Author Archives: Caring Together

Winter Weather Ready

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Annual Met Office (national) campaign around being Weather Ready is about promoting winter preparedness around the steps to take to prepare for and cope with severe weather. The campaign is about encouraging individuals, families and communities to think about winter preparations we can all make to stay warm, healthy and safe this time of year.
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‘Annual Forever Young Christmas Party’

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There was a lovely warm welcome for some of our members and staff last week from the students and teaching staff of Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College. We all came together to join in the Christmas Cheer at their our annual ‘Forever Young Christmas Party’. We had fun and thoroughly enjoyed some good company, singing carols, playing bingo and eating lots of tasty food including mince pies.

A big thank you to our team for prior planning and getting everyone safely there and back, and to all at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College (https://www.notredamecoll.ac.uk/) for hosting another truly delightful afternoon.

Don’t forget to vote

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It’s the day to have your say!

VOTE

Outline map

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Your polling stations within our area are as follows (your specific one will be named on your polling card):

Woodhouse Community Centre,
(The Hall),
197 Woodhouse Street

Holy Trinity Church,
Boar Lane,
Leeds

Leeds Minster,
(Choir Vestry),
Kirkgate

Portable building at Grafton School,
Craven Road,
Woodhouse

All Souls Church,
Blackman Lane,
Leeds

New Little London Community Centre,
Oatland Lane,
Leeds

Portable building at the junction of,
Lovell Park Hill & Lovell Park Close,
Little London

Merrion House,
(Access via Woodhouse Lane entrance only),
Woodhouse Lane

Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel,
City Square,
Leeds

Out on the Tiles

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Caring Together staff and members visited the stunning Tiled Hall Cafe in the Art Gallery and Central Library building on Monday. It is a lovely venue for a meet up and everybody thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. This was our latest outing as part of our regular Monday lunch meet-ups.

The Tiled Hall was originally the main library reading room, and from 1888-1941 it functioned as a sculpture court. The magnificent Victorian hall was renovated extensively in 2007 with the help of English Heritage, to reveal the original fabric of the room. The space is now one of the most popular and iconic eateries in the city of Leeds.

(From the Museums and Galleries Website)

Local History

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We had our penultimate research session in Leeds Central Library for the ‘Women Reflecting on Women’ project last week. There were still lots to discuss. For one of our members the subject of the workhouse in Holbeck came up. This resulted in maps being brought out of the area, past and present. She recollected her mum saying hello, and chatting to those in the workhouse as she and her mum passed by.
The picture below is from the Leodis Leeds website along with a note about the remains of the site:
‘View of the remains of the Holbeck Union Workhouse on Beeston Road/Lane End, showing the rear entrance seen from the bowling green opposite on Moorville Grove. Following the closure of the workhouse the building became Leeds Corporation’s South Lodge public assistance institution. The site is now partly covered by Beeston Hill St Luke’s C of E Primary School’  http://www.leodis.net/ 25.11.19