Rossefield Residents' Association was started more than 30 years ago but is now being wound down.

Chairman Audrey Maskill, one of the original founders along with Margaret Young, is now 73 and is having to give up the job for health reasons.

No-one else wants to take over so the association has to be formally closed and any money in the bank donated to charity.

Mrs Maskill, who is known by everyone on the estate, said: "It was very, very successful.

"It does upset me to think that all that hard work has gone. Every day a resident has stopped me and said it is a pity."

But Mrs Maskill said she had been told by her doctor to give up the work and no-one else wanted to take it over.
"It is hard work, but it's rewarding," she said.

"It would be lovely for younger people to get involved. If a younger committee would take it over, the old one would help.

"We look after the residents, report faults and help people. It helps keep it as it is now, a lovely estate."

She said they marked the end of the current association with a buffet and dance for residents, where they also had a raffle.
In total they have donated £333 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which Mrs Maskill said they picked because of all the good work it does.

And she particularly thanked local councillor Denise Atkinson for her support. "I cannot thank her enough," she added.

Nicky De Whytell, West Yorkshire charity development officer for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity, said: "We are really grateful to Mrs Maskill and the association for their generous donation and particularly honoured that they chose to mark this end of an era by supporting us in this way.

"The Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity needs to raise £6,900 a day to keep flying and we simply would not be able to do so without the help of good people like this."