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
7. Burley in the 1970s
November 1972 and your YEP was asking what went wrong with the Burley Lodge Road improvement scheme? | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Burley in the 1970s
Holiday books on display at Burley Library in 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Burley in the 1970s
A policeman on duty outside Royal Park Middle School which was a polling station for the local elections in May 1978. | YPN Photo: YPN
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Share your memories of Burley in the 1970s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN