It was a decade which featured entertainment for the masses thanks to the opening of the Rex cinema in the heart of the community, a movie theatre which would go on to thrill film buffs for years to come. The gallery also brings into focus well-known streets such as Dewsbury Road, Old Lane and Elland Road. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 41 brilliant photos take you back to Beeston in the early 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Beeston in the 1930s
Benjamin Riley's Grocer Shop on Cardinal Road. Business had recently been extended to include right hand side double fronted shop. Pearson's Fish and Chip Shop can be seen on the left. Pictured in September 1938. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Beeston in the 1930s
This photo from February 1939 shows the Dewsbury Road running under the L.N.E.R. bridge. On its right is an advertising hoarding with a Palethorpes Sausage advert. There are several gas streetlamps visible and many multi-branched telegraph poles . A railway signals post can be seen on the line. A grass verge separates the road from a row of semi-detached brick houses. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Beeston in the 1930s
Benjamin Riley's grocers shop premises on Cardinal Road. Pearson's Fish & Chip Shop can be seen on the left. Pictured in March 1937. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Beeston in the 1930s
Lands End, a row of old cottages on Old Lane, pictured in March 1935. They were located opposite the junction with Grovehall Road and adjacent to the Sunglow preserve factory. A cobbled entrance cuts across the wide pavement and there is an outside toilet block to the left. The houses are fenced off from the pavement along Old Lane. On a later map for 1954, the cottages known as Lands End had been demolished and replaced by new housing numbered as 122-130 Old Road. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Beeston in the 1930s
Town Street in March 1930. To the left is the White Hart Yard. The Old White Hart Inn can be seen, with hanging sign, this is number 45, Landlord William Henry Louth. To the right, Wesleyan Chapel, sign outside advertising a spring fair. Next is the junction with Wesley Street then a grocer's shop, numbers 2/4, business of Harry Hall. Shop windows have goods on display, outside are galvanised iron buckets. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. Beeston in the 1930s
The side of Dewsbury Congregational Church on Dewsbury Road in February 1939. Opposite are houses on the corner of Middleton Crescent and Dewsbury Road. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net