tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163452702011-07-26T10:39:09.697+01:00Armley is not generally known for being 'the best bit of Leeds' but we can say that we have the best neighbours ever as proved by the inaugaral (however it is spelt) Jam up the back passage party on September 3rd 2005) Use this site to communicate with your community.......... Tell them about Fortcoming events, Rumours about Starbucks coming, Services you offer... Why you might qualify for 'mad cat owner of Armley' and any other thing you may wish to share........Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-59898663344166970852008-12-07T19:46:00.001Z2008-12-07T19:46:32.189Z<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/3089520951/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/3089520951_e254610357_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/3089520951/">in the hood</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/armleytouristboard/">theladymayoressofarmley</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-5989866334416697085?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-362391308121883252008-06-05T21:07:00.003+01:002008-06-05T21:11:24.371+01:00I Love West Leeds Festival is back and it is bigger than ever! For more info visit www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk and download a festival brochure.<br />Director Jane Earnshaw will be regularly contributing over at www.thearmleytouristboard.com so head over there for more news and gossip.<br />If you came here to purchase tickets for the Moroccan evening at He-Re your best bet is to call the festival hotline on 0113 2638556<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-36239130812188325?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-20178833091381276852008-04-13T18:57:00.002+01:002008-04-13T19:04:53.018+01:00Jam Siren is back!<br /><br />Woo Hoo- stone the crows, after months of tussling with the hormonal Lady M, Jam Siren has been freed from being a caged bird, confined by the corporate guidelines that the po faced Armley Tourist Board had inflicted upon her. Like a phoenix she has arisen from that dreadfully dull existence and is at liberty to breathe life and frolics back into the unofficial tourist board blog!<br /><br />One of the reasons the Lady M has been so dull, has been a desire to be taken seriously by other tourist boards! Hmmph talk about getting ideas above her station! Seems that offers to go and talk to other real tourist boards has turned her head somewhat. So with your help dear visitor, let us turn back the clocks on all that dullness and start campaigning for fun and frivolity once more!<br />Another reason is that she is with child! Yes a baby mayor(ess) has taken root, and sucked all the energy from her recently, I am glad to report that I took this opportunity whilst she was at her most tired to suggest that I continue her previous good community works on this blog!<br /><br />So my promise to you, is that all the PR spin will be found on the grown up official brown and orange site www.thearmleytouristboard.com and all the fun, truth, and lies will be found here!<br /><br />Yours<br />Glad to be back<br />Jam Siren<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-2017883309138127685?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-41995730443252547902007-10-18T00:10:00.000+01:002007-10-18T00:16:49.860+01:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are wondering where it is all at, it's over at www.thearmleytouristboard.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Put the 6th November in your diary for the launch of the Charming Armley Cake Calendar 2008 at the Tiled Hall Cafe in Leeds Art Gallery. 6pm- 8pm</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You will also be able to see Casey Orr's table top exhibition and book "The Kitchen Story"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">All funds from the calendar will go to Armley Helping Hands a registered charity </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">supporting older people in Leeds 12. The charity consist of volunteers and staff offering a friendly, supportive environment to assist older people in maintaining their independence, improving quality of life and reducing social isolation.</span><span style=""><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />A little round up...<br />Check out The Marvellous Tea Dance Company at St Barts Social Club in Armley this Saturday night<br />Mik Artisik to play at the Idler Party in London tonight and supporting Jonny Vegas in Manchester on the 25th October<br /><br />Want to add to our news and views, got events to shout about or attract people to? Contact us via the form on our swanky new website if you would like to share - either as a frequent or infrequent contributor.<br /></span> </span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4199573044325254790?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-90915574713649066582007-09-10T13:49:00.000+01:002007-09-10T13:52:55.055+01:00<div id="ds-headline" class="headline"><h1>Charlie's Angels in great cake challenge</h1></div><div class="viewarticlepanel"><div id="MainMultiImage" class="multiimageoff"><a href="javascript: ViewGallery();"><br /></a> </div> </div> <div id="ds-byline" class="byline">By Aisha Iqbal in Yorkshire Evening Post 10th September 2007<br /></div> <div id="ds-firstpara" class="ds-firstpara">Meet Charlie's Angels! </div> <br />Okay, so there are no flared trousers, gun holsters or flicked-back hairdos in sight. These Angels, who all hail from Armley, Leeds, are on a mission – they have just launched their Charming Armley Cake Competition.<br /><br />They are urging budding bakers and cake-lovers to get out the bowls and wooden spoons and start mixing.<br /><br />The aim is to find the best amateur cake bakers in Leeds and, at the same time, raise money for older people's charity Armley Helping Hands.<br /><br />Cakes can be "funny, naughty, spongy, creamy, jammy and fruity"– and, of course, very cake-y.<br /><br />The girls were inspired by local landmark Charlie Cake Park and the man whose name it bears. Judging will take place at a fun day in the park next month, with well-known local people and celebrities on the panel.<br /><br />The best 12 cakes will be professionally photographed for a charity calendar and the overall winner will spend a session with a professional chef to develop their recipe so that it can be exclusively sold at Boutique's Tiled Hall Café at the City Art Gallery in Leeds and the Gatehouse Café at Kirkstall Abbey.<br /><br />Many other prizes are also on offer, and West Leeds firm Farnell is offering 100 basic ingredients packs free to anyone wanting to take part.<br /><br />Emma Bearman, one of the six "cake angels" said: "It's a celebration of our community, the wonderful Charlie Cake Park and the older people of Leeds.<br /><br />Charlie's Cake Angels are a group of volunteers from the LS12 area who say they all have a passion for the unique character of their suburb and a desire to bring the community together.<br /><br />The competition will be judged on Saturday, October 6, and entrants are asked to bring along their cakes and their recipes from midday for registration.<br /><br />Cakes will be judged in six age categories with the best two in each category being professionally photographed for the calendar.<br /><br />The cake-a-thon will be followed by a family fun day - and entry is free for anyone entering a cake into the competition.<br /><br />* For more information visit www.thearmleytouristboard.com or to pick up one of the free basic ingredients packs call Armley Helping Hands on 0113 279 9292 from September 24.<br /><a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Charlie39s-Angels-in-great-cake.3186995.jp"><br />http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Charlie39s-Angels-in-great-cake.3186995.jp</a><br /><br />This will be the last post from this www.tatb.blogspot.com As of tomorrow all posts will come from www.thearmleytouristboard.com YES IT IS FINISHED! You will be able to create your own news and posts from there 2 soon!<br /><br />Toodle pip<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-9091557471364906658?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-47830091777291254472007-08-28T21:19:00.001+01:002007-08-30T19:14:38.502+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtSEHqmZ5FI/AAAAAAAAANg/008_yJW9WZw/s1600-h/chapelflyerfront.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtSEHqmZ5FI/AAAAAAAAANg/008_yJW9WZw/s400/chapelflyerfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103849544946934866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtUVnKmZ5GI/AAAAAAAAANo/ECRZfmkcfxY/s1600-h/chapelflyerback.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtUVnKmZ5GI/AAAAAAAAANo/ECRZfmkcfxY/s400/chapelflyerback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104009515298841698" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Share your memories of the event by uploading your photos to flickr. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/themarvellousteadancecompany/">Click here to find the group!</a><br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4783009177729125447?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-88329632697615354052007-08-28T09:52:00.000+01:002007-08-28T09:57:34.968+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtPiqKmZ5AI/AAAAAAAAAM4/3iYsouVP9j4/s1600-h/child_shedsmall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RtPiqKmZ5AI/AAAAAAAAAM4/3iYsouVP9j4/s400/child_shedsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103672016768721922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Artist Liz and the collaborative knitted shed will enjoy the attentions of Fern and Phillip (<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">This Morning</span> don't you know) on Wednesday 29th August. If you happen to be at home then tune in and raise your tea and pinky in tribute!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-8832963269761535405?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-23166434121951650412007-08-27T21:59:00.001+01:002007-08-27T21:59:45.867+01:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/1251792930/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/1251792930_36f30330d4_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/1251792930/">4th attempt copy</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/armleytouristboard/">theladymayoressofarmley</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-2316643412195165041?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-16658704722315205682007-08-27T21:58:00.001+01:002007-08-27T21:58:57.997+01:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/1251431733/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1019/1251431733_d420922a2a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/1251431733/">instructions</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/armleytouristboard/">theladymayoressofarmley</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1665870472231520568?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1617215419679020302007-08-21T21:59:00.001+01:002007-08-21T21:59:44.462+01:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/1173502681/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1138/1173502681_a4b94a11b8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/1173502681/">Morning after</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wsogmm/">wsogmm</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Not that the Lady Mayoress got her hands dirty.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-161721541967902030?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-70741227861204228352007-08-21T21:58:00.001+01:002007-08-21T21:58:22.713+01:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/1171752246/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1373/1171752246_ee2135375f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/1171752246/">Bunting's up - now where are the people?</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wsogmm/">wsogmm</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7074122786120422835?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-29976893637892901512007-08-21T19:12:00.000+01:002007-08-21T22:11:12.789+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Lady Mayoress dragged kicking and screaming from Microphone" Shocker</span></span><br /></div><br />Jam Siren here, sneakily filling in for the LadyM whilst she nurses her burst ear drums and tries to avoid piecing together the fateful moments that led her to believe the residents of Armley would like to hear her West Country rendition of Cliff Richards ' Devil Woman'<br /><br />When she comes to, and out again, she may feel a slight chill in the air towards her, in fact Mr Mayor declared her to be a 'total tw*t' with an 'a' not an 'i'. Partly because she had broken his favorite chair as she lent over him to hear the gossip about 2 potential love matches in the making. Watch this space for news on that!<br /><br />This years <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Jam Up the Back Passage: Close Encounters of the Third Kind</span> welcomed baby Beatrix born of lovers Marcus and Zoe who met last year and as you can tell wasted no time what so ever. That's what we like!<br />What will next year bring? Will there be a next year? Will the LadyM ever show her face again?<br /><br />We have pillaged a couple of pictures from Flickr which gives an indication of how the night was spent<br /><br />* Excepts of LadyM's intended speech now follow:<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">"Thanks to: The weather for not being too mean, the tarpaulin crew who showed the weather who was gonna win in a competition, Ange for her eye for beauty bunting and fairy lights, everyone who came along and danced, brought food and drink and energy. To all the wonderful musicians (Jim, Mervin, The Street Shadows, Danny, Ju, Wayne, the guys from Carnival Messiah, Mik Artistik, the DJ's - this is where it get's hazy... Boe? Dan? ... To Jonny and Julie, Sam & Caroline, James and Jo, Baz for her stickering. The gals for comforting LadyM in her bed as she sobbed hysterically....And anyone else that may have been forgotten due to too much drink and a soft head...Oh and thanks to all the lovely musicians that would have played should the DJ's not settled in for the night.... Thanks St Ives, Armley, Leeds, the community support officers and anyone else who could not sleep till dawn. "<br /><br />This is small fragment of the speech LadyM prepared but was too vodka'd up to the eyeballs to successfully deliver, thank the lord. Instead she enlisted little Jordan from up the road in dancing a makarena(?) and screeching as to wake the real police woman who lived 4 streets away. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicovey/1173076112/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1126/1173076112_93997b7f9c_b.jpg" alt="" height="1024" width="681" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-2997689363789290151?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-18603079251695284302007-08-17T21:25:00.000+01:002007-08-17T21:32:45.669+01:00If you come by here because of a certain little card you received then <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/we_love_armley/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">click here</span></a> for more information......<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">THE CHARMING ARMLEY CAKE COMPETITION</span><br />As for information about the cake competition please send your email addresses to jamsiren{at}thearmleytouristboard.com to be informed all about it. We aim to have the official Armley Tourist Board website up and running with information about this year's wonderful Charming Armley Cake Competition. Look out for posters as they will be in the shops at about the same time too. In short a competition with fabulous prizes in Charlie Cake Park on the 6th October is what you need to know for now....... more will follow!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1860307925169528430?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-86068288012261475252007-08-14T18:20:00.000+01:002007-08-14T18:22:46.315+01:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Free tickets for the Leeds Festival anyone? Read more from the Mean Fiddler team......</span></span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"As you know, we have the Tent Recycling project going on at Leeds Festival and we would like to ensure we collect as many available tents and other re-usable items as possible.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">To this end, we have decided to expand our collection days to include <span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;">Tuesday 28th, Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th.</span></span> However we want to appeal to your sons and daughters and their friends, if they are after a free ticket to the 2008 Leeds Festival!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Could you please spread the word and let those fit young things know that there are Leeds Festival 2008 tickets for the taking, if they give us 8 hours a day on Tuesday 28^th, Wednesday 29^th and Thursday 30^th August, collecting tents and other items here at the festival site. (This is the same number of hours all festival stewards do in return for their ticket, except mostly their hours are during the festival, so they end up missing out on bands!) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The collected items won’t be for taking back to scouts however, we will send them onto our charity Global Hand. We will also be collecting unopened food and pots and pans and arranging for these to go to charities locally.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please have the interested people email Emily Kay on: <a title="mailto:ekay@meanfiddler.co.uk" href="mailto:ekay@meanfiddler.co.uk">ekay@meanfiddler.co.uk</a> <span style="color:blue;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: black;">with the subject line as "Recycling Project - Leeds 2008 Tickets"</span></span><span style="color:blue;"><span style="color: blue;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-8606828801226147525?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-30384631980407310582007-08-13T15:52:00.000+01:002007-08-13T15:59:20.469+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;">HELP HELP<br /></span><br />As alluded to in recent posts we will be launching a new competition for this year's calendar. Now that we have virtually all our ducks in the row we need to find a creative genius who wishes to help us design a very simple logo and turn copy into printer ready posters etc. (Illustrator, Photoshop)<br /><br />Not wishing to undersell this wonderful opportunity, there is a tiny amount of cash available to compensate said endeavors..<br /><br />Furthermore we have about 10 seconds turn around time if we want said logo to adorn a billboard on Mistress Lane.<br /><br />In return your logo will be seen on every printed calendar, you will be credited on the calendar and on the website we are currently designing... in fact your logo will be very prominent on said website.<br /><br />You can also have the opportunity to eat lots and lots of cake!<br /><br />So for further details about what this entails etc please contact jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com ASAP<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-3038463198040731058?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-57618985117366976612007-08-11T12:43:00.000+01:002007-08-13T09:01:26.236+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rr2pPuM_fhI/AAAAAAAAAMw/IVwW2nsjFfU/s1600-h/cake+in+flower.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rr2pPuM_fhI/AAAAAAAAAMw/IVwW2nsjFfU/s400/cake+in+flower.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097416440818925074" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(As recently pointed out this 'cake' is certainly minging! It was created for purely promotional purposes and we suspect that it would not be difficult for you to create better efforts!)</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />Coming soon to a triangular shaped park near you.....</span> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a finger licking cheeky Charlie competition to make you drool!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Cake and fete</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Will this year's calendar make</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >That's right, be mad, be vulgar, be bold</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />and create a sight, sore, to behold</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Let the cakes in your mind's eye</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />be turned from 'pie in the sky'</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />Into fantastical dreamy cake castles</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />adorn them with ribbons and tassels</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />Or aim straight and true</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >Use the recipe your mum's mum's mum grew</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" >and passed down through the years</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br />honour the memories of our ole dears</span><br /><br />Okay enough wierdo poetry (the lady mayoress has been on some self improvement lark recently!) all you need know is there is going to be a hugely ambitious cake baking eggstravaganza that you might want to sign up to receive notification of! There will be prizes, gaiety and giddiness come October, you mark our words! Dust off those old recipe books, start thinking of your favourite sweety stuff and watch this space<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:24005" onclick="window.open('https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:24005', 'signup', 'menubar=no, location=no, toolbar=no, scrollbars=yes, height=500'); return false;">Join our list</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-5761898511736697661?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-45404275245736922262007-08-09T11:25:00.000+01:002007-08-09T11:26:08.085+01:00<h1> Neighbours silence Dolly Parton fan</h1><br /><div style="float: left;"><span class="filed">Last Updated: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1:47am BST</span> 09/08/2007</span></div> in the Daily Telegraph<br /><p class="small"><!--NO VIEW--></p><p class="story2">A Dolly Parton fan is facing an Asbo after her love for the country singer sounded a sour note with her neighbours.</p><p class="story2">Diane Duffin, from Armley, Leeds, is said to have blasted out Miss Parton's 9 to 5 and D.I.V.O.R.C.E up to 20 times a day and night. One neighbour said her life had been made a "living hell".</p><p class="story2">The 36-year-old mother of four has been issued with a noise abatement notice after neighbours complained. She had all her sound-making possessions confiscated, including five stereos.