Landmarks, shops and streets of back-to-back terraced houses are all featured in this wonderful rewind showcasing a decade in the life of the community. The gallery focus different aspects of life around LS12 from cottages at Armley Mills through to the playground at Armley Park. The images are a mix from West Yorkshire Archive Service and Leeds Museums Service as well as others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: Astonishing photos take you back to Armley 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
1. Armley in the 1970s
A view along Armley Ridge Road looking towards Stanningley Road taken from the main gates to Gott's Park circa 1970s. The back of Armley Ridge Terrace can be seen to the right. The spare ground on the right was formerly nos. 167-173 Armley Ridge Road. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Armley in the 1970s
This early 1970s image of Winchester Street shows a row of double fronted back-to-back terraced houses with a shared outside toilet block on the left and Elsworth Street on the right. Clothes hang on a line stretched across the street from outside number 47 on the right. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
3. Armley in the 1970s
A view of the playground at Armley Park circa 1970s. St Bartholomew's church spire can be seen in the background. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Armley in the 1970s
A view of cottages at Armley Mills circa 1970s with a former resident of the cottages in the foreground. The bay windows seen in the photograph were removed in the 1970s. The mill closed as a business in 1969 and was bought by Leeds City Council. It opened in 1982 as Leeds Industrial Museum. | Leeds Museums Service Photo: Leeds Museums Service
5. Armley in the 1970s
This early 1970s photo shows two shop fronts on the left numbers 26 and 28 Hall Lane. Number 26 on the right is advertised as the S. Peck Boot and Shoe Warehouse. A man wearing a donkey jacket holding a tin of paint and brush stands at the corner by a ladder. On the right are numbers 82 to 88 Winchester Road a row of back-to-back terraced houses. These houses are located opposite H.M. Prison Armley. | West Yorkshire Archive Service Photo: West Yorkshire Archive Service
6. Armley in the 1970s
Armley Mills from the east pictured circa 1970s. This photo was taken prior to the clearing of the head race and rebuilding of the left hand retaining wall but after removal of a concrete walkway. At this time the mills were owned by Leeds City Council and were later reopened in 1982 as Leeds Industrial Museum | Leeds Museums Service Photo: Leeds Museums Service