,HeadingleyLane.‘KommMitNachTirol!’IllustratedtalkondifferentaspectsoftheAustrianTirol(inGerman&English)withChris&IshbelWilley.Sat30June:Sommerfest–SummermealatCastleGrove.Details:2687697

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

LeedsCaledoniansSat9June:BurnsWorldFederationYorkshireDistrict,AGM,Bowling&QuizFinalsinLeeds.Mon25June:AnnualBowlingMatch,HarrogatevLeeds.Details:01132670424,www.leedscaledonians.org.uk

LeedsHospitalAlertSmallgroupofconcernedpeoplecampaigningforpreservationoftheNHS.NextmeetingWed30May&Mon2July,7.30pmatMuirCourt,StMichael’sRd.HeadingleyLS6.Details:BeatriceRogers01132785495,[email protected]

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

LeedsUniversityOldStudents’AssociationwelcomesallformerstudentsoftheUniversity.Nextevent:visittoTennantsAuctioneers,Leyburn,onWed13June,2pm.Details:2614564,[email protected]

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

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

NationalTrustSupporterGroup(Leeds)supportsNationalTrustproperties&placesinYorkshire&theNorthEast.Thesummerprogrammeofvisits,walks&holidaysisunderway.Indoormeetings

atSt.Chad’s,FarHeadingley,beginagaininOct.Details:Pam2588178

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

OtleyinBloomAfriendlygroupofvolunteerswhoworktoimprovethegreenenvironmentofthetown.Newmemberswelcome.MeetingsatOtleyCourthouse,7pmfirstTuesofeverymonth.

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

OtleyFilmSocietyPresentsIntotheWildThurs28June,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Written&directedbySeanPenn,showingaspartofOtleyWalkingFestival.£3

OtleyHomeGrownThurs7June,7pmatOtleyCourthouse,atalkbyDavidAllisonSecretaryoftheNationalVegetableSociety,on‘TwelveMonthsinaVegetableGarden’.Non-memberswelcome.Refreshmentsavailable.

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

OtleyLittleTheatreLivetheatre&musicaleventsinOtley.Newmemberswelcome–acting,singing,dancing&anyonewhocanhelpwithtechnicalbackstage.Details:LeeWells01943464982,[email protected],www.otley.co.uk/littletheatre


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

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

PoolBridgeClubmeetsonMon(exclbankholidays),1.15–4.30pmatPoolMethodistChurch.

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

WharfedaleSpeakersClubmeets1st&3rdWedofeachmonthatCrossGreenCommunityCentre,PoolRd,Otley.Newmemberswelcome.Speakersofallages&backgrounds.Comealong&improveyourspeakingskills.Details:TonyMorris01132583507

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

WharfedaleGermanCirclemeetsaround15thofmonthat8pm,Burley-in-Wharfedale.Eventsincludespeakers,films,debates,quizzes,music,parties&conversation(English&German).Details:01943464087,[email protected],www.germancircle.ilkley.org

YorkshireMalaya&BorneoVeterans’Assoc.meets1stSatofmonth,1.30pmatNewHeadingleyClub,St.Michael’s

Rd,Headingley.AnyoneinvolvedintheMalayanEmergency&IndonesianConfrontationin50s&60smostwelcome.Representsallunitsofthearmedforces.Details:EddieSeville01132637583.

MUSIC

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

CharityConcertSat7July,7.30pmatStMary’sChurch,BurleyinWharfedale.NeathMaleVoiceChoirfromSouthWalesjoinBurleyinWharfedale’s‘Shine’YouthGospelChoirinaone-offspectacularconcert.InaidofLeukaemia&LymphomaResearch.Tickets:£8/£4fromBeckyBerry01943865805

TheChippendaleSingersMixedvoicechoir,rehearsesWed,7.45–9.30pmMethodistChurch,Boroughgate,Otley.Madrigals,

folksongs,spirituals&sacredworks,&songsfromshows.Vacanciesformalesingers(musicreadersessential).Details:[email protected]:JanWilkinson01943461318www.chippendalesingers.co.uk

