South Leeds Roundup: Fireworks and football

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter.

gnnsj-fireworksWe start this week in Beeston at the Sikh Gudwara (temple) on Lady Pit Lane. If you need a warm up before bonfire night this weekend, watch the video from GNNSJ Leeds. They held a professional firework display to celebrate Diwali – the festival of lights – last Sunday.

The latest newsletter from the South Leeds Neighbourhood Policing Team is out, you can download a copy from their website.

Stories from 1918 and 1946 on the Belle Isle History Group’s Blog in the past tell of a child knocked down a killed by a car and the Council’s immunisation drive against Diphtheria.

Crafters are encouraged to pop along to the bar at The Tetley art gallery in Hunslet. The group, sponsored by Leeds Waterfront Festival meet every Wednesday from 6pm.

2017 will see a new range of activities for 5-11 year olds at Cottingley Community Centre. Consultation identified a lack of provision for this group on the estate.

And finally, have you got a young’un interested in football? Middleton Park FC are recruiting Under 2s up to Under 7s and older.