What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Back in July we reported that the Wright family had been reunited with their grandfather’s World War 1 medals, thanks to Conrad Buckley from Middleton Primary School. Intrigued by his story, we took the case to Julie Holmes who runs the Ancestry Group at BITMO’s GATE. Using various online resources
Once again Leeds City Council is organising a free public bonfire and firework display in Middleton Park. The event, sponsored by White Rose Shopping Centre, takes place on Friday (4 November 2016). The bonfire will be lit at 7pm and the fireworks will start at 7:30pm. For safety reasons, please
Local man Tom ‘The Viking’ Crosby was in action at this month’s WFMC (World Fightsport and Martial Arts Council) World Championships in Manchester, and picked up two more world titles to add to his collection. As previously reported in South Leeds Life (here and here), 28-year-old Tom was born and
Kim Groves Middleton, Leeds Leeds South and East Foodbank are Experience huge spikes in numbers all donations would be greatly appreciated. Stock is running out so thanks to those Schools who kindly donated this week. Many people visiting Foodbanks are employed and on zero hour contracts ( waiting at the
Middleton St Mary’s Nursery in Leeds has been chosen to receive hundreds of pounds worth of new play equipment thanks to Sudocrem’s national campaign, called Play More. One of the oldest nurseries in Leeds, established in 1971, St Mary’s is one of the lucky 10 to win after nearly 1,000
Belle Isle and Middleton have both seen vast improvements in their environment according to local Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell. Councillor Groves recently went to meet the locality team responsible for the transformation to thank them personally for the difference they have made to the area, which
Feedback has been welcomed on plans to build a new £15 million retail park in Middleton following two recent public exhibition sessions. Plans were unveiled for St George’s Retail Park, which will include a new Lidl shop and B&M Homestore, as well as seven other shop, café and restaurant units. The
Karen Head Hi everyone, I am doing the Yorkshire marathon on Sunday 9 October 2016. My training is going really well. For the past few races I have achieved something I didn’t think I could do. I did Wetherby 10k in the time of 52:13 my fastest ever 10k race.
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Middleton where it’s been a mixed week. The Friends of Middleton Park have posted about beautiful sunrises, graphitised information boards and a successful prosecution for illegal
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is holding a drop-in session at the Belle Isle Working Men’s Club on Wednesday (5 October 2016) from 4-7pm. Representatives from WYCA and First will be available to talk about your local bus service. You will also be able to have your say on