They showcase a simple pleasure as a youngster - playing out with friends on the streets they called home. Streets in focus include Rosebank Grove, Westfield Crescent, Rillbank Street and Woodsley Road. These photos were all taken around Burley in 1969 by photographer Eric Jaquier, whose collection is housed on Leeds City Council photographic archive Leodis. 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 1969
A small girl on a trike chats to another little girl seated on the doorstep of number 12 Westfield Crescent. The gas lamp stands at the narrow access to Rosebank Lane where the rear of the Sunday School and Congregational Church fronting Woodsley Road are located. | Eric Jaquier Photo: Eric Jaquier

8. Burley in 1969
Rosebank Grove showing no. 32, situated at the end of a terrace, with the top of a flight of steps which lead down to Westfield Crescent just visible on the left. A young boy stands in the doorway, with a young woman just behind him reading a letter, while a smaller child can just be seen peeping out of the window and a dog is in the street outside the door. | Eric Jaquier Photo: Eric Jaquier

9. Burley in 1969
In this view of Back Rosebank Grove, a group of children playing out in the street pose smiling for the camera while a small boy and an older girl look on with uncertainty. | Eric Jaquier Photo: Eric Jaquier


