What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Holbeck resident Steve Peacock has been part of the Middleton Life local history project. With help from our new community reporters’ website he’s written this overview on the days when trams trundled through south Leeds: I have been interested in the local history of Leeds for many years now and,
Ahead of tonight’s launch of the Middleton Life local history project at Tenants Hall in Middleton, local resident Sandra Firth has written about her memories. A version of this post will appear in a special heritage edition of South Leeds Life magazine, which will be published later this month. When I
Interested in history? Why not join us at the Beeston History Class, writes group treasurer Ken Burton. We meet in Beeston Library on Wednesday mornings from the beginning of October to the end of April. The Class starts at 10.30am until noon. Our present course is the ‘Big History of
A group of South Leeds residents have become local history reporters and investigated the rich past of their community. The hard work of Members of the Middleton Life project will be celebrated at a special event at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre on Thursday, July 12 when exhibition panels they’ve helped
A new council report has highlighted how a number of historic south Leeds buildings are ‘at risk’. According to a report in the YEP today, these include: Beeston’s Stank Hall Barn, which some say was built with timber left over from the construction of ships used by explorer Christopher Columbus;
The world’s oldest working railway – a jewel in Leeds’ crown – celebrated 200 years of steam by drawing in bumper crowds to a special event over the weekend. Middleton Railway, which runs from its station in Moor Road, Hunslet, through to Middleton Park once pioneered the engines that powered
This weekend Middleton Railway will be celebrating 200 years of steam at the railway with a special event, writes Andrew Gill. In June 1812 the Middleton Railway became the first railway in the world to successfully use steam locomotives in a commercial environment. These early pioneering locomotives hauled coal from the local
Couple of interesting links for you: The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery have posted on a forthcoming photohunt on Beeston Festival day (June 9) starting at 1pm. The Friends write: “Eve & Ken Tidswell of the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery will be on site to help with any information that anyone
In June 2009 Leeds artist collective Black Dogs led walks around the city centre and South of Leeds based on viewing points of the Italianate chimneys of Tower Works, Holbeck. Here’s their video from YouTube which we thought would be of interest: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0LGT7dkv8k&w=420&h=315]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHrLN6FK9Pc&w=420&h=315] We were having a quick look through YouTube and discovered this lovely little video which features images of abandoned industrial south Leeds heritage alongside the River Aire. There are some poignant images of the area’s past – It’s been uploaded onto YouTube by Jacobus180670. The music’s called ‘Wading