The start of the decade saw the opening of your Yorkshire Evening Post’s headquarters on Wellington Street, a landmark it home it would call home for more than four decades. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature city centre landmarks as well as memories from the suburbs with all the H’s in focus - Harehills, Horsforth and Headingley. The images are sure to evoke memories for a generation of residents who called Leeds home back in the day. Are you one of them? READ MORE: Secrets of Leeds Queens Hotel revealed including hidden tunnel LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
2. Leeds city centre
Firefighters fight a blaze which destroyed a sports store. Around 50 pupils at a nearby school of music were evacuated as fire crews battled the flames. | YPN Photo: YPN
3. Headingley
Recognise this popular Leeds commuter route? It's Otley Road, to the north of the junction with the ring road, taken at 8.30am in February 1970 | YPN Photo: YPN
4. Leeds city centre
Did you enjoy a night at the flicks here back in the day? The ABC cinema on Vicar Lane. | YPN Photo: YPN
