What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Stephen Williamson on Monday (3 March 2014). Steve was a contributor to South Leeds Life both under his own name and as ‘Old Bamber’ having attended our first community reporters course. He was also heavily involved behind the
Of course it’s nothing to what his family has lost, but this week I lost a very good friend in Steve Williamson. I think I first met Steve in the 1990s, but I only got to know him after he joined a community reporters course eighteen months ago. He
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. The days are getting longer and so thoughts turn to community festivals. Beeston Festival has updated its website in preparation for 2014. They’ve adopted a Tour de France theme under the slogan
The Beeston Festival email account got hacked yesterday morning. We dealt with it and ironically it helped us to start organising this year’s event. Everyone on our contact list received an email, purportedly from me, saying I was stuck in Cyprus and lost all my money, passport etc and
The news today is full of the sad passing of Nelson Mandela. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll add to the acres being written about him with my own reflections and what lessons we might draw in South Leeds. I seem to have been aware of Nelson Mandela all my
This year’s Beeston Festival Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Beeston Village Community Centre on Saturday 6 October. Top of the agenda was cake! Now, I have been to many AGM’s and I can honestly say they mainly comprise of a lot of talking generally, with the
Join a unique new festival in south Leeds, to celebrate the launch of this year’s Rugby League World Cup in England and Wales. This event is FREE and for EVERYONE – whether you’re interested in rugby, or just want a good day out! The event on Saturday 26th October
Annual General Meetings are, by and large, not the most exciting events. One group are trying to change that by disguising their AGM as a tea party. The people behind Beeston Festival are holding a tea party on Saturday 5th October. Along with tea and cake they are laying
When I was at school, the first day back after the summer holidays we always had to write an essay entitled “What I did on my holidays”. I’m not at school any more, it’s not even September yet, but it seems the right thing to do for this week’s
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team’s Facebook appeal for a missing black speckled chicken. Apparently the Hunslet Club have lost one. On a more serious note they have another