Tag: Leeds Young Archaeologists Club

Leeds’s largest free heritage festival launches on Friday

Heritage Open Days is the country’s largest free heritage festival, with over 5,000 events held annually. This year’s festival runs between the 11-19 September 2020. Leeds Civic Trust is proud to be the local coordinator for the city. This year, the festival will be going ‘digital’ for the first time

Family friendly what’s on roundup for March

Here’s your roundup of family friendly activities for March. I’m Helen Robinson and I run local parents’ website and community, South Leeds Mumbler: southleeds.mumbler.co.uk. Visit the website for more ideas and up to date listings of regular playgroups, classes and days out ideas. Skelton Grange Nature Visits Skelton Grange environment

South Leeds Roundup: The Bridge, Bats and Badges

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 the team from The Bridge centre won the Fair Play Final in the football tournament which was part of Leeds Learning Disability Week. Congratulations

South Leeds Roundup: Blossoms, brochures and Bridlington

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 Beeston at Holbeck Cemetery (don’cha just love the geograohy of South Leeds?) where the Friends group, the Wednesday Wanderers and volunteers from O2 have all been

South Leeds Roundup: Mermaids, mining and a million pounds

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 the Leeds Waterfront Festival, which takes places at various sites along the River Aire on the weekend of 25/26 June. Now you’ve heard of flash mobs,

South Leeds Roundup: Wellies, wills and a dream wedding

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 Hunslet where the Assisted Living Leeds centre near the Royal Armouries was hit by the Boxing Day floods. The service is still recovering and you can

William is Young Archaeologist of the Year

William Fakes (13) from Middleton scoops £250 as Young Archaeologist of the Year William Fakes (13) from Middleton was presented with a cheque for £250 and the title of Young Archaeologist of the Year at an event in Middleton Park’s Visitor Centre on Saturday (16 January 2016). William is the

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: Clubbercise, caffeine and a ‘crafternoon’

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 Clubbercise, the new exercise class that’s held in the dark with glow sticks. Beeston Parish Centre has posted a short a video to promote Julie’s class

South Leeds Roundup: Memories, Minibuses and Mountain Rescue

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