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

31. Leeds city centre
Prince Charles visited Leeds to open the Yorkshire Evening Post headquarters on Wellington Street. | YPN Photo: YPN

32. Enjoyed this gallery?
Share your memories of life in Leeds in 1970 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN