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

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

HorsforthLeedsCityBrassBandAfriendly,communitybrassbandwelcomesnewplayers.Possibleinstrument

COMMUNITY NOTICES


loan,ifneeded.Rehearsals:Mon7.30–9.30pmatLeedsTrinityUniversityCollege,BrownberrieLane,Horsforth.Details:HannahRowlands2500208,BettyEmberton2676529

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

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

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

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

OtleyUkuleleOrchestrameetsMonattheWoolpackMusic&ArtsStudio,14Bondgate,Otley.Under16s(£3)5–5.45pm,over16s(£4)6–7pm.Allabilitieswelcome.SomeUkulelesavailabletoborrow.Jointhemforinformalstrum&singalong!Details:[email protected].

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

SevenjazzImprovisationGroupFri8&22June,7.30–10pmattheMethodistCentre,ChapelAllerton,LS7.RunbyDominicMoore.£5persession–justturnup&play!www.sevenjazz.co.uk

SevenJazzSummerWorkshopsSat9,23,30June,2.30–4.30pmatSevenArts,ChapelAllerton.£10/£8Details&booking:[email protected]

SocietyofRecorderPlayers–meets2nd&4thSatpminBingley&Headingley.Differentconductorstakeeachmeeting.Intermediateplayers,allrecorders.Newmemberswelcome.Details:Caroline01943467348

Soroptimists’MidsummerPromSun24June,7pmatYorkshireSculpturePark,inaidoftheAlzheimer’sSociety’s‘SingingfortheBrain’project.FeaturingCityofBradfordBrassBandplussoloistsJoanneWagstaffe&LucyBates.Tickets£10plus50ppostagefrom07543098987,[email protected]

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

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

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

SENIORS

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

JubileeTeaDanceSat2June,1.30-4.30pmatClarkeFoleyCentre,CunliffeRd,Ilkley.DancingtotheNewHorizonsDanceBand,afternoontea,raffle.JubileeDressoptional!Admission£6.TicketsinadvancefromClarkeFoleyCentreor01943607016

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

MenstonRetiredMen’sForumMeetings1st&3rdWedofmonth,10amatKirklands.Newmemberswelcome.Details:KenChadwick01943874530,GeoffWinter01943877832.

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

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

Sequence&BallroomDancesSat9June&28July,8–11pmatHollygarthSocialClub.£3.50.Details:Michael01943608871

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

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

SkiptonFriendshipGroupSocialgroupforactiveover50s.ProgrammeincludesmonthlymeetingswithtalksatBroughtonRdCommunityCentre,Skipton,theatretrips,mealsout,coffeemornings,bookclub&walks,plusannualdaytrip.Details:01756700992.

SPIRITUAL

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

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

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

FreeMeditationatIlkleyHappinessCentre,LeedsRd.Ilkley(aboveVeggieCafe).9.30–10.30amMon–Fri,or6.30–7.30pmMon–Thurs.Meditationsrangefromguidedvisualisation,toshamanicdrumming,Sufichanting&healingmeditations.Allwelcome.Details:01943601517,www.ilkleyhappinesscentre.co.uk

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


MenstonMethodistChurchwouldlovetoseeyouattheir10.30amserviceeachSunday.AbusyChurchwithvariousactivities,theyareplanningsomespecialeventstocelebrateLondon2012Olympics.Details:01943871909.

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

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

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

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

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

St.John’sParishChurch,MenstonwithWoodheadSun10June,JubileeCelebrationServiceat6pm.Sat30June,St.John’sSummerFair‘MenstonbytheSea’2pmatMenstonPrimarySchool.Sat14July,TheFollowtheFleeceTheatreCompanyreturnstopresentitsdramatisationofBradford’swoollenindustry.

SUPPORT

ArthritisCare(Otley&District)meetsatStJohnAmbulanceMeetingRoom,GayLane,

1stWedofmonth,2–4pm.Peopleofallageswitharthritis,oraninterestinit,mostwelcome.Details:01943466428.

