Youth Week was organised by the Yorkshire Evening News, a paper which merged with your YEP in the 1960s, and the Leeds Youth Standing Committee. The seven days featured exhibitions, a parade and finished with a grand finale in Roundhay Park. Enjoy these photos plucked from the YEP archive showcasing how a city came together. READ MORE: How Leeds helped feed a city during the Second World War | The Second World War bombing raids which brought death and terror to Leeds
1. Youth Week
Children waiting to enter the arena for the march past in September 1942. Many of them are in uniforms of the Brownies, Guides and Boys Brigade.
2. Youth Week
Dancers assembled in the Roundhay Park arena on the last day of Youth Week in September 1942. Many of the spectators are on Hill 60, which is in the background.
3. Youth Week
Major General Shiers taking the salute at the march past during Youth Week in September 1942. Demonstrations of dancing were part of the programme, dancers in costume are seen here on the right.
4. Youth Week
The grand finale of Youth Week, taking place in the arena, Roundhay Park, in September 1942.
5. Youth Week
Demonstration and exhibition by the children of Leeds in 1944. A group of boys are performing a gymnastic routine, watched by HRH Duke of Gloucester, with Lord Mayor Albert Hayes and Lady Mayoress Mrs Hayes.
6. Youth Week
June 1944. On the left is HRH, William Duke of Gloucester, in the centre Lord Mayor Albert Hayes and Lady Mayoress Mrs Hayes. They are watching a demonstration in the arena by Leeds children