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31 of the best photos take you back to Leeds in 1970

1970 is the year of travel for this gallery of memories charting 12 months in the life of your Leeds.

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

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