What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
At its meeting on 12 December 2012 Leeds City Council’s Executive Board considered Initial Budget Proposals for 2013/14 which included a proposal to close Middleton Park Golf Course. It is also proposed to close Gotts Park Golf Course in Armley. The report states that both courses run at a loss
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s best websites, blogs and on Facebook. Just a reminder that the monthly South Leeds Life group meeting will be held tomorrow at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road at 2pm. All welcome to attend to discuss the blog,
In recent weeks if you are a regular reader of South Leeds Life, you’ll have noticed that you can hardly raise an eyelid without reading about Middleton Park. Quite right too. There’s no doubt that the Park is seriously underrated and under visited. Did you know that it’s over 90%
Steve Williamson has sent through this report of the Area Committee meeting: Last Wednesday evening I thought I’d drop in at the Civic Hall and attend a meeting of the the Council’s Inner South Area Committee – that’s where councillors from City & Hunslet, Beeston & Holbeck and Middleton Park
Grey days, dropping temperatures, darker nights and the prospect of a long winter ahead can often leave you feeling a little below par. So it was with surprise and delight that I found the Friends of Middleton Park AGM providing an unexpected and welcome tonic. The Friends reflected on a
If you go down to the woods today… you won’t find any bears but you will find autumn in full flow. Colour, colour everywhere as we found on our recent South Leeds Life community reporters visit to Middleton Park. There might not be any bears but there has been a
Budding South Leeds Life community correspondents practiced their journalistic photo story skills on a group outing to the South Leeds beauty spot. The seven students, drawn from across south Leeds, are attending a course led by local journalist John Baron. The 10-week course held at Health For All in Middleton
Marianne James has sent us this guest post about a special heritage project for primary school pupils in Middleton Park: Around 250 pupils from nine classes from six Middleton primary schools learned, over a period of four weeks, about archaeology and the mining history of Middleton Park through a series
The Council’s Inner South Area Committee will be meeting on Wednesday 21st November at Leeds Civic Hall starting at 6:30pm. The Committee is made up of the nine Councillors that represent Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, more details here. The Agenda will be: Appeals Against
Hello everyone. Hope you’re enjoying our new-look blog. We’re still working on some bits and bats, so bear with us as we get on our feet (it’s been, ‘ahem’, an ‘interesting’ experience moving to our new platform, but we hope you like it! Here’s your regular weekly round-up of what’s