South Leeds Life

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making south Leeds tick this week from other websites and blogs. The YEP reports on a good news story that a Leeds businessman is pumping £500,000 into turning a formerly notorious pub on Dewsbury Road into an Asian supermarket. Sad to see the negative tone of some of the comments though. Check [...]

It’s been a source of debate for some time. A kind of ‘ghost town’ which is neither part of the city centre or the rest of South Leeds – a white elephant that’s so far failed to live up to expectations. But a new strategy for the ‘Brigadoon’ that is Clarence Dock in Hunslet is aiming to turn the area [...]

In June 2009 Leeds artist collective Black Dogs led walks around the city centre and South of Leeds based on viewing points of the Italianate chimneys of Tower Works, Holbeck. Here’s their video from YouTube which we thought would be of interest:   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0LGT7dkv8k&w=420&h=315]