Ledgard’s Place was probably named after Samuel Ledgard who took over the Nelson Hotel on Armley Road from his father in the late 1890s. He later began and ran a thriving catering service, a cattle farming business, a steam wagon haulage firm, a tour firm and bus routes. The photo is of more than 20 charting a decade of memories around Armley. It also features local landmarks and shops as well as well travelled roads and streets which now have no name. 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. 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: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Armley, Wortley and Farnley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
19. Armley in the 1950s
Far Fold in November 1957. On the left of the image are numbers 27 and 28, two through terrace houses with number 29 a large detached run down property on the right. A group of children are gathered in front of number 29 while in the foreground the grassed area of Far Fold Moor is visible. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
20. Armley in the 1950s
On the left of the image is number 76 Theaker Lane, a through terraced property with a front yard where clothes hang on a line stretched across the space. On the right a gateway gives access to numbers 70, 72 and 74 Theaker Lane at the rear. On the right a ginnel is the start of Winker Green with number 68 Theaker Lane, a triangular gable end building visible on the right. Pictured in November 1957. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
21. Armley in the 1950s
The rear of through by light terraced houses numbers 52 to 58 Theaker Lane. A lorry, reg: FET 178 is parked on the left while on the right stands a cart loaded high with scrap metal. Pictured in November 1957. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
22. Armley in the 1950s
Eyres Place in November 1957. The photo shows a row of four back-to-back terraced houses with the entrance to a shared outside toilet block visible on the right. Visible in the distance is Winker Green Mill on Eyres Mill Side. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service