November 1973 and plans were unveiled to turn the former Star and Garter pub in Leeds city centre into an amusement arcade.placeholder image
November 1973 and plans were unveiled to turn the former Star and Garter pub in Leeds city centre into an amusement arcade. | YPN

19 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1973

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 1st Nov 2021, 04:45 GMT
Updated 1st Nov 2021, 07:56 GMT

This wonderful photo of a police officer helping children cross the road in Leeds kicks off this photo gallery of memories from 1973.

PC Gerald Fenton, one of the Chapeltown community officers, is pictured helping take children over a pedestrian crossing in the summer of 1973. This was a year which featured children at a high school banned from using the on-site swimming pool owing to floating debris and plans revealed to turn a well-known former city centre pub into an amusement arcade. READ MORE: 17 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1971 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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