South Leeds Life

As the Hunslet Club finishes the 2012/13 Football Season it’s time to sum up the highlights of it’s achievements this year, which once again have been fantastic. The Football For Tots sessions on Wednesdays & Thursdays have been thriving with our stars of the future enjoying their first taste of the game, well done to them. Newcomers are [...]

There has been a lot of talk recently about Asda, Tesco & Aldi coming to Middleton and how, if at all, it will affect local shops. Asda have got planning permission to build on the old Co-op site in Middleton, Tesco who also applied, have not. The building of the Asda supermarket has been held [...]

  The subject of Middleton Park Golf Course, which is currently under a 12 month reprieve from closure, came up at this week’s Area Committee. In response to a question from a local resident at the meeting on Wednesday, Cllr Paul Truswell said: “It’s important that a business plan is produced that reduces the deficit [...]

The recently launched Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy now has an expanded programme of training sessions from pre-school through to year 9 at their facilities in South Leeds. These two clubs with long established roots in rugby league, having taught the likes of Jason Robinson (now Honorary Patron of the Academy) and many other professional [...]

  Fancy a cup of coffee and a bacon butty?  From this weekend you can drop in to the club house at Middleton Park Golf Course (on Middleton Ring Road, just below the water tower) any time between 10.00am and 3.00pm, seven days a week. The club room has been refurbished so that it will [...]

  I live minutes away from my local shops and rely on the generous opening hours of the small but adequate Sainsbury’s for my ‘through the week fresh produce’ and if I chance upon the right time in the evening, the odd bargain at the end of aisle one. Other than this shop, I tend [...]

  Leeds Dynamite, the Middleton-based, world-beating Cheerleading group are holding a fundraising evening on Friday 17th May. The event, which is being held at Middleton Conservative Club from 7:30 to 11pm, is part of their drive to raise funds so that the squad can compete at world championships in Virginia USA next year. Dynamite’s success [...]

Opposition is growing to plans to close Middleton’s last remaining bank. As revealed on South Leeds Life a fortnight ago, Yorkshire Bank’s plans to close its Middleton Circus branch have already drawn a petition with more than 250 signatures from concerned local residents who say they’re unable to get to other branches. The bank, which [...]

An archaeological dig over the bank holiday weekend has unearthed an “ice house” in Middleton Park woods. The Time Team style dig was undertaken by South Leeds Archaeology who have previously helped to uncover the mining history of the park. They have uncovered a round brick and stone structure at the foot of a north [...]

Zumba-fever appears to be gripping South Leeds with two new events coming up. Zumba is a high energy exercise that uses to dance music. On Saturday 11th May, Middleton Methodist Church will host a Zumbathon from 10:00am to 12:00pm. – are invited to come and “party in pink” to raise money for The Haven, which [...]