What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
There’s at least three big meetings in the area this week… Tonight sees the first meeting since November of the Beeston Hill Residents Voice group at Building Blocks, Maud Avenue, off Tempest Road, at 7pm. More details over on the group’s blog, which is penned by the wonderful Alison Neale. Tomorrow (Wednesday)
Calling all men on the Cottingley Hall estate! Bring your friends and your children to a special event where you can watch football and eat pizza! And, better still, it’s free! See the poster below for details…
A popular mums and toddlers group in South Leeds has received a welcome funding boost, thanks to local councillors. The money will enable City Tots, based at the City Evangelical Church in Holbeck to continue promoting a safe environment for children to learn and parents to meet. Councillor Angela Gabriel
Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn today warned that the Government’s failure to invest more in flood defence is threatening insurance cover for homes in the city at risk of flooding and affecting progress on the much-needed Leeds flood defence scheme. New figures from the Association of British Insurers ranks
I attend Mosaic Church in Sweet Street Holbeck and co-ordinate and run a weekly parent and children’s group. It is available to any parent or carer of children up to the age of five years and it is free. Mosaic ‘Acorns’ runs each Wednesday between 10.30am and 12.30pm at Mosaic Church
In case you haven’t noticed, the snow’s been coming down in Leeds today! Buses and public transport are experiencing some delays – check out the latest information over at the excellent Metro website. And if you’ve been out in it today and taken some nice photos, please do share them
The Hunslet Club is putting out a last minute invitation to partake in the biggest sponsored fitness challenge in South Leeds, taking place Sunday February 5th. The third annual four hour challenge consists of completing sessions of Circuits, Gym, Box Fit & Boot Camp. You just need to raise or donate a
Last year we reported on the discovery of films dating from the 1940’s to the present day, discovered underneath the stage of the Hunslet Club. One of these films was about the visit of the Queen to Crabtrees Printing Press manufactuerers in 1958 and has attracted considerable local interest, having
The second issue of South Leeds Life magazine is hot off the presses and is now out! We’ve got three pages focussing on the Cottingley Hall estate, we also celebrate the Polish community in Beeston with a look at the Krok Po Kroku group, the Voice of Holbeck group report
[slideshow]Did you know that in the twelfth century the boundary between Middleton and Beeston became the focus of a legal dispute? That’s one of the facts about Middleton that the 35 people who attended the launch of the new Middleton Life local history project discovered yesterday. The event, held at Tenants