It was the year your city welcomed home prisoners of war who had experienced the horrors of conflict. Leeds Town Hall hosted a lunch party for more than 100 prisoners who had been repatriated. They were joined by their families at the event which was sponsored by the Yorkshire Evening News who organised a POW club. This was 1943 and main photo is one of 12 charting life around Leeds city centre during the year. Memories from the city’s Youth Week are also featured as well as a range of familiar landmarks and thoroughfares including Call Lane, Boar Lane, Infirmary Street, Park Row, Kirkgate and The Headrow. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive 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: Reliable photos take you back to Leeds city centre in 1949 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Leeds city centre
The Duchess of Kent (Princess Marina) taking the salute at a march past of youth organisations on The Headrow in November 1943. The Duchess is to the front of the podium on the left, which had been put up on the steps of Leeds Town Hall. The Lord Mayor is Miss J.B. Kitson. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net