Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

The Hunslet Club announces packed October half term camps

The Hunslet Club is getting ready for October half term with a packed week of activities for children and young people, with sport, dance, art, games and plenty of Halloween fun planned across the Club. Running from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, the programme gives young people the chance

Extraordinary people can come from ordinary streets

Sometimes a piece of art does more than brighten a wall. It tells people that their history matters, that their community matters and, perhaps most importantly, that they matter too. A striking mural of Leeds suffragette Leonora Cohen has now found a new home at New Bewerley Community School, where

Local History: Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company

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

Students take on a feathered art challenge

The Art Department at Cockburn John Charles Academy welcomed some unusual visitors last month as Year 8 students took part in a lively life drawing session featuring live chickens. Working directly from observation, students explored a range of drawing techniques, including continuous line drawing, non-dominant hand sketching, and quick observational