They showcase how the city centre and the suburbs came alive in the run up to the festive season during a decade in which must-have presents included Barbie's Dream House, easy bake oven, Wham-O Super Ball, and Hot Wheels. Singles which made it to the top of the Christmas charts featured Moon River by Danny Williams, Return To Sender by Elvis Presley and four songs by The Beatles including I Want To Hold Your Hand, Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out and Hello, Goodbye. The images are a mix from the YEP archive, West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Memorable Leeds Christmas Lights switch-on nights LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Hunslet
Leek Street in December 1960 On the left is number 13 with Christmas streamers hanging in the window. On the right is number 15 where a milk bottle awaits collection from the doorstep. A man in overalls stands by a ladder outside number 17b which appears to be undergoing exterior decoration while on the right someone peers out from the doorway of number 17a. At the end of the row is number 17, here is Endon Street. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
14. Morley
It was the custom of the Men's Class at Morley Friends' Adult School to raise some money for the upkeep of the building by going to member's houses on Christmas Day morning singing Christmas carols. Many of the houses were around the Clough Street area where a substantial number of members lived. After they changed location the new houses had to be fitted in. This photo shows the Men's Class singing outside a house on Little Fountain Street (round the back of a back-to-back) which has since been cleared in the slum clearance programme. Pictured in December 1961. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive
15. Armley
The decorated centre of Leeds Prison in December 1963. In the centre is the Christmas tree hung with make believe parcels. Bare lamp bulbs are covered with cardboard lanterns. An ingenious sputnik "mobile" is on the extreme right. | Harry Fletcher Photo: Harry Fletcher
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