Middleton Elderly Aid presents a Monthly Tea Dance
Middleton Elderly Aid Ken says “A fantastic afternoon of learning people to Dance. Tea and cakes at half time. I even managed to learn steps of one dance last time, even with my memory!”
Middleton Elderly Aid Christmas Fayre
Middleton Elderly Aid. If anyone would like a table at our Xmas Fayre for a small donation please get in touch at middletonelderlyaid.org.uk Also any donations would be greatly appreciated for raffle prizes. Thank You
Middleton retail park saga goes to Plans Panel
Plans for a new shopping centre in Middleton on the former bus garage and Co-op warehouse site will be discussed by Councillors next week, but planning officers are recommending they be turned down again. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, The developer, Marshall CDP, first submitted plans for the
Middleton Community Group relaunches
Many people will have fond memories and some frustrating memories of the old Middleton Community Group meetings, allowing local people to have their voice heard and fighting for improvements to the Middleton area. Lead by the late Dot Mounteney alongside other hard working residents, the group disbanded some years ago
Half term activities for young people in Belle Isle and Middleton
With the autumn half term (Monday 29 October – Friday 2 November 2018) fast approaching, Youth Services have announced a series of activities including horse riding and quad biking as well as visits to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Lightwater Valley and Go Ape. The activities are open to young people living
Planning applications 1 October 2018
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 1 October 2018: Upgrade to existing telecommunications equipment Land Adj Brown Place Holbeck Leeds LS11 0EF Ref. No: 18/05991/FU
Last Coals To Leeds success to be followed by Star Rails
Middleton Railway’s weekend of events to commemorate fifty years since the closure of the last coal mine in Leeds proved a great success last weekend (29 & 30 September 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’85650′] The event was supported by the Railway’s new President Hilary Benn MP who waved the first train of
Striving for workplace mental health first aid
Middleton resident and employment solicitor, Jodie Hill, is leading a campaign to put mental health on a par with physical health in the workplace. Since 1981 every workplace has had to have a designated first aider in case of accidents or illness at work. Jodie thinks it’s time there was
Calling online community champions
If you’re reading this article you are part of the online community, but 90,000 adults in Leeds are either offline and/or lack basic digital skills. The Council is now calling on community groups to help bridge the digital divide. An event in Middleton this month organised by 100% Digital Leeds
Not an extraordinary life … but an extraordinary read
I am looking out of a window onto a busy Dewsbury Road in Beeston on a sunny Friday morning. Sat by the table with a mug of coffee I’m chatting away with Patricia Anderson who’s home I am in. “I love this view, she says.. you get to see everything;