What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
With four weeks to go, organisers have unveiled their plans for a cycle-themed Beeston Festival on Saturday 14 June under the slogan ‘Let’s Go Cycling!’ The Festival, sponsored by Unity Homes & Enterprise, will take place in Cross Flatts Park from 12-5pm. Organisers are hoping to build on the
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Have you ever blogged on a boat? Leeds Waterfront Festival is inviting bloggers to an event tomorrow (Thursday 22 May) at 5pm. The idea is to explore the waterfront venues and blog
Volunteers from companies across Leeds decended on Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park on Friday (16 May 2014) for Give And Gain Day. [slideshow_deploy id=’25026′] Give and Gain day is Business In The Community’s flagship event to promote the benefits of employee volunteering. Over 700 staff volunteered across Yorkshire on
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. The bluebells are out in Middleton Woods, so let’s start there. The Friends of Middleton Park have photos and details of their Bluebell Walks this weekend when they tie up with Middleton Railway.
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with Park Fisheries on Beeston Road, who you’ll recall won a Yorkshire In Bloom award last year. We read on the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery blog that they have
Beeston Festival is appealing for people to donate their unwanted bikes to a project that will see them revamped and sold on cheaply. With the Tour de France setting off from Leeds just three weeks later, Beeston Festival has a cycling theme this year. The festival takes place on Saturday
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It’s not strictly a South Leeds story, but we start this week with Hilary Benn MP. He has posted the speech he gave in Parliament paying tribute to his father Tony Benn