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Maybe we could couple?

It would not be too slanderous to say that our Lady Mayoress has a very sticky beak indeed and has employed the chaps at Google to help her work out what tickles you and why.

Interestingly the top search item is 'Armley Blog' and and look what you end up reading! (Even if you only stop for 1.34 seconds before hopping off to read all about the Only Tory in Armley) Realising that her power is very limited she knows that she cannot grant you the freedom of Armley in return for sharing a little about yourself, (Yes I am speaking to you dear reader from Orebro where ever that is) but please indulge the nosy parker with a small comment as to what pleasure you derive from stopping by our humble Tourist Board.

Actually Jam Siren has to reveal that the The Lady Mayoress is beside herself to know what would tickle you more and wonders if perhaps we should consider twinning (or coupling) Armley with your town? Let us know what initiatives you would like to see happen. We are all arse here!

So visits so far this month already exceed 3000 and our inches of membership proudly extend into many columns these days. We are keener than ever to keep nurturing your loyalty!

Some of the top locations of visitors are:

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Picture by Alison Covey more on Flickr. Click on the picture for the link

Rain did not stop play last Saturday and Charlie Cake Park played host to an array of picnics, cakes and sugar frenzied tots!

Well done to the Friends of Armley Common (I am not sure of all their names so wont mention them personally) They do a fantastic job of keeping our lovely green spaces welcoming. If ever you want to join them and enjoy the sensation of an aching back, sweat gently dampening your pits, dirty finger nails, and a thirst that only pints of cider will quench why not join them on weekends? For less vagueness, the Lady M has never been seen to lift a finger so most likely wont have the faintest what really constitutes working up a thirst, you had better email: ArmleyCRT@googlemail.com

For those of you who missed it, and get your kicks from looking at pictures of cakes then I suggest you take a look at the pictures on Flickr.com

Coffee and Cake round up!

Hmmm, the Lady Mayoress has mixed emotions about the fact that a wonderful social enterprise in Armley called Just Coffee People have been asked to make the Lord Mayor of Leed's coffee blend! She ofcourse turned down the honour herself a month or so ago, feeling that it would not be fair to grab the limelight for herself at a time when the new Lord Mayor was coming into office. So Cllr Brian Cleasby benefits this time around, and gets to offer all his guests a rather delicious smelling single blend of Arabica Excelso beans from the COSURCA co-operative in Colombia to produce a premium fresh coffee that is full roasted to give a rich dark but smooth flavour with low acidity and great body. (It has been said that the Lady Mayoress shares very similar characteristics!)

The Lord Mayor of Leeds Single Origin Coffee can be purchased from Beano Wholefoods, Out of this World, the Beehive Shop, the Civic Hall shop and the Tourist Information Centre. Alternatively contact just coffee people on 0113 279 2936 or visit wwww.justcoffeepeople.co.uk.

During I Love West Leeds Festival He-Re are hosting a wonderful evening of food and have been inundated with requests for tickets. There are now only 4 tickets left so don't delay if you wish to get along! Naturally The Lady Mayoress of Armley will be there too, so what are you waiting for? Click He-re to see more

Soggy Bottoms No! URBAN PICNIC POSTPONED

Well who would have thought it, we have rain in June! And lots of it unfortunately.

A decision has been made therefore to move the URBAN PICNIC from tomorrow *Saturday 16th to the following week the 23rd~!

So if you have already baked cakes etc then you will have to scoff them in the dry with your mates.

BOOOH HISSS to the rain

Fancy meeting a real live amazing, dancing, psychic goat boy called Gary?

Well get thee along to this event (click on Gary above) to find out more about an essential Saturday night you can't afford to miss!

The Only Tory in Armley?

Has a website.....take a butchers at this!

Although he lives on the periphery ~(Wortley) he was born here so do cut him a bit of slack!

Says he his mate Dave Cameron might fancy meeting The Lady Mayoress and her hanger ons to chit chat about "friendliness in the community".....watch this space!

West Leeds Festival

Are doing loads of really fab things that you may wish to put in your diary NOW we tell you!

We are going to put links on upcoming.org so that you can sign up, but a small flavour follows over on Creative Armley...................

The Lady Mayoress has been floating recently!

Yes that is why she has been pretty quiet, Jam Siren has found a way to shut her up and it involves putting her in a rather large tank of salty water and leaving her there for hours at a time. The result of this is that the good lady has lost a bit of the zip that makes her get off her big fat behind! These little watery cocoons are brilliant and we are going to shamelessly plug them! Get along to JUST FLOAT on North Street in Leeds if you want to destress, detoxify or detonate quietly without collateral damage. Click here if you can bear to lift a finger

Still dear reader never fear, she is cooking up a wonderiferous treat to launch at next weekend's urban picnic! You will be pleasantly surprised we feel! (we might mention Dame Barbara Taylor Bradford has been in touch!!!)

At said next weekends picnic the Armley Tourist Board will have a BOOK SWAP stand, so feel free to bring books along with you and a carrier bag, we will off load a whole lot of recentish books in the name of clearing out St Ives Town Hall

On the same note, bring along your blankets, your instruments and the cakes to the urban picnic at Charlie Cake! Even better come along early if you want to help the lovely organisers get it looking super.

The flier below has all the info you need..........