It was the decade which saw the wrecking ball changed the face of Burley forever. Vast swaths of terraced houses around LS4 were demolished in the 1970s against a backdrop of an age of innocence - children playing out. The changes courted controversy among residents and questions from your Yorkshire Evening Post with the Burley Lodge Road improvement scheme in the spotlight. Some of the photos featured have been digitised from the YEP archive for the first time and provide a fascinating insight into the social fabric of the suburb during the decade. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Burley and Kirkstall LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Burley in the 1970s
Children playing on Burley Lodge Road in October 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Burley in the 1970s
Ethel Kay, the last resident of Cardigan Grove before the road was demolished in 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Burley in the 1970s
A view of St John's Close - part of the estate of Leeds Corporation houses and flats between Hyde Park Road and Woodsley Road in August 1974. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Burley in the 1970s
Row upon row of terraced houses across the suburb in September 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN