What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I was walking at the bottom of Belle Isle Road and took a snap of what is obviously an old advert for something called ‘bile beans’. It’s great to see part of the area’s history still on show for everyone to see even today. Being aged under 40, I’ve no
Have you seen these stories popping up all over Holbeck? This one is about Hugh Gaitskell, a local MP in the 1940s and 50s and Leader of the Labour Party. I came across the “Original Bearings” project over at the Culture Vultures blog. The stories are being posted up by
Light Night, Leeds will be on Friday 7th October, 2011. As part of this evening of activities, Simon Bradley, in conjunction with Project Space Leeds (PSL), has organised an audio walk starting from PSL off Whitehall Road at 8.30pm and ending with an intervention on Holbeck Moor at around 9.30pm. It is an
The first photograph appears in ‘Beeston Days’ published by the Beeston Local History Society in 1991. It shows a view, around the 1950s, looking from Holbeck Cemetery, west towards Wortley and Armley. The second photograph shows almost the same view today. What a difference a day, or 60 years makes.
One of South Leeds treasures, Middleton Railway, will start running trains again on Saturday 2nd April. To mark this our header photo for April shows the locos on display at the Middleton Railway Trust in Hunslet. Guest blogger Fraser Croft gives us more details. The Middleton Railway was established by
Ivy Benson, the female band leader from the swing era who was born in Beeston, is to be commemorated by a Blue Plaque later this year. Ivy was an accomplished musician who took the opportunity that the Second World War provided to break into a very male dominated world of
The Hunslet Club has been providing activities and opportunities for children and young people for 70 years and is one of the largest youth clubs in the country. Anyone is welcome to come along today and take part in sports such as football, boxing and gymnastics, or arts activities including