Care home replaces Meltham landmark; Old Greenacres site re-developed.Byline: NICK LAVIGUEUR A FORMER Huddersfield student has returned to his roots to build a high-tech care home. The Greenacres care home in Meltham was closed in 2006 but now a new 64-bed home has begun construction on the same site. Demolition of the old home began this week and Lawrence Tomlinson, who studied at Huddersfield Technical College Huddersfield Technical College is a technical college located in Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. There are many campuses dotted around the town and its suburbs. The main campus occupies the building of the former infirmary. and is now chairman of LNT LNT Linens N' Things (retail chain) LNT Leave No Trace LNT Alliant Energy Corp. (stock symbol) LNT Levantamento de Necessidades de Treinamento LNT Lean NOx Trap Construction, said he was pleased to be giving something back to the community where he was educated. He said: "I''m delighted that we are creating a new care facility on the old Greenacres site. "By using our latest designs it will allow the best care to be provided for the local community. "It's a bold move by Kirklees Council to use a local entrepreneur to unlock the potential of the site, but one which I believe will be seen as visionary by other authorities in years to come. "Having attended Huddersfield Technical College myself I am very pleased to be working back in the area once more." The new bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. home will offer 31 beds for general purpose care and a further 33 for dementia patients. Other facilities for residents will be fully landscaped gardens, a courtyard, a hairdressing hairdressing, arranging of the hair for decorative, ceremonial, or symbolic reasons. Primitive men plastered their hair with clay and tied trophies and badges into it to represent their feats and qualities. salon and attractive floor to ceiling windows in lounge areas. The original home was closed down by Kirklees Council as part of its move to modernise services for older people but in recent months has become a magnet for local vandals. Leeds-based LNT Construction has already re-developed the Threelands Grange care home in Birkenshaw and Kirklees Council has also appointed the firm to construct a further two care home facilities at Dewsbury and Lydgate. Clr Shabir Pandor, joint Cabinet lead member for Kirklees Council's adults and communities department added: "The council is pleased to be working with LNT Construction in the development of this new care facility, which will offer new opportunities for older people who require residential support to meet their care needs." The new home will be a boost to local residents who fought to keep the home open four-years-ago. Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward along the floor of the valley. MP Kali Mountford joined the fight and said that every effort should be made to keep care services for the elderly on a site in Meltham. But the fight was lost after Kirklees Council chiefs said the home did not meet modern standards and would be too expensive to upgrade. CAPTION(S): CAREFUL: Lawrence Tomlinson, chairman of LNT Construction (left) with Holme Valley North councillors David Woodhead and Beryl Smith on the former Greenacres site |
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