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Up-cycling for lazy girls

On 12 October 2016 By admin

I have recently been making some improvements to my house and had some old, tired furniture that was, if I’m honest, pretty ugly. I had a battered bookcase that had belonged to my grandparents and holds lots of memories for me. When I was a child it held a set

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South Leeds Roundup: Gardening, gardening and more gardening

On 7 July 2016 By Jeremy Morton

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 down on Dewsbury Road near the One Stop Centre, where children from Flowerpots Day Nursery helped Groundwork and Beeston in Bloom to plant new flowers in a

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South Leeds Roundup: The Bridge, Bats and Badges

On 22 June 2016 By Jeremy Morton

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 Holbeck where the team from The Bridge centre won the Fair Play Final in the football tournament which was part of Leeds Learning Disability Week. Congratulations

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SLATE award in memory of Patrick

On 15 June 201616 June 2016 By Guest Post

Inaugural Patrick Greaux Award for Special Achievement 2016 Our colleague Patrick Greaux was born in St Kitts in the West Indies in 1958. He and his mother came over to England when he was just two years old. After he left school, Patrick went to Potternewton Adult Training Centre, to

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South Leeds Roundup: Pavilions, sheds and garden gates

On 1 June 2016 By Jeremy Morton

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

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South Leeds Roundup: Vader, volunteers and veterans

On 6 April 2016 By Jeremy Morton

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

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Recycle unwanted furniture and household goods

On 18 January 201618 January 2016 By admin

As the arrival of the cold weather means people spend more time indoors, many across South Leeds may be assessing whether they need a new sofa, bed, mattress, TV or item of furniture or white goods, and whether they can afford to buy what they need. And of course, there’s

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Feeling Good at the Hillside cafe

On 8 October 2015 By leeds11

One of Beeston’s hidden gems is the Feel Good Cafe at Hillside, the converted school building near the bottom of Beeston Road. The cafe is run by SLATE who also run The Feel Good Furniture Shop in Hunslet. One of the special things about the Feel Good Cafe is that

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South Leeds Roundup: A Fresh SLATE, Santa Specials and Sportsman’s Dinners

On 7 October 2015 By leeds11

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 down in Hunslet at our favourite Feel Good Furniture Shop. Yes SLATE are marking their tenth anniversary and the makeover of their Hunslet shop. The Fresh SLATE

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South Leeds Roundup: Mosaics, Motivations and a Mistle Thrush

On 17 June 2015 By leeds11

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 down in Holbeck. Bath Road isn’t the most beautiful street in South Leeds, but Slung Low Theatre is doing its best to improve things. The latest addition