The landmarks and locations featured in this photo gallery focusing on the 1970s will be familiar to a generation of people who called the suburb home back in the day. Streets in focus include Hunslet Road and Waterloo Road as well as landmarks such as The Garden Gate pub. They are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Photo memories chart rise and fall of Hunslet's Leek Street Flats LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Hunslet in the 1970s
Forster Street, foreground, at the junction with Hunslet Road, seen right, in May 1979. The dilapidated building with boarded windows on the third floor is Thomas Dawes & Son and has a takeaway food shop on the corner. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Hunslet in the 1970s
The East Hunslet Liberal Club on Waterloo Road in May 1979. The Garden Gate Hotel is on the left. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Hunslet in the 1970s
Enjoy these photo memories from around Hunslet in the 1970s. PIC: D. McGough Photo: D. McGough
6. Hunslet in the 1970s
The shell of Hunslet Church of England Middle School which was destroyed by fire in May 1978 Photo: YPN