The Merrion Centre opened in the city centre at a cost of £6 million and was described by your Yorkshire Evening Post at the time as the shape of things to come in every big town or city. And work was nearing completion on the Seacroft Civic Centre, the first large scale shopping and civic centre development serving a large area to the outskirts of the city centre. This 10 acre development included shops, offices, restaurants, pubs, banks and car parks, as well as a library, bowling alley and clinic. The year also featured a dramatic rescue, a visit by the Fab Four, and Leeds United in the recording studio. These images are from West Yorkshire Archive Service and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 26 rarely-seen photos take you around the city's suburbs in the 1960s 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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Harold Wilson MP and Labour opposition leader, addressing an election campaign meeting at Leeds Town Hall in February 1964. Dennis Healey MP for Leeds North East is sitting to the side of him. Labour won the election in the October. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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August 1964 and Schofields staged a zoo exhibition to attract families to the store. Group gathered in and around the elephant pen outside Schofields store on The Headrow. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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Polar Bears at the offices of British European Airways on The Headrow in August 1964. They were to take part in a 200 exhibition across the road at Schofields. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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Leeds United players in a recording studio with Ronnie Hilton in April 1964. Their record, the Leeds Calypso, was later released as a single. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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The front of City Station looking towards City House in February 1964. The old City Station booking office can be seen before demolition. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
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A view of Midland Bank at 25A Park Square West in October 1964. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service