What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hot on the heels of the new BOKWA sessions for adults at the Hunslet Club on Tuesday nights comes the launch of Zumba classes on Thursday nights. Zumba is the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness experience that everyone wants to be a part of. It blends red-hot music and contagious steps
Plans by Leeds City Council to undertake major improvements to sport, recreation and community facilities in Middleton have been handed a major boost with the announcement of a successful funding bid to Sport England. Councillors previously approved proposals in November to invest £740k to redevelop Middleton Leisure Centre in to
Think of the White Rose Shopping Centre and perhapos the last thing you’d think of is keeping fit. However, that’s what the bosses at the centre are encouraging us to do – walk around the mall and get fit in a warm and safe environment. Here’s a poster for the
[slideshow]Guest blogger Christopher Nykiel posts about an Oscars ceremony with a difference at the Mariners Resource Centre, off Dewsbury Road. Mariners provides a place to socialise, learn new skills/hobbies, and get advice and support… So then, if there are awards ceremonies seemingly for everybody and everything these days, why did
We’ve been searching YouTube for some of your viral videos in South Leeds. Here’s a selection… Check out this interesting look at the community spirit and some of the issues in Holbeck. It was posted about a year ago but is well worth a look if you haven’t caught it already:
Police stimate that about 1,000 Leeds United fans marched from City Square, through Holbeck and parts of Beeston to Elland Road foootball ground yesterday to call for a change in ownership of the club. Check out more details here. Here’s a short video of part of the march: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrCtoA1YCbM&w=420&h=315] And
Following on from its blitz of Hunslet last month, the Yorkshire Evening Post descended on Belle Isle and Middleton throughout last week for a daily look at life in the community as part of its monthly ‘at home’ series. If you missed them, here are some useful links to some of the
[slideshow]Ian Rodley of Middleton-based DAZL (Dance Action Zone Leeds) guest blogs on the organisation’s work with youngsters in south Leeds and beyond. If you’re a young person aged three to 25 years and fancy trying out the latest dance styles, why not check out a DAZL dance session? It offers fun, energetic and
[slideshow]Delving through old photographs of Middleton on the internet and pinning memories of the community’s past in large maps were all featured in the first workshop of the Middleton Life local history project this week. The workshop, at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, also saw group members learn how to use
Earlier this week we ran a fun poll as part of our Middleton Life history project, asking in the twelfth century the boundary between Middleton and which neighbouring area became the focus of a legal dispute? We had lots of votes, with 25% suggesting Belle Isle, a further 25% suggesting