What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Patricia (Pat) Marjory Jackson (Nee Gavins), 19 September 1941 – 24 February 2023, sadly passed away in hospital on 24 February aged 81. Pat did a great deal for the community of Hunslet. The area has lost a great asset. Pat’s daughter, Nicola said: “Mum was Chair of the Hunslet
David Brown lived in Middleton with me and my son for the last 10 years of his life. A truck driver from leaving the army in the late 1970s and that’s all he knew and loved. He knew almost all the roads in the UK and if ever anyone wanted
I first met Farouk, nearly 25 years ago when I began my career in the community sector as a project worker with the South Leeds Elderly Group. Farouk was the chairman and one of the founders and although the organisation was a very small outfit with only two part-time staff,
John was born in December 1930, in Bridgwater, Somerset. His family were boat builders and salmon fishermen. Sadly, his mother died not long after he was born and his father turned to drinking. It wasn’t long before the family had lost everything and lived in extreme poverty. John said at
Our dear colleague Sarbjit Rayat sadly passed away on Christmas Day night peacefully in her sleep, Sarb was a wonderful and longstanding member of staff known as ‘Sarb’ to all of us. Sarb worked for the Health For All Healthy Communities team as a community health development worker on the
Sadly, on Sunday the 27 December 2020 we lost a wonderful and charming man in Stephen ‘Rocky’ Whitehead. Rocky will be remembered by many for his enthusiasm and sheer love of life, never more apparent than in his 12 years at Health for All as an Active Clubs Experience (ACE)
In Dorothy Hopper there was much more than met the eye. Many she once knew in Belle Isle have long gone, but there is no doubt that they, and others within the community were touched by this inspirational, strong woman who served to promote the wellbeing of the residents of
Hunslet RLFC is in mourning for former player and coach Bill Ramsey. Ramsey, a member of the south Leeds outfit’s Hall of Fame, died suddenly yesterday (Monday 6 July 2020) at the age of 76. Great Britain international Ramsey was, when Hunslet met Wigan in the classic 1964-1965 Challenge Cup
Many people have died in this Coronavirus pandemic, and one of the great sadnesses is that we haven’t been able to come together to say goodbye and to give thanks for their lives. And when it’s someone who has been a big part, not only of our family, but also
My friend Jane Tate, who died at home in Harlech Terrace in September after a long illness, had lived in Beeston for 31 years. Jane dedicated her life to giving practical support, advice and help to countless people, especially women and refugees, about housing, benefits, education, immigration rights and much