What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
“Nothing happened in South Leeds today”. That was almost an article on this blog on Tuesday. We managed to fill the void with a riveting report about an email account getting hacked. Have you noticed how there is always just enough news to fill a newspaper or a news
A South Leeds music project is up for a national award and they need your vote. In Harmony Opera North has been shortlisted for the Best Classical Music Initiative in the national Music Teacher Awards sponsored by Classic FM. In Harmony Opera North launched in January 2013 and is
Lane End Primary, the new school to be built on the site of South Leeds Sports Centre, will receive its first intake of Reception children in September this year with the new building being completed by September 2015. The two form entry school will grow gradually with new
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Theatre lovers might be interested in this blog post by Alan Lane from Slung Low in Holbeck. In it he reflects on their recent piece Blood & Chocolate and what community theatre
Thought I would blog about my time in hospital, when diagnosed with tuberculosis 1st in 1951 and again in 1972. Killingbeck Hospital 1951 First time was in Killingbeck hospital in 1951, later become a specialist Heart Hospital, now demolished for blocks of flats. My Dad was diagnosed; I believe
My Belle Isle…… I was born in Larchfield Street off Hunslet Road, Hunslet, and Leeds in 1949. For the ones who can remember the area, Larchfield Street was down the side of the Prince Albert Pub. It was near the Wilkinson’s Wallpaper Shop, which is still standing, sadly the pub
The Learning Trust (South Leeds) which includes Cockburn High School and six primary schools in Beeston and Middleton, has launched a project to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and they need your help. Organisers are interested in your family memories. They are keen
Beeston-based community group, Monty’s School Of Kickboxing, is celebrating this week after discovering they are one of Skipton Building Society’s ‘Big 160’, securing a slot as a winner in its Grassroots Giving initiative after winning the hearts and minds of the public and triumphing over nearly a thousand other
Do you have a long term health issue? If so perhaps you are an “Expert Patient”. The NHS now run an Expert Patients Programme in Leeds to help patients help themselves by managing and improving their health. A new programme of courses that will be running throughout the year
The Beeston Festival email account got hacked yesterday morning. We dealt with it and ironically it helped us to start organising this year’s event. Everyone on our contact list received an email, purportedly from me, saying I was stuck in Cyprus and lost all my money, passport etc and