It was a decade which saw a Kirkstall landmark come crashing down. The cooling towers of Kirkstall Power Station were demolished in the 1970s and with it decades of hard work, toil and memories. This wonderful colour photo is one of 12 charting the decade of life around Kirkstall. Other landmarks in focus include Grandways supermarket, work on Kirkstall Local Centre and the George IV pub on Commercial Road. The images are a mix from Leeds Museums Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. 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. Kirkstall in the 1970s
Terraced housing on Milton Terrace, some two storey and some three storey, running from no.21 on the right to no.1 near the centre by the junction with Church Street. Houses numbered 23-31 Church Street can be seen from the left. Pictured in July 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Kirkstall in the 1970s
Looking from Church Street to Kirkstall Lane, where the Kirkstall District Centre and Grandways supermarket are in the process of being built. Terraced housing on Milton Terrace can be seen on the left. Pictured in July 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Kirkstall in the 1970s
Commercial Road showing, on the left, the George IV pub at no.59, and on the right, no.71, formerly the Midland Bank. Pictured in December 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Kirkstall in the 1970s
A view of Commercial Road from an area of wasteland adjacent to No.71. No.56 is J.Burrows Ltd, Wholesale Clothiers, who also had a factory on Sheepscar Street North. The building on the right is No.52. Free standing advertising hoarding can be seen at either side of the wasteland. Pictured in December 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Kirkstall in the 1970s
View of No.52 Commercial Road seen from an area of wasteland adjacent to No.71, which is partially visible on the left. The George IV pub can just be seen on the right. Across the road to the left is the works of J.Burrows Ltd, wholesale clothiers. Pictured in December 1979. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Kirkstall in the 1970s
A view of Kirkstall Power Station showing the final stages of the demolition of one of the two cooling towers in April 1979. The second one was soon to follow. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net