Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Life took another small step towards normality on Friday 16th April with the launch of a new weekly event known as Friday Social at The Tetley. I managed to book a table and so went along to see what it was like. I have felt somewhat left out of things insofar as the offerings in…
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No, I haven’t changed my spell checker to the Italian version, I thought it appropriate to bid one of Leeds’ favourite regular events a warm welcome back. On 4th November last year I was covering a performance at Leeds Playhouse which didn’t begin until 8.00pm and so I thought that I would kill two birds…
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Baby, it’s cold outside, but not at the Ticket Office, where they have installed an external heating system so that people can comply with the Tier 2 rules and meet someone from another household outdoors. The area has also been fitted with shelters so you don’t get wet either – except on the inside! Back…
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I have to say that lockdown has affected me more than I thought it would. I live alone so having a daily walk and going to the supermarket a couple of times a week is my normal routine anyway so no change there. The only difference has been my not able to use public transport…
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Never can the expression ‘out of something bad always comes something good’ been more appropriate. I was fortunate enough to be asked along to the inaugural Chow Down at the Piece Hall, Halifax in 2018 and to say I was impressed would be an enormous understatement. A new food and drink festival in a freshly…
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Super Saturday is almost upon us and 4th July will be Independence Day for Everybodys in Guiseley and The Ticket Office in Ilkley. The two venues, which are part of the Twisted Bars Group, have had extensive measures, pardon the pun, put in place to welcome their customers back and also to protect their staff. …
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I say, I say, I say! What do you get if you cross a library, an art gallery, a bakery, a coffee house and a philanthropic organisation? I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a library, an art gallery, a bakery, a coffee house and a philanthropic organisation? Café 164. I don’t wish to know…
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Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, Užgavènès, Fettisdagen – whatever you call it – is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As the period of Lent is a time to become more frugal in ones eating habits the idea was to use up all of the tempting food in your larder. Mardi…
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Friday 31st January, 2020 is not just the most anticipated date this year so far, being the first payday since the Christmas holiday, but also because there is a new Premium Sports Bar opening in Ilkley, called Hub-Vybe at 30A Brook Street in the building which used to be The Yard. The logo displays the…
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On Thursday, 9th January 2020 I spent the whole evening in a private room above the Adelphi with a Fat Cow and a Minger. Before you jump to any false assumptions these are the names of two of the cheeses on offer at the Scottish Cheese Night presented by Homage2Fromage. It would appear that the…
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