What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
In August 1918 a woman, Annie Mayne, aged 29 was murdered. Annie Mayne was married to Charles Washington Mayne but after eight years the marriage broke up after she was found in bed with Ben Hindle Benson and he took no further interest in her life; he moved into another
In the 1960’s Mr. Holmes, one of the teachers at Middleton Church of England Junior School (St Mary’s, Town Street) organised a school summer camp week at Middleham in North Yorkshire. The children went on a Friday and the parents came on a Sunday to join in games and football.
July is the time of the year when parents are starting to think about next school year’s uniforms for their children. And they can be expensive items to buy – more of this later. I am reminded of the time when I attended my local primary school in Kirkstall where
The Hunslet Engine Company was founded in 1864 and the workshops were built on a plot of land on which had been the locomotive works of EB Wilson & Co and named the Railway Foundry. The buildings had been pulled down and not withstanding the fact that there were already
On 16 June 1873 St Peter’s School opened on the Dewsbury Road in Hunslet. This school has changed its name and been located on three different sites but now exists in the form of Hunslet Moor Primary School. On Friday 16 June 2023, Hunslet Moor School celebrated the 150th anniversary
Like other towns, Leeds was hit with the Cholera outbreak in the early 1830s. At the time it was believed that people contracted the virus through breathing in contaminated air. But local Dr Robert Baker made the connection between insanitary living conditions in poor areas and the higher prevalence of
Embrace drummer Mike Heaton will be the special guest this Sunday (28 May 2023) when Old Chapel Music Studios in Holbeck opens its doors for the latest round of free public tours. The historic venue launched the initiative in November 2022 and will continue to host monthly tours until February
The Women’s Royal Army Corps Association (WRAC Association) is campaigning for proper recognition of role women in the armed services played during the Second World War with commemoration events including one at Holbeck Cemetery on Sunday (14 May 2023) at 2pm. On the morning of 11 May 1943, the biggest
On Sunday (13 May 2023) the Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk around the Beeston Woods section of the park. Beeston Woods contain a treasure trove of remains of our past. From the 800 year old dispute between William de Grammaire and John of Beeston that
John Blenkinsop was a Mining Engineer and Steam Locomotive designer who was born at Felling, near Gateshead, County Durham. When he was old enough he was apprenticed to his cousin, John Straker, the Coal Viewer for Charles John Brandling’s Felling Colliery. Brandling lived at Tilling, County Durham; and he married