What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Good morning, south Leeds! Here’s what’s been making South Leeds tick this week on local blogs and websites… Holbeck in Bloom blog features some photos and a report from yesterday’s Yorkshire in Bloom judging – and features Beeston in Bloom and Holbeck in Bloom groups together with the Yorkshire in
The long history of Middleton Park – which includes death, mining and some really colourful stories – was featured in a talk to the Middleton Life local history project by a couple of community stalwarts. Alan Shaw and Jim Jackson, of the Friends of Middleton Park group, spoke to 15
Here’s our weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick from other blogs and websites: Holbeck in Bloom blog about a very welcome donation from Santander and some of the latest work in the area. The show goes on – that’s the defiant message from the folks at Middleton Railway,
More than 20 people attended a public meeting in Middleton last night to hear about the work of the Leodis online archive of old Leeds photographs. The meeting was part of the Middleton Life local history project, which is made up of a group of local residents who are looking
Here are some links to stories which have been making south Leeds tick this week… The Friends of Middleton Park have organised a litter pick for this weekend and also update readers on progress on the park’s big revamp. The YEP follows up on a story we featured a couple
South Leeds residents are cordially invited to two public meetings which will examine the history of their community. The first meeting will be held next Wednesday, March 21, and will feature a talk by representatives of Leeds online history photograph archive Leodis. The following Wednesday, March 28, will see representatives from
Good morning, South Leeds. Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s been making south Leeds tick on other news sites and blogs. The YEP reports on the queen of the Cardinal estate in Beeston, Yvonne Crowther, and her bid to turn a hair salon on the estate into a community cafe
Construction work has started in earnest with the long-awaited revamp of Middleton Park. The Friends of Middleton Park’s excellent Facebook group page has some excellent updates and photos of the work in the park so far, check it out here. The steelworks for the new Lakeside Centre have going up. The group
Good morning, south Leeds! Here’s a round-up of what’s been making the area tick over on the area’s blogs and news sources: Our friends over at South Leeds Community Radio have a nice shiny new website to shout about – it streams the latest broadcasts live and also has a
[slideshow]Did you know that in the twelfth century the boundary between Middleton and Beeston became the focus of a legal dispute? That’s one of the facts about Middleton that the 35 people who attended the launch of the new Middleton Life local history project discovered yesterday. The event, held at Tenants