The Hunslet Club Beer Festival
The Hunslet Club. Tickets are now on sale for our Beer Festival Get them whilst you can.
Peter Pan prepares to fly at The Hunslet Club
I went along to check how rehearsals were going for the Hunslet Club pantomime – Peter Pan. It was late on Saturday afternoon when I arrived and the Club was quiet, the lull between afternoon matches and evening entertainment. I found my way up to the dance studio where twenty
What is there for kids to do this half term?
Here’s a bit of a round up of activities for children in South Leeds during the October 2016 half term holiday: The Hunslet Club The Hunslet Club will be running their usual Activity Camp with lots to do for boys and girls in Key Stage 1 and above. The camp
South of the River – The Boxer
I was so pleased when I heard that, hot on the heels of our article about 11 year old boxer Abby Briggs, she had won her first fight representing Yorkshire in Dublin. Delighted, but slightly troubled too. I’m ambivalent about boxing. Until about ten years ago I thought ambivalence meant
South Leeds Roundup: Brushes, boxing and wheelchair basketball
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 the Friends of Hunslet Moor who helped with a clear up of the knot garden last Saturday, there are some great photos on the Leeds Parks
The butterfly and the bee
It was that greatest of sportsmen Mohammed Ali who coined the phrase “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Now two young women at The Hunslet Club are epitomising that saying. At age 11, Abby Briggs has already been boxing for six years. She has just spent the summer
South Leeds Roundup: Sunrises, Samaritans and Section 106
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 in Middleton where it’s been a mixed week. The Friends of Middleton Park have posted about beautiful sunrises, graphitised information boards and a successful prosecution for illegal
Slideshow: Middleton Park Show 2016
The sun shone and the crowds descended on Middleton Park on Sunday (11 September 2016) for the 7th annual Great Middleton Park Show. [slideshow_deploy id=’52946′] Amongst the attractions were dancers from The Hunslet Club and cheerleaders from White Rose Cheer. Locals showed off their home grown and home made produce
Breeze is back on tour in South Leeds
Breeze on Tour is back this August, allowing thousands of young people to enjoy a host of exciting activities for free in parks across Leeds. One of the main events will take place in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 August 2016 between 12 noon and
South Leeds Roundup: Flooring, festivals and ferrets
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 in Holbeck where HEA has been working with Keepmoat to smarten up St Matthew’s Community Centre. Apprentices working on the housing regeneration scheme turned their skills to