What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We have all heard the story of Henry VIII, but now it’s time to hear a story we haven’t heard before, the story of his six wives. A Friday evening (27 May 2022) in South Leeds watching the Hunslet Rogues perform SIX: The Musical. The performers consisting of children and
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start on Saturday with a pop up event in Middleton Park, 10am-12pm, where the Love Exploring Leeds Team will on hand
Paul Grist, a teacher and artist from Beeston, showed me round his current exhibition in the atrium of Bexley Wing at St James’s Hospital, Yorkshire’s regional cancer centre. The space is both a peaceful, quiet space and busy thoroughfare where, as Paul puts it “you will see all of life:
Schools from across South Leeds are joining the Love Exploring Leeds School Challenge, as part of a drive to encourage families to get active in their local park. The challenge is based around the free Love Exploring app, which offers augmented reality games for smartphones. Middleton Park, Cross Flatts Park,
Oh my Cod! Tomorrow, Fryday 27 May 2022, is National Fish & Chip Day and we want to know which is the best plaice in South Leeds (LS10 and LS11) to get Britain’s favourite takeaway meal. Did you know … The tradition of frying fish in batter seems to have
The Open Access Youth Club at The Hunslet Club has been running for a year now. To celebrate they held an open evening last week (17 May 2022) and went I along to find out how the project is progressing. The building on Hillidge Road was already buzzing when I
The Middleton Railway has commemorated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today (25 May 2022) by planting a tree at its Moor Road headquarters. Children from Windmill Primary and Low Road Primary schools ceremonially planted the tree in front of the railway’s “Engine House” building, witnessed by local councillors, volunteers and supporters.
West Wales Raiders 12-50 Hunslet RLFC Hunslet were on top from the beginning as they won away ay West Wales Raiders yesterday (21 May 2022). On his return from injury David Gibbons, playing at Centre, scored twice and set up Wayne Rettie for a hattrick as Hunslet cruised to a
Fifth-generation family bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has continued its charitable giving with a recent donation of 136 mattresses to The International Charity Fund “For Ukraine”, to support the country’s needs within hospitals and refugee accommodation. The Beeston-based company’s latest donation was initiated by Ukrainian native Olena Todd, Buyer at Harrison Spinks. Originating from Lutsk in
Red Ladder are a theatre company based in Leeds. We’ve been bringing theatre shows to Belle Isle for a few years now, but now we want to make a show, with you, in the heart of our community. We’re working with Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) on a project