Enjoy these photo memories of Hunslet in the 1950s. PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.netEnjoy these photo memories of Hunslet in the 1950s. PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
Enjoy these photo memories of Hunslet in the 1950s. PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Evocative photos celebrate life in Hunslet during the 1950s

These wonderfully evocative photos bring to life a decade of memories in Hunslet.

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They rewind to the 1950s and feature together rows and rows of back to backs on streets generations of people called home as well as landmarks, shops and pubs from a decade of change. They are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Photo memories chart rise and fall of Hunslet's Leek Street Flats LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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