The images provide a fascinating snapshot of life at UK's largest social housing complex down the decades. Housing 3,000 residents they were seen as a modern build at the time which included lifts, electric lighting, and a launderette. The flats were popular, encouraging a sense of community through the highly communal way of living. Yet despite being deemed ahead of their time the flats were demolished in 1978 due to their poor condition. They are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: The rise and fall of Leeds Quarry Hill Flats
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Building work in progress on the Garchey refuse station in May 1939. This was a much lauded innovation in waste disposal. But persistant problems with the system led to major breakdowns which in the end helped condemn the flats. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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This undated photo shows gardens laid out in front of the Savile Restaurant. Benches are provided for residents. Trees and shrubs soften the appearance of the flats. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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Jackson House in 1939. It has a curving wall which encompasses one of the three childrens' playgrounds. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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1943 and a lady in the kitchen demonstrates the use of the Garchey waste disposal unit in the sink. Large cover on left has been removed from disposal shaft, she is tipping down a shovel of ashes from a coal fire. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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They were the only English council flats to have lifts installed at the time. There were 78 lifts on the site. Photo taken between 1939 and 1943. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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A view through archway entrances into interior of Quarry Hill Flats complex. Possibly looking at Moynihan House, second archway York House, with Thoresby House at the other side. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net