</p><p class="story2">They also plan to evict her to save her neighbours from further torment.</p><p class="story2">Miss Duffin said: "We do play Dolly Parton a lot but not all day and night. We don't disturb anyone."</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4540427524573692226?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-9307962050052779812007-07-27T16:28:00.001+01:002007-07-30T11:51:10.569+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RqoQqeM_feI/AAAAAAAAAMY/VHT_jEpbYCQ/s1600-h/Armley+Workshop_Page_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RqoQqeM_feI/AAAAAAAAAMY/VHT_jEpbYCQ/s400/Armley+Workshop_Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091900650543873506" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Invite to a discussion on the proposed conservation area of Armley next Tuesday night.</span><br /></div><br />The Lady M is back in Armley after a week of gentle twitching in Portugal. In an event packed week the highlight was, undoubtedly, watching an angry swallow attack a cheeky little owl who dared to come too close to the swallow's nest. Not once, twice, but five times did said swallow show the little owl it's ire! Unless this was a bizarre mating ritual and the owl was a little twit to woo!<br /><br />So now back to more urban joys. You are invited to signal your intent to find out more about the conservation plans for our own patch of wild life here in Armley (I am thinking Town Street and beyond) The plans are not about the green patches but more about the buildings etc!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RqoQqeM_ffI/AAAAAAAAAMg/3rZwonW17h0/s1600-h/Armley+Workshop_Page_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 386px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RqoQqeM_ffI/AAAAAAAAAMg/3rZwonW17h0/s400/Armley+Workshop_Page_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091900650543873522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Click on the images to make them bigger.</span><br /></div><br />Toodle Pippin folks<br /><br />A relaxed LadyM<br /><br />BTW Well done to Jane Earnshaw on putting on a fabulous two weeks of creative craziness. We salute you and hereby grant you the freedom of Armley Jane!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-930796205005277981?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-57388077035805053432007-07-12T18:31:00.000+01:002007-07-12T19:12:51.793+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RpZnWe1ZGuI/AAAAAAAAAMI/IPpqRhZ9jMA/s1600-h/Psycho1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RpZnWe1ZGuI/AAAAAAAAAMI/IPpqRhZ9jMA/s400/Psycho1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086366465093343970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Lovely gorgeous Armley girls on rollerskates in hot pants and boob toobs. Get along tonight and catch an eyeful!</span></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Tonight / Friday / Saturday get ready for some heavy necking in the car park at Dawsons Corner, Pudsey and enjoy a taste of proper American Drive In styleee entertainment. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">"As darkness falls across the land......" You will have</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> every excuse to grab the gear stick in terror and, if you wish, the person next to you, as Janet Leigh get's it in the shower. (Friday night Thriller!) More on upcoming.org below</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Sunday night (after dark) the wonderfully iconic </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Armley Gyratory Gas Tower</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> better be at full mast as the work of hundreds of talented photographers will be on show. Some of the Charming Armley Calendar pictures will be showcased too! (For all those of you not coming, put the central heating on full blast and run copious baths to do your bit!)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">For those who wish to see some of the wonderful pics from Sunday's park day at the lovely</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://flickr.com/photos/tags/upcoming:event=206636"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RpZoYO1ZGvI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/ltoRMhVa_bU/s200/Doggie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086367594669742834" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">(Picture nabbed from WGGOMM's photostream on Flickr.com AGAIN!)</span></span></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Pudsey park MOUSE PAT the doggie (if you had done this Sunday you may have found yourself being pished upon)</span><style type="text/css">br />div#upcoming_classic {width:140px;margin:0;padding:0;background-color:transparent}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_text,div#upcoming_classic a {color:black;font:normal 10px Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}<br />div#upcoming_classic a {color:#a51410;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none}<br />div#upcoming_classic a:hover {background-color:#efefef;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_header {margin:0;padding:3px 3px 5px 3px;font-weight:bold;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_header a {color:#a51410; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_header a:hover {color:#a51410; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px; background-color: #efefef;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_events {margin:0;padding:5px 5px 0px 5px;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_event {margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;}<br />div#upcoming_classic li {list-style: none;}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_date {border-bottom:1px solid #C6C3C6;margin:10px 0 3px 0}<br />div#upcoming_classic .upb_date .upb_text{color:#424142;font-size: 10px;font-weight: bold;border-bottom:1px solid #C6C3C6;color: #424142;margin:10px 0 3px 0}<br />#upcoming_classic .upb_more {margin: 10px 5px 5px 0;text-align:right}<br /><br /></style><br /><div class="upcoming_badge" id="upcoming_classic"><br /><div class="upb_header"><span class="upb_text"><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/">Upcoming Events</a></span></div><br /><div class="upb_events"><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://badge.upcoming.yahoo.com/v1/?badge_type=user&badge_size=sm&amp;badge_layout=v&badge_styling=1&amp;amp;badge_no_background=1&badge_venue=1&amp;date_format_type=us_med&amp;id=106566"></script><br /></div><br /><div class="upb_more"><span class="upb_text"><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/106566/">More of <u>theladymayoressofarmley's events</u></a></span></div><br /></div><br /><!-- End of Upcoming Badge - get your own at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/badge/ --><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-5738807703580505343?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-72166139228651521292007-07-08T21:18:00.000+01:002007-07-08T21:19:59.588+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RpFG0K2ql6I/AAAAAAAAAMA/h_3WT8UDP24/s1600-h/FSG_invite.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RpFG0K2ql6I/AAAAAAAAAMA/h_3WT8UDP24/s400/FSG_invite.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084923316358780834" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Your invite to the most exclusive exhibition in Armley this week! as ever click on it to make it swell big in front of your eyes!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7216613922865152129?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-34855994128343750732007-07-07T11:50:00.000+01:002007-07-09T16:32:26.133+01:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Lady Mayoress asks you to help her radio show help, you lovely lovers out there!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">CALL IN BETWEEN 8pm and 10pm on 0113 2631468 with your thoughts about why your are proud to live in Armley and more below!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.interplaytheatre.org/interplay_radio.htm">The Lady Mayoress asks you to put her on the spot! Click on this link to get the live internet directions to listen in.</a><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Tonight's line up includes Mik Artistik, Zodiak Mind Warp and more cheesyness than a fat fondue!</span><br /></div></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">3 ways to achieve a jammy, cheesy, lovefest of a show</span><br /><br /><ul style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"><li>Let the good lady know if you would like to dedicate a special record to a loved one in your life and why....(let us know before 5pm on Monday so that we can add them to our play list)</li><li>What do you love/hate about Armley? Compile your list and email us before or ring the number broadcast at the beginning of the show....)</li><li>If you were granted freedom of Armley for 24 hours what would you do (you have 3 get out of jail free cards and a pots of dosh!)</li></ul>email jamsiren {at} thearmleytouristboard.com<br /><br />And finally....<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">If you come from a place that you think is as good as Armley, (which we doubt) then please also write/call in with your challenge!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-3485599412834375073?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-30665017964147180212007-07-06T08:58:00.000+01:002007-07-06T10:55:49.666+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Ro4P962qlvI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/zMiRgsu0kac/s1600-h/mad+lady+on+phone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Ro4P962qlvI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/zMiRgsu0kac/s320/mad+lady+on+phone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084018585792845554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >More Festival Madness<br />Lady M to be on the airwaves Monday!</span><br /></div><br />Casey Orr's exhibition along the canal by Armley Industrial Mills was a not to be missed experience, her work is <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://heyhotshot.com/blog/2007/05/22/spring-hhs-winner-casey-orr/">internationally acclaimed</a> and we lucky Armley and Leeds folk get to enjoy it all summer! The rain made drowned rats tails of Lady M's posh cocktail hair do, but it was worth it to see the photographs and mingle with the creme de la creme of Leeds society!<br /><br />The Lady Mayoress will be live on Air (yes she get's by with oxygen just like you mortals)<br />As part of the utterly fab festival radio for the I love West Leeds Festival she will be broadcasting out, with love in her heart to all you loyal subjects.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When? When? </span>We hear you cry with gladness of spirit and eager anticipation. Let's huddle around the transister radio with cups of cocoa to hear the good Lady M playing her favourite melodies, swaying gently to her blasts from the past, classics from the atic, raves from the grave! So tune into:<br /><a href="http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/interplay.mp3.m3u%20or"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/interplay.mp3.m3u or</span></a> and 87.7fm at<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">8pm on Monday.</span><br /><br />You can even phone whilst she is live on air, she will of course be announcing some jolly jape of a competition, and welcomes all of your views about what makes Armley worth shouting about!<br />Please <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >RING UP</span> and stop her droning on about her buddies Alan and Barbara!<br /><br />And finally dear pop pickers, get yourselves all excited about the knitted shed by reading this<br /><a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=39&articleid=3005109">http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;articleid=3005109</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-3066501796414718021?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-16382679386547397302007-07-03T23:10:00.000+01:002007-07-03T23:15:22.588+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 Dates this week (amongst others!)</span></span><br /></div><br />Thursday night promises to be a sparkling affair down at Armley Mills from 6pm<br />Click on the image for more!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RorKL62qluI/AAAAAAAAAKI/QbYDvLnZayw/s1600-h/bywaterinvitation.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RorKL62qluI/AAAAAAAAAKI/QbYDvLnZayw/s320/bywaterinvitation.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083097435566937826" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday enjoy the lashings of yummy cakes etc at Interplay with the marvellous potty tea ladies<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RorJwK2qltI/AAAAAAAAAKA/RcVlzdsHa2Q/s1600-h/usersdannytdesktopteadancesummerfrontweb.jpg.w560h420.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RorJwK2qltI/AAAAAAAAAKA/RcVlzdsHa2Q/s320/usersdannytdesktopteadancesummerfrontweb.jpg.w560h420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083096958825567954" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1638267938654739730?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-51249883641560546872007-07-02T17:27:00.000+01:002007-07-03T19:08:12.051+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RolIHa2qlqI/AAAAAAAAAJo/6EPBwXFriWI/s1600-h/julie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RolIHa2qlqI/AAAAAAAAAJo/6EPBwXFriWI/s200/julie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082672946769204898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:78%;" >Picture by WSOGMM</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Free tickets to London this weekend anyone? <span style="font-size:78%;">(Benefits: The Tour de France, Wimbledon, Art and Culture, Stress, Hassle, people who wont look you in the eye on tube trains?)</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Hello are you there and awake? WANT TO claim train TICKETS TO GO TO LONDON? better be quick then asweI wont be able to get them to you for Friday if you aren't.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">How would you like to win some return tickets to visit the big city of London this weekend? Only those of you with no interest in the forthcoming festival:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.interplaytheatre.org/2007_programme.htm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RolJH62qlsI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/VvcdSFdvWp4/s200/ILWL_LOGO.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082674054870767298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Click on logo for complete listings<br /><br /></span></div>need apply as this Saturday heralds the start of lots of madness indeed in and around Armley and beyond! The Lady Mayoress's travel office made a monumental mistake in booking her appointment with Gordon Brown this coming weekend to discuss a top secret 'community friendliness assigment' and already we have had to disappoint him. Still hopefully '<a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.onlytoryinarmley.blogspot.com/">The Only Tory in Armley?'</a> is working on his plan to get us paid consultancy with Mr Cameron instead!<br /></div><br />Anyway for those with a burning desire to subject themselves to the big smoke YOU can have the opportunity of FREE return tickets by clicking here and following the instructions. Make sure you let me know by email that you came via the kind offer by stopping here first!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Departing Leeds Friday at 9.30 getting into London at 12.03</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Returning London Sunday at 12.10 getting into Leeds at 14.36<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">email jamsiren{at}thearmleytouristboard.com or skype me as on the right hand side of the page</span><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">BIG SMOKE</span> we wish to applaud the talent of two Armley residents who went on a selfless journey into Leeds at the weekend to document the last weekend of smoking in pubs. See their fantastic and poignant reportage by clicking on the photo below<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/sets/72157600470679216/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RolIHq2qlrI/AAAAAAAAAJw/C1M40oEZ1Og/s200/petulant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082672951064172210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Picture by WSGOMM</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /></div></div></div><br />If indeed you do win these tickets worth £55.00 we ask that you compile a report of your visit to London and what it was like, for all of those readers who don't wish to leave the smashing comforts of Armley.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-5124988364156054687?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-79174589498303183522007-06-25T21:26:00.000+01:002007-06-25T21:50:12.832+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Who are you?<br /> State your name and intentions!<br />Maybe we could couple?</span><br /></div><br />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.<br /><br />Interestingly the top search item is '<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Armley Blog</span>' 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.<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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!<br /><br />Some of the top locations of visitors are:<br /><br /><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 48pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="64"><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt; width: 48pt;" height="20" width="64">Leeds|538330|-15830</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">London|515000|-1170</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Manchester|535000|-22170</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Sheffield|533670|-15000</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Birmingham|524670|-19170</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Brentford|515000|-3170</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" 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style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Aylesbury|518170|-8000</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Inverness|574670|-42330</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7917458949830318352?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-34707193531078819622007-06-25T21:04:00.000+01:002007-06-28T08:15:26.675+01:00<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/367016@N21/pool/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RoNfna2qlpI/AAAAAAAAAJg/ssDLHO2WeDI/s400/charlie+cake+urban+picnic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081009935432193682" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"> Picture by Alison Covey more on Flickr. Click on the picture for the link</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />Rain did not stop play last Saturday and Charlie Cake Park played host to an array of picnics, cakes and sugar frenzied tots!<br /><br />Well done to the Friends of Armley Common (I am not sure of <span style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> 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: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto://ArmleyCRT@googlemail.com/">ArmleyCRT@googlemail.com</a><br /><br />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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-3470719353107881962?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-59312501798107893942007-06-22T17:48:00.000+01:002007-06-23T12:06:13.413+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Coffee and Cake round up!</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rnv9_8c6oSI/AAAAAAAAAJA/W22XHkSDnno/s1600-h/LMphoto3.jpg"> </a><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rnv-8Mc6oTI/AAAAAAAAAJI/ORIdRIjjuKU/s1600-h/LMphoto3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rnv-8Mc6oTI/AAAAAAAAAJI/ORIdRIjjuKU/s200/LMphoto3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078933314878480690" border="0" /></a></div> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >Hmmm, the Lady Mayoress has mixed emotions about the fact that a wonderful social enterprise in Armley called <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Just Coffee People </span>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 </span><span style=";font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >Cllr Brian Cleasby benefits this time around, and gets to offer all his guests a rather delicious smelling single blend of </span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >Arabica Excelso beans from the COSURCA co-operative in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >Colombia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" > to produce a </span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" lang="EN-US" >premium fresh coffee </span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >that </span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" lang="EN-US" >is full roasted to give a rich dark but smooth flavour with low acidity and great body.<span style=""> (It has been said that the Lady Mayoress shares very similar characteristics!)</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >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.<span style=""> </span>Alternatively contact just coffee people on 0113 279 2936 or visit <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/wwww.justcoffeepeople.co.uk.">wwww.justcoffeepeople.co.uk.</a></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">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<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/206627/">He-re</a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"> </span>to see more<br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><br /><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-5931250179810789394?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-79903454261314500282007-06-15T12:05:00.000+01:002007-06-15T12:09:01.765+01:00Soggy Bottoms No! URBAN PICNIC POSTPONED<br /><br />Well who would have thought it, we have rain in June! And lots of it unfortunately.<br /><br />A decision has been made therefore to move the URBAN PICNIC from tomorrow *Saturday 16th to the following week the 23rd~!<br /><br />So if you have already baked cakes etc then you will have to scoff them in the dry with your mates.<br /><br />BOOOH HISSS to the rain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7990345426131450028?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-42094706860119385832007-06-13T16:05:00.000+01:002007-06-13T16:12:37.397+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/206295/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RnAIYMc6oOI/AAAAAAAAAIg/06whKxXYrQM/s200/garysound.