Enjoy these photos of life on Cookridge Street through the years. PIC: YPNEnjoy these photos of life on Cookridge Street through the years. PIC: YPN
Enjoy these photos of life on Cookridge Street through the years. PIC: YPN

Changing Leeds - Life on Cookridge Street down the decades

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 29th Jun 2020, 06:00 BST

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It's the city centre street which will be familiar to most as being home to a swimming baths, theatre, cathedral and an iconic music venue down the years.

These photos plucked from the YEP archive provide a snapshot of life on Cookridge Street down the decades. It was once home to Cookridge Street Baths and the Town & Country Club and remains home to St Anne's Cathedral and Leeds Civic Theatre CHANGING LEEDS: Dark Arches | Briggate | The Headrow | Boar Lane | Vicar Lane LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Traffic lights were being put up at the junction of Cookridge Street and Woodhouse Lane.

1. January 1967

Traffic lights were being put up at the junction of Cookridge Street and Woodhouse Lane.

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Do you remember these shops on the corner of Cookridge Street and Great George Street?

2. March 1989

Do you remember these shops on the corner of Cookridge Street and Great George Street?

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This stretch of pavement at the junction of Cookridge Street and The Headrow was extended.

3. May 1975

This stretch of pavement at the junction of Cookridge Street and The Headrow was extended.

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The entrance to the Cookridge Street Baths which were also known as Oriental and General Baths.

4. 1960s

The entrance to the Cookridge Street Baths which were also known as Oriental and General Baths.

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The demolition site of the Cookridge Street Baths towards the Civic Hall and the Brotherton Wing of Leeds General Infirmary. The steps on the left were the main entrance to the baths.

5. 1960s

The demolition site of the Cookridge Street Baths towards the Civic Hall and the Brotherton Wing of Leeds General Infirmary. The steps on the left were the main entrance to the baths.

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Hidden behind this traffic sign on Cookridge Street with the junction of Great George Sttreet were traffic lights that drivers could not see.

6. March 1978

Hidden behind this traffic sign on Cookridge Street with the junction of Great George Sttreet were traffic lights that drivers could not see.

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