Morley Town Council decided to extend the scope of the library services in the Borough by purchasing a vehicle to cover a regular weekly pattern of routes. Here it is on its first run out at the junction of Springfield Avenue and Springfield Road.placeholder image
Morley Town Council decided to extend the scope of the library services in the Borough by purchasing a vehicle to cover a regular weekly pattern of routes. Here it is on its first run out at the junction of Springfield Avenue and Springfield Road. | David Atkinson Archive

South Leeds: 17 nostalgic photos take you back to Morley at the end of the 1960s

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 15th Sep 2024, 16:30 GMT

These wonderful photos chart a year in the life of Morley at the end of the 1960s.

They focus on life in the town during 1969, and showcase an age of innocence as well as a year of social and economic change felt by residents in the Borough and beyond. The photos are published courtesy of the David Atkinson Archive and others from photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Morley, Gildersome, Churwell and Drighlington LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia

Stables Yard in April 1969. These terraced houses are located behind Commercial Street.

7. Morley in 1969

Stables Yard in April 1969. These terraced houses are located behind Commercial Street. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Gillroyd Terrace, off Wide Lane, in April 1969. In the foreground C Bostock family grocers shop can be seen.

8. Morley in 1969

Gillroyd Terrace, off Wide Lane, in April 1969. In the foreground C Bostock family grocers shop can be seen. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Two women are walking up Birch Street in May 1969. On the line two pairs of tights are drying, these had been recently introduced and were fashionable in the late 1960s.

9. Morley in 1969

Two women are walking up Birch Street in May 1969. On the line two pairs of tights are drying, these had been recently introduced and were fashionable in the late 1960s. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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A woman is hanging and washing and two children are playing on the unmade road. Stables Yard was located behind Commercial Street.

10. Morley in 1969

A woman is hanging and washing and two children are playing on the unmade road. Stables Yard was located behind Commercial Street. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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The junction between Bank Street and Brunswick Street, taken from Dawson Hill in April 1969. Bank Street runs from Victoria Road to Church Street, first down a steep section locally called the Old Hill

11. Morley in 1969

The junction between Bank Street and Brunswick Street, taken from Dawson Hill in April 1969. Bank Street runs from Victoria Road to Church Street, first down a steep section locally called the Old Hill | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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Birch Street showing rows of terraced houses off on the left in May 1969.

12. Morley in `1969

Birch Street showing rows of terraced houses off on the left in May 1969. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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