South Leeds Life

I was very annoyed this morning to read that metal thieves have struck at Middleton Railway station (www.middletonrailway.org.uk) crippling the trains from running a full timetable.  For a theft worth just £30 in scrap metal, an estimated £30,000 worth of damage/lost takings has been caused. Middleton Railway is a fantastic local resource used by the community [...]

I’ve just googled ‘southleedslife’ and we’ve got 543 search results already and the blog has only been up and running since 30 November 2010.  To date we’ve had over 2,850 hits on the website with ‘current’ average of over 50 hits a day and growing.  And the word is spreading - southleedslife is being mentioned on numerous [...]

As reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Friday 18 February, work has begun to build the new Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton.  This centre is being built on the site of the current Tenants Hall on Middleton Park Avenue, and will offer office and meeting room facilities for budding entrepreneurs and will also [...]

The JESS Extended Schools and Services Cluster in south Leeds is providing 10 exciting activities for children and young people aged 5-16 from local south Leeds schools over the February half term. These targeted activities range from a Spy School to an Olympic Spirit Sports Day. Over 180 children will benefit from the activities. In addition [...]

And twirl 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8….and back 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ,7 8… I wish I was a majorette (no, I don’t think I’ll start now, I’ll stick to my Zumba class) but if I was a kid again I definitely have a go.  In South Leeds, there are numerous majorette and cheerleading groups springing [...]

The Belle Isle and Hunslet Walking Group has four more walks planned for February.  Run by the Feel Good Factor Older and Active Walking Group, anyone over 50 can join a weekly strolling group, the ideal way to meet new people and stay active in 2011. Details: Meets every Monday at 9.45am at Belle Isle [...]

The latest edition (4 February 2011) of Leeds City Council’s Community Cascade E-News is now available by clicking here. This edition includes information on: a new, free, ’Let’s Talk Money’ money management course at Hillside starting on 7th February free ESOL courses at: South Leeds Community Radio (Hillside) from the 10th February and at the Hamara Centre in Beeston [...]

Selina Kellet from Middleton has just celebrated her 106th birthday! Wow!  But in years to come Selina won’t be such a rarity as she is today but will account for of 10 million of us alive today in the UK who will live to be over 100, that’s nearly one in five of today’s population!  Selina puts her longevity down [...]

Is it me? Am I getting old (stop shouting “YES!”).  I saw an article in the YEP last week (available at www.middletontoday.co.uk) about Josh, Jordan and Lewis Tipple.  The Tipple triplets, now aged 16, have all enrolled at Leeds College of Building.  I remember (you know what’s coming…) when they were in primary school (Low [...]

I’ve been practising my curtsy but failing miserably (took me back to the days of doing toddler ballet…) so I didn’t make it to the special visit that happened in Hunslet yesterday (19 January 2011). What am I blathering on about you may wonder? Well, Prince Edward came Leeds yesterday and visited the Hunslet Club to commemorate the [...]