It was very much the end of an era as the last tram to run in Leeds signalled the end of 88 years of transport history. The city was also building for the future with high rise flats and new estates under construction. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, of a city on the up. READ MORE: Intriguing pictures show life in Leeds during the 1950s
1. Leeds in 1959
The new look in sidecars for RAC patrolmen - seen in Leeds today for the first-time in October 1959. It was a completely new design, with much more streamlining than the old-style 'box'.
2. Leeds in 1959
Men at work at Hunslet RL's Parkside ground. They were clearing the terraces at the Mother Benson's end to make the playing area bigger.
3. Leeds in 1959
The impressive looking new building of the Leeds College of Technology in April 1959.
4. Leeds in 1959
This is French test pilot and aerobatic champion Leon Biancotto at Leeds and Bradford Airport in May 1959.
5. Leeds in 1959
Harold Macmillan raises his hand to emphasise a point in his speech to a large crowd outside Leeds Town Hall in September 1959.
6. Leeds in 1959
A VKH 48 Leeds bus outside wool merchants Robinson and Fallows in November 1959.