What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Please find the above poster for an FA level 1 course we are looking to deliver in partnership with Leeds city college, writes Sujaat Riaz from Hamara’s Streetwise Project. This course will be FREE however, only for young people in the NEET (not in Education, Employment or Training) category. Hamara is
Everyone is welcome to the Hunslet Club “Trip To The Movies” Christmas Show, with superb performances from the hundreds of club dancers & performers. Tickets available now! If your child might be interested in taking part in shows like this, see http://www.hunsletclub.org.uk for details of the many groups that they
Beeston Community Forum held its fourteenth Annual General Meeting at the Beeston Village Community Centre last night. About thirty residents braved the cold and rain to attend the meeting. Also present were the three Beeston & Holbeck ward Councillors and Cllr Stewart Golton representing the Liberal Democrat group on Leeds
Beeston resident Ken Burton reflects on the class of 2012/13 at Beeston History Class… Some 11 years ago Mary Payne and myself attended a talk at the old Beeston Library (now the Community Centre) entitled ‘Richard III was he as bad as we thought’. This led to Mary suggesting that
All the cinemas are gone! Where my friends and I went on a Saturday afternoon for the matinees, they’ve disappeared. They have either been knocked down or redeveloped, writes community reporter Martyn White. Often, on Saturday afternoons my friends and I would go to a matinee at one of the
Deacon Al Henry of Middleton Methodist Church has sent us the following information of Christmas events: Tuesday 4th Advent Drop in 10:-12 Middleton Methodist LS10 3TE 7:PM District Scout Carol Service at South Leeds URC Belle Isle. Wednesday 5th Community Lunch Cafe St. Cross 11:AM 3:30 PM Carols in The
The ever-reliable Leeds Citizen blog has been focussing on empty homes in Leeds this week and has today put the focus on the Garnets area of Beeston and a regeneration scheme that hasn’t worked out. In the poignant post, the author states: “The houses weren’t worth doing up. Apparently. And
Leeds City College are advertising the wide range of courses that they offer at their Beeston Centre and Burton Road Centre. The Centres are based in the heart of the South Leeds Community and offer a range of part time courses to suit each individual’s needs. Whether you want to
The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery recently won 105 trees cut from the Royal Household Estate to plant in the cemetery as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. [slideshow_deploy id=’11875′] Today’s planting by the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery was attended by several members of the society, as well as representatives
Did you know that the Dogwood tree, or Cornus sanguinea as it’s known in Latin, played an important role in the textile industry? Or that Crataegus monogyna, the common Hawthorn, is also known as “Ske” in Old Irish, “Porn” in Old Norse and “Hag” in old English? No, neither did