Life on well travelled streets – from Roundhay Road to Harehills Lane – in the heart of the community are brought into focus thanks to this mini gallery of photo gems. Shops, cinemas and pubs are featured during a decade of social and economic change. The images are a mix from the Tramway Museum Society and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 10 photos take you back to Harehills in the 1960s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![A view looking south-east on Bayswater Avenue from Gledhow Road in September 1953. Advertisements are prominent on the gable end. They are for Merrols Butterscotch Bon-Bons, Daz Detergent (two of the same), Anglo XL Chewing gum (four a penny). A poster advertises Leeds Ideal Homes Exhibition, commencing 8th September. Other posters are for the Newton Picture Palace (which closes on the 3rd of September), and the Ilkley Show.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNiMjNjYzA2LWQ1MmUtNDRjOS05YTJiLTFiZGNkYjg1ZjlhYjphNDhiNTQ0MS1kN2M5LTQ4NmUtYjg2NC0wNGMwZjk3NDA3ZTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Harehills in the 1950s
A view looking south-east on Bayswater Avenue from Gledhow Road in September 1953. Advertisements are prominent on the gable end. They are for Merrols Butterscotch Bon-Bons, Daz Detergent (two of the same), Anglo XL Chewing gum (four a penny). A poster advertises Leeds Ideal Homes Exhibition, commencing 8th September. Other posters are for the Newton Picture Palace (which closes on the 3rd of September), and the Ilkley Show.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Looking west across the waste ground towards Florence Street in January 1952. The bottom of this view shows the waste ground with two children playing with a tricycle. The top shows part of several buildings including a garage at the left. You can see the top of a brick terrace house and the top of the Western cinema, with the refuse destructor chimney in the distance. To the right an advertising hoarding covers the gable end of another brick building.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY3MGQ5MzliLWMyYTctNDg0MC05NjU1LTEzNTk4ZmUwNTk1Mzo1ZTFjNTkwZS1lZDUzLTQ1M2QtYTU1YS0yYWEzYTJkYWY0Yjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Harehills in the 1950s
Looking west across the waste ground towards Florence Street in January 1952. The bottom of this view shows the waste ground with two children playing with a tricycle. The top shows part of several buildings including a garage at the left. You can see the top of a brick terrace house and the top of the Western cinema, with the refuse destructor chimney in the distance. To the right an advertising hoarding covers the gable end of another brick building.Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Easterly Road from the junction with Roundhay Road in July 1950. Tram tracks run in the central reservation; this is the Harehills terminus. Two trams can be seen, in the front ex-Hull no.455 on route 4 to Kirkstall Abbey, and at the back Horsfield tram no.232.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU0MTgyNDZlLTlkMjEtNGJjYi05Mzg5LWI3ZmYyNmY0ZDQ0Nzo3OGUzZDhmNi02ODYwLTRmMjktODk1Ni1mMGFmZTJlNWNjN2U=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Harehills in the 1950s
Easterly Road from the junction with Roundhay Road in July 1950. Tram tracks run in the central reservation; this is the Harehills terminus. Two trams can be seen, in the front ex-Hull no.455 on route 4 to Kirkstall Abbey, and at the back Horsfield tram no.232.Photo: Tramway Museum Society
![Share your memories of Harehills in the 1950s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU2NWZhNDhhLTE0NjMtNGEwMS05NzZiLWU5ZjZhYTMyNWJiYjoxNDhiZDczYS0zMjk3LTQxZTgtYjU1Mi1kYjUxNTJhYjM5YjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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Share your memories of Harehills in the 1950s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPNPhoto: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net