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
1. Moortown in the 1970s
Remember the two bus shelters close to each other on Stonegate Road? Pictured in March 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
2. 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. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Moortown in the 1970s
A view of part of the area between King Lane and the Ring Road in July 1979. | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Moortown in the 1970s
The autumn view which greets people walking along the path from Leafield Drive to Stonegate Road. Pictured in September 1971. | YPN Photo: YPN
5. Moortown in the 1970s
Fishers delicatessen's at Moortown pictured in 1970. | YPN Photo: YPN
6. Moortown in the 1970s
Julie Greensmith at a standpipe test outside her home on Fir Tree Green at Moortown during the drought of 1976. | YPN Photo: YPN