What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Aspiring Communities have now submitted their revised proposals for a community centre with sports hall and prayer room at the former Ice Pak site on Barkly Road in Beeston. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, the group have scaled back their original plans for the site, which they withdrew
Five South Leeds residents are counting the cost of falling foul of environmental laws. Four of the five were found guilty at Leeds Magistrates Court last week for failing to deal with rubbish properly while the other contravened a Dog Control Order. Julie Thompson of Brompton Row, Beeston Hill was
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at Holbeck Cemetery where they are keen to learn more about their war dead. From Sgt Edward Blackburn through to Pvt Walter Turton the Friends of Holbeck
Do you notice anything different about this post? We’ve redesigned the site and hopefully you will find it easier to read. We would like to apologise that the new design isn’t completely bedded in yet. We had a few glitches over the weekend, but by the end of the week
There’s always something interesting going on at the Hamara Centre in Beeston, but the highly popular Box-Teq class is slightly different. The sessions are run by Darren Rhodes from the Hunslet Club. He explains that although Hamara doesn’t have a boxing gym, the boys sit in a circle to form
Set my alarm clock for 6.30am, Thursday morning for my trip to Radio Leeds, for my live interview with Liz Green, for Dementia and Alzheimer’s week. No need, was awake at 5am. Better time than Liz Green who has to be up at 3am for trip from home in
The October half term will be upon soon as schools break up on Friday 24 October 2014. We’ve got details of various activities in the area to help you keep your children occupied. The Hunslet Club This October the Hunslet Club have not one, but two half term
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. It seems to have been a quiet week on the web, we can’t even stretch to an alliterative headline. Never mind, we start this week at the Hamara Centre’s Supplementary
Cuts to the opening times of libraries across Leeds are likely to be approved this week. Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will debate a report at its meeting on Wednesday (15 October 2014) which proposes cuts of 12% across the city. The figure in South Leeds is slightly higher
At the time of writing the group led by Julie are Bev, Anita, Katherine, Frank, Alan, Phil, Wayne and myself. I think Julie is an inspiration to us all. I can see her health takes its toll by the constant pain she is in, yet is at BITMO GATE