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South of the River – in the betting shop

On 30 August 2013 By leeds11

I used to work with a great bloke called Henry. He would spend every spare moment each morning poring over the racing section of the Daily Mirror. Then at lunchtime he would pop out to the bookies and place a range of bets, not just to win or place,

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South of the River – Volunteering and community

On 23 August 2013 By leeds11

When I was at school, the first day back after the summer holidays we always had to write an essay entitled “What I did on my holidays”. I’m not at school any more, it’s not even September yet, but it seems the right thing to do for this week’s

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South of the River – Streets in the sky

On 9 August 2013 By leeds11

I was delighted to discover this week that blocks of flats will be overlooking Holbeck Moor once more when the new housing is completed in a year or two. I poked my nose into the open day event that sc4L held last Monday at St Matthew’s Community Centre. It’s

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South of the River – Paying for healthcare

On 2 August 2013 By leeds11

The National Health Service is being privatised before our eyes. The latest idea is that we should pay to visit our GP. The free-at-the-point-of-delivery principle of the NHS has been compromised for decades – prescriptions charges, opticians and dental charges, but encouraging patients not to see their GP sounds

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South of the River – council housing and communities

On 26 July 2013 By leeds11

My brother tweeted me last night to let me know that Leeds City Council have announced they will build 400 council houses. It was in the trade rag Inside Housing, so it must be true. I had actually seen the press release the story was based on when it

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South of the River – where they demolish sports centres

On 19 July 2013 By leeds11

This week a long, unhappy tale ended when the final decision was taken to demolish South Leeds Sports Centre. I was struck with some of the comments on our Facebook page. “Disgraceful” certainly; “shame on you Leeds City Council” yes; and this one: “Once the wheels are in motion

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South of the River – with the Rolling Stones

On 28 June 2013 By leeds11

There’s so much hype around Glastonbury this weekend I’m tempted to tell you the story of the time I saw the Rolling Stones at Knebworth in 1976. I say “saw them” I actually slept through most of their set. There’s not many people who can say they’ve slept through

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South of the River – planning our future

On 14 June 2013 By leeds11

Planning is a hot topic round our way. The battle between Tesco and Asda comes to a head on Thursday when the Council’s South and West Plans Plan will also hear a pre-application presentation from Aspiring Communities about their site on Barkly Road. Meanwhile the whole city is being

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South of the River – Beeston Festival

On 7 June 2013 By leeds11

Tomorrow it is Beeston Festival and for those of you that don’t know, I’m one of the organisers. I had planned to save this topic until next week, but my head is so full of things festival that I can’t think, or write about anything else this week. The

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South of the River – Walking through Cottingley

On 31 May 2013 By leeds11

A couple of weeks ago I visited the island of Cottingley to attend the excellent Cottingley Summer Fair. My Other Half had the car so I a walked – it’s not far from Beeston. I don’t know Cottingley well, I’ve been a few times in the last couple of