Three small children play with guns on Lower Wortley Road in 1958. These buildings were set for demolition as part of slum clearance plans.Three small children play with guns on Lower Wortley Road in 1958. These buildings were set for demolition as part of slum clearance plans.
Three small children play with guns on Lower Wortley Road in 1958. These buildings were set for demolition as part of slum clearance plans.

Photo gems chart life in Wortley during the 1950s

A baby sits in a pram as a child rides a tricycle on a street in Wortley backs in the 1950s.
Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 27th Jul 2022, 04:45 BST

This photo of innocence is one of 15 charting life around the community during a decade of change. It focuses on shops, pubs, factories and other local landmarks which are sure to evoke memories from a generation of residents who grew up in LS12. The images are published courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service and photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: The changing face of Wortley in the 1970s and 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

Whitehall Road in April 1950. In the background there are industrial premises and a sign advertising Regent petrol. Street lamps, road signs and telegraph poles line the roads.

7. Wortley in the 1950s

Whitehall Road in April 1950. In the background there are industrial premises and a sign advertising Regent petrol. Street lamps, road signs and telegraph poles line the roads. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Golden Lane bridge, looking west along Wortley beck in February 1953.

8. Wortley in the 1950s

Golden Lane bridge, looking west along Wortley beck in February 1953. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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A newsagents and tobacconist on Branch Road in 1958. Several newspaper billboards can be seen towards the right including a Daily Mail story featuring Pope John XXIII who was appointed in 1958 and a Yorkshire Post headline. 'Three Climbers Killed on Ben Nevis'.

9. Wortley in the 1950s

A newsagents and tobacconist on Branch Road in 1958. Several newspaper billboards can be seen towards the right including a Daily Mail story featuring Pope John XXIII who was appointed in 1958 and a Yorkshire Post headline. 'Three Climbers Killed on Ben Nevis'. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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On the left edge of this photo in the background are properties on Life Guard Square in 1958. Moving forward Bull Ring Road with a small flight of steps to the left giving access to the square. This one storey building had been the premises of Edgar Broadley, boot repairer but now appears derelict.

10. Wortley in the 1950s

On the left edge of this photo in the background are properties on Life Guard Square in 1958. Moving forward Bull Ring Road with a small flight of steps to the left giving access to the square. This one storey building had been the premises of Edgar Broadley, boot repairer but now appears derelict. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Sutherland Street and Wellington Road in May 1959. in view is S.H. Thornton's newsagents and tobacconists. Moving right, a lady with a pushchair looks into the window of Mitchell's tripe dressers on Wellington Road. Alan Sykes High Class Meat Purveyors follow , then the entrance to Copley Street. On the right is a large building which had been the office for Main Line Football Pools is at the time of this view was the Main Line Social Club.

11. Wortley in the 1950s

Sutherland Street and Wellington Road in May 1959. in view is S.H. Thornton's newsagents and tobacconists. Moving right, a lady with a pushchair looks into the window of Mitchell's tripe dressers on Wellington Road. Alan Sykes High Class Meat Purveyors follow , then the entrance to Copley Street. On the right is a large building which had been the office for Main Line Football Pools is at the time of this view was the Main Line Social Club. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Green Lane onto Nicholson Street in May 1959.

12. Wortley in the 1950s

Green Lane onto Nicholson Street in May 1959. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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