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075565991798939874" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Fancy meeting a real live <strong></strong> amazing, dancing, psychic goat boy called Gary?</span></span><br /></div><br />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!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RnAIYcc6oRI/AAAAAAAAAI4/xlGXf-jBJ70/s1600-h/Welcomegraphic.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 127px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RnAIYcc6oRI/AAAAAAAAAI4/xlGXf-jBJ70/s200/Welcomegraphic.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075565996093907218" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RnAIYcc6oQI/AAAAAAAAAIw/MALEI3AE5OY/s1600-h/grove_inn_leeds.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 102px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RnAIYcc6oQI/AAAAAAAAAIw/MALEI3AE5OY/s200/grove_inn_leeds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075565996093907202" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4209470686011938583?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-19689559178048589712007-06-11T20:24:00.000+01:002007-06-11T20:45:48.609+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rm2lqsc6oNI/AAAAAAAAAIY/AX87LBN3WeY/s1600-h/tory.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rm2lqsc6oNI/AAAAAAAAAIY/AX87LBN3WeY/s320/tory.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074894508021948626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.onlytoryinarmley.blogspot.com/">The Only Tory in Armley?</a></span><br /></div><br />Has a website.....take a butchers at this!<br /><br />Although he lives on the periphery ~(Wortley) he was born here so do cut him a bit of slack!<br /><br />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!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1968955917804858971?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-70977363050130922672007-06-08T17:06:00.000+01:002007-06-08T17:22:20.047+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rml_Jcc6oMI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/7E21ia2W6EA/s1600-h/ILWL_LOGO.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rml_Jcc6oMI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/7E21ia2W6EA/s400/ILWL_LOGO.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073726255442600130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Leeds Festival</span></span><br /></div><br />Are doing loads of really fab things that you may wish to put in your diary NOW we tell you!<br /><br />We are going to put links on upcoming.org so that you can sign up, but a small flavour follows over on <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.creativearmley.blogspot.com">Creative Armley</a>...................<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7097736305013092267?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-41736163798841857972007-06-08T16:56:00.000+01:002007-06-08T17:04:38.066+01:00The Lady Mayoress has been floating recently!<br /><br />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. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.justfloat.co.uk/">Click here </a>if you can bear to lift a finger<br /><br />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!!!)<br /><br />At said next weekends picnic the Armley Tourist Board will have a <span style="font-weight: bold;">BOOK SWAP</span> 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<br /><br />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.<br /><br />The flier below has all the info you need..........<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4173616379884185797?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-89333087691098434182007-05-21T19:35:00.000+01:002007-05-21T19:39:29.966+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RlHmr221b6I/AAAAAAAAAII/hsk07MEfgGc/s1600-h/Urban+Picnic.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RlHmr221b6I/AAAAAAAAAII/hsk07MEfgGc/s400/Urban+Picnic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067084696902791074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">If you would like to help clear the park up before hand, or even show your interest you can register on Upcoming by </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/193229/">clicking here!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">So how very lovely this is! Look forward to seeing y'all there. </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-8933308769109843418?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-48596985709031121112007-05-16T11:10:00.000+01:002007-05-16T14:38:03.807+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkreN221b3I/AAAAAAAAAHw/hvcyNcJ1Lss/s1600-h/foxy+lady+jpeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkreN221b3I/AAAAAAAAAHw/hvcyNcJ1Lss/s400/foxy+lady+jpeg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065105060576718706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Jam Rag Round UP</span><br /></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Wow, word has spread like cheap strawberry jam that this is the place to let people know what's what! So here is a bit about some events coming up and a teaser to 2 new blog authors who wish to share their views on living in Armley.......</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Events</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">A Night at the Museum - This weekend at the lovely cinema in Armley Mills - <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://creativearmley.blogspot.com/">Click here for more</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />A stitch up, knit and bitch, also this weekend at Armley Mills -</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://creativearmley.blogspot.com/2007/05/knit-one-perl-one-purl.html">Click here for more</a><br />A night at Gott's Park Golf Club, put on your plus fours and pringle sweaters and <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://creativearmley.blogspot.com/2007/05/put-on-your-plus-fours-for-suburban.html">click here for more</a><br /><br />An Urban Tea Party in June... in Charlie Cake Park, again <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/event.asp?EventURN=3831&Highlight=1">click here for more....</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Teaser</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">5 Minute quickie with '</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Am I the only gay gal in Armley?</span><span style="font-size:100%;">' our new and rather foxy blog contributor. Stay tuned for her quickie which is coming soon!<br /><br />In a similar vein we may be welcoming to our diverse community '</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >The only Tory in Armley?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">'</span><br /><br />Let us know if you have something coming up that you want to shout about dear reader<br /><br />Lots of Love<br />The office of Corporate affairs communications</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4859698570903112111?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-17825391078723820642007-05-14T21:03:00.000+01:002007-05-14T21:21:48.078+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Buddhist Centre Open Day</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkjExxPAyLI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lTVpkpb_sFI/s1600-h/Geshe-Tashi-Laughing.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkjExxPAyLI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lTVpkpb_sFI/s400/Geshe-Tashi-Laughing.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064514140287060146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fancy coming along to find out more about the people who look younger and smile more than the average person?<br /><br />Jamyang has a wonderful centre right here in Armley, yes you heard right! A Buddhist Centre of note right here!<br /><br />They are hosting an open day, anyone can drop in to learn more about Meditation and Buddhism and what the centre offers. A time for you to ask any questions and get a feel for the centre.<br /><br />So what are you waiting for.........? Enlightenment? Well if so then this is the place to start!<br /><br />Come along on <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Sunday 20th May 11am to 4pm to Sunshine House</span> -<span style="font-style: italic;"> yes really</span>, Whingate Business Park, Leeds Ls12 3Rp<br /><br />More about them and the wonderful Geshe Tashi Tsering on the web....<a href="http://www.jamyangleeds.co.uk/Buddhism_Buddhist_Leeds_Geshe_Tashi.html">click here - gently, patiently, and with awareness!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jam Siren would like to make it clear that she is full of admiration and just being flippant about the gently/patient bit! and the bit about smiling, younger looking etc!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1782539107872382064?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-73527760021326885742007-05-11T19:19:00.000+01:002007-05-11T19:25:03.339+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkS0SxPAyKI/AAAAAAAAAG4/XRXEpvJm_pc/s1600-h/katherine+the+great.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkS0SxPAyKI/AAAAAAAAAG4/XRXEpvJm_pc/s400/katherine+the+great.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063370115618228386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">The XLADY M wishes to alert you to a superb job vacancy which has arisen in Leeds, the salary is potentially immense if you are the right person. If this aint for you but you know of someone, who likes to share their opinions, or paint castles in the sky then let them know too.</span></span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://benevolentdictatorforleeds.blogspot.com/"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Do as we say and click here now!</span></a><br /><br />Don't be shy!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7352776002132688574?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-3356975439896296312007-05-10T17:24:00.000+01:002007-05-10T19:29:26.677+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkNHvhPAyHI/AAAAAAAAAGk/R0wLgb_zzXc/s1600-h/mik+without+camera.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RkNHvhPAyHI/AAAAAAAAAGk/R0wLgb_zzXc/s400/mik+without+camera.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062969287795329138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >5 Minute Quickie's presents......</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >MIK ARTISTIK!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Lady Mayoress was honoured to receive the local comedy genius Mik Artistik today at St Ives Town Hall.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Mik is extremely busy these days with tours across the UK coming up, including Glastonbury and Buxton, but you can still catch him in Leeds and Yorkshire. In fact he is playing tonight at the Fox and Newt on the Burley Road in Leeds- (opp Park Lane College- FREE, at 9pm!)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">We were honoured to have a sneak acoustic version of his new soon to be hit record; </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >'Jimmy Savile's got my album (Jim's gonna fix it for Mik Artistik)'</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Come tonight to hear it for yourselves for the very first outing!</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">For those of you not already aware of Mik's idiosyncratic view of the world please visit his website </span><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.mikartistik.com/">www.mikartistik.com</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">So Mr Artistik let us know what you would do if you were the Lady Mayoress of Armley for a day....</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >What would you like to celebrate?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">If i was the Lady Mayoress I would like to celebrate Tony Blair's demise with champagne, and thorntons continental followed by a trip to the pictures to see Hot Fuzz</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >If you could Jam up your back passage with 3 special friends who would they be?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Philip Neary, Geoff Nemec, and Effin Stef (they know who they are!)</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >What fact do you know about Armley that would surprise people?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">That it has a prison</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >What have you always wondered about Armley but couldn't be arsed to find the answers to?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Why do they call it Charlie Cake Park? and Why is that Horse always on Armley Common with a bucket? Why are there so many bloody artists living here?</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >Who are your heros Mik?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Count Arthur Strong, John Shuttleworth, Robert Crumb and Norman Hunter</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >What questions would you like our next quickie to answer?</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">What is your favorite colour?</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">If you were on a desert island would you be happy?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Once again the Lady Mayoress gets down on her knees to salute Mi</span>k!<br /><br /></span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-335697543989629631?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-43157784828380770482007-05-09T16:17:00.000+01:002007-05-09T16:20:01.910+01:00<pre>This week we have had lots of new visitors from the following places and also if we are<br />really well behaved we might be able to have a small presence back on the WIKI- thanks Luke<br />So not sure how these people know of us or come to the site, but the members keep swelling!<br /><br />Leeds|538000|-15833 <br />Bradford|537833|-17500 <br />Nuneaton|525167|-14667 <br />Emeryville|378342|-1222897 <br />Frome|512292|-23183 <br />Chapeltown|534667|-14667 <br />Derby|529333|-15000 <br />Santa Monica|340246|-1184849 <br />Abidjan|53411|-40281 <br />Edinburgh|559500|-32000 <br />Watford|516667|-4000 <br />Kingston|528500|-19000 <br />La Ferté-Saint-Cyr|476500|16667 <br />Wembley|515500|-2833 <br />Colesborne|518167|-20000 <br />Amersham|516667|-6167 <br />Moscow|557522|376156 <br />Birstall|537333|-16500 <br />Brighton|508333|-1500 <br />Tampa|279984|-824781 <br />Killingbeck|538000|-14834 <br />Staffordstown|547167|-63833 <br />New York|407619|-739763 <br />Torremolinos|366167|-45000 <br />Villemaumy|460000|15833 <br />Streatham|514167|-1333 <br />Sunbury|514000|-4000 <br />Bonn|507333|71000 <br />Fleet|512833|-8333 <br />Offenham|521000|-19167 <br />Stevenage|519167|-2167 <br />Leeds|538330|-15830 <br />Black Bull|534508|-64789 <br />El Dorado|378467|-968055 <br />Atlanta|338004|-843865 <br />Laughton En Le Morthen|533833|-12167 <br />Roehampton|514500|-2500 </pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4315778482838077048?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-62136675740574702482007-05-05T23:37:00.000+01:002007-05-06T13:02:59.371+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0KRBPAyDI/AAAAAAAAAGE/aXyTiLEC2IQ/s1600-h/pimms+o%27clock.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0KRBPAyDI/AAAAAAAAAGE/aXyTiLEC2IQ/s200/pimms+o%27clock.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061212843739760690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >VE Day Tea Dance Armley 5th May 2007<br />More over on <a href="http://creativearmley.blogspot.com/">www.creativearmley.blogspot.com</a><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0KRRPAyEI/AAAAAAAAAGM/4ZOH--OpiV8/s1600-h/eh+up.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0KRRPAyEI/AAAAAAAAAGM/4ZOH--OpiV8/s200/eh+up.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061212848034728002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J4RPAx-I/AAAAAAAAAFc/RUUOWyzcJuA/s1600-h/vogue.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J4RPAx-I/AAAAAAAAAFc/RUUOWyzcJuA/s200/vogue.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061212418537998306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J4hPAx_I/AAAAAAAAAFk/3bYhQl6tW2A/s1600-h/t+cposy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J4hPAx_I/AAAAAAAAAFk/3bYhQl6tW2A/s200/t+cposy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061212422832965618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J5BPAyCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hnLd8kw54sE/s1600-h/tickled.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0J5BPAyCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hnLd8kw54sE/s200/tickled.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061212431422900258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rj0JfhPAx8I/AAAAAAAAAFM/BBRDCmLtN0I/s1600-h/rachel.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Jam Rag News</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNg-BPAxtI/AAAAAAAAADU/zIYBiicldOg/s1600-h/garden.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNg-BPAxtI/AAAAAAAAADU/zIYBiicldOg/s200/garden.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058493425066755794" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />News brought to you today, a lovely sunny day. The Lady Mayoress wishes to share a private image of her lovely garden!<br /><br />Lovely night had by Folk of Armley at Sunshine House, more over on our <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.creativearmley.blogspot.com">creative Armley sister site.</a> Will Armley soon be singing about a space for art, love, laughter and other such hippy shit?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Local People Doing Good...</span></span><br /><br />Interplay Theatre's Woody Guthrie Play 'This Land' featured on 27th April Radio 4 Front Row - catch it by doing the 'listen again thing' Local actor Julian Coburn Hough is one of the starring cast. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">CLICK HERE </span></a>TO Listen for the next 7 days (15 mins into the broadcast)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNlVRPAxwI/AAAAAAAAADs/awspdF3XkKs/s1600-h/head+shot+ju.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNlVRPAxwI/AAAAAAAAADs/awspdF3XkKs/s200/head+shot+ju.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058498222545225474" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Marvellous Tea Dance eve</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">nt to cel</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">ebrate</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"> VE D</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">ay 5th May <a href="http://www.marvellousteadancecompany.co.uk"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">click here</span></a> for more<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNYxBPAxqI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ze2dcnlydug/s1600-h/usersdannytdesktopvedayvedayflyerfront.jpg.w560h373.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNYxBPAxqI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ze2dcnlydug/s200/usersdannytdesktopvedayvedayflyerfront.jpg.w560h373.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058484405635434146" border="0" /></a></div><br />Armley sends contingent to <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Glastonbury Festival</span>! Not only is 'This Land' travelling there, but local icon <a href="http://www.mikartistik.com/index.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Mik Artistik</span></a> will be there too!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=29185345&amp;blogID=253978166&MyToken=fd2d7c40-c7db-47e6-a4d6-e72a735bff34">Middleman Pop</a> </span>have a record deal and are shooting a video right now. Read their account of how their video shoot, nearly ends in bloodshed!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNjKhPAxuI/AAAAAAAAADc/MRrc94Iec-I/s1600-h/middleman_story_370x214.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNjKhPAxuI/AAAAAAAAADc/MRrc94Iec-I/s200/middleman_story_370x214.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058495838838376162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anyone fancy getting involved with putting on a farmers market, we would hope to get approval from the wonderful people who clean the common land to use Charlie Cake Park. Local allotment afficionado Guy Smith wants to hear from you if you want to help get this off the ground..... email via jam siren... jamsiren{at}thearmleytouristboard.com<br /><br />On another note if you would like to get dirt under your finger nails why not join in the general clearing up of the common ground? If you want to find out more about where and when email Jam again and she will forward your details on.<br /><br />The real star of Armley this week though is our super cool Django, he sure knows how to keep cool in the sun<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNmhBPAxxI/AAAAAAAAAD0/UBvY7vHZyeo/s1600-h/jango2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RjNmhBPAxxI/AAAAAAAAAD0/UBvY7vHZyeo/s200/jango2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058499523920316178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Toodle Pip<br />Woof Woof!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-844081005195582914?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-45830746763374199352007-04-22T18:12:00.000+01:002007-04-22T18:31:52.933+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RiuaIYN2EoI/AAAAAAAAACI/Sk31JVy9e24/s1600-h/luke+wiki.bmp"></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ex Pats lost finding their way back to Armley News</span></span><br /><br />Noticing the drop off from new visitors from foreign parts- apart from those in China who send all sorts of incomprehensible and quite pointless emails to Jam Siren, we went investigating!<br />We discovered that the link from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armley">Wikipedia</a> has been removed (we did not put it there in the first place!) due to it being perceived as advertising!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RiuaaYN2EpI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u6rto43k4_w/s1600-h/luke+wiki.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RiuaaYN2EpI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u6rto43k4_w/s400/luke+wiki.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056304784621310610" border="0" /></a><br />We have kept new visitors from abroad abreast of Armley news, such as <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=100629132">Diane in Florida</a>, who found us when she searched for Armley in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armley">Wikipedia</a>. I think Luke (who ever he is) needs to be aware that The Armley Tourist Board is a not for profit, and certainly for community spirit expression of civic pride.