What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
One of South Leeds treasures, Middleton Railway, will start running trains again on Saturday 2nd April. To mark this our header photo for April shows the locos on display at the Middleton Railway Trust in Hunslet. Guest blogger Fraser Croft gives us more details. The Middleton Railway was established by
Lots of exciting things going on at the Hunslet Club at the moment, we’ve just been cited as a model of community sports enterprise in action by the Amatuer Boxing Association of England as well as being featured on the My Life in Leeds blog. There are lots of things
Aged 8-18 years? Want somewhere to go and something to do on a Friday evening in South Leeds? Visit the The Breeze Friday Night Project at Middleton Leisure Centre every Friday (except Bank Holidays) Times Juniors (8-13 years) run 6-7.30pm with swimming 7-7.30pm Seniors (12-18 years) run 7.30-9pm with swimming
Scary monsters are just mangy mushroom Mr Mallard is dressed to impress In fact, March has made Miggy Woods all Dingley Dell:
A Couple of events coming up at The Hunslet Club that will be of interest to South Leeds residents. Irish Night March 19th, 7pm til late, Live music from The Blarney Boys & Irish Dancing from our very own World Championship qualifying Irish Dancers! Bar & Refreshments, tickets: Adults £3
Although South Leeds Sports Centre (SLSC) is currently closed, the fight to reopen it continues. On Monday 28 February a meeting of SPLASH (Save our PooL And Sports Hall) was held at Hillside. Councillor Adam Ogilvie also attended the meeting and indicated a number of options that were being considered
I’ve just googled ‘southleedslife’ and we’ve got 543 search results already and the blog has only been up and running since 30 November 2010. To date we’ve had over 2,850 hits on the website with ‘current’ average of over 50 hits a day and growing. And the word is spreading – southleedslife
As reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Friday 18 February, work has begun to build the new Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton. This centre is being built on the site of the current Tenants Hall on Middleton Park Avenue, and will offer office and meeting room facilities for
The JESS Extended Schools and Services Cluster in south Leeds is providing 10 exciting activities for children and young people aged 5-16 from local south Leeds schools over the February half term. These targeted activities range from a Spy School to an Olympic Spirit Sports Day. Over 180 children will benefit
And twirl 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8….and back 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ,7 8… I wish I was a majorette (no, I don’t think I’ll start now, I’ll stick to my Zumba class) but if I was a kid again I definitely have a go. In South Leeds, there