The photos turn back the clock to in the 1940s and bring into focus Holbeck Liberal Club and the Mechanics Institute as well as factories, familiar streets and Hol Beck, a stream running from the south-west into the River Aire. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: Watch - Secrets of Leeds Queens Hotel revealed including hidden tunnel LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Holbeck in the 1940s
Wasteground in the Isle Lane area, showing the rail viaduct in the background. On the left a high brick wall is shored up with wooden struts. On the right a Nissen hut and a car can be seen. Pictured in November 1949. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Holbeck in the 1940s
View looking south shows a disused culvert by Mill Green Goit. Various wooden buildings in a state of disrepair are in the foreground. Horses are in a field on the right. Pictured in October 1940. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Holbeck in the 1940s
Workmen finishing foundations of extension for R W Crabtree & Sons at Water Lane in March 1945. Hol Beck runs at the side of the factory and under the new foundations. A small bridge from Water Lane over Hol Beck to the factory is in the background. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net