16 never seen before photos of Roundhay through the years

Is this the Roundhay you remember?

Roundhay is in the spotlight this weekend as Ed Sheeran plays a huge open-air concert at Roundhay Park. We look back at life in the suburb as far back as the 1950s - these 16 photos have been plucked from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive.

16 never seen before photos of Roundhay through the yearsplaceholder image
16 never seen before photos of Roundhay through the years
Roundhay Park lidoplaceholder image
Roundhay Park lido
Memories of dancing days from years gone by were revived when hundreds of people took to the floor of the Astoria Ballroom, Roundhay, Leedsplaceholder image
Memories of dancing days from years gone by were revived when hundreds of people took to the floor of the Astoria Ballroom, Roundhay, Leeds
Woods Music Shop, Street Lane, Roundhayplaceholder image
Woods Music Shop, Street Lane, Roundhay
Clock Cinema in Roundhay. Filming of a children's television programme 'The Way we Used to Live'placeholder image
Clock Cinema in Roundhay. Filming of a children's television programme 'The Way we Used to Live'
Helicopter pilot Malcolm Reeves with the ex-RAF Bedford fire engine which was one of the attractions at Leeds Show, Roundhay Parkplaceholder image
Helicopter pilot Malcolm Reeves with the ex-RAF Bedford fire engine which was one of the attractions at Leeds Show, Roundhay Park
A 1905 Rover, with Mr. G. W. Thompson at the wheel and Messrs. H. Deacon and J. Cuthbert alongside him, attracts considerable attention at a veteran car rally in Roundhayplaceholder image
A 1905 Rover, with Mr. G. W. Thompson at the wheel and Messrs. H. Deacon and J. Cuthbert alongside him, attracts considerable attention at a veteran car rally in Roundhay
The impressive statue of the explorer, Stephen (or JOHN) Cabot in a garden in this house in Roundhayplaceholder image
The impressive statue of the explorer, Stephen (or JOHN) Cabot in a garden in this house in Roundhay
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