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Leeds Flower Show 2014-150th Anniversary

Lifestyle
Even in the depths of Winter, preparations are well underway for the 2014 Leeds Flower Vegetable and Craft Show being held on 2nd and 3rd August at the Grammar School at Leeds. Exhibitors will be planning which categories they will be entering choosing and sowing seeds, tending young plants and…

Spring Gardening In March

Lifestyle
The first month of spring has arrived at last, and the garden slowly starts to come to life after a long and very wet winter. As the weather improves and the soil warms, nature is stirred into action and the start of spring is here. March weather can be very…

Spring Into Action……Let’s De-Clutter

Lifestyle
For many of us, it is a daunting task and I thought I would share some simple tips to help you to get started. There is a common malady known as clutter-blindness! If you live too long with clutter, you actually stop seeing it. Have you ever looked at photos…

Before Towton There Was Wakefield

Local News
As the Yorkshire Reporter are running a feature on the Battle of Towton next month with the help of the Towton Battlefield Society, I thought it would be a good idea this month to cover another important battle in the Wars of the Roses that took place in Yorkshire and…

Cottage Road Cinema / The Lego movie

Entertainment
Hello readers and a warm welcome to my monthly review. Each month I review a place or toy and decide whether it would satisfy the younger generation, so you know if it’s somewhere you would like to take your child, or if something would be a good gift to purchase…

IKS – Professional! Perfection! our reputation speaks for itself.

Features
Kitchens come in all shapes and sizes and cater for all budgets and Jamie Hartford and the team at IKS Interiors, experts in all things pertaining to the design, products and the fitting of excellent quality kitchens, welcome visitors to their classy, sophisticated showroom in Crossgates. On first entering the…

Lottery Funding Gives Green Light To Student-Designed Community Centre Building

Local News
New Wortley Community Association’s dream of creating a multi-purpose new building has been realised thanks to a £55,700 grant from the Big Lottery Fund, a student’s design and the expertise of Leeds Metropolitan University’s freshly-launched Live Project Office. Founded and managed by Architecture Course Leaders, Simon Warren and Craig Stott,…

Can you offer a safe loving home to a rescue Cat or Kitten?

Wagging Tales
Leeds Cat Rescue is a voluntary organisation which means we get no funding from any organisation. It is run by a group of cat loving volunteers who rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. All Cats and Kittens re-homed by Leeds Cat Rescue will be fully vaccinated, neutered, treated for fleas and worms,…

Batley Variety Club

Entertainment, Music Reviews
During the 1970’s I paid regular visits to the Wakefield Theatre Club and Batley Variety Club in West Yorkshire, where we could sup good beer, eat food such as scampi and chips and enjoy world class entertainment such as Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Louis Armstrong, Dusty Springfield and many others…
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