What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Is it just me or are more people putting up outside Christmas lights this year? I took my video camera for a short walk around my part of Beeston yesterday evening and filmed a random selection of my neighbours’ displays: I realise this is only one small part of South
Cottingley Primary Academy has made a video to celebrate Christmas and everyone’s hard work through the year. Cottingley is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust, which operates 66 schools across the country. Each year the trust runs a Christmas video competition and this year staff at Cottingley decided to enter.
St Mary’s Church in Beeston is hosting ‘Carols by Candlelight’ on Sunday (18 December 2016) at 7pm. This is not a full carol service but a chance people to come together and sing some favourite Christmas carols together. Rev Lindsey Pearson, the Vicar of Beeston said: “If you got a
The children of Years 1 and 2 at New Bewerley Community School came together to tell the Christmas story to a hall packed with parents and carers on Friday (9 December 2016). Teacher Gemma Wayte had written the story into a poem which the children had learnt. Classes took it
I yield to no man in my love of the festive season. From the twinkling, coloured lights, the smell of newly-given after-shave, the nauseous knitwear and the straining vocal chords of Noddy Holder announcing its arrival, it is my favourite time of year. It’s all about childhood. Not that of
The popular Christmas Lantern Festival returns to Beeston this Friday (9 December 2016), with Cross Flatts Park once again set to be filled with lanterns and lights, and hundreds of people gathering for live music, carols, interactive arts, animal petting, story-telling, and more. Now in its fourth year, this free
Belle Isle TMO It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Remember its our Christmas Party this weekend, and our Christmas Market next weekend!
The acclaimed Hunslet Carr Residents Association are this Thursday (1 December 2016) hosting the first-ever Hunslet Christmas Lights switch-on, featuring carols from a local kids choir. The event is taking place on Balm Road, outside the Arthington Court sheltered housing complex, from 5pm – when the nearby Hunslet Carr Primary
The White Rose Shopping Centre in association with Heart Yorkshire are encouraging shoppers to buy a gift for a deserving child this Christmas. From Monday 21 November until Sunday 18 December, the Heart Angels will be trading their halos for elf hats and managing the collection of shoppers’ gifts for
Merry GIFmas: Christmas Cheer Aplenty with Magical Parade at White Rose White Rose Shopping Centre is kicking off the countdown to Christmas with a spectacular Christmas Family Parade – free to attend, complete with a special white-bearded visitor – and a fun GIF booth so that visitors can create their