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Freya Dunn with her dad Martin at Doncaster Rovers

Young Leeds fan takes on Prostate United challenge for her grandad

A boy holds onto the reins of a horse which is pulling a rag and bone cart on Burmantofts Street in 1964.

17 of the brightest photos take you back to Burmantofts in the 1960s

Enjoy these memories of Holbeck through the years. PICS: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Hidden photos of Holbeck showcase life around the inner city suburb

Looking south along Queen Street from its junction with Wesley Street at the building that Wesley Street Sunday School was pulled down for - a Tesco supermarket.

17 photos from the 1990s showcase shopping memories in Morley

The Stanningley Road-Swinnow Lane junction in March 1971.

Evocative photos are a fascinating glimpse at Stanningley in the 1970s

The lounge and coffee bar at Chapel Allerton Methodist Youth Club in January 1969.

Memories of hanging out at Leeds youth clubs

Taken prior to the Hope Street improvements looking north up Bridge Street, showing retail premises in this predominantly Jewish quarter. Shops visible are: Morris Hyman, tailors trimmings: Max Philips, confectioner: Ralph Levi, bookseller.

Photos showcase life around the city's Jewish quarter in early 1900s

Quarry Hill Flats on Eastgate pictured in March 1948. Appleyard's petrol station is on the roundabout.

40 photo gems of Leeds city centre from the 1940s

Tahira Chaudhry.

Grandmother with MND stars in national awareness campaign

The junction of New Market Street with Kirkgate former premises of Tiger Stores. Statue of tiger sited above doorway. Women, men and children in period dress pose on corners of roadside. Pictured in July 1907.

Eerie photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1907

This photo shows plans for an underground in Leeds. The cost meant it never happened.

How Leeds twice missed out on an underground system
Going underground: The story of plans for a Leeds underground system

Cash machine users are being warned to be vigilant.

Cash machine warning after regional detectives target gang

Levi Brogden.

Appeal to find man wanted in connection with robbery and shop thefts

Clearchoice - a Leeds success story.

Leeds cleaning firm to create 100 jobs as it expands across Pennines

October 1986 and traders deliver a petition opposing council plans to redevelop Kirkgate Market.

21 of the best photos take you back to 1986

Stanhope Drive showing part of the avenue of trees planted as a memorial to the 211 men and one woman from the town who gave their lives in the First World War.

16 photos take you back to Horsforth in the early 2000s

Clare Brown, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of natural sciences, pictured with an Ice Age artefact.

How incredible Ice Age predators are being conserved by experts

Christ Church on Meadow Lane pictured in July 1965.

Look back at these humble photos of Hunslet in the mid 1960s

August 1952. Picture shows The Gang in Armley which is located at the back of Town Street.

Intriguing photos capture life in Armley during the 1950s

An aerial view showing New York Road in the foreground becoming York Road at the Woodpecker junction. Pictured in 1963.

Fascinating photos showcase life in Burmantofts during the 1960s

Is this the Boar Lane you remember? Pictured in September 1974.

City centre memories: Walk down Boar Lane during the 1970s

Police are investigating after a member of the public came across a firearm in a field on Bullerthorpe Lane.

Investigation after firearm discovery by member of public
“ The firearm has been recovered by specialist officers and enquiries are ongoing”

Friendliness paid off for Major, the Great Dane, who welcomed visitors to an anti-vivisection exhibition in April 1974.

Mini gallery of memories take you inside Merrion Centre in the 1970s

The County Arcade looking from the junction with Cross Arcade towards Briggate. On the left corner is Vickers gift shop selling silver, jewellery and watches. On the right, opposite, is a branch of Greenwoods menswear. Next right is the entrance to the Mecca Locarno Ballroom then Elster shoe shop.

A tale of two city centre arcades

Highland Lodge at Leeds Christmas market

Two new festive bars announced for the all-new Christmas market

Our Roads Policing Unit is now appealing for witnesses and footage following the serious injury collision.

Driver left fighting for life after crash

The gang.

Gang jailed for over 100 years for drug dealing and money laundering

The future of this historic coach, given its first public showing in November 1985 after a three and a half year restoration programme, was being kept secret.

16 photos to transport you back to Harrogate in the 1980s

Jessica Stewart and Lee Wakefield.

Pair jailed after violent 24-hour crime rampage

The entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Family pays tribute to ‘bright young man’ killed by tiger

Enjoy these memories of Leeds city centre shops in the 1980s.

Nostalgic photos showcase city centre shops in the 1980s

The new look Leeds City Police car in September 1966. It had an illuminated sign on top and large letters on each side.

How Leeds City Police protected and served a city for generations

Enjoy these mouth-watering memories of Leeds city centre restaurants in the 1990s.

Photos serve up memories of city centre restaurants in the 1990s

The Shakespeare estate pictured in January 1986.

The fight for mains gas on an inner city council estate

Asad Ashraf and Jayna Mistry.

Pair jailed for plot to dodge speeding convictions

The nitrous oxide breathalyser.

Police trial world’s first nitrous oxide breathalyser test

Tony Harrison blue plaque outside 120 Tempest Road. Pictured, from left, are friends of the family, Sian Thomas, MP Richard Burgon, Jane Harrison, The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Leeds Lord Mayor Stephen Holroyd and consort Simon Mapals.

Blue plaque for Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s favourite poet

Enjoy these memories from inside the Woolworths Briggate store.

Memories of shopping at Woolworths in Leeds city centre

South View Road in Yeadon.

Driver dies after car strikes lamp post in Leeds suburb

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is expected to open today.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park expected to open after fatal tiger attack

The White Rosettes, the British champion Ladies Barbershop Singers, pictured in February 1985.

19 of the best photos take you back to 1985

Do you recognise anyone?

37 people police urgently want to speak to in Leeds

Celebrating 135 years of telling Leeds' stories

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