What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I went to The Parnaby Tavern (my local) last Saturday. It was a bit cooler day than we have been getting of late, so was a nice touch to see they were selling tea & coffee from behind the bar. I arrived about an hour after the event started to get
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Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. The Old Peacock pub on Elland Road has been refurbished and is open in time for the new football season. It’s been taken over by the Ossett Brewery and features nine real
Driving through Middleton the other day and I came across this derelict building, which I thought was an old disused warehouse or factory. Until I saw this big sign on the rear of the building that read ‘Cinema’. I thought to myself what is a cinema doing in the
A Youth Club that provides activities for hundreds of youngsters in Leeds has been able to expand its gymnastics classes with help from Leeds Federated Housing Association. The Hunslet Club was awarded £2,000 to employ an extra gymnastics instructor from Leeds Fed’s Resident Amenity Fund (RAF), which supports local
A helping hand for Middleton and Belle Isle trading areas has arrived thanks to a new alliance of traders and local stakeholders. Middleton Park Councillors have worked with local businesses and stakeholders to form the Middleton Town Team. Big and small businesses, the general public, property owners and the
Friends of Middleton Park organised SMJ Falconry to give a display of various Birds of Prey, in Middleton Park on Sunday afternoon (11th August 2013). The public were allowed to photograph the Birds, (no flash) and later there was a flying display. I arrived at 2pm, the start
The Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust (CBFT) is holding a 5k Family Fun Run in Middleton Park on Sunday 8th September at 9:00am. CBFT already run a number of services for older people in south Leeds. These include monthly Sunday lunch clubs, social interactive meetings (such as the D Day
Councillor Adam Ogilvie wrote this piece over on the Better Lives for People in Leeds blog: “One in four people will suffer a mental health problem at some point in their life” – something that caught my eye on Twitter the other day. Having recently visited the Leeds mental
I was delighted to discover this week that blocks of flats will be overlooking Holbeck Moor once more when the new housing is completed in a year or two. I poked my nose into the open day event that sc4L held last Monday at St Matthew’s Community Centre. It’s