It is thought that the Tivoli in Miggy was the first cinema in Leeds to close for use as a bingo hall. This photo was taken just a few years after it first opened and is one of 14 photo gems showcasing life around the south Leeds suburb in the 1930s. It was a decade which saw the community building for the future with the Middleton estate taking shape while Middleton Park Golf Course officially opened. READ MORE: Beeston in the 1930s – From fish and chips to Dewsbury Road LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Middleton in the 1930s
Shops on Thorpe Lane pictured in April 1936. On the lefti s 'Futurist fisheries', fish and chip shop, proprietor Ethel Bradbury. Next, J.W. Hardaker Keeps a grocers shop. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Middleton in the 1930s
Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society store on Middleton Park Road taken from across the tramlines. The detail is not clear, but the original shows a boy struggling with groceries and a row of shops below the Co-op. Pictured in July 1939. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Middleton in the 1930s
A parade of shops with living accommodation on Sissons Avenue in August 1939. . On the left is number 28, C. Mitchell, butcher. Moving right, number 26 Willie Aldred green grocer. Next to number 24 Harry Thornton grocer. Number 22 Alfred Thompson Fish & Chips. Shoppers and children can be seen. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Middleton in the 1930s
Number 4 Sissons Road which is the business of E. Heaps, Turf Commission Agent, with Morris, Newsagents on the right. At number 2 Middleton Garage can just be seen on the junction of Middleton Park Road. Pictured in September 1936. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Middleton in the 1930s
The Middleton housing estate under construction, showing Sissons Terrace. The road is still to be completed. The view looks from what was to become John Blenkinsop School. Pictured in July 1932. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Middleton in the 1930s
Parade of shops with living accommodation in August 1939. On the left is C. Mitchell, butcher at number 28. Number 26, Willie Aldred Greengrocer, next at number 24 Harry Thornton grocer. Last on the right, number 22 Alfred Thompson Fish & Chips. A number of children are playing on the grass verge. Pictured in August 1939. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net