<br /><br />We appeal to Luke to stop being snippy, he should be proud to include the quirky- history in the making if you like. (As all of our Leeds and global commentaries could be considered so really!) If you would like to reinstate this link, who ever you were in the first place then please do!<br /><br />Yours with injured dignity the communication office of the Armley Tourist Board<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armley"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 209px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RiuZ9YN2EnI/AAAAAAAAACA/zAw8d-S00Ag/s200/wiki.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056304286405104242" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4583074676337419935?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-12286370912850383192007-04-18T07:06:00.000+01:002007-04-21T22:40:23.230+01:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Jam Rag News Round Up!</span><br /><br />Britains Friendliest Street- Ambassador on BBC Radio Leeds as new survey comes out saying we Leeds lubbers /loiners are poo at being neighbourly. More on this over at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.armleytownstreet.blogspot.com/">www.armleytownstreet.blogspot.com</a><br />This site also features writing from Armley Blogger Nick or Dough Boy a roving rookie journo taking the edge of XladyM's saccharine sweet musings<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.creativearmley.blogspot.com/">Creative Armley Website</a> has new blogger- I Love West Leeds Festival Director Jane Earnshaw shares her musings as she attempts to put on a week long festival with teeeny weeeny amounts of money<br /><br />Another new Russian Shop opens in Armley called Annas on Whingate- Yippeeee. Lovely stuff<br />Also an Afro Caribean shop just appeared next to the Malt Shovel yesterday- more on that later!<br /><br />The Lady Mayoress and her cronies put on their plus fours and went a supping in Gott's Park Golf Clubhouse last Friday. She reports back that it is reasonably priced, sells Magners, has a fantastic pool table at 20p a go and wonderful views across Armley and Kirkstall. A little quiet, and very quirky. Worth a trip? Definitely. Worth the £5.00 social membership? At less than £10 for a round for 5 - we should coco!<br /><br />Anyone else want to join this blog? Let us know jamsiren {at} thearmleytouristboard.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1228637091285038319?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-12151261824389704752007-04-02T20:26:00.000+01:002007-04-02T21:04:59.125+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RhFgIGjgCvI/AAAAAAAAABk/NI9f5v4-GvQ/s1600-h/1404668460_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RhFgIGjgCvI/AAAAAAAAABk/NI9f5v4-GvQ/s400/1404668460_m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048922349573769970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Message from the XLadyMayoress</span></span><br /></div><br />My dearest readers, thank you for stopping by, it's a wonder you still do given Jam Siren's outpouring of grief into your ears recently. I don't know, I go away on a lovely cruise to Madeira, leaving all communications to Jam Siren, expecting her to continue her saucy ways the little devil, and come back to all sorts of serious and downbeat tales of woe.<br /><br />Well Jam Siren has now been given the opportunity to wear her heart on her sleeve on our affiliated websites, Creative Armley and Armley Town Street. She'll 'do good' and be earnest over there! She tells me that she still wants to keep the sense of humour that you know and love us for, but I fear Jammy is getting a little too dull really, and therefore I have come back to reinject a sense of cosy afternoon sherry into the feel of the site.<br /><br />That's right, and what better way to do that than for you to sit back, have a tipple with me and enjoy the first of our 'Five minute quickies'<br /><br />I have to say this first group are rather rascally, and I do feel a little bit worried that in the tradition of all up and coming bands they are a little lacking in social etiquette, but dear readers I leave that for you to decide. In fact their soon to be pick of the hit parade 'Blah Blah Blah' does remind me of Mr Mayor's attitude when I regale him with the wonderful stories of the garden tea parties at Dame Bab's.<br /><br />Middleman, apart from being feted by Radio One, (and a sure fire hit with their catchy song- I think it was called something deep like Mass Market Wigwams before Blah etc) are a four piece band of four fresh faced boys, who despite their rather cheeky answers are actually lovely boys that you would be glad your daughter brought home to you. All they need is a little bit of talcum powder and a bit of feeding up. I have to say they always look so handsome at the Armley Tea Dances. Anyway I'm getting all unnecesarry, If you have any questions for the boys you will have to now contact them through their management- what oh! (charlie@city-rockers.com)<br /><br />So without further ado may I present;<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >MIDDLEMAN</span><br /></div> (Visit their websites www.middlemanpop.co.uk and www.myspace.com/middlemanpop and Channel 4 no less! Get along to their events and show some Armley LOVE!)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What is your favourite smell</span>: Poo<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Who is your Armley IDOL</span>: Dani T<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Who is the biggest rascal in your band and why?:</span> Lee cus he's like danny devito.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">What kind of drunk do you get (happy, psychotic etc?</span>: Both<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Will fame go to your heads?</span>: OOOOHHHH YEEAAHHH!!!<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">If Middleman were a sandwich what kind of sandwich would you be?</span>: JERK CHICKEN<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What kind of groupies do you have (other than the Lady M):</span> Mostly animals and some objects.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">What kind of animals do you think you were in previous lives?</span>: Hip hop groupies.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What bit of Armley makes you giggle?</span>: The Prison<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Do you think you have any children knocking about?</span>: No but krish's sister does.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What has been the best thing that has happened to you this year so far?:</span> Maida Vale session on Radio1<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What are you hoping the future brings for your band?</span>: Chart hits<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Could you tell the Lady M who you would like to find out more about in Armley?</span> The Horse on the field<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Why should anyone come and live in Armley?</span> Because they're skint.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Question dear reader, do they deserve to be granted the freedom of Armley for 24 hours?</span></span><br />Who would you like for your next 5 minute quickie?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-1215126182438970475?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-46686183449075241492007-03-23T07:28:00.000Z2007-03-23T08:04:56.345Z<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Coming to your Town Street: A Prime Tripled Fronted Betting Office to enjoy spending your hard earned lucre in.</span></span><br /><br />There was hand wringing, furrowed brows, sadness and despair around the large board table at Leeds Civic Hall yesterday. In fact there were tears in the eyes of the dear councillors and planning officers as they sealed the fate of Armley Town Street and helped hasten it's decline to a ghost town.<br />The vote of 7 for the application and 4 against (Cllr Harper was against and made a heroic speech against the application) was a reluctant lEGAL one- (if spineless in our humble opinion), as to refuse permission would be 'perverse'!<br /><br />So despite arguments that this would impact the vitality and viability of our once great town street, (which according to some of the aged representatives, it really had been a shopping destination of some renown) the plain fact of the matter was that the applicant satisfied all 'material planning' concerns in changing the use of Todd's from a retail outlet to a service outlet.<br />This was despite the 'site visit' of cllrs and planning officers who walked along Town Street, noticing the empty units, and 'fringe' retail such as charity shops, the quantity of which signal a street in decline. (The planning department had searched high and low to find a loop hole in the unitary development plan for Leeds and Armley and national policy but could not find a good legal reason to turn down this application)<br /><br />In the past few days the Lady Mayoress has learned more about planning than was her want, but the sad facts stand that the plans for Armley cannot influence the <span style="font-weight: bold;">type</span> of 'service outlet' off the main parade. On the bit which is Somerfield etc that is considered the primary frontage and has to be 80% retail and 20% service, Todd's is considered to be in the 'secondary' frontage and therefore more service is permitted along that strip.<br /><br />It was put to the panel that bookies actually prove that they increase footfall! Hmmm, we would like to know does increased footfall result in increased spending elsewhere? Well ofcourse it must cos every punter who uses a book makers comes out richer than when they went it surely... and step out with a spring in their steps to spend their loot in the restuarants, cafes, clothing shops etc that line Town Street. How curmudgeonly of the Armley Tourist Board to have tried to stop the spread of this prosperity!<br /><br />So thanks to all of you who took the time to sign petitions etc, there is a hearing at the magistrates court for their licence application, but we feel quite deflated at the prospects of this being rejected, as asked many times before if any of you have any knowledge that could help stop this then please do something if you care.<br /><br />A big thanks to Maria from He-re who trod the streets with a petition, who really heard what the young and old of Armley thought about this, and yesterday made a very good 3 minute speech asking 'how does granting this application fit with plans for regeneration in Armley?' The answer was a resounding '<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">bog off to regeneration as we are toothless in the face of an expensive appeal which would cost YOU the council tax payers as we would lose'<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Apparently we lucky Armleyites can still look forward to some lovely cash being spent on tarting up Armley Town Street later in the year, not sure how new railings and the like are going to hide the fact of decorating a corpse with jewells though.</span><br /></span><br />The Lady Mayoress knows that you care, but wants to leave this thought with you.<br />If you care enough about Armley, please don't keep it to yourself. Over on the grown up sister blog www.armleytownstreet.blogspot.com we are going to keep fanning the flames for change. We feel depressed at what has happened and what this might mean for Armley, but perhaps the time is right to capitalise upon the strength of feeling we are witnessing amongst our residents. What were the chain of events in other run down areas that resulted in them picking themseleves up and flourishing. Do we need to form a development trust? WHAT CAN WE DO?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4668618344907524149?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-46624285646141656042007-03-21T21:52:00.000Z2007-03-21T22:00:09.197Z<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Your community SOAPBOX</span><br /><br />We have set up a very grown up blog space called <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">ArmleyTownStreet</span></span>.<br />If there is anything anybody wants to get on their soapbox about then you too can contribute,<br /><br />The first soapbox is about the future of Armley Town Street, and asks for anyone who gives a thingeymyjig about our Armley to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">ACTIVELY</span> get involved. Identify yourselves, tell people what you want. This site is still but young, but all reports we get show that visitor numbers are growing and putting 'What's it like to live in Armley' 'What is there to do in Armley' 'Armley Regeneration' in the google search engines. We know there are loads of you already contributing in many ways, but let's use this space to communicate it to those who don't know and might like to get a sense of what is happening to make a difference.<br /><br />Obviously if this is all waffle and you just want the daft tongue in cheekiness stick with this site. If you want some community collective action lets start talking about it together on the ArmleyTownStreet blog. Click here to read<span style="text-decoration: underline;">: </span><a href="http://armleytownstreet.blogspot.com/">http://armleytownstreet.blogspot.com/</a> or email jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com if you want to have your own login to the site and start publishing.<br /><br />Over and OUT<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4662428564614165604?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-75824241604515605342007-03-15T22:22:00.000Z2007-03-19T21:51:15.437Z<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Jam Rag News</span></span><br /><br />A little round up of coming stuff from across our region and beyondski</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf23uyK7buI/AAAAAAAAABA/HWO_zEg5iks/s1600-h/easter+bonnett.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf23uyK7buI/AAAAAAAAABA/HWO_zEg5iks/s200/easter+bonnett.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043389172094299874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESK<br /><br />Tea Dance</span><br />The lovely ladies say:<br />" We are back for a wonderful easter affair!<br />All the usual dreamy things- fantastic tea and cakes, our wonderful singers cara and sally, fab raffle, bingo and other games too.<br />As its an easter special we are holding a<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> bonnet parade and competition</span></span> for adults and children. <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Get creative and make a super bonnet</span>, you never know you might win the top prize!<br />We're also having a traditional egg hunt.<br />Come along in your finery, bring your friends.<br />Love Angie and Donna."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easter Tea Dance: </span>Interplay Theatre, Armley Ridge rd, Armley, Leeds LS123LE<br />£5 adults £2.50 children/oaps<br />3.00pm -7.00pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.themarvellousteadancecompany.co.uk">www.themarvellousteadancecompany.co.uk</a><br />email- themarvellousteadancecompany@yahoo.co.uk<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">RETAIL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Russian Polish Shop Opens in Armley<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >Make your way to the bottom of Town Street near Carol's Flower Bowl. Open 7 days a week till late every week day and 10-5 on Sundays</span><br />Selling an exotic array of Eastern European Foods. On our visit we were served by the lovely Theodora,and came away with some strange frozen quarky cheese bars, sauerkraut, jars of wee (or perhaps applejuice), very nice meat stuff, dumplings, and honey. If you know anyone who would like to translate a post for the Armley Tourist Board into Polish so that we can be truely welcoming then please get in contact with our International Desk.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Todd's Planning Update-</span> Please come if you have time to show support - Thursday- Civic Hall- 1.30pm<br />Call for old and young to attend next weeks ANTI GAMBLING planning Meeting in Leeds<br />If you read the following start at page 148. They seem to think we have a lost cause, even though John Battle's post bag has been bulging at the seams and we got well over 300 signatures. The planning report focuses on the fact that we are objecting on moral and ideaological grounds, neatly ignoring the fact that we are campaigning about regeneration and future sustainability. If anyone has any useful FACTS about how bookies etc do not contribute to the long term growth of an area please send them to us. <a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/moderngov/Published/C00000124/M00001073/$$ADocPackPublic.pdf">CLICK HERE TO READ DOC</a><a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/moderngov/Published/C00000124/M00001073/$$ADocPackPublic.pdf"><br /></a><br />See what the property gurus think about Town Street and Armley by <a href="http://www.findaproperty.com/areaguidebook.aspx?edid=00&salerent=1&amp;storyid=10532&areaid=6418">clicking here</a><br /><br />Lady Mayoress and cohorts declare <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Barley Corn Ale is Good<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">International Relations and Inward Investment Desk</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">This week we had visitors from:</span><br /></div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf29LyK7bvI/AAAAAAAAABI/Xm9p8vI9jCo/s1600-h/goofle+vi.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf29LyK7bvI/AAAAAAAAABI/Xm9p8vI9jCo/s200/goofle+vi.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043395167868645106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf2-ZCK7bwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/cpbxe_nezE0/s1600-h/stats.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rf2-ZCK7bwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/cpbxe_nezE0/s200/stats.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043396495013539586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Cultural Digest and Celebrity Corner Publications Detail</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">And finally ?Who would we like to interview in Armley? &amp; What do we wanna ask em?</span> </span>Stay tuned for the X Lady M's first BIG interview.......................Shall we have a poll, or perhaps visit the comments box and leave a few suggestions?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7582424160451560534?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-115882771608328612007-03-13T19:31:00.000Z2007-03-13T19:40:24.299Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rfb9_iK7btI/AAAAAAAAAA4/bziPwBaVImU/s1600-h/pumplord.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Rfb9_iK7btI/AAAAAAAAAA4/bziPwBaVImU/s200/pumplord.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041496100834078418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:130%;" >Oh God lord, look what has been unleashed by your support, the current X Lady M issues new edict on drink guzzling locally<br /><br /></span>" Word reaches me that the hostelry on the junction of Armley Ridge Road and Town Street, named the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barley Corn Public House</span>, now serves the ale of choice of Lady Madonna of Chicago City. That's right along with 2 other hand pulled cask ales <span style="font-weight: bold;">Timothy Taylor</span> is now served for the good citizens of Armley and beyond. So show your support by getting along and supping it. The Lady M and other folk from St Ives Town Hall will be inspecting for evidence of Westons Organic, Country Manor, and pickled eggs, we shall report back as to our findings"<br /><br />May we also extend a warm welcome to a new neighbour in our community who has come back to her home town from the dirty old smoke, and by the looks of things may be a real asset to our neighbourhood.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-11588277160832861?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-43836746947010819842007-03-13T18:10:00.000Z2007-03-14T11:25:30.738Z<h1 style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Word from West Leeds Festival "Oi! Get Knitted"<br /></span></h1> <h1><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" >Spare time on your hands? Do your fingers need saving from themselves, the fags, food or booze? Young Fogey, Supermodel or eccentric? Read on...</span><br /></h1> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Guerrilla Knits - A complete knitted festival?</span><br />We need your help to knit a complete shed cover for one of our beloved festival sheds. On the outside the shed will appear spookily normal (wooden sides, tiled roof) until you get up-close and discover that reality is a knitted illusion. Open the door and enter a wonderful patchwork blanket world…a shed to warm and comfort you.<br />Read the Yorkshire Evening Post article <a href="http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=2099980" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Instructions for knitted shed. <img alt="" src="http://www.interplayleeds.co.uk/sites/288/images/shed.jpg" align="right" border="4" height="222" width="320" /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXTERIOR (Wool provided)</span>;<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Slats</span> - all 15cm high (plain knit)<br />A. 13 strips at 150cm length<br />B. 22 strips at 210cm length<br />C. 8 strips at 60cm length<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roof Tiles</span> (Wool provided)<br />21cm squared (cast on 30st)<br />Then plain knit or k1 p1 till square<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">INTERIOR (own wool or contact us if needed):</span><br />Cast on a stitch per year of your age<br />Knit square<br />Colour, pattern and stitch of your choice<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming soon…Instructions and workshops for:</span><br />Fruit & veg Birds &amp; biscuits<br />Flowers & bugs Snugs &amp; Signs<br /><br />For further details and to arrange wool delivery/collection:<br />Jane Earnshaw<br />Interplay<br />Armley Ridge Road<br />LS12 3LE<br />Tel: 0789 631 8657 email: <a href="mailto:festival@interplayleeds.co.uk">festival@interplayleeds.co.uk</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4383674694701081984?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-75400987068960700052007-03-04T18:31:00.000Z2007-03-04T22:41:29.889Z<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">The X Lady M of Armley has been very hermit-like these last weeks</span></span><br /><br />Jam Siren has been quite concerned about her mental state, as she has been laying off the Country Manor, keeping her nose out of her neighbour's concerns and generally moping around.