This wonderful collection of photos chart a year in the life of Hunslet at the dawn of a new decade. 1960 is the focus of this gallery using photos powered by West Yorkshire Archive Service. The images are sure to stir memories for a generation of people who called the south Leeds suburb home back in the day. Shops and street scenes are the main topics under the spotlight with Hunslet Road, Leek Street, Glasshouse Street, Mosdale Place and Epworth Place all under the spotlight. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Hunslet, Belle Isle, Middleton and Stourton LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Hunslet in 1960
Mosdale Place in November 1960 On the left are the rear entrances to numbers 5 to 7, through terraced houses leading onto Hunslet Road. A wooden cabinet has been abandoned outside number 6. Numbers 8 and 9 are in the centre of the image with a ginnel between leading to Mosdale Street. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
8. Hunslet in 1960
Mosdale Street in November 1960. Number 8 on the right is a through terrace housing the Leeds Permanent Building Society run by Edwin Ransden. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
9. Hunslet in 1960
Jowett Place in November 1960. This area was soon to be demolished and families relocated under a Leeds City Council slum clearance programme. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
10. Hunslet in 1960
A block of four shops on Glasshouse Street all showing signs of dereliction. On the far right is Jack Lane. Pictured in December 1960,. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
11. Hunslet in 1960
Hunslet Road in November 1960 On the left is Mosdale Street with a ginnel on the far left leading to Mosdale Place. At the corner is number 212 Hunslet Road the R. Bates ophthalmic opticians. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
12. Hunslet in 1960
Hunslet Road in November 1960 On the left is Basford Street where two vehicles are parked including a E.W. Ward, butcher's van. At number 228 is the Ernest W. Word finest quality meat purveyor., | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service