What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
After the sudden death of our friend and fellow Hunslet fan Mark Byron ‘Niffer’ Smith this week, a group of his fellow Hunslet supporters are organising a fundraising walk from Hunslet to Keighley on the same day his beloved Hunslet RL take on Keighley Cougars (Sunday 31 July, 3pm kick
Hong Kong Nines and Mixed Tag Competition It was a while after booking my 16 nights vacation in Hong Kong that I discovered there was to be a rugby league competition by an advert for it on Facebook, so I liked and followed the page. I messaged the coach, Jason
What is culture? This is a question that is increasingly being asked around Leeds. The reason the question is being asked at the moment is that Leeds is about to bid to become the European Capital of Culture for 2023. All very interesting you might be thinking, but will this
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 reminiscing about Beeston. If you live or grew up in Beeston, you need to join the Memories of Beeston, Leeds Facebook Group. From there we reproduce a
The Hunslet Rugby Foundation in association with the Garden Gate will open a second heritage room dedicated to the history of Hunslet Rugby League on Wednesday (17 December 2014). The second “Hunslet Rugby League Remembered” Heritage Room will be officially opened at 12 noon on Wednesday at The Garden Gate,
Author John Rigg writes: Last Friday lunchtime, the “Hunslet Rugby League Remembered” Heritage Room was officially opened at the Garden Gate public house in south Leeds. I had received an invitation from Peter Todd, the General Manager of the Hunslet Hawks RLFC, who has also previously been kind enough to
The Hunslet Rugby Foundation in association with the Garden Gate pub have created a heritage room dedicated to the history of Hunslet Rugby League. The “Hunslet Rugby League Remembered” Heritage Room will be officially opened at 12pm noon on Friday (24 October 2014) at The Garden Gate, 3 Whitfield Place,
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. Apparently today is National Dog Day so it seems appropriate to start with the Friends of Middleton Park who have posted some lovely photos from last Sunday’s dog show. The
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
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. The Westwood Community Association have a very good Facebook group with lots of lively discussion. This week they posted have some good advice about doorstep crime and how to avoid becoming a victim. There was