Inner Ring Road, on the footbridge near St. George's Church, looking towards the International Pool on Westgate, centre background. On the right is John Barran & Sons Ltd. clothing factory in Chorley Lane. The factory in the background, left is Bainbro House which housed the clothing manufacturing firm of Raper & Bainbridge Ltd. in Park Lane. Pictured in the spring of 1972.placeholder image
Inner Ring Road, on the footbridge near St. George's Church, looking towards the International Pool on Westgate, centre background. On the right is John Barran & Sons Ltd. clothing factory in Chorley Lane. The factory in the background, left is Bainbro House which housed the clothing manufacturing firm of Raper & Bainbridge Ltd. in Park Lane. Pictured in the spring of 1972. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

25 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1972

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 30th Mar 2020, 07:00 GMT
Updated 30th Mar 2020, 09:03 GMT

Is this the Leeds you remember?

Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1972. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1970 | 21 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1978 | 19 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1979 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

The new deep freeze department at Asda's Fartown store.

31. Pudsey

The new deep freeze department at Asda's Fartown store. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Dame Margot Fonteyn at Leeds Grand Theatre with her partner Attilio Labis. Pictured in November 1972.

32. Leeds city centre

Dame Margot Fonteyn at Leeds Grand Theatre with her partner Attilio Labis. Pictured in November 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Is this the Briggate you remember? Pictured in September 1972.

33. Leeds city centre

Is this the Briggate you remember? Pictured in September 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN

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A rag and bone man at work.

34. Chapeltown

A rag and bone man at work. | YPN Photo: YPN

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A good luck kiss for Walter Green from Janine Nothers, youth appeals organiser for Dr. Barnado's Homes, as he starts his walk to Australia.

35. Leeds

A good luck kiss for Walter Green from Janine Nothers, youth appeals organiser for Dr. Barnado's Homes, as he starts his walk to Australia. | YPN Photo: YPN

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Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman Albert Smith, with a copy of the Constable he painted from a postcard size reproduction. As an accomplished amateur painter he hoped to transfer onto canvas some of the events during his year of office

36. Leeds city centre

Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman Albert Smith, with a copy of the Constable he painted from a postcard size reproduction. As an accomplished amateur painter he hoped to transfer onto canvas some of the events during his year of office | YPN Photo: YPN

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