Tag: Leeds Reads

South Leeds Roundup: Farms, fayres and fun

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 Belle Isle at the Family Centre, where there’s a host of summer fun to be had. It starts on Friday (5 August) with a parent and

South Leeds Roundup: Flooring, festivals and ferrets

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 Holbeck where HEA has been working with Keepmoat to smarten up St Matthew’s Community Centre. Apprentices working on the housing regeneration scheme turned their skills to

South Leeds Roundup: Craft clubs; cheerleaders and championing change

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 Cottingley with the nicely alliterating children’s Craft Club at Cottingley Community Centre, which seems to have been a great success on Monday judging from the photos.

South Leeds Roundup: Engines; exhibitions and environment

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 with a question. Did you or a member of your family work at Hunslet Engines? If so Middleton Railway want to hear from you as they prepare

South Leeds Roundup: Films, Fitness and Flute Skywalker

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 down at Leeds Dock where Sneaky Experience are bringing two special Pulp Fiction nights on 21 and 22 November. They’ll be recreating Jack Rabbit Slims with live

South Leeds Roundup: Eid, elephant skulls and George Ellison

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week at Beeston Parish Centre. They held an Eid celebration meal and have posted photos from the event, where people could find out more about the Muslim festival. Don’t

South Leeds Roundup: Neighbourhoods, Noodles, Knitting ‘n’ Nattering

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with controversy. Beeston and Holbeck featured in a piece on Leeds List. When I tell you the article was called ‘Best and worst places to live in Leeds’ you

South Leeds Roundup: Community … theatre, clean ups and radio

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Theatre lovers might be interested in this blog post by Alan Lane from Slung Low in Holbeck. In it he reflects on their recent piece Blood & Chocolate and what community theatre

South Leeds Roundup: Floods, Fans and a Fowler diesel engine

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Leeds City Council are consulting on their flood risk strategy. Whilst much of South Leeds is securely on hills we do have waterways running through the area. The press release is illustrated

South Leeds Roundup: Books, Buses and Bettakultcha

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We’ve mentioned the Urban Pollinators project with their test sites in Cross Flatts and Middleton parks and Hunslet Moor previously. The scientists are trying to establish which flowers will best support the