What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
City and Holbeck Police has released its annual summary. The summary reveals areas where the force has performed well and poorly in, as well as setting out priorities for the coming year. The document below highlights performance figures for 2011/12 compared to the previous year: [scribd id=100119120 key=key-25bl8u4goukdfyvogaf4 mode=list] And here
Work on installing security fencing at vandal-hit Hunslet Cemetery should be completed by the end of next February, council officials have confirmed. As revealed in South Leeds Life’s news roundup last week, The Friends of Hunslet Cemetery group were boosted by an email from Cllr Kim Groves, which was posted on the
Holbeck resident Steve Peacock has been part of the Middleton Life local history project. With help from our new community reporters’ website he’s written this overview on the days when trams trundled through south Leeds: I have been interested in the local history of Leeds for many years now and,
Don’t forget, today is the Hunslet Club Gala, the summer starts here! entertainment, music, BBQ & loads of inflatables, come on down South Leeds, the perfect opportunity to see what happens at the club if you have not been before, bring the family, all welcome.
An appeal’s gone out to help find a lost family dog called Bailey. The small Yorkshire Terrier, which hails from the LS10 area, has a red collar. His owners are said to be heartbroken. If you have any information, contact them on 0741 3497790. More details here.
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s been making south Leeds tick on other websites and blogs: Veteran actor Peter O’Toole has announced he is retiring from the stage and screen, at the age of 79. The Irish-born star – best known for playing Lawrence of Arabia in Sir David Lean’s
Holbeck Police have today released a pair of e-fits in a bid to identify two suspected burglars in Beeston. The attempted burglary took place on Tuesday 26 June around 1.30pm on Allenby Road. [googlemaps https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=allenby+road+leeds&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Allenby+Rd,+Leeds,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=53.765428,-1.557404&spn=0.004997,0.01281&t=m&z=14&output=embed&w=425&h=350] The suspects are believed to have used a garden spade in an attempt to force entry
Your South Leeds Life is making it easier than ever before to contribute to our blog! You may have noticed that more and more South Leeds residents are contributing articles and reports to this blog – which is great, this is YOUR blog and it’s open to all who wish
Why don’t we have doggy bag dispenses in our parks? I’ve just come back from a holiday in Austria, which has to be a dog lovers country – there’s no end of dogs accompanying their owners everywhere. But however hard I tried I couldn’t find any evidence of these dogs
As we’ve reported on this week’s big launch of the Middleton Life local history project today, we thought it’d be nice to share a video we found on Youtube on Middleton Railway. The video is from an 8mm silent cine film showing what things were like on the railway over 40