Tag: The Holbeck

South Leeds Roundup: Pink parasols, peregrines and (litter)picking

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 with Yorkshire in Bloom gold medal winning Park Fisheries in Beeston. They like nothing more than to brighten up the street scene. Usually it’s their floral displays,

South Leeds Roundup: Awards, archives and all-terrain trikes

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 at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards, where Beeston’s Hamara Centre’s Supplementary School won in the supporting schools category. “Since having a daughter it has hit home that

South Leeds Roundup: Drones, doors and docks

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 on the Save Our Beeston Facebook group. David Dodson has posted some arial shots of the area taken with his drone, including this shot of Beeston Cemetery

All welcome at the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum

New flats on the Spotted Cow site, private landlords and the managed sex work area will all be on the agenda at Saturday’s Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum. The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum, welcomes the public to their meeting this Saturday 30 January 2016 at The Holbeck on Jenkinson Lawn, Holbeck, LS11 9QX.

Celebrating Holbeck’s past, present and future

A commemorative garden is to be opened next Friday (29 January 2016) to mark the completion of new council housing in Holbeck. The garden, next to The Holbeck club on Jenkinson Lawn, will include two brass plaques recovered from the demolished Holbeck Towers as well as information boards about Holbeck

South Leeds Roundup: Bands, buses and bag packing

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 at Middleton Railway where The Night Flyers band was playing today. Live music and steam trains – what’s not to like? The Works Skate Park has revamped

News from the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum

The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum took place at ‘The Holbeck’ (formley The Holbeck Working Men’s Club) on Saturday 7 November 2015. The special general meeting was chaired by Dennis Kitchen and was greeted with some new faces of the residents in Holbeck along with volunteers, local police and ward councillors. After