1963 is the focus of this collection of memories celebrating life around the town. Landmarks, shops, pubs and schools all fall under the spotlight during a year of change as slum clearance brought new hope and expectation. The images are published courtesy of the David Atkinson Archive whose collection is housed on 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
7. Morley in 1963
A view of the dahlias in Scarth Gardens in front of Morley Hall when it was being used as a Maternity Home. The picture also shows the relation of Morley Hall to the three-storey handloom building built just behind the Hall in the mid-19th century when families with an interest in trade lived at Morley Hall. Pictured in September 1963. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
8. Morley in 1963
Hughenden House in Rooms Lane was built as a private dwelling house for William Holton, a textile manufacturer, but with mills at Birstall (Smithies) rather than in Morley. However he was elected to Morley's first Town Council, but unlike many of the other manufacturers was a Conservative rather than a Liberal. This was the reason for the name of the house because Hughenden was the name of Conservative P.M. Disraeli's home in Buckinghamshire. Pictured in September 1963. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
9. Morley in 1963
Troy Road from the grounds of Banks Hill Methodist Chapel in May 1963. The valley in between these two places is obscured but the roof of Perseverance Mill on Station Road can just be seen. The oldest houses on Troy Road are closest to the camera. Other older ones demolished here have the foundations used for standing the garages on. The houses at the other side of the road are typical 1890s stone houses which look like back-to-backs. The Town Hall is visible over the top of the St. Mary's-in-the-Wood churchyard. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
10. Morley in 1963
This view from May 1963 looks towards Middleton and was taken from behind where the Albion Mill once stood, before being burned down in a fire in 1950, on the approximate site of the old windmill. Before the Parish Church was built in 1830, Church Street was called Windmill Hill Lane and Chapel Hill was originally Windmill Hill. For many years the windmill was used to grind corn, but about 1780 it was decided to try to run some textile machinery in it like carders and scribblers, though not very successfully. The photograph was taken looking down on Morley gasworks. Behind them is the tip for Morley Main Colliery. On the right is the back of New Bank Street and Crank Mill chimney Photo: David Atkinson Archive
11. Morley in 1963
The ruined stoned building of Scholes Bobbin Works on Troy Hill with a view down to Station Road. At one time it produced shuttle bobbins for the weft industry, especially when they were made from wood rather than compressed cardboard. It had been closed for a long time when this image was taken and it seems that the yard was occupied by a travelling family. The flight of steps down to Station Road was closed about 1990 when a survey indicated that nobody used them. The bobbin works once burned down on Wednesday, October 4, 1916. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
12. Morley in 1963
The small rise on Victoria Road between Victoria School and Providence House which is called Stubley Hill after the farmer. He worked the farm, just past the school, in the middle and late nineteenth century. Barns on either side of the farmyard can be seen, one with at least two posters referring to the local May elections of 1963. Providence House on the right hand side was built by the owner of Providence mill, Alderman Joseph Schofield who lived there until he retired. Photo: David Atkinson Archive