What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This weekend (20-21 June 2020) was supposed to be the glittering gala centrepiece of Middleton Railway’s year-long celebration of its 60th anniversary, until the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to it. However, the amazing team of volunteers who run the railway couldn’t let the moment pass unmarked and a so
To mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Middleton Railway as a volunteer operated Heritage Railway we are holding a series of special events which will have as a common theme volunteering. The Trust will launch the 2020 season on Saturday 4 April with a Community and Volunteer day. On this
Holbeck knows how to party! 13 of the area’s community groups got together over the Jubilee weekend to hold a party. Organiser Ian Pickup tells South Leeds Life that the event, in St Matthew’s Community Centre, had a visitor in the form of the Deputy Lord Lieutenant Major Stan Hardy. Hilary
South Leeds is set to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style over the bank holiday weekend! There are a number of events planned that we know of, from St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck to Hamara in Tempest Road and the Garden Gate pub in Hunslet. Check out our
Longtime readers of South Leeds Life may recall the story of a historic film of the Queen’s visit to South Leeds in 1958 being found under the stage of the Hunslet Club You may be interested to learn that some brief excerpts from this are to feature on an ITV