These photo gems feature sugar and spice and all things nice. They turn back the clock to celebrate the sweet shops that children spent their pocket money in through the years. Sweet shops in the city centre and the suburbs including Hunslet, Roithwell, Horsforth, Meanwood, Sheepscar and Beeston are all featured in this wonderful collection of memories. The images are a pick and mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 14 words, phrases and sayings you’ll only understand if you’ve lived in Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
13. Meanwood
December 1932 and this parade of shops on Stainbeck Road featured a sweet shop run by Francis Annie Hall. It also sold toys, tobacco and stationary. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. Rothwell
Do you remember the sweet shop run by M.Green on Commercial Street in the 1970s? | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
15. Beeston
December 1965, Coupland Row, grocers and sweet shop with the name H and E Simpson over the door. This is the corner with Coupland Terrace. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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Share your favourite sweet shop in Leeds down the decades with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom