Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
I was asked if I would cover the premiere of a play in Bradford. Not only did I quickly accept, as I fancied the piece anyway, but I also thought that it would give me the opportunity to wallow in a sea of nostalgia, having worked there for several years during the last century. After…
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Just when I thought that I had reclaimed my weekends after the series of articles I wrote on farmers’ markets I received an email informing me of a new one opening in Pudsey on the first Sunday of each month. Unfortunately, I couldn’t visit the inaugural one in September so I turned up on 7th…
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For the final leg in my world tour of Leeds and District Farmers’ Markets, I find myself in the very pleasant town of Otley. Despite the rain, well it is Bank Holiday Weekend, the place looks lovely and the setting could not be better, being in the Market Place by the Jubilee Clock Tower built…
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For this edition of my Farmers’ Market series, I am in the beautiful town of Knaresborough. It is only a couple of stops further than Harrogate on the rattler and well worth the trip. For those of you who have not visited this picturesque town, you are missing a treat as it has everything for…
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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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Of all the Farmers’ Markets I will be visiting in this series, Harrogate is unique in that it is the only one not to be held at the weekend, taking place on the second Thursday of every month from 9.00am until 4.00pm. It is probably just as well that it is a weekday event as…
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Wetherby has long been a market town and continues to be so. There is an open market held every Thursday next to the Town Hall in, would you believe, Market Place. The stalls sell a variety of produce, from food to clothing and even magazines. On the second Sunday of every month between 9.00 am…
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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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