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City Square, original construction

1897. View showing City Square being laid out, taken from the roof of the old Post Office building on Park Row. City Square was first conceived of after Leeds was given City statu...

Central Library, Library of Commerce, Science and Technology

Undated. View shows the Commercial and Technical Library when situated in the Tiled Hall on the ground floor of the Central Library. It was possibly taken around the time of the o...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1967. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library situated in the Municipal Buildings. This is the main reading room area where the centre space is occupied...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1963. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library, situated in the Municipal Buildings. Tables are crowded with people studying. The entrance to the departm...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1963. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library in the Municipal Buildings. This room to the side of the main reference space appears to have been the cou...

Leeds Bradford Airport, hangar

October 1966. View of Leeds Bradford Airport showing a hangar with several aeroplanes outside. Yeadon Airport, as it is commonly known, was opened as Yeadon Aerodrome in October 1...

Seamer Street, family group

January 1957. Image shows a famly group posing for the camera outside number 2 Seamer Street. Seamer Street was a row of red brick terraced homes located between Delph Hill and Ar...

Stanningley and Farsley Carnival, horse-drawn carriage

Undated. View shows a decorated horse-drawn carriage at the Stanningley and Farsley Carnival, carrying what may be the Carnival Queen and her attendants. This popular event organi...

Stanningley and Farsley Carnival, horse-drawn float

Undated. View shows a decorated horse-drawn float at the Stanningley and Farsley Carnival, dating from the early part of the 20th century when this was a popular annual event prom...

Lower Town Street, looking south-east

Undated. Looking south-east along Lower Town Street from Upper Town Street. The junction with Waterloo Lane is on the left, with banks on either side : the Midland Bank (possibly ...

Houghley Lane, The Cottages

Undated. View shows a row of cottages on Houghley Lane. Those in the centre are named Hazeldene (left) and Tudorholme (right) while on the right of the row is St. Bede's Vicarage...

Lower Town Street, Stocks Hill

Undated. Looking north along Lower Town Street with Stocks Hill on the left, taken around the beginning of the 20th century but no earlier than 1905, as tramlines and a tram stop ...

Lower Town Street, Stocks Hill

Undated. Looking south along Lower Town Street with Stocks Hill on the right. Tramlines on the road indicate a date of 1905 or later, after trams were first introduced to Bramley ...

Stanningley Road, junction with Elder Road

Undated. View of Stanningley Road showing the junction with Elder Road in the centre. The Ebenezer Methodist Chapel is on the left.

Town Street, Carnival Parade

4th May 1907. View shows the Bramley Carnival Parade travelling along Town Street. Participants in horse-drawn carriages include the May Queen and assisants in the front carriage....

Upper Town Street, parade

Undated. Old view of Upper Town Street showing a parade going past. This is possibly a Whitsuntide parade as many children are taking part wearing their best clothes, with girls i...

Hough Lane, looking north-east

Undated. Looking north-east along Hough Lane showing Bramley St. Peter's C of E Primary School on the right. Further along are Bramley Branch Library, terraced housing on St. Pete...

Bramley Carnival, Maypole Dancing

Undated. View shows a group of children taking part in Maypole dancing at a Bramley Carnival some time around the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Many schools took part in this...

Bramley Carnival, Town Street

Undated. View shows crowds gathered in Town Street for Bramley Carnival around the late 19th or early 20th century. This had been a regular event in the calendar of the time but w...

Bramley Carnival, fairground

Undated. View shows fairground swings at a Bramley carnival sometime around the late 19th or early 20th century. The carnival was a regular event at the time, having first been he...

Bramley Carnival, float

Undated. Image taken at a Bramley Carnival around the late 19th or early 20th century. A horse-drawn decorated float by Oliver Hudson and Son of Pudsey, manufacturers of wholesale...

Bramley Carnival, procession

Undated. Image taken at a Bramley Carnival around the late 19th or early 20th century. Decorated horses are led along Town Street as part of a procession also including horse-draw...

Bramley Carnival, procession

Undated. View shows crowds lining the streets of Bramley to watch the Carnival procession go past. The parade is travelling along Elder Road by the junctions with Bramley Terrace ...

Bramley Carnival, procession

Undated. View shows crowds lined along Town Street watching the Bramley Carnival procession go past. The street is decorated for the Carnival, a popular event in the town since it...

Bramley Carnival, procession

Undated. View shows a decorated horse-drawn carriage taking part in the procession at Bramley Carnival, watched by crowds gathered along Town Street. The first official Bramley Ca...

