Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Kirkgate Market holds a special place in the hearts of most Leeds residents, especially those of a certain age who were dragged there by their parents to do the weekend shopping. I was a weird kid in that I liked going with my dad to buy the stuff we needed for Saturday night dinner and…
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After my perusal of the Yorkshire Sculpture International works in the City Centre spaces, I took a walk to the main hub of the event so far as Leeds is concerned. The venue is the combined Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Art Gallery which, although two separate entities, are linked by a footbridge on the…
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In the middle of May I was asked to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton to see the first exhibits to be put on show as part of the inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture International event. Officially the exhibition runs from 22nd June until 29th September but the Damien Hirst figures are so large that…
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I have mentioned before about the unique atmosphere of each of the farmers’ markets I have visited, and today’s is no exception, although if it is unique it has to be an exception. Farsley is the smallest one I have been to so far, but it was the weekend when the heatwave broke and it…
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I had high hopes of the Farmers’ Market in Headingley as this is one of the more quirky suburbs of the City. It is the traditional home of the student population at one end and a more upmarket area at the other. This means an assortment of shops, bars and restaurants to cater for all…
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Our visit to Horsforth is the first in a series of articles about the various Farmers’ Markets in Leeds and the surrounding area. We are so lucky to have some of the most amazing food producing areas on our doorstep. There is the Pennines, which is ideal for sheep, the dairy herds of Wensleydale for…
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Another Saturday – another farmers’ market, this time in Oakwood. Even though I lived in Oakwood during my late teens and early twenties I didn’t know that Oakwood Clock was not built for this site but was originally erected in Leeds Market where it stayed until 1912, at which point the popularity of the market…
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Tyke It To The Limit 