What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club (confusingly) where a new pavilion is on the cards. You can see the plans on their Facebook Page, but we
As the May half term holiday kicks off, we have pulled together some ideas of things to do: Middleton Railway As well as the usual weekend services, trains will be running on Middleton Railway on Bank Holiday Monday and Wednesday 1 June. On Sunday 29 May you can join a
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston at Holbeck Cemetery (don’cha just love the geograohy of South Leeds?) where the Friends group, the Wednesday Wanderers and volunteers from O2 have all been
If you are looking for something to do this bank holiday weekend, look no further than Middleton Park. The green gem and best kept secret in South Leeds is looking stunning as thousands of bluebells come into flower. Middleton Railway and Friends of Middleton Park have teamed up to make
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with the Leeds Waterfront Festival, which takes places at various sites along the River Aire on the weekend of 25/26 June. Now you’ve heard of flash mobs,
These Hunslet Carr people are a hardy lot. About 30 or so people braved the wind and rain to hear Cllr Elizabeth Nash unveil the Hunslet Carr Wheel last Thursday (7 April 2016). The sign, which carries the text ‘Welcome to Hunslet Carr’, has been erected outside the Bay Horse pub
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Cross Flatts Park on a rainy Saturday morning asking what links Darth Vader, the Flintstones, Clark Kent and a pantomime horse? It’s got to be the
Moon rock and chocolate will feature as Middleton Railway resumes operations this weekend (26 March 2016) with trains running on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The weekend has a special Space theme, with an exhibition of Moon Dust and Meteorites. This has been arranged in conjunction with Harrogate Astronomical Society, and
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards, where Beeston’s Hamara Centre’s Supplementary School won in the supporting schools category. “Since having a daughter it has hit home that
A diesel rail bus has been badly damaged by fire after Middleton Railway’s Moor Road premises were broken into on Tuesday night (8 February 2016). The vehicle, built in 1950, as an Overhead Line Inspection Vehicle, earning it the nickname Olive. It was used on the Sheffield-Manchester Woodhead line. Middleton