Never seen before photos of Leeds through the ages

Unseen Leeds. PICS: Gettyplaceholder image
Unseen Leeds. PICS: Getty

Today we turn back the clock to showcase how Leeds has changed down the years.

Construction work at Quarry Hill Flats in Leeds.placeholder image
Construction work at Quarry Hill Flats in Leeds.
A worker watering the orchids growing in pots in a greenhouse at a farm in Rawdonplaceholder image
A worker watering the orchids growing in pots in a greenhouse at a farm in Rawdon
A Post Office messenger in Leeds with one of the motorbikes which are replacing bicycles.placeholder image
A Post Office messenger in Leeds with one of the motorbikes which are replacing bicycles.
The Corn Exchange in the city centre.placeholder image
The Corn Exchange in the city centre.
Customers browsing in a scrapyard in Leedsplaceholder image
Customers browsing in a scrapyard in Leeds
Schoolchildren at Becket Street School in Leeds during a road safety lesson.placeholder image
Schoolchildren at Becket Street School in Leeds during a road safety lesson.
The Queen Victoria Statue being uprooted from Victoria Square in the city centre where it has stood for over 30 years. It was transported by lorry to a new site on Woodhouse Moor.placeholder image
The Queen Victoria Statue being uprooted from Victoria Square in the city centre where it has stood for over 30 years. It was transported by lorry to a new site on Woodhouse Moor.
An aerial view of Leeds showing the new Civic Hall (the white building) and the Victorian town hall on The Headrow.placeholder image
An aerial view of Leeds showing the new Civic Hall (the white building) and the Victorian town hall on The Headrow.
Children at a school in Leeds drinking bottled milk through straws.placeholder image
Children at a school in Leeds drinking bottled milk through straws.
A worker at a fish canning factory in Leeds shovels nets full of perch caught in Lake Windermere into a barrel of brine.placeholder image
A worker at a fish canning factory in Leeds shovels nets full of perch caught in Lake Windermere into a barrel of brine.
Housewives in Morley hang their washing across the street, causing  problems for a motorcyclist with a sidecar.placeholder image
Housewives in Morley hang their washing across the street, causing problems for a motorcyclist with a sidecar.
Leeds Town Hall where David Lloyd-George was due receive his freedom of the city on his forthcoming visit.placeholder image
Leeds Town Hall where David Lloyd-George was due receive his freedom of the city on his forthcoming visit.
An early French car mounted over the gates of a motorspare dealers works in Leeds.placeholder image
An early French car mounted over the gates of a motorspare dealers works in Leeds.
Leeds United captain Billy Bremner in action for the Whites.placeholder image
Leeds United captain Billy Bremner in action for the Whites.
Leeds United fans waiting for a train.placeholder image
Leeds United fans waiting for a train.
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