What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The St Andrew’s Pantomime is a fixture on the Beeston social calendar. The group have staged a production every year for over forty years. Many of the cast and crew that staged “Aladdin” back in 1970 are still involved and one of them, Steven Roddy, is still acting! “I can’t
Flat Cap Christmas – the real Christmas story with a Yorkshire twist Are you proud of your Yorkshire accent? Then celebrate the Christmas story as if it happened here in Yorkshire. Hear Mary’s story when the angel appeared while she was black-leading the stove. Jo’s rap about his journey to
The Hunslet Club “Trip To The Movies” Christmas Shows took place on December 15th & 16th 2012 to sell out audiences, the largest community performance extravaganza for children and young people in South Leeds. You can see some of the performance highlights from the first show below. Thanks to everyone
Ed Carlisle has been in touch with news of an exciting project for Holy Spirit Church on Tempest Road, Beeston. There are (very tentative) conversations happening about buying the old Holy Spirit church on Tempest Road, and making it available as a low-tech, affordable, inter-community events venue for the wider
More than 50 families are looking forward to moving into new properties in Beeston. The management of the scheme, featuring 55 two, three and four bedroom properties is shared between Unity Housing Association and Chevin Housing Association, part of the Together Housing Group. This is the first scheme of this
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,
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
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