South Leeds Life

Middleton Railway has a rich local history. Photo: MIddleton Railway's flickr stream

Middleton Life is an exciting new project involving South Leeds Life which will see a group of Middleton residents become local history reporters and investigate the past of their community.

Led by volunteers from the local community, Middleton Life has received £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The project will empower residents to tell the history of the area and people’s life stories. 

It will focus on family life, working conditions and the significant changes in health and medical care at a number of key points in history.

The community-based reporters will post their findings here on South Leeds Life and also help produce a special heritage edition of South Leeds Life community magazine, which has a print run of over 2,500 copies.

They’ll also put together a permanent exhibition celebrating Middleton’s history at the new £1.6 million Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, which opened in Middleton last November. And they’ll help put together a special film about what they’ve discovered.

Residents who have an interest in local history are invited to attend an open meeting on Wednesday, February 1, noon-2pm, at Tenants Hall to find out more about the project and sign up. Refreshments will be provided.

Follow this link for all the posts so far.

See below for more details on the project and how you can become involved.

Middleton Life is run by local charity Health For All.

For more information, email john.baron@healthforall.org.uk or call John Baron on 270 6903.