The Star & Garter on Bridge Road became legendary for live music seven nights a week during the 1960s. This photo puts the pub in focus three decades earlier to kick off a mini-gallery of memories celebrating life around Kirkstall in the 1930s. Other LS5 landmarks in focus include the public library and police station as well as Kirkstall Hill, Vesper Road and Spen Lane. The images 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: Photo gems take you down Kirkstall Road in the 1960s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Kirkstall in the 1930s
The Star and Garter Hotel on Bridge Road pictured in July 1938. The name comes from the Order of the Garter of which the star is part of the insignia. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Kirkstall in the 1930s
Green Brothers motor engineers on Commercial Road pictured in April 1937. Shows petrol kiosk with pumps to front and workshops accessible via mud track. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Kirkstall in the 1930s
View looking across Morris Lane from the bottom of Kirkstall Hill, at the junction with Kirkstall Lane in May 1935. Number 1 Kirkstall Hill is home of Allan Lye, forgeman. Number 3 is a boot and shoe repair shop, business of John Arthur Stammers. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Kirkstall in the 1930s
Randerson Brothers, motor engineers on Commercial Road and Watson Place pictured in April 1937. The George Hotel can be seen on the right. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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