Two pubs – Albion Hotel and the Sheepscar Hotel - are featured in this look at life in the suburb during the decade. Streets which now have no name after being bulldozed as part of slum clearance are also in focus. The images are are mix from West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Little London and Sheepscar LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

13. Sheepscar in the 1950s
Seen from Buslingthorpe Lane, three houses at the end of Rae Street. Number 17 is to the left, 19 in the middle and 21 at the corner. Pictured in September 1958. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service

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Share your memories of Sheespscar in the 1950s with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service