<br />In fact since she dramatically announced her intention to step down the ex Lady M has lost some of that 'sparkle' that made her so profoundly irritating. Jam Siren has been at quite a loss as to what to do to bring back the interfering old boot, and thinks perhaps the best thing would be to put it to you that maybe Lady Mayoress should step back into her old patent buckled shoes; <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">what dear public do you say?</span></span><br /><br />She has intimated to me that since watching the film<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" > '<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hot_fuzz/"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Hot Fuzz</span></a>'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/ResXYIp3kyI/AAAAAAAAAAw/xRdqSJIVmhU/s1600-h/Hot_Fuzz_1sht_173-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/ResXYIp3kyI/AAAAAAAAAAw/xRdqSJIVmhU/s200/Hot_Fuzz_1sht_173-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038146311551423266" border="0" /></a></span> she has some new grand schemes about how she may keep up the campaign of making Armley the BEST PLACE ON EARTH to live. Not having seen the film myself I do not know what she means when she mutters darkly '<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">S</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">ometimes the means will justify the ends</span>' and '<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">It's all for the greater good</span>'<br /><br />Still she was also heartened last week by two events, one being the fact that our postcode is now at last coming into it's own and receiving wonderful unsolicited junk mail from <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Organic food producers</span>, which makes up for the ignorance of those marketeers sending along those awful 29% unsecured loan offers. What's more rumour has it that what was 'Armley Plumbing Supplies' in Upper Armley may soon be turned into a wonderful place for coffees and gossip galore!<br /><br />Furthermore she had a boost by being mentioned by a rather dashing young man from a legal firm with a lovely Leeds office on his corporate website. <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Addleshaw Goddard</span></span> are going to be helping the young of Armley with their reading skills, so hopefully more of the little tykes will be able to read this website and become proper citizens of Armley.<a href="http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/view.asp?content_id=2025&parent_id=2018"> </a><a href="http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/view.asp?content_id=2025&amp;parent_id=2018">Read the piece by clicking here</a><br /><br />For the civic minded amongst us, good(ish) news that Todd's has been granted a small stay of execution until April thanks to all your support! Still much work to be done though and we will keep you appraised of any news. With over 300 signitures online and on paper we have given the town planners some food for thought. So all we need now is a serious contender to ring those agents in Leeds - Adair Paxton and make a serious offer on Todd's to the owner, who must by now be wondering if they<span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> backed the wrong horse</span></span>!<br /><br />Finally the Valentine's Tea Dance made us cry with pride! It was sublime. More pictures to follow.<br /><br />So what say we with regards the sad ole lady; shall we have her back or shall we get someone else to do the job?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-7540098706896070005?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-44298714752945489242007-02-05T13:38:00.000Z2007-02-05T13:45:26.660Z<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >Urgent help required!</span><br />We have 260 signatures from both the online petition and from the hard work Maria has put in walking around the streets. The feedback has been that our community has no desire to see a prime double fronted shop turned into a bookies.<br />However whilst we have been concentrating on stopping a licence being granted by the magistrate's we all totally missed the planning notice further down the road which expired on the 30th January. We contacted the council planners and they said we could have until the end of the week to make our voices and views heard. So please go online to object by<a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://planningapplications.leeds.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=JAXQBAJB4G000"> clicking here</a><br />and send letters to: <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Mrs Hare </span></span> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">West Team</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Planning Services</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Leonardo</span></span></st1:PlaceName><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">Building</st1:PlaceName></span></span></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2 Rossington Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><st1:place st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Leeds</span></span></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p></div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">LS2 8HD<br />Apparently the planning committee is more likely to take the emotive views of the community in an area earmarked for regeneration than the magistrate's, where unless we can prove lack of demand our chances are slim with out legal representation.<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please forward this on to all those concerned.<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Watch this space for some more interesting news coming shortly about fun things!<br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4429871475294548924?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-264705371402209892007-01-22T18:06:00.000Z2007-01-23T15:00:46.005Z<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sign this easy peasy online petition to show your support for our campaign to stop the bookies.... Click here...</span><br /><br />Why not use the petition comment box to say what you would like for Armley Town Street?<br />Betty's and Taylors, a museum for Alan Bennett memorabilia, a 'friends' stylee cafe with wifi!! Artists Studios in the Empty Shops, Borders Books! Okay back on earth........... seriously let us give the councillors something creative and exciting to complement their exisiting ideas for a youth job shop etc!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/LadyM/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SAY NO TO BIGGER GAMBLING PALACES IN ARMLEY!</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RbYi76IzFhI/AAAAAAAAAAk/kUgYW_4jIlc/s1600-h/getEdFrontImage.aspx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/RbYi76IzFhI/AAAAAAAAAAk/kUgYW_4jIlc/s200/getEdFrontImage.aspx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023240846992152082" border="0" /></a>Rush out and buy the Yorkshire Post (big paper) Tuesday Morning or click here to<a href="http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=105&amp;ArticleID=1986445"> read yet more</a> about what a wonderful street we live on.....(we wont stop until Fern and Philip or Richard and Judy give us the opportunity to take a ST IVES minibus to our Capital CITY). If anyone knows their number please pass it on. Likewise if you know the Kaisers please ask them if they would mind opening Jam Up the Back Passage this year. We are thinking of hosting a wedding this year as James T says it could be 'Wedding of the Rear'............... All we need now are some willing victums!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-26470537140220989?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-25151343067437384362007-01-21T10:41:00.000Z2007-01-21T10:43:50.778Z<a href="http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;ArticleID=1984338">Omen like cruxifix nearly kills Armley worker during winds read on....</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-2515134306743738436?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-65004048066145574982007-01-18T18:14:00.000Z2007-01-22T18:19:38.439Z<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Mirror Mirror on the wall.....................<br /></span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=is-this-the-nation-s-friendliest-street--&method=full&amp;objectid=18488658&siteid=94762-name_page.html">Yes St Ives is fairest of all! Read on! by clicking this link</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;" >Also St Ives on Look North last night, who seem to have thrown down the gauntlet to other smug neighbourhoods in Yorkshire, well we at St Ives Town Hall would not be in the least surprised if there are many having a great time too. That's what is great about Yorkshire, our competitive friendliness!</span><br /><br /><div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">It was on Look North but now sadly archived, Richard and Judy are battling against Fern and Philip for exclusive rights, watch this space!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />If you are new and have not experienced the joys of the back passage then click on the following link for pictures<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelstalk/sets/72157594370079116/">Abi's Pics</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsogmm/sets/72157594169594771/">Julie's Pics</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31738509@N00/sets/72157594259936425/">Ali's Pics</a><br /><br />Breaking News- Look at the Marvellous Armley Tea Dance's new website, and get thee along to the Valentines Ball on the 10th Feb- an evening do this time. Sign up for tickets! Click here for <a href="http://www.themarvellousteadancecompany.co.uk//index.html">mmmmmmmmore </a>news</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Ra_FnKIzFgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/bxCQeVg37Pk/s1600-h/usersdannytdesktopprizecake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oI0far_Ai4g/Ra_FnKIzFgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/bxCQeVg37Pk/s200/usersdannytdesktopprizecake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021449386068219394" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A St Ives Neighbour wrote the following in response..............<br /><br /></div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">Eh Bah Gum! Aint it grand up North? Just nipped out to get paper and nearly slipped on the twinkling cobbles, but luckily my handsome kindly neighbour were on hand to catch my fall! As he helped me back on to my feet a friendly little teenager wearing a hood type garment, came skipping down road, miraculously zit free, bright eyed and bushy tailed. 'Morning Maam' said he cheerily, would you like me to get owt from the shops for you? How about I use your key and let meself back into your house, and put breakfast on for ye whilst I am at it?</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"></span> </div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">I smiled broadly ' hello young Dwaine how are you? how is the studying going? Is uncle Albie on the mend yet, how did the special herbal medicine I mixed for him from my little pretty but well tended yard work?'</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">He lent into me and grinned, 'don't you worry about Uncle Albie, he's fit as a fiddle thanks to all the wonderful neighbours who helped him after he put his back out jamming up the back passage' </span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"></span> </div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">I looked at my watch, ' Oh Golly, I must dash; parties to organise, neighbours to check in on, cats to feed, hanging baskets to water, bats to save, councillors to schmooze, papers to burn, radio shows to amuse, Fern and Phillip to visit, keys to cut, no time to waste!'</span></span></div> <div face="verdana" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="468203908-17012007"></span> </div> <div style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-family: verdana;"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">And off I gambled in my best frock. Until I got just one house up the road.....' Coffee Love?' </span></span></div> <div face="verdana" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="468203908-17012007"><span style="font-size:85%;">'Oh go on then, if you must....<br /><br />Next news item will be about the wonderful Armley Forum! Please don't unsubscribe in the meantime!<br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-6500404806614557498?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-43445565993983248602007-01-15T11:29:00.000Z2007-01-15T12:24:41.745Z<span style="font-size:180%;">Come to the Armley Forum Tuesday 16th 7pm if you want to get involved with opposing the Done Bookies Application</span><br />Last week due to your deluge of letters in objection, the application has been adjourned until the 20th February so well done!<br />The Forum at the One Stop Shop will deal with all sorts of other Armley related stuff, but this can be covered in the any other business bit at the end. Perhaps one of the things we might need to consider is what can we do/say to counter the argument that Town Street is already full of empty shops, which is better an empty shop or a bookies? What could Todd's be anyway? So instead of a good ole gripe, why dont we find out how we can influence the future of Armley, and what would we want to see anyway? Why not take a butchers at what the folk in Headingley did so they could work collectively <a href="http://www.headingleydevelopmenttrust.org.uk/">click here</a><br /><br />Further more the Coral Application which was opposed on the grounds of lack of demand by William Hill has been adjourned until April, I am sure we will have a good opportunity to discuss this tomorrow too.<br /><br />Our resident genius and great artist/musician would like to see some Armley love and invites you to see him perform at the Wardrobe in Leeds this Wednesday 9pm <a href="http://www.mikartistik.com/giglist.htm">click here</a> to read more<br /><br />Finally in the Guardian this time for friendliest street. We now promise this will all stop!<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1990419,00.html#article_continue"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Enough already of this media circus made up by the delusional ex Lady Mayoress- dont the silly readers know it is all part of a grand hoax and the street and it's residents dont exist except as characters in her made up world. Next people will think that there really is a tourist board and will even 'vote' for the next pretend Lady Mayoress.</span></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-4344556599398324860?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1168288801040325802007-01-08T20:24:00.000Z2007-01-09T10:51:19.463Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/23885/Winner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/541446/Winner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >New Year Round Up: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Happy New Year loyal subjects, we apologise here at St Ives Towers for the long delay in extending our welcome to you but there has been a bit of a shock following some wonderful news!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Good.............</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">1) The Lady Mayoress of Armley announced on the eve of New Years that she would be stepping down from her onerous duties to become chief communications officer, and the search is now on for the next Mayor or Lady Mayoress of Armley (in a totally unofficial capacity we stress!)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> We do have a couple of candidates but will be posting these and your entries over the coming weeks hoping to make an announcement for the end of January. Would you like to take on the role and wear the diamonte encrusted crown jewel chains with pride at whatever spurious event takes your fancy? Email your picture (can be made up) details and a short piece on why you should get the vote, and at the end of Jan we will have a lovely public vote! jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> 2)Naturally St Ives Mount won the rather wonderful accolade of 'Friendliest Street in Britain' as voted for by the listeners of Radio 5 Live! What impeccable taste they have all 56% of them. To listen to the ex Lady Mayoress and her saucy talk with Richard Bacon click the following link.......</span>.<a href="http://www.thearmleytouristboard.com/mp3/Emma.mp3">RADIO FIVE</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> 3) Many Calendars gone to good homes, still a few left, anyone want any? Just email jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">4) For those following the fortunes of the ex Lady Mayoress's old trusty stead Sherman have a butchers at the following pictures of the little devils latest incarnation! (Note the number plate- The ex Lady Mayoress had to stifle a sob!)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/454364/PICT0391small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/200/417372/PICT0391small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/940341/PICT0389%20small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/200/426727/PICT0389%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/936971/PICT0390small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/200/856770/PICT0390small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">5) We have a holding page for the new website which we are currently developing which will be a total community resource for YOU! To post news, share stuff, reject planning permissions, rate suppliers etc. Admittedly it is not ready just yet, but will be soon, so keep your eyes peeled!</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.thearmleytouristboard.com">www.thearmleytouristboard.com </a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The BAD</span><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Todd's Pork and Beef Butchers....... 5 letters were sent to object to the proposed development by Done Book makers and there is a hearing at Leeds Magistrates Court on the 11th January. We will post news of next actions, but definitely get to the next Armley Forum on Tuesday 16th at 6pm if you want to air your views and work out how we can take action.<br />Check out the article in the YEP by clicking <a href="http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1961326">HERE</a><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">The UGLY<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Okay so you think Sherman should have been in this section but let the ex Lady M have her last moments of power, 2007 promises to be different, and Jam Siren promises that whoever shall take the reigns of power next she will serve them faithfully too, but please whoever you are, lay off the Country Manor Perry and please don't abuse the privelege bestowed upon you. I say no more (but if you buy the drinks she might be persuaded to divulge!)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Many of our wheelie bins from our St Ives have been stolen many times over the last couple of months to make fires on the wreck, not too friendly is it? </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Recently a good neighbour had his car window stoved in.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116828880104032580?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1166863157563949622006-12-23T08:28:00.000Z2006-12-23T09:05:31.883Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/920839/five%20live.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/398582/five%20live.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Help Armley have the friendliest street in Britain as voted for by the listeners of Radio Five Live </span></span><br /><br />Amidst these turbulent times of fighting the DONE bookmakers attempts to colonise all of Armley Town Street, Jam Siren is pleased to share some good warm hearted news with you to finish the year on.<br />What will we do next on this street of publicity seeking extroverts? The Lady Mayoress implores the good citizans of Leeds and Armley to help us win the accolade next Friday 29th by listening into Radio 5 Live from 11am on 909 or 693 Medium Wave (AM?) (just like the good old times) where we fight it out against the likes of Manchester and London to win the very special award!<br /><br />Alan Bennett would be so proud of us! Maybe then he will see that being patron of the Armley Tourist Board would enhance his profile no end!<br /><br />In the meantime dear subscribers the Armley Tourist Board would like to thank you for all your support in 2006, we hope you enjoyed Jam Up the Back Passage: The Second Coming, and the Tea Dances, The Charming Armley Calendar and numerous other activities.<br />2007 we will launch the new website, where the Lady Mayoress devolves her power to YOU!<br />Yes a community website where you write the content and say what you want! There are plans for a farmers market in Charlie Cake Park for May too, so lots to look forward to!<br /><br />Get listening and voting next Friday, let's show the world the Armley is the friendliest place in the world!<br /><br />Happy Christmas and a sparkling New Year!<br /><br />Jam Siren on behalf of the Lady Mayoress of Armley and the Armley Tourist Board<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116686315756394962?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1166006170385921452006-12-13T10:13:00.000Z2006-12-13T12:20:44.516Z<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is it a Done Deal? Please read and save Armley Town Street</span>!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >So what was Todd's butchers has planning permission to be extended as BETFRED's DONE Bookies</span><br />Just what Armley needs! We have until the 22nd December to send in our complaints if we don't wish to see one prime piece of Armley promise turned into another gambling den. Coral also have planning permission to open a shop on Armley Town Street, maybe where the sadly departed JnR Thai was. (apparently no 19 wherever that may be). Sadly bookies, gaming rooms and charity shops seem to be the most flourishing business in Armley and much as we are against middle class gentrification it would be a shame if a profit making bookie takes Todd's as they will never leave!<br /><br />The Address to send your letters etc to is Betting Gaming and Liscening at The Court House in Leeds see below. jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com<br /><br />Please forward this to everyone who you know with an interest in Armley. Do we know any legal people who can help us with this.....Apparently there aren't many proposals from bookmakers get thrown out, they have money to throw at this. Done's has a strong case and are unlikely to be opposed by another bookmakers because they are already in Armley and can demonstrate demand. Our best case is when another book makers complains as they will get their legal team behind it. We spoke to a legal clerk at the Magistrates who said we stood a better chance of opposing the new Coral plans as William Hill have aleady opposed it.