Looking east along Royal Park Road across Queens Road towards Woodhouse Moor. People can be seen getting on a number 56 bus. R.H. Williams newsagent is on the left, and Queen's Road school on right. Queen's Road School opened on September 28, 1892, built to accommodate 1,367 pupils. The name was later changed to Royal Park School. Pictured in December 1968.placeholder image
Looking east along Royal Park Road across Queens Road towards Woodhouse Moor. People can be seen getting on a number 56 bus. R.H. Williams newsagent is on the left, and Queen's Road school on right. Queen's Road School opened on September 28, 1892, built to accommodate 1,367 pupils. The name was later changed to Royal Park School. Pictured in December 1968. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Evocative photo memories of an inner city Leeds suburb in the 1960s

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 16th Apr 2024, 04:45 GMT

These wonderful photos are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Hyde Park home sweet home back in the day.

They turn back the clock to showcase the daily grind of life around the inner-city suburb in the 1960s and highlight a community at work, rest and play. Local landmarks, schools, shops and pubs well as well travelled streets are all in focus. The photos are a mix from the West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

Brick built properties on West End Terrace in August 1961. On the left are numbers 26 and 27, both with bricked up doors and windows. Moving right is a passageway leading to back entrances to shops on Woodhouse Street. Number 28 follows then number 29 which was part of Bittenden's photographers. On the first floor is a large window possibly lighting a studio.

13. Hyde Park in the 1960s

Brick built properties on West End Terrace in August 1961. On the left are numbers 26 and 27, both with bricked up doors and windows. Moving right is a passageway leading to back entrances to shops on Woodhouse Street. Number 28 follows then number 29 which was part of Bittenden's photographers. On the first floor is a large window possibly lighting a studio. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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The site of back-to-back streets demolished as part of Leeds slum clearance programme. In the foreground a line of stone setts can just be made out, this was the site of Osbourne Street. At the time of this view, the land was being used as an adventure playground. In the centre a large group of children and adults construct temporary play apparatus from planks of wood and sheets of corrugated iron. Houses on St. John's Avenue can be seen in the background to the left with premises of Harp Mill Paint and Varnish Co. Ltd. in the centre at No. 65 Woodsley Road. On the right is the Belle Vue Methodist Church.

14. Hyde Park in the 1960s

The site of back-to-back streets demolished as part of Leeds slum clearance programme. In the foreground a line of stone setts can just be made out, this was the site of Osbourne Street. At the time of this view, the land was being used as an adventure playground. In the centre a large group of children and adults construct temporary play apparatus from planks of wood and sheets of corrugated iron. Houses on St. John's Avenue can be seen in the background to the left with premises of Harp Mill Paint and Varnish Co. Ltd. in the centre at No. 65 Woodsley Road. On the right is the Belle Vue Methodist Church. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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This view looks onto the junction of Cliff Road and Cross Cliff Road. On the left edge is number 17 Cliff Road is a corner property, a former shop, S.W. White and Son Ltd, leather merchants with a residence to the right opening onto Cross Cliff Road. Pictured in August 1961.

15. Hyde Park in the 1960s

This view looks onto the junction of Cliff Road and Cross Cliff Road. On the left edge is number 17 Cliff Road is a corner property, a former shop, S.W. White and Son Ltd, leather merchants with a residence to the right opening onto Cross Cliff Road. Pictured in August 1961. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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