Year: 2013

2013: the South Leeds year in review

  Welcome to our review of 2013, a year of contrasting weather – a winter that didn’t let go until late May followed by a long warm summer and rounded off by wild storms. One of the stories that ran all year, started right here at South Leeds Life with

Old Bamber muses on Santa Claus and a couple of Nicholases…

  Walking down Old Lane the other evening I came across a plaintive message: ‘Santa Stop Here’ and it started me thinking. Well, what passes in the Old Bamber brain for thinking.  Santa Claus, Father Christmas, St Nicholas – all seems a bit confusing… If I’d expressed any interest in the

Join Leeds Museums in researching the WW1 Leeds Pals

  With the 100th anniversary of World War One fast approaching, Leeds Museums are offering volunteering opportunities to become a local history researcher. Leeds Museums has teamed up with the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to research the history of the Leeds Pals – a regiment raised in

Prostitutes’ drop-in centre for Holbeck

A new planning application has been submitted to change an unused residential caretakers building at 1 Sydenham Street, off Domestic Street in Holbeck, to office use and counselling and education/training support services use. At first site this sounds pretty innocuous until you start to dig a bit deeper. The applicant

Bins and recycling this Christmas

  Christmas is upon us and the council is gearing up to help residents have a green festive season. Waste and recycling collections have been re-arranged to accommodate the upcoming public holidays. Some residents will have their bins collected a day earlier than normal while others will be picked up