A boy holds onto the reins of a horse pulling a rag and bone cart. The cart is piled with old clothes and has several balloons tied to the back. It was taken along Burmantofts Street in 1964. It is one of 22 photos featured in this wonderful gallery of memories a decade of life around Burmantofts in the 1960s. Landmarks, shops and schools as well as streets which were demolished as part of slum clearance plans are all featured. The images are a mix from West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Unseen photos chart of a golden age of Leeds pub culture LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Burmantofts in the 1960s
A boy holds onto the reins of a horse which is pulling a rag and bone cart on Burmantofts Street in 1964. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Burmantofts in the 1960s
Accommodation Road is on the left of this photo from May 1960. The school which can be seen was Primrose Hill, which was across Beckett Street. Moving right, the end of East Beckett Street can be seen, then Melrose Street. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
3. Burmantofts in the 1960s
A view over land, in the process of being cleared, to St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church between Rider Street and New York Road. Eventually, Agnes Stewart C. of E. High School was to be built on this site. Pictured in July 1964. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Burmantofts in the 1960s
On the left of this image is number 29 Museum Terrace this went through to Museum Street and was the living quarters for the owners of the off-licence which fronted onto Shakespeare Street. Pictured in March 1965. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
5. Burmantofts in the 1960s
Beckett Street, number 78 on the left is marked by the triangle at the top of the school warning sign. Moving right the numbers follow in descending order to 66, where a woman stands in the doorway. The street was named after the Beckett family, two fields belonging to William Beckett MP were purchased to create Beckett Street Cemetery in 1843. The first burial there took place in August 1845. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
6. Burmantofts in the 1960s
A corner shop on Accommodation Road in May 1960. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service