Day: 27 October 2024

Hunslet-built ‘Hawarden’ comes home to Middleton Railway

The Lord Mayors of Leeds and Bradford were on hand at Middleton Railway on Saturday (26 October 2024) for the formal handing over of Leeds-built locomotive ‘Hawarden’. As we previously reported when the locomotive arrived in January this year, Hawarden was built in 1899 by Hudswell Clarke & Co in

Business Improvement District set to expand south of the river

Leeds Business Improvement District (LeedsBID) has announced its Business Plan for 2025-2030 with ambitious plans for the next five years and extending its area into Holbeck and Hunslet. Established in 2015, the not-for-profit, non-political organisation works to improve Leeds city centre for all. It is the largest multi-sector BID outside

St Andrew’s Pantomime Group present Babes In The Wood

St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have announced that this year’s show will be Babes In The Wood, a show they haven’t staged since 2011. The show, produced by Hannah Davison, will run from Saturday 18 January through to Saturday 1 February 2025 at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Cardinal