<br /><br />Anyway perhaps it is just me, we would need to send in 2 objections sent in we can state we think it kills high street shopping and is not suitable for children, but are chances are v. slim indeed. The next part would be that if we were the only complainants to go to the hearing on the 11th January, any complainant receives notice of this anyway. If another betting firm has opposed it then there is little point going to the first hearing as it will only be ajourned and then a new hearing date set. So on our letters we can say that we would not need to attend the first hearing if there were other complainants from the betting community.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;" >We need to send two copies of the same letter each for legal reasons.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;" > Leeds Magistrates' Court: Clerk to the Justices to the Advisory Committee, Leeds Magistrates' Court, PO Box 97, Westgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3JP 0113 2855679<br /><br />Contact jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com if you wish to ask any direct questions!<br /><br /></span><strong><br />Betfred's<br />Postal Address:</strong><br />Betfred<br />The Spectrum<br />Benson Road<br />Birchwood<br />Warrington<br />WA3 7PQ<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116600617038592145?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1165346532256089802006-12-05T19:02:00.000Z2006-12-05T19:24:27.710Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/712654/Yorkshire%20Evening%20Post001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/362039/Yorkshire%20Evening%20Post001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Armley Tourist Board and Calendar Entrants in the</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> news again as is our lovely judge Anne McNeill and Armley resident Casey Orr's photograph.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Look at Griff and Lightening Cloud's other pictures on Flickr.com<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/griffleriff/">Griff</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36863235@N00/">Lightening Cloud</a><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The owner of the horse went in to He-Re today for Royalties- just kidding</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sales coming in from LA, China, Prague, LA, Roundhay none from Chapel A just yet! And the gentleman from Stylelistiks would not purchase of a copy, 'No ta love £5.00's a bit steep innit'<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/990117/phil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/663996/phil.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >MOST IMPORTANTLY: DON'T FORGET THE TEA DANCE AT INTERPLAY THEATRE</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Saturday 9th December Get your dancing shoes on for the hour lesson before it kicks. Be there or be square! More news on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marvellousarmleyteadance">Marvellous Armley Teadance</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116534653225608980?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1164987494380815822006-12-01T15:18:00.000Z2006-12-02T06:52:48.706Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/730748/st%20Barts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/360896/st%20Barts.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/732439/horse%20on%20back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/63555/horse%20on%20back.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gli</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ttering Gathering at He- re Estate Agents reward wonderful entrants and announce</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/624389/310574556_ab499f47f6_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/487098/310574556_ab499f47f6_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> winners!<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">The Lady Mayoress of Armley got dressed up to the 9's last night at the joint launch of the Charming Armley Calendar and He-re Estate Agents.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">The Lady M thanked all that made it such a wonderful success and urges those of you not able to go last night to get along to He-re as the wonderful images decorate the wall most professionally. We enjoyed full security and red carpet treatment from one of our sponsors; Network Securites to make sure that our guests were well looked after. Matt the chef did amazing things with prawns, sushi and other canapes from a</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> kitchen the size of a toilet. ALL HAIL! With any luck he might open a restuarant in Armley and we will all be very happy if that happens!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">After much Country Manor was consumed (and some nice posh bubbly stuff) the Lady M left the party (which went on until 4.30 apparently) to get along to the BBC for a radio appearance with Andrew and Georgie at the BBC in Leeds. (7am- very painful) Jam Siren was very impressed by the fact that she managed to use the word ephemera (what ever that means!) so early in the day. Click on this link to hear the short broadcast </span></span><br /><a href="http://www.stephengriffin.co.uk/mp3s/CharmingArmleyCalender2007.mp3"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:Verdana;" >BBC CharmingArmleyCalender2007.mp3</span></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/664363/310955400_fb6ef15f47_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/342749/310955400_fb6ef15f47_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >Further great news:</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" > A new recording studio has opened in Armley on Canal Road, it is called '</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The Rock and Roll Circus</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >' and sounds fabtastic (sorry that's so cheesy of me) anyway to read more about it go to our news section which contains details of how to get in contact with the owner Craig Pennington of Leeds Band 'A Love Supreme' <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://armleynews.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Armley News Round up</span></a><br /><br /><br />And finally this Saturday 2nd December we will be driving around Armley tommorow selling the calendar from the back of a white van. Mr Rusty Staples and Angie from the Marvellous Armley Tea Dance will be helping us spread the word. The Lady Mayoress is ever so taken with them, such hard workers and so full of spunky spirit! So you can get your pennies ready and if you are quick demand delivery to the door! </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >Otherwise buy it on Ebay, (charming armley calendar) at He-re until the 17th or at the Marvellous Armley Tea Dance on the 9th December.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116498749438081582?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1164657511392145872006-11-27T19:54:00.000Z2006-11-27T19:58:31.403Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/1600/837212/for%20ebay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/170/1548/320/24124/for%20ebay.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Want to buy your calendar but can't make it to Armley?</span></span><br /><br />Help is at hand- purchase it from EBAY from 8am Tuesday 28th November. By reserving it early you can be the first to receive it in the post hot off the press on Friday straight from the Lady Mayoress's breakfast appearance on the BBC!<br /><br />Just type in Charming Armley Calendar 2007 to be led straight to the 'buy it now' page, buy as many copies as you like and tell us where to send it. If you want them to be sent to multiple addresses then make seperate purchases!<br /><br />Every little bit helps! Spread the word and the love!<br /><br />All profits reinvested back into Armley Projects, and believe me there are a few interesting ones being developed as we speak!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116465751139214587?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1164377886460447472006-11-24T14:16:00.000Z2006-11-24T14:18:06.483Z<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Yes the Calendar nobody would have ever expected to hit the shops will be on the 1st December!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">A lovely glossy camp calendar of all that is best about Armley.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Stuck for ideas about what to get your nearest, dearest and weariest for Christmas? Solve your pressie problems and buy your limited edition CHARMING ARMLEY calendar at HE-RE (next to Leeds Building Society on Armley Town Street) or at the Marvellous Armley Tea Dance- Interplay Theatre, Armley Ridge Road on the 9th December 3pm- 7pm</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">ONLY £5.00</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Contact Jam Siren if you need to order in bulk! Or if you live soooo far away that neither of those venues are within reach! jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116437788646044747?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1163631435474495412006-11-15T22:02:00.004Z2006-11-15T23:08:02.430Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Winner.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Winner.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Another Armley News Round Again- and apologies if you have received multiple orgasmic posts, the Lady Mayoress had a minor spasm whilst sending this into the internet.</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">The Lady Mayoress asks your tolerance for her recent spate of correspondance with her good loyal subjects as she has trespassed rather too regularly upon your good nature of late. She is all a twitter over the</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> "Charming Armley Calendar 2007"</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">, which has been a rather fabulous success indeed. Her hankie has been to the dry cleaners to remove the dior mascara a number of times recently as she has received many a wonderful story about people being reunited with their cameras, childhood haunts and the rascals of Armley as they traversed the streets and moor taking their pictures. The excitement of the midnight phoning in of the winning pictures which you can properly view on <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/winningarmleycalendar">http://www.flickr.com/groups/winningarmleycalendar</a> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">by our Judge; Anne McNeill from the depths of her single cell in a Franciscon Monastry ( where she had been smuggled and secreted away to avoid bribery, corruption and tamperin by some over zealous competitiors) caused the Lady Mayoress to nearly flutter into an early grave. Still she rallied herself to liaise with the rather divine printers at Printing.com who got the copy to the presses with only a minute to spare!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">The calendar will go on sale on the 1st December</span></span>, watch this space for some rather imaginative and ticklish ways in which you may be able to purchase it, please do get in contact if you feel that we need to tell the printer to make more copies. We expect demand to be high!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Those lovely Tea Dance Ladies</span></span> wish to give you some light and tasty relief during the Christmas shopping season and cordially invite you to their next tea dance on the 9th December at Interplay Theatre. Visit </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.myspace.com/marvellousarmleyteadance">http://www.myspace.com/marvellousarmleyteadance</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">for exact details.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">The Lady Mayoress would also like to report that Mik Artistik's recent event in Headingley was a resounding success, and recommends his rather risque 'Lissenn' as an ideal Christmas present for all the family. Such varied views of the world the man has!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Finally thank you to all your wonderful entries for the <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Armley Tourist Board Logo</span></span>. Phil Moody's orange and black creation was chosen as a most moderne logo which The Lady Mayoress was persuaded would help bring the Armley Tourist Board up to date. She personally preferred the lovely flowery motif from the father and son team of St Ives but realises that to develop a brand image of a progressive, forward looking, engaging, inclusive tourist board she needs to get with the times!</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/tatbfloridsmall.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/tatbfloridsmall.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Here are a selection of the clever entrants - thank you Tim, Jane, Simon, Lynne, Sarah, Joshua and Phil (if we have missed you out please accept our humblest apologies! Please get back to us and we will prostrate oursleves publicly)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/timArmley%20Tourist%20Board.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/timArmley%20Tourist%20Board.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/tatb-pinko-small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/tatb-pinko-small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/TATBBricksmall.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/TATBBricksmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116363143547449541?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1163462963752114092006-11-14T00:00:00.001Z2006-11-14T00:09:23.756Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/buns.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/buns.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOT OFF THE PRESS</span><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="312093222-13112006">Please find the winning finalists for the Charming Armley Calendar 2007</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="312093222-13112006"></span></span> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="312093222-13112006">Due to the mixed way in which these have been posted The Lady Mayoress is not currently able to display them all in one group but click on both these links and you will see who the shortlisted entrants are. They are all winners! The overall winners will be announced on the day the calendar launches 30th November 2006! They will win £200 and £100 for the under 16 entry.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/favorites/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/armleytouristboard/favorites/</a></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="left"><span class="312093222-13112006" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >If you have not already become a member of flickr then please join and leave your own comments<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/63573867@N00/">http://www.flickr.com/groups/63573867@N00/</a><br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="left"><span class="312093222-13112006" style="font-size:100%;"></span> </div> <div align="left"><span class="312093222-13112006"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Why not treat friends and relatives to a wonderful Armley related pressie by buying the calendar then you can purchase it for only £5.00 from He-Re estate agents on Armley Town Street from the 1st December 2006 or from Ebay- details to follow shortly! (postage and packaging may apply) Any profits will be put back into doing some more daft fun things for Armley and are overseen by a reputable charity- interplay theatre (30 yrs old and a registered company too!)<br /><br />Thanks once again for everyone who took part in this competition!<br /><br />Entries for the Tourist Board logo being judged tomorrow. Thanks for sending in your entries!</span><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116346296375211409?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1163080561740443542006-11-09T13:28:00.000Z2006-11-09T14:04:35.850Z<a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Picture%20013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Picture%20013.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" >JAM RAG NEWS</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Closing Deadline for photo competition fast approaching! Shortlisted Entrants to discover how they have done by Tuesday 14th November.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Visit Flickr</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> to have a butchers at the fabulous talent and unexpected beauty of the people and place that we call</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/armleycalendar/">home (by clicking here)</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Mik Artistik </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Launch of new album</span>: " Lissenn'' at Dare Cafe Headingley 2pm onwards Saturday11th November. Support our finest with buying this bargain at only £9.00 or contact him via his Fan Club Membership Secretary (jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com)</span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Mik.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Mik.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Think about ordering your Christmas pressies</span> of the Charming Armley Calendar 2007 and let us know in advance how many copies you would like to beat the rush. Send email with contact details and quantities. If we are able to sell them in public then we will let you know where, but we will publicise collection points. £5.00 & postage and packing if appropriate. If you want to help by selling them too then please get in contact.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Another small competition!!!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Fancy winning £50?</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;">The Armley Tourist Board has no official identity and feels this needs sorting before the calendar goes to print. We need a logo creating for next Tuesday at the latest. Please pass this message on to all budding and existing creative types. Please try to send it to us as a JPEG or gif image and The Lady Mayoress will choose the very best. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Do you know of any community events/groups/happenings</span> that could do with putting a date into the calendar for all the people of Armley to enjoy and hear about. Get that info/contact details etc to us by Sunday night 12th November at the latest. If you are an artist, small business etc and want a small listing saying what you do (no more than 10 words) with website/email/telephone. HURRY UP and let us know<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><font>Thanks to our sponsors</span></span><font>:</span></span><font><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> Printing.com, HE-RE Estate Agents, DAB, Vital Communications, West Leeds Area Management, The Armley Councillors- Alison Lowe, Janet Harper and James McKenna, Amber Cars, Cultivate, Mike Horsfall Plumber of distinction, Mike Tobin- Thai Boxing School, Network Securities and I Love West Leeds Festival. They have all contrbuted for a page of the calendar and without their help this could not be possible! </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">J<span style="font-weight: bold;">UST ONE MORE TO GET</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">AND FINALLY:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">There will be an exhibition of the photography at HE-RE in Armley watch this space for news</span><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116308056174044354?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1162208334508493972006-10-30T11:19:00.000Z2006-11-03T11:52:37.120Z<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><blockquote></blockquote></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sponsored Calendar<br />Photographic Competition for Armley</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Jam Siren here to tell you all about the most exciting plans for a calendar of wonderfully Armley pictures such as the one that started this whole shebang off from Abi!<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">For details on how to enter and potentially win £200 email jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Entries must be in for judging by the 9th November at the latest.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">We have already secured sponsorship for 9 pages and only have 3 left to find great sponsors for. If you know of anyone tell them to speak with my sponsorship team Cultivate (via the usual email for Jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com) who are giving of their time for free as are Vital Communications. The following have also sponsored pages: He-Re estate agents who will also host the exhibition at the end of November, Amber Cars, West Leeds Area Committee, DAB (Design and Build) Vital Communications (PR and Communications), Cultivate (Sales Stategy and Campaign Management) Mike the plumber, Mike Tobin (Thai Boxing School)and Printing.com.<br /><br />We now feature on the BBC and hopefully the Yorkshire Evening Post will also be helping to spread the word! <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/11/01/features_charming_armley_feature.shtml">BBC NEWS ITEM</a></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></span><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br />If you know how to add your pictures to Flickr.com then go directly go to<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/armleycalendar/">www.flickr.com/groups/armleycalendar/</a><br /><br />We recommend you sign up to flickr.com as it is really easy and a great place to store photos generally. That way you can see your pictures added to the competition immediately and see what other talent there is!<br 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</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Calendars will be available to buy from the end of November in time for Christmas gifts at £5.00 each. BARGAIN!<br />email jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com for more info.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">All proceeds reinvested back into community events. Funds are administed by local charity so all above board etc!