What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are sad to report the death of Rugby League stalwart Robert ‘Bob’ Pickles (2 March 1945 – 10 March 2025) Robert was born in Leeds and brought up in Middleton. He played Junior Rugby League for Middleton, Hunslet schools and Yorkshire. He signed for Hunslet RLFC aged 16 in
We are very sad to announce the loss of community legend, Pat Gentle, who gave ten years of her life to Cottingley Community Centre. Pat worked tirelessly to help the centre recover after it was threatened with closure and after the Covid pandemic. She volunteered for many organisations including MHA,
Hunslet Rugby League club are in mourning for former chair Grahame Liles, who passed away on Wednesday (4 September 2024) at the age of 89, after a long illness. Liles was at the helm of the south Leeds outfit from the late 1980s to January 2012 after having previously served
Last Saturday 50 people took part in the Yorkshire Challenge Bike Ride in memory of Paul Bleasby from South Leeds who sadly died suddenly in March 2023. His sister Carolyne Hays takes up the story: My brother Paul Bleasby grew up in Hunslet and Belle Isle. He attended Low Road
I’m sad to report the death of my friend Robin Silverwood. I knew Robin and Marlene well, going back when he worked for the Parks department and lived in the old cottages on Town Street. I spoke to them many times at Middleton Elderly Aid and cafes in the area.
We are very sad to report the passing of Sam Key, the founder of Charlies-Angel-Centre Foundation child bereavement charity. Sam was born in Leicester and lived in Nottingham before moving to Leeds where she worked as a carer. Sam’s life changed in 2012 when her daughter Carrie gave birth to
Raymond Harley, who died last month from myeloma and kidney failure, was known to many families in South Leeds through his service as a Scout Leader for over 50 years. Raymond was born in Holbeck and joined the cubs at St Matthew’s Church in 1947. He returned in 1960 with
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,