1. Leeds bombing raids
By the dawn of 1941, several British cities had already suffered horrific damage and huge loss of life in bombing raids. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Leeds bombing raids
Lewis's on The Headrow where a brick wall has been built over the entrance with access gained from the sides, to help prevent bomb damage. In the centre are black and white painted, for blackout visibility, static water tanks. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. Leeds bombing raids
Despite tempting targets the city was left relatively untouched. The Woodpecker Inn, at the junction of York Road and Marsh Lane, was damaged during an air raid. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Leeds bombing raids
The city's only real experience of the Luftwaffe had come in August 1940 when three people were killed by bombs which fell on Whitehall Road, pictured. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Leeds bombing raids
This photo shows bomb damage to St. John's Sunday School on Whitehall Road which occurred in August 1940. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Leeds bombing raids
A 60-year-old man died in late August 1940 after a bomb hit York House in the Quarry Hill flats.