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116220833450849397?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1161966180562291222006-10-27T17:10:00.000+01:002006-10-27T17:23:00.576+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Exciting news for Armley alert</span></span><br /><br />Yes <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">1.09 Million</span></span> to be invested into doing up our historic buildings!!! If you want to know more and meet the great team of people who won the bid get along to St Barts School tomorrow (Sat 28th Oct) between 12-4pm. John Battle and the lovely Steve Crocker (also a fab jazz musician) will be there along with loads of bands, smoothies, Morris Dances, Boxing people, Sikh Drummers, face painting and more. Get your arses out of bed and get along....If you want the fancy flier with all sorts of proper info then email <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com<br /><br /></span>Another slight hint of forthcoming fab news, start looking out for your best (digital) Armley photos as the Lady Mayoress has indeed marshalled together the resources to put on a fantastic photographic competition. Next week all will be revealed...... Expect Armley to make waves......<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Somerfields will soon stop stocking Westons organic cider, due to lack of demand</span>. Jam Siren wants to mount a campaign but the Lady Mayoress will not allow her to, as long as Country Manor is stocked she is happy. So last few bottles are on discount. The store manager of Somerfield also said today there are no plans to get rid of Innocent smoothies so the gentrification of Armley is underway (actually Somerfield do think it is as they invested 1/2 million in this store, and already they are seeing a certain class of people they had never enjoyed whilst Kwik Save- all a little to late for saving Westons Organic though, hmph!)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116196618056229122?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1161676708789205832006-10-24T08:39:00.000+01:002006-10-24T08:58:28.806+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSC00525.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSC00525.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION FOR ARMLEY?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">See where it says add a comment at the bottom, please do. Otherwise we will resort to making up fake ones. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">This photo posted by St Ives turncoat, thinks she has moved onto a better bit of Armley (sniff)......</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Send your classic Armley photos to </span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com </span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116167670878920583?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1161364737322261492006-10-20T17:57:00.000+01:002006-10-20T18:18:57.410+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Free booze to help our swell members swell our membership</span></span><br /><br />So already we have a subscription bordering network hanging capacity, but the Lady Mayoress in her infinite wisdom decided that we all have to get together to push the membership into the 100's! So she has decided to look into some rather moderne marketing methods she picked up a luncheon the other day and offer a box of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Country Manor</span> to person who refers the most new subscribers. Just pass this email on to a group of friends and tell them they need to fill in that Subscribe me box. Furthermore for the 101th Subscriber they can touch the Alan Bennett signed bookmark and enjoy a glass of county manor with the lady herself if they choose to.<br /><br />If that wasn't enough she has set in forth <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Project Out and about in Armley'</span> and Jam Siren has now got to go and interview for your delectation respectable Armley citizens and find out what they are up to. So she asks that you kindly reply with nominations of who you would like to find out more about. Expect a regular featurette of all that is most random and loveable, Jam Siren will not be interviewing anybody who hangs out in Charlie Cake park in the dark.<br />Speaking of Charlie Cake Park, do you remember the Mekons? They wrote a song about it and here are the lyrics. (Like what she did there?)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Charlie Cake Park</span><br /><br />Like an identification parade<br />Feel like death while the children grow<br />A young grey face in the shade of the Armley P.O.<br />Pushing prams or walking sticks<br />Getting the money from under glass<br />clothes don't fit too well<br />Down in Charlie Cake park<br />You can hardly walk on your heels<br />stagger out blind between the bikes and cars<br />Frozen in the headlights glare down on Suicide Road<br />Walking under ladders for a living<br />You know we should be running round the pubs and bars<br />We know we'll never go short<br />And we'll never grow tall<br />In a flat above the chemists<br />Andy and Claire are dressing to kill<br />But they don't come out till after dark<br />In Charlie Cake park<br />You can't avoid the broken glass -<br />When you're ground and weathered like a stone<br />leaving footprints in the mud like the words on a grave<br />So unlikely so mundane<br />Scatter breadcrumbs in the rain<br />With a paper bag for a mask<br />In Charlie Cake park<br />as the chronic illness brews<br />We know we should feel a fraud<br />But the whole place never moves<br />And nothing will change<br /><br />visit <a href="http://www.mekons.com">www.mekons.com for </a>more info, and possibly a sound clip, although we can't get our machine to play it.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">NEWS FLASH</span><br />HE-RE Estate agents moving into Armley, the gentrification has begun!<br />Sommerfield stock Westons Organic Cider shocker<br />Bad dog from St Ives Grove hunted down by dog wardens- keep your dogs in if they are nice<br />Armley youths cannot dampen great OXJAM night at Interplay Theatre.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116136473732226149?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1161110307259661582006-10-17T19:37:00.000+01:002006-10-17T19:46:42.313+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/barbara.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/barbara.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Another famous ex Armley Resident remembers her roots.............</span></span><br /><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305"> <tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="date">The Sunday Times</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top"><span class="date">October 15, 2006</span></td> </tr> </tbody></table><br /><h1>Time & Place: A twist in my own tale</h1> <h3>Writer Barbara Taylor Bradford, 73, was born in Leeds. A former journalist, she published her first novel, A Woman of Substance, in 1979 and has since sold more than 70m books. Her 22nd novel, The Ravenscar Dynasty, is out now Barbara Taylor Bradford </h3> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="5"><img src="http://images.thetimes.co.uk/images/trans.gif" alt="" border="0" height="5" width="1" /></td> </tr> <tr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"><div class="textcopy">When I found out — only very recently — that my mother may have been the illegitimate child of Frederick Oliver, the 2nd Marquess of Ripon and owner of the Studley Royal estate, I was shocked and very upset. <p>Her mother, Edith, worked at the stately home in North Yorkshire, probably as a maid, and when I was a child, my mother often took me to Studley — the manor house that burnt down in the 1940s — on day trips. I remember her telling me that she had spent the happiest days of her life there. <br /><p>I think my mother knew, but I don’t think she ever talked to me about it. It’s hard to believe. No father’s name was put on the birth certificate and there is nobody around to ask any more to prove it. I only discovered the possibility when my biography was published last year. </p> <p>My parents, Freda and Winston, were ordinary. We weren’t well off, but we had enough. I’m not one of those people that had an unhappy childhood: it was very warm and cosy. My mother had worked at the Ripon Fever Hospital and then became a nanny; my father was an engineer — he was out of work for some time at the height of the Depression in the 1930s, but later got work at the Turner tanning machine company. </p> <p>When I was born, in 1933, I came to live at 38 Tower Lane, Upper Armley, a suburb on the west side of Leeds, and I was there until I was about 10. </p> <p>It was one of three Victorian cottages bordered by a big wall, beyond which were the “Towers”, grand mansion houses. The cottage shared a yard but had quite a few rooms. The kitchen was surprisingly big, with a fireplace and a “set pot”, a contraption with a sink and a fire underneath, where you did the washing. </p> <p>There was a sitting room that my mother called the “best room”, with a three-piece suite, my mother’s books and a gramophone — she loved opera, and my love for Puccini is because of her. And there were always fresh flowers. </p> <p>There was an air-raid shelter in Tower Lane that we used during the war. I would worry about my father, who would always have gone down to the pub when the siren went off. I listened for his step because it was an individual one: he had an artificial leg. I’d always thought he’d lost it in the first world war, but he had actually hurt it in a building accident and it went gangrenous. He didn’t want to have it off but his mother, Esther, persuaded him. He said: “I suppose half a loaf is better than none.” I get my positivity from him. With me, the cup is always half full. </p> <p>I had no brothers or sisters, nor ever wanted any. I had a tortoise called Billy — and my imaginary world. </p> <p>I was always dressed very smartly, starched and ironed — in fact, my hair was probably ironed! I was taught proper table manners, and I still have the napkin ring from those days. </p> <p>My mother inculcated in me a love of beautiful things and she wanted to give me everything. There was always a sense that she wanted to give me a better life; the life that I should have had. </p> <p>She taught me to read when I was four and force-fed me books, but I didn’t resent it. She would read Dickens to me, and I had read all of them myself by the age of 12. We would walk from Tower Lane down Town Street — now kind of crummy, then very quaint — to Armley library, a very beautiful building, with a domed ceiling and stained glass. </p> <p>It closed a few years ago to be refurbished and I was invited to reopen it. It was very emotional — my voice shook. I had had a library card there from the age of six. My mother also took me to the theatre and the ballet and concerts when we could afford it. Although it was totally different to the lives of my peers, it felt normal to me. </p> <p>I was a real goody two-shoes at school, and by the time I was seven, I was writing stories. I sold my first story to the Children’s Magazine when I was 10, getting about seven shillings. It was about a little girl called Katie who wanted a pony. That idea came because my father always told me he would buy me a pony one day. But I didn’t want a pony: I wanted a typewriter. And I got one when I was about 12. </p> <p>I have always had a lot of confidence because I had so much love. I always had a sense of destiny and I always knew I was going to be a writer. </p> <p>Despite the fact that I married a movie producer and have lived in New York for the past 30 years, my childhood feels very close to me. In my mind’s eye, I can see my parents as they were then: my father in his starched shirt and my mother in her yellow 1940s-style dress. I can smell her lavender scent. </p> <p>At the launch of The Ravenscar Dynasty recently, I thought about my mother. I was wearing millions of pounds worth of jewellery, lent to me by Moussaieff, and I thought, I just wish she could be here to share this. </p> <p><em>Interview by Emma Wells</em></p> <p><br /></p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116111030725966158?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1160638317185616982006-10-12T08:18:00.000+01:002006-10-12T08:31:57.206+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Oxjam%20flyer%20front%20for%20print.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Oxjam%20flyer%20front%20for%20print.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Get your dancing shoes on for this Saturday Night.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Those exotic birds Ange and Ju have yet again proved that they have too much engergy for their own good and in aid of the charidee OXFAM are putting on a mega night of music in little ole interplay theatre in Armley. The Lady Mayoress implores you to show your support and help them raise their target of £1000 by coming along to Interplay this Saturday night and giving them bands a right royal reception. They are performing for free, and your love, and it is only fair that we put our hands in our pockets to the tune of a tiny Fiver and get along and dance or shuffle or sedate clapping (the Lady Mayoress does not like to perspire in public)</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Oxjam%20flyer%20back%20for%20print.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Oxjam%20flyer%20back%20for%20print.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">So there are loads of bands, bring your own booooooooze and lots of Friends. If this works out well that perhaps there will be more, imagine that a regular bop at a dance hall in Armley! If that works out well then perhaps more nice people will meet each other, if that works out well, maybe they will go to a pub together, if that works out well perhaps the pubs will be full of nice people. If that works out well maybe the Lady Mayoress can order Westons organic cider one day. If that works out well then maybe she will flash her pantaloons at you! See from small acts come great possibilities.............<br /><br />See you Saturday.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Please forward this on to at least all of your friends.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116063831718561698?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1160029082751850602006-10-05T07:16:00.000+01:002006-10-05T07:18:02.763+01:00<div style="font-weight: bold;" id="ds-headline" class="ds-headline">Arsonists cause £20,000 damage to pavilion at historic Leeds park</div> <div id="ds-firstpara" class="ds-firstpara">By Tony Gardner<br />ARSONISTS have caused around £20,000 damage in an attack at an historic Leeds park.</div> <div id="va-bodytext" class="va-bodytext">A pavilion used to store furniture and equipment in Charlie Cake Park, Armley, was badly damaged after being torched yesterday evening.<br />It is the worst in a spate of recent incidents at the much-loved Victorian park, one of the oldest public open spaces in the city.<br />Brooke Nelson, chairman of Armley Common Rights Trust, the body in charge of the upkeep of the park, said trustees were devastated by the attack.<br />Improvements<br />He told the YEP: "We were supposed to be meeting an architect later today to discuss some of the new improvements we had planned for the park.<br />"Instead we will now be assessing the damage and deciding how to carry out the repairs. It is only in the last year or so we've had problems with people breaking in."<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-116002908275185060?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1159477119623589072006-09-28T21:48:00.000+01:002006-09-28T22:29:24.583+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/fishing3sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/fishing3sm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >New part of website dedicated to the talented Artists in Armley</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">As we have rhapsodised on many occasion before, Armley is uniquely blessed with a fantastic community of artists, musicians, poets, and pissheads. Could be to do with the fact that it's still cheap enough to live here or because we are discerning folk who distain the obvious pretentions of Chapel Allerton et al. Anyway when we have a really grand public house we will know we have hit the big time and have cause for real smugness. Until then we can comfort ourselves by seeing what talent resides in our community.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.creativearmley.blogspot.com">Click here </a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">to see the work of renowned photographer Casey Orr who cycled from Armley to America.......................</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Any creative person who wants to showcase or share their work with their fellow Armely-ites are welcome to post their stuff up and keep our readers informed about gigs, exhibitions and the like. Use the site to share images, music, or thoughts. For admin rights just email me on jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >Meet Sherman's new friend in deepest Wales!</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/OUCH....jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/OUCH....jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The crazy gothic lovers took Sherman away to meet her new mate- see the picture. After careful consideration they decided that she would remain blue and have flames of silver caressing her bonnett.<br />The lady mayoress wishes to publicly denounce her rapscallion of a neighbour who caused her heart to pitter patter by pretending to buy Sherman mascarading as a stock car racer. With such neighbours the Lady Mayoress is now open to ideas on how to gain sweet revenge. Please email jam siren with any good ideas....<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >Plans underway for a new Town Hall in Armley</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The lady mayoress met a wonderfully talented architect whilst at the private view of the dear fellow Leonardo Da Vinci. After an enlightening conversation a proposal was put to this visionary architect to start thinking on an appropriate structure to house the growing pile of Armley artifacts such as the marvellous signed book mark by Alan Bennett. The Lady Mayoress has been very pleasantly surprised by the speed in which our architect has dreamt up a perfect capsule town hall for back St Ives Mount. Watch this space for prototype plans</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Until we receive the working plans perhaps our architect's description will whet our appetites!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">'It’s a sort of eco-post-modern-minimalist-’tardis-esque’ timber-frame structure, and employs intrinsic de-constructivist prefabrication techniques (i.e. bit like an Ikea garden shed)'.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115947711962358907?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1158775943451551592006-09-20T18:53:00.000+01:002006-09-21T15:49:00.370+01:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >After furious bidding Sherman finds good home</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/sherman%20with%20carole%20and%20john.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/sherman%20with%20carole%20and%20john.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > in Mid Wales!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">The Lady Mayoress wishes to say a big thank you for all your kind words of support during this tense time. She is glad to report that Sherman reached a magnificent £112 on that marvellous Ebay and is going to a couple of 'goths' from the deepest part of Wales. The gothic couple intend to reincar</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">nate Sherman in suitable black with apocalyptic flames of hell licking her sides. This is infinitely preferable to the Lady Mayoress who during bidding was alarmed to receive an invitation from a stock car racer to come take Sherman off her hands. Admittedly Sherman may have liked a last big adventure but the Lady Mayoress was rather concerned that this did not meet the criteria of 'respectful' and 'good home'.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >West Leeds Area Commitee</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">are looking for your feedback about the proposed plans for Armley and West Leeds, here's your chance to ask for a Starbucks!! Or something that we might actually want... </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >They will be consulting on the issues and options for the regeneration of the West Leeds Gateway and there will be a series of exhibitions in the area taking place during October and November where people can come along and have their say. This will start on Monday 16th October in Armley Library</span></span>. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.leedsinitiative.org/westleedsgateway"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">click here for more background info</span></a><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/arts/proj"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Urban Fusion</span></a></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">URBANFUSION 06 is a great opportunity for<br />musicians and bands of all ages and from all</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">communities in Inner West Leeds to create new music.<br />The project welcomes professional musicians and<br />amateurs who are passionate about making music.<br />You will work with professionals from the industry,<br />collaborate with other musicians, record a track in a<br />professional studio to create a CD, take part in live gigs<br />and establish a local musicians' network.<br /><br />Come to our drop-in sessions at:<br />Interplay Theatre Armley Ridge Road Armley Leeds</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/For%20Emma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/For%20Emma.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">Saturday 30 September 2006 2-5pm<br />Bramley Community Centre Waterloo Lane Bramley Leeds<br />Wednesday 4 October 2006 6.30-8pm<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Arts Project Team on 0113 247 5948</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115877594345155159?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1158508410062801372006-09-17T16:43:00.000+01:002006-09-18T08:08:57.303+01:00<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/sherman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/sherman.