What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As October begins, we start to experience all that autumn has got to offer. This is a season of recognising and marking both the departures and the arrivals taking place in the natural world around us. It’s not surprising therefore that this is a month of traditional festivals such as
I thought that this would be an appropriate follow on article to my September Mann’s article because both companies made similar products and started around the same time as James Hutchinson Mann and George Hutchinson Mann, James’s brother, was in partnership with Joseph Clayton of Clayton & Son Limited. George
We have been distributing copies of our October newspapers to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (1 October 2026). Copies are, or soon will be, available from various small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs & Libraries, community centres, schools and pubs. We deliver to
Plans to turn a derelict railway viaduct in Holbeck into a green walking and cycling route have taken a positive step forward with news that the project has secured funding to complete a full feasibility study. The Victorian viaduct snakes its way through Holbeck from Leeds station to Wortley, but
I have read many of Charles Dickens’ novels but had never read A Tale of Two Cities, despite it being the best-selling novel of all time (according to the Playhouse website, although this is often said to be Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – we won’t quibble). Whether you
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. Leeds Dads will be holding another free Soft Play session, 10am-12pm on Sunday morning at Little Angels behind the Tommy Wass pub, LS11 7HL. This for dads and pre-school children and there’s free
This summer looked a little different at St Luke’s CARES. After four brilliant years as a Healthy Holidays provider, filled with trips, activities and plenty of great memories, our Youth Team decided it was time to do things differently. We wanted our summer programme to give young people more of
The Friends of Middleton Park are marking Leeds 400 by hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (20 September 2026) exploring the parks link to coal mining, railways and the Industrial Revolution. Middleton park is the home of the historic Middleton Colliery – supplying Leeds with the
The Mann Family of this article was started by William Mann and Elizabeth Mann (nee Stanniforth) and this was Williams’s second marriage. His first marriage to Elizabeth Hutchinson on 4 January 1849 at St George’s Church, Leeds, but unfortunately Elizabeth died on 14 July 1856. William’s second marriage to Elizabeth
The heatwaves in July and early August, with the sweltering temperatures and lack of rainfall, has left parks, lawns and farmland parched, brown and dry across South Leeds. Only now, after a few rainy days, is the grass beginning to show a hint of green again. Whilst the beautiful weather