Burley Church of England School, Class Photograph

1954/55. View of the children of Miss Ward's class at Burley Church of England School, c1954 to 1955. The pupils are named as follows: Top row, from left to right, 1.)Alan Swaby ...

Eastgate, looking north-east

c28th November 1966. Looking north-east along Eastgate towards New York Road with construction work taking place at the Lady Beck covering in the foreground. The building just vis...

Eastgate, looking north-east

c28th November 1966. View looking north-east along Eastgate showing the Employment Exchange on the left and part of Quarry Hill Flats on the right. Construction work is taking pla...

Blenheim Walk, Blenheim School

21st July 1966. View of Blenheim Walk showing Blenheim School. This had previously been the Leeds School for the Deaf and Blind. The site is now taken up by Leeds College of Art a...

Maude Terrace, from Ayrton Street

31st December 1965. Looking along Maude Terrace from Ayrton Street, off Tong Road. Houses numbered 1 to 7 are on the left and 2 to 8 on the right. These form back-to-backs with Eb...

Sheepscar Beck, Buslingthorpe Green Bridge

Undated. Image showing Buslingthorpe Green footbridge over Sheepscar Beck. The view looks upstream in a north-westerly direction.

Sheepscar Beck, Buslingthorpe Green Bridge

Undated. Image showing Buslinthorpe Green footbridge over Sheepscar Beck. The view looks downstream in a south-easterly direction.

Hol Beck, Water Lane, bridge

23rd November 1965. View shows one of the bridges over Hol Beck alongside Water Lane.

Low Beck, Holbeck Lane, bridge

23rd November 1965. View shows a footbridge over Low Beck by Holbeck Lane. Low Beck is a continuation of Hol Beck. In the background are the premises of C.H. Worthington Ltd., bui...

Globe Road, bridge over Hol Beck

23rd November 1965. View shows the Globe Road bridge over Hol Beck, seen in the centre of the photo. Water Lane is to the left. Among buildings in the background is the Hide and S...

Lincoln Green Shopping Centre, by night

Undated. Night-time view of Lincoln Green Shopping Centre, taken around the 1960s. The centre was opened in 1962 by actress Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street).

Folly Lane, Good Physician Church of England Mission Room and no.10

29th November 1966. View shows the north side of Folly Lane. In the centre is the Good Physician Church of England Mission Room. On the right is no.10 Folly Lane.

Folly Lane, Good Physician Church of England Mission Room

29th November 1966. View shows the Good Physician Church of England Mission Room on Folly Lane.

Otley Road, nos.265-267

2nd June 1966. View shows the West Park branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., situated at nos.265-267 Otley Road by the junction with Spen Road.

Hollin Drive, bridge

5th November 1965. View looking towards semi-detached houses on Hollin Drive from footbridge over Meanwood Beck.

Gaiety Kinema, Roundhay Road

18th May 1966. View shows the Gaiety Kinema on Roundhay Road by the junction with Gathorne Terrace. The cinema had closed on 22nd February 1958 and is seen here with its entrance ...

Roundhay Road, shops under construction

25th July 1966. View of Roundhay Road from the junction with Oakwell Mount, showing a row of shops under construction.

Roundhay Park, Mansion

14th June 1966. View of the Mansion in Roundhay Park, seen from the east.

Wade Lane, Merrion Hotel

18th January 1966. View of Wade Lane showing the Merrion Hotel. The hotel was new at the time, having been opened by the Duke of Devonshire on 12th January 1966. Shop units on the...

Roundhay Park, Mansion

14th June 1966. View of the Mansion in Roundhay Park, seen from the west.

Marlborough Towers, Duncombe Street

17th March 1966. View shows Marlborough Towers, a high-rise block of flats situated in Duncombe Street, taken in the year of its completion, 1966. The flats rise to a height of 47...

Garden Street, from Marsh Lane roundabout

21st June 1966. View looking towards Garden Street from the roundabout at the junction of Marsh Lane, Duke Street (in foreground), Kirkgate and East Street. Businesses on Garden S...

Infirmary Street, Post Office House

16th August 1966. View of Infirmary Street showing Post Office House, home to Lombard Banking Ltd. and Northern Rock Building Society, among others.

Bond Street, nos.26-27

15th November 1966. View of Bond Street showing nos.26-27, the premises of B.S. Matthews, Kell & Co. Ltd., typewriters, stationers, office equipment and supplies.

Trinity Street, from Commercial Street

1st June 1966. View looking along Trinity Street from the junction with Commercial Street. Barratt's shoe shop is on the left, in the same position it still occupies today (2011)....