What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I arrived early at Holbeck Gala on Saturday (6th July 2013) to take some photos of the stalls before the crowds gathered. [slideshow_deploy id=’17536′] It was still a bit quiet, with stalls around the perimeter of a very large park area. Seemed a bit strange, thought maybe a
There’s a Rock’n’Roll / Rockabilly Band night at Holbeck Working Mens Club (Jenkinson Lawn, Leeds, LS11 9QX) as a warm up to Holbeck Gala this Friday 5th July from 7pm. Chuck Wagon Band (ex-Vic Windsor of Emmerdale’s Band) and Pink Peg Slax will be playing. Bring your dancing shoes! £1 door
About 30 people attended Saturday’s Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum at St Matthew’s Community Centre. Some of the members of the Forum had spent the morning on a visit to Chapeltown and the first part of the meeting saw a discussion on lessons to learn from that area. A common view
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Cottingley Hall TRAC have debates on Facebook about moving an impromptu bee hive, finding rabbit hutches and planting up the new planters as well as some lovely photos of the towers in
Holbeck Working Men’s Club is running a Free Fun Day, on 1st June, from 12pm until 11pm. Established in 1877, the UK’s oldest working men’s club is in serious threat of closure due to lack of funds. We are having a free family fun day in order to promote
More than 30 people crammed into the bar at Holbeck Working Men’s Club on Monday night to hear about progress on the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum. Dennis Kitchen, Interim Chair, reported on work with membership, publicity and designation of the area for the Neighbourhood Plan. Dennis said that, in addition to
Community stalwart Dennis Kitchen has sent us this reminder of an event to help decide the future of Holbeck… I am writing to let you know that the next meeting of the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum will be held on Monday 10th December starting at 6.30 p.m. and finishing by 8.00
Leeds Music Trust are presenting a great show at Holbeck Working Men’s Club on Saturday 7th December. Billed as a “Christmas party / winter showcase benefit gig” it features a great line up of up and coming local bands including Penny & The Sausages, The Scandal and Titan’s Troubadours performing
Holbeck residents turned put in force last night to start mapping out a future plan on how Holbeck will be developed. The meeting, at Holbeck Working Men’s Club, set up a new neighbourhood forum for the area. The forum will help steer the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan, which will help decide how
Here’s your weekly dose of links to what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s websites, blogs and on Facebook. By the way, remember us mentioning the start of our community correspondents course next Tuesday? We’re fully booked up and oversubscribed, so thanks for your interest. We’ll be running more