They show how your city made preparations for the big day and provide a magical sleigh ride of memories for those who joined in the festivities during the decade. The gallery also turns the spotlight on the fierce blaze which devastated Kirkgate Market in the run up to Christmas in the mid-1970s. It was the biggest fire Leeds had ever seen.
7. Christmas in the 1970s
Dare he ride it? Leeds City Museum staged a Christmas Exhibition of 'Yesterday's Toys' in November 1970. Young Timothy Adamson makes a cautious assessment of a vintage tricycle Photo: YPN
8. Christmas in the 1970s
This is Hunslet's Camilla Gouarne spending Christmas alone with her dog in November 1971. Photo: YPN
9. Christmas in the 1970s
Father Christmas arrived at the Matthias Robinson store in Leeds city centre aboard a veteran fire engine in November 1972. Photo: YPN
10. Christmas in the 1970s
Father Christmas is spotted in Leeds city centre in 1979. Photo: YPN
11. Enjoyed this gallery?
Share your memories of Leeds in the 1970s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him- @AndyHutchYPN Photo: YPN