They take you around the city during the decade but can you add a specific date to any of the wonderful photos which provide a fascinating glimpse into life around Leeds?
Suburbs in focus include Headingley and Hunslet as well as Otley, Morley and Chapeltown as well as Leeds city centre. The images are a mix from the YEP archive, David Atkinson Archive, West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Leeds in the 1970s – What it was like growing up in the decade of strikes and flares LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

19. Leeds circa 1970s
Dewsbury Road showing two blocks of high-rise flats, Crescent Grange (left) and Crescent Towers, built in 1969 at a height of 47 metres. Houses on Dewsbury Road and Moor Crescent Chase are on the left, then in the centre is the New Channing W.M. Club. St. Peter's C of E Church is visible in the background on the right. In the foreground is a slip road linking Dewsbury Road to the M1 Motorway (now designated the M621 at this point). Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

20. Leeds circa 1970s
Shops on Commercial Street in Rothwell. On the far right can be seen the entrance to Gas Works Yard, and shops are, from left, William Denton & Sons, estate agents at number 50, also with an office of Halifax Building Society, then Susan Jayne Boutique at 52, and the premises of M.Green, sweet shop, an number 54. Beyond that can be seen the turning into Meynell Avenue, and a new building housing more shops at numbers 60-62. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


