What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with Clubbercise, the new exercise class that’s held in the dark with glow sticks. Beeston Parish Centre has posted a short a video to promote Julie’s class
South Leeds Life will be launching its first free regular newspaper at Beeston Library on Friday 28 November 2014 from 4-6pm. The paper will be available at all libraries, schools and community centres in the LS11 and LS10 areas from Monday 1st December. It will then be published each month
Vivienne Bate writes: Although I’ve lived in Beeston since 1940, it wasn’t until 2000 that I became involved in local affairs. There was an event about “How You Want Your Neighbourhood to Develop”, where various interest groups had information stalls, and that’s where I came across Beeston in Bloom. They’d
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton where Toby Roberts tells the story of the creation of the big new dipping pond in a new
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start with news that Beeston’s popular chip shop Park Fisheries has won Gold from Yorkshire In Bloom. Fantastic – well done guys! Here’s a picture to celebrate: Beeston Festival
Beeston & Holbeck Councillor Angela Gabriel has issued an unusual call for help – requesting unwanted fruit and jam jars. When not representing her constituents, Councillor Gabriel makes jams and preserves which she sells at community events and at Park Fisheries on Beeston Road. All the profits from the
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Call me biased, but I’m going to start this Roundup with coverage of Saturday’s Beeston Festival. The festival’s website has a photo slideshow and a collection of Tweets from the day which
When I left my flat for the Festival, thought was in for a rainy day. As it happened was overcast early on but brightened up later. First thing I noticed was the whole of the road at top end of park (Beeston Road) was coned off, why? All this meant
It’s one of those weeks where I’m frightened that my head is going to explode. I’m pulling together two big projects and my main survival strategy seems to be writing to-do lists to make sure I don’t forget anything. I’m still at the stage where the lists are getting
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week in a wildflower meadow in … Holbeck. It might surprise some people in the city, but parts of Holbeck have been imaginatively planted with wild flowers. Holbeck in