What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
‘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
Hunslet Club Parkside defeated West Hull in a hard fought battle televised on Freesports on Saturday 22 September. The 9 – 2 score line reflects the closeness of the contest and means they will now contest the Kingstone Press National Conference League Grand Final on Saturday 6 October at Featherstone
Hunslet RLFC finished their season with a disappointing loss 14-4 away at expansion club Coventry Bears on Saturday (22 September 2018). Coventry took the lead with an early try on 4 minutes and defended their lead tenaciously through the first half. Hunslet pressed repeatedly but were unable to score and
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 17 September 2018: Dormer window to front 9 Westbourne Mount Beeston Leeds LS11 6EH Ref. No: 18/05683/FU | Status:
Hunslet RLFC 10-46 Newcastle Thunder Hunslet ended their home season on a sour note yesterday (16 September 2018) losing to a well-drilled and confident Newcastle Thunder side, making it now almost impossible to qualify for the League 1 promotion play-offs. [slideshow_deploy id=’84827′] Photos: Paul Johnson Phoenix Photography Missing key players
Pupils from Hunslet Carr and Windmill Primary Schools helped Middleton railway launch its new booklet about Middleton Broom Pit today (14 September 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’84774′] The children heard from the railway’s Vice President Ian Smith and received their copies of the booklet from Cllr Judith Blake and Cllr Paul Truswell.
Plans to build over 900 homes on the former Evans Halshaw car dealership site on Hunslet Road passed another hurdle yesterday (13 September 2018) when Councillors on the City Plans Panel unanimously approved the planning application. To be completed over five phases, X1 South Bank is intended to provide a
Middleton Railway was amongst the groups from South Leeds receiving awards at the RHS Yorkshire In Bloom ceremony at York Racecourse on Tuesday (11 September 2018). The railway was awarded a Gold Award in the “Tourist Attraction” category. The judge said the floral displays on the Moor Road station platform
Whitehaven 46-10 Hunslet RLFC Whitehaven dealt a massive blow to Hunslet’s play off chances by handing the South Leeds outfit their second 40 point mauling on the road in the last month. [slideshow_deploy id=’84560′] Photos by Paul Johnson Phoenix Photography Things were ominous from the start when influential full-back Jimmy