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Paul Taylor: The importance of acceptance

westleedslife - September 23, 2020 0

Fulneck School principal Paul Taylor continues his occasional column, arguing “tolerance” is fine in so far as it goes, but “acceptance” takes...

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Paul Abraham: What is Mindfulness?

westleedslife - September 23, 2020 1

By Paul Abraham of www.headingonwards.com Over recent years there has been a huge surge of interest in Mindfulness. ...

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Mark’s History: From Armley Gaol hunger strike to the OBE – the radical journey of Leonora Cohen

westleedslife - September 21, 2020 0

Leonora Cohen lead an interesting life, writes Mark Stevenson. She was born in 1873 in Hunslet where her...

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Mark’s History: A Rodley family’s past unravelled from a Farsley gravestone

westleedslife - September 20, 2020 2

Tucked away in the corner of St John's Church Graveyard in Farsley is a gravestone belonging to the Crossley family of Rodley,...

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Paul Taylor: The bystander effect – and why we don’t always do what we know to be right

westleedslife - September 17, 2020 0

Fulneck School principal Paul Taylor's occasional blog this time looks at why it's time to be an 'anti-bystander.

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Rachel Reeves column: We need to dramatically increase number of COVID-19 tests

westleedslife - September 17, 2020 0

Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves continues her monthly column... Abbey House and Armley Industrial Museum

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Mark’s History: The Farsley carver who created the famous figures in Thornton’s Arcade

westleedslife - September 13, 2020 0

Meet John Wormald Appleyard, one-time resident of Water Lane in 1850s Farsley, writes Mark Stevenson.

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Paul Abraham: Don’t fall victim to the “everything is my fault” approach

westleedslife - September 13, 2020 0

By Paul Abraham of www.headingonwards.com When things go wrong, we sometimes start a list of ways we failed,...

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Mark’s History: West Leeds connections scratched into Cow and Calf Rocks

westleedslife - September 6, 2020 0

Sometimes West Leeds connections can pop up in the most unlikely places, writes Mark Stevenson. If you have...

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Mark’s History: The old buildings and ford along a walk in the Kirkstall Valley

westleedslife - August 31, 2020 0

I would not say this walk is unspoilt but I would grab it whilst you can, writes Mark Stevenson.

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Mark’s History: Armley Hall Vicarage and the changing face of Armley

westleedslife - August 30, 2020 1

I wonder what the first Vicar to live in Armley Hall Vicarage felt about the place? writes Mark Stevenson.

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Mark’s History: Forgotten past of Armley’s cemetery lodge (which could be yours for £450k)

westleedslife - August 23, 2020 0

Francis William Parkinson was born in 1858 at Ramsbottom in Lancashire. He came from a large family of eight children, writes Mark...