The images bring to life well-known streets - including King Lane and Harrogate Road - as well as landmarks and shops a generation of residents are sure to remember. They are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service.READ MORE: The Leeds castle that's not a castle LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Houses of Moss Valley at the edge of playing fields belonging to Moortown Rugby Union Club, Alwoodley Park , in April 1951.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODA2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Houses of Moss Valley at the edge of playing fields belonging to Moortown Rugby Union Club, Alwoodley Park , in April 1951.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Lakeland Crescent from Alwoodley Lane pictured in February 1952. The view is taken from the plot that would become number 61 Alwoodley Lane, where a billboard advertising the new houses encourages people to "live in the country."](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODE0.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Lakeland Crescent from Alwoodley Lane pictured in February 1952. The view is taken from the plot that would become number 61 Alwoodley Lane, where a billboard advertising the new houses encourages people to "live in the country."Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Looking East along Primley Park Lane towards Harrogate Road in October 1954.. Muddy road with people and a car in the distance.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODE1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Looking East along Primley Park Lane towards Harrogate Road in October 1954.. Muddy road with people and a car in the distance.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Sandhill Parade on Harrogate Road in February 1952. Shops are Zeta's hairdressers, C.G. Timmis newsagents and post office and R.Wilson and Sons, fruiterers.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODE2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Sandhill Parade on Harrogate Road in February 1952. Shops are Zeta's hairdressers, C.G. Timmis newsagents and post office and R.Wilson and Sons, fruiterers.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Sandhill Oval in March 1951. In the background is a long building which may be a factory. The long building in the background is the back of Sandhill Parade shops which face onto the Harrogate Road.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODE3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Sandhill Oval in March 1951. In the background is a long building which may be a factory. The long building in the background is the back of Sandhill Parade shops which face onto the Harrogate Road.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Alwoodley Motors, a petrol station on Harrogate Road at junction of Primley Park View pictured in August 1951.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI1MTg1ODE4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Alwoodley in the 1950s
Alwoodley Motors, a petrol station on Harrogate Road at junction of Primley Park View pictured in August 1951.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net