What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Are you ready to photograph Beeston at its best tomorrow? Beeston Festival draws thousands of people each year – and South Leeds Life is organising a special event to encourage local people to photograph the event and the wonderful people there. We’ve teamed up with the Looking Good Beeston and Holbeck photography project,
Couple of interesting links for you: The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery have posted on a forthcoming photohunt on Beeston Festival day (June 9) starting at 1pm. The Friends write: “Eve & Ken Tidswell of the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery will be on site to help with any information that anyone
It’s Beeston Festival on June 9 when the community will come together and celebrate the incredible multicultural mix that binds the area together. Following this week’s Secret Millionaire TV programme – in which theatre producer David King was carjacked in Hunslet and referred to the area as ‘stab city’ – South Leeds
This wonderfully atmospheric photograph of historic Holbeck Cemetery at dusk was captured by reader Hilary Denham – aka Leedslily on photo sharing platform Flickr. You can catch more of Leedslily’s photos of Holbeck Cemetery on the South Leeds Life group Flickr pool. And there’s a fabulous set of her Beeston
South Leeds Life reader Jonathan Bliss has shared this beautiful photograph of Leeds’ inner city skyline at dusk taken from the viewing point at Holbeck Cemetery. We think it’s a truly breathtaking photo! Jonathan has kindly shared a couple of photographs of the view from the cemetery on the South Leeds Life group
Regular South Leeds Life reader Ed Carlisle has sent us this wonderful photograph of Beeston with a difference. Ed says: “Just thought you might like this pic of Beeston in the snow, for your archives. It was taken by my mate Chris Heward.” Thanks for sharing it, Ed – it’s a
Here are some links to stories which have been making south Leeds tick this week… The Friends of Middleton Park have organised a litter pick for this weekend and also update readers on progress on the park’s big revamp. The YEP follows up on a story we featured a couple
Positive photographs of our communities can sometimes be difficult to find – which is why the Looking Good Beeston and Holbeck website is an absolute corker. The site is there to highlight positive photography in Beeston and Holbeck – and the project (which is supported by us here at South
The Holbeck and Beeston Photohunt was a big success yesterday – but don’t worry if you missed it, you can do your very own photohunt! All you need is a basic camera – a mobile phone would do. Simply print out the list of words below and try to find
It may have been a drizzly grey and windy day, but that didn’t stop 16 people braving a soaking to take positive photographs of the area with the Holbeck and Beeston Photohunt. Meeting at St Matthew’s Community Centre, the group made their way to the Grade I listed Temple Works, also