What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I had a fascinating chat with Mrs Lillian Turner (nee Sykes) last week. She had got in touch about the drinking fountain on Holbeck Moor, but we spent most of the time talking about her childhood growing up in Beeston and Hunslet. She was “born and bred in the middle
There’s a lot more to the Salvation Army than brass bands – although you will still hear the West Hunslet band out on the streets on Sunday afternoon. At a national level the organisation runs safe houses to help victims escape human traffickers. In South Leeds they offer hot lunches
The former Holbeck Divisional Police headquarters on Burton Road in Beeston is being demolished to make way for an Aldi supermarket. The demolition team expect to be onsite for another two weeks. Once the building has been flattened a crusher will be brought onto site to crush the rubble into
Newly refurbished sheltered accommodation offering an independent lifestyle has been officially opened today (Tuesday 10 February 2015). Ingram Court in Holbeck has benefited from a substantial make-over by sc4L as part of the council’s housing regeneration project. Built in 1976, the building has now undergone a major transformation to provide
Thousands of people are expected to experience all the sights and sounds as the country’s famous Valentines Fair returns to South Leeds! The fair will run at Elland Road from Thursday 12 to Sunday 22 February 2015. Leeds has certainly enjoyed a love affair since what was the first ever
People from a range of arts organisations gathered at The Tetley on Thursday (5 February 2015) to discuss how they could influence the redevelopment of the ‘South Bank’. The South Bank is the ex-industrial zone of Hunslet and Holbeck close to the river. As we revealed in our February newspaper,
Work has begun on a major multi-million pound flood defence scheme in Leeds, which will protect thousands of homes and businesses and bring about economic benefits in the city. The £45million Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme, which is one of the largest river flood defence schemes in the country, will see
Here is PCSO Kirsty Johnson doing her bit for the community in her spare time by cooking up a treat for elderly residents. Kirsty volunteers for a local charity…, the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust, who operate the Holbeck Feast Café on the last Saturday of the month at Ingram Gardens
The saying many hands make light work was an understatement yesterday (Sunday 1 February 2015) as 15 volunteers took to a planting and painting task in Holbeck. Before daylight left Leeds, ten fruit trees had been planted on the moor and outside Old Chapel Studios in Holbeck. Flower beds had
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