Actress Pat Phoenix, known to TV fans as Elsie Tanner for the last 10 years, opened '44 Room,' a new department for women with fuller figures at the Matthias Robinson store on Briggate. "I know I have this glamorous image but like to dress to please myself" said Miss Phoenix who went on to speak of the difficulties of pleasing fans, critics and herself when she bought clothes. "For quite some time I was a 44in hip. It was hard to find fashionable clothes of my figure in a fashion field which had long been neglected". This was Leeds in 1971, a year which also featured 2,000 young people enjoying an eight hour long 'spirit of Woodstock' free pop concert in a Leeds park. READ MORE: 23 Leeds schools and colleges making the news in the 1970s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Harewood
Lord and Lady Harewood at home with Neville Usher, estate agent and David Wrench house opening manager in March 1971. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
20. Wortley
The bottom of Copley Hill onto Back Wellington Row in September 1971. A large warehouse is visible to the left with two delivery vehicles belonging to Simon's Fruit, parked in the road. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Wortley
A bed and breakfast on the corner of Eveline View and Whitehall Road in September 1971. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
22. Woodlesford
The platform at Woodlesford Station in September 1971. A Class 40 diesel approaches. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Yeadon
The clock tower at Westfield Mills pictured in November 1971. Did you work here back in the day? | YPN Photo: YPN
24. Leeds city centre
This is writer Margaret Powell pictured outside the Queens Hotel in November 1971. She was in the city to help launch her latest book 'Margaret Powell's London Scene'. | YPN Photo: YPN