What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Middleton Life local history project took a break for the half-term holidays this week – but will be back next week with a trip to the Thackray Medical Museum. Just to keep you going, here’s a fact about Middleton to keep you going: Did you know that in Anglo Saxon
One of the most recent photographs shared onto our online Flickr photo group pool really got us thinking here at South Leeds Life. It was kindly shared on our pool by a reader called ‘Westow‘ and shows how the four children of William and Esther Pinder of Holbeck sadly passed away on
I was recently talking to my cousin, George Peacock, about his recollections of old Holbeck. George emigrated to the USA around 50 years ago and now lives in Florida. He was born in Chelsea Street, Holbeck, in the area where the multi-storey flats were built in the 1960s and which
[slideshow]Delving through old photographs of Middleton on the internet and pinning memories of the community’s past in large maps were all featured in the first workshop of the Middleton Life local history project this week. The workshop, at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, also saw group members learn how to use
Earlier this week we ran a fun poll as part of our Middleton Life history project, asking in the twelfth century the boundary between Middleton and which neighbouring area became the focus of a legal dispute? We had lots of votes, with 25% suggesting Belle Isle, a further 25% suggesting
The Middleton Life local history project launched last week and continues with its first workshop at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre (10am-2.30pm). All are welcome to attend as the group puts together a film on Middleton, a permanent mural at Tenants Hall and loooks to contribute to this blog and the South
Tomorrow sees the big launch of a project that’s getting Middleton buzzing! 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. Residents who have an interest in local history are invited
There’s less than a week to go before the start of the exciting new Middleton Life local history project, which is proving to be the talk of South Leeds! Local residents are cordially invited to join the fun project, which will see participants become local history reporters, investigating the past of
A group of Middleton residents are set to become local history reporters and investigate the past of their community. Led by volunteers from the local community, the Middleton Life project has received £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The project will empower residents to tell the history of the
I was walking at the bottom of Belle Isle Road and took a snap of what is obviously an old advert for something called ‘bile beans’. It’s great to see part of the area’s history still on show for everyone to see even today. Being aged under 40, I’ve no