These photo gems feature sugar and spice and all things nice. They turn back the clock to celebrate the sweet shops that children spent their pocket money in through the years. They images are a pick and 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: Open All Hours - 18 photos of Leeds corner shops down the decades LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds sweet shop memories
Who remembers a sweet shop on the corner of Winchester Street in Armley? Pictured in June 1973. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Leeds sweet shop memories
Dawes newsagents and sweet shop on Willow Terrace Road in Woodhouse. Pictured in August 1960. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Leeds sweet shop memories
A newsagents and sweet shop on Delph Lane in Woodhouse. Pictured in September 1959. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Leeds sweet shop memories
Do you remember the 'Cockburn Tuck Shop'? The two windows on the left edge were part of Burton Road, a grocers and sweet shop, run by A. Gifford. Pictured in October 1967. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Leeds sweet shop memories
December 1932 and this parade of shops on Stainbeck Road in Meanwood featured a sweet shop run by Francis Annie Hall. It also sold toys, tobacco and stationary. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Leeds sweet shop memories
Do you remember the sweet shop run by M.Green on Rothwell's Commercial Street in the 1970s? Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net