Enjoy these photo memories from around Leeds in 1975.Enjoy these photo memories from around Leeds in 1975.
Enjoy these photo memories from around Leeds in 1975.

31 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1975

Is this the Leeds you remember?
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 3rd May 2021, 06:00 BST
Updated 3rd May 2021, 07:28 BST

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Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 45 years. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1975, a year who provided doses of disappointment and despair in equal measure. Leeds United' s dream of winning the European Cup ended in Paris while the city experienced one of its biggest ever disasters after Kirkgate Market was all but destroyed by fire. READ MORE: Paris 1975 - The night Leeds United were ‘robbed’ of European Cup glory | The night Kirkgate Market was devastated by fire LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

January 1975 and Pipe Major J. Nixon of the City of Leeds Pipe Band tuning up his instrument before leading in the haggis.

7. Leeds in 1975

January 1975 and Pipe Major J. Nixon of the City of Leeds Pipe Band tuning up his instrument before leading in the haggis.

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March 1975 and pictured is Jack Beasley at his tobacconist's shop in Leeds.

8. Leeds in 1975

March 1975 and pictured is Jack Beasley at his tobacconist's shop in Leeds.

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Armley Lodge Primary School in October 1975.

9. Leeds in 1975

Armley Lodge Primary School in October 1975.

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There were damp classrooms at Park Lane College in June 1975.

10. Leeds in 1975

There were damp classrooms at Park Lane College in June 1975.

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Beaverbrooks The Jewellers in the city centre in November 1975.

11. Leeds in 1975

Beaverbrooks The Jewellers in the city centre in November 1975.

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Dame Anna Neagle and her husband Herbert Wilcox at the Grand Theatre in August 1975. Dame Anna was appearing in the title role of The Dame of Sark.

12. Leeds in 1975

Dame Anna Neagle and her husband Herbert Wilcox at the Grand Theatre in August 1975. Dame Anna was appearing in the title role of The Dame of Sark.

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