A busy and bustling City Square takes centre stage in this gallery of memories charting a year in the life of your city centre in the mid-1940s. They turn back the clock to 1946 and bring into focus a range of landmarks and news stories from the year. It was a 12 months which featured a referendum voting to open cinemas on a Sunday. Familiar landmarks and street scenes in focus include City Square, Gaumont Cinema, The Headrow and New Briggate and Pack Horse Yard. The images are 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. READ MORE: 15 rarely-seen photos take you back to Leeds in the 1940s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Leeds city centre
Looking north along Lower Basinghall Street towards Bond Street in December 1946. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Leeds city centre
Timble Beck off East Street in December 1946. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Leeds city centre
A converted air raid shelter in a back yard. Barbed wire is above the wooden fence behind and a lamp post is in the background. This is likely to be just off St James Street in the grounds of a building used for this purpose. The white building is the Civic Hall on Calverley Street. The building to the left was The Coliseum. Pictured in May 1946. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net