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
19. Quarry Hill Flats
October 1936. Inside the slab factory set up on the site of Quarry Hill flats to construct concrete slabs used to build the flats. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
20. Quarry Hill Flats
1939. Bedroom furnished with wardrobe, chest of drawers and bed. The bed is covered with a satin eiderdown for warmth. An electric fire is fitted into the corner. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
21. Quarry Hill Flats
A view looking through a broken window in one block of Quarry Hill Flats,possibly Moynihan House, towards another block (York House). The flats were in the process of demolition at the time. | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Quarry Hill Flats
The steel framework for the construction of Quarry Hill Flats in October 1936. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
23. Quarry Hill Flats
Elevated view looking south-east down New York Road towards Quarry Hill Flats in June 1952. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
24. Quarry Hill Flats
A view from the inner courtyard in June 1967. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net