What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Emmerdale hunk Adam Thomas drew record breaking crowds as he officially launched the festive period at the White Rose Shopping Centre this week. Adam, better known for playing Adam Barton in the ITV1 soap, was joined by Britain’s Got Talent dance duo finalists Signature and six piece male string
There’s no getting away from it, now that Halloween and Bonfire Night are over, we are going have to start talking about Christmas. There are a (heavenly?) host of community Christmas Fairs planned around South Leeds. Here are ones we know about. Belle Isle URC Christmas Fair First out
Like most of you, we are now winding down here at South Leeds Towers. As you probably know, South Leeds Life is produced by a group of volunteers. We are off now to spend time with our friends and families, so the blog will be quiet over the next week,
Reading the article about Christmas lights made me think about when the tradition of using lights to celebrate 25th December began. So it won’t surprise you greatly to know I turned to Wikipedia where there’s a very interesting article about their history which begins: “The custom harks back to the
The Council have announced their plans for dealing with bin collections and recycling over the festive period. Black and green bin collections will be moved to avoid public holidays. the arrangements are as follows: Household Waste Sites will be open 8:00am – 4:00pm every day except Christmas Day, Boxing
NHS Leeds have published opening times for pharmacies across Leeds. The following stores will open as normal except on the following days: Boots, Crown Point Retail Park, 0113 244 8039 Christmas Eve: Closes at 6:00pm Christmas Day: Closed BoxingDay: Open 8:00am-6:00pm New Year’s Eve: Closes at 6:00pm New Year’s Day:
“So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun.” I’ve had this John Lennon line going round in my head with an image of the boarded up properties in Beeston Hill and Holbeck. After all, the Christmas story is primarily about housing
Party revelers in Leeds are being advised to heed some simple warnings to make sure they get home safely this Christmas. Leeds City Council is reminding people enjoying the festive season to make sure they plan ahead and don’t make mistakes which could risk their safety. Councillor Wakefield, leader of
Two days left for donations and presents for Santa’s grotto! Santa will be making one last stop in the New Forest Village before he prepares for his busiest night of the year. Come and join him in his grotto on the New Forest Village Central Park from 2pm on Sunday
Ed Carlisle has been in touch with news of an exciting project for Holy Spirit Church on Tempest Road, Beeston. There are (very tentative) conversations happening about buying the old Holy Spirit church on Tempest Road, and making it available as a low-tech, affordable, inter-community events venue for the wider