What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
At its meeting on 12 December 2012 Leeds City Council’s Executive Board considered Initial Budget Proposals for 2013/14 which included a proposal to close Middleton Park Golf Course. It is also proposed to close Gotts Park Golf Course in Armley. The report states that both courses run at a loss
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s best websites, blogs and on Facebook. Just a reminder that the monthly South Leeds Life group meeting will be held tomorrow at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road at 2pm. All welcome to attend to discuss the blog,
It’s the time of year when some of our neighbours go that extra mile to decorate their house outside as well as in. South Leeds Life would like our readers to nominate – with a photo please – your favourite Christmas Lights of the season. There’s no prize for the
More than 30 people crammed into the bar at Holbeck Working Men’s Club on Monday night to hear about progress on the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum. Dennis Kitchen, Interim Chair, reported on work with membership, publicity and designation of the area for the Neighbourhood Plan. Dennis said that, in addition to
The Hunslet Club is sad to announce the passing of Ken Holdsworth, former caretaker & volunteer for over 50 years at the club, aged 89. Ken was known and loved by everyone at the Hunslet Club for his quiet, modest, cheerful and hard working dedication to helping children and young
PCSO Kieran Murphy attended the latest Cranmore and Raylands community meeting on Wednesday 5 December. There were 14 residents in attendance along with Councillors Kim Groves and Paul Truswell, writes Rothwell NPT. Issues discussed included: Parking issues outside Sharp Lane Primary School at the start and the end of the
Sergeant Sam Greaves attended the Hunslet Tenants and Residents meeting on Wednesday 5 December, the meeting was well attended, writes Holbeck NPT. One matter raised was that unknown males are gaining access to the corridors of flats on Hemmingway Garth. This is occurring during the evenings and it is suspected
Rita Metcalfe from St Andrew’s Church has been in touch to tell us about their Christmas Tree Festival. St. Andrew’s Methodist Church on Old Lane, Beeston are holding a Christmas Tree Festival from Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th December. Different groups from the church and community have decorated a tree
Communities in South Leeds are renowned for their hard-working community groups and organisations. There are a lot of good people in South Leeds! While we are lucky to have places like Middleton Park and Cross Flatts Park on our doorstep, there are other aspects of Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley Hall,
Today we start a new feature at South Leeds Life. Every week we will be running a readers’ poll to find your views on a current issue. We are kicking off this week with a poll we’ve run before. Asda and Tesco are competing to build a new supermarket on