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br /> <br />NOW ON EBAY<br />Last chance saloon (actually estate)<br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">It is with heavy heart that the Lady Majoress bids farewell to her trusty stead Sherman. An Armley institution if ever there was one, passers by stopped and waved as the baby blue tank roared around the streets of LS12. Neighbours could more or less guess at the time being between 8 and 9.30am as she set off for work. But alas the Lady Mayoress's good husband has declared manfully that his new employment necessitates a less thirsty beast and Sherman has been dumped.</span><br /></div> </div> </blockquote> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">You have about 10 seconds if you wish to take this loveable estate car off our hands. She is mot'd until December, a bit of a greedy guzzler so not for nipping about town in but great for bringing back logs and firewood, antiques or a few dozen illegal immigrants. She has travelled extensively, and is therefore cultured, but let not her mileage make you think she is on her last legs. Oh no not she, her heart beats perfectly if her appearance does not do her justice.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">So we are open to any offers if you can provide a good home for her, and allow the Lady Mayoress to come and pet her once in a while. email jamsiren@thearmleytouristboard.com for further information.<br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&amp;item=270030332370&rd=1&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&amp;rd=1#ebayphotohosting">click here for ebay listing</a>. If you make any kind of offer before 5pm Monday 19th then I will take it off the listings.<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115850841006280137?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1157464171456270992006-09-05T14:42:00.000+01:002006-09-05T14:49:31.473+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Yorkshire Evening Post spreads jammy neighbours across page 3</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Jam Siren here to report that Armley is making waves in the news today. </span><br /> <br /> <a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1743482">Click on this link to read more.........</a><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Must go the phone is ringing off the hook with people asking if there is property for sale in the area and requests by Alan Bennett's agents to be reconsidered for Patronage of the Tourist Board. </span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Starbucks have been on asking if we are ready for their brand of coffee, but we have sent them away with a flea in their ear; </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="www.myspace.com/marvellousarmleyteadance">The Marvellous Armley Tea Dance company</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> caters by seal of approval to our every need for refreshment.<br /><br />Oh and Chapel Allerton have asked if we could host their festival for them next year..........<br /></span><blockquote></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115746417145627099?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1157293074894287442006-09-03T14:52:00.000+01:002006-09-11T14:13:10.703+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSC_0131.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSC_0131.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSC_0270.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSC_0270.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;">JAM RAG NEWS</span></blockquote></span></div> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">PHOTOS are here hurrah:<br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3889091"> Abi Manifold</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/we_love_armley"> Ms Cake</a><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> and</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/we_love_armley">Petulant Serapth</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/we_love_armley"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> </span></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">have posted pictures of Jam Up the Back Passage to delight, alarm and help you decide if that face lift is a good idea after all. (The Lady Mayoress may be walking around with swaddled chin and dark glasses soon, but please don't let on that I told you!) Click on the names above for your trip down memory lane.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">News Flash..... or gossip.. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span></div> </div> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> <br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The Barleycorn Pub is apparently under new management.... According to my mole the owners of <a href="http://www.studentguru.co.uk/musicguru/venue-reviews/Fab">Fab Cafe</a> in Leeds are currently making it more beautiful than before.......... Anybody who has any further verification of said rumour please comment</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><br />The Very Marvellous Armley Tea Dance is Back- Interplay Theatre 9th September<br />3pm on.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Tea and cake anyone? Rusty Nails back with his bingo. Glorious tombola of unrivalled kitsch..... For more info visit.</span><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com//marvellousarmleyteadance">www. myspace/marvellousarmleyteadance</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Sad Demise.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">So it is true, Todd's Pork and Beef Butchers, an Armley institution are no more. (Except in Kirkgate Market) </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://adairpaxton-commercial-lets.40x40.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=7">Adair Paxton</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> estate agents have a To Let Sign stating Restuarant and Retail Opportunity. Who would you like to open a restuarant in that space? Is Armley ready for it? Jam Siren suggests that we agitate for a lovely curry house like </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.akbars.co.uk/">Akbars</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> or a tasty Italian. Feel free to post what you want to see there.... who knows where it might lead.....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.louisaparry.co.uk/Photos/Dec03-park/index.html">Gotts Park Golf Club </a>Membership and cheap drinks</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">On a walk around Gott's park today, Jam Siren happened to enjoy a cheap cup of coffee for 45p whilst overlooking the stupendous views of rolling green countryside etc. What a lovely venue she mused...... Well apparently as a 'social member' for a tenner a year you can enjoy the reasonably priced drinks in the club house upstairs..... Does anyone else ever frequent this little jewel? Or is Jam Siren getting a little middle-aged? Is this how it happens? Little by little until you become a fully paid up member of the local MUNICIPAL golf club, sipping sherry and wearing plus fours?</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Final Musing....</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Jam Siren would like to invite other members of the Armley community to participate in rubbing the magic lamp that is Armley, soon a genie will pop out. So if you care enough about what is going on here and want to share then how about we get a night at a pub going........ Wierdos, freaks, cheesy, corny, daft, need apply.....Also get your mates to subscribe too.... little box on the right hand side of the page!</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115729307489428744?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1157048169886935522006-08-31T19:07:00.000+01:002006-08-31T19:16:09.906+01:00News of Armley Tourist Board Spreads to Tampa Bay Florida via entry in Wikipedia<br /><br />Thanks to our friends who updated the wiki- no idea who had the foresight to do this but if it means old Armleyites can stay tuned, and new ones can check out what the area is like then all the better.<br /><br />On another note, Lady Mayoress and the Most Marvellous Tea Dance Ladies were visited by the Yorkshire Evening Post today for a special spread all about Armley. Watch this space for further news and pictures!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115704816988693552?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1156886255116228912006-08-29T21:52:00.000+01:002006-09-04T23:05:21.030+01:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >'Second Coming' opened by Lady Mayoress of Armley and closed by her majesty's police constabulary shocker....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:78%;" >Armley Tourist Board are pleased to report that that our defacto chair and self appointed Lady Mayoress regally opened proceedings on this years rather splendid and very well attended 'Jam up the back passage: the second coming' Back to wild acclaim was the greatest lover in Armley- Jim, but this time with a full band of nattily attired shadow 'shadows'. Our secret gossip hounds noticed a certain frisson between said mayoress and the band members, as she invited them to feel free to 'kiss her ring' after introducing them to their adoring public.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The crowd swelled, gyrated and generally paid homage to the talented bands and DJs that freely gave of their time and energy. We had the most fabulous line up, check out the links on the left to hear the music of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dastro.co.uk">D'astro</a> and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/middlemanpop">Middleman</a>.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Armley Dog, yet again got everyone whipped into a frenzy with his cunning choice of discs and the young people danced into the wee small hours. Jam Up veterans of last year <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=40636738">Danny</a> (Drums) Julian (Bass) <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mikartistik.com">Mik Artistik</a> (Vocals) and<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=35595811"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Laura (Vocals</span>)</a> certainly helped bring us to the climax with some very daring music indeed. That is until an mysterious flame haired starlet took the mike and advocated 'bigging it up for all the gingers out there.' Despite this rather unusual form of tribute the rest of the crowd, blondes, brunettes, baldies and others carried on grooooooving until </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">CRASH </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">BANG WALLOP ........ The police came and rather forcefully demand that we DESIST and get down on our bellies immediately. (Don't get carried away- ed) Okay perhaps my recollection by 2pm was slightly hazy/fevered/excited but the swarthy police man who gripped one of our revellers by the throat desired a good licking off (sic) for such excessive use of force......Sorry I'll try to behave myself.... For those of you who rightfully complained that we had overstayed our welcome, apologies for keeping you awake past midnight. It wont happen again we promise.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">For those of you who had plenty of excess energy and wanted to keep on dancing, the rozzers recommend that we start earlier next year!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">More news to follow including pictures, news hot off the press about Alan Bennett, tributes and thanks to all that made it happen and a round up of recent Armley news.................<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >Armley Tourist Board warmly welcome any contributors from our community who wish to add to this public information site so please email us with your contact details.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115688625511622891?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1153142727242443962006-07-17T14:12:00.000+01:002006-08-08T09:13:09.976+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/complete%20flyer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/complete%20flyer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><blockquote>Jam up the back passage:<br />The Second Coming</blockquote><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:85%;" >Can you believe that it is coming up to nearly a whole year since we turned our little alley into a mega music festival (erm don't get too carried away) to rival the best that Chapel Allerton, Glastonbury etc had to offer. This year we are taking on the big boys.... head to head with The Carling LEEDS FESTIVAL. Yes that's right, we have caused the Kaisers to have some serious conflict, do they keep it real or go for the big bucks? Keep your eyes posted to see if they decide to do the right thing.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Anyway set 3pm 1am on </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >SATURDAY 26th August</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> into your diaries for a splendid day and evening of music and munchies, mingling and moshing, mellowing and mincing.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">More details will be forthcoming shortly, and feel free to offer up ideas of how you want this to look too. Afterall it's your back yard too</span>.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Stop press: Jim- Armleys Greatest Lover signed up for 2006...........................<br /> Bring your best cutlery for egg and spoon race...................................<br /> Fight breaks out over decision to pull ' best animal made out of vegetable competition'</span>!<br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">So feel free to post comments or email us if you have any ideas/comments etc. All you need do is bring your mates, some food and drink, a fork, a spoon, a something to rest your weary bottoms on! We will lay on some entertainment, get the ice ready for your drinks, a bbq lit for the bangers and ofcourse put up the bunting!</span><br /></span></span><blockquote></blockquote></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115314272724244396?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1150461588168150692006-06-16T13:32:00.000+01:002006-06-16T13:39:48.183+01:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Love West Leeds I do!</span></span><br /><br />Keep your eyes peeled for posters and brochures about the fabulous 2nd ever I Love West Leeds Festival all around Armely.<br /><br />The Festival will kick off with a fantastic 1940's stylee tea dance, lovingly put together by Ange and Donna. They have been collecting memorabilia, and vintage tea sets all their lives and now have the perfect outlet for their cute kitsch. There will be cakes galore, pimms, lashings of finest Yorkshire Tea (kindly donated by Bettys and Taylors in Harrogate) a tombola, live singers, bingo, the works!<br /><br />This is taking place on the 8th July at the Interplay Theatre Hall on Armley Ridge Road<br /><br />So if you want to have a sophisticated and stylish afternoon of gentle dancing and gossip then put on your Sunday best and come along 2pm.<br /><br />Feel free to Email for more details.............<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-115046158816815069?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1132050819303199162005-11-15T10:09:00.000Z2005-11-15T10:44:32.193Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/fireman%20sam.jpg"><blockquote></blockquote><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/fireman%20sam.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> </span></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/purty%20fireworks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/purty%20fireworks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Julian%20the%20little%20minstel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Julian%20the%20little%20minstel.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/procession.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/procession.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Jo%20in%20clarity.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Jo%20in%20clarity.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/Guy%20in%20flames.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/Guy%20in%20flames.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Bang up the Back Passage</span></blockquote>Yet again a fabulous night was enjoyed by many as they braved the spitting rain to enjoy a rare spectacle of fire, food and fawkes.<br /><br />Jam Siren has to report that she got a bit drunk on the cider punch as it tasted ever so sweet and innocent she made it her mission to finish it off. BIG MISTAKE!<br /><br />Again thanks to all the Armley Massive Crew who made it all happen. Fireman Sam and Caroline, Jo and James, Ange and Julian, Jonny and Julie, Tom and Miss Higgins. Amongst them they made sure that we had a safe evening, if not a little bizarre with the burning of a 7ft effigy of Guy, amidst rather pagan chants of 'Burn him, Burn him'<br /><br />The pictures can explain the rest...........................<br /><br />Next biggie will be the Jam Up in Summer next year, but please email me with any gigs or parties you would like posting up for the good folk of Armley to attend.<br /><br />Thanks again for coming along with your fireworks, tatties and booze.<br /><br />Jam Siren.<br /><br />P.S I have a picture of Julian wearing Angie's tights that I will auction to the highest bidder!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-113205081930319916?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1126114943077104792005-09-07T18:41:00.000+01:002005-09-07T18:51:03.553+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF0348.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSCF0348.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> <blockquote style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;">'Jam Up The Back Passage' tributes and pics!</span></blockquote> </div> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Click on the right hand link called <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Memories of</span>.... to see the pictures)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >What a fantastic turn out to the party, it was beyond our dreams.</span><br /><br />So thanks to all that came along, brought yummy food, drank the potent punch, and made up some scarily whopping lies! Or even more worrying were some of the fabulous fictions I read about! (Not going to 'out' any cos at this stage my memory is proving to be quite selective, but you know who you are!)<br /><br />You might recognise your mug shots in some of the photos we have posted.<br /><br />I am sure that you will all agree that we were blessed by great weather and more importantly some fantastic musicians who gave their all and more. Special thanks go to Julian, Danny and Jonny who got their bands together and played for nowt more than the promise of a burger and some booze.<br /><br />If anyone wants to see some great live footage of Mick Artistic and his unique 'Baby' song to actually hear what he was singing it can be arranged! The man's a genius.<br /><br />Who will ever forget Jim (<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><strong>greatest lover in Armley)</strong></span> supported magnificently by his chief groupie Janice, check out the photos to remind you just how he kept everybody entralled by his spooky reincarnation of the Shadows.<br /><br />The beautiful carnivalesque bunting, bedouin tent and pink flamingos were down to the creative genius of Ange and were utilised perfectly for Chloe's artful nail painting.<br /><br />And what about the maniac chefs James and Sam who orchestrated 4 barbeques to keep us all fed and content. Mmmmm got to get to the gym to work off those lush chicken satay kebabs...<br /><br />Boe aka 'Armley Dog' our unstinting DJ spun us through midnight and on into the wee small hours. Apparently he is still in shock after the police turned up to tell him to turn it up! Our sentiments exactly<br /><br />Finally massive thanks to Joanna who helped whip us all into shape and get our arses into gear and led the dancing and had to be dragged off to bed at 4ish as her face was starting to 'look all wrong?'.<br /><br />The drunken feedback we got seems to suggest that you want more excuses to get together, eat drink and be merry so watch this space for more events that we are hoping to get going (Bonfire night and Burns are already on the agenda..............)<br /><br />So we would love it if you would help fill in those post party blanks that will keep us all chuckling whilst back at the old grind by using this site to remind us of your gossip and stories from the party.<br /><br />If I have done the unforgivable and omitted thanks where they are due please blame it on the fact of Monday morning 'wine flu' as Jo likes to call it. Do feel free to upbraid me on the website.<br /><br /><br />Emma<br />The Jam Siren<br /><br />P.S If anyone else has any pics to upload please email me them on emsystewart@hotmail.com<br /><br />P.P.S We lassies: Ange Jo and me would like also to admit that men are more tolerant to pain than we are. Jonny (who did not go to bed) Tom, James, Steve and Julian did a grand job of clearing up the back passage assisted ably by the only girl to lift her finger Julie. They even sorted all the bottles into the right order and took them to the bottle bank, and they needed a van to carry them all!<br /><br />P.P.P.S Did you leave anything behind? We might have it..................................<br /><br />P.P.P.P.S Sorry to those poor people who could not get to sleep, we all got a bit giddy and carried away with it. Next time we will try to keep it to a reasonable level after the witching hour!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-112611494307710479?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16345270.post-1126114372621101932005-09-07T18:09:00.000+01:002005-09-07T20:13:16.840+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF03811.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSCF0381.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF02891.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/200/DSCF0289.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Memories of<br />'Jam Up The Back Passage'<br /> 3rd September 2005</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF0332.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSCF0332.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF03081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/DSCF03081.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/DSCF03141.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/cheesy1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/1600/cats%20eyes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/170/1548/320/cats%20eyes1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script> <a href="skype:echo123?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16345270-112611437262110193?l=tatb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Emma Bearmannoreply@blogger.com0