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It may have been a drizzly grey and windy day, but that didn’t stop 16 people braving a soaking to take positive photographs of the area with the Holbeck and Beeston Photohunt. Meeting at St Matthew’s Community Centre, the group made … Continue reading
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Photographs by Mahboob Nazir, of Hardy Street Mosque Cross Flatts Park in Beeston was the setting for a special game of ‘interfaith and intergenerational cricket’ as families from all faiths, ages and different backgrounds came to the park to play … Continue reading
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When you go into Building Blocks off Tempest Road on Monday afternoons you’re likely to hear a lot of laughter. Members of Kushy Dil - which translates into ‘happy heart’ – regularly take part in activities including healthy cooking sessions from different … Continue reading
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Members of The Bridge group for adults with learning disabilities have taken some photographs for the Looking Good Holbeck and Beeston project – and already have some of the photos on the wall of their Holbeck Community Centre base. A … Continue reading
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The weather may have been dull and it may have started with a few drops of rain but the Caribbeans brought a little ray of sunshine to Cross Flatts Park on the 10th July, writes keen amateur photographer Jonathan Bliss, who … Continue reading
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One day in August the other half and I headed out to explore the Beeston area a bit better, writes local resident Alison Neale. What we found was great parks with free sports courts, interesting buildings both old and new, … Continue reading
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I’ve lived in Holbeck for more than 20 years and always found it a decent place to live, writes local resident Mark Rivers. The moor’s a good open space where children play happily, sports teams play their own ‘mini cup finals’ and, … Continue reading
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Once a year thousands of people take part in Bramley Carnival – which starts as every self respecting Carnival should – in the street with a big noisy procession. Russ Dixon took his camera along to see this year’s celebration, … Continue reading
The local police take fundraising very seriously… Throughout Holbeck & Beeston there are a number of community groups aiming to do everything from brighten up the local area with blooms to organise community events and galas. The community groups are … Continue reading
 Here’s a lovely of image from Shafton Lane Allotments taken by David Foster for Urban Gardening Weekend in 2009, to give you a little inspiration. The Urban Gardening Weekend was organised by the Holbeck Urban Village marketing team with Holbeck in … Continue reading
 Welcome to Looking Good Holbeck & Beeston! This a new way for residents, businesses or the mildly curious to share their view of Holbeck & Beeston through photography and film. The subject doesn’t matter just the location. Maybe you’re interested … Continue reading
Looking Good Bramley took over a garden shed at I Love West Leeds Festival Day, on 3 July 2011 at the beautiful Bramley Falls Wood. Mr Benn’s Shed, might very well be the sort of wooden hideaway that the mild-mannered man … Continue reading
The Global Village Market returns for 2011 – and with it new life into Looking Good, Chapeltown Continue reading
We invited Bramley resident Russ Dixon to take up a mission impossible challenge, in hostile territory – well, water and cameras are not ideal bedfellows… Could he capture some of the character of Bramley Baths in just 30 minutes, between … Continue reading
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Members of the Leeds Flickr Group, or the Flickrazzi as we’re known, mainly by us, wandered around the snickets and ginnels of Calverley at the weekend photographing the familiar and unfamiliar. Showing off on behalf of a village is a … Continue reading
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Last week Bramleydom and Exposure Leeds kicked off the Looking Good, Bramley project with a photowalk for locals and Exposure Leeds members. One of the absolute highlights was the invitation and warm welcomes in Hayleys Field Allotments – especially by … Continue reading
Jon had never been to Bramley when he agreed to sponsor this project – following only one activity he’s already well chuffed he did so! Continue reading
After a trial run of activities in the Armley area we’re now ready to roll-out the project and undertake some ‘Looking Good’ projects in other areas of the city. We’ll give a lot more detail on this in the coming … Continue reading
Welcome to this blog. Watch out for more images an stories from and about Calverley soon.
It was definitely a case of quality, not quantity as a small, but perfectly formed gaggle of photographers turned up for our Workshop at the Shop. The idea was for people to borrow one of the little digital cameras, kindly … Continue reading
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Look up, look down, look around you anywhere on Town Street and see if you can spot where these photos were taken. They are part of Exposure Leeds’ treasure hunt from the I Love West Leeds Arts Festival Shop tomorrow … Continue reading
James Ewens sent us these great images of the canal in the arctic conditions of late 2010 Continue reading
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I’ve been quite random in the way I’ve chosen shopkeepers. My approach has been to wander up and down Town Street, stare through windows to and try spot a friendly face, then go in and ask, bold as brass, if … Continue reading
A walk for Sunday lunch leads to seeing a different side to the area. Continue reading
When I set out to deliver community project I knew it would be a challenge. Despite living in the area and having an interest in this type of collaborative approach I had limited advance contact with local residents ‘the other … Continue reading
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One day last week, Margaret took just £2.60 at her Baby’s Needs shop in Town Street, then the windowcleaner came and she had to pay him £2.80. After six years in Armley, Margaret isn’t renewing her lease when it expires … Continue reading
Anne introduces some of the Town Street shopkeepers who took have taken part in her portraiture project. Continue reading
Interested in showing the great things, place or people of Armley… then get in touch! Continue reading
Well, this is our first post on this website – launched alongside a project to take and highlight positive imagery of different areas of Leeds. By it’s very name, we think you’ve guessed this site is focused on Armley and … Continue reading
Photographing and sharing the things that make Chapeltown great Looking good, Chapeltown is a FREE photography project for local people who want to show their pride in Chapeltown. You’ll find and photograph the things that make your Chapeltown special. No … Continue reading