What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s a Google map of just some of the local community groups and organisations you can find in your part of south Leeds. [googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208104848291920538910.0004a635bd22fe31716e3&ie=UTF8&source=embed&ll=53.750284,-1.54654&spn=0.015531,0.000343&output=embed&w=425&h=350] I hope it’s a useful resource. To navigate around the map, simply use the ‘pan’ circle in the top left hand corner of the map.
A local group which is campaigning for improvements at Hunslet Cemetery is holding a meeting to give people a say about the improvements they’d like to see at the cemetery. The vandal-hit cemetery has been in the news recently after the Friends and Relatives of Hunslet Cemetery group launched an
Nine intrepid Health for all staff and supporters climbed the three highest peaks in Yorkshire in a 24-mile walk in less than 12 hours, earning themselves membership of the exclusive “Three Peaks of Yorkshire” club, writes Dave Florence. They did this to promote healthy activities and to raise funds for
Cross Flatts Park often echoes to the sound of leather on willow – there seems to be a semi-permanent game going on at the top on the artificial wicket. On Wednesday 27th July there will be a special game as families from different backgrounds are encouraged to come to the
Don’t miss this event – its a flash demo in front of the boarded up sports centre to show we are still campaigning to get the pool opened again. This will be the first day of the main school summer holiday and we can’t use our pool! We have a
A public meeting has highlighted how a £2 million boost will help restore Middleton Park to its former glory. Alan Shaw, secretary of The Friends of Middleton Park group, gave a presentation on the detailed proposals surrounding the Heritage Lottery-backed regeneration scheme for the park. Mr Shaw told the meeting
The first photograph appears in ‘Beeston Days’ published by the Beeston Local History Society in 1991. It shows a view, around the 1950s, looking from Holbeck Cemetery, west towards Wortley and Armley. The second photograph shows almost the same view today. What a difference a day, or 60 years makes.
An initiative to help attract investment and support regeneration across a large area of South Leeds has been welcomed by the chairwoman of a local residents’ forum. Chair of the Beeston Hill Residents Voice community group Freda Bates told a recent meeting that the Investment Partnership for South Leeds aims
A community cafe run by local residents could open at a planned new divisional headquarters for Holbeck police. A recent packed public meeting was told that multi-million pound proposals to transform the old greyhound track site off Elland Road would be in an ideal position to offer a better service
This Saturday is Middleton Day with a Gala at Middleton Primary School, on Middleton Park Avenue from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Sadly I don’t know much more about this event, but if you do please add some information in the comment section. Download the flyer: Middleton Day Flyer