This charming photo captures machinists enjoying a tea break during their shift at clothing manufacturers Joseph May and son (Leeds Ltd) in September 1961. It is one of 19 photos which capture life in and around Holbeck in the 1960s with familiar streets, shop and local landmarks all featured in this trip down memory lane. It was a decade which featured construction of high rise flats take shape in the community while slum clearance plans left streets with no names. 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: Humble photos take you back to Holbeck in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Holbeck in the 1960s
Machinists enjoy a tea break at Joseph May and son (Leeds Ltd) in September 1961. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
2. Holbeck in the 1960s
Meynell Heights is under construction in the background of this view from November 1966. Gain Walk is in the foreground. This view looks from Nineveh Road. The rest of Gain Walk has already been demolished, in line with slum clearance plans which were due to include much of the Nineveh Road area of Holbeck. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
3. Holbeck in the 1960s
Back-to-back houses on Meynell Street pictured in November 1966. The name Meynell Street refers to Mrs Meynell Ingram who originally owned the land on which these houses were built. Her estate was sold in the 1890s. The name is retained in Meynell Square a housing development built after slum clearance. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
4. Holbeck in the 1960s
Bridge Road, a large building on the corner with Czar Street. Windows are smashed and certain sections have been boarded or bricked up. At the corner is a road guard and traffic cones warning of road works. Visible on the right are numbers 1 and 3 Czar Street. Pictured in November 1965. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
5. Holbeck in the 1960s
Back-to-back properties on the odd numbered side of Meynell Street, numbers run from 41 to 47 left to right with a partially demolished outside toilet block seen on the right edge. Pictured in November 1966. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Holbeck in the 1960s
On the left edge of this view, part of a grocers shop at number 2 Nineveh Avenue is visible. Numbers 1 to 5 Nineveh Mount runs to the right. These are double fronted, back-to-back houses which were included in slum clearance plans for the Holbeck area. Pictured in November 1966. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service