Music fans flocked to Vallances on New Market Street to meet pop group The Bachelors. They had flown into Leeds Bradford Airport from Blackpool where they had been performing for the summer season on the Central Pier. A crowd of several hundred fans came to see them on their visit to the city centre and there were four police constables on duty. This was 1964, a year which also saw department store Schofields staged a zoo exhibition to attract families. Elsewhere demolition work of the Royal Exchange Buildings on Park Row was well underway and Leeds United and its supporters were celebrating trophy success. Enjoy these 17 photo memories charting a year in the life of your city. The images are a mix from the West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
7. Leeds in 1964
April 1964 and Leeds United footballers are pictured in a recording studio with Ronnie Hilton. Their record, the Leeds Calypso, was later released as a single. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
8. Leeds in 1964
Park Row looking from in front of the Queen's Hotel in Wellington Street, near the junction with Boar Lane in May/June 1964 Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds in 1964
A view from Wellington Street into the British Railways Goods Yard. On the left is the junction with Northern Street. There are goods sheds on either side of the yard and a hoist in the background. The small building on the right is number 37 Wellington Street. These buildings were all part of the Central Station complex on a site between Whitehall Road and Wellington Street. This later became the site of the Royal Mail Headquarters and Aireside Retail Park. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds in 1964
Wellington Street in May/June 1964. In 1906 number 29, left, was the London & North-Western Railway Goods Offices & Depots. The sign reads 'British Railways Goods'. Below there are travel posters for Belfast and Fort William. A Leeds Directory for 1959/60 lists number 29 as the British Railways Staff Canteen. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds in 1964
A view from the grounds of Mill Hill Chapel in Park Row across Wellington Street to the Queen Hotel in May/June 1964. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds in 1964
A view from land in the process of being cleared, the former site of old red brick terraced streets in Mabgate. These included Lyndhurst Street, Old Hall Street and Gibson Street. Later Agnes Stewart C. of E. High School was built on the site. Across the centre of the image is St. Mary's Lane and part of St. Mary's Church can be seen at the left edge. At the right edge Cromwell Heights, high rise flats, are visible. Between the church and the flats New Church Place was once situated. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net