Category: Middleton

News and events for the Middleton area

Save Stanks Hall Barn petition

South Leeds Life reader Suzy Grace recently alerted us to an online petition to save the historic ‘at risk’ Stanks Hall Barn. It’s an important reminder that one of South Leeds’ most important and historic buildings faces an uncertain future. The Grade II* Listed building was last year featured as a ‘lost opportunity’

Hunslet Club Has Twinned Club in Kisumu, Kenya

Tuesday this week was, if you missed it,  Universal Childrens’ Day. A United Nations designated day “to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children.” Which gives us an opportunity to showcase the Hunslet Club’s twinned partnership with a similar youth club to ourselves on the

South Leeds links: Holbeck Cemetery on Amazon, Dogwatch and Middleton Railway

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’sInternational publisher Amazon has published Eve Tidswell’s book ‘Focus on Holbeck in 1881′ in Kindle format, reports the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery. It’s a fabulous recognition of the work the Friends put in – well done all! The