What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your weekly guide to what’s making South Leeds via the area’s blogs, websites and social media. The Hunslet Club reminds us there’s a Family Fun Day & Party In Aid of The Callum Wingate Appeal on Sunday. In seperate news, the YEP sad;y reports how con artists have hijacked fundraising efforts by friends
I went to a talk at the central library last week. David Thornton, a local historian, was talking about the history of newspapers in Leeds. It’s an interesting topic and Leeds has an important place in the story of British newspapers. It all starts back in 1718 with the launch
Flummoxed by Facebook, baffled by blogs and tasered (?!) by Twitter? The next Leeds Social Media Surgery is on hand to help tomorrow (Wednesday 13th June), from 6-8pm at The Round Foundry Media Centre in Holbeck. Please register on the Social Media Surgery website if you’d like to attend, http://socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/leeds. It’s open
South Leeds Life will be up bright and early tomorrow and heading for Birmingham for the annual Talk About Local Unconference. Talk About Local helps communities up and down the country to set up their own blogs and find their own powerful voice online. This will be the fourth unconference for
Are you interested in raising the profile of your local group or organisation? Got a service which needs a higher profile? Are you a resident who would you like to have a say on issues in your community by contributing posts to the South Leeds Life blog – www.sllife.leeds11.com? We’ll
South Leeds blogger Ewan Mitchell has been delighting us all with his passionate Tonight’s Menu blog about home cooking, food and useful recipes he’s tried out. And Ewan’s just celebrated National Pie Week with a post detailing his Leeds Pork Pie Challenge where he chose what he thought was the
Come and meet the folks behind South Leeds Life blog at the next of our regular community news cafes on Monday! The cafes are your chance to tell your stories, let us know what’s going on and – if you’re interested – we can help you to write your own articles
“The terraces are still there, though for how long I don’t know. Some are boarded up and some have gone. The flats by the Moor have been razed, adding to the depopulation of the area and shops, pubs and workplaces continue to vanish. The Lord Nelson on Springwell St is
An early heads up! Come and meet the folks behind South Leeds Life blog at our regular community news cafes! The cafes are your chance to tell your stories, let us know what’s going on and – if you’re interested – we can help support you to write your own
These are busy times for us here at South Leeds Life and we thought we’d provide you with a quick update on some of the stuff we’re doing. The deadline for the second issue of South Leeds Life magazine is this Friday, so if you’ve got anything you’d like to contribute