What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
First of all, I must apologise for getting this blog onto the website two weeks late. Please take the time to have a look at the Gala Slideshow at the top of this blog. Arrived at The Belle Isle Gala 2016 after my parkrun, which started off to be a
THANK YOU FROM JEAN On Tuesday 5 July two Paramedics attended a call out to the home of Jean Byrne in Belle Isle. Jean would like to thank the Paramedics – Louise Russell and Shanna Perry who, she says, went “above and beyond the call of duty.” They tended to
I’ve been studying a rather wonderful online map this week. It’s called the Leeds Riot Map and it marks civil disturbances in the city going back centuries. The map includes more recent riots such as those in Chapeltown in 1975, 1981 and 1987, but it also goes back to 1643
After the sudden death of our friend and fellow Hunslet fan Mark Byron ‘Niffer’ Smith this week, a group of his fellow Hunslet supporters are organising a fundraising walk from Hunslet to Keighley on the same day his beloved Hunslet RL take on Keighley Cougars (Sunday 31 July, 3pm kick
Holbeck charity HEA has launched a ‘crowdfunding’ appeal to raise money to buy the former Holbeck Day centre, which is to be sold by auction next Thursday (21 July 2016). HEA, formerly known as Holbeck Elderly Aid, deliver vital services to the older community of Holbeck, one of the most
A week-long festival of performance and music-making took place recently, as over 650 children from the Windmill and Low Road Music Federation celebrated the successful completion of Low Road Primary School’s first In Harmony year with Opera North. From concerts and a ceilidh in a ‘Big Top’ in the school
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with some mushrooms spotted growing in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park. Perhaps these ‘Fun Guys’ were there to listen to East Steel, last Sunday’s Band In the Park.
Hunslet Hawks’ fixtures for the Super 8 have been announced for what promises to be an exciting end to the Kingstone Press League 1 campaign. They will kick of their Super 8s campaign with a home game against London Skolars on Saturday 23 July, kick off 2pm. This will be
Leeds people leading campaign to help others quit smoking Local people are fronting a new health campaign in south and east Leeds in a bid to help more people stop smoking by using free NHS support. Simon Aston accessed the NHS Leeds Stop Smoking clinic in Middleton and is one
The Friends of Middleton Park and Leeds Music Trust are hosting the Middleton Music & Folk Festival this Sunday, 17 July 2016 from 12-4pm on the bandstand in Middleton Park. Topping the bill will be Makanitza bringing their mix of Eastern European and Gipsy Roma music with a distinctive Leeds