The no-nonsense message was issued by West Yorkshire Police after this slogan was found daubed on a bridge over the M1 northbound carriageway at Stourton. This was Leeds in 1972 which also featured an emotional return to Kirkgate Market for a former trader who started to earn his living when he was eight - selling fruit and flowers from a basket. Enjoy these photo memories charting a year in the life of your city. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1971 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The Hofbrau House by the Merrion Centre was popular for a night out.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTc2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The Cricketers Arms at Seacroft in July 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTc3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![A block of four back-to-back properties on Primrose Place in Hunslet pictured in February 1972. On the end of the row are outside toilets. On the right edge, Burton Row is just visible.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTc4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Leeds in 1972
A block of four back-to-back properties on Primrose Place in Hunslet pictured in February 1972. On the end of the row are outside toilets. On the right edge, Burton Row is just visible. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Firefighters battle a blaze behind the Scarborough Public House in June 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTc5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Leeds in 1972
Firefighters battle a blaze behind the Scarborough Public House in June 1972.
![High rise living came to LS11 with the opening of Cottingley Heights in April 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTgw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Leeds in 1972
High rise living came to LS11 with the opening of Cottingley Heights in April 1972.
![Did you shop here back in the day? The front of Vallances department store at the Corn Exchange in November 1972.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzEzMTgx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Leeds in 1972
Did you shop here back in the day? The front of Vallances department store at the Corn Exchange in November 1972.