All aspects of community are featured in this gallery of memories – from schools and shops, through to pubs, places of worship, local factories and well-travelled streets. The images are 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: 24 ace photos take you back to Armley in the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? L;OVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Armley in the 1960s
Armley Road at the junction with Picton Street in February 1964. The two shops fronting onto Armley Road are Atkinsons and a newsagents, the business of W. & M. Pickering. The faded sign on the wall gives the name of the previous proprietor, Arthur H. Moorhouse listed in the 1955 Barrett City of Leeds Directory. A Morris traveller is parked on Halifax Place, far left. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
8. Armley in the 1960s
The Barleycorn Hotel on Town Street pictured in July 1960. It closed in 2007. On the right edge of the photo, the premises of G. Bretherick and Sons, funeral directors, is just visible. | West Yorkshire Archivce Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archivce Service
9. Armley in the 1960s
A greengrocers shop at the corner of Armley Road and Picton Place in February 1964. A very old faded sign has the name H. Laxton, fish, rabbit and poultry salesman. Hargrave Laxton was listed in Kelly's Directory of Leeds for 1947. This shop had been a greengrocers for many years. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
10. Armley in the 1960s
Two off licences located side by side on Canal Road in February 1964. On the left is Herbert Steeles and then William Toft's. Far left, part of Pickering Street can be glimpsed and Delph Hill is on the right. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
11. Armley in the 1960s
Grocers between Abbott Street and Abbott Road facing Armley Road in February 1968. the shop sells cigarettes, sweets, frozen food, nylon and haberdashery. In front of the shop a van is parked with a man walking past in overalls. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
12. Armley in the 1960s
Three double fronted back-to-back terraced houses on Elsworth Terrace pictured in February 1968. The left is the original yard built to house shared outdoor toilets before the advent of indoor plumbing. On the right is Parliament Road. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service