What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
[slideshow]Holbeck’s going to look blooming great this summer – thanks to the efforts of local volunteers. Local resident Ian Pickup took these photographs of Holbeck in Bloom planting summer baskets with Holbeck Christian Fellowship at St Matthew’s Community Centre. Holbeck, along with Beeston, will be entering the summer Yorkshire in
Holbeck knows how to party! 13 of the area’s community groups got together over the Jubilee weekend to hold a party. Organiser Ian Pickup tells South Leeds Life that the event, in St Matthew’s Community Centre, had a visitor in the form of the Deputy Lord Lieutenant Major Stan Hardy. Hilary
Here’s your weekly round-up of local links to what’s making south Leeds tick this week. There’s still time to put your questions about anything to do with your local Neighbourhood Policing Teams to the local PCSOs. Check out the post here. You’ve got until last thing today to get your
Jamie Reid – the pioneering and world-renowned artist of punk art who put the safety pin into the Queen’s nose – is coming to Leeds, bringing his 40 year retrospective and current show “Ragged Kingdom” to Temple.Works.Leeds for the month of June 14-July 14, writes Susan Williamson. There will be
With the football season drawn to a close, the Hunslet Club can now celebrate one of its most successful seasons ever. The pre-school toddler sessions are busy every week and are set to produce the clubs’ stars of tommorow, well done to our dedicated coaches of our most junior members. The Under
We just wanted to take the time to shout out about South Leeds Life and thank YOU, our readers and contributors, for your support. During May a record number of readers came to our blog! We recorded 10,311 views as over a dozen different contributors posted more than 100 different articles on
Summer’s here. It’s time to get outside. The children have been making the most of Skelton Grange Environment Centre over the past few weeks. Below is a list of volunteering events which have been organised to keep in tip-top shape for the little visitors. Can you help out?
Couple of interesting links for you: The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery have posted on a forthcoming photohunt on Beeston Festival day (June 9) starting at 1pm. The Friends write: “Eve & Ken Tidswell of the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery will be on site to help with any information that anyone
Good luck to Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team players Jamie Fields, Tom Saunders and coach Daryl Cardiss who have been selected for the Great Britain Community Lions Squad tour of Barbados, jetting off this Friday. Selection for this squad is a huge honour marking the lads out as amongst the
Seems that the former Holbeck Kwik Save supermarket at the bottom of Domestic Street has finally found a new owner. According to the signs which have gone up this week, the former supermarket building – which has been empty since 2007 – will be transformed into a supermarket/cafe/restaurant/takeaway called ‘Venus’