Helen Mead, Telegraph and Argus Journalist Profile

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Ouse cruise with fish and chips is fun way to see York

1 week ago | yorkpress.co.uk | Helen Mead

3 1/1 AN Ouse cruise with fish and chips is a fun way to see York, writes HELEN MEAD. What better way to get a taste of the historic city of York than on a boat - with a tray of tasty fish and chips to enjoy as you sail, and it’s even better if the sun is shining. I always strive to get a window seat when eating out. It’s always a bonus if the view includes a historic landmark or two.
Children from Allerton Primary School enjoy a picnic

1 week ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

Allerton Primary school enjoy a whole school picnic to celebrate their healthy school status. 2006 WITH all the great weather we have been having over the past couple of months, picnic season is well underway. We try to make the most of the sunshine and great outdoors to enjoy our food outside, whether in a local park, on the beach, the moors, or in your back garden.
Plantar fasciitis: have you suffered this painful condition?

2 weeks ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

But, being winter, I couldn’t think what sort of insect could have crawled under two heavy duvets to inject venom into my skin. Scrutinising the side of my heel - where the pain appeared to be coming from - I couldn’t see anything and assumed it would disappear during the day. It didn’t. It got worse, to the point where, some days, it hurt so much I could barely walk. Later that month my husband and I went to London to visit our daughters.
Ouse cruise with fish and chips is fun way to see York

2 weeks ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

Even better, if your mealtime vista is forever changing - a medieval tower one minute, a 21st century hotel the next, a famous public school, a row of elegant town houses, a much-photographed pub, a bridge or two. What better way to enjoy lunch than on a boat, making its way through a historic city. And not just any lunch - a tasty box of fish and chips, freshly delivered prior to sailing.
The dinner table is no place for a mobile phone

4 weeks ago | yorkpress.co.uk | Helen Mead

Using a phone during dinner is rude WHEN I was growing up our family phone - one of those old-fashioned landlines that barely anyone uses today - stood on the windowsill. It was within reaching distance of my dad’s carver chair which sat at the dining table, so if it rang during mealtimes, he would grumble, before reluctantly picking it up. The call was usually friends calling for one of us kids, meaning we would have to get up and take it.
Plastic Surgery and Burns Research Unit forms lasting legacy

4 weeks ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

5 1/1 BRADFORD’S pioneering Plastic Surgery and Burns Research Unit (PSBRU) was founded by the late Professor David Sharpe following the Bradford City fire. The majority of burns people suffered at Valley Parade were to the scalp, forearms and hands, putting the focus on wound healing techniques and treatment. Prof Sharpe organised the response, conducting more than 20 operations in the first few hours.
Trust set up in memory of headteacher Peter Greenwood

4 weeks ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

2 1/1 Peter Greenwood worked tirelessly to improve educational opportunities for the deaf and hearing impaired. He was the Deputy Head at Thorn Park School for Deaf Children in Bradford and also worked at the former Odsal House School for the Deaf.
Yorkshire’s only working windmill is full of history and open for visitors

1 month ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Helen Mead

For most visitors to York its main attractions - York Minster, Clifford’s Tower and the National Railway Museum - are top of the must-see list. But the historic city harbours lesser-known sights which will surprise and thrill anyone seeking them out. Holgate Windmill is one of them. In its incongruous setting on a hilltop among suburban semi-detached homes, the location of the working structure is in itself interesting.
Look at how Bradford families celebrated VE Day in 1945

1 month ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

Children prepare to tuck in at a VE Day party in Bolton Street, Bradford WHAT a happy scene - women stand around a table clutching mixing bowls, plates and jugs, while smiling children sit ready to tuck in to the feast laid out in front of them - one girl, at the far end, can’t wait and is already sampling the delicious fare.
Mobile phones have no place at the dinner table

1 month ago | thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Helen Mead

Three-quarters of parents allow their children to have mobile phones at the table when they sit down to eat WHEN I was growing up our family phone - one of those old-fashioned landlines that barely anyone uses today - stood on the windowsill. It was within reaching distance of my dad’s carver chair which sat at the dining table, so if it rang during mealtimes, he would grumble, before reluctantly picking it up.