What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local charity Health For All has celebrated its 21st birthday at a special event held at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton. The event, which coincided with Health For All’s AGM, saw food, entertainment and a number of speeches celebrating the achievement of an organisation which started in an attic in
Before the present consultation about a new high school, I confess I hadn’t heard of “City Centre South”. Hunslet? Yes. Holbeck? Yes. But City Centre South? Where’s that? Where is this new part of Leeds? It is bounded by the River Aire to the north, the Inner Ring road extension
The Annual Carols in the Circus, tree lighting and Village lights took place yesterday in the Middleton Park Circus of shops, writes Deacon Al Henry. Four school choirs sang out lustily on this freezing cold Wednesday afternoon. Switching on the lights was ward councillor Kim Groves as she led the
A range of individuals and organisations from across Leeds were honoured by Hamara last night. Three hundred guests gathered for Hamara’s third annual Community Awards ceremony last night. We were entertained by singers and dancers from South Leeds Academy and heard from members of the Hamara “family” about what attending
A consultation is progressing about plans to open a new high school in “City Centre South” – the area between the River Aire and the motorways. As previously reported, the Leeds Sustainable Development Group (LSDG) have teamed up with Gorse Academies Trust and are proposing the school as a way
Sergeant Di Whiteside attended the latest police and communities together meeting run by the Voice of Holbeck group. Here’s Holbeck NPT’s report: Issues discussed included: • the Neighbourhood Plan. Holbeck is trialling the new government initiative and are looking at long term and short term plans. Once decided there will be a
Beeston resident Ken Burton reflects on the class of 2012/13 at Beeston History Class… Some 11 years ago Mary Payne and myself attended a talk at the old Beeston Library (now the Community Centre) entitled ‘Richard III was he as bad as we thought’. This led to Mary suggesting that
All the cinemas are gone! Where my friends and I went on a Saturday afternoon for the matinees, they’ve disappeared. They have either been knocked down or redeveloped, writes community reporter Martyn White. Often, on Saturday afternoons my friends and I would go to a matinee at one of the
In recent weeks if you are a regular reader of South Leeds Life, you’ll have noticed that you can hardly raise an eyelid without reading about Middleton Park. Quite right too. There’s no doubt that the Park is seriously underrated and under visited. Did you know that it’s over 90%
Holbeck Christmas Market proved a great success once again. St Matthew’s Community Centre was packed out on Saturday as people sought out Christmas gifts. The event was supported by local Councillors and Hilary Benn MP called in to talk to people and draw the raffle. Ian Pickup, one of the