The city's high rise tower blocks are very much part of the fabric and heritage of Leeds and have been home to generations of dwellers. These rarely-seen photos taken from the YEP archive provide a snapshot of life and aim to spark memories for former residents. Is your tower block featured? READ MORE: The rise and fall of Hunslet's Leek Street flats | The rocky road that took Leeds more than 40 years to finish LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

25. Bramley
Joan Witt, one of a number of volunteer vandal-watchers, outside Gamble Hill Grange flats. "There will be no need to take the law into our own hands," she said. "We will simply nip trouble in the bud." | YPN Photo: YPN

26. Wortley
This is Clyde Court flats pictured in May 1989. "People come home and shut the door" said one resident. "There are no gardens and on the only place you see people is in the lift." | YPN Photo: YPN

27. Lincoln Green
The modern blocks of flats and maisonettes of the Lincoln Green estate viewed beneath the japped curtain of a derelict building. | YPN Photo: YPN

28. Seacroft
This is Anthony Lyons was unhappy after waiting eight months for repiars to his flat at The Highways in August 1984. | YPN Photo: YPN

29. Seacroft
This interestingly-angled shot sets a puzzle in perspective. It was taken from ground level at Parkway Towers in October 1968. | Irving Crawford Photo: Irving Crawford

30. Little London
The new overshadows the old in Oatlands Lane. Pictured in September 1968. | YPN Photo: YPN

