Thousands of motorists drive past this west Leeds landmark every day. And in the early 1970s the reservoir which runs parallel to the ring road at Farnley and Pudsey Road was being developed. The photo is one of 10 intriguing images which make up a gallery of memories charting the decade in the life of Farnley and its residents. Other stand-out memories featured in the collection include a local thoroughfare described in the book 'When the Streets Were Lit by Gas' by Philip Croft Tordoff as a 'little lane just off the main road at Farnley'. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks
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7. Farnley in the 1970s
Terraced housing on Newton Square, numbered 1 to 8 from right, including both odd and even numbers. Several properties are boarded up with the houses due for demolition shortly, but the presence of clothes hanging on the communal washing line in front would indicate that some of them are still occupied here. Pictured in March 1973. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Farnley in the 1970s
Ashfield in November 1972. On the left of this view are two houses with glazed porches. These are numbers 6 and 7 Ashfield, both are through properties which opened onto Whitehall Road. Moving right are numbers 8, 9 and 10. These properties are back-to-back. Women stand at the doorways of numbers 8 and 10. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
9. Farnley in the 1970s
February 1970 and residents of the 'Mad Mile' area read a new warning notice put up by Leeds City Police at the junction of Whincover Drive and Farnley Ring Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Farnley in the 1970s
The old gas lamps frame the cottages at Playground in 1974. | YPN Photo: YPN