They capture a snapshot of time in the suburb and feature well known landmarks including Middleton Light Railway, Middleton Broom and Middleton Woods as well as street scenes and shops from back in the day. READ MORE: 20 unseen photos of Belle Isle through the years LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Middleton in the 1970s
January 1972 and milk breaks started again for seven to 11-year-olds at Westwood County Junior School in Middleton. | YPN Photo: YPN
8. Middleton in the 1970s
1972 and members of the Middleton Railway Trust are pictured with a Peckett 1941 0.4.0 saddle tank locomotive after it had been unloaded at Middleton Broom. | YPN Photo: YPN
9. Middleton in the 1970s
October 1977 and 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 during a visit to the railway. | YPN Photo: YPN
10. Middleton in the 1970s
Teachers tell children arriving with parents at Middleton Primary School to go home. The school has been the traget of arsonists in October 1979. | YPN Photo: YPN
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