They feature a series of landmarks in the community ranging from Beeston Working Men's Club through to Cross Flatts Park during a decade of change for LS11 and its residents. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 40 photo gems of Leeds city centre from the 1940s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

7. Beeston in the 1940s
Two young girls are sat in front of a garage looking at the camera on Town Street in July 1947. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

8. Beeston in the 1940s
W. Watson newsagents on Town Street by the junction with Silver Street in August 1942. A boy in the foreground looks at the camera. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

9. Beeston in the 1940s
Stank Hall Barn on Dewsbury Road in December 1949. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

10. Beeston in the 1940s
Excavations in Cross Flatts Park in November 1942. A workman stands in the large hole, where the front of a digger is visible. On the rim of the hole are members of the public and a parked car. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

11. Beeston in the 1940s
A view from View from Wesley Street showing Beeston Working Men's Club on Silver Street in October 1949. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

12. Beeston in the 1940s
"Ainsworth's Hut" in the rear garden of Southleigh Road in April 1944. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net


