This mini-gallery of memories charts a decade in the life of Middleton and its residents. The photos turn the spotlight on the south Leeds suburb in the 1970s and are sure to resonate with a generation of people who called Middleton home back in the day. Shops and life at school are in focus as well as local landmarks at the heart of the community. The photos are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service, which collects and looks after the unique documentary heritage of the region dating from the 12th century to the present day - more than 800 years of local history. It also runs Catablogue, an online blog dedicated to preserving the past, serving the present and protecting the future. 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. Middleton in the 1970s
Members of the Middleton Railway Trust with a Peckett 1941 0.4.0 saddle tank locomotive after it had been unloaded at Middleton Broom in 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Middleton in the 1970s
Milk break at Westwood County Junior School in January 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Middleton in the 1970s
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor William Hudson, waves off a 1909 Windle 0-4-0 Burrows well tank locomotive, restored by the Middleton Light Railway, during a civic visit in October 1977. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Middleton in the 1970s
October 1979 and teachers tell children arriving with parents at Middleton Primary School to go home after an arson attack. | YPN Photo: YPN