Tag: Friends of Stank Hall Barn

South Leeds Roundup: Bulbs, Barns and Brides

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 in Beeston, where the Asha Neighbourhood Project  is preparing to mark their 30th anniversary next year. They’ve been out planting daffodil bulbs in resident’s gardens on Stratford

Community heroes are rewarded by White Rose

More than 25 community heroes were recognised and rewarded at an awards ceremony at White Rose Shopping Centre. The third annual White Rose Community Awards saw presentations to people involved in a wide range of activities that benefit others – from charitable, environmental, historical and educational projects to initiatives that

South Leeds Roundup: Cycling, slimming and strawberries

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It seems we can’t get enough of cycling in this glorious Tour de France year. We spotted staff from Leeds Museums on Twitter taking part in a Tour de Musee on Tuesday,

South Leeds Roundup: Bands, blogs, bikes, barns and more bands

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Call me biased, but I’m going to start this Roundup with coverage of Saturday’s Beeston Festival. The festival’s website has a photo slideshow and a collection of Tweets from the day which

South Leeds Roundup: Soup, starlight and a sure shot

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. There are some great photos from Friends Of Middleton Park’s zumba and den building activities last week. Plus they look ahead to Oddsocks theatre and a history walk next month. They are

South Leeds Roundup: Eddie Waring and the Waterfront Festival

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Let’s start this week in Hawkshire with news that the Hunslet Hawks have partnered with Gibbs and Dandy Pudsey to fund the clubs important work in the community. They are also hosting

South Leeds Roundup: Turner, traveling and Leeds Music Trust

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. It seems most people have been too busy enjoying the Easter break to post much the internet, so it’s a shorter roundup this week. We start with the Friends of Stank Hall

A brief history of the Stank Hall site and Beeston

The Friends of Stank Hall Barn have become Friends of South Leeds Life. Sue Ottley-Hughes from the group has written this fascinating historical overview of this corner of South Leeds: During recent archaeology field walking on the paths in and around the Stank Hall and Barn site by the Friends of

Friends of Stank Hall Barn marks its first birthday

  It’s twelve months since South Leeds Life organised a public meeting calling for Stank Hall Barn to be saved. Thirty people came along to hear about the history of the barn and find out what Leeds City Council planned to do with this hidden treasure. The Barn was in