They focus on different aspects of the festive period from carol singing and street lights through to nativity, shopping and snow scenes. The images are a mix from the YEP archive, West Yorkshire Archive Service, the David Atkinson Archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

7. Beeston
Beeston in December 1965. To the left is Folly Lane, at the corner is 125 Beeston Road. J.W.Hewitt and Sons, tailors. Moving right 127 is a greengrocers, business of R K Richardson. The delivery van belongs to the shop, on the wall above the gate are Christmas wreaths. Next, number 129 is a Spar grocers. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

8. Morley
Christmas morning carol singing on Great Northern Street by members of Morley Friends' Adult School Men's Class in December 1961. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

9. Morley
Christmas decorations at night looking south up Queen Street towards the Town Hall in December 1968. Shops are lit up on the left hand side of the road and Scatcherd Park can be seen on the right. Snow on the ground and rooftops completes this traditional-looking Christmas scene. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

10. Tingley
The cast of 'Paradise Island' a Christmas play performed by pupils of Woodkirk Secondary School on Rein Road in December 1967. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

11. Morley
A Christmas window decoration at the Yorkshire Electricity Board building on Queen Street in December 1960. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

12. Headingley
A snow-covered Richmond Mount taken at Christmas 1969. The view looks south towards Stott Road with Raven Road cutting across the middle. Odd-numbered houses are on the left and even-numbered on the right. A church seen in the far distance is possibly St. Bartholomew's at Armley. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


