Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1966. It was a year which saw the city's police helped in the fight against crime and celebrations as England won the World Cup. Is this a city you remember? READ MORE: 24 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1968 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

37. Leeds city centre
The new-look Leeds City Police car in September 1966. It boasted an illuminated sign on top and large letters on each side. | YPN Photo: YPN

38. Leeds city centre
Looking along Woodhouse Lane from The Headrow in January 1966. Lewis's Department Store is on the right . This building was sold to Allders in 1996. A no entry buses only scheme can be seen operating. This area has now been redeveloped as the pedestrian only Dortmund Square. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

39. Leeds city centre
Associated British Picture Corporation TV Offices at Permanent House on The Headrow. The company brought independent television to Yorkshire on November 3, 1956 and provided programmes for the North,. An office worker is seen at her desk in the photo. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

40. Leeds city centre
Looking along Alfred Street from Boar Lane in May 1966.. On the corners are Dunn & Co., hatters (left) and the National Provincial Bank (right). At the far end of Alfred Street are the former premises of C.W. Agencies Ltd., wholesale toys and sports goods, now advertised as 'sold' and John Whitehead and Sons Ltd., printers and lithographers. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

41. Leeds city centre
Marlborough Towers, a high-rise block of flats on Duncombe Street, taken in May 1966, the year of its completion. The flats rise to a height of 47 metres over 17 floors. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

42. Leeds city centre
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman Joshua S. Walsh, is seen being presented with a coach by the Yorkshire Regional Committee of the Variety Club of Great Britain, outside the Civic Hall in June 1966. The £1,200 11 seater minibus, equipped with safety belts on each seat, is to be used for pupils of the Hunslet Lane and Grafton Special Schools, mainly to take the children on weekend and summer holiday trips. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


