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South of the River – Terrorism and the press

On 24 May 2013 By leeds11

The appalling events in Woolwich this week brought back memories of the 7/7 London bombings and fallout in Beeston. I have written before about how the world’s press descended on Beeston, putting their need for a story before the needs and feelings of the community. I don’t want to

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South of the River – Big infrastructure versus little people

On 17 May 2013 By leeds11

Infrastructure projects are interesting aren’t they? New roads and railways, for example. I watched that documentary about the London Underground last night. My daughter, who is currently living in “that London” and I get quite excited about the tube. She even bought me a book about the tube map

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South of the River – Where have the banks gone?

On 3 May 2013 By leeds11

Tomorrow, May the fourth, is Star Wars day. I was going to write about it, but I notice that rather like the planet Alderaan, our banks are disappearing. Any similarity between Darth Vader and bank bosses is purely coincidental. South Leeds Life carried the story last week that Yorkshire Bank

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South of the River – Remember the Anzacs

On 26 April 2013 By leeds11

Yesterday was Anzac day, when those of us of antipodean extraction remember the men and women who fought for Britain in the Australia & New Zealand Army Corps … and eat biscuits. My mother was from New South Wales and her dad, my granddad, fought in France in the First

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South of the River – Unintended Consequences

On 19 April 2013 By leeds11

How on earth could Iain Duncan Smith and William Hill be good for South Leeds? If they are, it’s all about unintended consequences. I’ve talked previously about the havoc that the government’s welfare “reforms” will bring to South Leeds. Someone else has commented that calling them “reforms” is like saying

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South of the River – Ding Dong The Witch Is Gone

On 12 April 2013 By leeds11

So. Farewell then, Margaret Thatcher as EJ Thribb (17½) would say in Private Eye. Keith’s mum can’t get re-housed because you sold off all the council houses and didn’t allow councils to replace them. Well you didn’t really think I’d write about anything else this week did you? We had

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South of the River – “I’m not a racist, but …”

On 5 April 2013 By leeds11

So Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland FC’s new manager is a fascist, but not a racist. And I keep meeting people in Beeston who aren’t racist, but don’t want “another mosque”. Well I’ve set myself a tricky tightrope to walk this week folks. I’m not going to say anyone in Beeston

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South of the River – Town and Gown

On 29 March 2013 By leeds11

I struggled through the snow into the city centre on Saturday for a Science Fair at the City Museum. I don’t know how long this has been going on but the organisers date back to 1819. There’s something rather wonderful in the fact that the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

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South of the River – in the land of “reform”

On 22 March 2013 By leeds11

Never mind the Budget this week, it’s the massive cuts already coming our way in the Welfare Reforms that will hurt South Leeds. I went to the Inner South Area Committee meeting on Wednesday night. I haven’t written up a proper report because it was mostly rather dull. However, the

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South of the River – Improving Incrementally

On 15 March 2013 By leeds11

What have hot pants and washing your hands got to do with making the world a better place? I covered the meeting discussing how council housing should be run in the city earlier this week. I was heartened by the emphasis people put on involving tenants in the management of