These gems take you along well travelled streets in the heart of the community such as Hall Road, Strawberry Lane and Theaker Lane and in the 1940s. The gallery also features Amen Corner and Dunkirk Hill. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Armley, Wortley and Farnley LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Armley in the 1940s
Town Street by the junction with Tower Lane. Pictured in August 1947. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Armley in the 1940s
The old pigeon cote on Dunkirk Hill. The house has a stone built wall around it next to which are two large bales of hay. A field covers most of the foreground. On the right in the distance houses and church spires can be seen. Pictured in August 1949. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Armley in the 1940s
This photo shows the Methodist Chapel and Carruthers Beer Retailers on Theaker Lane. The junction with Eyres Mill Side is on the left. Advertisements for Tetleys, Guiness and Cowbroughs nourishing ales are visible in the shop window. Pictured in January 1948. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
10. Armley in the 1940s
Redcote Bridge over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. A demonstration of fixing a canal 'boom' by workmen in boiler suits is in progress, watched by two men and two children to the left. Pictured in September 1942. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
11. Armley in the 1940s
Looking north at the entrance to Back Fold from Theaker Lane in January 1948. On the right is number 38 Theaker Lane, with the Methodist Chapel enclosed within a stone wall on the left. Back Fold is central, (an unmade road with a gas streetlamp and two metal dustbins in it). Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
12. Armley in the 1940s
Armley Ridge Road in September 1949 looking north to Amen Corner. The left-hand pavement is bordered by bushes and railings leading to stone walls painted in black and white check at Amen Corner. The right-hand pavement has stone walls and railings to the side. To the right beyond the road, are the backs of three rows of houses, with advertising posters on them. The middle one is for Dunlop, the one on the right is for Old Charlie Rum. On the left, beyond the road, can be seen Hirst and Thackway Ltd., weather coat manufacturers, the Leeds Briquette Works, and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co. Goods Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net