JUNE/JULY EVENTS

WALKS

JUNE 9 Saturday: “Leeds, City of a Thousand Trades” with Andrea Hetherington. Learn more about Leeds in the  Victorian Cemetery!

JULY 1 Sunday “The Leeds Pals and the Battle of the Somme” (Andrea).

29 Sunday at 2.30pm (free entry for all) “The Lord Mayors of Leeds”
(part of the British Festival of Archaeology) with Ann Lightman.

All walks start from the Waiting Room in Lawnswood Cemetery at 2pm(exception noted) and cost £3.00 (exceptions noted). All are FREE to members. Please book (numbers are limited): friendsoflawnswoodcemetery@yahoo.co.uk or on 0113 261 1363

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To Celebrate the

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Adel

Patronal Festival Weekend, Adel Players,

Adel St John’s School & Adel Church

present

Adel History Play

‘On the Road through Adel’

For further details please click here… Adel History Play June 2012

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OPAL will be celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Ralph Thoresby
School 3.45-5pm on Thurs 5th July, with entertainment by the pupils, tea and
cakes. OPAL is giving the school a scrapbook of memories of the Queen’s
reign.

On Friday 6th July, members meet up with the Lord Mayor of Leeds at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall 1.45- 4.30pm for OPAL’s 10th Birthday Celebration and AGM plus more cakes and entertainment by the Musical Theatre Group Memory Lane.  Continue reading →

In October 2011, the Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery was formed, with the aim of protecting, improving and promoting this storehouse of memories for Leeds. The cemetery opened in 1875 and became Leeds’ premier burial (and later strewing) site. It contains monuments (some magnificent) to many who “made”Leeds– names such as Tetleys (brewing), Hepworth (tailoring – now Next), Kitson (engineering) and Moynihan (surgeon) to name but four. The Victorian section alone contains 12 Mayors & Lord Mayors (the title adopted in 1897), when wealth was essential (join the walk to find out why!). Continue reading →

We have been sent this, which may be of interest to you.

Please find below the Agenda for the next Adel Association meeting to be held on Thursday 17th May 2012 at 7.30pm in The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel.

Please advise any friends, neighbours who may be interested in the issue of a lack of school places in Adel as we have people from the Education Department at the Council coming to discuss this issue which is a concern to many residents.

AGENDA – ADEL ASSOCIATION – THURSDAY 17^TH MAY 2012

1. Welcome
2. Education – lack of school places in Adel and surrounding area
3. Neighbourhood Forum
4. Civic Trust report – Prof. Mark Seaward

I look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks

Caroline

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.