What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Holbeck In Bloom teamed up with Beeston In Bloom and students from Leeds University to plant a laurel hedge on Holbeck Moor yesterday. The group have been trying to screen the Moor from the M621 motorway with hedging for several years. Previous plantings have succumbed to large quantities of salt
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. We don’t often quote Leeds Student, but they ventured to Holbeck to review Slung Low Theatre’s productions of Beulah and Some Small Love Story at their home, the HUB (Holbeck Underground Ballroom, under the viaduct).
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. We covered the furore about Tony Harrison’s poem “V” which was written about Holbeck Cemetery and broadcast on Radio 4 recently. Over in the Yorkshire Evening Post Oliver Cross has written a rather good piece
Last Tuesday, Holbeck In Bloom joined forces with Beeston In Bloom to tackle some overgrown shrubbery on St Anthony’s Drive in Beeston. There was some serious pruning and clearing of the greenery next to Hugh Gaitskell Primary School and Beeston Village Community Centre. [slideshow_deploy id=’13837′] Thanks to Linda Stanley from
Beeston In Bloom unveiled a new arch in Cross Flatts Park today. The arch is part of a package of improvements that the group are installing in the area using funding from Community First and Aviva insurance. A pub style sign is to be put up on Dewsbury Road at
Holbeck In Bloom and Beeston In Bloom will be making good use of confiscated criminals’ gardening equipment following the discovery of a cannabis farm at the Britannia pub in Holbeck. Police raided the pub on Thursday and discovered cannabis being grown in an upstairs room. They also found 22 sacks
I’ve known Councillor Angela Gabriel since 2003 when she roped me into joining the Beeston Festival Committee, but when I spoke to her this week I wanted to find out about her role as a Leeds City Councillor. I started by asking what the role of a Councillor is: “I
The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery recently won 105 trees cut from the Royal Household Estate to plant in the cemetery as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. [slideshow_deploy id=’11875′] Today’s planting by the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery was attended by several members of the society, as well as representatives
Did you know that the Dogwood tree, or Cornus sanguinea as it’s known in Latin, played an important role in the textile industry? Or that Crataegus monogyna, the common Hawthorn, is also known as “Ske” in Old Irish, “Porn” in Old Norse and “Hag” in old English? No, neither did
Do you want to be part of Holbeck’s history? Do you want to help make Holbeck Cemetery a more beautiful place for future generations in Beeston and Holbeck? writes Eve Tidswell. If your answer is ‘yes’ to either of these questions then come and join The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery, Holbeck in