It proved to be a 12 months full of changes and challenges as well as protest and patience. The gallery is sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Leeds home back in the day. City centre landmarks are featured as well as photos from the suburbs with Harehills, Tadcaster, Moortown, Seacroft, Morley, Garforth and Horsforth all featured. 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
19. Harehills
July 1972 and residents of Bayswater Row were complaining about grass growing through the cobblestones. | YPN Photo: YPN
20. Ilkley
Members of the Ilkley branch of the 'Friends of the Earth' conservation group, started a clean up campaign by clearing litter from the region of the Cow and Calf Rocks in November 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Moortown
Leslie Harris thinks Street Laen barber Barney Siddal is a cut above all the others. That is why he has given him his custom for nearly 18 years. Pictured in November 1972 | YPN Photo: YPN
22. Leeds city centre
May 1972 and athree day course in first aid was held at Leeds Hotel Metropole by the British Safety Council in conjunction with the West Yorkshire branch of the British Red Cross Society. | YPN Photo: YPN
23. Leeds city centre
The Brotherton Wing at Leeds General Infirmary pictured in June 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN
24. Horsforth
A facelift for wine shop House of Townend on Quality Corner in October 1972. | YPN Photo: YPN