What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Judges from the Yorkshire in Bloom competition will descend on south Leeds today to take a look at the floral activities of two of our communities. They are due to visit Holbeck to see the efforts of the volunteers from the Holbeck in Bloom group and Beeston to see the work
People often wonder why Holbeck Cemetery is on Beeston Hill – and the folks at the excellent Holbeck in Bloom group have been doing some research into the issue. They’ve discovered some snippets from the old Leeds Intelligencer newspaper from 1854-55 which might give some light to the problem. The Intelligencer reports:
Trophies & medals galore were handed out on Sunday April 1st to the hundreds of talented Arts group members at the Hunslet Club, whilst the Performing Arts Saturday Club put on a fantastic stage show of highlights from the musical Annie! in front of a sell out crowd of over 300. Says Jason Slack
Do you run a community group in inner south Leeds? Well now’s the chance for you to apply for some cash! Community First is an £80 million government-funded initiative which will run until March 2015. The programme will help communities come together and identify their strengths and priorities in order to
A group of campaigners fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston have today held a mock Olympic torch run – and they claim a lack of sports facilities in the area will prevent local youngsters becoming Olympians of the future. The protest group, made up mainly of parents and
South Leeds Life reader Jonathan Bliss has shared this beautiful photograph of Leeds’ inner city skyline at dusk taken from the viewing point at Holbeck Cemetery. We think it’s a truly breathtaking photo! Jonathan has kindly shared a couple of photographs of the view from the cemetery on the South Leeds Life group
Residents of Beeston’s award-winning sustainable development, Greenhouse, will be supporting the annual Earth Hour Event tomorrow by coming together with their neighbours for a night of going back to basics. Getting involved with Saturday’s international initiative, ‘The Big Switch Off’, Greenhouse developers, Citu are inviting residents to come together in their
Two members of the Hunslet Club Wednesday night youth club, Kieran and Cameron present a video guided tour of their club, check it out, including our brand new state-of-the-art Games Zone! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFUE7IQLnY] We reckon they could be the next Ant & Dec! The club has a busy weekend ahead with
In answer to our fun poll yesterday, by 1934 a total of 2,377 dwellings had been built on the new housing estate in Middleton. Well done of you knew the answer! In 1919/20 it was decided a new estate in Middleton was needed to replace slum housing. Houses were built
Sally Cieslik from the SPLASH campaign fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre guest posts on a mock South Leeds Olympic Torch event on Sunday, April 1 at noon to highlight what they claim is a lack of sports facilities in the area. The real Olympic Torch is due to come