It was the decade the future of a 31ft long wall dominated debate among residents in a west Leeds suburb. Our photo shows children playing in the cul-de-sac while over the wall contractors lay out more roadway leading to a new estate. Residents in New Farnley had made a last ditch attempt to stop the wall being demolished in the mid-1970s. They had objected to a compulsory purchase order on the wall issued by Leeds Planning and Development Committee and expected a public inquiry to be called. But the situation took a dramatic turn when residents in Beechfield claimed that Barratt Developments (Leeds) Ltd, were negotiating to buy the two houses next to the wall - which would make the wall their own property. The photo is one of 11 charting life around Farnley in the 1970s. They have never been seen before having being digitised for the first time after bein g discovered in the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Armley, Wortley and Farnley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETEO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Farnley in the 1970s
April 1975 and a last ditch attempt was made by residents on Beechfield to stop a 31ft long wall being demolished. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. Farnley in the 1970s
Thed old gas lamp frames the cottages at Playground in May 1974. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Farnley in the 1970s
The remains of a 31ft long wall pictured in May 1975 which residents in New Farnley had fought to save. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Farnley in the 1970s
Old cottages off Cross Lane at New Farnley pictured in November 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Farnley in the 1970s
Long Row, an aptly named collection of terrace houses built in a hurry on a hillside around 1850 for workers at the nearby ironworks. Pictured in January 975. | YPN Photo: YPN