CourthouseInclusiveSupportGroupCoffeemorningFri11am–12.30pminOtleyCourthouseCafeforthoseexperiencing,orwhohaveexperienced,emotionaldistress–includingloss,lonelinessorsadness.Friendlyspacetomeet&chat.Details:GillRoughley01943462816orAllanLuxton07891272077

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

LeedsCoeliacGroupGluten-FreeIndianMealFri15June,7.30pmatSheeshMahal,KirkstallRd,Leeds.Details:SandraMcLean07711768850,[email protected]

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

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

MemoryLaneCafé4thThursofmonth,1.30–3.30pm,OtleyRugbyClub.Asupportive&welcomingenvironmentforolderpeoplewithmemoryproblemsordementia.Enjoysomemusicalentertainment

&passasociablecoupleofhours.Refreshments.Supportforcarers.Transportavailableforsmallfee.Details:OtleyActionforOlderPeople01943463965

OvereatersAnonymousDoyoustrugglewithcompulsiveeatingordieting?MeetingsheldTues7pmatHEARTHeadingley;Weds6.30pmatRoundhayFriendsMeetingHouse;Sat10amatRawdonFriendsMeetingHouse.Allwelcome.Details:07981940603,www.oagb.org.uk

SingingfortheBrainSecondMonofeachmonth,1.30-3.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Anewsinginggroupforpeoplewithdementia&theircarers.Afun,friendly&relaxedgroupwithatrainedfacilitator.Details:RachelFeldberg01943462826,[email protected]

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

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

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

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

LeedsDecorative&FineArtsSociety(DFAS)Wed20June,2pmatCastleGroveMasonicHall,MoorRd.FarHeadingley.DeniseHeywoodpresentsatalkon‘TheArtofCambodia-fromtheHindutemplecomplexatAngkor,tothemodernday’.Pre-booked

guestswelcome(£5).Details:AnnLightman2611363.

RoyalMeteorologicalSociety(Yorkshire)Interestedinweather&atmosphericphenomenon?Monthlyinformaltalksonallaspects–fromextremeweathertoclimatechange.Nextmeeting:Wed20June,7pmatSchoolofEarth&Environment,UniversityofLeeds.Topic:‘AntarcticafromtheOcean’.Free&opentoall.Details:[email protected],http://tinyurl.com/rmetsyc

ScienceCaféThurs21June,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Aneveningofsciencewherespeakersexplaintheirtheoriesonspecialistsubjects.Speakersincludeaward-winningscientistDrKatieSlocombeofYorkUniversityon‘Primatecommunication&Riots!’£4/£3.

WOMEN’S GROUPS

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

AskwithwithWestonWomen’sInstitutemeets2ndThursofmonth,7.30pmatAskwithVillageHall.Veryfriendlygroupwithinterestingspeakerseachmonth.Come&findoutforyourself.Details:SueAppleyard01943839292.

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

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

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ButtercrossBellesAwomen’sNorthWestMorrisDanceteam.Newdancers(experiencenotnecessary)&musiciansalwayswelcome.MeetThurs,SepttoMay,8o’clock,StJoseph’sSchool,Otley.Details:[email protected]

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

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

OtleyTownswomen’sGuildpromotestheinterestsofwomen&raisesmoneyforcharities.Itmeets1stThursofeachmonth,7.30pmintheLectureRoom,OtleyMethodistChurch.Speakerspluswidevarietyofinterestgroups.Visitorswelcome.Details:S.Herbert01943468741ReachingOutGroupforwidowedwomenyoungatheart&inyearswhowouldliketomeetothersinsimilarposition.MeetsThurs6.30–8.30pm,StJohnAmbulanceHut,GayeLane,Otley.Asafeplaceforfriendship&support.Details:Lesley07931892747.

