This bride and groom - Sharman Dearlove and Michael Shaw (on left) and five of the bridegroom's Teddy Boy friends danced in Park Square gardens after the wedding at Leeds Register Office. The five friends are, from left, Danny Gardner, Michael Allotey, Peter Shaw, Neil Higginbottom and Graham Turner. This photo is one of 14 celebrating life around Leeds in 1973. It was a year which saw parking charges introduced in the city centre for the first time on a Saturday. And motorists in Leeds were rationed to a maximum of £1.50 worth as the city and beyond became caught up in Britain's first oil price crisis. These images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 22 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1972 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
8. Leeds in 1973
Part of the shopping parade on Austhorpe Road at Cross Gates in July 1973.
9. Leeds in 1973
The Time Ball Buildings on Lower Briggate. The premises were home to John Dyson & Sons, watchmakers, repairers, and jewellers, founded in 1865. On the front of the buildings are two clocks, one of which bears the words 'John Dyson 25 & 26', with the Time Ball above. The ball would drop daily at exactly 1pm Greenwich Mean Time, until the practice stopped in 1924. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds in 1973
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was in Leeds in October 1973. She granted the Freedom of the City of Leeds to H.M.S. Ark Royal. This photo shows the ceremony at Leeds Civic Hall. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds in 1973
A telephoto shot taken from the clock tower of Morley Town Hall in June 1973. In the foreground are the trees and houses of Dawson Hill and Banks Hill, while the two mill chimneys are for two of the largest factories in Morley. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
