Retro

Old pictures and video, charting Leeds’ intriguing history down the decades with rare images plucked from Yorkshire Evening Post’s archives.

Enjoy these photos showcasing life in Leeds city centre during the 1960s. PICS: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Fascinating photos of Leeds city centre during the 1960s

Leeds statues and sculptures you may not know about.

Leeds statues and sculptures you may not know about

The story of how Leeds Supertram hit the buffers.

How the Leeds Supertram dream hit the buffers

Think you know the Corn Exchange? Think again.

Seven things you never knew about the Corn Exchange

The Meanwood Institute on Green Road pictured in March 1966. This had been number 42 until recent renumbering of the even numbered side of the street made it number 92.

Meanwood in the 1960s: Photo gems capture spirit of city suburb

Windsor Court pictured in March 1983.

Lost photos take you back to Morley in the 1980s

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

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

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

Dancers at a Speed Queen club night in 2006 - famous for its funky house and fondly remembered by those who dared to be different. Did you enjoy many a Saturday night here?

20 photos to take you back to nights out in Leeds in the Noughties

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

Trams at the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate in Leeds city centre

New book reveals unseen history of Yorkshire in the 1930s

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

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

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

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

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

19 of the best photos take you back to 1985

16 nostalgic photos show how Wakefield has changed over 100 years

McConnell's wine bar on Briggate in March 1959.

Memories of 1959, a year of change for the city

The Shambles looking towards the Market Place in 1977.

Wonderful photos take you back to Wetherby in the 1970s

A fire engine and crew at work to extinguish the blaze which spread through the Town Hall in August 1961 after starting in Albert Mills behind.

Look back at these photos of Morley in 1961

Park Square and Park Square North, numbers 35 to 45, in December 1937.

Inspiring photos take you back to the city centre in 1937

A legacy carved into the city’s history - featuring Victorian circus icon Pablo Fanque (left), the unveiling of David Oluwale’s civic plaque (top right), trailblazing educator Gertrude Paul (middle right), and the Chapeltown memorial plaque for Cllr Norma Hutchinson (bottom right)

5 historic Black figures who changed Leeds history

A young girl stands in the doorway of a house on Bagnall Street in December 1960. The row of back-to-back terraced houses separated between numbers 27 and 29 by a yard housing shared outside toilets.

Look back at these photos of Hunslet in 1960

John Cook tries to open his landing window.

Why a resident returned home to discover he couldn't open his window

Miners are pictured circa 1950s collecting their wage tally from the first window, allowing them to draw their wages from the second window.

The story of a suburb's links with king coal

Kathryn Lees pictured in March 1984 with one of the doomed gas lamps.

The fight to save four flickering relics of the Victorian age

The upper precinct of the Seacroft Shopping Centre in October 1965. In the background is a 17-storey block of flats.

Look back at these lost photos of Seacroft in the 1960s

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