What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Our Leeds market is the largest covered market in Europe and has over 100,000 visitors each week. It is a tourist destination with coach tours regularly calling. As Leeds people know, Marks and Spencers began trading in the covered market as ‘Marks Penny Bazaar’. A clock to commemorate their centenary
Atkinson Grimshaw was born in 1836 in a back-to-back terrace house in Park Street (now demolished) to a low-earning working class family and was the oldest of subsequent brothers and sisters. On leaving school at 14 he became a clerk with the Great Northern Railway Company. But in his spare
We all commemorated both VE Day and VJ day. Older family members told me that for them the most significant was VE as they could go about their daily lives without the fear of being killed by enemy bombing. Black-out curtains came down and streetlights came on. Trams and buses
At Abbey House Museum, the former gatehouse to Kirkstall Abbey, there is an interesting exhibition, “Storytime” of children`s books, jigsaws, toys and games devised to encourage children to learn and continue to read. The oldest book on display is one from 1810 called “Jack Sprat and his Cat”. The Hunslet
In 1961 Leeds United were at the bottom of the Second Division and was facing relegation to the Third Division. (In those days First Division was today’s Premier Division and Second Division was our Championship.) A teacher in Chapeltown, who came from South Africa, recommended that Leeds employ Albert Johanneson,
Christmas will soon be on us and some may be wondering what gifts to buy especially for children. Perhaps you may consider buying a Monopoly board game, originally printed by Waddingtons on the Wakefield Road at Stourton. Monopoly was invented by an American Quaker Elizabeth Magie in 1903 which she
At the end of this month of July, school holidays will begin. A question many parents will be asking themselves is where could they take the children for a good day out which will not break the bank! I remember as a young girl waiting with my mother and sister
At the end of this month of March will be the Easter holidays with the two-week school break following. Those readers who may not have booked to go away may be wondering where they may visit at little or no cost especially if they have children to look after. A
I wish all South Leeds Life readers a very Happy New Year with the hope that life will improve for all of us. Older South Leeds residents will recall the time when New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day did not mean a great deal apart from many going to
Next weekend (29 October 2023) we will once again be putting our clocks back and the dark nights will be upon us until we put them forward again at the end of next March. I have already written an article for South Leeds Life arguing that it should be end