What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Join us on Thursday (8 September 2016) at 11am to begin the new Holbeck Heritage Trail. It is a whole day walk which will begin in Holbeck Cemetery where we will look at some of the memorials of those innovators and inventors who made Holbeck the great centre of Industry
Welcome to The Belle Isle History Group. The Group was set up by Julie Holmes, (Volunteer at BITMO’s GATE) with the support of Lynne Spirrett. Belle Isle Local History Group is about learning and gathering information about Belle Isle from before the estate was built to now. Below are some questions
The Hunslet Rugby Foundation in association with the Garden Gate pub have created a heritage room dedicated to the history of Hunslet Rugby League. The “Hunslet Rugby League Remembered” Heritage Room will be officially opened at 12pm noon on Friday (24 October 2014) at The Garden Gate, 3 Whitfield Place,
I am currently in the middle of a project tracing the history of Leeds Picture Houses and am looking for both memories and pictures of any picture houses or Cinemas. If anyone who visits your site or you know who might have pictures or memories that they would be willing
Beeston Library will host a display about the history of Beeston put together by the Local History Society from Sunday 17 August 2014. The Beeston Local History Society was formed in 1983. Initially we came into being as a small group interested in preserving a record of the past
Are you passionate about local history in Middleton? The Middleton Life local history group is meeting next week and would welcome new members! The group, which recently held a successful Middleton History Week at the St George’s Centre will meet at Tenants Hall, Acre Close, on Wednesday, August 6, 10am-noon.
The Merrion Centre in Leeds city centre is 50 years old this May and is celebrating with a trip down memory lane. Although not in South Leeds, we know that South Leeds Life readers enjoy their local history and who hasn’t visited the Merrion Centre since it was built fifty
It’s twelve months since South Leeds Life organised a public meeting calling for Stank Hall Barn to be saved. Thirty people came along to hear about the history of the barn and find out what Leeds City Council planned to do with this hidden treasure. The Barn was in
This advert for Almonds Removal and Storage was revealed when the modern hoarding was taken down earlier this winter. The sign is on a gable end of a row of shops on Dewsbury Road at the junction with Garnet Road and Parkside Lane. Just along Dewsbury Road you can
A local history group is angry that that the decorative façade of the Middleton Arms, which was to have been used in the new Aldi store has been lost. Members of Middleton Life local history group are writing to Aldi to express their ‘anger and disappointment’ over the damage