MISC/EVENTS

BeeSwarmswillbecollected,freeofcharge,ifaccessible.Details:TerryBeddows,2688231,07964517608

DragonflyDay&SpringwatchSat9Junefrom8amatRodleyNatureReserve.Fulldayofactivitiesforallthefamilyincludingmothtraps,small

mammalsurvey,dragonflywalks,ponddipping&botanywalk.Helpbuildagiantwillowdragonflyatmakeyourownpegdragonflies.Free.

JewishHeritageCentreforChildrenisat168ShadwellLane,LS17.Opentogeneralpublic1stSunofmonth,12–4pm(excl.Sept).GroupbookingsSun–Thurs.Details:RuthBell01133792606/01132663311,[email protected],www.jhcc.org.uk

JubileeDanceSat2JuneatKirklandsCommunityCentre,Menston.FeaturingLiveBand‘TimeWarp’,playingmusicfromthe50s,60s,70s&later.Tickets£15(inclbuffet).Bar&raffle.Admittancebyticketonly–availablefrom0194372016,orMenstonPostOffice&TheVillageBakery,MainSt,Menston.

LeedsCivicTrust’sGuidedSupperWalksThurs7June–HolbeckUrbanVillage;Thurs14June:LeedsWaterfront;Tues26June:MusicalLeeds.Walksstart7pmfromTrustoffice,17WharfSt.LS1,&lastabout1½hours,endingwithsupperatWharfSt.Cost£10perwalk.Details:2439594,[email protected]

MarkSteel’sInTownFri29/Sat30June,8pmatOtleyCourthouse.BBCfavouriteMarkSteelcreatesaspecialshowforOtley,incorporatingelementsoflocalhistory.£15/£13.

OpenGardenSat30June,10am–2pmatStGemma’sHospice,HarrogateRd.Moortown.VisittheHospice’sawardwinninggarden.GardeningspecialistJoeMaidenwillspeak&thegardeningteamwillbeonhandwithadvice.Cakestall,entertainment,plantsale&refreshments.Adults£2,childrenfree

OtleyMuseumDocumentary&PhotographicArchiveWellcroftHouse,(TheCycleClub)Otley.OpenMon,Tues,Fri,&1stSatofeachmonth9.45am–12.15pm(exclbankholidays).ResearchOtley’sheritage–callinorphoneforanappointment.Details:01943468181,[email protected],www.otleymuseum.org

Otley&WharfedaleCancerSupportFundraisingGroupcoversNWLeeds&meetsmonthlytoplanevents.Lookingfornewmembers.Detailsortobookaspeaker:01132613758/01943467299

RodleyNatureReserveSummerFairSat18Aug.Bookyourstallnow&helpraisefundsforthisbeautifulReservewhichprovidesafreehavenforfamilies&wildlife.Just£10atable.Details:2562375

SavetheNHSPublicMeetingThurs21June,7pmatHolyTrinityChurch,BoarLaneLS1.Thefightcontinues.Speaker:DrJohnLister.JoininthediscussiononhowwecansavetheNHSfromtheattackoftheprivateers.OrganizedbyLeedsHospitalAlert&LeedsKeepourHealthServicePublic.Allwelcome.Details:[email protected]

ScienceCaféThurs21June,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Eeveningofsciencewithspeakers,includingaward-winningscientistDrKatieSlocombeofYorkUniversityon‘Primatecommunication&Riots!’Q&A.£4/£3.

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

TheTempest:PaperZooTheatreCompanyFri22June,7.30pmatOtleyCourthouse.Energeticstorytelling&visualinventivenesstoanewproductionofShakespeare’splay.£9/£7advance,£10/£8ondoor

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

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

WANTED!AccomplishedOrganistorChoirLeaderTojoinexperiencedteamofmusiciansatGroveMethodistChurch,Horsforth.Strongchoir&musicaltradition.ThreemanualRushworth&Dreaperorgan.Commitmentsmaybearrangedtosuitavailability&personalcircumstances.Details:2589093,2583807,2582678,[email protected]

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


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