These photo memories focus on the landmarks – from retail to leisure – which generations of city folk will remember with fond memories from back in the day. It also features plans for an underground system which was never built owing to the cost. Imagine if the project had gone ahead? It would have transformed travel around the city. READ MORE: 16 of the best colour photos celebrate life in Leeds during the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

1. Leeds city centre
Did you know Briggate boasted a subway back in the day? This photo was taken between 1970 and 1973. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

2. Leeds city centre
Plans for a Leeds underground which cost stopped it in its tracks. | YPN Photo: YPN

3. Leeds city centre
Remember this escalator, nicknamed the Smartie Tube, at Leeds Shopping Plaza on Albion Street in the city centre? Pictured in September 2002. | Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson

4. Leeds city centre
Located at the lower end of Westgate Leeds International Pool was notable for its brutalist architecture. Demolished in 2009. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike

5. Headingley
Headingley said goodbye to a landmark which had stood proud in the heart of the community before mother nature had her say. The Shire Oak had stood tall and proud for 1,000 years before eventually succumb to its age, finally collapsing in 1941. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

6. Headingley
Have you ever wondered about the strange, castle-like structure that sits on Headingley's Cardigan Road? It was a bear pit that formed part of Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, or the Headingley Zoo as it was also known. | YPN Photo: YPN