Tag: Inner South Community Committee

Agenda published for Community Committee

The agenda for Inner South Community Committee, which will be held next Wednesday (28 November 2018) at 2pm has been published. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park. The meeting starts with an Open Forum,

Half term activities for young people in Belle Isle and Middleton

With the autumn half term (Monday 29 October – Friday 2 November 2018) fast approaching, Youth Services have announced a series of activities including horse riding and quad biking as well as visits to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Lightwater Valley and Go Ape. The activities are open to young people living

Last Coals To Leeds: Pupils launch railway’s new book

Pupils from Hunslet Carr and Windmill Primary Schools helped Middleton railway launch its new booklet about Middleton Broom Pit today (14 September 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’84774′] The children heard from the railway’s Vice President Ian Smith and received their copies of the booklet from Cllr Judith Blake and Cllr Paul Truswell.

Last Coals To Leeds weekend at Middleton Railway

The Middleton Railway is delighted to announce details of our main event for 2018. Last Coals To Leeds will run over the weekend of 29 & 30 September. Last Coals to Leeds commemorates the 50th anniversary of the closure of Middleton Broom Colliery in 1968 and is sponsored by Leeds

Slideshow: litterpick and family fun in the sun

Beeston residents descended on Cross Flatts Park on Sunday (13 May 2018) to give it a bit of TLC with a community litter pick, followed by some relaxing fun in the sun. [slideshow_deploy id=’76477′] The event was organised by Aspiring Communities in partnership with Into University and Beeston In Bloom,

Broom Pit anniversary to be celebrated

The Middleton Railway Trust (MRT) has received funding from Middleton Park ward Councillors to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Broom Pit, the last coal mine in South Leeds, in 1968. MRT will be producing a special booklet for all primary school children in the ward as well