What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s part four of the Middleton Life local history project’s oral history film. This part, which sees local residents interview each other on their memories and history of the area, looks at health, doctors and windy Middleton! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3c-GVprYYk&w=560&h=315]
Here’s the third part of our Middleton Life oral history film, whichg sees local residents interview each other about Middleton’s history and their memories. This installment focuses on food and shopping… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD3bpY1j7eQ&w=560&h=315]
Continuing our six-part series featuring the Middleton Life local history project’s oral history film, which has seen residents interview each other about Middleton’s history. Here’s part two: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNy17FxTVTc&w=560&h=315]
The Middleton Life local history project launched last week, with local residents contributing towards history panels, a stained glass window and a special heritage edition of South Leeds Life magazine, which is out soon. They’ve also put together a 25-minute oral history film, which saw Middleton Life members interview fellow residents
[slideshow]More than 80 people attended the launch of the Middleton Life history project at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre. The evening saw the unveiling of local history panels put together by a group of local residents who’ve been attending the Heritage Lottery-funded project. It also saw the premiere of a 25-minute oral
Holbeck resident Steve Peacock has been part of the Middleton Life local history project. With help from our new community reporters’ website he’s written this overview on the days when trams trundled through south Leeds: I have been interested in the local history of Leeds for many years now and,
Ahead of tonight’s launch of the Middleton Life local history project at Tenants Hall in Middleton, local resident Sandra Firth has written about her memories. A version of this post will appear in a special heritage edition of South Leeds Life magazine, which will be published later this month. When I
Your South Leeds Life is making it easier than ever before to contribute to our blog! You may have noticed that more and more South Leeds residents are contributing articles and reports to this blog – which is great, this is YOUR blog and it’s open to all who wish
As we’ve reported on this week’s big launch of the Middleton Life local history project today, we thought it’d be nice to share a video we found on Youtube on Middleton Railway. The video is from an 8mm silent cine film showing what things were like on the railway over 40
A group of South Leeds residents have become local history reporters and investigated the rich past of their community. The hard work of Members of the Middleton Life project will be celebrated at a special event at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre on Thursday, July 12 when exhibition panels they’ve helped