Waggish photos take you back to Wortley in 1964

This wonderful gallery takes you back to a time when gifts with detergents became so notorious they almost gained cult status.

The main photo highlights washing powder at 2/- (10p) a packet in the window of a Wortley grocers in the mid-1960s. The gift on offer with every purchase was a free picture. Others at the time included plastic flowers. It is one of >14 photos charting a year in the of suburb and its residents with shops, and familiar streets all in focus. 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: Memories of loved and lost west Leeds cinemas LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

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