Sheepscar Council School was the location with parents and carers gathering to watch the pupils take part in May Day celebrations. A procession of little girls, each dressed in white with flowers in their hair, are carrying posies. Behind them, a baby in a coach built pram is propped up to watch the proceedings. The school is now demolished but was on Wilmington Grove at the junction with Barrack Street, off Meanwood Road. It is one of 16 photo gems celebrating a decade of life in the community. Other gems in focus include shops and pubs which a generation of residents are sure to remember. They are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, as well as West Yorkshire Archive Service which collects and looks after the unique documentary heritage of the region dating from the 12th century to the present day - more than 800 years of local history. It also runs Catablogue, an online blog dedicated to preserving the past, serving the present and protecting the future. READ MORE: Sheepscar in the 1960s – Shops, schools and streets in focus LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![An off-licence and grocers on Henbury Street in May 1959. This was the business of Hyman Sture.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZmN2YyZjQ5LWM4NzgtNGE5MC05YzQyLWVjMTc1M2U0NjFjMzozODJjNmEyMy1hZjdjLTQ0YzctYTRiMC02YWU3YzdlNWJkMTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Sheepscar in the 1950s
An off-licence and grocers on Henbury Street in May 1959. This was the business of Hyman Sture. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Looking from Benson Street down Valley Street towards Bristol Street in May 1959.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRhYWFkMzY3LWZhYTQtNDlkNi1iM2QxLTViYzI2NTljZjk1YzpmZGE5ZGM5Zi03ODZkLTQ4OGItODk2NS0xMDJiNTBkNTliY2I=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Looking from Benson Street down Valley Street towards Bristol Street in May 1959. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![The Prince of Wales Hotel, a Duttons public house, at the junction with Chapeltown Road pictured in May 1958. To the left is Buslingthorpe Lane.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjEwNWI0Y2ZkLTg2MWMtNDhlMi1hMTE3LWVjNmQyMWMwZDJlMzozNDc1YTNkYS04OGM4LTQ3NTItYTZkMi05ODc5ZmQyOTMwNzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
9. Sheepscar in the 1950s
The Prince of Wales Hotel, a Duttons public house, at the junction with Chapeltown Road pictured in May 1958. To the left is Buslingthorpe Lane. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Raby Mount, seen from Sheepscar Street, in May 1958. Just seen on the left edge is the wall of a new Police Section House. At the end of Raby Mount, premises belonging to G.W. Binns, motor garages are visible. On the right is Yeomanry Street.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUzZTAwM2Q0LTAwNzctNDJjMC1hM2QwLWRlZGRhYzI3MGRhMjpiNTI2ZTYxMy1lZjJjLTRhNTAtOTNiOC1iMWJlOGE5OTI2OWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
10. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Raby Mount, seen from Sheepscar Street, in May 1958. Just seen on the left edge is the wall of a new Police Section House. At the end of Raby Mount, premises belonging to G.W. Binns, motor garages are visible. On the right is Yeomanry Street. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![Laycock Place is on the left, in the centre is the junction with Savile Mount which is off to the right pictured in May 1958. The single storey brick garage is another depot for G.W. Binns of Leeds.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk4MjA3NzVjLTI5OWItNDFlZS1hZTYxLWQwMmIwY2MyYmI5YToyOWI2ZmRkYy0xYjBiLTRkNmYtYWQxZS05YzBkMjg0NTk0NWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
11. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Laycock Place is on the left, in the centre is the junction with Savile Mount which is off to the right pictured in May 1958. The single storey brick garage is another depot for G.W. Binns of Leeds. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
![The Sheepscar Hotel on Sheepscar Street pictured in May 1958.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRjMzAzZGUzLTg4NzgtNDQ5MS1hNDk4LWU0YTEzZjczY2EwNDo5NmFkYTBmMi02NGU2LTQyNGEtYTNiYy1mYzE2ZjczYjI5Njk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
12. Sheepscar in the 1950s
The Sheepscar Hotel on Sheepscar Street pictured in May 1958. Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service