What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Yesterday was Whit Sunday, which in the good old days would have meant today was a bank holiday and as a child I remember that’s when we would have a week off school as the half term holiday. The good old days started in 1871 (a bit before my
The recently launched Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy now has an expanded programme of training sessions from pre-school through to year 9 at their facilities in South Leeds. These two clubs with long established roots in rugby league, having taught the likes of Jason Robinson (now Honorary Patron of the
Since South Leeds Community Radio moved to its new home on Ashbrooke Park (just off Dewsbury Road), we have tried to make our station look as nice as possible for our staff, volunteers and learners. Jaz, the Station Manager, has finally admitted he is no Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, so we
I think I mentioned golf ranges last time. Why, you might ask, would you want to stand around on a golf range when you could be on the golf course itself? Let’s put it another way: why would you want to be on a golf course when it’s freezing cold
On Friday 3rd May I was lucky enough to be in the audience to see Germaine Greer in her one woman show, ‘40 Years of Feminism and Fun’. This was an eagerly awaited treat as I had bought the tickets last November as a Christmas present for my husband. NB:
Beeston got a new Vicar last night when the Bishop of Ripon & Leeds conducted a special service at St Mary’s Church. Revd Lindsey Pearson was previously the Yorkshire Regional Manager of Christian Aid, and closely involved in supporting individuals, churches and communities to bring about change in some of
Yesterday we, the community reporting students, visited the Leeds City Museum. The museum is an array of short exhibits with one exhibit in particular on Leeds itself and includes an interesting section on the woolen trade. Spinning wool and flax (we get linen from flax) was once huge business in
Budding photographers in Leeds are being encouraged to focus their lenses on their local park as part of a competition to celebrate nature and wildlife in the city. Entries for the annual Leeds in Bloom calendar competition are now open, with people of all ages invited to take a
Those of you who gave glanced at previous confessions may have come to the conclusions that golf hacking is a solitary affair. I don’t think I have mentioned Old Bob and Invisible Andy, have I? When I decided to become a golf hacker I didn’t have the bottle just to
Alistair Kaye, priest in charge of Holbeck, Beeston Hill and Hunslet, has been honoured by Bishop John Packer by being made an Honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral. Alistair (50), who was ordained in 1990, has served in the Armley area of Leeds for fourteen years, ten of those as Vicar