What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This article is part of the fracking series put together by Frack Free LS26. Hutton Energy has recently bought the license to complete exploratory fracking drills across south Leeds, including in Middleton and Belle Isle, and much of the surrounding area. This series of articles hopes to educate people about
Ivor Dykes – 1924-2015 Ivor was a real character and a real Friend of Middleton Park and the local community. I think it’s safe to say that he lived life to the full, enjoying as much of it as his health allowed him to. Ivor was born in 1924 at
As many of you will know, The Shine Nail Bar is a social enterprise nail bar based in Beeston. All money made at the nail bar goes back into supporting young people around the local area through the work of The Shine Project. The Shine Nail Bar opened its doors
This article is part of the fracking series put together by Frack Free LS26. Hutton Energy has recently bought the license to complete exploratory fracking drills across south Leeds, including in Middleton and Belle Isle, and much of the surrounding area. This series of articles hopes to educate people about
This Tuesday (2 February 2016) it’s the Holbeck Gala AGM at 7:15pm at Ingram Gardens Community Centre. The committee would love to invite you to join us as we begin to plan Holbeck Gala 2016. We’re always keen for new people, particularly local residents, to join and input in what
A significant amount of Yorkshire stone pavement has been stolen from Beeston in broad daylight over a period of 2 days last week and Monday this week (15-18 January 2016). Residents on Tunstall Road initially thought the disappearance of the flagstones was connected to some work being undertaken by Yorkshire
Fuel poverty has had numerous definitions some better than others but none can sum up the condition that occupants of over 10% of England’s households find themselves in. Food or fuel shouldn’t be a choice anyone has to make but for many it is. As a Green Doctor Adviser visiting
Whilst we in South Leeds were luckily spared the worst of the recent flooding, and anyone driving down Kirkstall Road will no doubt wonder at how ‘normal’ it already looks by now in comparison with the footage we saw on the TV, many people may be unaware that the need
The last time Cornish born tinner Charles Oliver Blewitt (1867 – 1900) and his wife 33 year old Mary Ann were seen together was in their house in Star Fold, Beeston, Leeds about 9pm on 8 June 1900, shortly afterwards the blinds were pulled down and the house closed up.
The Garden Gate, on Wednesday 6 January 2016, 12 noon, is the venue for birthday celebrations for two Hunslet Rugby League Legends on reaching 93 year old. [slideshow_deploy id=’42882′] Frank ‘Shank’ Watson and Jimmy Brogden who both played around the time of the second world war. Both are still going