Month: November 2018

Exhibition highlights South Leeds women fighting for the vote

An exhibition at Beeston Library last month told the story of the campaigners whose efforts led to (some) women winning the vote one hundred years ago. The Vote before the Vote exhibition told the story of the long 19th century march towards the full Parliamentary franchise, and the Leeds women

Stourton Park & Ride planning application lodged

An application for planning permission for the Park & Ride scheme at Stourton has been submitted and was published on the Council’s Planning Portal on Friday (2 November 2018). The application is for “The development of a Park and Ride facility with car parking for up to 1,200 cars; associated

Hunslet Carr heritage calendar is out now

After the success of this year’s ‘Memories of Hunslet Carr 2018’ calendar, Hunslet Carr Residents Association has decided to produce a second one. For next year’s calendar we have widened the net to include most of Hunslet which includes some of the iconic Hunslet images. The ‘Hunslet Remembered 2019’ calendar