What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This week (Thursday 4 October 2018) saw a sunny celebration event to mark the official opening of the new Council housing on the Garnets in Hunslet Moor, and the reopening of a refurbished play area in the neighbourhood. The event saw 100+ local people gather for a free funday event
Middleton Railway’s weekend of events to commemorate fifty years since the closure of the last coal mine in Leeds proved a great success last weekend (29 & 30 September 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’85650′] The event was supported by the Railway’s new President Hilary Benn MP who waved the first train of
A single mother with three children by different fathers – sound familiar? Mother Courage And Her Children is set during the Thirty Years War in the seventeenth century. Mother Courage is an entrepreneur, she buys cheap and sells at a profit. Her customers are the armies criss-crossing backwards and forwards
Established in August 1991, The South Leeds Live at Home Scheme is a community based scheme that exists to benefit the lives of older people by providing services to those who live in their own homes thereby enhancing the quality of their lives, empowering and encouraging older people to maintain
UTC Leeds has appointed a new Principal. Alex Burnham has 21 years’ experience of working in education and started in post last month at UTC Leeds, which is based in the former Braime factory on Sayner Road, Hunslet. Alex said: “I feel honoured and privileged to be part of a
Now its 14th year, Leeds Light Night returns this Thursday and Friday (4 & 5 October 2018). Over 60 free family friendly events will take place across the city centre from 6-11pm on each night and will spill across the river to The Tetley art gallery and Leeds Dock in
Calling all young writers! You’re invited to the #foundfiction workshop – an action-packed storytelling event for writing enthusiasts aged 11-16 in South Leeds. The #foundfiction workshop is hosted by three of the best writers in Leeds and Bradford: Phil Pearce, poet and spoken word performer Kirsty Taylor, teacher and spoken
Visit Middleton Railway this weekend commemorating 50 Anniversary closure of Broom Colliery. We have worked in partnership with the Railway so that every Primary School Child in Belle Isle & Middleton will receive a brilliant history book . We hope you all like it and save it for future generations.
‘Last Coals To Leeds’ will be a special celebration of the role of coal in the life of South Leeds at the historic Middleton Railway on Saturday and Sunday (29 & 30 September 2018) commemorating the closure of the last coal mine in Leeds, Middleton Broom Colliery, which closed 50
This Friday (28 September 2018) Leeds’ Red Ladder Theatre Company brings Bertold Brecht’s classic play Mother Courage And Her Children to the Albion Electric Warehouse in Hunslet for what promises to be a memorable production. Pauline McLynn, best known for playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, takes the lead role