What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Grey days, dropping temperatures, darker nights and the prospect of a long winter ahead can often leave you feeling a little below par. So it was with surprise and delight that I found the Friends of Middleton Park AGM providing an unexpected and welcome tonic. The Friends reflected on a
Middleton Park FC is based at the Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre in Belle Isle and we are looking for groups to hire our hall, writes Sarah Dixon. Room hire is only £10 per hour, so very cheap! … it is perfect for any type of group, parties or just to
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’sInternational publisher Amazon has published Eve Tidswell’s book ‘Focus on Holbeck in 1881′ in Kindle format, reports the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery. It’s a fabulous recognition of the work the Friends put in – well done all! The
If you go down to the woods today… you won’t find any bears but you will find autumn in full flow. Colour, colour everywhere as we found on our recent South Leeds Life community reporters visit to Middleton Park. There might not be any bears but there has been a
A group of us on the Community Reporters course went to Middleton Woods to practice our photographic skills. The fact that it was the 13th of the month didn’t matter as I’m not too superstitious. It went reasonably well. It was obvious that some restoration work was going on. Work was
Middleton Park is currently being transformed thanks to a £2 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and matched funding. In December visitors will be able to enjoy a cup of tea in the café which is located in the brand new pavilion which faces the lake. On week 3 of
Budding South Leeds Life community correspondents practiced their journalistic photo story skills on a group outing to the South Leeds beauty spot. The seven students, drawn from across south Leeds, are attending a course led by local journalist John Baron. The 10-week course held at Health For All in Middleton
We went to Middleton Park, it was good to take some photos and find out want is going on in the park. We met a man with his dog, he said that he has been coming to the park for a long time because it was a very nice park to come
Marianne James has sent us this guest post about a special heritage project for primary school pupils in Middleton Park: Around 250 pupils from nine classes from six Middleton primary schools learned, over a period of four weeks, about archaeology and the mining history of Middleton Park through a series
There are plans aplenty for new supermarkets in South Leeds. We’ve covered most of them in the past and thought it’d be useful if we provided an update on them. Beeston: The ongoing ‘store wars’ battle between Asda and Tesco on Old Lane shows no sign of ending. Councillors recently