What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Walter Wrigglesworth, from Beeston, served as a stretcher bearer in the Leeds Pals regiment and was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. This is his story: Walter Henry Clifford Wigglesworth 15/1130 Leeds Pal and Tank Corps Lieutenant Walter was born in
During lockdown Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre has been lucky enough to make use of Zoom technology to keep most of our growing community in South Leeds together and entertained. For those who just haven’t fancied the switch online and feel quite isolated we have our Soils, Seeds and Senses
Beeston women and their male supporters will be assembling in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (13 March 2021) at 6pm in protest at sexual harassment, abuse and murder of women by men in Britain, and the world. The murder of Sarah Everard, a 33 year old woman walking home along
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we present stories of inspirational women with links to South Leeds: Mary Gawthorpe was born in 1881 in Woodhouse, Leeds, to John and Annie Gawthorpe. Her Dad was a leather worker and her Mum helped to support the family by being a
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we present stories of inspirational women with links to South Leeds: Ann Jane Carlile was born Ann Jane Hamil in Rooksey, County Monaghan on 8 April 1775, she was the youngest child of farmer and wine merchant David Hamil and Martha Hamil
I had a wonderful conversation with Les McIver about how different life was back when he was a boy. Les lost his Dad in 1939, when he was just seven, his mother had to take up work at the Barnbow Armaments Factory in Cross Gates. The Barnbow Royal Ordnance Factory
The last year has been so difficult for many, with uncertainty, redundancies and unemployment hitting many families across the area. I work as an employment adviser supporting people with mental illness who are looking to move into work, return to work or simply remain in work. I see people with
Well we’re slowly getting better at talking about mental health and wellbeing. It’s acknowledged that 1 in 4 of us will suffer from some sort of mental ill health and we realise how easily our lives can become impacted by its effects either personally, or because someone we care about
Get Set Leeds Local (GSLL) is a 3 year Sport England funded project within Beeston Hill and Holbeck (along with New Wortley and Seacroft) providing insight back to Sport England about how a place based approach can support change. We’re going to start a monthly update within South Leeds Life
Over the past year when everyone has been spending more time at home people have shown a lot more interest in gardening. Many are put off as they don’t know where to start, think it’s too complicated and that you need a lot of expensive tools. So we are here