What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Campaigners fighting to get South Leeds Sports Centre reopened will today lobby councillors before a meeting of the full council at Leeds Civic Hall. Councillors are meeting to set the budget in Leeds for the next financial year – a budget which sees the council attempting to save £55 million
Andy Hardy, the traffic manager at Middleton Railway, has written this guest post about a special anniversary and the biggest event in the railway’s history in June. This year, on June 24th the Middleton Railway will be celebrating an important anniversary. On that day 200 years ago, the first commercially
The pioneer of council housing in south Leeds – whose legacy can still be felt in Middleton, Belle Isle and across south Leeds even today – has been commemorated with a historic blue plaque marking his achievements. Social reformer the Rev Charles Jenkinson (1887-1949) was also vicar of Holbeck and was responsible for driving the clearance
It’s been a long time in coming for supporters, but there’s movement – and a potential opening date – at last in the long-running saga of Middleton’s new ASDA. One of the members of Middleton Community Group has posted a letter she received from ASDA on Facebook which says the
It’s always good to celebrate the success of a south Leeds business, so kudos goes to Holbeck-based Mail Box Express, of Bridge Court, which has signed an exclusive contract to deliver gifts for Drinks.co.uk. In the past year Mail Box Express, which was formed in 1994, has enjoyed growth in to London
Leeds writer Mick McCann writes about one of South Leeds’ most important sons Middleton scientist William Gascoigne for the Middleton Life local history project, which encourages local people to become community history reporters. Mick wrote How Leeds Changed the World, among others… Gascoigne (1612–1644) was one of the founding fathers
Local community organisation Cottingley TRAC will be holding its AGM on Wednesday 7th March at 7pm in Cottingley Primary School sports hall. This year’s AGM is really important as residents will be asked to elect a new chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. Everyone is invited to come along and join
Inspector Paul Akerman of Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team has sent us the following information following residents’ concerns about speeding cars on Elland Road: At the last community consultation meeting in relation to the new West Yorkshire Police Divisional HQ building [on Elland Road], a number of local residents expressed concerns regarding
Regular South Leeds Life contributor Deacon Al Henry sends us the following details of Lenten lunches and services in the Middleton, Belle Isle and Hunslet areas: LENT Stations of the Cross Meditation & other services 2012 Ash Wednesday 22nd February St. Cross 10am & 7pm St. Phillip’s 9am St. Peter’s
Following on from yesterday’s fun poll which asked which famous survey/publication mentions Middleton in 1086, we can now reveal the answer, which was: The Domesday Book! The Domesday survey lists that in “rodewelle [rothwell] and loftose, carletone thorpe and middletone’ there is pasturable woodland 2 leagues in length and 1