Category: Cottingley

News and events for the Cottingley area

Queen’s Visit To South Leeds in 1958 – where you there?

Further to the story earlier this month about film footage and recently recovered photos from the Queen’s visit to South Leeds, more particularly the R.W Crabtrees factory, a TV production company is looking for anyone who attended that day or met the Queen, to talk on a documentary to be

Hunslet Club Installs Solar Panels

The Hunslet Club in South Leeds has become one of the first pioneering youth clubs in the country to install solar panels to its roof, generating power used at the club during daylight hours and selling back any excess made to the national grid. Greener, friendlier to the environment and

South Leeds links: February 28 roundup

Good morning, south Leeds! Here’s a round-up of what’s been making the area tick over on the area’s blogs and news sources: Our friends over at South Leeds Community Radio have a nice shiny new website to shout about – it streams the latest broadcasts live and also has a

New waste incinerator in south-east Leeds discussed at planning

Plans for an incinerator that would burn up to 300,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste a year were discussed at a Leeds City Council planning meeting. Waste management specialists Biffa plans is to build a plant at the site of the former Skelton Grange power station near Stourton that would

Keeping warm in cold weather – a programme and CD from South Leeds Community Radio

Local resident Al Garthwaite, from our friends at South Leeds Community Radio, has written this guest post for South Leeds Life on useful ways of keeping warm in the cold: A new programme and information CD, Keeping Warm in Cold Weather, on practical, low-cost ways of keeping warm in cold weather

Hunslet Club provides hope for local youngsters

The Hunslet Club is now able to help secure a brighter future for 48 youngsters thanks to funding secured by local councillors on the council’s Inner South Area Committee. Councillors unanimously voted to provide £30,980 to the club to support apprenticeships of up to six months for local young people.

New meeting to discuss Holbeck Police HQ plans

A further public consultation evening will give local residents a say on plans for a new headquarters for Holbeck Police on Elland Road. The ‘community involvement event’, which will take the form of a drop-in session, will be held in the Reaney Suite at Leeds United’s football ground on Monday, March

Community spirit thrives at Middleton Park FC

It’s run on community spirit, goodwill and little money – but Middleton Park FC is providing a lifeline for around 170 players of both sexes aged from four to 47 years old in Middleton and Belle Isle. Curiously for a club called ‘Middleton Park’, its base isn’t in the famous stretch

Northern Soul Night Coming To The Hunslet Club

The Hunslet Club  is hosting a night to remember for all Northern Soul lovers. Saturday 25th Feb, 7pm until late. A Northern Soul DJ will be playing Mowtown & footstomping, flipping, spinning and handclapping northern soul with a wooden dance floor and bar. The music that became dubbed Northern Soul