What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It’s another cheap golf week at Middleton Park starting next Monday 15 July 2013. Each round will cost only £9 which is exceptionally good value for 3 hours entertainment and exercise! This is to celebrate the fact that the Open Championship is being held at Muirfield from Thursday
The weather could not have been any better for this beautiful, fun-filled family day out. I am talking about the annual Middleton Gala which took place yesterday – Saturday 13th July 2013, at Middleton Primary School. As this was my first time attending this event, I gave myself enough
The car park was full in Middleton Park today. There was bunting around the cafe and in the trees and music coming from the bandstand. I ventured forward and found the same area, which earlier in the week had been full of people watching the OddSocks play, was again
Wednesday saw the start of the holy month of Ramadan and like many people in South Leeds, I fasted. No, I haven’t embraced Islam, I’ve started the 5:2 diet. This is where you “fast” or at least greatly reduce your calorie intake on two days each week. I have
Up until this year I had only ever been to the main floor in the library. The one with all the books! It never occurred to me to look upstairs and to find out what other joys may be found there. Then earlier in the year I attended a
The Bayford Foundation hosted an innovative employment audition day at the Hunslet Club on Saturday July 6th for dozens of local people who will be provided with a full package of training to work for BE Fuelcards, a locally based company with a pioneering programme built around creating sales
On Tuesday evening, on what would have been my mother’s 99th birthday, I went to see Oddsocks Theatre Company perform their production of A Comedy of Errors in Middleton Park. The weather was perfect for the outdoor event and families and friends congregated in front of the new bandstand/stage.
A woman from Belle Isle has been collared after being caught letting her dog roam free. Jacqueline Rose, Windmill Road, failed to pay the £75 fixed penalty notice she had accepted after wardens found her dog wandering the streets in February this year. Having contravened the dog control order
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre which has planted a Red Bed – a whole vegetable bed that is dedicated to growing red fruit and vegetables. They’ve kept
Aire Valley Homes will be holding a House Exchange event on Monday 15th July at Middleton Community Centre from 3-5pm. Carla Yeomans from Aire Valley Homes said: “This is an ideal opportunity for people with spare bedrooms; families who are experiencing overcrowding; or anyone who’s interested in swapping their