Enjoy these photo memories from around Moortown in the 1970s.Enjoy these photo memories from around Moortown in the 1970s.
Enjoy these photo memories from around Moortown in the 1970s.

Moortown in the 1970s: Shops and streets in focus

Is this the Moortown you remember?
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 7th May 2022, 04:45 BST

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These photo gems, pluckjed from the YEP archive, celebrate life in the suburb during the 1970s. They showcase different aspects of a community as well as Moor Allerton before large scale retail development took hold and feature a range of news stories from back in the day. READ MORE: 14 photo memories of Leeds city centre in the 1970s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

The Co-op supermarket at Cramner Bank in December 1975.

1. Moortown in the 1970s

The Co-op supermarket at Cramner Bank in December 1975.

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Remember the two bus shelters close to each other on Stonegate Road? Pictured in March 1970.

2. Moortown in the 1970s

Remember the two bus shelters close to each other on Stonegate Road? Pictured in March 1970.

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Enjoy these photo memories of Moortown in the 1970s.

3. Moortown in the 1970s

Enjoy these photo memories of Moortown in the 1970s.

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Residents were calling for council chiefs to take action in August 1974 to repair a wall which had been gradually knocked down by vandals. "It is one of the worst acts of vandalism in Leeds," claimed one YEP reader in a letter to the paper.

4. Moortown in the 1970s

Residents were calling for council chiefs to take action in August 1974 to repair a wall which had been gradually knocked down by vandals. "It is one of the worst acts of vandalism in Leeds," claimed one YEP reader in a letter to the paper.

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A view of part of the area between King Lane and the Ring Road in July 1979.

5. Moortown in the 1970s

A view of part of the area between King Lane and the Ring Road in July 1979.

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The autumn view which greets people walking along the path from Leafield Drive to Stonegate Road. Pictured in September 1971.

6. Moortown in the 1970s

The autumn view which greets people walking along the path from Leafield Drive to Stonegate Road. Pictured in September 1971.

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