What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A planning application has been submitted to convert the King’s Arms public house in Holbeck into flats. The building is a Grade Two listed building. According to the ‘SOUTH HOLBECK HISTORIC CHARACTERISATION STUDY’ dated October 2008, of which Leeds City Council is a co-author, it is recommended that ‘to retain the integrity
Light Night, Leeds will be on Friday 7th October, 2011. As part of this evening of activities, Simon Bradley, in conjunction with Project Space Leeds (PSL), has organised an audio walk starting from PSL off Whitehall Road at 8.30pm and ending with an intervention on Holbeck Moor at around 9.30pm. It is an
The first photograph appears in ‘Beeston Days’ published by the Beeston Local History Society in 1991. It shows a view, around the 1950s, looking from Holbeck Cemetery, west towards Wortley and Armley. The second photograph shows almost the same view today. What a difference a day, or 60 years makes.
The following open letter has been sent to Leeds City Councillors Keith Wakefield and Adam Ogilvie: Dear Keith Wakefield & Adam Ogilvie SOUTH LEEDS SPORTS CENTRE It is some time now since the sports centre was temporarily closed and we at SPLASH are concerned that whilst we have heard from
‘One Love One Leeds’ is a unique new community event, due at the Mariners Centre in Beeston on bank holiday Monday 30th May, 1pm til 8pm: http://oneloveoneleeds.wordpress.com/. The event – part of the vibrant, growing Leeds City of Sanctuary movement (http://www.cityofsanctuary.org/leeds) – is FREE and for EVERYONE. There will a rolling programme of workshops,
Come along and try out pizza making!! On Friday 3rd June during National Families Week a cooking event will take place at Middleton Methodist Church between 11 – 2pm. The event will run on a drop in basis and families are encouraged to pop in to take part in a
Celebrating 100 sessions at Middleton Friday Night Project. Middleton Friday Night Project has recently celebrated it’s 100th session. The project has been running since November 2008 and nearly three years on still reaches an average of 70 young people per night, opening up opportunities for young people to access sports, arts and
What’s on in Middleton Park? Become a ‘Friend of Middleton Park’ May 2011 Programme The Friends are delighted to announce the start of their summer programme! We will be opening the Lakeside Centre every Sunday 2-4p.m from 1st May until the end of September. Do come and join us for
I’ve just googled ‘southleedslife’ and we’ve got 543 search results already and the blog has only been up and running since 30 November 2010. To date we’ve had over 2,850 hits on the website with ‘current’ average of over 50 hits a day and growing. And the word is spreading – southleedslife
The latest edition (4 February 2011) of Leeds City Council’s Community Cascade E-News is now available by clicking here. This edition includes information on: a new, free, ‘Let’s Talk Money’ money management course at Hillside starting on 7th February free ESOL courses at: South Leeds Community Radio (Hillside) from the 10th February and