The images provide a fascinating glimpse into how a city celebrated during the decade. The photos bring together city centre shopping and Christmas lights, as well as concerts and nativity scenes. They are a mix from the YEP archive and others 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: The babies born on Christmas Day in Leeds during the 1990s and 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![A group of children enjoying a Christmas party in Bramley around 1952.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA4MDMyZjY3LWQ4NzYtNDQ2Zi1hNzYxLTgyMjg1YTE5ZjYyMjplNTU3NDRiNi01NGVjLTRjNzAtOTJkYi02OTU0ZWYzODc2Nzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Christmas in Leeds
A group of children enjoying a Christmas party in Bramley around 1952. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Windows and Christmas decorations are in the window of Bendix, Self Service Laundrette, in December 1958.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU3M2JjYmY0LWQwYTItNGQ4Yi1hODliLWExZmQ4M2U5NDQwYToyMjBhYTlhZC0xZWE0LTRhZTQtOWYzOC1mNTAzZWQxMzFlNDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Christmas in Leeds
Windows and Christmas decorations are in the window of Bendix, Self Service Laundrette, in December 1958. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![A group of adults and children pose for a photograph during a Christmas party at Bramley. The ceiling is decorated with balloons.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY3MWNlY2YxLTExYzAtNDcwOC05YzM3LTZhY2ZkNzRjNWE2ODpkYjBkNDFlMy1iNmZjLTRhYjItOTQ0OS1kMGQ5Mzc5NjA3Yzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Christmas in Leeds
A group of adults and children pose for a photograph during a Christmas party at Bramley. The ceiling is decorated with balloons. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![The Christmas party in the canteen of the Barnbow Munitions Factory at Crossgates in Dece,mber 1953. Workers were entertained by the Jack Mann band.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRiYjk1ZDdjLWM0ODItNDNmOS1hNGZiLWUxMGM1YmE5ZDUyNTphOGQxNWU1Ni01OTM0LTRiZjAtODAyNC1iYzg3NGE4OTYyZDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Christmas in Leeds
The Christmas party in the canteen of the Barnbow Munitions Factory at Crossgates in Dece,mber 1953. Workers were entertained by the Jack Mann band. Photo: YPN
![The Grammar School Choir pictured at Christmas in December 1955.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQwYzNiZDNjLWQ2MzAtNGY0Mi05ZjIxLWU5YmU5YzEzMGNiNDoyNzg1MzA5Zi0yODRkLTQ2YTctOGM1ZS00NzZmMWZjZDFkZTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Christmas in Leeds
The Grammar School Choir pictured at Christmas in December 1955. Photo: YPN
![The Christmas Crib at Leeds Town Hall in December 1959.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhiOTU2Y2EzLTdhNGQtNDAxYS05NTUxLWVhYjI0ZmFhZTM3ZTpkMTE4MmYzZS02ZDBhLTQ5YmQtOGY1Mi1mOGI2YTczODI1MDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)