Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 40 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1977. READ MORE: 21 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1978 CHANGING LEEDS: Dark Arches | Briggate | The Headrow | Boar Lane | Vicar Lane LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group

1. Leeds in 1977
This is Garforth's own Carl Denver, aged nine when this photo was taken, pictured with his pet lioness Lisa. | jpimedia

2. Leeds in 1977
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor William Hudson, waves off a 1909 Windle 0-4-0 Burrows well tank locomotive, restored by the Middleton Light Railway. | jpimedia



5. Leeds in 1977
This is Claude Francois, a French singing star, who was in Leeds at Yorkshire Television Studios to film Stars on Sunday. | jpimedia

6. Leeds in 1977
There was overcrowding at Park Spring Primary School. Pictured is deputy headteacher Mr Singleton using a 12ft by 9ft medical room to teach 14 children. | jpimedia