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
13. Leeds in 1964
Two women in aprons stand at the entrance to a house on Belle Vue Road in the city centre in July 1964. The rear of this property faced onto Park Lane. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
14. Leeds in 1964
St. Mary's Church, extreme left, looking across to where New Church Place once stood. St. Mary's Lane runs across from left to right. The junction in the foreground is thought to be with Gibson Street although the streets in this area were in the process of being cleared, in readiness for the building of Agnes Stewart C. of E. High School. Balconies of Cromwell Heights are visible at the right edge. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Leeds in 1964
Park Row looking across to demolition work in progress. At the left edge is the General Post Office building fronting City Square. Next to it is the junction with Infirmary Street and in the centre the Norwich Union building stands on the corner with Park Row. At this time the Royal Exchange buildings at the junction with Park Row and Boar Lane were in the process of being demolished. These buildings dated from 1875 and were replaced in 1965 by Royal Exchange House, now refurbished as the Park Plaza Hotel. On the right, is Mill Hill Chapel with part of Priestley House seen to the left of it. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Leeds in 1964
The Leeds United team arrive at the Town Hall for a civic reception in May 1964. This was to celebrate the club winning the second Division Championship Cup and the West Riding Senior Cup, the first major trophies the team had won for forty years. Thousands of supporters gathered to watch their arrival. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
17. Leeds in 1964
Construction work in process at Eccup Reservoir in June 1964. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Enjoyed this gallery?
Share your memories and feedback with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net