This double decker bus plunged 20 feet from Sheepscar Street into Sheepscar Beck in January 1961. The West Yorkshire Road Car bus was on its way to Harrogate with 50 passengers when it hit a bollard and veered off the road. Thankfully there were no fatalities. This photo is one of 18 showcasing life in Sheepscar during the 1950s and feature local landmarks as well as shops and businesses from a decade of change. They are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 21 unseen photos of Sheepscar through the years LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Shops on Roundhay Road between the junctions of back-to-back terraced streets, Badminton Terrace (foreground, right) and Badminton Place (left) in April 1952. The right-hand shop is the business of grocer, Abraham Taylor and number 96, left, was once that of fishmonger, Fanny Jacobs. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Sheepscar in the 1950s
The junction of Sheepscar Street North and Chapeltown Road in January 1951. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Sheepscar in the 1950s
A Yorkshire Evening Post branch office is featured in this view of the junction of Sheepscar Street North and Chapeltown Road in January 1951. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Derelict houses on Sheepscar Place just off Skinner Lane in January 1951. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Buslingthorpe Lane with Macedo Terrace to the right pictured in January 1952. On the left side of the photograph can be seen 'F. Reddyhoff & Sons, builders'. Further down is 'Lewis's (Leeds) Ltd., garages'. On the corner of Goxhill Place a sign for 'Boot & Shoe Repairs' can be made out above the door. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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